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By DEVIN WILGERN-R Writer

The anniversary of a band is a time to look back on your career and celebrate everything you have accomplished. Theory of a Deadman is celebrating its 15th anniversary with an acoustic tour of western Canada, including a Yorkton stop at the Painted Hand Casino on January 29.

Joey Dandeneau says that it’s something the band has never done before, born out of a desire to give something different to the fans that have been with the band from the begin-

ning. Western Canada was where the band started out and while they tour around the world it was a desire to do something different for the people who have stuck with the group from the beginning.

“Our fans have never seen us in that light before, never really heard our songs per-formed in that type of atmosphere. It’s not going to be a big, loud rock show with a big light show, it’s going to be a lot more toned down. It will be some-thing totally different for our fans and for us.”

While a departure from the band’s usual

sound, Dandeneau says that having an acoustic tour shows the craft that is underneath the songs themselves.

“A good song can always be played on an acoustic guitar, and that’s sometimes how you can tell if it’s a good song, if you can play it on an acoustic guitar with just somebody singing the song... We’re going to deconstruct all the production on our songs, and just play the song for what it is.”

The band has always been a lyric and melo-dy-driven band, and Dandenau says that the acoustic shows really demonstrate the per-

sonality behind the music. That personality is also one that has tried very hard to be a fun band, one that doesn’t take itself too seriously, as is evident from the earliest record-ings to the most recent single.

“We’ve tried very hard to show our ability to be goofy and not take it be too serious... There are a lot of bands where there are no smiles, it’s hard rock and it’s all serious, and we’re like man, that’s not us... We were goofy all the time, so why would we hide that?”

For the band, Dandeneau says it’s been a trip back to the archives, as they’ve been going back through the early albums and rediscovering the songs they started their career with. While not a found-ing member, Dandeneau was a fan of the band

before he joined, and watching his band-mates go through the material has been a way to connect more closely to the group’s history.

“We don’t really play a lot of our first and second records of mate-rial anymore, so it would be kind of neat to go back and bring back some of those old songs that did well for us... Bring those back, but bring them back in a way where people can go ‘I remember this song from when we were doing this,’ or ‘this is where I was...’ A bro-ken down version of it with acoustic guitar seems like a cool new way to hear old songs you haven’t heard in a while.”

The anniversary tour is also going to smaller towns, which Dandeneau says was a very deliberate choice,

because since they donot always have a time to tour in Canada theywant to go places whereit’s going to mean some-thing to the audience.

“I think the smaller towns are where it’s at, personally. Anything that comes to town theyget really excited about, and it brings a differentlevel of excitement, and a different vibe and atmosphere to the show... I know I’m from a small town, and I’ll tell you what, when something came to my small town I appreciat-ed it a lot. Whoever Iwent to go see seemed to do their job at a high-er level, and to me it’smore fun to be in a situ-ation like that.”

After a tour that remembers the past, the band will again look at the future, the planwill be to return to thestudio and record the next album.

Theory of a Deadman celebrates 15 years

GX94 DONATES – Christmas is the season of giving, and GX94 is taking the oppor-tunity to donate to local organizations, with three different groups receiving $1,000. Those groups are Parkland Victim Services, top, pictured are Cheryl Tiller Program Coordinator & Tonya Cherry, middle, Shelwin House, pictured are Erin Stacheruk Program Coordinator, Laverne Dumka Director & Tonya Cherry and bottom, the Salvation Army, pictured are Captain Rosanne Fraser and Tonya Cherry. The money donated was raised from the sales of the 2015 GX94 Christmas Goodies cookbook, which has raised $12,000 for charities in Saskatchewan and Manitoba this year.

THEORY OF A DEAD-MAN is celebrating 15 years as a band with a tour of western Canada with an acoustic performance. That includes a Yorkton stop on January 29 at the Painted Hand Casino.

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DOCTORS PITCH IN – The latest donation to the new CT Scan is being made by the people who can see first hand why it’s needed. The Regional Medical Association has made a donation of $10,000 to the Health Foundation’s CT Scan campaign. Dr. Oluwole Oduntan, President of the RMA (left) says it was overdue for physicians to be part of the community, and they appreciate the equipment they use. “It is impor-tant equipment I must say. It makes things easier for us, it helps us make accurate diagnosis, and in doing this we know exactly what to do next.” Ross Fisher, Executive Director of the Health Foundation (right), says they are $20,000 away from their ultimate goal, and is confident that the money will be raised by the end of the year.


One of the questions that has arisen with the concept of marijuana legalization is where we can actually sell it. The problem is that you want a loca-tion where it would be relatively difficult for teenag-ers to get it. Some people might argue that it’s impossible to avoid kids getting their hands on it, and that’s honestly not wrong, but you still need to find a way to distribute the product in a relatively restricted way.

First off, gas stations and convenience stores are out. Tobacco might be sold through that system – though some might argue that it shouldn’t, and the only reason it continues to be sold through those outlets is a combination of inertia and heavy lobby-ing – but there is no sense adding something to that system. Advocates might argue that it’s safe until they’re blue in the face, but restrictions on teenage access to any drug is an important concern and something that should be taken into account. If we’re not comfortable selling beer there – and in most provinces, including Saskatchewan, we are not – we shouldn’t be comfortable with marijuana sales either. One might argue that we should be comfort-able selling beer there, of course, but right now, in Canada, it’s not the right solution.

One solution has been proposed by Ontario pre-mier Kathleen Wynne, add it to liquor stores in the provinces. Whether public or private, give alcohol sellers the option to add marijuana to the menu. The infrastructure already exists, they’re already stores which teenagers are unwelcome, they have policies in place for proper IDs and carding. We are definitely comfortable selling beer at those stores, and that’s another substance we don’t really want for anyone in their teenage years. It’s an elegant solution to the problem of distribution.

The other alternative is an entirely separate dis-tribution channel for marijuana overall. You could, in theory, have stand-alone stores that deal strictly in the product, whether publicly run or private, which would be able to sell the product to people. It would not be that far from dispensary systems that already exist elsewhere, and sellers could be regu-lated with a license system. The people in charge wouldn’t sell to kids anyway – don’t want to risk losing that license, after all – and it would be a standalone shop. There are already places which serve the same purpose for the sake of the current medical scheme, and we do not want to drive them out of business.

The trouble with that is how you deal with com-munities who want to find excuses to run such busi-nesses out of town. Even if the substance itself is legal, some towns will want to find ways to get around actually having it available. We witnessed

this when Saskatoon, quaking in fear of the destruc-tive potential of a naked torso, mandated all strip clubs be located in industrial areas, as though bare breasts are less threatening when placed in the gen-eral vicinity of manufacturing. Not to equate mari-juana with strippers, but it is actually something that will need to be considered if it will require stand-alone businesses – there will be communities with a somewhat more conservative point of view that will go through a great deal of effort to make a newly legal substance much less convenient for people to get their hands on. Doing it through liquor store locations skirts this problem. Liquor stores are established businesses, in some provinces they are publicly owned. It would be difficult and politically dangerous to zone them into oblivion. As a result, if you want a distribution network, you’ve got it right there.

Why do we want an easy distribution network? To be blunt, taxes. There is no way that this is get-ting legalized without some sort of tax on it, and even if you do not smoke – and I do not, as I get immediately nauseous when I smell it – you will get the benefits of marijuana sales somewhere. Since this country has a major infrastructure deficit, we have the chance to pay for it with whatever taxes come in. It’s not something that will need much advertising, there’s a vocal and enthusiastic fan base that is more than willing to put down a lot of money to keep buying it, and we should embrace their enthusiasm and use it to build a road or two. That means ensuring they have a place to buy their marijuana.

It’s going to be a long time before the drug is actually legal, and this is going to be one of the issues that is studied and re-studied repeatedly as the changes to the law are put together. There is a good reason for that, we will be stuck with whatever sales scheme we set up, just as the way sales of any other drug have been more or less consistent for decades. Personally, I see no problem with the liquor store plan. Both are substances that are only for adults, and the store network is in place already, it’s a simple solution.

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Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Claus

The problem of selling marijuana

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In 1897, an 8-year-old girl from the Upper West Side of New York City, Virginia O’Hanlon, wrote a letter to the editor of The Sun, asking if Santa Claus was real. The response, an edito-rial by veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church, published in the September 21, 1897 edition of The Sun has become history’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, editorial pages, on posters and stamps and, this year, in the News Review for the enjoy-ment of our readers complete with the gram-marical style of the day. Merry Christmas.

We take pleasure in answering on once and prominently the communication below, express-ing at the same time our gratification that its faithful author is numbered among the friends of THE SUN:

“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. “Some of my little friends say there is no

Santa Claus.“Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’“Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa

Claus?“VIRGINIA O’HANLON.115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.”VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong.

They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or chil-dren’s, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the stron-gest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and pic-ture the supernal beauty and glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.

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LETTERS PAGEto the editor

Is climate change really the most urgent environmental threat facing our planet?

At the COP21 (Conference of Parties) that concluded last week in Paris, leaders from around the world called for “urgent action” on climate change.

But according to the most recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mother Earth warmed by just six one-hundreds of a per cent between 1998 and 2013, only one-third of the amount predicted by IPCC’s computer models. That’s the low-est warming rate in half a century, even as atmospheric CO2 con-centrations increased by the highest rate ever.

This data makes it hard to accept Prince Charles’s dramatic assertion that we have just 20 months remain-ing to take action.

Underlying all this frenetic rhetoric lies the

assumption that climate change is wholly man-made, ignoring the fact that the planet has been warming ever since it was covered by kilo-metres of ice.

But there is a formid-able environmental peril where urgent action is critical. And there’s absolutely no doubt that the growing damage is man-made. The world’s oceans are being dev-astated. From garbage dumping to shipping pollution to agricultural runoff to overfishing, the world’s most import-ant natural resource is under imminent danger of passing the point of no-return.

Our oceans have become the world’s big-gest dump, and plastic is the most destructive garbage of all. Every year, more than 10 mil-lion tonnes of plastic are discarded into the oceans. The impact on marine life and seabirds is appalling. An adult grey whale that washed

ashore near Seattle was found to have three stomach chambers filled with plastic bags, sur-gical gloves, duct tape and even a golf ball. Sea turtles die after consuming translucent plastics they mistake for jelly fish. Sea mam-mals including whales and dolphins asphyxi-ate after being entan-gled in plastic fishnets. Starving Pacific alba-tross are found with stomachs full of plas-tic. Even arctic fulmars and thick-billed murres, inhabitants of one of the world’s most remote places, have been found with stomachs stuffed with bits of plastic.

Recently, scientists have made an even more alarming discov-ery. A 2014 survey esti-mated there were over five trillion pieces of plastic less than half a centimetre in diameter floating in the oceans. Despite that astounding number, it was still far less than the amount

of plastic dumped into the ocean. The rest had broken into microscopic bits, turning the oceans into a kind of “plas-tic soup.” So the most insidiously harmful part of plastic pollution may be what can’t be seen. Plastic is being found in filter feeders such as mussels and oysters harvested commercially. Researchers are scram-bling to determine the impact on plankton-dependent feeders that form the very founda-tion of the ocean’s food chain.

The man-made assaults on our endan-gered oceans don’t stop there. Bulk tank-ers often dump their chemical-contaminated ballast. Agricultural fertilizer runoff chokes fish-spawning streams before flowing to the ocean, where it creates hundreds of oxygen-starved dead-zones that asphyxiate all sea life.

Billions of people depend on the oceans

for protein, and that resource is being har-vested at unsustain-able rates. The problem is particularly acute on the high seas. Two-thirds of the fish stocks beyond nationally regu-lated 200-mile limits are overexploited. And that is made even worse by the surreptitious dump-ing of millions of tonnes of dead fish back into the ocean as unwanted by-catch. Stocks of top-of-food-chain fish, includ-ing tuna, swordfish and marlin, have fallen by as much as 90 per cent since the 1950s. And it’s not just the amount of fish caught, but the methods. Fishnets up to 30 kilometres long often kill whales, dol-phins and other marine mammals while bottom draggers destroy seabed habitat.

There is a long list of what can and should be done. The 1994 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea was suppos-ed to protect the high

seas fishery, but enforce-ment has been dismal.Agricultural runoff and tanker dumping must be arrested. And while putting a global price on carbon is fraught withcontroversy and delay, global implementation of a simple deposit/return system would see plastic turned intorecycling depots ratherthan being dumped intothe sea.

COP21 focused on slowing global temper-ature growth between now and the year 2100, but our oceans could be lifeless long before that.It’s time for an inter-national conference withan urgent action man-date to save our oceans.

Gwyn Morgan is a retired Canadian busi-ness leader who has beena director of five global corporations. Gwyn is included in Troy Media’sUnlimited Access sub-scription plan.

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The state of oceans the world’s No. 1 environmental challenge

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) today condemned the Trudeau government’s decision to cease enforcement of the First Nations Financial Transparency Act (FNFTA).

“This government was elected on a promise to improve transparency and accountability, and this decision does exactly the opposite,” said CTF Federal Director Aaron Wudrick. “A law without consequence for non-com-pliance is a toothless law. As such, soon many First Nations people across

the country will again be in the dark as to how their elected leaders spend public dollars.”

Wudrick noted that as of today most bands were complying with the law and that only eight out of 581 First Nations had failed to file FNFTA documentation for 2013-14 – a compli-ance rate of 98.6 per cent. For 2014-15, 38 out of 581 First Nations have not yet complied, for a compliance rate of 93.5 per cent.

“The FNFTA is a critical tool for

band members to hold their First Nations politicians to account, in exactly the same way similar laws do for federal, provincial and muni-cipal politicians across Canada,” said Wudrick. “Suspending enforcement of this law is wrong, and completely undermines the very principles this government claims to be advancing.”

Wudrick noted that the importance of the FNFTA is illustrated by cases such as that of Chief Ron Giesbrecht of the Kwikwetlem First Nation, who

pocketed $800,000 of band money as part of a band land deal. Kwikwetlem band councillor Marvin Joe even stat-ed “I want the public to know that the membership knew nothing about this. And it if wasn’t for this new transpar-ency act, I don’t think we ever would have known.”

“Without the FNFTA being enforced Mr. Joe along with thousands of other band members will soon be in the dark again,” concluded Wudrick.

CTF Slams Trudeau Government’s Abandonment of the First Nations Financial Transparency Act

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The following origi-nally appeared in the News Review in 2009, and with a few updates, I thought it might be appropriate for the sea-son again:

“... and, lo, the star which they saw in the East went before them, until it came and stood over where the young child was” (Matthew 2:9).

Thus, according to Christian gospel, were the Three Magi led to

Bethlehem.It’s a very nice story,

but from a scientific per-spective, there is a lot of disagreement over exact-ly what the Three Magi / Wise Men / Kings were following.

First, it’s unlikely that it was a star at all, as stars do not noticeably move or change bright-ness from day to day. That leaves the Moon (too common), supernova (exploding stars), comets

or planets. Venus, in particular, is bright and can move noticeably over a few weeks.

The computer I’m

writing this article on has a planetarium pro-gram that can show me exactly what the sky looks like, from any place in the world, on any given date. The location is easy: I just type in ‘Bethlehem’. However, the year is not so straightforward; all we know is that it had to be before King Herod died, somewhere around 4 BC. Throw in the differences between our current

Gregorian calendar and the Roman and Julian calendars of the time, and nailing this down to a decade, much less a month, is a guess at best.

If one cycles through the astronomical events a few years prior to Herod’s demise, there was a supernova in 5 BC, an appearance by Halley’s Comet in 12 BC, and a whole lot of plane-tary conjunctions in between, any one of which would have looked pretty good to a people waiting for the Messiah to come. But, without a date, it could have been anything.

Skip ahead two thou-sand years to this Christmas. The Moon is full on Christmas Day for the first time in almost 40 years, kind of unusu-

al. Mercury makes a brief appearance on the western horizon, settingan hour after the Sun; Jupiter’s up by midnightand Comet Catalina by2:15 a.m. All nice, butcertainly nothing that might inspire three sup-posedly ‘wise’ men to journey anywhere.

We will probably never know the inspira-tion for the Christmas Star, but does it matter, really? Sometimes a nar-rative is so good that details would just spoil it. Besides, those whoenjoy spending eveningslooking up at the heav-ens do not need a special event. What the uni-verse offers up in your own backyard, every night of the year, is inspi-ration enough.

Merry Christmas.

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Anthrax confirmedSaskatchewan Agricul-

ture is reminding produ-cers to be on the lookout for anthrax in their ani-mals after confirmation that anthrax has been found in cattle in the RM of Harris #316.

Anthrax was confirmed by laboratory results on December 17, 2015 as the cause of death in one cow. It is the suspected cause of death of two other ani-mals on the same farm.

This is the third report of anthrax in Saskatchewan this year.

Anthrax is caused by the bacteria Bacillus anthracis, which can survive in spore form for decades in soil. Changes in soil moisture, from flooding and drying, can lead to a build-up of the spores on pastures. Spores can concentrate in sloughs and potholes, and risk of animal exposure to anthrax increases in drier years when these areas dry up and become accessible. Spores can also surface when the ground is excavated or when there is excessive run-off.

Livestock are infected when they eat forage con-taminated with spores. Ruminants such as bison, cattle, sheep and goats are highly susceptible, and horses can also be infected. Swine, birds and carnivores are more resistant to infection, but farm dogs and cats should be kept away from car-casses.

Affected animals are usually found dead without signs of illness. Anthrax can be pre-vented by vaccination. Producers in regions that have experienced previ-ous outbreaks are strong-ly encouraged to vaccin-ate their animals each year.

If your neighbours have anthrax, you should consider vaccination to protect your animals. The carcasses of any ani-mal suspected of having anthrax should not be moved or disturbed, and should be protected from scavengers such as coy-otes or ravens, to prevent spreading spores in the environment.

Anyone who suspects anthrax should contact their local veterinarian immediately for diagno-

sis. All tests must be confirmed by a labora-tory diagnosis. All posi-tive test results must be immediately reported to the provincial Chief Veterinary Officer.

Producers are advised to use caution when hand-ling potentially infected animals or carcasses. Animal cases pose min-imal risk to humans but people can get infected through direct contact with sick animals or car-casses.

In cases where people believe they have been exposed to an infected animal, they should con-tact their local health authority or physician for advice.

For more informa-tion see Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Anthrax Response Plan.

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The Christmas tree is an essential element of the season’s celebra-tion. And has been for centuries, even before there was a Christ or a Christmas.

The earliest records are of Romans deco-rating trees with bits of metal for Saturnalia, a winter solstice cele-bration honouring Saturn. In the north-ern countries, ever-green boughs were brought into the home as a reminder that winter and darkness was a passing season and that the sun, green growth and farmers’ harvests would come again. The greenery also added colour to a season that was dominated by white, brown and grey and helped to freshen the air in peasant homes that they usu-ally shared with their livestock. Evergreens also had a mystical or magical quality in early cultures. They symbolized eternal life for the Vikings and Druids. And they con-tained good spirits that could overcome the evil magic that “killed” deciduous trees and protected homes from evil spir-its.

Because of their close association with pagan rituals, early Christians were for-bidden to decorate

their homes with ever-greens, especially around the winter sol-stice (December 21). The proscription against using ever-greens continued into the 18th Century where in England, the Puritans forbade observing Christmas believing such celebra-tions promoted irreli-gious frivolity. But the ban was not uni-versal. Riga, capital of Latvia, claims the first Christmas tree in 1510. Germans too cel-ebrated the season with evergreen trees and could buy a tree at a lot as early 1531 in Alsace (now part of France).

Initially, the Norse and German pagan solstice tradition of decorating trees was repurposed by Christians – not to cel-ebrate Christ’s birth, but to symbolize Adam and Eve’s expulsion from Eden: they deco-rated ‘paradise trees’ with apples on December 24, feast day for Adam and Eve. By the early 1600s, trees were decorated more extensively with paper, foil, tin shapes, lace, dolls, fruit, sweets, small gifts, and tinsel, all topped with a star to symbol-ize the star from the first Christmas night.

Martin Luther is usually credited with

adding lights. Walking home one evening, he was struck with the beauty of the stars set against the backdrop of evergreens. In order to recapture the scene and to use it to represent Christ as the Light of the World (John 8:12), Luther attached candles to his Christmas tree. While the fire marshal may not approve today, my fondest Christmas memory is as a six-year-old at my grandfather’s house in Norway. It was our first Christmas on the farm and, to make it extra special, he deco-rated the tree with lit candles.

Meanwhile, over in England, Queen Victoria erected the first Christmas tree at Windsor Castle in 1841. This was not a random whim by the Queen but likely a tra-dition that her hus-band, Prince Albert, brought from his native Germany. Taking their cue from their monarch, the rest of the country started putting up Christmas trees.

In North America, Christmas trees didn’t make it into main-stream until the 1850s because of the strong Puritan influence. In 1851, Mark Carr start-ed the first tree lot in the US, selling trees

for 5 and 10 cents; larger trees sold for 25 cents. What a deal! President Pierce real-ly put the whole Christmas tree notion in North America in full gear by putting the first Christmas tree up in the White House in 1856.

Edward Johnson, Edison’s assistant, came up with the idea of using a string of lights to decorate trees. Certainly a much safer alternative to using lit candles. This made decorating outdoor trees a possi-bility and, by 1912, decorated trees in public spaces were beginning to be a com-mon sight.

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In summer of 2015, public officials in our province of Saskatchewan issued a decree: that all affected people leave their homes and in mass exodus, travel to places of refuge where they could be safe and accounted for.

They were escaping blazing forest fires of epic proportions.

It was the lar-gest evacuation in Saskatchewan history.

Thousands of people were on the move, all of them in uncertain cir-cumstances, not know-ing how quickly they would return home.

For a few young women, these circum-stances had an added dimension of uncer-tainty. They were in the late stages of preg-nancy.

These young women were living as displaced persons far from home, without the supplies they had gathered for their new baby.

But thankfully for

all concerned, healthy babies were delivered in hospitals close by with medical staff to give assistance.

We are privileged to live in a province where people come together. That can be difficult when stress levels are high.

And so, I salute the evacuees, the firefight-ers, the troops, the Red Cross, and the local officials, the mayors and chiefs.

Those who shared money, food and sup-plies, and those who prayed for an ending to this situation. All rose to the occasion.

Two thousand years ago, a public offi-cial named Caesar Augustus issued a decree that all people needed to be accounted for. It affected the entire Roman world. Everyone needed to be registered.

Many people were on the move, with primitive travel arrangements, not

knowing how long this would take.

I’m sure for some young women, this circumstance had an added dimension of uncertainty. Like being in the late stages of pregnancy.

For one of these young women, the time came to have her baby, her first. Not in a local hospital along the way, not even in a clean, comfortable Holiday Inn, but in a stable, with precious few amenities.

Her only assistant, a most likely very, very nervous husband, with perhaps some curious animals looking on.

She didn’t have much for supplies either. All she had were a few

strips of cloth to wrap him in. And all she could lay him in was not a cradle made by her carpenter husband, but just a simple, dirty manger.

Crude surround-ings for a King. His first visitors – an ador-ing group in from the fields smelling strongly of sheep. They were alerted by a type of atmospheric media unlike any we could imagine.

All rose to the occa-sion.

This Christmas, we celebrate the arrival of that very special baby boy. The “Divinest Heart that ever walked the earth was born on that day” as it has been said. (Leigh Hunt)

His name is Jesus, the essence of hope and peace and the ultimate example of self-sacri-fice for love.

So from me and my wife Tami, and our family, and on behalf of my colleagues in the Government of Saskatchewan: “May you have the glad-

ness of Christmas which is hope; The spirit of Christmas which is peace; The heart of Christmas which is love.” (Ada V. Hendricks)

And may you spread joy to others who need it most. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Christmas Message from Premier Brad Wall

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The Meridian Canadian Open Grand Slam of Curling event just completed in Yorkton once again brought world class athletes to our city.

Having spent more than a quarter of a century here, and having been involved in news coverage the entire time, I can say it is rare for Yorkton to host events with an inter-national element.

Yet here were the likes of the Niklas Edin rink from Sweden, Sven Adelboden and Binia Feltscher of Switzerland, David Murdoch from Scotland, Eunjung Kim of Korea and Anna Sidorova of Russia.

Add in some of the best rinks from across Canada, and this was an elite event in curl-ing by any standard.

But I want to look beyond the local event a bit, although I will say fans appreciated the week’s curling, and the event certainly was good PR for the city in terms of exposure.

It is too bad that it is not being looked at as an annu-al event. It will move next year, and one is left thinking it may be an event a broader community effort might have latched onto and kept in our city.

And that we are left to pon-der whether the community should have found a way to keep the event here, speaks about just how far curling has grown on the past decade or so.

Curling has always been a sport of interest in Canada, and certainly here in

Saskatchewan.Our love affair quite likely

started with the Richardson team.

The Richardsons — Ernie at skip, brother Garnet (Sam) at second, and cousins Arnold and Wes playing third and lead respectively did what no other curler has The Meridian Canadian Open Grand Slam of Curling event just completed

in Yorkton once again brought world class athletes to our city.

Having spent more than a quarter of a century here, and having been involved in news coverage the entire time, I can say it is rare for Yorkton to host events with an inter-national element.

Yet here were the likes of the Niklas Edin rink from Sweden, Sven Adelboden and

Binia Feltscher of Switzerland, David Murdoch from Scotland, Eunjung Kim of Korea and Anna Sidorova of Russia.

Add in some of the best rinks from across Canada, and this was an elite event in curl-ing by any standard.

But I want to look beyond the local event a bit, although I will say fans appreciated the week’s curling, and the event certainly was good PR for the city in terms of exposure.

It is too bad that it is not being looked at as an annu-al event. It will move next year, and one is left thinking it may be an event a broader community effort might have latched onto and kept in our city.

And that we are left to pon-

der whether the community should have found a way to keep the event here, speaks about just how far curling has grown on the past decade or so.

Curling has always been a sport of interest in Canada, and certainly here in Saskatchewan.

Our love affair quite likely started with the Richardson team.

The Richardsons — Ernie at skip, brother Garnet (Sam) at second, and cousins Arnold and Wes playing third and lead respectively did what no other curler has ever done; won four Brier and world titles, a feat Richardson and his team accomplished more

Continued on Page 12A

Curling has evolved to find popularity

by Calvin Daniels

SportsView

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As the weather out-side is increasingly cold, and as the world is at its darkest, we have this incredible season of warmth and light.

Warmth that comes as we gather with family and friends, to carry on long-held traditions, and even start some new ones.

And light that comes not only in colourful dis-plays, but also through reflections on the past year, as we count our many blessings and look forward to what the New Year will bring.

I can’t wait to see my daughters, their eyes all lit up, as they take in all the wonder of Christmas.

Their laughter as they play with their cousins.

Their enthusiasm in giving and receiving gifts from under the tree.

And their big smiles as they drink mugs of hot chocolate after tobogganing outside.

I’m looking forward to gathering with family and friends, to enjoy traditional Norwegian food.

And I’m also looking forward to a few days away from the normal routine, to break out my

cross-country skis and enjoy the scenery of this beautiful province.

For many of us, this is also a time to cele-brate the Christmas story – a story of a baby, Jesus Christ, born in a stable, and rushed off to another country, as his family sought ref-uge from violence and tyranny.

Christ’s message was one of love, grace and peace.

A message that urges us to look out for one another, comfort those who suffer, feed the hun-gry, welcome the stran-ger, and give hope to the vulnerable.

In so many ways, those are Saskatchewan values – the kind of val-ues that motivate me as a leader to do everything I can to ensure that all people in our province are doing well, and that all of us can get ahead and achieve our dreams for our children.

In this season, we

also think of all those whose lives were over-turned this year – through illness or loss of work; through the death of loved ones; through massive for-est fires in Northern Saskatchewan; natural disasters and acts of vio-lence around the world; and war in places like Iraq, Syria and Ukraine.

As we sing carols call-ing for peace on earth, joy to all the world, and the end of oppression and sorrow, we join with all those who yearn for a much brighter 2016.

Whatever meaning this holiday season has for you, and however you celebrate it, I hope it’s a great one for you.

On behalf of my wife, Ruth, our daugh-ters, Ingrid, Clara and Gudrun, and all New Democrat MLAs – I wish you a Merry Christmas; holidays that are full of joy; and a New Year that is happy, peaceful and prosperous.

Christmas Message from

the Leader of the Opposition

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In 1914, the world was at war. Trench warfare created very difficult circum-stances, particularly in the cold of winter. But on that Christmas Eve, something remarkable hap-pened. A Christmas truce was called, and the soldiers on both sides laid down their weapons. They ven-tured out of their trenches and even exchanged modest gifts. That night, when the British sol-diers began to sing “O Come All Ye Faithful,” the Germans joined in, singing the same hymn to the Latin words “Adeste Fideles.”

For me, this is

the true message of Christmas. No mat-ter what our cir-cumstances, there is reason for hope and for gratitude. This Christmas, I am grateful for the Canadian men and women in uniform. I wish to thank the Canadian Armed Forces, our police offi-cers, firefighters, and paramedics, for the sacrifices they make to serve.

I am fortunate to take part in hundreds of events each year across Saskatchewan. This is a constant reminder to me of our greatest strength – our innovative, com-passionate, and gen-erous people. I am

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and a

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CURLINGContinued from Page 9

than 40 years ago, the first in 1959.

Names such as Rick Folk and Sandra Schmirler fol-lowed. In Schmirler’s case she won three Canadian

Curling Championships (Scotties Tournament of Hearts) and three World Curling Championships.

But our interest in curling was not widely shared back in the time of these curlers.

To the credit of the sport’s governing body there were changes made to the game, and progress made to raise the status of the game which real-ly took curling to a new level.

The big rule change was to establish the free guard zone, a rule which has evolved the game immensely in terms of adding strategy and fan inter-est.

The free guard zone is the area between the hog line and the tee line, excluding the house. Interpretation: A stone which comes to rest biting or in front of the hog line after mak-ing contact with a stone in the free guard zone is considered to be in the free guard zone. A stone which comes to rest outside the house but biting the tee line is not considered

to be in the free guard zone, detailed www.parrysound-curlingclub.ca

Any stationary stone(s) belonging to the opposition that is located in the free guard zone shall not be moved to an out-of-play position by the delivering team prior to the delivery of the fifth stone of the end.

The rule change was dra-matic, and some purest balked at the idea, as it took the tried and true strategy of hit and roll and play for the blank end largely off the table.

But without the major change curling would not hold the interest it does today.

The other significant step was curling being added to the Olympics as a full medal sport in 1998.

The admission to the Olympics raised the inter-national profile of the sport and brought countries such as Korea, Russia and China onto the international scene.

With a more dramatic game based on the rule change, and a greater international profile, curling became a good fit for an increasingly multi-channel world in terms of sports cover-age.

All the new channels need-ed content, and curling was a relatively low-cost option in

terms of filming events.And viola, the sport of curl-

ing came of age.While there might actually

be fewer curlers in Canada today, the small town rinks disappearing just like rural grain elevators, hospitals and schools, there are a new gen-eration of fans drawn to the sport by its regular appear-ance on television.

Television of course is a key to sport exposure.

You can argue the validity of darts, bull riding and even poker as sports, but in each

case they have seen growth largely because television has grabbed hold of events as a way to fill the time slots in an ever expanding universe of channels.

Often we hear about sports working toward admittance to the Olympics as a key to eventual sport growth, and as happened with curling it helps, but I would argue TV contracts are more important, and that too is seen with the sport of rocks and rings. ever done; won four Brier and world titles, a feat Richardson and

his team accomplished more than 40 years ago, the first in 1959.

Names such as Rick Folk and Sandra Schmirler fol-lowed. In Schmirler’s case she won three Canadian Curling Championships (Scotties Tournament of Hearts) and three World Curling Championships.

But our interest in curling was not widely shared back in the time of these curlers.

To the credit of the sport’s governing body there were changes made to the game,

and progress made to raise the status of the game which really took curling to a new level.

The big rule change was to establish the free guard zone, a rule which has evolved the game immensely in terms of adding strategy and fan inter-est.

The free guard zone is the area between the hog line

and the tee line, excluding the house. Interpretation: A stone which comes to rest biting or

Continued on Page 15A

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His predictions for a coming year have to do with the weather, poli-tics, the economy and whatever else Ed feels like offering. According to Ed, the winter weath-

er in Saskatchewan will be cold, very cold, and bitter cold. The spring, early and dry, the sum-mer cool, and the fall wet. When I asked about the weather for us in British Columbia, he said that it will be a wet lukewarm, for the whole year. On the political front, Ed is sure Donald Trump will get elected president in the USA, and that Canadians will start negotiating a trade deal to exchange Justin for Donald. Ed predicts that the way our dollar keeps getting devalued as compared to the American dollar, we will bring the penny back into circulation as that

is all our dollar will be worth. Valueless dollars will bring about Canadian ingenuity as we will start mining our reserves of gold and dia-monds and our currency will be either gold or diamonds. The whole world will envy us. My old neighbor got so excited about a new cur-rency he didn’t get to the rest of his predic-tions. Ed got offended when I said I would need to see the gold and diamond currency before I would believe it even slightly possible. He insisted gold and diamonds are the future not oil or potash. He was frustrated that I

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Ed knows I do not make predictions for the coming year. At my age, I have enough trouble keeping track of my glasses and keys. I can-not even predict the kind of day I will have, let alone what will hap-pen in the coming year. Unawareness of the future is in line with the book of James that cau-tions: “Now listen, you who say, ‘Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business and make money.’ Why you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. Instead, you ought to say, ‘If it is the Lord’s will we will live and do this or that.’” The book of Ecclesiastes also instructs; “When

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in front of the hog line after making contact with a stone in the free guard zone is con-sidered to be in the free guard zone. A stone which comes to rest outside the house but biting the tee line is not con-sidered to be in the free guard zone, detailed www.parryso-

undcurlingclub.caAny stationary stone(s)

belonging to the opposition that is located in the free guard zone shall not be moved to an out-of-play pos-ition by the delivering team prior to the delivery of the fifth stone of the end.

The rule change was dramatic, and some purest

balked at the idea, as it took the tried and true strategy of hit and roll and play for the blank end largely off the table.

But without the major change curling would not hold the interest it does today.

The other significant step was curling being added to the Olympics as a full medal

sport in 1998.The admission to the

Olympics raised the inter-national profile of the sport and brought countries such as Korea, Russia and China onto the international scene.

With a more dramat-ic game based on the rule change, and a greater inter-national profile, curling

became a good fit for an increasingly multi-channel world in terms of sports coverage.

All the new channels needed content, and curl-ing was a relatively low-cost option in terms of filming events.

And viola, the sport of curling came of age.

Television of course is a key to sport exposure.

You can argue the validity of darts, bull riding and even poker as sports, but in each case they have seen growth largely because television has grabbed hold of events as a way to fill the time slots in an ever expanding universe of channels.

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Each year, holiday hosts face the challenge of setting their seasonal soirées apart from all the other parties guests attend between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. Such a chal-lenge is nothing three of Napa Valley’s top wine-makers haven’t faced before. Each year, Chimney Rock Winery’s Elizabeth Vianna, Markham Vineyard’s Kimberlee Nicholls and Rutherford Hill’s Marisa Taylor play host to fam-ily and friends and each have their own unique take on holiday hosting.

Break free from first-time jitters

It’s common to feel pressure when hosting a holiday get-together for the first time. Many families have traditions that date back several decades, so being tasked with carrying on those traditions can some-times be daunting. But Taylor, a wine country native and veteran host, notes that honoring fam-ily traditions while simultaneously creating a festive and fun atmo-sphere is nothing to be afraid of.

“People are some-times intimidated by holiday entertaining,” says Taylor, whose Rutherford Hill Merlot has long been a bench-mark for Napa Valley varietals. “But the truth is, just a few small touches can create an ambiance that elevates the whole experience. I think it even makes the food and wine taste bet-ter!”

Taylor incorporates family history with her

own unique hosting touches by bringing out vintage family photos and heirlooms that guests can pass around her stylishly decorated dinner table.

Let new traditions take root

Another way for hosts to set their holiday par-ties apart from the masses is to try some-thing new at the dinner table. Each year, Vianna, who presides over the production of the popu-lar Stags Leap District Cabernet Sauvignons, hosts a special kind of dinner for friends who help her get through the often exhausting har-vest season. Dubbed “Friendsgiving,” the cel-ebration takes place at the end of autumn har-

vest season and includes friends, family and col-leagues who contributed to another successful harvest. Vianna even e n c o u r a g e s “Friendsgiving” guests to bring a postcard from somewhere around the world to use as a dinner table place card. This simple, yet creative idea inspires interesting con-versation at Vianna’s holiday table, and hosts can incorporate their own creative touches to make their parties more memorable and enjoy-able. For example, each year, Nicholls, whose award-winning varietals at Markham include Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc, assembles a graceful

tablescape using marble and wood serving trays, vintage tablecloths and a tiered cake stand to create an elegant dis-play guests won’t soon forget.

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Family always make the holiday dinner guest list, but Nicholls notes that holiday hosting is about opening our homes to people, wheth-er those people share our last names or not. Inviting some fresh faces can stimulate engaging conversation and lift the spirits of someone who might not be able to make it home for the holidays.

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Computer Basics for Seniors – Winter 2016

The Yorkton New Horizons Seniors Centre

is sponsoring an introductory course which will be presented by the

Parkland College in Yorkton. Six three-hour sessions will cover the

most common elements of computer operating

knowledge and efforts will be made to address your particular interests and needs. The cost will be

approx. $300 per student.Contact Elaine Wintonyk

at 306-782-3312 for more details.

This program can only go ahead when a suffi cient

number of persons signify their interest to enroll.

GriefShare - YorktonIf you’ve lost someone close to you or know of

someone who has, please call us. We know it hurts

and we want to help. Sessions (include videos

and conversation) will be held at the

Yorkton Public Library, 93 Broadway Street West,

Yorkton.WEDNESDAYS,

6 to 7:30 p.m. Register with Betty

Fritzke 306-783-6119

or Kathy Novak 306-782-2312,

Christie’s Funeral Home. “GRIEF SHARE”

Body BlastExercise/yoga classes

for seniors. Come out and get fi t!

Saturdays, January 9, 16, 23, 30, 10 a.m. - 11:00

a.m. at New Horizons Senior Citizens Hall,

78-1st Ave., N. Yorkton.$5.00 per person.

Pre-registration is not required. Please bring

your own mats. Contact Vi at 306-782-7218 for more

information.

Co-Ed Pool League Every Monday at 7 p.m.

from now until the end of April 2016. Downstairs at

the Yorkton Legion.380 Broadway St. W.

Come out and have some fun. No partner required.Everyone welcome. Cash prizes every week! For

more information contact Wayne at 306-783-7785

New Horizons Friday Night Dance

78 First Ave. NorthYorkton, SK.

Great night of dancingEveryone is welcome

Time: 8:00 pm - 12:00 amDecember 25

No DanceJanuary 1 New Years

Special Dance $10Music by:

Old Country LadsJanuary 8

Peter and the White Sand Band

For more informationCall Peter: 306-782-1846

The Yorkton Legion Track Club

The club is open to all Yorkton and area athletes born in 2003 or older.

Coaches also needed.To register or learn more contact Club Manager, Marcel Porte at [email protected] or call

Cell: 306-621-7716.

The Travelling MabelsA “Stars For

Saskatchewan” performance presented by the Yorkton Arts Council,

Monday, February 29, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. in the Anne Portnuff Theatre, Yorkton Regional High

School. The Travelling Mabels,

voted ACMA 2011 “Group of the Year,” are a folk/

country female trio full of spirit, spunk and laugh-ter. Collectively, their

songs bring a wealth of life experience to the

stage. Singularly, each woman can vocally stand alone, but once you hear the combined harmony

blend, you will know why these three women came together. The beauty of the Mabels is that they represent three genera-

tions of women. This has opened the door to a dynamic energy both

musically and in the rap-port with the audiences

that most wouldn’t experi-ence every day. With

musical influences from Dolly Parton & Bob Dylan

to Sheryl Crow, along with their comedic, yet often heart-felt take on

life, they more than meet a wide range of audienve expectations. www.thet-

ravellingmabels.comTickets are available at

the Yorkton Arts Council, 306-783-8722, online at www.ticketpro.ca or at

the door.www.yorktonarts.ca

Volunteers Needed!The Canadian Red Cross is seeking volunteers for the Friendly Visiting Program for Seniors. Volunteers will be trained to provide week-

ly visits or phone calls to socially or geographically

isolated seniors in Yorkton and surrounding area. One hour every other week is all that is required to provide social interaction with a

senior and peace of mind for family and caregivers. For more information con-tact 306-620-3281 or email michelleb.smith@redcross.

ca

The Torch Club– leadership, growth and

empowerment program for youth

ages 10-13Call Erin at 783-2582

for details.

Crossroads – a support group for

women who are experiencing or have experienced violence.

Group is held Thursdays from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30

p.m. For more informa-tion contact 782-0673 or

782-5181.

Yorkton Creators 4-H Club

Welcomes new members ages 6-21. Projects include

cooking, sewing, wood-working and cloverbud. For more info. call Vi at

306-782-4721.

Tot SpotBoys & Girls Club

Drop-In Centre @ SIGN on BroadwayMon., Tues., Thurs., &

Fri., 9 a.m. to noon.Tues., Wed., Thurs.,

2-4 p.m. Free to participate!

St. John Ambulance First Aid Classes

OHS Standard First Aid/CPR classes. Personalized courses and online train-

ing also available.For more info. or to register call Judy at 783-4544 or email:

[email protected].

Dart League Attention dart players,

steel-tip action is underway at Gunner’s

Lounge at Royal Canadian Legion. This is a fun league for all ages, so beginners are encour-

aged to come out. For more information call

782-1783.

Community Adult Band

Rehearsals Tuesdays 7 p.m. at Yorkton Regional High School Band Room. Two bands – Community

Concert Band and Yorkton’s ALL THAT

JAZZ Big Band New members welcome! For more information, contact Larry Pearen,

Director 786-2582 (days) 782-4182 (evenings).

Grief ShareThe Grief Share support

group is sponsored by people who understand what you are experienc-

ing and want to offer you comfort and encourage-

ment during this difficult time.

Every Tuesday at St. Peter’s Hospital Melville

In the McLeod Conference Room at 10:00 a.m.

ALL ARE WELCOME! Register with either:

Margaret Yost 728-4744Ralph E. Hale 728-9205.

Habitat for HumanityVolunteers Wanted

To get your name on thevolunteer list for a build

or to be part of a committee, go to

www.habitatyorkton.ca and click on

“Volunteer Now”

The Caring ClosetLower level of Safire

Clothing & AccessoriesQuality, free used

clothing for women who require outfits for career or educational purposes.Donations are accepted.

Fittings are done by appointment. Call 306-

521-0332, 306-783-0026 or 306-786-1570.

Cribbage & PoolThe Yorkton Retired

Citizens Inc. group invites interested cribbage and

pool players to come out to St. Gerard’s Church – lower level – Tuesdays

and Thursdays from 1:15 to 4 p.m. $1 for the after-

noon for crib, $1.25 for the afternoon for pool,

price includes light lunch.For info. call Helen at

783-0802 or Angie at 783-7838.

Singers Unite!Yorkton Community

Concert Choir Practices every Monday

at 7:30 p.m.in the choir room

at the YRHS (use parking lot entrance)

Contact Laurene at 782-0460, Shanni at 783-9145 or Anna at 744-2729 for details.

Calling all Bridge Players!

The Yorkton Duplicate Bridge Club has started

up. The club meets weekly on Thursdays at 1:00 p.m. at the Yorkton Public Library. Call 783-

4220 for more details.

Yorkton and District United Way

• looking for dedicated people interested in tak-

ing part of a growing organization that helps

agencies and crucial ser-vices in and around the Yorkton area. To learn

more call Kristin Parsons at 782-9389 or

email yorktonunited [email protected].

Yorkton Prostate Group Meeting

• meets every 3rd Thurs. of the month in the meet-ing room at the hospital• promotes early detec-

tion and speedy recoveryCall 306-782-5748 for

information.

Save the Yorkton Brick Mill

Become a member and be a part of a great historical venture.Learn more or get

involved by visiting: www.yorktonbrickmill.org

Interested parties can also call 306-783-0290 or

306-783-6211.

Al-AnonAl-Anon meets Mondays,

8 p.m. at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, and

Wednesdays at the Westview United Church.

Club DJHeritage Baptist Church

Thursday evenings 6:30-7:45 p.m.

• for children Grades K-6• a mid week program

designed to engage local children with church • Bible stories, crafts,

games, music and more...Call 306-783-7912 for

details.

Kinette Club of Yorkton

• meets the second Wednesday of every

month at 7 p.m. To learn more or to attend, contact Club President – Melissa

Kirwan at 306-730-7733

Parkland Therapeutic Riding AssociationHorseback riding and

other activities for children and adults with physical and intellectual

disabilities.Meets Tuesdays at noon

Shadow Stables. For more info call 306-

782-7930 or 306-782-7782 or email mbozsik@sasktel.

net.

Adult Dance Group(Troyanda Ukrainian

Dance Ensemble)Ukrainian Orthodox

AuditoriumWednesdays,

6:15 to 7:15 p.m.Call John Denysek at

782-1559 or email: [email protected] to join or

to learn more.

Treasure Chest Toastmasters Club • meets weekly on

Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at

SIGN on Broadway. Impact your world by

enhancing your communi-cation and leadership

skills. Guests and new members welcome. For

more information contact: Faye - 306-782-2994; or Joanne - 306-783-3034.

Yorkton Branch of the Saskatchewan

Genealogical SocietyMonthly Meetings

Yorkton Public LibraryFor info. call Sharon

Lindsay at 306-783-7054.

Parkland Right to Life Meetings

Meets every third Wednesday of the month

@ St. Gerard’s Hall basement @ 7.30 p.m. For info. call 306-783-

6240.

Big Brothers Big Sisters In-School

MentoringBe a Mentor – spend one

hour a week. Play games, do crafts,

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Sharon Butala’s epic new novel Wild Rose, I closed the book and thought: This is why she’s on CanLit’s “A” list. If you’re in the mood for getting completely swept up in a female pioneer’s adven-ture–and this means fully empathizing with the young Québécois idealist, Sophie, as she sets out in 1884 for the West and the freedom it signifies–then buckle up, because Butala assuredly leads readers back in time to a land-scape where “the sun [pours] itself over every-thing: horses, the hats of the men, the few women’s entangling skirts, the children’s round eager faces, the … already weathered false-fronted buildings, piles of all kinds of goods on the

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Yes, the three big play-ers in effective fiction - character, plot and set-ting – each get full marks in this cinematic book, set in “tiny, unprosperous Bone Pile,” but it’s Sophie’s rich interior life – the questioning of her Roman Catholic faith, her

family, and what it is to be a woman; the reckon-ing with her unimagined challenges (including the shame of having her hus-band leave her, penniless and with a child); and the self-actualization she achieves in the story’s conclusion – that elevate this novel and should have it earning awards.

Butala’s capture of how an immigrant might feel upon arriving in a new land and culture – without language skills – seems both topical and, again, experienced. Sophie has the added challenge of coming from a privileged family–she was raised with a cook and housekeeper in the home–and thus has much to prove on the unforgiv-ing prairie homestead, desperately breaking clumps of soil and carry-ing pails of water a mile so she might grow vegeta-bles; and later, devising how she’ll provide for her-self and her son after her husband abandons them.

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I can do it all by myselfIn families with

young children there is always so much for Mom and Dad to do. The washing, cooking, cleaning and bathing never seem to end! The best way to light-en your workload is to teach children how to look after themselves and their things.

GETTING DRES-SED: Around age 3, children can learn to dress themselves. Take the time to teach your children how dress themselves, tie shoes and do up but-tons. Hang clothes where your children can reach them. Store clothes in clear bins so that they can find what they are looking for. Have a laundry bin close at hand for them to put their dirty clothes in.

CLEANING: Even a toddler can help with

household chores. Give them an old sock and teach them to dust.

Have a dustpan and brush stored where children can reach it. If you have small cloths stored where children can get them, they can wipe up spills as they happen.

MEALS AND SNACKS: Teach your child how to make a sandwich or even toast. Have bowls of fruit at your child’s height so that they can grab and go when they are hungry.

Teaching children to do these basic tasks will not only make your workload lighter, but will also benefit your children.

The self-confidence that children receive from being able and allowed to do these tasks is considerable!

By encouraging chil-dren to do these things for themselves, you

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We wish you an Udderly Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

from all of us at Sarcan

144 Ball Rd.Yorkton, SK

306-782-4213

SARCAN CHRISTMAS HOURSDec. 24, 2015 8:00 a.m. - 12 noon

Re-Open January 4, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

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Yorkton Bowl Arena StatsLEAGUE MEN’S MEN’S LADIES LADIES MOST PINSNAME HIGH SINGLE HIGH TRIPLE HIGH SINGLE HIGH TRIPLE OVER AVERAGE

MONDAY GA 1:00 Martin Phillips 269 Martin Phillips 655 Diane Westvelt 231 Diane Westvelt 562 Martin Phillips +79CMI Tyler Senchuk 220 Brandon Peter 594 Lisa Gibler 206 Lisa Gibler 494 Tyler Senchuk +70TUESDAY YBC Tanner Washington 225 Matthew Washington 531 Haley Schrader 131 Haley Schrader 379 Tanner Washington +58TUESDAY MIXED Barry Gawryliuk 279 Jacob Hooge 679 Jamie Sereda 290 Jamie Sereda 782 Sabrina Malysh +82STS Martin Phillips 317 Cam Louttit 775 Eleanor Yasinsky 226 Dorothy Chorney 581 Martin Phillips +134WEDNESDAY GA 1:15 terry Hudy 233 Terry Hudy 639 Dianne Westvelt 230 Colleen Haider 632 Fritz Borys +65HOSPITAL Rick Becquet 313 Barry Tochor 696 Anne Shumay 236 Anne Shumay 582 Rick Becquet +123LEGION Don Haider 321 Don Haider 763 Bernadette Hagon 227 Lil Wladichuk 502 Don Haider +109THURSDAY LADIES Anne Shumay 248 Anne Shumay 614 Anne Shumay +75SPECIAL OLYMPICS HANCOCK Jamie Schneider 288 Colby Wainman 755 Des Cross 240 Des Cross 608 Jay Lane +115QUINE Trent Aichele 366 Trent Aichele 821 Des Cross 247 Colleen Haider 632 Trent Aichele +117SATURDAY YBC Jacob Hooge 249 Jacob Hooge 649 Ashley Schrader 226 Ashley Schrader 628 Khelsi McLaughlin +73


REAL ESTATE NEWS

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Left to Right: Cynthia Zilke, Jocelyne Hallett, Carma Gramyk, Deanne Arnold, Corey Werner, Brooke Niezgoda, Michelle McMurdo, Gavin Konkel, and Lloyd Seymour.

Special Thanks to Mitch @ Art of Life, Vintage Vault, Alexander’s Men’s Wear, KW Men’s Wear and Prince.

Niezgoda, Michelle McMurdo, Gavin Konkel, and Lloyd Seymour.

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