Volume 103, No 17 Serving The Last Mountain Area Since 1908 Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Publishers Lance and Vicki CornwellBox 340, Nokomis, SK. S0G 3R0Times

Last Mountain

On Saturday, February 27, the Nokomis Chiefs Initiation team battled their Moms in a hockey game at the Nokomis Rec Centre. Here, the pressure is on, with the shot about to be fi red in the net! More pictures on page 20. Photo by Dennis Simpson.

During Bulyea’s recent winter carnival weekend, Bulyea and Strasbourg Girl Guides units got together to celebrate the 100th year of Girl Guides by building an ice sculpture of the number ‘100’ on the Bulyea School grounds. See page 7 for article.

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According to the Sask Party government’s Third Quarter Financial Report, Saskatch-ewan’s fi scal position has seen some improvement as the province experienced an overall revenue increase since mid-2009. The report released last week shows revenue is up since mid-year due to higher oil revenue, Crown Land sales and additional taxes generated from stronger-than-anticipated income growth. This increase has offset further declines in potash revenue, which saw an unprecedented decline in sales volumes in 2009. The potash forecast is now negative. At the end of March 2009, the potash industry made install-ment payments equal to 25 per cent of their full calendar year profi t estimates. These estimates were too optimistic and, as a result, these pay-ments have to be refunded. The refunds will exceed rev-enues collected this year by $203.9 million. However, the net result shows revenue at third quarter is forecast to be $153.8 million (1.6 per cent) higher than at mid-year, thanks mainly to increases in oil and tax revenues. “Saskatchewan’s fi nancial picture is improving after we experienced a signifi cant rev-enue decline at the mid-way mark last November,” Finance Minister Rod Gantefoer said. “This is the fi rst time we have seen potash drop to a negative fi gure, but I’m pleased our di-verse economy has managed to lessen the impact.”

Debt levels remained un-changed at $4.2 billion, and the third quarter report proj-ects a General Revenue Fund surplus of $424.5 million, also unchanged and requiring a lesser drawdown from the Growth and Financial Secu-rity Fund (GFSF) than previ-ously forecast at mid-year. The year-end GFSF balance is now projected at $705 mil-lion, an increase of $54.2 mil-lion since mid-year. Expenses are anticipated to increase by $99.6 million from mid-year to address spe-cifi c priorities and pressures mainly at Health, Municipal Affairs, the Public Service Commission and Social Ser-vices. Gantefoer also announced that the province’s 2010-11 Budget will be delivered on March 24, 2010.

Saskatchewan’s fi scal position improves

Rod Gantefoer

The Harper federal govern-ment says it will freeze depart-mental operating budgets, and the total amount spent on salaries, administration and overhead. In reading the throne speech on March 3, Gov. Gen Michaelle Jean said, “Canadians realize that a balanced budget is not an end in itself, but the foundation of a strong and resilient economy. Balancing the nation’s books will not come at the expense of the pensioners. It will not come by cutting transfer payments for heath care and education, or by raising taxes on hardworking Ca-nadians.” The next day, March 4, Jim Flaherty, Federal Minister of Fi-nance, tabled a budget plan that promises to build on Canada’s economic recovery with action to create jobs and growth, sustain

Federal budget highlightsCanada’s economic advantages and include a disciplined plan to return to balanced budgets. “We present today a jobs and growth budget,” said Minister Flaherty. “In this budget, we are completing our Economic Ac-tion Plan to create jobs now. We are taking additional measures to protect existing jobs and create new jobs. We are also looking ahead to secure our long-term economic growth.” Flaherty said Budget 2010 will help solidify Canada’s eco-nomic recovery and sustain our economic advantage now and for the future. The Harper govern-ment’s budget plan has three key objectives. First, it confi rms $19 billion in new federal stimulus under Year 2 of Canada’s Eco-nomic Action Plan to create and protect jobs. This new stimulus

will be complemented by $6 bil-lion from provinces, territories, municipalities and other partners. The new stimulus for 2010–11 includes: $3.2 billion in personal income tax relief; over $4 billion in additional benefi ts, training opportunities and Employment Insurance premium relief to help unemployed Canadians; $7.7 bil-lion in infrastructure stimulus to create jobs; $1.9 billion to create the economy of tomorrow; $2.2 billion to support industries and communities. Second, Flaherty’s new bud-get invests in a limited number of new, targeted initiatives to build jobs and growth for the economy of tomorrow, harness Canadian innovation, and make Canada a destination of choice for new business investment. Measures include: over $100 million to

protect jobs by extending themaximum length for work-shar-ing agreements; $108 million tosupport young workers throughinternships and skills develop-ment to help them fi nd jobs andto support Aboriginal students;over $600 million to help de-velop and attract talented people,to strengthen our capacity forworld-leading research and de-velopment, and to improve thecommercialization of research;making Canada a tariff-free zonefor manufacturers, by eliminatingall remaining tariffs on machin-ery and equipment and goodsimported for further manufactur-ing in Canada; establishing a RedTape Reduction Commission toreduce paperwork for businesses;measures to support investmentin clean energy generation.

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When we decide to start a family, the usual picture in our mind is of cute little babies, and maybe playful toddlers. We don’t typically envision gangly pre-teens or rebellious adolescents. Consequently we may begin preparing too late. If you want your children to listen to you when they are older, you must begin when they are very young. This is as much about train-ing yourself as it is about training your children. It is about taking the time to be clear about what you want to teach your child, being as patient and kind as you can be, and being consistent and following through. It may seem like a big hassle when they are little and you have your hands full, and there may be times when you want to say “Do it because I said so!” How-ever, if you are not assisting them to develop self-disci-

pline and to take responsibility, and instead you are relying on the authority (power) that you have over them, you will be left stranded if they reach a point when they no longer respect your authority. So if you say it is time to pick up the toys, then it is time to pick up the toys. Even if you have to stand there with them, or help to get them going, the toys must be picked up. If you say it’s time to pick up the toys, and you say it fi fteen times over a two hour period, and go about your other work in between, then you are teaching them that you are not really serious. And ten years later they won’t be-lieve that you’re serious about their curfew either. This is not so much about be-ing stern and rigid, or creating a me-against-you power struggle, as it is about mutual co-opera-tion and respect. It’s also about fl exibility in creating win-win outcomes. For example: “You don’t want to put the puzzle away because it’s not fi nished yet. How about if we just move it out of the way, and put all the other toys away.” If your children know that they can tell you what they need, and that you will listen, they will be more open and less defi ant later on. Many parents are so good to their children, perhaps cater-ing too much to them so that

they have almost everything they want. Parents feel that the children will really appreciate all of this as they get older and realize that they have had more than others. These parents also imagine that they will be spared the trials that other parents go through, because their children will like them so much. Sadly, this often backfi res. Children who are used to get-ting what they want as young-sters become frustrated and an-gry when suddenly parents are saying “No.” They may want to start staying out late, dating, go-ing to parties, etc. before parents feel they are ready. They may be sullen and demanding, and this is very painful for parents who feel they have given so much to their children. Not wanting to lose their affection, they may end up giving in to unrealistic demands, and then things rap-idly slip out of control. So enjoy the little ones, and let them grow at their own pace. But once in a while, look at them as though they were ‘teen-agers in training’. Ask yourself if the defi ant little “No!” that is so cute now, will still be cute in 10 or 15 years. Attention to detail now, will pay huge divi-dends later on.

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You’ve worked hard, planned carefully, saved and built your wealth – now it’s time to re-tire and enjoy the life you’ve dreamed about. But to be cer-tain your retirement dreams aren’t pierced by the reality of an eroding income, you need to make the most of what you’ve got by taking advantage of all the retirement tax planning strategies available to you. Here are some basic strategies to help you keep more of what you’ve earned.• Tax credits – Retirees can take advantage of a number of federal tax credits (some with equivalent provincial credits) that can reduce the amount of tax you pay.• Pension income credit – Avail-able on your fi rst $2,000 of pen-sion income. Canada Pension Plan/Québec Pension Plan (CPP/QPP) or Old Age Securi-ty (OAS) benefi ts do not qualify for this credit.• Age credit – You may qualify for this credit if you are 65 and your net income is below a pre-determined threshold.• Medical expenses credit – Pooling expenses on the return of the spouse with the lower income can generate a larger credit.• Disability credit – Available to those suffering from a severe and prolonged physical or men-tal impairment.• Charitable donations credit – Combine spousal donations to earn a higher credit.• Keep your taxable income

to a minimum. Lower your tax-es and take full advantage of the Age Credit while preserving your OAS benefi t.• Split pension income and/or CPP/QPP benefi ts with your spouse.• Live off capital rather than in-come.• Withdraw only the minimum from your Registered Retire-ment Income Fund (RRIF).• Select non-registered invest-ments that offer preferential tax treatment.• Take full advantage of the tax sheltering benefi ts of your Registered Retirement Sav-ings Plans (RRSPs) by making your maximum contribution for as long as possible – up to the end of the year you turn 71.• Contribute to a spousal RRSP until your spouse turns 71. The benefi ts of some of these strategies – such as income-splitting – depend on your personal situation and can have unexpected tax im-plications. There are also many other good strategies for maxi-mizing your retirement income. Your professional advisor can help you decide which strate-gies will work best for you.

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Thank youWith the successful completion of the 2009/2010 Boulder 3Dseismic operation, BHP Billiton and Boyd PetroSearch would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the communities within the Rural Municipalities of Wreford and Usborne. We recognize and appreciate the cooperation of each community, business ownerand landowner who has accommodated our operations.

This phase of our fi eld operations is now complete. The fi nalclean-up of the survey area will be conducted in the spring whenconditions will allow the removal of all remaining materials. Onceagain, a big thank you to everyone for your continued support.

Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free tocontact our Landowner Liaison, Beck Duffy, at 403-803-8420; or Boyd PetroSearch’s head offi ce at:

Phone: 403-233-2455Fax: 403-262-4344Toll Free: 1-800-663-8943

Dani MacLeod – Permit ManagerKevin Bowman – Operations Manager

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Offi cials gathered at the Re-gina Public Library’s George Bothwell branch last week to cel-ebrate the implementation of the new Single Integrated Library System, and to view a demon-stration of the new system. “Sixteen months ago, I an-nounced funding of $5.2 million for a new Single Integrated Li-brary System,” Education Min-ister Ken Krawetz said. “I am pleased that we are well on our way toward fully implementing a more convenient, cost-effective and accessible library system for residents across Saskatchewan.” When the project is complete, the Single Integrated Library System will connect all of the province’s 306 public libraries and ensure that each offers pa-trons the same access to informa-tion and services, regardless of where the library is located. Li-brary patrons will be able to use the same library card throughout Saskatchewan. Over the past few months, Saskatoon Public Library, Pal-liser Regional Library, Southeast Regional Library and Regina Public Library have moved to the new system. The remainder of the public library systems, as well as the Ministry’s of Educa-tion’s Provincial Library, will be up and running on the new sys-tem by the end of 2010. Along with the province, the regional northern and municipal library boards are also major contributors to the new system. Through the integrated system, each public library system col-laborates on joint projects and purchases, to the benefi t of all library users in the province. The group includes the 10 public li-brary systems in Saskatchewan, as well as the Provincial Library, a branch of the Ministry of Edu-cation.

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The provincial govern-ment, in partnership with Public Safety Canada and the File Hills Tribal Coun-cil has announced a pilot project that will introduce

Peacekeeper pilot projectpeacekeepers to the File Hills Tribal Council. Un-der the two-year pilot, five peacekeepers will be as-signed to the File Hills First Nations Police Service.

Their role will be to support the seven officers currently on the police service by developing crime preven-tion and public awareness programs that speak to the needs of the community for greater involvement and cultural awareness. File Hills First Nations Police Service is currently the only First Nations self-administered police service in Saskatchewan. The cost of the project is $300,000 annually for two years. Public Safety Canada pays 52 per cent and the province pays 48 per cent.

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Bulyea NewsCorri Gorrill • 725-4329

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Something missing from the community news column? Did we miss reporting on an activity, event or function? Our volunteer community correspondents can’t be ev-erywhere, so we also look for contributions from other com-munity members as well. Please contact us at the Last Mountain Times directly at the above number, or contact us at: 725-3030, 528-2020, lmt@sasktel.net, by fax at

Norrona Lutheran Church, west of Bulyea, was award-ed a Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation Grant in 2009 in order to proceed with painting the exterior of the building. In preparation for the 100th anniversary celebrations in 2010, it had been decided by the congregation a couple of years ago that it was time for another exterior paint job. Funded by a combination of fundraising efforts, donations and the grant available from the Heritage Foundation, the exterior of the church was scraped and repainted in the summer of 2009. It is interesting to note that the grant money received was the result of a partnership between the Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation and the J.M. Kaplan Fund of New York. The J.M. Kaplan Fund had approached the Saskatch-ewan Heritage Foundation a few years ago with funds to be used specifi cally for pres-ervation and maintenance of churches and other heritage buildings in the northern Great Plains area of North America. The funds received from the J.M. Kaplan Fund have amounted to a consider-able sum since then and al-lowed the Saskatchewan Her-itage Foundation to stretch their budget considerably in order to preserve and main-tain these historical buildings throughout this province. This is the second time that Norro-na Church has been awarded a grant through this process with the fi rst project being the replacement of the cedar

shingles on the entire roof a few years ago. The building is defi nitely ready to be the site of the congregation’s planned 100th anniversary celebration on the long weekend of August in 2010, as well as continue to serve parishioners for many years to come! From information from its website, “The J.M. Kaplan Fund, established in 1944 and based in New York has pro-vided fi nancial assistance to a wide range of activities in-cluding art, architecture, pub-lishing, design preservation of historic buildings, community economic development and human rights and social jus-tice.” Most of the projects receiv-ing Kaplan monies have been rural churches, but other site types have benefi ted as well. Since 2002, approximately 100 projects have received some level of Kaplan sup-port.” The Heritage Foundation states this has been a very valuable alliance to them in being able to distribute more funds than they could pos-sibly have done without the J.M. Kaplan Fund. They are expecting that this has been the last year for allocations from the fund, probably due to the economic conditions the last while. Hopefully they may return again sometime in the future.

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Norrona Lutheran receives Heritage Grant

A message from the Principal Satellite service was in-stalled at the school and we have enjoyed cheering on our Canadian athletes as they competed in Vancouver. Since the beginning of January, our school has been discussing the Olympics. We have learned many interesting facts about the winter Olympics, the fl ags of other countries and the dif-ferent sporting events. Our own ‘Mini Olympic’ meet went well. The students and staff participated in a va-riety of activities, such as the ‘Torch Bearer’ relay, Biatha-lon, Crazy Carpet for accura-cy and swooshing races. Bulyea School will be hold-ing a second set of parent-teacher-interviews on the eve-nings of Tuesday, March 16 and Wednesday, March 17. On the evening of Wednes-day, February 10 the Bulyea School Community Council held their annual meeting and elections. New members, Tra-cy Flavel, Dean Hack, Amy Kirchhofer and Gerald Will-cox join Michel Sorensen, Corri Gorrill, Cyndee Loveq-uist, and myself. Tammy Hack and Scott Flavel have stepped down from their roles on the SCC following years of dedi-cated service.

- Mr. Hassman

BULYEA SCHOOL NEWSMs. Lovequist’sBits and Pieces March 17 will be fast upon us and construction will be starting soon on our Lepre-chaun traps. We have been trying for years to catch one of the wee folk of Ireland and with our economy being in a bit of a slump, I can think of nothing better that to try and get some Leprechaun gold. Easter will once again mean an Easter Brunch with the whole school being invited to participate. An Irish Blessing from me to you:Here’s to lying, stealing and cheating!May you lie to save a friend;May you steal the heart of the one you love;And may you cheat death.

- Ms. Lovequist

Grade 3 and 4 February has been a very busy month. The Olympics have added a lot of excitement to our classroom from our Olympic Reading Challenge to the mini outdoor Olympics we held on February 12. We spent a lot of time watching and talking about the different events. It was very interest-ing. Even with all this going on, we still found time to keep up

with our ELA novel study of ‘Weather’ in Science and our ‘Treaty’ studies in Social.

Grade 5 and 6 The grade 5 and 6 students have been busy doing Olym-pic activities. We have been able to watch some of the Olympic events due to new satellite dish that we got in our school. We are still work-ing on our novel study – Is-land of the Blue Dolphins. Once again this year we have registered for the World Math Day competition. The students have had a chance to compete against students from all over the world. Some have com-peted against students in the UK, Australia, Spain, Greece as well as students from their own school.

Get Hearts Pumping! Bulyea School is excited to be participating in the Heart and Stroke Founda-tion’s Jump Rope for Heart – a program that gets students active and promotes healthy living. There are terrifi c thank you prizes and an opportu-nity to win a Nintendo Wii Fit pack. Your support helps earn HeartSmart Points for our school. These points can be redeemed for items such as school supplies, electronics and sports equipment.

KEMPTONBorn to Colleen and Tim of Langenburg, SK, on Tues-day, February 16, 2010, a daughter Juno Patricia, weighing 6 lbs. 6 ozs., a sister for Berkeley. Excited family include: grandpar-ents Ray and Lesley Parkin of Bulyea, and Lloyd and Joan Kempton of Semans, great-grandma Bertha Par-kin of Regina and special Aunt and Uncle Les and Betty Banford of Stras-bourg. 17p

ERFLEBorn to Shannon and Devin of Calgary, AB, on Monday, January 4, 2010, twin girls Sophie Olivia, weighing 6 lbs. 7 ozs. and Emerson Zoe, weighing 6 lbs. 6 ozs. Excited family include: old-er brother Merrik, grand-parents Ray and Lesley Par-kin of Bulyea, and Lyle and Janice Erfl e of Assiniboia, great-grandmas Margaret Karst, of Moose Jaw, Mar-jorie Erfl e, of Assiniboia and Bertha Parkin of Regi-na; special Aunt and Uncle Les and Betty Banford of Strasbourg. 17p

We’re Twin Girls!

The church before it was painted.

After the painting was completed.

528-2090, or by mail at Box 340, Nokomis, SK, S0G 3R0. Be sure to include your con-tact information so we can clarify facts if necessary.

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According to a study released last week, the cost estimate for the proposed domed multi-purpose entertainment facility in downtown Regina is $386.2 million, including construc-tion, land, consultants’ fees and ancillary items; plus furniture, fi xtures and equipment. The study says a fully retractable roof would add $45 million to the project’s cost. The study also concludes it is technically feasible to build a

Domed stadium receives positive reviewmulti-purpose entertainment fa-cility in downtown Regina that can generate a modest operating surplus and will help continue to revitalize and integrate down-town Regina and the Warehouse District, making it a year-round place to gather. The report indicates that a new facility has the “potential to complement the other Regina venues and could be a catalyst for the continued revitalization of the Regina downtown and the

Warehouse District, includingthe growing entertainment dis-trict along Dewdney Avenue.”In addition, the report concludesthat the proposed facility wouldopen the door for commercialand residential developmentand would likely attract moreGrey Cups as the only coveredfacility between Vancouver andToronto. The CFL has alreadyendorsed the proposed facilityas a potential Grey Cup venue.

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Semans NewsBeth Anderson

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Nokomis March 1st and every Monday, 2 to 5 until March 29 Nokomis Legion Hall

Semans March 10th and every Wednesday 1 to 3 until March 24th Semans Recreation Centre

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Kim Kirstein of the Raymore Skating Club presents Rich Lang of the Raymore Pool Arena board a cheque for $4000.00 to help with the cost of replacing the waiting room chairs and other planned improvements to the arena and swimming pool. The skating club raises money throughout the year with ticket sales and the community calendar sales.

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munity members as well. Please contact us at theLast Mountain Times directlyat the above number, or con-tact us at: 725-3030, 528-2020,lmt@sasktel.net, by fax at 528-2090, or by mail at Box 340,Nokomis. S0G 3R0. Be sure toinclude your contact informa-tion so we can clarify facts ifnecessary.

The means by whichwe live have

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Our scientifi c powerhas outrun ourspiritual power.

We have guided missilesand misguided men.

- Martin Luther King, Jr

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ConnectionThe Market

The next issue ofThe Market Connectionwill be our

AGRICULTURE SALUTE

issue, to be published on

Tuesday, March 16.

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AgriStability feedback If you’re going to give any praise a farm safety net program that’s been steadily criti-cized over the years, you have to expect some feedback. Interestingly and signifi -cantly, most of the emails have come from outside the province. In my last column, I took the unusual stance of pointing out the benefi ts of Agri-Stability. The program has not worked well for livestock producers suffering years of poor margins. Nor is it very useful for grain producers who haven’t been making money. But a lot of Saskatchewan grain farmers have had some good years and they’ve built up strong AgriStability reference margins. For those producers, the program is provid-ing a great deal of protection going into the 2010 growing season. There was an error in the previous col-umn. I didn’t describe the reference margin calculation properly. An Olympic average is used, meaning the high year and the low year of the last fi ve are removed. If the best three years could be used, grain producers would have even better reference margins. While grain producers in Saskatchewan were largely silent over the premise of the column, grain producers in Ontario sent emails claiming they haven’t been doing well and therefore AgriStability is not pro-viding much support. With different crops and much higher costs in Ontario, they classify AgriStability as a complete failure. There’s also interesting politics at play in Ontario, politics that could affect farm safety net programming for the whole country. Grain and oilseed farmers in Ontario lob-bied hard for a Risk Management Program (RMP) that was implemented within that province back in 2007. However, it was sup-ported by only the Ontario government. On-

tario and its farmers have been pressing ever since to have the federal government contrib-ute its traditional share of funding. Although some Ontario producers deny that RMP is a cost of production program, that’s exactly how it’s described by the On-tario government. To be eligible, however, producers have to participate in production insurance and the AgriStability program. RMP support prices are established for each eligible crop based on production costs. Producers pay premiums depending upon which percentage of the support price they want to insure. A few short years ago on an Ontario grain farm, Stephen Harper said a Conservative government would scrap the CAIS program (the predecessor to AgriStability). That won the Conservatives farmer votes in rural On-tario. Now the feds are refusing to participate in RMP and a lot of farmers in Ontario are rip-ping mad. Here on the Prairies, most producers will tell you that a program covering the cost of production would be wonderful. But there’s little expectation that it will ever come to pass. Such a program would no doubt be subject to international trade action. Plus, the program would be open to all sorts of abuse. Expectations are different in Ontario. Maybe it’s the infl uence of having such a large supply managed dairy sector where prices are based on a cost of production formula. Maybe, it’s because producers in neighbouring Quebec have long had much more lucrative farm programs than anywhere else in the nation. And maybe it’s because Ontario farmers feel that they have some political power. On the Prairies, the Conservatives have a virtual lock on the farm vote. When produc-ers think of the Liberals, they remember the policies of Pierre Trudeau and much more re-cent fi ascos such as the long gun registry. Ontario farm votes, on the other hand, are up for grabs and can be enough to swing en-tire ridings. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and Ontario farmers are squeaking loudly. In the past, Prairie grain farmers have sometimes benefi ted from federal efforts aimed at ap-peasing Ontario grain producers. That could happen again.

Kevin Hursh is a consulting agrologist and farmer based in Saskatoon. He can be reached at kevin@hursh.ca.

Disclaimer: the opinions expressedare those of the writer.

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March isRural Women’sMonth The Government of Sas-katchewan has proclaimed the month of March as Ru-ral Women’s Month in Sas-katchewan. Rural Women’s Month will be observed in conjunction with events held in March by various women’s groups in com-munities across the prov-ince. Some of these events are organized in association with the United Nation’s International Women’s Day on March 8. “The hard work and lead-ership of rural women are vital to the progress of this province,” Agriculture Min-ister Bob Bjornerud said. “Throughout our history, rural women have played a valuable role in their fam-ily farms, local communi-ties and the growth of our province and agriculture industry.”

Oil seed research funding The federal government an-nounced last week that it will provide up to $19 million for the Canola Council of Canada to undertake research in part-nership with the Flax Council of Canada, industry scientists and universities. An investment of $14.5 million will bring together the best scientifi c expertise for the Canola Cluster to focus research and innovation on three areas: oil nutrition, meal nutrition and production, to enable the industry to expand the profi le of canola oils as a healthy oil while increasing the value of the meal. Indus-try partnership is an important element of this initiative and the Canola Council of Canada says it will invest another $5 million to help them reach the ambitious growth targets they have set for 2015.

“We welcome these sub-stantial investments from the Government of Canada in the future of these important crops, such as canola,” said JoAnne Buth, president of the Canola Council of Canada. “The science clusters dem-onstrate the value of govern-ment, industry and farmers working together to increase agricultural production and demand.” The Cluster will also prove benefi cial for the fl ax industry as it will focus on nutritional benefi ts of fl ax for humans and animals. The planned clinical trials are aimed to move the fl ax industry closer to its goal of attaining health claims in its target markets. “The Flax Council of Can-ada is very pleased to part-ner with the Government of Canada and the industry to

undertake important clinical research on fl ax in several areas of human health,” said Barry Hall, President of the Flax Council of Canada. “Sci-entifi c substantiation of health benefi ts is a cornerstone in which Canadian fl axseed is marketed globally and the re-sults that will arise from this research will be invaluable to our industry across the value chain.” Canola is one of Canada’s most valuable single fi eld crops, generating more than $4.9 billion in farm gate re-ceipts in 2008. It accounts for more than 216,000 jobs in Canada in production, trans-portation, crushing, refi ning, food production and manu-facturing. Flax represents another $346 million in farm gate value.

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Thank you to my friends, Marjorie Smith and Doro-thy Wolter, for the phone calls when my brother, Steve Shalapata, passed away. 17p Patti Shalapata

Pastor Emily Toews had her sister Ruth Toews from Win-nipeg for a visit. She stayed for a week. Canada’s 14 gold medals ranked fi rst overall for the most gold medals won by one country in an Olympic games. I heard one comment on TV that they could have sold the men’s hockey tickets 18 times over. Who else heard that? One day yours truly re-ceived a letter in the mail but I had trouble making out the return address. It was from Nokomis, that much I could make out. I found a cheque in-side from the Nokomis Senior Hockey Club. I had won twice on the pool board. What a nice surprise! That other word on the envelope was Chiefs. How come I cannot win in my hometown? I missed Jeff Hein in the list of hockey players I named in the last news. I have not heard from him for a while. Prayers and thoughts go out to Jake and Ruth Sawatzky, Freida Friesen, Elsie Schroed-er, Nikki, Belle Mullet and others. Imagine, it was 12°C in Stoney Rapids and La Ronge was 7°C on March 2. Fort McMurray was 13°C on March 3. There was a house fi re about fi ve miles north of Drake and Drake Fire Department re-sponded at about 7:00 a.m. The family that was forced out of their home on Tuesday and are now residents of Drake and have set up household in the old North Star Country Church once owned by Marie Funk. It is along Railway Ave. The fi re truck also had a call southeast of Drake. Both were

Chuck and Albert are Ca-nadian Comedy Award and East Coast Music Award nominees, and winners of the Touring Performers Award for 2009. Soon, they will be in Watrous thanks to the Wa-trous and Area Arts Council. They are total entertainment multi-instrumentalists, prom-ising a show of high-energy, comedy, dancing, singing and a playful attitude. This Acadian duo has played to standing ovations at home in P.E.I., across Canada and in 15 countries overseas. Cheryl Sheridan, producer of Kinsmen Telemiracle 31 said, “Chuck and Albert did a great job for us. What funny guys, love to see them doing shows in Saskatchewan.” Check out their website at www.chuckandalbert.com/contest

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on Tuesday, March 2. On Sunday morning I had the misfortune of falling in church. I missed either the second last step or the last step going down. Now I have a sore left shoulder and sport-ing red, purple and blue toes. That will all heal in time, thanks to the fact that I was wearing a thick heavy coat and high men’s winter boots, as it could have been much worse. For now I can walk and use my hands. A pot and two cookie sheets were left at the community centre and are now at the Hap-py Shopper store. If they be-long to you please pick them up, otherwise you will have to purchase them from the Lani-gan Thrift Store. Jessie and Heather Bergen of Saskatoon were seen at the Sportsplex with parents Vic and Chris Bergen recently watching a hockey game. Jes-sie and Heather have a two-month-old son named Ty. Home after a hot/warm two-week holiday in the Do-minican Republic are Peter and Mary Jean Nicholson and Joel and Lois Ewert. Our weather in Drake has been spring-like. The Elizabeth Friesen house situated along the Lockwood Grid #668 on the way to Watrous succumbed to a fi re March 2. A bus load of parents and students from the surrounding area went to Mexico a short while ago and built a hall for youth, I believe. I would ap-preciate it if anyone in the group would give me more in-put in a report as to how many, were you all from Drake, how long were you gone on this mission etc. and other details of importance. Did you know a smile is the best anti-aging beauty treat-ment available? A smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.

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Cupar Plus 50 Club hosted a shuffl eboard tournament on Saturday, February 27 with32 participants – 28 from Cupar and four from Dysart. First to fourth place winners were:(back row, left to right) 1st place – Lucy Stuermer and Helen Lipinski, 2nd place – Mar-garet Sakal and Irene Benko, (front row, left to right) 3rd place – Lois Munn and MaryChernick, 4th place – Anne Reiss and Ernie Gebhart.

Cupar Plus 50 Club hostsshuffl eboard tournament

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Coming in fi fth to eight place were: (back row, left to right) 5th place – Steve Domokosand Ed Lipinski (missing), 6th place – Joe Lipinski and Charlotte Hart, (front row, leftto right) 7th place – Willie Gibson and Doreen Hall, 8th place – Elizabeth Nameth andHelen Ermel. Also enjoying the food, fun and laughter were: Helen Bereti, Alma Tudore,Olga Kalcsits, Ernie Weisbrod, Lawrence Geber, Mary Benko, Joe Buki, Margaret Buck-shaw, Ann Lucas, Greta Gebhart, Meade McSweeney, Joe Tuttosi and Joe Santo, all ofCupar; and Ken Thomoas, Bill Harrison and Keith Hanson all of Dysart. Anne Reiss andJoyce Dahroug were the game coordinators.

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Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region officials say they may be fac-ing a $4 million deficit for the current fiscal year, but are looking at making stra-tegic spend-ing reductions to minimize the deficit, and at the same time avoid cutting jobs.

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Thanks to everyone for your many acts of kindness dur-ing my stay in hospital. It was very much appreciated. 17c Avril WilliamsWe, the family of Earl Schmidt, would like to ex-press our thanks to all of our friends and family for all their support during this sad time. To everyone, your vis-its, kind words, hugs, phone calls, cards, fl owers, prayers, and gifts of food, were really appreciated. A special thank you to the girls who put on the lunch for dinner and sup-per for the family. Thank you to Dr. Lim and nursing staff at Nokomis Health Centre for the care given to Earl in his last month. A very special thank you to LaVerne and Lorna for all they did; LaVerne and Pas-tor Emily for the service. To Al at Fotheringham–McDougall Funeral Service for support while making arrangements. Thank you for donations to the Cancer Society and Nokomis Health Centre. Linda, Chris, Kirby,17p Kelly and familiesThank you to family and friends for phone calls and food during my stay in hospital.17p John Holmes

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A strange thing happened the other day. My telephone rebelled. It would not respond when I tried to ‘press one, press two’ as requested. It worked fi ne otherwise. I could make and receive calls. It took messages and displayed call-ers’ names. It just wouldn’t let me push buttons. This happened while I was trying to get some information by phone – a procedure that was simple before businesses started all that button pushing in the interests of economy and convenience – their con-venience, not ours. Naturally, I didn’t expect to speak to a real person without fi rst go-ing around the mulberry bush a few times, but this call was the most convoluted I have ever encountered. A pleasant male voice said, “Please choose from the follow-ing two o p t i o n s ” . Good, I thought, only two options. This will be a cinch. Next, the voice said, “Please choose from the following six options.” From then on it al-ternated between two and six options until my phone had had enough. I started over on my portable phone. It took a good half hour to fi nally reach a human being. What I’m wondering is: is this the beginning of the end? There have been science fi c-tion stories about robots re-belling against their human

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Pharmacists’ prescribing authority to be broadened The Sask Party government last week announced the intent to expand prescribing author-ity for Saskatchewan phar-macists. Proposed regulatory amendments to The Pharmacy Act bylaws will recognize the ability of pharmacists to im-prove health care delivery in the province, working in col-laboration with doctors and other health care profession-als. Expected to take effect by summer, the amendments will authorize pharmacists to pro-vide services such as extend-ing refi lls during a physician’s absence and providing emer-gency supplies of prescribed medications. This enhanced prescribing authority sets the foundation for future expansion, whereby in collaboration with physi-cians, pharmacists who ac-quire additional training, will have the authority to alter dos-ages or formulas, or prescribe certain medications for minor ailments. “We are very pleased with the move to enhanced pre-scribing authority,” Saskatch-ewan College of Pharmacists Registrar Ray Joubert said. “It culminates a journey that began several years ago and follows recommendations from various inquiries and reviews of the health care system. Over the last three or more years we consulted with our professional colleagues, including physicians and nurses, to develop this collab-orative framework. It refl ects our belief in collaboration and promoting an optimal role for the pharmacist as a member of the health care team in the public interest.” There are approximately 1,300 pharmacists practising in Saskatchewan.

SaskPower selects carbon capture technology SaskPower has chosen SNC Lavalin-Cansolv to pro-vide the carbon dioxide (CO2) capture system for the Bound-ary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demonstration Project. SNC Lavalin-Cansolv’s proposal

was selected after a rigorous evaluation of three proposals shortlisted by SaskPower in February 2009. The evalua-tion was undertaken by Sask-Power and an independent consultant, Stantec Engineer-ing. Should it proceed, the car-bon capture and sequestra-tion (CCS) project would transform an aging unit at Boundary Dam Power Station near Estevan into a reliable, long-term producer of 115 megawatts of clean baseload electricity, while enhanc-ing provincial oil production and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The federal government will provide a $240-million investment in the project.SaskPower will make a fi nal decision on whether to pro-ceed with the Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration Demon-stration Project later this year. There remains important work to do in the areas of fi nalizing project cost estimates, secur-ing customers for the captured CO2, and making an assess-ment of the timing and extent of CO2 emissions regula-tions.

And Budget 2010 outlines the Harper government’s three-point plan for returning to budget bal-ance once the economy has re-covered. First, the Government will follow through with the exit strategy built into the Economic Action Plan. Temporary mea-sures in the Action Plan will be wound down as planned. Sec-ond, the Government will re-strain spending through targeted reductions. Towards achieving this objective, Budget 2010 pro-poses $17.6 billion in savings over fi ve years. Third, the Gov-ernment will undertake a com-prehensive review of govern-ment administrative functions and overhead costs to identify additional savings and improve service delivery. The Government, in making

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the budget announcement, saysit will not raise taxes or cut majortransfers for health care, educa-tion and pensioners. “Canada’s history shows whata free people served by goodgovernment can accomplish to-gether,” said Minister Flaherty.“We are at a key moment in thathistory, as we emerge from theglobal recession. Our govern-ment means to be a partner inCanada’s recovery, not an ob-stacle to its growth.” The Last Mountain Times will provide more detail on the newfederal budget, and from opposi-tion parties and various interestgroups in the March 16 issue.

20 LAST MOUNTAIN TIMES TUESDAY, MARCH 9, 2010

Report from theLegislature

byGreg Brkich, MLAArm River-Watrous

Constituency As the 2010 Spring Ses-sion of the Saskatchewan Legislature begins, I look forward to addressing the concerns of Arm River-Wa-trous constituents as well as the many issues at the pro-vincial level. I would like to begin my report by offering my congratulations to all the Canadian Olympians, espe-cially the Saskatchewan Olympians, who have just fi nished competing in Vancouver. We can be very proud of their historic achievements in the 2010 Winter Olympics having won 26 medals including a record-breaking 14 gold medals. Across Canada, we can all be proud. The past couple of months have seen our Government Caucus working hard on the 2010 Provincial Budget. Pre-mier Wall and all the government MLA’s have been work-ing hard towards keeping Saskatchewan’s economy in good shape going forward. Recently the Premier, current chair of the Council of the Federation, and other Canadian Premiers, traveled to Wash-ington, D.C. There, they met with the National Governors Association and senior offi cials from the White House. The Premier has been working hard to keep trade relations strong. A great deal of progress was made to ensure that Saskatchewan is recognized as a leader on both the national and international stages. If you have any questions or concerns, please call my of-fi ce at 1-800-539-3979 or visit www.gregbrkich.ca

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Concerns about the linger-ing recession and slowly-building economic recovery were eased somewhat in the past week, with the announce-ment of signifi cant profi ts at all four of Canada’s major banks. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was the fi rst to report its fi rst-quarter fi -nancial results, saying that it earned $652-million, up from $147-million a year ago. The bulk of the bank’s profi ts came from basic Canadian consumer banking, the busi-ness that CIBC has chosen to concentrate on in the wake of the credit crisis.

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35 percent in its fi rst quarter as loan losses decreased, but the results were weaker than forecasters were expecting. On March 4, Toronto-Domin-ion Bank posted a profi t of $1.3-billion in its most recent quarter. TD Bank turned in its record performance based on both its Canadian personal and commercial banking di-visions, and the bank’s pro-visions for loan losses were also less than anticipated. And Bank of Montreal (BMO) re-ported a fi rst-quarter profi t of $657-million, up $432-mil-lion from a year ago. Like the other Canadian banks the bulk of BMO’s earnings came from Canadian business and consumer lending operations.

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SaskWater will be raising rates effective for the April 2010 billing period. The pro-vincial agency says it needs the rate increase to continue to meet customer needs in the province for safe, reliable, quality water. SaskWater did not have a rate increase in 2008 or 2009. SaskWater’s last rate increase was on May 1, 2007. The 2010 increase affects customers who do not have scheduled annual rate adjust-ments as a part of their agree-ment; this includes 26 com-munities, 49 rural pipeline groups, 35 industrial custom-ers and approximately 200 other rural users. These cus-tomers will see the increase on their April invoice. Rates will increase by nine per cent for potable water

customers and 5.9 to nine per cent for non-potable water customers. As a result, the increase to potable custom-ers will be a maximum of 20 cents per cubic metre (1,000 litres) and the increase to non-potable customers will be a maximum of fi ve cents per cubic metre. The recom-mended increase will result in the average household bill increasing anywhere from $4.14 to $6.24 a month for SaskWater’s direct connec-tion rural customers. Whether this increase is directly and equally transferred to munici-pal and rural pipeline groups’ customers is at their discre-tion. Communities in the local area that will see the water rate increase include: Lani-gan and Guernsey.

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Something new will happen in my household soon. Well, at least we are expecting it at the moment, by the time you read this, we should have a new child. A baby, which will change the dynamics of our household. The one I worry about the most is our daughter Amanda, who is at the moment, our only child. Certainly she says she is ready for her new sibling, but the reality may be another story. With this infant, the amount of attention will change and our schedules will be different. Nothing will be the same, and that is good. Often we like to have our routines. We like to have a stan-dard wake up time. Our work is done in a prescribed order so you do not forget something. If everything is done in a standard way, then you can remember how to do it next time, and you get faster at it. There is a catch: nothing stays the same. We cer-tainly want it to, but nothing does. Life certainly continued on for a number of years until Je-sus came. The Son of God who walked among us; very much God and yet still a man. As he lived, died on the cross and rose from the grave, so everything changed. We have a peace with God that comes through his work. A work that is for all peo-ple who accept him. Consider what the apostle Paul wrote: And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the fi rstborn from the dead, that in everything he

Ministerial essagemight be preeminent. For inhim all the fullness of God waspleased to dwell, and throughhim to reconcile to himself allthings, whether on earth or inheaven, making peace by theblood of his cross.

- Colossians 1:18-20 (ESV) This is something that haschanged everything. The worldhas met God in Jesus and wehave a clear way of understand-ing God. This is what trulymakes Christianity differentfrom all other religions: Godcame in Jesus. We have thewondrous change in our livesbecause we have the opportu-nity to know him. Moreover,through Jesus we have peacewith God. This is important,it is part of how the world haschanged, and it is an importantpart. While our lives may fallapart in many ways, Jesus hasreconciled us to God which isthe good news. The questionis are we willing to accept it. Istarted by wondering how mydaughter will adjust to her newsibling; in a similar way, howhave we adjusted to this goodnews? It is life changing. It ismy prayer that this affects yourlife in a positive way. For somethe change in your life will beminor, for some it will be pro-found. No matter how strongthe effects are, change hascome. May God help us all tounderstand him through Jesuseach and every day.

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Linda Thomson Linda Irene Thomson’s struggle with multiple myeloma end-ed on January 15, 2010. Linda was born on April 30, 1949 in Canora, SK, and learned to love family, animals and the land, with the guidance of her parents Robert and Jean Graham and the encouragement of her siblings Margaret, Myrtle, Verna, Bob and Reg. She attended, without enthusiasm, Chain-of-Lakes and Invermay schools, but her interests were clearly elsewhere – most often in farming activities. Baling beat literature every time. Linda married Graham Thomson on July 6, 1968, and together they raised four kids and roamed the countryside. Moving more than a dozen times in the fi rst 10 years of marriage meant that Linda developed an uncanny talent for packing and kept track of time by remembering who was in diapers at what house. Every house was full of friends and every yard trimmed to within an inch of its life.

The moves ended in 1977 when the family settled in Nokomis. Settling in Nokomis meant in-volvement in community activities, most of which involved the kids. Scouts, hockey, ball, school sports, ropings and driving the school bus kept her on the road for most of the ‘80s, but in 1987 she found her own niche. Completing her home care/special care aide course meant that she could now focus her considerable energy on caring for the most vulnerable among us with dignity and compassion. Her work at Silver Heights Special Care Home in Raymore, Nokomis Health Centre and home care was a source of joy and fulfi llment. It is what she was meant to do. Having children at a young age meant that Linda was able to be a young and active grandmoth-er. A stop at the house meant photos and stories of the latest exploits of Grady, Raina, Victoria, Dillon and Shane. The only thing that made her happier than their birth was when they stayed at Grandma’s house and followed her to NHC to meet the staff or to the farm to meet a new foal (her four-legged grandchildren) or played in the yard while Grandma gardened. Linda is remembered by a grateful family including: her husband Graham; children Monty, Rolly (Angie), Sherri and Shawna (Clayton); grandchildren Grady and Raina Thomson and Vic-toria, Dillon and Shane Sanborn; mother Jean; sisters Margaret (Bob), Myrtle (Leonard) and Verna (Walter); brother Reg; sisters-in-law Gail (Bob) and Glenelda (Ray); and a herd of beloved nieces, nephews and friends. Linda was predeceased by: her dad Robert Graham; brother Bob Graham; parents-in-law Ida and William Thomson and brothers-in-law Steve Panchyk and Jim McCutcheon. A memorial service was held at the Nokomis Centennial Hall on January 18, 2010, conducted by ministers Jim Atcheson, Ruth Sinclair and Agnes Smiley. Guest book attendants were Karen Lee and Sandy Lewis. David Herauf, Stacey Oliver and Vern Bexson were the ushers. Eulogy was given by Sandy Lewis and Myrtle Pilkey. Janice Cobb was pianist and special music was by Braden Pihrag, Karen McCrae, Lynn Higgins and Sherrie Gullacher. Memorial donations directed to the Nokomis Hospital Auxiliary or the Sandra Schmirler Foun-dation would be appreciated.

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EDWARDSSean and Angela, along with big brother Hunter, are pleased to announce the arrival of Tanner James on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 8:46 p.m. at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon. He weighed 8 lbs. 11 ozs. and measured 21 inches long. Proud grandparents are Doug and Sherry Hobman, Wayne Harding, Doug and Janice Edwards, all of Nokomis. Great-grandparents are Maxine and Russell Hall-borg of Watrous and Bob Edwards, Jim and Anne Hendry and Calvin Hard-ing of Nokomis.

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the Watrous Music Festival on March 10. Under the direction of Mr.

David McDade once again the central band has been work-ing on new music pieces for the 2010 season. The group has 15 members from the communities of Holdfast, Imperial, Nokomis, and Watrous. They regularly meet every Wednesday after-noon and evening at Imperial school for a combined practise. The Band Auxilary has planned a band tour to Edmonton for May 1-4 with a number of performances, and excursions for the students. The recently formed Garage Band from Winston High School will also be joining the tour. This should provide a varied presentation to the venues. In order to fi nance this tour the students’ families have a number of fundraising projects that they are required to take part in, in-cluding Mom’s Pantry, a spring bottle drive in Watrous and a bat-tery recycling program. The Im-perial Service Club is also plan-ning an evening of music and dance with Saskatoon’s Stone Frigate Band at Imperial on mid-April. The Horizon Winds has a clinic with some of those musi-cians that afternoon and then per-forms some musical pieces with them that night. Following their band tour, the ensemble will be performing at the Moose Jaw Festival on May 19, while Watrous will be the location of their fi nal concert on May 16. The spring season is certainly shaping up to be a busy one for the band. They are an en-thusiastic group of young musi-cians that music patrons would enjoy hearing. Local students include Holly Hobman and Cory Bart. Take time to attend one or more of their performances and support our young musicians!

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Prinipal’s Message March does lend itself to a very busy time at school. Be-tween classwork, SRC activities, and extracurricular activities, there is no shortage of things to do. In addition, the weather will start to get nice which can make it diffi cult to focus. All in all, March can be an interesting month. Remember, though, with a bit of perseverance, a bit of hu-mour, and a whole lot of dedica-tion, anything can get done.

- Mr. Koenig

Kindergarten, Grade 1and 2 News The Kindergarten students have started a new unit on di-nosaurs and are really enjoying it. They continue to forge ahead on their sounds and are starting to learn some pretty tricky ones. In Math, they are moving onto yet another unit, this one on ex-ploring geometry and measure-ment. The Grades One and Two students will be starting new units in Math and a unit on the Earth in Science. We continue to look at reading strategies in both grades and are continuing to work on sentence writing.

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Grade 3, 4, and 5 News February ended with an Olympic week of activities ranging from tracking a se-lected country’s medal stand-ings, to designing an Olympic heroes trading card, creating bar graphs, writing acrostic poems and completing Venn diagrams. We look forward to our ski trip. Hopefully the weather co-

operates and we have a great day of skiing. We are coming to the end of certain subject areas: Writing – Dictionary Skills; ELA (Grade 3) – Super Senses; ELA (Grade 4/5) – Why Are You Laugh-ing?; Math (Gr ade 3) – Number Strand: Addition & Subtrac-tion; Math (Grade 4) – Number Strand – Multiplication & Divi-sion; Arts Education – Dance Unit. We continue with: Science – Predicting Weather; Health – Digestive System; Writing – Six Traits – Organization; Social Studies – Saskatchewan Cities.

- Mrs. Koenig

Grade 6, 7, and 8 News The students are progressing well, especially in math. Ty and Savanna will be starting the unit on Fractions, Ratios and Per-cents. Sydney will soon be start-ing the unit on Circles. Cara, Daniel, Cylus and Adam will be starting the unit on Volume. There will be a Science exam in the near future and then we will move on to the unit on Cells, Tissues, Organs and Systems. ‘Treaties’ is going to be the focus in Social Studies for the month of March, and in PAA the stu-dent are working on computer generated fl oor plans. We are fo-cussing on reading and writing strategies in ELA, and will also be improving our vocabulary by playing the great compari-son game ‘Apples to Apples.’ A potluck lunch is planned for Wednesday, March 10.

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Greetings from Mrs. Stratton The grade 9-12 students at-

Nokomis School newstended the play The Wiz at the Conexus Arts Centre on Febru-ary 24 which was put on by the Regina group ‘Do It With Class.’ The Wiz is a dramatic re-make of the classic Wizard of Oz, and was portrayed by middle years and high school students from the Regina area. As we are back in the swing of things after the break, the Media Studies 20 students are currently working on portray-als of education in TV and fi lm, and advertisements. ELA B10 are beginning the classic no-vella Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck, while the ELA 9 students are working on poetry in their Love, Loyalty and Re-lationships unit, which will be bringing us into Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. History 30 students have just fi nished Unit 2 and are working on Unit 3: Canada and the Wars; Social Studies 9 students are debat-ing paradigms and looking at worldviews in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries, and CPT is on the fi nal fi lming and touches of their Sweded movies.

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Telemiracle The SRC reports that be-tween the breakfast and the oth-er Telemiracle activities of the week, a cheque in the amount of $800.00 will be sent to Telemir-acle.

SCC Annual Meeting The Nokomis School Com-munity Council held its annual meeting last Monday. No elec-tion was needed. Sandy Braun and Janelle Edwards have stepped down from their posi-tions on the council and Hazel Eddy joins Dale Knouse, Tim Hendry, David Mark, Betty Styles, Nina Moskal-Braun, Michele Cruise-Pratchler, Mau-reen Tait and Ken Koenig on the council.

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Many who attended enjoyed dancing along to the musicof the band.

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Dance Alive 2010 (20th Anniversary) hosted by An-gela’s Dance Academy takes place Saturday, March 13 at Strasbourg Memorial Hall. Group competition begins at 9:00 a.m. and Solo/Duo com-petition starts at 3:00 p.m. Dancers will be competing in the disciplines of tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, musical the-atre, hip hop and production. Come out and cheer on your local dancers! Admission at the door. 17c A drop-off box is located in the Last Mountain Co-op Store in Govan, so that people can drop off their news items for publication in the Last Moun-tain Times. Looking for some extra copies of this week’s news-paper? Pick some up at the Govan Co-op!

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Dance Alive 2010 (20th Anniversary) hosted by An-gela’s Dance Academy takes place Saturday, March 13 at Strasbourg Memorial Hall. Group competition begins at 9:00 a.m. and Solo/Duo com-petition starts at 3:00 p.m. Dancers will be competing in the disciplines of tap, jazz, ballet, lyrical, musical the-atre, hip hop and production. Come out and cheer on your local dancers! Admission at the door. 17c

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ANNUAL MEETINGTuesday, March 16

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Farmers Market, Satur-day, March 13 in Wildlife Hall from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Phone Roberta at 725-4570 to book tables. Lunch served by Girl Guides and Pathfi nders. 16-17c

Ladies Auxiliary St. Pat-rick’s Day Tea, Raffl e and Bake Sale on Wednesday, March 17 from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. at Last Mountain Pio-neer Home. Everyone Wel-come. 16-17p

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The Strasbourg Curling Club hosted the Dominion Region Playdowns, February 27 and 28. In its second year, this is an annual event for the men’s and women’s curling teams who have won their re-spective local championships. Each affi liated curling club may declare a men’s team and a women’s team to represent their respective region play-down. Only one player on the team can have participated in the 2008/2009 or 2009/2010 curling seasons in provincial mens, womens, or seniors or in a world curling tour event. Because only one ladies

Strasbourg rink advances Dominion Region Playdowns held in Strasbourg

team entered our region play-down, that team from Hum-boldt advances to Provincials in Regina, March 25 to 29. Teams from Humboldt, Watrous and Strasbourg en-tered the men’s competition in our region. The team from Strasbourg won the competi-tion and will advance to the Provincials in Regina as well. The team from Strasbourg was skipped by David Cras-well, with third Larry Doet-zel, second Kevin Craswell, and lead substitute Justin Kerr for Ray Craswell.

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Dated at Strasbourg, this 25th day of February, 2010.

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Sunday Morning Worship ConcertSunday Morning Worship Concert

Keith Kitchen in ConcertKeith Kitchen in ConcertStrasbourg Alliance Church

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Good info at 55 Alive Refresher Course

A ‘55 Alive’ Driver Re-fresher Course was held in Strasbourg on Wednesday, February 17 with 11 people in attendance. The program, in partnership with the Sas-katchewan Safety Council and SGI, reviews the rules of the road for mature driv-ers. The full day presentation featured guest speaker Lee Carlson who dealt with such topics as: driving courtesy, other drivers, safety tips, intersections, and poor road

conditions. He also showed a couple of videos. Carlson spoke of our abilities as we age and being aware of our shortcomings such as: night vision, depth perception, hearing, sight, medications, etc. The point was also made that as you age, it is a good idea to refresh your driver knowledge and skills every fi ve years. Everyone who attended the day session felt the course was very worthwhile.

Lee Carlson gave an excellent presentation at Stras-bourg United Church designed to refresh drivers on the rules of the road.

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LEESLEESBorn to Jamie (Kerr) and Tom Lees of Regina, a daugh-ter, Harlow Ridar Lees at 5:56 p.m. on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. She was 7 lbs. 14 ozs. and 20.5 inches long. Very proud grandparents are: Darryl and Rita Kerr of Strasbourg, Chris and Tina Lees of Arcola, and Jim and Cheryl McElroy of St. Albert, AB.

Come out to the farm (Darryl and Rita’s)on Saturday, March 13 from 1:30-4:30 p.m.

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Sunday, March 14 Rowan’s Ravine Provincial Park

East Shore WildlifeAnnual Fishing Derby

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What may have started out as a protest is now a 100 year old tradition. In 1909, there was a Scouting Rally at the Crystal Palace in London, England, which was organized by Lord Baden-Powell and to his sur-prise, a large number of girls showed up to join the 11,000 boys already assembled.

Girl GuidesA 100 year old tradition still relevant

The number of girls caught the attention of Baden-Powell so he asked his sister Agnes to create a program for the girls and that was the beginning of Girl Guides as we know them today. By 1910 the movement had made inroads into Canada with the fi rst unit formed in St. Cathe-

rines, Ontario, and by 1912 there was a unit in every province. According to local Brownie leader, Jo Ann Scott-Hodgins, the values of the early Guide groups are still important in to-day’s world. Girl Guides offers girls opportunities to develop skills and expand their knowl-edge to global services. There is so much more to Guiding than just selling cookies. Besides be-ing good fun for the girls, they really learn about providing ser-vices for people and working to-gether to make a better world. Units in Strasbourg and Bu-lyea will be heading to Moose Jaw on May 15-16 for National Rally Day. This Great Guiding Centennial Sleepover is being planned to celebrate 100 years of Guiding in Canada and in Sas-katchewan. Moose Jaw was the site for the fi rst unit in Saskatch-ewan. The local units will also be going to Zion United Church where the fi rst unit meetings were held. The weekend will be extremely busy beginning with a parade to Crescent Park where the girls will have an op-portunity to participate in over 25 activity stations. In February, Bulyea and Stras-bourg Guiding units have been having fun together. Brenda Laliberte, who leads Sparks in Strasbourg, and also has a Guid-ing unit in Bulyea, organized two exciting events for the girls. On February 7, during Bulyea’s winter carnival weekend, the girls got together for a 100 year launch party and built an ice sculpture of the number ‘100’ on the Bulyea School grounds. The Strasbourg Brownies were invited to a sleepover in Bulyea School on February 12-13. Everyone had tons of fun, watching the Olympics Cere-monies, singing, playing games, making masks and puppets for a puppet show, and learning many new things. Strasbourg Guiding units are busy planning a homecom-ing tea at the end of May as a centennial celebration for Girl Guides of Canada, as well as their own 30 year celebration of Guiding in Strasbourg.

The Strasbourg and Bulyea Brownies had a ton of fun watching the Olympic Ceremonies, singing, playing games, creating masks and puppets for a puppet show, etc., at their sleepover in Bulyea School on February 12 to 13.

Strasbourg and District Museumholds Hobby Show and Sale

Strasbourg and District Museum hosted its annual Hobby Show on Saturday, February27 at the Strasbourg Wildlife Hall. Danielle Uhl (right) admires the photography of LisaCornish at one of the tables.

Jessica (left) and Sebastian Dreger exam-ine Christel Hey’s collection of antique toy spinning tops.

Larry Mikulcik displayed his extensive col-lection of war memorabilia.

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Spring is a time for new be-ginnings, and so it is, too, for Mark McGwire. The baseball slugger. who in 1998 was the fi rst to ex-ceed Roger Maris’s revered single-season home run re-cord of 61, established a new record (since broken by Barry Bonds) of 70 and who fi nished with a Hall-of-Fame-worthy total of 538 for his career, is back in the game after being run over by the performance-enhancing-drug truck (PEDs, or steroids, for short). McGwire went into self-exile after testifying about the use of steroids in baseball before Congress fi ve years ago. His infamous ‘I don’t want to talk about the past’ answers to Congressional in-quisitions basically made him persona non grata in the world of baseball, and Hall of Fame voters confi rmed that unwrit-ten blacklisting by leaving him hundreds of votes short of the number required for induction.

A new beginning forMark McGwire

When manager Tony LaR-ussa of the St. Louis Cardinals brought his old buddy back into the game this year by hir-ing him over the winter as the Cards’ hitting coach, one of the fi rst things McGwire did was come clean about his use of ste-roids. He fi nally did talk about the past. Still, he copped out by saying the steroids weren’t responsible for all those home runs, because statistically, he had good years and bad years while on the juice. Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel wrote the following about McGwire: “When asked if he could have hit 70 home runs and broken Maris’s record with-out steroids, he replied, ‘Abso-lutely ...I believe I was given this gift by the man upstairs.’ Hopefully, he was talking about some steroids dealer who lived in a second-fl oor apartment and not God Almighty Himself. Be-cause God-given gifts may have turned McGwire into a good home run hitter, but man-made drugs turned him into a mythic

one.” So the past is the past and McGwire, back in the game, is looking only to the future. A man deserves a second chance and while LaRussa has given him that opportunity, Hall of Fame voters likely won’t be as kind. • Jay Mariotti of Fan-House.com, on the Cowboys building a colossus of a sta-dium and then keeping Wade Phillips as coach: “This is akin to inventing the world’s sleek-est automobile, then installing an eight-track tape player.” • Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle: “What sport could be more oppo-site surfi ng than golf? Golf is so, uh, thoughtful. When a 40-foot-high freight train of water is highballing toward you at Mavericks, you don’t get a couple minutes to step back and read the wave, ask your caddie which way he thinks it will break.” • Ostler said he ran into a sweet deal at Pebble

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Beach recently: For sale, a home on the 18th fairway at Pebble. Four bedrooms, $35 million. Monthly payment: $158,980.92. “I hope some old coot buys the house. Fifty times a day, he will run onto his front porch, waving his cane and yelling, ‘You kids get off my lawn!’ • Comedy writer Jerry Perisho: “A Pennsylvania woman is accused of missing twice, but fi nally striking, her 21-year-old son with a Lou-isville Slugger baseball bat. Her .333 average prompted the Pirates to give her a spring tryout. • Ex-Maple Leafs GM Gord Stellick, to the Toronto Sun, on the late Harold Bal-lard, the team’s tightwad owner: “I had a salary cap be-fore anyone else ever heard of a salary cap.” • Golfer John Daly, to the San Francisco Chronicle, on the downside of shedding more than 100 pounds: “With the putting, I don’t have anywhere to put my elbows now.” • Journeyman pro golfer Paul Goydos, telling Scott Ostler about his role as a pro: “(Tiger Woods) has to have somebody to beat, and in all

my tournaments against Ti-ger, I believe I’ve fulfi lled my role well.” • Comedy writer Jim Ba-rach: “Forbes Magazine has ranked Cleveland as the most miserable city in the U.S. Ex-cept during baseball season when Chicago gets the nod.” • Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel on the Tiger Woods’ announcement, on the question America really wanted answered by Tiger: “Seriously, why the Perkins waitress?” • Toronto comedian Frenchie McFarlane: “For-mer CFL star quarterback Tracy Ham is to be inducted into CFL Hall of Fame. Big question now is: If he goes in as an Alouette, will Que-bec language laws (Bill 101) force him to be inducted as Tracy “Jambon”? • Comedy writer Jerry Perisho: “Walter Morrison, the man who invented the Frisbee, died at age 90. The deceased will be buried in the toy box in the garage under the defl ated volleyballs.” • Or, as Jonathan Har-well noted on The New York Times’ LaughLines blog: “The body will lie in state on the roof of Mr. Morrison’s

neighbour’s garage.” • Mike Bianchi: “If I write something that makes you mad, just remember this quote: “The job of the sports columnist is to watch the bat-tle from the mountaintop and then ride down and bayonet the wounded.” • Michael Farber on SI.com, after U.S. goalie Ryan Miller stoned Canada in a 5-3 round-robin win and then blanked the Swiss 2-0: “His marvelous goaltending had the tweeters all asking Do You Believe in Miller-cles?

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The Canadian Olympic Team closed out the third Olympic Games held in Cana-da with the most medals it has ever won, 26, and a new all-time high of 14 gold medals to lead all countries in gold med-als for any nation at a Winter Games. Figure skater Joannie Rochette was elected Canada’s Flag Bearer at the Closing Cer-emony. Just days after the trag-ic death of her mother, Thérèse, Rochette captured a bronze medal in the singles competi-tion at Pacifi c Coliseum. She is Canada’s fi rst women’s singles medalist since 1988. Her abil-ity to rise to such a diffi cult oc-casion, with two fi gure skating programs sure to live on in Ca-nadian sports lore, is an inspi-ration well beyond the bound-aries of sport. The 24-year-old from Île Dupas, Quebec, was also awarded the Vancouver 2010 Terry Fox Award – an international award for those who showed determination and character at the 2010 Olympic Games. The Canadian Olympic Team’s 26 medals marks its most successful Winter Games ever, eclipsing the previous record of 24 in Turin in 2006. The 14 gold medals are the most at the 2010 Games, and

The 2010 Winter Olympic Games wrapped up in Vancou-ver Sunday evening, February 28 with a nail-biter, Canada-winning hockey game, and an equally impressive closing ceremony. Saskatchewan athletes carried home an impressive 11 medals in total: nine gold, one silver and one bronze. Medal recipients from Sas-katchewan included: • Corinne Bartel (Humboldt), Silver in Women’s Curling• Ryan Getzlaf (Regina), Gold in Men’s Ice Hockey• Ben Hebert (Regina), Gold in Men’s Curling• Gina Kingsbury (Uranium City), Gold in Women’s Ice Hockey• Lucas Makowsky (Regina), Gold in Speed Skating Team Pur-suit• Patrick Marleau (Aneroid), Gold in Men’s Ice Hockey• Meaghan Mikkelson (Regina), Gold in Women’s Ice Hockey• Brenden Morrow (Carlyle), Gold in Men’s Ice Hockey• Lyndon Rush (Humboldt), Bronze in Men’s Bobsleigh • Colleen Sostorics (Kennedy), Gold in Women’s Ice Hockey• Hayley Wickenheiser (Shau-navon), Gold in Women’s Ice Hockey Premier Brad Wall congratu-lated all of the Saskatchewan athletes, volunteers and other participants on a very successful Olympic showing. “I want to say a heartfelt congratulations to all our Saskatchewan athletes,” Wall said. “They represented our prov-ince and our country incredibly

Sask Olympic wrap up Canadian Olympic Team recordsbest-ever Winter Games

well. We are proud to call you our own.” The Saskatchewan Pavilion was open for 17 days at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Van-couver. More than 120,000 peo-ple passed through the pavilion over the course of the Games. “We had people from Aus-tralia, China, Germany, Poland, Saudi Arabia – literally from all over the world – visit our pavilion,” Wall said. “We told an international audience that Saskatchewan is a great place to make a living and to make a life. Visitors were exposed to all as-pects of Saskatchewan, including the province’s economy, industry, food and entertainment. They were also greeted by friendly staff and volunteers who were from Saskatchewan. I want to say a big thank you to all our volun-teers – a 150 in total – and to our dedicated staff,” Wall said. “Our core team worked hard for more than a month straight to ensure our pavilion was a success, and I can say that it absolutely was, so thank you. Saskatchewan people were also involved in other ways at the games as offi cials, coaches and in other roles. Congratula-tions to the offi cials, coaches and others from Saskatchewan who were involved in the Olympics. Each of you have also made Sas-katchewan proud.” “This was an incredible expe-rience,” Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Dustin Dun-can said. “I can’t believe it is over. We put on a fantastic show and I am proud of our team and proud to be from Saskatchewan.”

exceeds the all-time record set by the Soviet Union in 1976 and Norway in 2002. “We are so proud of all Ca-nadian Olympians who have both rewritten history and con-tributed to an exceptional Van-couver 2010 Olympic Winter Games,” said Michael Cham-bers, president of the Canadian Olympic Committee. “Our team is indebted to Canadians from coast to coast to coast for painting the town red while embracing these Games and delivering an incredible jolt of patriotism that our athletes certainly felt while competing. The gold medals speak vol-umes about where Canada is headed at future Winter Games and about the strong sport sys-tem now fi rmly established in Canada.” “It’s been my honour to live with our Olympic athletes and witness fi rst-hand their skill, dedication and professionalism as they carried Canada’s hopes on their shoulders,” said Nath-alie Lambert, Canada’s 2010 Chef de Mission. “There were such amazing moments here and you could actually feel the momentum building for our team as the Games went on. It’s truly a testament to the training and preparation that went into this Canadian Olym-

pic Team, and especially for Own the Podium. We watched how that special program lifted our athletes to new heights and record achievements.” The Vancouver 2010 Olym-pic Winter Games were fi lled with many highlights for Ca-nadian athletes. They include: • Alex Bilodeau won Canada’s fi rst gold medal on Canadian soil, in freestyle moguls.• Maëlle Ricker is Canada’s fi rst female gold medallist on Canadian soil, after winning the snowboard cross competi-tion.• Clara Hughes (speed skating) won her sixth career medal (bronze), tying Cindy Klassen for the most all-time by a Ca-nadian.• François-Louis Tremblay (short track) captured his fourth and fi fth career medals, putting him second all-time.• Jean Philippe Le Guellec (biathlon) set three individual records for a Canadian man: 6th in sprint, 11th in pursuit, 13th in individual. He became the fi rst Canadian to compete in the mass start elite event and helped the relay team fi nish a best-ever (10th).• The women’s hockey team won its third straight Olympic title.• Jasey-Jay Anderson, four-

time world champion, four-time Olympian, captured goldin snowboard’s parallel giantslalom.• Kaillie Humphries andHeather Moyse won gold inbobsleigh while Helen Upper-ton and Shelley-Ann Brownwon silver – the fi rst Canadianwomen to reach the podium inthis sport.• Lyndon Rush guided theCanada 1 four-man bobsled toa bronze medal, the fi rst suchmedal in 46 years.• Canada’s men’s cross-country skiers had six record-breaking top-7 results, led byIvan Babikov’s 5th place resultin the 30 km classic.• Jenn Heil is a double Olym-pic medallist in moguls, win-ning silver in 2010 and gold in2006.• Sam Edney fi nished 7th inluge, the best-ever mark for aCanadian man, and ties Cana-da’s best-ever luge mark.• Both the long and short trackspeed skating teams collectedfi ve medals apiece to lead allsports.• The men’s curling team wongold, the women’s team silver,meaning Canada has reachedthe podium at each Gamessince the sport was reintro-duced in 1998.

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The Prairie Central curling team from the Humboldt Curl-ing Club were Gold Medal win-ners at the 2010 Saskatchewan Winter Games which were held in Moose Jaw from February 14 to 20. This team made of local players: skip Dean Jaeb, third Jason Fleischhacker, both from Humboldt, second Spencer Hil-derman from Duval and lead

Justin Hanmer from Lanigan, is coached by Lorne Hilderman. Playing at the Bushell Curl-ing Club, February 14 to 17, the rink was undefeated in their pool, fi nishing fi rst with a record of 6-0. The boys had very tough competition including a strong team from Saskatoon which they had to defeat twice. They will now start a nine month training program as the

Gold medal win at Winter GamesHumboldt rink has great week in Moose Jaw

top four teams from the Sas-katchewan Winter Games pre-pare for playoffs in Saskatoon in December to see who will be the Saskatchewan rep at the 2011 Canadian Winter Games in Halifax.

Photos submitted byStacey Hanmer.

Team Prairie Central on the podium receiving their Gold medals at the Saskatchewan Winter Games in Moose Jaw (left to right): skip Dean Jaeb, third Jason Fleischhacker, second Spencer Hilderman, and lead Justin Hanmer and their coach Lorne Hilderman.

Sweeping a rock down the ice is Jason Fleischhacker (left), throwing the rock is Spencer Hilderman, and also sweeping is Justin Hanmer (right).

Sweeping, Justin Hanmer (left), Dean Jaeb throwing the rock, and Spencer Hilderman (right).

The Saskatchewan Win-ter Games is an opportunity for young athletes to reach for new levels of excellence. The 2010 games were held in Moose Jaw. For over 1,000 participants, the games repre-sent an important step in their athletic careers. Representing our local zone (previously Zone 5), which is

Photos submitted byLila Haskey-Mutch.

Local female hockey players winBronze at Winter Games

now called Prairie Central, were female hockey players: Charlie Elke of Jansen, Alex Blair of Drake and Brooke Mutch of Nokomis. The Prairie Central team competed in games on Febru-ary 18, 19 and 20. Scores for Prairie Central were as fol-lows: Saskatoon 2 – Prairie Central 2; Prairie Central 1 –

Lakeland 0; Prairie Central 2– South East 3; Prairie Central5 – Rivers West 1. They endedthe games as Bronze Medalwinners.

-submitted byLila Haskey-Mutch

Pictured above (left to right) with their medals are: Alex Blair, Brooke Mutch and Charlie Elke.

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