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Cool Lemonade With A PurposeTwo little girls decided to do some positive things last Saturday afternoon by setting up a lemonade stand close to Rusty Duce Park

in Pleasantdale to sell lemonade, cupcakes and cookies at 25 cents a pop, or a donation, with all proceeds going to the Gentle Hands

orphanage in the Philippines. Isabella Semenuik (left) and Gracie Dzuba, with the help of their moms, enjoyed serving a steady stream

of customers, netting them $222 for the orphanage.

A 62-year-old woman is dead after she was hit by a truck while attempting to cross the street Monday morning.

According to infor-mation from the Estevan Police Service, officers received a 911 call at 8:50 a.m. informing them that a pedestrian was struck at the intersection of Souris Avenue and Third Street.

EPS members and Es-tevan RCMP officers, as well as EMT personnel, quickly responded to the scene and discovered a woman in distress. She was eventually transported to St. Joseph’s Hospital where she passed away from her injuries.

The deceased was identifi ed as Karen L. Han-cock.

EPS stated that the

Woman killed in car-pedestrian collision

A 62-year-old woman was killed Monday morning after she was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of

Souris Avenue and Third Street. The name of the deceased had not been released as of press time.

incident remains under investigation and charges are pending.

Word of the accident quickly spread throughout Estevan Monday and was

also a topic at city council where pedestrian safety and speed limits within

Estevan have been hotly debated over the past few years. ⇢ A2

The release of the police re-ported crime statistics for 2011 contained some mixed results for the city of Estevan.

Although Estevan rose in over-all and non-violent crime numbers among communities with a popula-tion of at least 10,000 people, the city’s violent crime severity index dropped.

The annual report, which is

compiled by Statistics Canada, is a tabulation of the crime numbers from over 200 police forces in the country. After taking stock of the numbers, Statistics Canada creates a crime index, which takes into ac-count the types of crimes as well as other factors such as the population of each community.

Estevan’s overall crime index rose from 133 in 2010 to 156.7 in

2011, a figure which placed the Energy City 16th overall in Canada. The non-violent crime index also took a large jump, moving from 142.6 in 2010 to 180.1 in 2011. That spike moved Estevan all the way to eighth overall in the country.

If there was one positive in the report, it was in the violent crime severity index, a tabulation of such offences as assault, battery and

sexual assault. After rising in 2010, the number dipped slightly in 2011, going from 108 to 96. Nationally, Estevan went from 54th place in 2010 to 58th in 2011.

The fact that Estevan’s over-all crime index rose in 2011 was certainly not a surprise to anyone. As had been previously reported in The Mercury, crime has been on the rise over the past few years. ⇢ A2

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⇠ A1 In July, the Es-tevan Police Service re-leased the crime statistics for the first six months of 2012 and, as had been expected, crime was up considerably.

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City’s violent crime index drops

⇠ A1 Councillor Lynn Chipley said while the news was tragic, she felt it was only “a matter of time” be-

fore a pedestrian was killed.“Speed is an issue in

this town,” said Chipley. “I’m a walker and a runner,

and I end up running in the leisure centre pretty well all of the time because it’s just not safe on our streets and

that is really, really sad.”Chipley also pleaded

with motorists in the city to slow down.

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years of my term as chief of police here we have set new records every year with the growth of the city,” Chief Del Block said in the July 11 edition of The Mercury. “We are on pace to set a new re-cord in 2012 again for just about everything.”

Asked for his opin-ion on why crime has continued to rise, Block said the boom in the local

economy has attracted a number of people who are assets to the community as well as a number of people who are more involved in “the criminal aspect.”

“I’ve quit calling it an oil boom, I call it an en-ergy sector boom. We’ve got the mines expanding, we’ve got power expand-ing, the oil industry is expanding. It’s not just oil that is driving this. There

are some huge projects going on at SaskPower; we’ve got a lot of transient workers, upwards of 600 on one job, so it’s not just oil that is creating the problems.”

Estevan was not the only Saskatchewan com-munity to crack the up-per reaches of the crime index. Regina ranked 25th overall but was first among communities with a population of at least 100,000 people while Sas-katoon was 27th in the overall and second for larger cities.

Among Saska tch -ewan’s smaller centres, North Battleford had the highest ranking in not only the province but the entire country. North Battleford had an overall crime index of 361 and a non-violent index of 389.5 which was also first. For violent crimes it was third in the country with an index of 286.

Pr ince Albert was second for violent crime and fifth for overall crime. Yorkton placed seventh for overall crime and was ninth for violent crime.

Moose Jaw and Swift Current were the two other Saskatchewan com-munities in the rankings. Moose Jaw was 37th over-all while Swift Current was 34th.

Na t iona l ly, c r ime cont inued to decl ine , dropping by six per cent from 2010. The violent crime index dropped by four per cent.

It’s A ScreamChildren’s performers Daryl Robb and Leroy the Lobster were at the Estevan Public Library performing for an audience of local children Friday. A B.C. native, per-

forms throughout the country for young audiences and is currently on a tour of Saskatchewan.

The final hurdle to a new residential neighbour-hood in Estevan has been cleared.

At their regular meet-ing Monday, city council approved Trimount Estevan Developments’ subdivision plan for Phase 3 of Domin-ion Heights. Final reading was also given to a bylaw to amend the city’s zoning map.

The pair of moves will allow Trimount to move

Phase 3 of Dominion Heights gets green lightforward on a plan that calls for 35 new residential lots. Mayor Gary St. Onge said he is looking forward to seeing Trimount begin con-struction.

“I guess they are ready to start,” St. Onge said fol-lowing Monday’s meeting. “We need the lots, let’s get them going.”

Along with the 35 lots for single family dwellings, the plan that was presented

at Monday’s council meeting also calls for 36 townhouse style dwellings, 17 duplex dwellings and four four-storey multi-family residen-tial condominium buildings which will have 137 units among them. In all there will be 225 units which can house 518 people.

The plan also calls for the City to retain a 2.09 acre parcel of land which may be used for a new fi re station to give Estevan one on each

side of the train tracks. Lots in the new subdiv-

sion will have a frontage ranging from 16.09 metres to 17.43 metres in width and depth ranging from 35 to 40.99 metres. The duplex lots are expected to have a frontage of 11 metres and depth of 36 metres.

The design of Phase 3 will contain the single–detached lots to the south area of the subdivision. As it proceeds north, it will

transition to the duplexes and townhouses and the multi-storey condos.

With respect to roads, the plan said Nicholson Road will be extended to the north. A new collector road, which will be called Morsky Road, will intersect with Souris Av-enue north. There will also be a new local road named Larter Road and a cul-de-sac named Macready Bay. A registered buffer strip, which will provide some separation

between the single-family lots and the multi-family units to the north, is also part of the plan.

During the post meeting interview, St. Onge also not-ed the City may soon have some lots available in Phase 2 of Dominion Heights. The lots initially sold out last year but it appears some of the people who purchased them have not done any work and will have to turn them back to the City.

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An Estevan man will serve jail time after leading police on a high-speed chase on Highway 39 that ended in a head-on collision.

A joint submission agreed upon by the Crown and defence was presented to presiding Judge James Beni-son, which called for Justin Yakimchuk’s incarceration for 18 months. The 19-year-old Yakimchuk was in cus-tody on Monday at Estevan provincial court, and pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing bodily harm, evading peace offi cers, theft, assault and a number of breaches of his conditions.

Crown prosecutor An-drew Davis described the events from March 3 that saw Yakimchuk steal a taxi van and lead Estevan police on a pursuit that reached speeds of 175 kilometres per hour.

Police were alerted to the stolen car at about 1:30 a.m. and located it before Yakimchuk fled the scene behind the wheel. The pur-suit lasted until the vehicles passed Halbrite, and the Weyburn RCMP were called in to assist.

“The vehicle was driv-ing very fast and very erratic, passing other vehicles,” said Davis.

Things came to a head, added Davis, when Yakim-chuk was passing another vehicle north of Halbrite and drove head-on into an on-coming car. There were two occupants in the oncoming vehicle, a man and woman. Davis said the injuries they suffered were not life threat-ening but signifi cant.

The male had a broken sternum, and the woman had experienced several cuts, including some around her eyes. Yakimchuk was found to be impaired by both alco-hol and cocaine and broke his ankle in the collision.

“He was evidently sui-cidal and may have been attempting to take his own life in the course of this, ob-viously with total disregard for other people,” said Davis. “Mr. Yakimchuk, by his ac-tions, caused signifi cant risk to the public, including the offi cers who tried to pursue him. He could very conceiv-ably cause serious harm or death to himself or somebody

else.”Yakimchuk’s Legal Aid

lawyer Greg Wilson noted his client was going through a “very rough” time in his life.

When paramedics at-tended the scene, Yakimchuk threw his phone at one of them.

In his sentencing, Beni-son appeared tentative to ac-cept the 18-month sentence.

“The sentence that has been proposed here today is not necessarily the sentence that I would have imposed without the joint submis-sion,” he said. “I have some serious concerns about the danger that was caused to the public in this case, how-ever taking all of the cir-cumstances of the case, and the fact that Mr. Yakimchuk, you are still young, I find that the proposed sentence is appropriate.”

Following the 18-month jail term, Yakimchuk will be subject to a 12-month proba-tion period and will be under a driving prohibition for two years.

In other court proceed-ings, Randy Clark was sen-

tenced to a federal peniten-tiary term of two years plus a day after pleading guilty to fraud, forgery and theft.

Clark has a lengthy criminal record of related offences and was recently sentenced in Estevan at the end of June to a conditional sentence order for similar charges.

Davis told the court Clark aided a young person in stealing his landlady’s chequebook and acting as co-signer so the young man could open accounts in two local banks.

Two cheques were then deposited in the youth’s name and withdrawn im-mediately from the accounts. The total amount withdrawn was $1,485.20.

Benison asked Clark if he wished to say anything before passing sentence, and Clark replied, “No, I just want to get on with it and get back to my cell.”

Benison accepted the submissions and sentenced Clark to two years plus a day in a federal penitentiary.

In court proceedings from July 26, Norman and

Dorothy Desautels appeared in court for a trial for fail-ing to appear at a previous sentencing. The married couple were found guilty of tax evasion earlier this year and sentenced to jail time, one year for Norman and six months for Dorothy.

The couple appeared on July 26 in prison-issued clothing and handcuffs.

While they had previ-ously represented them-selves for their other court appearances, they both had an administrator in court to represent them for their trials. That was their intent.

Dean Clifford, who is not a lawyer, stepped for-ward in a T-shirt and shorts with his hair tied in a tight ponytail and sunglasses rest-ing on the top of his head. Before he was able to enter the front of the courtroom, presiding Judge Karl Bazin stopped him, requesting he remove the sunglasses from his head.

“They are fine where they are,” answered Clifford.

Bazin told Clifford he would not allow him to speak for the Desautels if he did not

follow the court’s rules. Clifford conceded and

removed the glasses, not-ing to the judge that he was not doing so because he was obeying a direct order but rather in respect to the “painting on the wall,” refer-ring to the image of Queen Elizabeth II.

When Bazin asked if Clifford would be acting as agent for the Desautels, he said he was not. He told the court he was the administra-tor of their estate and power of attorney.

Bazin decided not to permit Clifford to represent the Desautels as he was not satisfi ed the man was acting as agent for the accused.

The Crown gave its evidence, noting the De-sautels’ absence from their sentencing and subsequent arrest by RCMP officers, while neither of the Desau-tels supplied any testimony or argument.

Bazin found them both guilty and ordered a fi ne of $150 or a one-day concur-rent jail term that would be served with their current terms.

Dangerous driving leads to 18 months jail time

With most of the in-dustrial activity around Estevan centring on coal mining and oil drilling, residents of the southeast are used to depending on what’s under their feet.

The Aquistore project takes that dependence to a new sub-level, as research-ers at the Petroleum Tech-nology Research Centre (PTRC) complete their work, which is expected to lead to a storage facility for carbon dioxide more than three kilometres below ground.

An open house was held July 24 at the drill site for media, local dignitaries and observers from Japan, South Korea and South Africa, who received tours of the active drilling rig and information on the project.

The project’s crew is drilling the evaluation well at a rate of roughly 11 me-tres every hour. Drilling will take 40 days and be complete in a few weeks. Shortly afterward, they will be drilling the observation well.

The Aquistore project

is being done in conjunc-tion with construction of the carbon capture facil-ity currently underway at Boundary Dam Power Station’s Unit 3. Once it becomes active in early 2014, the captured carbon will be sent via a pipeline a few kilometres west of the power station and into a layer of sandstone.

What the PTRC is depending on is that the rock formation they will be injecting the liquefi ed CO

2 into holds the carbon,

while the thick layer of shale above it acts as a lid, preventing any of the CO

2

from escaping back up to the surface.

Erik Nickel, senior project manager with the PTRC and geologist on the Aquistore project, said there are two layers of sandstone from the Win-nipeg formation and the Deadwood formation they will be injecting the CO

2

into.“Those two act as the

container,” he added, while the shale in the Winnipeg formation sits just above

and acts as the “shield.”The layer of shale is

between 60 and 100 metres thick.

A province-wide poll released in July by Inter-national Performance As-sessment Centre showed that 43 per cent of people would be concerned by a project like this imple-mented within five kilo-meters of their home. The concern may come from perceived environmental risks if the carbon were to seep through the cracks and reach the surface through the multiple layers of rock.

Nickel said that isn’t an issue, saying the shale is a suffi cient cap, and they have done tests to prove that point.

Nickel said they have taken samples of the geo-chemicals in the different layers of rock beneath the ground. Their tests have shown the water in the different layers has not been mixed, demonstrating that liquids in the porous rock layers are not seep-ing through the hard shale layers.

Nickel demonstrated further by spraying water on a few rock samples at the drill site. When he sprayed the sandstone, the water penetrated the rock, enter-ing the little pores between the grains and leaving the rock dry. The CO

2 will be

stored inside the sandstone in the same manner.

When he sprayed the shale sample, the rock re-jected the water, which fl owed and dripped off the surface.

If a leak did occur, he said it would more likely be through an old oil well that wasn’t properly cemented and sealed.

Project leader Mal-colm Wilson noted the importance of the tests they will be running. Later this year the PTRC will be test-ing the storage process by injecting food-grade CO

2

into the sandstone so they can monitor the plumb, how the CO

2 fl ows through

the rock, and whether or not there are any leaks.

“The bottom line for us is demonstrating integrity of storage,” said Wilson.

Aquistore soon to move into testing stage

One of the visiting observers looks around at the

Aquistore site with the drill looming behind.

“The bottom line for us is demonstrating

integrity of storage.”– Malcolm Wilson

Project leader

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“We can do more extensive procedures, more

complicated ones. Our ORs have the capacity to do

better surgeries compared to Weyburn because of the

nature and structure of the rooms.”-Dr. Medhi Horri

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St. Joseph’s Hospital is in a better position to help Estevan and area residents thanks to a sig-nificant new purchase.

T h e h o s p i t a l a n -nounced on Thursday it has purchased two new a n e s t h e t i c m a c h i n e s for its operating rooms. While unveiling the new equipment to local media, it was noted the machines cost $200,000. Of that total, $110,000 was pro-vided to the hospital by the Sun Country Health Region through the pro-vincial Surgical Initiative Program while $90,000 came from the St. Jo-seph’s Hospital Founda-tion.

Greg Hoffort, the ex-ecutive director of St. Joe’s, said the addition of the machines is a huge step forward in outfitting their surgical suites for the future.

“We have a very tal-ented team at St. Joseph’s and it is important to fur-nish them with state of the art equipment such as we have here today,” said Hoffort who added the purchase would not have been made without the co-operation of all three groups.

Dr. Medhi Horri, who is the anesthetist at St. Joe’s, said he is thrilled to have the new equipment to work with and com-mended all involved for their efforts.

“ T h i s w a s r e a l l y urgent, this was really needed and I really ap-preciate the people who really worked fast and dealt with the people they needed to deal with to

New anesthetic machines purchased for St. Joe’s

St. Joseph’s Hospital unveiled its new anesthetic machines Thursday. The recently purchased equipment will allow the hospital to per-

form more surgeries and also means patients will not have to venture out of Estevan for some procedures.

Damage to a metal gate on a piece of property south of Estevan close to the Canada/U.S. border has led to an investigation by the Estevan detachment of the RCMP.

The police suspect that a vehicle was used to pull down the gate some-time between July 10 and 16.

Anyone with infor-mation regarding this crime is asked to contact

Rural gate torn downthe Estevan detachment at 637-4400 or report anonymously through Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Crimestoppers does not subscribe to call dis-play and the caller does not have to reveal their identity. A cash reward of up to $2,000 may be paid for information that leads to an arrest on this offence or on any serious crime or drug related offence.

make this happen,” he said. “It makes my job easier and it makes it way safer for the patients.”

H o r r i a d d e d t h a t along with making things safer for patients, the new

machines will also expand the services St. Joseph’s is able to provide to the community.

“We can do more ex-tensive procedures, more complicated ones. Our ORs have the capacity to do better surgeries com-pared to Weyburn because of the nature and structure of the rooms. But we didn’t have the devices to go with it, now we have it.

“There is a chance that a surgeon can come here to do procedures — an orthopedic surgeon or other specialists in general surgery — and

we are capable of provid-ing anesthesia for those procedures. This means the patient does not have to travel for two hours to have a procedure that can be done here at home, we can look after them post op and they are close to home and families can come visit them and they can be released faster.”

Horri said the equip-ment should also help Es-tevan in its never ending battle to recruit physicians to the city.

Sun Country CEO Marga Cugnet, who was on hand for Thursday’s

unveiling, concurred with Horri’s comments on the impact the equipment will have with regards to recruitment.

“When physic ians come down or specialists come down and look at the facilities, they cer-tainly always look at what type of equipment, what’s available and what they

are used to working on,” said Cugnet who added the equipment will also provide Sun Country with some synergies between St. Joseph’s and the Wey-burn General Hospital.

“They are operating similar equipment so they are familiar with it. The same with our operating room nurses.”

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Estevan’s new water reservoir is on time and on budget.

The $8 million project, which is currently under construction behind St. Joseph’s Hospital, began in 2011 and is expected to be operational early in 2013.

Kevin Sutter, who is the manger of Estevan’s water treatment plant, said the reservoir remains on schedule.

“The vessel itself is built and now they are working on the pumphouse portion,” Sutter said in an interview Thursday. “For Phase 1 to be done, they have to fi nish building the building and put in the piping and the equipment for that pumphouse and backfi ll.”

Sutter added the cur-rent work is part of the fi rst phase of construction and he expects the second phase of work will begin in August.

“The second phase will be the separating of the (water) distribution system into two pressure zones. They also have to put in two bolts that separate the distribution system and also connect the distribution system to the reservoir. That hasn’t started yet. Phase 3 is just some modifi cations at the water treatment plant to supply the new reservoir.”

Although it comes at a signifi cant cost, the res-ervoir is a crucial piece of Estevan’s future growth. Approved at a council meet-ing in September and in the planning stages for many months prior to that, the reservoir was needed if the city wants to continue expanding north.

When completed, the new reservoir will help the City create the dual pressure zone that Sutter previously mentioned and greatly im-prove water pressure for residents in Estevan’s north

end.“The biggest benefit

that this will provide is al-lowing us to increase pres-sure in the higher elevation parts of the city without

having to increase the pres-sure in the lower elevations of the city,” he said. “Plus the additional storage gives us a bigger safety margin if something went awry. We

would have more storage in the city. It would give us two days of water under regular, average use once this thing is built.”

Aside from the work

on the reservoir, Sutter said they have purchased new equipment for the wastewa-ter treatment plant and will need to build a new struc-ture to house it. The City

has also purchased land behind the water treatment plant and will build an area to treat some of the sludge that is created by the water treatment process.

New water reservoir on schedule

Estevan’s new water reservoir is currently under construction behind St. Joseph’s

Hospital. The $8 million project is on schedule to be commissioned in January

2013.

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Volume 110 Issue 13

Compared with their city cousins, rural folk will a have lot easier time fi guring out where to vote come the next pro-vincial election.

The new methodology of mapping the boundaries that excluded those under 18 years plus the addition of three extra seats - including one riding specifi cally designed for rural Saskatchewan - has resulted in little change to the provincial rural election map.

The new rural riding is Saskatoon Stonebridge-Dakota, southeast of the city, and it takes in the bedroom communities in Corman Park, south to Dundurn and Whitecap First Nation and east to Elstow in the old Humboldt riding.

Democracy watchers may question why there has been so little change in rural Saskatchewan, even though there has

been a substantial population shift since the last major electoral boundary changes were made in 1993. So let us look a little closer at what the new rural ridings look like.

In the southwest, here’s how it looks: Swift Current has become strictly a city seat with no rural component. Cypress Hills has gotten slightly bigger, expanding east past Simmie and Success right to the edge of Swift Current. Wood River has also pushed east, taking in Coronach and Big Beaver from Weyburn-Big Muddy and Climax to the west. And Thunder Creek is gone. It is replaced by Lumsden-Morse that takes in everything north and south of No. 1 Highway from Swift Cur-rent to Regina (including everything surrounding Moose Jaw) and dipping as far south as Wilcox, Claybank and Avonlea.

In west-central Saskatchewan, the biggest change is the disappearance of the old Biggar seat. It is replaced by the new Biggar-Sask Valley riding, sprawling west to the Red Pheas-ant and Mosquito First Nations and northeast of Saskatoon to Osler and Hague. Rosetown-Elrose pushes north to the edge of Biggar and loses territory to the east including Conquest and Outlook. Kindersley sees little change, other than losing Unity. Meanwhile Martensville shrinks, with only Dalmeny and Warman as its other communities.

In the northwest, there is little change except mostly for the exchange of reserves. The Battlefords picks up rural land to the east. Rosthern-Shellbrook loses the Beardy’s Reserve, but picks up Jackfi sh Lake and the Saulteaux Reserve. Cut Knife-Turtleford picks up Unity and Wilkie, but loses the Red Pheasant and Mosquito Reserves. Lloydminster loses Beacon Hill and Big Island to Meadow Lake.

In the northwest, Saskatchewan Rivers sees little change and Carrot River Valley grows to the south to take in Little Swan River. Melfort moves a little further southwest to take in Lake Lenore and St. Brieux from Batoche that also moves a little west to take in Aberdeen and Beardy’s.

Further south in the centre of the province, we see some of the biggest changes to rural seats. Arm River-Watrous becomes Arm River, and it spreads from Outlook to the west, Kandahar and Kawacatoose/Day Star Reserves to the east and south into the old Thunder Creek riding to take in Craik, Elbow, Marquis and Bethune. Humboldt is replaced by Humboldt-Watrous, taking in Watrous, Young and Lanigan. Last Mountain-Touchwood - the bellwether seat that has voted with the government for 70 years except in 1999 and 2003 - is unchanged.

In east central, Yorkton becomes exclusively a “city” rid-ing while Canora-Pelly is unchanged, except adding a bit of rural Yorkton. Kelvington-Wadena now takes in Wynyard, but is otherwise unchanged. Melville-Saltcoats is also unchanged, except that it, too, has taken in some of rural Yorkton like Otthon and Tonkin.

In the southeast, Moosomin slides further west to Fran-cis and Osage. Cannington remains intact, although it loses Frobisher to Estevan. Estevan loses Radville and Lake Alma to Weyburn-Big Muddy that has lost Coronach to the Wood River.

All in all, there has not been much change to the rural election map - especially considering how much rural Sas-katchewan has changed in the last 20 years.

I don’t know why, but some-times I get into crazy conversa-tions and it happened again. I can usually confine my crazy communications efforts to this offi ce where we toil. We have enough off-the-wall characters around here to keep me amused for hours. So when we start discussing silly subjects, I’m usually totally engaged. I see value in silly. Usually there is no value, but I see it anyway.

So, can you name 10 famous Canadians who aren’t dead or are current or retired hockey players?

OK, you think you can ... then do it in under a minute.

Hey, it’s just a silly game, play along, dear diary. Nobody will have to know, unless you read out loud.

So right off the bat we can eliminate the guy that Weyburn adopted ... T.C. And really, how famous was he? In Canada, right on ... but do they know that much about T.C. in Pasadena or Barcelona?

Then we eliminated those other well-known Canadian icons ... Wayne and Cheery Cherry, who is only famous on Canadian TV.

So where are you gonna go in the one minute assigned to you?

Quick now ... OK, Justin Bieber, let’s start with him, that’s a gimme.

Now you can roll out the famous, non-hockey players,

can’t you? People who are at least known on this continent?

In baseball we have, Votto and that other guy.

In music, we have a great list like Lightfoot and Neil Young, Celine (hate to admit it, but they know her in Pasadena), Annie and Shania.

Still with me? In science and research, we

have activist David Suzuki who is sorta famous. That’s about it from that side of the bench. We usually don’t worship our scien-tists even though many of them have had major breakthroughs in medicine and technology. We like underwhelming the world when it comes to research it seems.

William Shatner? Still alive and pretty famous because he does ditzy television shows and commercials.

Should I make it tougher on you? Do I insist that the “famous Canadian” still has to be a Cana-dian? In other words, if he or she has forsaken their Canadianism for Americanism, should they still count?

Hello Alex Trebek. I believe you are still Canadian but not sure.

Ch r i s t ophe r P lummer, you’re famous and I believe

still Canadian, and thanks to last year’s Oscar and a little movie called the Sound of Mu-sic, you’re pretty well known universally.

Conrad Black ... oops, nope, he’s British, remember that big stink-off with Chretien?

OK, my minute is up. How many did I get?

I sorta count up 12 if I in-clude Alex and that “other guy” in baseball. So I think I can claim a justifi able 10 quickly famous Canadians and none of them were famous for shooting anyone, so they’re famous for relatively good reasons.

Who is on your quick fa-mous Canadian list?

OK, I told you I hang around with crazy people ... I am a fl awed man. Can’t help it, it’s part of the job description.

Next week ... your finest Olympic viewing moment? Or how about the best person to analyze a Roughrider loss in 10 words or less?

I liked our offi ce guru foot-ball commentator Gayle’s sum-mation the best. On Monday morning I asked her opinion about the Saturday afternoon game.

“They did it, and then they didn’t,” she said.

Yep, that’s about right.Make sure you follow me

on my Tweet and if you fi nd me there, let me know please be-cause it will be groundbreaking information for me.

Using waterSo why aren’t we using the water? We have acres of potable water at our beck and call in the form of the

Rafferty and Alameda reservoirs, and yet we are doing precious little with it in terms of investment, development and recreational pursuits.

The question came to mind again this week following a forward push being made by the Upper Qu’Appelle Water Conveyance Project that sponsored a tour of the Moose Jaw-Regina area, promoting the prospects of irrigation programs in that region.

The proponents of the Upper Qu’Appelle proposal estimate that the pumping, reservoir and spillway costs would come in around $455 million, but it would be well worth the effort.

Which begs the question again — why aren’t we using the water we already have?

We don’t require spillways ... that was checked off the list decades ago. We don’t require a reservoir, we have those already and nothing needs to be pumped into them. In fact our recent troubles have been created by not being able to pump enough of the water out in an orderly fashion to prevent fl ooding.

We have fertile valley land, plains and plateaus that appear to be suited for crops that would take to irrigation. We have an ambitious and creative agricultural community that has successfully explored all kinds of non-traditional crops.

The weather conditions are conducive to growing much more and dif-ferent crop species if we cared to.

We understand the soil conditions are not as rich as they might be around Lake Diefenbaker, but agriculture specialists inform us that there is no real legitimate reason not to pursue the prospects of irrigation and that has been seconded by those who are in the business of irrigation in the Outlook/ Elbow/Saskatoon catchment area where projects have already met with success.

New irrigation technologics make the prospects much more feasible and that will only get better.

It is a shame that we haven’t made better use of this vital life-giving resource other than to use it to bring oil up out of the ground and to build a few cottages around reservoirs in just two small patches where miles of potential shoreline begs to be developed for a variety of recreational and business pursuits including golfi ng, camping, boating, fi shing, et al.

Boundary Dam’s reservoir ended up with an ad hoc development plan decades ago, an almost unintentional result that came with the damming of water for a power station.

Yet even with Boundary Dam as a modest template, we haven’t been able to get a decent development plan off the designer’s desk.

At fi rst we thought we could blame the politicians since Rafferty and Alameda came to life just as the provincial government was changing hands. It was well known the incoming NDP of the day were certainly not interested in completing the previous Conservative government’s project. But even with the return of a government that might have been more inclined to revive the plans and projects ... a government that might have been more friendly toward local developers and recreation- oriented businesses, it hasn’t happened.

A Rafferty boat launch near Estevan languishes, only kept alive thanks to devoted local fi shers and boaters who refuse to let it go. Promising cottage and economic development along the local shores of Rafferty have never been allowed to happen. Further up the line, limited developments, one and a half golf courses and a hint of business is all that has seen the light of day after all these years.

Why aren’t we using the water? Why can’t we use the water?

MURRAY MANDRYK

Prairie Perspective

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

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The Editor:I am writing concern-

ing Andrew Thomas’ letter of July 18 which contained a lengthy list of complaints about Estevan and its resi-dents.

Two items I really dis-agreed with in the letter were the comments about the mayor and town planner.

The comments about the mayor’s conduct at hockey games were not fair and could not be confused with constructive criticism. I at-tend many Bruin games and normally sit about three rows directly behind the mayor. While I’ve heard him make less than constructive com-ments about missed calls by referees, they were not that bad, certainly not worthy of comment in the newspaper. You don’t have to venture too far within our own rink to hear worse.

The comments about the town planner were bewilder-ing. I don’t know if we have a town planner, who it is, or if that person lacks foresight (as stated in the letter). How-ever no town or city planner can be responsible for the wide-ranging list of things the person is apparently not doing.

Regarding the rest of the letter, once I got by the tone, personal attacks, and gener-alizations, I felt some of the points were valid. However I’ve lived in about a dozen locations and amazingly, not one was perfect. Each had its share of good and bad attributes (and people). If you like to focus on negative things, you can fi nd a lot to talk about in any community.

Constructive criticism is essential, but to be effective it actually has to be construc-tive. As well, if anyone really wants to improve our city, there are plenty of things you can do in addition to criticiz-ing. While it’s certainly not

always the case, I’m of the opinion those who criticize and complain the most are often those who contribute the least.

In spite of its many shortcomings, I think Este-van has some positive fea-tures and is a great place to live.

As luck would have it, the mayor’s job will open up this fall. Our critics have a golden opportunity to resolve their issues. A word of cau-tion though; as mayor you may not be judged for your involvement in building a new arena, but rather on your comments at hockey games in that arena.

Bob Abernethy,Estevan

Constructive

criticism neededWork with us, not against us

The Editor:I am writing this letter

to address my concern over the Saskatchewan Govern-ment’s proposed amend-ments to our current labour legislation. I am deeply sad-dened that the past struggle and fi ght of the hard work-ing people of Saskatchewan appears all for naught.

Our fathers and grand-fathers struggled to achieve our current labour rights and freedoms for all labour workers in Saskatchewan, not just unionized workers.

I view Saskatchewan as a place that holds high values for having the abil-ity to support their families. The people of Saskatchewan are proud people who work hard, play hard and devote time to their province, com-munities and families.

The proposed amend-

ments offering our hard workers reductions in va-cation time, stat holidays, changes to the standard hours of work and overtime provisions, may look attrac-tive on paper for provincial budgetary purposes, but these proposed labour leg-islative changes do not fair well for the working class and their families. The peo-ple of Saskatchewan have remained in Saskatchewan because of their love for this province, not because we are getting rich from it.

There is a sense of pride to belong to Saskatchewan. In every province that I have travelled in Canada, when I say I am from Saskatch-ewan, they always com-ment on our pride, the hard working people, the farmers and the Roughriders. I hope that this legacy continues to

affi rm our province as being positive, family oriented, friendly, and inviting, not a province that shows little regard towards the working class, and a province that chooses to squeeze every penny they can from the workers and only provid-ing rewards to those who already have the fi nancial means.

I am a unionized mem-ber of SGEU and a proud one. As a union member, I take pride in working with management to create a better work environment for the future generations to come. Working together is the key to a working relationship-not giving an unfair advantage to one side and rolling back the rights of the worker.

Perhaps if the Sas-katchewan government

would like to make these changes to our current la-bour legislation, they should consider giving it a trial run? Perhaps having a two-year trial period within their own cabinet and staff, just to see how things work for them fi rst. Then, after the bugs are worked out, step on them! The current provincial gov-ernment must consider hav-ing meaningful discussions with unions, members of the working class, and employ-ers alike to revise a plan to something that will work. Better yet, consider scrap-ping these proposed changes to our province’s labour legislation altogether.

Tracey Sauer,Proud health care

worker and SGEU mem-ber

Kelvington, Sask.

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Learning to walk is one of the fi rst skills we all develop as a child, but Brit-tany Orsted had to learn to do it all over again.

The Estevan teen re-cently returned from her jaunt to Toronto as a par-ticipant in the Miss Teen Canada World competition. She did more than just par-ticipate, but was selected for the top four as most photogenic and is using this experience to propel herself to Ecuador.

Michelle Weswaldi is the Miss Teen Canada World executive director and took a particular lik-ing to Orsted in Toronto, encouraging her to pursue the pageant world further. That will fi rst take her to Ecuador in September for Miss Teen Earth. There will be about 15 to 20 countries competing, and Orsted will be Canada’s representative.

The quiet and shy 19-year-old confirmed that all these experiences have made her more con-fi dent, but that’s still what Weswaldi wants to see more of from the Este-vanite.

“I’ve always had mod-elling in the back of my head, but I said ‘no, this is not me.’ I didn’t have the confi dence,” Orsted said.

After graduating from high school in June 2011, she said she started to get more confident. When Weswaldi fi rst told Orsted she’d like to see her in

Estevan native shines at national pageant

Brittany Orsted

more pageants, she was thinking it would be a year or so before the next one, not in less than two months.

After the trip to Ec-uador, Orsted has another date in November to head to Vancouver for an inter-national modelling event with women from 50 other countries.

“I would love to pur-sue it. I love doing this,” she said, unable to keep her smile from showing.

Her mother Sherrilee said it was a bit of a sur-prise to learn her daughter was selected into the top four as most photogenic.

She said, “It was funny because she called me that night and said, ‘You know how I think I’m not very photogenic,’ and she had just said she saw the pic-ture that they put out there and said, ‘My eyes look creepy.’ I’m like, really?”

Brittany was incred-ibly busy over the course of the week-long pageant.

She said they only had three to fi ve hours of sleep, with their days spent going to events, dance rehearsals, photo shoots and inter-views.

“We had an instructor that showed us how to walk properly, and there was another person that came in and showed us how to dance and what you have to do with your poses in the bathing suit and evening gown,” said Brittany.

T h e d a n c i n g s h e

missed because she was in a photo shoot after be-ing selected as one of the most photogenic. She has a background in dance, but hasn’t taken any classes in the past year. Even so, she picked up on the moves pretty quickly.

“This whole modelling experience, I haven’t done before, so it’s all new to me,” Brittany said, particu-larly in regards to the walk-ing. “My walking has been improving since I went to Saskatoon for provincials. (Weswaldi) said that when I walk it’s stiff, so when I walk I have to hold my poses longer and be more confi dent.”

She was in Toronto

from July 14 to 22 repre-senting Saskatchewan’s southeast after being se-lected at the provincial competition in Saskatoon this past March.

“It was a great experi-ence meeting all the girls from across Canada,” said Brittany, noting there were 62 pageant participants in the competition.

It’s an expensive trip — the cost just to enter the pageant was $2,900 — so Brittany was expected to do some fundraising in order to help cover her costs, as well as raising funds for the pageant’s primary charity, Free the Children. Brittany had no trouble surpassing her goal

of $1,000, raising just over $2,000 for the organization that empowers children to help other youth around the world.

“I’m so proud of what the community has done for me,” said Brittany. “It’s such an honour how the community supported me.”

To raise money for the charity, she hosted a chip-ping contest, went to the Bikers Against Diabetes rodeo and appeared at the MS Walk and anti-bullying walk.

“My platform was bul-lying, so I thought that was a great way to start it off.”

She noted that she had been bullied in school and understands it’s a commu-nity problem.

“It affects teenagers and children in the com-munity. It really touches me because I’ve been af-fected.”

The pageant in Ecua-dor is from Sept. 11 to 16 and will include competi-tions in both bathing suit and evening gown.

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A number of alcohol-fuelled disturbances and incidents absorbed most of the time and interest of Estevan Police Service (EPS) personnel during the past weekend.

On the night of July 27, EPS members attend-ed to a west central resi-dence following a report of a domestic disturbance in progress. The matter was resolved after a short time spent with police and no further action was required.

P o l i c e w e r e t h e n called to the northeast side of the city to follow up on a report of an unconscious person inside a business. The person was arrested and charged for being in-toxicated in public and was lodged in police cells until sober.

A 52-year-old man was then arrested in the north central part of the city. He was charged with impaired driving and taken

Summer disturbance calls part of police routineinto custody and lodged in cells until sober. He will make his first court ap-pearance to answer to the impaired driving charges, on Aug. 27.

A noise complaint stemming from a residence on the northeast side of the city attracted police atten-tion later that same night. The homeowners were warned about the city’s noise bylaw and the issue was resolved.

EPS members next received a call regarding some damage being done to a residence on the south side of the city. A BB gun had been fi red at the win-dows in the home as well as the siding. The activity had caused some damage, so the incident remains under investigation.

Police then attended to a residence in the north central part of the city fol-lowing up on a report of damage being infl icted on some property. Police ob-

served a party in progress when they arrived so the home’s owner was spoken to and the party wrapped up. Police then made a tour of the area but did not dis-cover any notable property damage.

A female who was apparently attempting to enter a lounge to consume alcohol while under the legal age was detained by staff at a north central lounge while they reported the incident to police. She was subsequently charged with possession of false identifi cation under the Al-cohol and Gaming Regula-tions Act.

That same night, a 51-year-old man was ar-rested in the central part of the city for being in-toxicated in public. He was lodged in cells until sober.

A traffi c stop on the east side of the city re-sulted in a 20-year-old man being issued a 24-hour driver’s licence suspen-

sion after it was noted that the alcohol content in his blood stream exceeded .04 per cent. He was also served with a traffi c viola-tion ticket.

A 22-year-old man was arrested and charged with refusing to provide a breath sample after police found him sleeping in the driver’s seat of a vehicle parked at a north central gas station/convenience store. He is slated for a court appearance on Sept. 10.

There were a number of other charges laid dur-ing the night of July 27, including possession of alcohol in a place other than a private residence, having alcohol in a vehicle and minors possessing alcohol. Several other charges were laid for such things as speeding, no seat belts being used, stunting and driving through amber lights.

On the night of July

28, EPS members were called to a lounge in the central part of the city fol-lowing a report of a distur-bance between a man and a woman. The matter was resolved without further incident.

A 47-year-old man was arrested near a resi-dence in the central part of the city on the night of July 28. The man, who had been involved in a domestic disturbance, was lodged in cells overnight.

A minor disturbance in the north central part of the city resulted in police speaking to the people who had been involved and they were sent on their separate ways.

A report of a possible impaired driver approach-ing Estevan on Highway 47 north resulted in po-lice checking up on the driver and vehicle that was parked on an approach near the city. Their cursory investigation revealed that

the driver was tired and had stopped to rest, so no further action was re-quired.

The next stop for po-lice was in the central part of the city, following up on a report of an intoxi-cated male in the area. As a result, a 21-year-old man was arrested for being intoxicated in public and was transported to cells where he spent the rest of the night.

The next call to police came from a north central gas station/convenience store regarding a distur-bance in progress. The is-sue was resolved by police and the subjects involved in the dispute were sent on their way.

During the course of the evening, police issued several Traffi c Safety Act tickets for such things as speeding, driving unreg-istered vehicles and pos-sessing improper driver’s licences.

Estevan RCMP say the person found dead Thursday morning in the village of Benson passed away from natural causes.

Officers were called to Benson at 4:30 a.m. after a resident found an unresponsive 63-year-old

No foul play in Benson deathman lying on the road out-side of his house. EMS at-tended the scene but were unable to revive the man.

The local coroner, members of the Regina Major Crimes Unit and Yorkton Ident Unit were also called to Benson to

conduct an investigation. It was ultimately de-

termined that there was no foul play and the man had died from natural causes.

The family of the vic-tim has been notified but the name of the deceased has not been released.

The show had to be postponed earlier, but it’s a defi nite green light for Aug. 18 and 19 according to orga-nizers of the Pioneer Echoes event in the town of Midale.

The event co-ordinators had originally planned to stage the annual salute to

Midale Pioneer Echoes rescheduledpioneers on July 28 and 29, but there weren’t enough volunteers available on those two days to make happen, so organizers turned to another date that proved to be more popular.

The two-day schedule put together by the Souris

Valley Antique Association will feature antique farm equipment in action at the museum grounds across the tracks at the pioneer village.

There will be old-time threshing demonstrations plus a parade of antique equipment on each of the two days.

“We also expect to have a petting zoo on site,” said John New one of the organizers, who added that basic camping sites are available for those wishing to park a trailer or RV for the weekend.

Activities will include a flea market within the pioneer village as well as a Sunday morning church service in the old church located in the village. Some of the volunteers will get into the spirit with old-time dress and antique and clas-sic cars will be on display along with the ancient farm equipment.

Concession services will be available both days and there will be demonstra-tions of butter making and other tests of old-time skills.

The pioneer museum on Main Street in Midale will be the scene for opening activities both days since it will be the site for the pan-cake breakfasts from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m.

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Fire At City YardsThe Estevan Fire Rescue Service was called to a fi re at the City of Estevan yards Friday morning. According to reports a paint sprayer caught fi re and caused damage

to a section of their facility. No injuries were reported.

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The provincial gov-ernment has launched a bold initiative that will include major changes to the way in which water is managed in Saskatchewan.

The implementation of the comprehensive wa-ter management plan will roll out more completely this fall, said Ken Chev-eldayoff, minister respon-sible for the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority in speaking with The Mer-cury July 27.

The process will in-tegrate activities that are necessary for the protec-tion as well as manage-ment of water that sits in or fl ows through Saskatch-ewan.

A fi rst round of public consultation did not reveal any unexpected elements for discussion, the minister said, and a second phase of talks will be completed this summer with a 25-year Saskatchewan water secu-rity plan being unveiled in the fall.

“So far we have re-ceived clear indication that water is a key element and a priority issue and we

Big changes ahead for water management in Sask.

Ken Cheveldayoff

made it a major issue in our past campaign,” said Cheveldayoff.

“When it comes to fl ood or drought, people want to be able to deal with the problem with

one nimble agency and so we want to ensure them that this is possible,” the minister added.

The plan is ambitious enough to include a whole new Crown corporation

that will be known as In-tegrated Water Saskatch-ewan that will work as a Treasury Board entity. With its arrival, the minis-ter suggested that the cur-rent watershed authority may well cease to exist in favour of the new corpo-ration with an expanded mandate. The changes will not evolve into job losses for watershed authority personnel or at other min-istries.

“It’s an ambit ious plan, but it needs to be for the long-term success of water management. It was time to take some action,” Cheveldayoff said.

Integrated Water Sas-katchewan will bring to-gether the best that the watershed authority had along with select person-nel from such ministries as the Environment and Health, to name a couple.

“We will take indi-viduals from these other groups and there will be substantial changes as we bring in more expertise for water management. Integrated Water Saskatch-ewan will be the central

agency for anything to do with water. One call will do it from that point on. The public won’t be dealing with numerous agencies if the issue is wa-ter,” the Saskatoon Silver Springs MLA said.

The new agenda will include anything that in-volves water, even cot-tage or park development around reservoirs or irriga-tion and/or drainage plans for the agriculture sector and so on.

The more detailed plans for this consolida-tion of government core water management per-sonnel and expertise will be rolled out in the fall, he said.

The plan is to increase water management ca-pacity while providing individuals and businesses with this single point of contact and avoid the cur-rent overlapping of other ministries and agencies.

“Saskatchewan is a province of 100,000 lakes and rivers and stewardship is paramount during this period of unprecedented population and economic

growth,” said Chevelday-off.

The strategic 25-year water security plan will become a part of the future announcement, although the main body of the docu-ment for public consump-tion can be found online (www.swa.ca). Anyone wishing to submit sugges-tions or raise concerns or questions after reading the plan, is invited to submit feedback up to Aug. 31.

The move toward a singular agency to manage water was welcomed by the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM). President Dave Marit said SARM had called on the government to bring the management of water under one roof earlier, so his organization was encouraged by this announcement and they looked forward to partici-pating in the consultation.

After reviewing the 25-year water security plan, residents and stake-holders are invited to pro-vide feedback directly to the watershed authority at 25yearplan@swa.ca

One of the world’s largest credit rating ser-vices is apparently quite high on Saskatchewan.

In a press release, the government announced that Moody’s Investors Services has changed the outlook on Saskatchewan’s credit rating to Aa1 (posi-tive) from Aa1 (stable).

“The change in the outlook for Saskatche-wan’s Aa1 rating refl ects

Saskatchewan gets positive credit ratingthe ongoing improvement in the province’s fi nancial position that is expected to continue,” the agency said.

The news was wel-comed by Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Ken Krawetz who said that the change confi rms the prov-ince’s improving fi scal and fi nancial position.

“Saskatchewan con-tinues to move in the right direction,” Krawetz said.

“While the volatile world economy provides chal-lenges, Saskatchewan con-tinues to outperform other provinces and countries that are running deficits and adding billions of dol-lars of debt. Last year the province paid down gov-ernment debt by $327.6 million.

“This change in out-look is further indepen-dent confi rmation of the

strength of Saskatche-wan’s economy. This is particularly noteworthy when many credit ratings are being downgraded worldwide.”

Ratings by fi rms such as Moody’s Investors Ser-vices, a major credit rating agency in the international fi nancial community, infl u-ence the cost that a govern-ment pays on borrowed funds.

Retail sales in Sas-katchewan were up 8.2 per cent in May 2012 over last May according to a re-port released by Statistics Canada today.

Saskatchewan record-ed the second highest per-centage rate in the nation, surpassing the 3.1 per cent national average. Retail sales in May totalled $1.4 billion, the highest on re-cord for the month.

“Retail sales are a reflection of consumer

Sask retail sales remain strongconfidence in our econ-omy,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “We have a province that is leading the nation in a number of economic categories today. Companies are in-vesting in our province for the long term and economic forecasters are putting Saskatchewan’s

growth near the top of the nation for the next several years.”

Saskatchewan ranked first among the provinces in monthly growth, up two per cent between April 2012 and May 2012, and well ahead of the 0.3 per cent average posted for Canada.

“High re ta i l sa les contribute to economic growth on both a local and provincial level,” Boyd said. “It makes Saskatche-wan an attractive location for potential investors and for those looking to either establish or expand their business, be it in our rural areas or our largest cities.”

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The 2012 Saskatchewan Summer Games are taking place this week in Meadow Lake and 15 athletes from Estevan are participating, along with many others from the area.

The Games began on Sunday and will wrap up this Saturday. This year’s events mark the 40th anniversary of the Games, which began in Moose Jaw in 1972.

Estevan and area are part of the South East zone, which stretches as far north as Indian Head and as far west as Minton.

A total of 1,900 athletes are competing for nine differ-ent districts.

Eight members of the Estevan group are on the South East swimming team, along with coach Akeela Jundt.

The swimmers are Ab-bie Reich, Lanelle Bilokraly, Racquelle Gibbons, Samuel Beahm, Colin Sutter, Zach-ary Beahm, Thomas Wakely

and Emily Marshall.The swimming portion

of the Games began Monday and ends today.

William Chamney, Keena McKnight and Kris-tina Chamney will represent Estevan in track and fi eld.

Those events begin to-morrow and wrap up on Saturday.

Six members of the provincial champion Este-van Haulers are in Meadow Lake, including two from Estevan, those being Mitchel Clark and Colton Gingras.

Other members of the team at the Games are Bien-fait’s Carson Perkins, Ma-coun’s Jesse Mack, Lamp-man’s Preston Hutt and Tri-bune’s Brandon Hutt.

The South East baseball team played an exhibition game in Regina on Thursday. In round-robin action, they played South West and Park-land Valley on Monday, and Saskatoon yesterday.

The semifi nals and fi -

nals are scheduled for today.Other Estevan athletes

participating are Wyatt Haux in boys’ basketball and Chey-enne Odgers in girls’ vol-leyball. Haux’s Games end today while Odgers’ begin tomorrow and end Saturday.

A host of other athletes from the surrounding area will be in Meadow Lake. Nolan Graham (compound) and Chayse Graham (re-curve) of Roche Percee are on the South East archery team, along with Tanisha McKinnon of Alameda. Kim Graham of Roche Percee is the coach.

Archery events begin tomorrow and fi nish on Sat-urday.

The South East softball team is made up entirely of players from Oxbow and Alameda.

The Oxbow players are Rebecca Brook, Rhea Frazer, Savanna Girard, Chaelynn Kitz, Lindsey McNab, Sky-ler Mojelski and Jalisa Nor-

din.Representing Alam-

eda on the softball team are Amy Cameron, Dawn Gib-son, Alaina McKinnon and Shanisse Sloan. The coaches are Jeff Cameron (Alameda) and Ken Frazer (Oxbow) and the manager is Val McNab

(Oxbow).The softball squad

opens against South West tomorrow morning and plays Parkland Valley to-morrow afternoon. It ends the round-robin Friday af-ternoon against Saskatoon. Playoffs take place Friday

and Saturday.Oxbow also has four

athletes on the swimming team: McNab, Janissa Cool-ey, Morgan MacFarlane and Carter MacFarlane.

Oxbow’s Nicole Clow is a member of the South East mission staff.

A miserable season for the Southeast Legacy Twins ended in much the same fashion on the weekend, as the baseball club crashed out of the provincial midget AAA championship in Sas-katoon with an 0-3 record.

The Twins, who fin-ished last in the Saskatch-ewan Premier Baseball League at 6-26, lost their opener 13-3 to the Regina Mets on Friday night.

On Saturday, they lost 7-4 to the Regina Athletics in the afternoon and 12-6 to the Saskatoon Giants that evening.

The Twins committed 15 errors in three games.

“It was a tough week-end,” said Twins head coach Tom Copeland.

In 2011, the Twins fi nished last in the SPBL but proceeded to reach the semifinals at provincials. Not so this time around.

In Friday’s loss to the Mets, which didn’t start until 9:45 p.m., the Twins scored all three of their runs in the fi fth inning. But the Mets had a 10-0 lead by that point.

Regina scored three runs in the fi rst inning, two in the second and fi ve in the fourth. They later added three more in the sixth in-ning, at which point the game was called.

Twins starter Austin Orsted got hit hard, allow-ing 10 runs (six earned) on eight hits in three and two-thirds innings. He did strike out six batters.

Four players had one hit apiece for the Twins, including Carver Krafchuk,

who doubled in a run and later scored. Josh Ferris and John Gaab also crossed the plate.

Paul Vogelsang led the Mets, hitting 2-for-3 with two runs batted in.

Mets starter Nathan Haroldson shut down the Twins, throwing three and two-thirds of no-hit ball.

The Twins made six errors in the Saturday morn-ing loss to the Athletics, and Copeland said that was primarily what sunk them.

“Two key errors lost that game. We should have won that game and we didn’t,” he said.

The biggest one came in the fourth inning when,

with two outs and the bases loaded, Athletics star Justin Schulz hit a fl y ball to right fi eld that was dropped by Nolan Axten. When the dust settled, all three baserun-ners had scored and Schulz was standing on third base. He would also score in the inning.

“We held (Schulz) down pretty good and when you hold him down, you should win the ball game,” said Copeland.

The Twins had been leading 4-3 after scoring two runs in the top of the fourth.

Jolan Lingelbach had three RBI for the Twins, including a two-run single

in the fourth.Southeast starter Justin

Chuckry worked three and two-thirds innings, allow-ing seven runs (only one of them earned) on three hits, five walks and five strikeouts.

In the loss to the Giants Saturday night, Saskatoon scored three runs in the fi rst inning and took a 7-2 lead after three en route to the win.

“By the third game, the kids were pretty deflated because there wasn’t much chance we were going to keep going (in the tourna-ment),” said Copeland.

The Twins scored two runs in the second inning,

three in the fourth and one more in the sixth.

Josh Ferris and Lucas Lafrentz each drove in a pair of runs for the Twins.

Starter James Giroux was roughed up, allowing seven runs (fi ve earned) on nine hits in two and a third innings. Mackenzie Lamon-tagne and Garret Fitzpatrick came on in relief.

Copeland said the SPBL was very strong this season and that the level of competition exposed his team’s weaknesses.

“The ability to hit in our league is absolutely tremendous. When you don’t have the best pitching staff in the world, you can’t

make a lot of errors.”Copeland said there

were some promising indi-vidual performances dur-ing the season, despite the team’s woeful showing, singling out John Gaab, Tanner Odgers and Jolan Lingelbach.

He added that the team will look to build around rookies Krafchuk, Fitz-patrick and Giroux in the future. Giroux led the team in innings pitched this year.

“We see a lot in Carver Krafchuk’s game. We re-ally, really like him,” Cope-land said. “Those three kids should be a cornerstone of everything we’re doing.

“I think we had a lot of promise coming into the season, but once we got into a losing streak, it was pretty much impossible to get out of that funk.”

Copeland said the strength of the bantam AA program in Estevan bodes well for the Twins future, but added that the results are unpredictable when rookies try to integrate themselves in the SPBL.

“What do we do go-ing forward? I don’t know. You’d like to think you’ve got a pretty good (group) coming through the sys-tem, with our bantam team winning provincials. But there’s a big difference be-tween AA ball and AAA.”

Axten is the only player graduating from the midget ranks.

“But that’s not to say that these kids aren’t vying for a job (after) 11 wins in two seasons,” Copeland said.

Twins held winless at provincials

Nolan Axten of the Southeast Legacy Twins makes contact during an earlier game. Axten and the Twins were

bounced from provincials on the weekend with an 0-3 record. (File Photo)

South East contingent includes 15 from Estevan

Carson Perkins is one of six members of the Estevan Haulers playing for South

East at the Saskatchewan Summer Games this week in Meadow Lake.

Sounding Off “I think we had a lot of promise coming into the season, but once

we got into a losing streak, it was pretty much impossible to get

out of that funk.” — Southeast Legacy Twins head coach Tom Copeland on a

disastrous season for his team, which went winless at provincials on the weekend.

“I was steady throughout. The only thing I was a little disap-

pointed in was the lack of birdies.” — Estevan golfer Scott Blackstock on his

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Estevan’s Scott Black-stock finished in fourth place at the Saskatchewan senior men’s golf champi-onship held in Melfort last week.

B l a c k s t o c k s h o t rounds of 76, 73 and 74 for a 54-hole total of 223 at the tournament, which wrapped up July 25 at the Melfort Golf and Country Club.

Blackstock said he was happy with his showing in his fi rst provincial senior championship.

“Probably a little bet-ter than I might have been anticipating. I played how I thought I could play,” he said.

“I was steady through-out. The only thing I was a little disappointed in was the lack of birdies,” he added, noting that he only made three in as many days.

“I hit the ball steady, but normally I would have more birdies than I had.”

Blackstock climbed the leaderboard throughout

the tournament, sitting in a tie for 10th after the fi rst round and sixth after the second.

Desp i t e f in i sh ing fourth, Blackstock was 15 strokes behind winner Colin Coben of Delisle, as there was a large spread at the top.

Coben ran away with the title, fi nishing at 8-un-der, nine strokes ahead of Prince Albert’s Ron Stew-art and Saskatoon’s George Janson. Blackstock fi nished at 7-over, edging three other golfers by one stroke.

“It was unusual that there was that much of a spread,” said Blackstock, adding that he felt the length of the course kept scores high.

“The go l f cou r se played a little long. It was awful, awful wet.”

The second round of the tournament on July 24 was beset by a rain delay that lasted three and a half hours.

“It was a lot of fun. The golf course was in

Blackstock fourth at senior championship

Many local athletes were active on the fi rst day of competition at the Sas-katchewan Summer Games in Meadow Lake on Mon-day, as baseball and swim-ming were two of the main sports being contested.

The South East base-ball team started perfect, defeating South West 9-2 in the morning and edging Parkland Valley 5-4 in the afternoon.

All six members of the Estevan Haulers named to the team played in both games.

Tribune’s Brandon Hutt led South East in the opener, hitting 3-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk. Colton Gingras of Estevan was 3-for-4 with two singles

and a double.Mitchel Clark (Este-

van), Carson Perkins (Bien-fait), Jesse Mack (Macoun) and Preston Hutt (Lamp-man) saw action in both games.

The South East base-ball team was scheduled to close out the round-robin Tuesday morning against Saskatoon before playing in the semifi nals last night. The fi nal is today.

Meanwhile, several lo-cal swimmers earned med-als on Monday.

Abbie Reich, Lanelle Bilokraly and Oxbow’s Lindsey McNab were all part of the South East team that won gold in the 4x50 metre freestyle relay for girls aged 13-14.

Estevan’s Samuel Be-ahm and Oxbow’s Carter MacFarlane and Morgan MacFarlane were on the relay team that won gold in the 4x50 metre freestyle for 14-15 boys.

Estevan’s Racquelle Gibbons and Oxbow’s Janissa Cooley were on the silver-winning team in the 4x50 metre freestyle relay for 11-12 girls.

Estevan’s Zachary Be-ahm and Colin Sutter were part of the South East four-some that earned bronze in the same event for 12-13 boys.

Reich placed fourth in the 50-metre breaststroke for 13-14 girls, and Samuel Beahm was fourth in the 200-metre freestyle for 14-

15 boys, and Gibbons was fi fth in the same event for 11-12 girls.

Gibbons also fi nished eighth in the 50-metre breaststroke and Sutter was 10th in the same event for 12-13 boys.

Several Oxbow swim-mers reached fi nals as well.

McNab, who was the fl agbearer for South East, won gold in the 50-metre breaststroke for 13-14 girls. She was also fourth in the 200-metre freestyle fi nal.

Morgan MacFarlane was fourth in the 100-metre backstroke for 14-15 boys.

Cooley fi nished fourth in the 50-metre breaststroke for 11-12 girls, while Carter MacFarlane was fi fth in that event for 14-15 boys.

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Scott Blackstock

great shape, other than be-ing a little damp,” Black-stock said.

By finishing fourth, he earned a quota spot for the Canadian senior men’s championship held Aug. 28-31 in Mirabel, Que.

The quota spot means he isn’t on the Saskatch-ewan team, but will be entered in the individual competition if he chooses to make the trip.

“I’m invited to go and I can go, (but) I’m still deciding if I am going to

go,” he said.Blackstock has played

at four national mid-ama-teur championships in the past.

Meanwhile, Estevan’s Pat Murphy fi nished in a tie for 20th at the provincial senior tournament.

He shot a 75 on the fi rst day, his lowest round of the championship, be-fore fi ring 80 and 83 on the last two days for a total of 238, or 22-over.

Murphy fi nished 11th at the event in 2011.

Members of Team South East gather during the opening ceremony of the Saskatchewan Games on Sunday

in Meadow Lake. (Photo courtesy Southeast Connection Sport, Culture & Recreation District)

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There were no races at Estevan Motor Speedway on the weekend, but local driver Aaron Turnbull found success south of the border.

The Estevan native drove back-to-back nights at Dacotah Speedway in Mandan on Friday and Sat-urday.

Turnbull won the mod-ifi ed feature on Saturday, holding off Mark Dahl of Bismarck to take the check-ered fl ag.

A handful of familiar opponents from the Da-kota Classic Modifi ed Tour rounded out the top fi ve.

Hank Berry of Sid-ney, Mont., who won the Estevan stop on the mod tour, was third, followed by Steven Pfeifer of Minot and Shawn Strand of Mandan.

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Estevan driver Aaron Turnbull (21) won the modifi ed

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in the modifi ed feature on Friday night.

Berry won that race, followed by Pfeifer, Minot’s Joren Boyce, Dahl and Eric Burwick of Aurora, Colo.

Modifi ed driver Richie Mann of Bienfait also at-tended both nights at Man-dan, but failed to make either feature.

Meanwhile, Estevan’s Ed Turnbull drove in the

late model class both nights. He fi nished fi fth on Friday and ninth on Saturday.

Racing action at Es-tevan Motor Speedway resumes on Friday with a prolonged program, begin-ning with feature races from the July 21 program that was shortened by weather events.

Blaine Durward of Trenton, N.D. leads the hobby stock standings en-tering Friday’s races, with 145 points. Stoughton’s Gary Goudy Sr. is six points back, and there is a three-way tie for third place with Weyburn’s Rod Pickering, Stoughton’s Gary Goudy Jr. and Estevan’s Dustin Byler all having 133 points.

The modifi ed and stock car standings have not changed since the track’s season opener on June 29, as that program was the only one to date that counts for season points.

Minot’s Spencer Wil-son leads the mod standings and Joe Flory sits atop the stock car points list, both with 40 points.

Benson pitcher Kris Keating is nearing the end of his first season in the Western Major Baseball League.

Keating has spent the last two school years with the Northern State Uni-versity Wolves in Aber-deen, S.D. This summer, the 20-year-old decided he needed to continue playing at a high level in order to come back strong in the fall.

After spending last summer playing senior ball with the Estevan Tower Wolves, Keating caught on with the WMBL’s Weyburn Beavers this time around.

“It’s been good and one of the reasons I wanted to play this summer was so I could keep playing at a good level of competition to hopefully get better for my junior year,” Keating said Monday, one day before the Beavers (19-25) were set to begin the WMBL playoffs against the league’s top team, the Regina Red Sox.

“Regina’s definitely the favourite, so there’s not a whole lot of pressure on us and hopefully we can take a couple from them and move on to the next round,” he added.

Keating appeared in 11 games this summer, in-cluding six starts, posting a record of 2-2. He fi nished the regular season with 38 innings pitched, carrying an earned run average of 4.74 and a walks and hits per in-nings pitched ratio of 1.47.

Both of his wins took place in a span of fi ve days recently. He led the Bea-vers to a 7-4 win over the Okotoks Dawgs on July 20, and fi ve days later he threw a gem in a 2-0 victory over

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Benson’s Kris Keating throws a pitch for the Estevan Blazers midget team in a 2009 game. Keating has spent

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the Red Sox.“That was really nice.

My last two starts have been pretty decent, so hopefully I can keep that going into the playoffs now,” said Keating.

“I think it’s been a fair-ly decent year so far here and I’m enjoying myself ... I can’t complain so far. It’s been really good for me.”

Keating said the cali-bre of play in the WMBL is close to what he faces in South Dakota, which helps him continue to develop as he prepares to enter his third year in university ball.

“I think it’s really simi-lar. There are a few of the guys even from our confer-ence that I play in college, playing here too. There’s a little better hitting here, I fi nd.

“I think it’s going to help me a lot going to school this year. I’m almost up to 40 innings this sum-mer.”

Keating has been used entirely as a reliever with the Wolves, making 25 appearances over the last two years.

“It took me a little bit to get used to, but now I’m fairly comfortable starting or relieving, whatever is needed,” he said.

He’s hoping that his starting experience with the Beavers might give him a shot at the rotation when he returns to Aberdeen, but he doesn’t know what will happen.

“It’s tough to say. I haven’t made any starts there yet, but now that I’ve been starting here this sum-mer and not doing too bad, I guess I’ll have to see how it goes down there.”

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Wednesday,August 8, 2012

The Saskatchewan government is congratulat-ing the seven Saskatchewan athletes who are competing in the 2012 Olympic Sum-mer Games in London.

The athletes at the Olympics are Kaylyn Kyle of Saskatoon (soccer), Cory Niefer of Saskatoon (air rifl e shooting), Kelly Park-er of Saskatoon (soccer), Krista Phillips of Saskatoon (basketball), Reuben Ross

Government congratulates Sask. Olympiansof Pilot Butte (diving), Bri-anne Theisen of Humboldt (heptathlon) and Rachelle Viinberg of Regina (row-ing).

“I can’t wait to watch our Saskatchewan athletes compete in the Summer Olympic Games,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Kevin Doherty said.

“These competitors are role models and ambassa-dors. They help build pride

in our province and share Saskatchewan’s story with the world.”

Saskatchewan’s Olym-pic athletes receive fi nan-cial support from the pro-vincial government and its partner, Sask Sport Inc. Four of them qualifi ed for the Saskatchewan Program for Athletic Excellence.

Sask Sport invests up to $350,000 per year in the Saskatchewan Program for

Athletic Excellence, estab-lished in 2010 to support the province’s elite athletes.

Competitors who qual-ify can receive up to $6,000 per year to help cover a va-riety of expenses, including standard living costs, train-ing expenses, equipment, competition and training camp costs, as well as edu-cation expenses.

Since its inception, the program has provided $399,000 in funding to support 67 athletes in 29

different sports.Kyle, 24, is a midfi eld-

er who is playing on the Ca-nadian Olympic Women’s soccer team in London.

“I cannot put into words how extremely hon-oured I am to not only represent Canada, but my home province of Saskatch-ewan,” Kyle said.

“I sincerely owe ev-erything to the province of Saskatchewan, not only for everyone’s support, but the funding they have given me

to allow me to achieve one of my biggest goals, to play in the Olympics Games. So for that, thank you. Cheer loud and support us while we take on other countries on the biggest stage, to achieve one goal: gold!”

To fi nd out more about all of the Saskatchewan athletes, coaches and of-fi cials involved in the 2012 London Olympic Games, please visit http://www.csc-sask.ca/2012London.php.

The Estevan Legion Junior Open will be held Aug. 8 at the Estevan Woodlawn Golf Club.

The event is part of the Saskatchewan Ju-nior Order of Merit Tour, which is a developmental tour designed to provide

Legion junior golf tourney coming upplayers with competitive experience.

The Estevan tourna-ment is one of 32 events on this year’s tour.

There are age divi-sions for boys and girls of 18-and-under, 16-and-under, 14-and-under and

12-and-under.Tee off is at 10 a.m.The entry fees are $20

for members and $40 for non-members. A meal is included.

Golfers can register by calling the Woodlawn pro shop at 634-2017.

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The Olympics have a strange kind of power.

Those fi ve rings, and the things they represent, can compel us to spend hours watching athletes we’ve never heard of, from countries we often know little about, perform in sports we’d normally never watch.

Sunday afternoon was one of those moments.

I was watching men’s weightlifting, the clean and jerk portion of the 56-kilo-gram division.

It was the last round, and the next weightlifter was a Mexican named Jose Lino Montes Gongora. He tried to lift roughly 160 ki-lograms, but only a couple of seconds into the lift, he let the weights drop to the fl oor. He was beaten.

And yet there was a big grin on his face, and as he left the area to get a hug from his trainer, he seemed to be genuinely happy de-spite fi nishing sixth.

I thought to myself, how is it possible to train for four years, to dedicate so much of your life to a singular goal, probably neglecting other parts of your life in the process, and then let it roll off your back when you hit your breaking point and walk out without a hunk of metal?

I don’t have the answer to that, and I’m not about to sum up the meaning of the Olympics in 400 words either because I can’t.

But I know this: we put so much emphasis on medals at the Olympics. We keep a constant eye on the medal count. We watch Canada’s contenders and tend to forget about the rest. We whine about the slow start Canada got off to, and how so-and-so didn’t get a medal and let us down. I’m one of the worst for that.

But we forget just how much of an accomplish-

ment it is to get here. The undying commitment, the doubts, the things that fall by the wayside.

For many, just getting to this point and compet-ing against the very best in the world is a gold medal in itself.

This is one situation where it’s OK to be happy with the team jacket.

That’s not to say that it’s OK not to give it ev-erything you have at the Games. There’s a differ-ence between happy and satisfi ed. But there are so many incredible experi-ences at the Olympics and it’s OK to soak it all up and enjoy the ride.

Who could forget the reaction of Canadian swim-mer Tera Van Beilen on Sunday after she found out she would have to compete in a swim-off after tying a Jamaican swimmer for the last spot in the 100-metre breaststroke fi nal?

It took a few moments to digest the news, but Van Beilen was thrilled for another chance to make the fi nal after barely even getting to the semis.

She lost that swim-off to Alia Atkinson, but that’s a unique experience that will drive her to push herself further in the years ahead.

Van Beilen is 19. Mon-tes, the Mexican weightlift-er, is 23. In all likelihood, their Olympic careers are just beginning.

Meanwhile, Canada earned its fi rst medal of the Games on Sunday, a bronze medal by Emilie Heymans and Jennifer Abel in the three-metre springboard synchronized diving event.

Heymans has been nothing if not dependable for Canada over the last 12 years, a steady threat who has earned medals at four consecutive Olympiads, the fi rst Canadian to do that.

It’s hard to believe

Heymans is now the griz-zled veteran. I remember when she made her debut in Sydney in 2000, winning silver as an 18-year-old.

Now she’s passing the torch to her partner, Abel, who at age 20 is already competing at her second Olympics.

Staying in the pool, swimming has captured a lot of the focus in the fi rst few days in London, particularly the American duo of Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps.

Lochte has had his ups and downs, blowing away the field in a terrifying display in the 400-metre individual medley fi nal on Saturday, then being over-taken in the fi nal leg of the 4x100-metre freestyle relay on Sunday, dropping his team to silver.

With Phelps, mean-while, the big question is whether he’s still got it, “it” being the form that allowed him to win 14 gold medals in the last two Olympiads, including eight in Beijing.

Phelps fi nished fourth in that IM fi nal after grab-bing the last berth out of the semis.

I’m just happy to see that the Canadian swim-ming team appears to be on its way up.

I grew up watching the likes of Curtis Myden, Joanne Malar and Mari-anne Limpert represent Canada, and while it cer-tainly wasn’t a golden age for the sport in our country, you at least knew that our

swimmers would be com-petitive.

Our program went into decline in the last decade though, at least at the Olympics. None of our swimmers won a medal in Athens in 2004, and we earned only one in Beijing, that being a bronze medal for Ryan Cochrane that was completely unexpected.

Our swimmers likely won’t end up with much more than that this time around, but the promise is there.

Van Beilen and Britta-ny MacLean, who fi nished

seventh in in the 400-metre freestyle final, are still teenagers. Cochrane is 23. They’re just getting started. Hopefully the pool will soon be a strength for Canada once again.

On a closing note, I’ve heard a few criticisms of the opening ceremony cre-ated by British fi lmmaker Danny Boyle and I’m won-dering why.

I thoroughly enjoyed it. It began with a rolling hillside scene that had the British Isles written all over it. After that was an indus-trial scene with towering smokestacks, a nod to the country’s former status as a world superpower.

The scene with the hospital beds, paying hom-age to the beloved Na-tional Health Service, was well-done, and of course millions of people were thrilled to see Mr. Bean and James Bond involved in the

festivities.Boyle made extensive

use of the staggering li-brary of hit music produced by the Brits over the de-cades, and the performance of the hymn Abide With Me by Scottish singer Emeli Sande was incredible, on par with k.d. lang’s power-ful rendition of Hallelujah at the Vancouver opening ceremony.

I have no qualms about saying the ceremony was better than ours.

Don’t forget, we put Wayne Gretzky in the back of a pickup truck with a broken headlight. In the rain.

Josh Lewis can be reached by phone at 634-2654, by e-mail at sports@estevanmercury.ca or on Twitter at twitter.com/josh-lewis306. Is CTV aware of how tired we are of their recycled “I Believe” song?

Two weeks of thrill and inspiration

Rounding The PylonEstevan’s young hockey players took part in Fleck’s Hockey School at Spectra

Place this month, running through drills, working on skating, puckhandling and

shooting.

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COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER (Dispatcher)Duties and Responsibilities:The successful candidate will demonstrate excellent interpersonal communication skills. This person will handle incoming telephone calls, general public inquiries and complaints, and will communicate via radio transmissions with members on patrol. Must be able to work independently under stress as well as produce a high degree of accuracy.

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As well, people are reminded that City property cannot be used for any purpose such as storing construction materials, dirt or materials while working on your own property without permission from the City and that permits are required from Engineering Division for any work being done on City Property . For further information contact 306-634-1800 and your co-operation is appreciated.

People are reminded that boulevards cannot be used for parking of any private property such as but not limited to the following:

At The Library.....Monday & Wednesday, August 8, 13, 15, 20, 272, 29 @ 3:00, 3:30 & 4:00 pm – Hello Computer! – Come and get

answers to your computer questions in ‘one-on-one’ thirty minute sessions. Bring your own laptop or use a public

computer. When registering please indicate what you would like to learn.

Thursday, August 2 – Teen Movie Madness: 50 First Dates @ 1:00-2:45 & 17 Again @ 6:00-7:30 – Both movies recommended

for ages 13+. Refreshments provided or bring your own if you prefer. No registration necessary.

Tuesday, August 7 @ 1:00-3:00 pm – Black Ink! Workshop with Sheena Koops – For grades 7-12. Do you hear voices?

When your black ink hits the page, can you be held responsible? Does it jump from your pen onto the page and freak out

your friends? Do your teachers think you need help? Come to the Black Ink! Workshop. It’s time you took charge of the

voices, harness that black ink; let it live on the page, so it can die … like you wish that song would die. You know, the one

that’s been stuck in your brain for the past month. Black Ink! Let it out. 20 spots available.

Thursday, August 9 - Begins @ 11:00 am – National Book Lovers Day – Stop in and help us celebrate National Book

Lovers Day. We’ll be serving lemonade and cupcakes at 11:00 while supplies last. Fill out a ballot and be entered to win

one of several gift certifi cates and other door prize items. Help us celebrate the joy of reading!! Open to all ages! Enter

one per person, please.

Thursday, August 9 @ 6:00 pm – Food Fear Factor – Are you fearless? Do you have an iron stomach? Test yourself. Come

compete in Food Fear Factor at the library – a race through fi ve rounds of creatively disgusting food to make it to the fi nal

“Gross-Out” table, where fi nalists will compete to be named champion gastronome. Please indicate any allergies. Ages

13 and up.

Saturday, August 11 @ 2:00 pm – Sojourns in Spain – Curious about Spain? Join Lori Myer, teacher from the Estevan

Comprehensive School and experienced traveler for an informative discussion. Although the discussion will center on

Spain, she is willing to answer questions about other locales she has visited, namely, Australia, Germany, Italy, Greece,

Ireland, and Switzerland. She has been taking groups of students to exotic locales for over 20 years. Refreshments will

be served.

Wednesday, August 15 @ 2:00-3:00 pm – Cool Kid Craft: Popsicle Stick Bracelets – Ages 8-16. Popsicle sticks aren’t

only for holding a delicious summer treat! Come out & make wearable, funky bracelets for you or your friends! 15 spots

available.

Thursday, August 16 @ 6:30 pm – Cover to Cover Book Club – This month we will be discussing The Forgotten Garden by

Kate Morton. This book features an abandoned child, an old book of dark fairy tales, a secret garden, an aristocratic family,

a love denied, and a mystery. It is a captivating, atmospheric and compulsively readable story of the past, secrets, family

and memory. Call 636-1621 to pick up your copy today! New members always welcome.

There will be no Baby Time, Toddler Time or Story Time Programs for July & August. Regular sessions will start in September.

Effective 17 June, we will be closed Sundays during the summer months.

Please pre-register for all programs unless otherwise indicated. Call 636-1621.

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No plans for the weekend?We are searching for Events staff to assist with the set-up/tear down,

seating and parking for events held at Spectra Place.

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Outdoor Fire Pit SafetyWith summer just around the corner, it’s time for families to enjoy an evening around their backyard fi re pits. To ensure

your summer fun is not dampened, keep in mind a few fi re safety tips while using your outdoor fi re pit.-Many people are allergic to smoke, so be courteous to your neighbours and don’t allow smoke from your fi re to interfere with their enjoyment of the outdoors.-Keep your fi re manageable. Large fi res can give off excessive amounts of heat, which could easily ignite surrounding combustible materials (fences, decks, sheds).-Never start a fi re in your pit with fl ammable liquids. Remember your boy scout days, and start it with small kindling. -Small children should always be kept a safe distance from the fi re pit.-Keep a garden hose nearby, just in case hot embers do escape. -Never leave your fi re unattended. Before you retire for the evening, soak your fi re down with water to ensure all hot embers are completely extinguished.-A permit is required for all outdoor fi re pits. They’re free. Just drop by the Fire Hall for a permit application.-If requested to extinguish your fi re by a City Offi cial (Police or Fire), please do so immediately. Failure to comply will result in a revoked permit, and a fee for service should the Fire Department be called to extinguish it on your behalf. Be fi re safe and enjoy your fi re pit this summer.

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Submitted byShirley GrahamClub Secretary

Overheard at the wed-ding: “Son, you are the ‘second’ happiest man in the world.”

Bridge results from Wednesday, July 25 are as follows: First place went to Helen Marriott, coming sec-ond was Helen Parish, and in third place was Audrey Lausch.

Cribbage was in play on Thursday, July 26 with Dennis Zimmerman and Jim Ward taking fi rst, Ber-

tha Andries and Art Friesen were in second place, while third was a tie between Hel-en Parish and Joe Claude, and Grace Carlson and Shir-ley Graham.

As I am going on holi-days for a month, I’d like to “recap” the summer activi-ties at the 60 and Over Club.

Hand and foot canasta is played on Mondays begin-ning at 12:30 p.m., bridge is played on Wednesdays at 1 p.m., and Thursdays feature cribbage at 1 p.m.

The next “jam session” will be held on Sunday, Aug. 12 from 2 to 5 p.m., and

lunch will be served. Admis-sion is a free-will offering.

There are no meetings or potluck suppers sched-uled for August.

DeterminationA lady and her neigh-

bour boy were sitting on the roof watching the fl ood. A baseball cap fl oated by, back and forth. Puzzled, the boy said to the lady, “What is that”

“Oh, that’s just my husband. He told me this morning, ‘Come hell or high water, I’m cutting the grass today.’”

See you in September.

By Betty RiblingOutram-TorquayCorrespondent

St. Giles Anglican Church in Estevan was the location for a very beautiful wedding on July 21 when Todd Adams and Marlene Taylor were united in marriage. The Reverend Mark Osborne performed the ceremo-ny. Matron of honor was

Vicki Wallace and brides-maids were Amanda and Katie Gagnon. Todd’s bestman was Tyler Ad-ams and groomsmen were Danny Irwin and Roland Cherewyk. Ushers for this event were Darcy Yergens and Darren Hurren. Kathy Adams was the reader and Margaret Duncan was the pianist. The reception was held at the Beefeater Plaza with a program at 8p.m.

followed by a dance. A honeymoon in Hawaii is planned for a later date. The happy couple plans to make their home in Estevan. Congratulations Todd and Marlene. May God grant you a long and happy life together.

Heather and Jeff Pyra and children spent the weekend at North Bat-tleford visiting Jeff’s par-ents.

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The Japanese sushi chef may not touch fi sh for years before becoming a master, but the group who dabbled in sushi making at the library last week were able to get their hands dirty right away.

That’s how things work when you’re learning some-thing in a one-hour session, even though there was no fi sh on the ingredients table.

Sushi chefs must be licensed in order to prepare certain kinds of the food like fugu, which can lead to poisoning if not done properly.

There was no risk of poisoning at the Estevan Public Library, as Jill Ker-gen, the adult program co-ordinator at the library who organized the event, said they weren’t using any raw fi sh.

“A lot of people think sushi is just rice and raw fi sh,” she told the group of about 10, but noted, “we’re not going to be using any raw fi sh today.”

Kergen said the most important thing that makes sushi, sushi is the vinegared rice followed by a topping that may or may not include fi sh.

For those who are or-ganizing a party and look-ing to serve sushi, she noted that it’s the rice that will really bring the appetizers together.

“I would recommend the sushi rice. The good, short-grain sushi rice. It’s all about the rice. The actual sushi chefs have to train for years before they perfect the rice, and they’re not allowed to cut any fi sh or anything.”

She compared sticky rice with the sushi rice and because the sushi rice grains are smaller, it’s stickier.

“It cuts much nicer be-cause the grains don’t come

apart when you try to cut it into pieces.”

The attendees on July 26 made several different kinds of sushi with ingredi-ents like crab, avocado and cucumbers, which were the toppings on hand.

They made maki rolls, which are different from the nigiri sushi that is more of a ball. They also rolled both futomaki, with seaweed on the outside, and uramaki, a more Americanized version of sushi. It’s an inside-out roll where the rice acts as the outer shell and is more appealing to many west-erners.

They also made temaki style sushi, which looks more like a taco.

“You just fold it up like a fajita, so if you’re having a party you could put all the ingredients out, and every-one can roll their own.”

California rolls are one of the most popular styles in Canada, so for the evening’s workshop Kergen said they would be learning more about different ways of rolling, rather than different ingredients.

“If you actually learn how to roll it, you can pret-ty much put anything in there,” she said, adding that it takes a couple tries just get it sticking together.

Important tools are the bamboo rolling mat, and some kind of saran wrap or a Ziploc bag. A bowl of vinegared water is also im-portant to dip your fi ngers into because the rice will stick to your hands.

“I’ve always been kind of a sushi buff, so I like it,” said Kergen, noting, “the library has done (a sushi workshop) in the past and it went over really well. Food programs tend to (be) more popular than other programs here, especially in the summer.”

Sushi workshop teaches the art of the roll

Esetvan Public Library adult program co-ordinator Jill Kergen demonstrates rolling the seaweed wrap during

the library’s sushi workshop last week.

Chantelle Dubreuil, organizes her sushi fi xings during the Estevan Public Library’s sushi workshop on July 26.

“It’s all about the rice. The actual sushi

chefs have to train for years before they

perfect the rice.”– Jill Kergen

Adult Program Co-ordinator

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Congratulations Dream Vacation Lottery Winners!By Betty Baniulis

North Portal Correspondent

Bette MacDonald and her granddaughter Audra MacDonald of Moose Jaw returned recently from a very enjoyable Mediterra-nean cruise.

Marion Milne has from Midtown Manor to the Estevan Regional Nurs-ing Home. Marion’s fam-ily hosted a come and go

tea at Midtown Manor on July 23 to celebrate her birthday. Family attending from out of town included Jennifer and James Milne of Calgary, Alta. Those from North Portal who at-tended the tea were friends Bette MacDonald, Dorothy Fuchs, Elsie Earl and Do-reen Maxwell.

Gene and Cathie Davis drove to Swift Current last week to attend the Shriners’ golf tournament. Reed and

Sylvia Gibson of Alameda joined them.

Rick and Dalene Taylor have returned home from their honeymoon during which they enjoyed an Alas-kan cruise.

Visiting recently with Pat and Trish Barker were their daughter, Trish and husband Todd, and their sons Daniel and Patrick of Prince George, B.C. The boys remained for a few days stay with their grand-

parents.Born to Jeff and Jen-

nifer (née Baniulis) Nuns of White Rock, B.C., on July 18, a daughter, Katie May, weighing 8 lb. 2 oz.; a great granddaughter for Joe and Betty Baniulis.

John and Shirley Akert of Penticton, B.C. have been visiting with Joe and Betty Baniulis. John went on to Flin Flon, Man., and Shirley stayed with her sis-ter Betty at Kenosee Lake.

Preparation ContinuesConstruction crews have been readying the south parking lot at the Souris Valley Aquatic and Leisure Centre over the last week. After paving the south lot it is

expected the crews will move to the main parking lot in front of the building

North Portal happenings

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A large unfi nished area in the basement would make an excellent play room, or could be devel-oped into a self-contained suite, while the den ad-jacent to the foyer would make a convenient home offi ce.

Upstairs, the large great room with its vault-ed ceiling and fireplace feature wall makes the perfect setting for watching television, reading and vis-iting with friends. A railing along the side of the great room provides views to the foyer below.

The adjoining kitchen and dining area feature an optional buffet and a large work island with an eating bar. Sliding glass doors open to a sundeck with plenty of room for patio furniture and a barbecue.

The master bedroom includes a three-piece en-suite and a bayed window with a wide sill that could be used as a window seat. Two additional bedrooms at the front of the house share the main three-piece bathroom. A closet for linen is situated just out-side this bathroom.

A coat closet and laun-dry facilities are located on the ground fl oor.

The exterior of this home is enhanced by deco-rative windows, wood trim and an attractive peaked roof. The appealing porch entry will be even more charming with the addition of all-weather furniture, seasonal planters and hang-ing baskets.

This home measures 38 feet, six inches wide by

40 feet deep, for a total of 1,099 square feet of fin-ished living space on the main fl oor, plus a partially completed basement.

Plans for design 2-3-717 are available for $490 (set of fi ve), $551(set of eight) and $589 for a super set of 10. Also add $30 for Priority Post charges within B.C. or $55 outside of B.C. Please add 12 or 13 per cent HST or five per cent GST (where ap-plicable) to both the plan price and Priority charges.

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- Ever loved and rememberedby Janice, Randy and Milo and families.

A Big Thank You to my family and friends from near and far for mak-ing my 80th birthday parties such special celebrations. Thanks for all the pre-planning beforehand and for all the help on Saturday and Sunday. Thanks also for the video, “loaned” pictures for it, toasts, CDs, phone calls, e-mails, Face-book greetings, personal greet-ings, flowers, gifts, visits, and the many cards I received. Thanks to Phil and Elmer for sharing their musical talents. Thanks to the Staff at the Taylorton and to Eva for their good services. All was greatly appreciated.- Kelly Fowler

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LANG - House for Rent. 3 Bed-rooms, furnished except beds or not. Available Aug. 31. Phone Mo-nique: 306-596-4620.

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ROOMS FOR RENT : S ing les - $400 + Tax weekly; Doubles - $500 + Tax weekly. Al l rooms have cable, microwave, fr idge, free wireless Internet. Kitchenettes also available. Bus Depot access. Phone 634-2624.

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Delmor H. KnebushJanuary 21, 1937 - July 25,

2012The family of Delmor

Knebush sadly announce his passing on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Lampman Community Health Centre in Lampman, Sask. He was 75 years of age.

Delmor was predeceased by his parents, Walter and Verna Knebush.

Delmor leaves to mourn his passing his wife, May Knebush; seven daughters and one son: Brenda Perkins (Slim Perkins), Richard McArthur, Vanessa Knebush, Cindy Knebush (Albert Salicon), Ramona Knebush (Greg Boire), Donna Knebush (Don McKay), Trina Knebush (Conrad LaPlante), Sheila Knebush (Alex Sayer). Delmor is also survived by numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren and other relatives and many good friends.

A Service to Celebrate Delmor’s life was held on Tuesday, July 31, 2012 at the United Church in Alameda, Sask. at 2:00 p.m.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Orsted Funeral Home, Carlyle, Saskatchewan, 306-453-2400.

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Sam DzubaSam Dzuba passed away on Tuesday, July 17, 2012 in Estevan at the age of 90 years.Sam was the youngest of seven children of Ukrainian immigrants, Dmytro and Annie Dzuba.

His three older siblings, Pete, Edna and Bill were also born in the Ukraine before the family moved to Canada 1913. Then, John, Mary, Mike and Sam were born in Canada. Sam was the last surviving member of that family and so now the Dzuba name continues on in the grandsons and their families.

The Dzuba family lived most of their life in Dzuba’s Valley, near the Taylorton mine site. Right from a young boy, coal mining was an integral part of life for Sam. His father was a coal miner so Sam left Taylorton School with only a few years of education to work alongside his father in the mines. He started out helping his dad with timbering in Taylorton mine. As he grew older, he continued to work alongside his dad and brothers at the same mine.

He moved on to work in other underground mines in the area - Western Dominion Mine and Banks Mine until he started at the Dominion Briquette and Chemical in 1945. There also were years when the demand for coal was low and mining jobs were scarce, where he would work threshing in the fall for farmers. He also worked with his dad in various projects in the area, like working on the PFRA fence and digging water pipelines. He applied to go to war, but was denied because, by that time, coal was needed for the war effort and the country needed coal miners.

At the Briquette Plant, Sam started out as a gasman that ran the carbonizers and he played a big role in the miners’ union in trying to get better contracts for the employees of the Briquette Plant. Then he moved into foreman’s position, and fi nally, worked as superintendent of the Char Division of Luscar Coal. He retired in 1983 but continued to consult for a couple of years after that.

Sam married Mary Kolenz in 1944 and their family began soon after. They had fi ve children in all - Dwain, Valery, Lee, Jack and Dallas. Sam and Mary lived for a short while with Sam’s parents, and then moved to live at the Taylorton Store. Next they lived at the Banks’ mine and then the Briquette Plant town site. They moved to various houses there, until 1965, when they bought the property on the south side of Bienfait and built the house that Sam and Mary continued to live in until their passing. They enjoyed 67 years of married life before Mary’s passing.

Intense labour was the order of the day. Sam grew up working hard, continuing to do so throughout life. He built up the acreage by Bienfait from next to nothing, to a well-maintained property with many buildings and trees. He had help - his boys. He, in turn, though, helped each of his boys build their own homes.

On the lighter side of life, Sam enjoyed hunting and fi shing throughout his life. Sam hunted birds and deer to provide for the family as well as for enjoyment. Sam and Mary would often take their kids to Roche Percee Park for picnics. They had a cabin at Kenosee Lake for several years, which was a retreat and a place for the family to enjoy. Later in life he and Mary travelled to various lakes in northern Saskatchewan and Manitoba for camping and fi shing. He appreciated the scenery of the Souris Valley and enjoyed collecting history of the valley and coal mining in the area.

He did not like too much fuss over special events, but tolerated the family’s needs to celebrate events; most recently his 90th birthday last January. Throughout the years, he and Mary often gathered with many family members for a rousing game of cards, mostly playing Hola. He enjoyed watching July 1st parades, listening to the Carter Family and other old-time music, seeing the grandchildren and keeping up with their lives.

Sam had a passion for vehicles. Imagine, through the years, where Sam started with a few old Model As and Ts, to where he bought his fi rst new car, a 1958 Pontiac, and many more cars, trucks, campers to follow. He also had snowmobiles and later, quads, which he rode until very recently.

With Sam’s passing, we have now lost a part of the history of the coal mining in this area, but we have also lost a man who worked hard to make a living and a good life for his family. He meant something special to each one of us in our own way. Whether it was to teach us how to build or fi x, how to hunt or fi sh, or how to appreciate life and do our best, Sam is in a little bit of each of us.

Sam is survived by sons, Dwain (Pat), Roche Percee; Lee (Bernice), Estevan; Jack, Bienfait; Dallas (Lori), Bienfait and daughter, Valery (George) Kirbyson, Surrey, B.C.; 14 grandchildren and numerous great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by wife, Mary; parents, Dmytro and Annie Dzuba; brothers, Peter, Bill, John, and Mike; sisters, Edna Fedyk and Mary Oszust; daughter-in-law, Janet Dzuba.

Funeral Service was held at 2:00 p.m. on July 20, 2012 at St. Paul’s United Church, Estevan with Rev. Brenna Nickel offi ciating. Interment followed in the Bienfait Cemetery.

If friends so desire donations may be given to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency in memory of Sam Dzuba.Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Hall Funeral Services, Estevan.

Thank youThe family would like to thank Dr. Sheikh and the staff of St. Joseph’s Hospital for Sam’s care during his stay at the hospital. Thank you to the staff of Hall Funeral Services and Reverend Brenna Nickel of St. Paul’s United Church for their support during this diffi cult time. Thank you to all those who helped at the Bienfait Legion for the lovely luncheon. We also appreciate all the thoughtful expressions of sympathy and support from friends and relatives.- From the family of Sam Dzuba

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The provincial govern-ment has announced it will join a handful of other prov-inces in looking at ways to improve rural health care.

In a press release, the government announced that as part of its commitment to strengthen health care in rural Saskatchewan, Minister responsible for Rural and Re-mote Health Randy Weekes said that the province is ex-ploring the implementation of Collaborative Emergency Centres (CECs) in the prov-ince as an innovative ap-proach to provide emergency and primary health care.

Weekes was in Nova Scotia last week where he toured collaborative emer-gency centres to gain a fi rst-hand perspective on their operations and applicability in Saskatchewan. Weekes

Province to look at rural emergency centreswas accompanied by former Estevan resident Dr. Vino Padayachee who is now the CEO of the Saskatchewan Medical Association.

“I am very excited to learn about the potential the collaborative emergency cen-tre model holds for Saskatch-ewan as a way to address the challenges of health care delivery in rural and remote communities,” Weekes said. “Interest in this model of care has been steadily growing over the past months, and we are optimistic the CECs could benefi t Saskatchewan residents. I am particularly pleased Dr. Padayachee with the SMA was able to join me and I look forward to working closely with other health care providers as we consider this new team-based approach to care.”

“This is an opportunity for Saskatchewan physicians to study ideas that are being deployed in other parts of the country and then look at the possibility of adapting and implementing them in similar settings in our province,” SMA president Dr. Janet Shannon said. “We hope these ideas will put us on the path to improving the patient-fi rst model of care and we look forward to hearing back from Dr. Padayachee to learn how collaborative emergency care can be applied in Sas-katchewan.”

Delegates from Nova Scotia will be in Saskatch-ewan this fall to present to a broad audience, including health care and municipal stakeholders, and share their first hand experience with this innovative approach to

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