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By Norm Park

of The Mercury

Spectra Credit Union’s board of directors had the facts, heard the presenta-tions and are now looking at the analysis while preparing a recommendation to take to their members within the next few days.

The subject at hand is a proposed merger with an-other provincial credit union that will provide a much larger scope of business for regional businesses and CU members.

Conexus Credit Union and Affi nity Credit Union have made their presenta-tions to Spectra’s directors and a detailed comparison and analysis is underway, said Spectra’s chief execu-tive offi cer Tim Schroh last week when contacted by The Mercury.

Conexus and Affinity were considered to be the only two provincial CUs with a wide enough provin-cial scope and reach to fi ll Spectra’s growing require-ments. Conexus, headquar-tered in Regina, boasts of assets of around $4 billion while Affinity, centred in Saskatoon, lists about $2.5 billion in assets compared with Spectra’s $700 million.

Spectra close to merger decision

Tim Schroh

“The board members received the analysis re-port July 19 and have been working on it and they are meeting within the week to provide a recommendation

The board of directors of Spectra Credit Union will decide on which credit union they will merge with at a

meeting Thursday. The choices are reportedly the Regina-based Conexus Credit Union and Infi nity Credit

Union which is headquarted in Saskatoon.

that they will take to the membership,” said Schroh.

Both of the larger credit unions were willing to meet Spectra’s guiding principles that included such things as a continuation of local presences among its nine branches, community par-ticipation and decision mak-ing, et al.

“The recommendation that will probably be an-nounced by Friday, will say ‘here’s why we chose A or B,’” said Schroh.

The amalgamation or merger with a larger credit union has been seen as a necessity for some time

due to Spectra’s unprec-edented growth, which has outstripped its profi ts. Spec-tra requires strong equity profi ts, the CEO said and “as you can well imagine, the requirements on the com-mercial side are tremendous right now and the business requests are fl irting with our capacity to handle them all, thus the need to seek a strong provincial partner.”

Schroh said that the recommended merger can’t be viewed negatively or as a sign of Spectra giving any-thing up in the process since in Saskatchewan “it’s in our DNA to be co-operatively

involved and committed to our communities. We abide by these fundamentals of the credit union and they will continue.”

The fi rst public indica-tion that a merger was being sought was brought forward at this past spring’s annual general meeting. The guid-ing principles were released shortly after that meeting, which outlined the expecta-tions that would have to be met by any credit union that came courting. The execu-tive had noted that one major factor for any bidder had to be province-wide exposure and presence.

By Norm Park

of The Mercury

A new provincial highway traffi c count provided to the City of Estevan by the Highways and Infrastructure ministry has found its way to the local Time to Twin committee centred in Estevan.

The Time to Twin group is relatively low in numbers but vocal in their support of a plan to twin Highway 39 and Highway 6 south of Regina to the United States bor-der at North Portal.

Time to Twin spokeswoman Marge Young said the new traffi c volume numbers released by the government compare favourably with those compiled in a more infor-mal fashion by committee members in October of 2010.

“Their count on Highway 39 just west of Estevan was 3,870 in 2011 and ours in a 14-hour period

in late 2010 was just over 3,300,” said Young, adding that she would like to know when the 2011 count was taken.

“If it was taken during grid road ban season or when the fl oods were happening, that would infl u-ence the traffi c fl ow,” she said.

A very heavy traffi c count of 6,920 vehicles per day was noted in the short stretch of highway (approximately 11 kilometres) of intense traffi c between the Bienfait (Highway 18) turnoff and Estevan.

On short-term traffi c counts, vehicles numberd 5,200 along the Estevan to Midale to Weyburn stretch and then around 3,900 from Weyburn northwest to Highway 6 heading into Regina. The traf-fi c count picks up again closer to Regina with a daily count of 4,560 vehicles using that stretch of the highway that the local committee want to see expanded into a four-

lane transportation link. With short-term counts of

6,220 vehicles near Estvan, 4,100 near Weyburn and nearly 3,900 around Milestone, Young said the fi gures make the argument in favour of a wholly twinned highway.

“We have talked with Doreen (Eagles, Estevan’s MLA) and have asked her to make sure that the new Highways and Infrastructure Min-ister Don McMorris receives our binder that included 200 personal and specifi c testimonials from local truck and other commercial drivers concerning safety issues along this highway,” she said. The group had also fi led a mini-petition with the ministry, meaning that the petition was not widely circulated, but gen-erally concentrated on the regional trucking and other related industries for signatures.

“That number count between Estevan and Bienfait is a real con-

cern and the overall traffi c count in the southeast shows that our num-bers are as high as anybody’s in the province,” Young added. She noted that the only highways with higher volumes are the TransCanada Highway No. 1 and Highway 16 and Highway 11 which are already twinned or double laned in areas where traffi c is heaviest.

“The other major factor we want the ministry to consider is the size and speed of this traffi c we deal with around here. Most of it consists of big semis and oil rig or mining trucks,” Young said.

“Then when we consider all other factors such as the fact that a lot of people are having to commute between Estevan, Weyburn and Re-gina and points in between, and the fact that this highway is the major trade corridor for North American business, we’ll see increasing vol-ume. That has already been ⇢ A2

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Young said the Time to Twin committee is “sticking by our opinion that passing lanes are not the solution. They may be less expensive, but you save money at what cost? What happens when big

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to press governmentrigs have to merge? We can’t deny that passing lanes may work in some areas of the country but not here.”

“So far there is noth-ing south of Highway No. 1 (TransCanada) that is twinned. So if the Highways Ministry use their own num-bers to help them with their decisions, and they keep saying a volume of 5,000 is their base or entry point for a twinned highway, even if highway counts on the TransCanada aren’t that high in most regions in Saskatch-ewan, all they have to do is look and see where our numbers already are, with-out including the expected growth. They’ll have to look at the international aspect of it. They’ll have to look at vehicle sizes, speeds and commuter needs, the geogra-phy and economy and move accordingly.”

It was also noted earlier that the RCMP have acknowl-edged the increase in traffi c by dedicating a six-member team that is devoted only to the southeast highways in an attempt to keep the lid on speeders and reckless drivers.

Young said the other regional highway that leads to Regina, Highway 47 south and north up to Stoughton and then into Regina, indicates a fairly heavy volume as well, with 3,110 vehicles heading north from Estevan on No. 47 toward Stoughton on a daily basis and another 1,830 vehicles using the heavily damaged Highway 47 south that leads from the United States/Canada border point into Estevan.

Paving Work Begins The parking lot of the Estevan Shoppers Mall is receiving some much needed work. Crews from Souris Valley Paving began resurfacing a section of the lot last week

and will reportedly be working on the lot a section at a time.

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One erratic and stub-born driver was taken into custody by Estevan Police Service members on Aug. 3 following a chase that didn’t end until the vehicle he was driving was brought to a halt near Halbrite on Highway 39.

Police said the man was held in custody pend-ing an Aug. 7 court date.

The misadventure be-gan during the day of Aug. 3 when EPS received a call regarding an erratic driver on the northeast side of the

Spike belt used to fi nally

stop stubborn drivercity. The vehicle was lo-cated a short time later, but when police attempted to make a routine traffi c stop to investigate the situation, the driver failed to comply, resulting in a slow speed pursuit at between 50 and 70 km/h through the local streets and onto Highway 39. At this point the pur-suit continued along the highway and members of the Weyburn detachment of the RCMP provided assistance by deploying a spike belt across the road

near the town of Midale. The driver, attempting to swerve around the belt was unsuccessful and the passenger side tires on the suspect vehicle were punctured.

The vehicle continued on its westbound track until it approached another spike belt that had been put in place 15 kilome-tres from the village of Halbrite. This time the driver’s side tires were punctured but the vehicle kept moving westbound at reduced speeds for another four miles before it had to stop due to the extensive damages.

After a brief struggle with the lone occupant of the vehicle, EPS members along with the Weyburn RCMP members placed the 44-year-old man under arrest and he was taken to EPS cells where he was re-manded in custody pend-ing his court appearance.

Some of the charges that have been laid against the driver include im-paired driving, fl ight from police, driving without a valid licence and pos-session of a controlled substance.

Another Estevan man charged with dangerous driv-ing is looking at jail time.

Evan Garrow, a 22-year-old Estevan man, pleaded guilty last Thursday to charg-es of dangerous driving and theft under $5,000. The mat-ter was set for trial, but the guilty pleas were entered and the defence and Crown prosecutor presented a joint submission to Judge Karl Ba-zin. Their submissions called for a four-month jail term.

Just days before Gar-row’s matter at Estevan pro-vincial court, Estevan resident Justin Yakimchuk received 18 months of jail for dangerous driving causing bodily harm. While the charges against Garrow aren’t as serious, as they are only for dangerous driving, Bazin still questioned the large variance of sentence asked for in this matter of four months, 14 months less than what Yakimchuk received.

“That’s a serious of-fence, the facts you’ve out-lined,” Bazin told the Crown prosecutor. “There has to be parity. There has to be some sense that everyone is treated the same.”

Greg Wilson, Garrow’s Legal Aid lawyer, told the judge in the matter where the accused received 18 months in jail, there was a collision with another car and two injured people as a result.

The Crown prosecutor told the court that Garrow had stolen a vehicle in June 2011, after fi nding a car parked with the keys in the ignition. The

Sentence pending for chaseowner of the vehicle had en-tered a local restaurant.

Estevan Police Service members were alerted to Garrow by his erratic driving and activated their emergency lights for a traffi c stop. That’s when Garrow fl ed in the ve-hicle, heading out of town on Highway 39.

“The accused veered into oncoming traffi c on the highway and drove without headlights,” said the Crown. “At one point in time, the ac-cused gave the police car the middle fi nger.”

The pursuit lasted from Estevan to Weyburn, about 80 kilometres, and Garrow reached speeds of about 170 kilometres per hour. The Weyburn RCMP were called to assist in the chase and they laid out a spike belt on the highway, which the vehicle

struck with its front passen-ger tire.

That slowed Garrow’s vehicle down to about 120 kilometres per hour.

The vehicle chase ended after entering Weyburn where Garrow struck two barri-cades, eventually becoming hung up on a water pipe that was being used to pump water across the highway.

Garrow got out of the car and a chase on foot ensued, but he was quickly caught and arrested.

Before passing sentence, Bazin said he wanted to fur-ther review the Yakimchuk decision, and receive further submissions from the Crown and defence on the range of penalty that Garrow could reasonably receive.

The matter was ad-journed until Aug. 9.

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After touring through some of the country’s largest arenas earlier this year, one of Canada’s most popular bands is dialing it back a bit in August.

Simple Plan is currently performing in a handful of smaller venues including here in Estevan when they take the stage at Spectra Place on Sunday. B.C. na-tives Faber Drive will serve as the opening act for the show that is scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock.

Drummer Chuck Co-meau, who spoke to The Mercury Thursday from his home in Quebec, said the band is looking forward to coming to Saskatchewan after bypassing the province during their Get Your Heart On! tour earlier in 2012. Comeau added he and the band enjoy playing smaller locations where people ap-preciate the chance to see some live music.

“It’s not like Toronto or Montreal where every night almost they get a crazy big show,” Comeau said. “I think when you go to a small town, they don’t get as many

shows so when they come to a concert they just go crazy. It’s always a blast, and we actually have some of our craziest shows in smaller towns and we really enjoy it. It’s going to be really fun, I’m excited.”

Along with the show in Estevan, the Saskatchewan leg of Simple Plan’s tour also includes stops Friday in Saskatoon and Saturday in Moose Jaw at Mosaic Place. Comeau said the smaller events provide a more inti-mate experience for the fans as well as the band.

“It kind of brings you back to when we fi rst started out. There is nothing like a real rock show in a club or a smaller room where you can see everyone and kind of feel them and hear them. That is what I love about the band is being able to do the two styles — the big shows, the small shows and everything in between,” said Comeau.

Although Comeau was spending a few days home at the time of the interview, life has been somewhat of a whirlwind for the band, which also includes Pierre

Bouvier, David Desrosiers, Sebastien Lefebvre and Jeff Stinco.

After the release of Get Your Heart On! in 2011, Simple Plan spent the fol-lowing 15 months playing shows throughout North America, Europe, Australia, Asia and South America.

Comeau said the tour and album, which was their fourth release, has re-en-ergized the band and their fan base.

“It’s kind of like a throwback to our old-school sound of the fi rst and second

albums. Then with (recent singles) Jetlag and Summer Paradise, lots of new fans are kind of discovering the band, which is pretty amaz-ing that after four albums and 12 years there are still new people coming in that have never heard about the band.”

Along with bring-ing back their “old school sound”, Simple Plan also worked with a handful of different artists on Get Your Heart On!, something they hadn’t done since debuting with No Pads, No Helmets

… Just Balls. Among the artists featured was Riv-ers Cuomo, the lead singer of Weezer and one of the band’s heroes.

“It worked out amazing because every time I play the record and you hear Rivers’ voice come on, or you hear K’naan or Sean Paul come in one of our songs, it always feels special. It also feels fresh, and I think it’s cool for our fans. It takes them by surprise a little bit.”

Comeau, who writes the bulk of the music with Bouvier, said their willing-ness to mix things up and tour everywhere their fans might be are two major reasons Simple Plan has remained successful, unlike a lot of bands that have fallen to the wayside since they broke out in 2002.

“It’s important to see our fans everywhere, not just do a tour of Canada in fi ve cities and that’s it. For us, we love playing shows and we love playing for our fans. It’s part of how we see ourselves.

“When we put out a new record, we spend about

two years on the road every time. We go everywhere and you have to make some sac-rifi ces to do that, but we are all still ready to make them, which I think is a reason why the band is still doing so great,” added Comeau who said Simple Plan rolled through 75 songs before deciding on the 12 that made Get Your Heart On!

When asked what fans can expect at Sunday’s show, Comeau said Simple Plan likes to have fun on stage and that transfers across to their fans.

“We want to make sure that everyone who comes to the show leaves with a big smile on their face,” he said. “That is the key for us; to just kind of jump around and go crazy and play as hard as we can. We still enjoy it, and when you see us you can tell that we still have a great time and that being on stage is the only place in the world that we want to be at that moment.”

Tickets for the show are still available and can be purchased at www.tick-etmaster.ca

Simple Plan ready for Estevan visitSimple Plan will perform Sunday night at Spectra Place. Faber Drive will provide the opening act at the show, which is scheduled to begin at 7 o’clock.

Chuck Comeau

Hope Village in Minot, N.D. is about to welcome a sturdy team of Estevan and area volunteers who are intent on helping their North Dakota neighbours recover from last summer’s devastat-ing fl oods that damaged or totally destroyed as many as 4,000 homes in that thriving American community.

Rev. Brenna Nickel of St. Paul’s United Church said that an ecumenical team,

consisting of a few con-gregational members from her church along with a team from Trinity Lutheran Church led by Rev. Stew-art Miller and some volun-teers from Portal, N.D.’s First Presbyterian Church and Knox United Church in North Portal, will be as-signed clean-up and fi x-up duties once they arrive. The team, which will fl uctuate in numbers, will work from

August 12 through to Au-gust 18.

“We might be putting up sheet rock, repairing what we can, depending on the skills we can bring to the project,” said Nickel.

Hope Village has car-ried out an assessment of the damaged areas of the city that still required a lot of work, some of it being the complete rebuilding of homes.

“If other volunteers show up from around the country, then it can turn into a great opportunity to meet other people and exchange ideas,” said Nickel who joined a similar project group in Mississippi following the devastation caused by Hurri-cane Katrina a few years ago.

“Volunteer a Village is a pretty fl exible group and they’re ecumenical in scope, that’s a great reason for our

congregations to get together and work together on a like-minded program. When we get back, we’ll conduct a joint worship service at Trin-ity to share the experience with the congregations,” she said.

While in Minot, the Estevan, North Portal and Portal volunteers will bed down at the Hope Village located in the city that will remain operational until late

September. Supplies will be provided.

“It’s an effort to help fl ood victims restore hope,” she said.

“This could be fun, and we could be changed people when we return,” Nickel said in conclusion.

Some of the volunteers will be able to devote the entire week, while others will spend part of the week on various recovery projects.

Church volunteers off to Minot to assist in recovery

“It’s always a blast and we actually have

some of our craziest shows in smaller

towns and we really enjoy it.”– Chuck Comeau,

Simple Plan

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The new business model for the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) was rolled out for the media and special guests on July 31, the final day of their monopoly hold on Western Canadian grain farmers.

Ian White, president and chief executive offi cer, unveiled a new corporate identity and business model during a media conference conducted in the board’s head office in Winnipeg. The Mercury joined via a telephone conference call outlet.

White pointed out that current prices for the

CWB’s traditionally trad-ed crops, wheat, durum wheat and barley, remained strong thanks in large part to drought conditions in other parts of the world and increasing demand.

“Canadian crops are in good condition at the end of this crop year,” said White, referring to the Western Canadian regions.

“We have confi dence in the new era and we have a clean balance sheet thanks to government support in making the transition,” he said, referring to a cash in-jection for up to three years promised by the federal

government after it decided to end the CWB’s single desk marketing regime, something that has been an integral part of Western Canadian farming since the early 1940s.

White said the CWB’s business plan will be re-vealed as it moves forward under the new mandate that began Aug. 1.

“We have signed con-tracts. They are, of course, confi dential, but there has been a good response from producers,” White added.

“We have confi dence in the market once condi-tions improve and as prices

decline.” In response to one

question from the media, White admitted there would be some uncertain times ahead for the wheat board but he retained confi dence that they could provide good marketing decisions and a strong grain trading environment for producers who choose to use them.

Asked what advantag-es the CWB might point to now since their monopoly situation had ended, White said that the CWB still of-fers “something that others don’t have as a business partner. We will sell what

we have contracted to us, the same as other grain companies and our pricing will capture values,” he said, noting that the CWB had a particular talent for being able to retain values by blending grades and values and being experts in risk calculations.

White said CWB “will have agreements” with ma-jor grain companies and “we’ll offer unique prod-ucts such as pooling exper-tise to add value in a com-petitive market. We have a suite of contract options and a spread of services,” already in play.

White did not deal at any length with future transportation issues or concerns other than to note that West Coast shipping windows and handling sys-tems are well known to the CWB so “the earlier farm-ers get in and tell us what and how much they expect to deliver to us, so we can match others, the better off we’ll all be.”

He said the board will be able to add value with their new streamlined op-erations and negotiated new business arrangements that “will help us succeed in a new marketing era.”

CWB moves into new marketing era

Saskatchewan live-stock producers made good haying progress last week and now have 88 per cent of the hay crop cut. Seventy-six per cent of the hay crop has been baled or put into silage, according to Saskatchewan Agricul-ture’s weekly crop report. Eighty-nine per cent of the provincial hay crop is rated as good to excellent in quality.

Haying progress var-ies across the province. Southwestern Saskatch-ewan has 96 per cent of the hay cut; the west-central region has 80 per cent cut; the east-central region has 89 per cent cut; the north-west has 76 per cent cut;

and the northeast has 88 per cent cut.

Here in the southeast, haying continues in the re-gion and livestock produc-ers now have 92 per cent of the hay crop cut and 86 per cent baled or put into silage. Ninety-six per cent of the hay crop is rated as good to excellent. Pasture conditions are rated as 18 per cent excellent, 67 per cent good, 12 per cent fair and three per cent poor. Ninety-nine per cent of livestock producers have adequate water supplies for their livestock.

Precipitation ranged from trace amounts in some areas to 50 mm in the Indian Head region. The

Frobisher area received 13 mm of rainfall, the Manor area 43 mm, the Stoughton area 25 mm, the Weyburn area 35 mm, the Odessa area 25 mm, the Radville area seven mm and the Tantallon area four mm. Since April 1, rainfall in the region has ranged from 167 mm (Radville area) to 481 mm (Tantallon). Tor-nadoes, strong winds and heavy rains have lodged many crops.

Topsoil moisture con-ditions on cropland are rated as eight per cent sur-plus, 74 per cent adequate, 17 per cent short and one per cent very short. Hay land and pasture moisture is rated as eight per cent

surplus, 67 per cent ad-equate, 24 per cent short and one per cent very short. In Crop District 2A, 33 per cent of the cropland has surplus moisture while CD 3ASE is reporting 70 per cent of cropland is short of moisture.

Harvest is now un-derway in the southeast-ern region. Some winter cereal and pulse fields have been combined with many other fields ready for harvest within the next few weeks. Many crops are showing stress from the high temperatures, and yields are anticipated to be lower than normal in some areas. Swathing of some canola crops will

begin soon and there are reports of a higher-than-usual incidence of aster yellows. The majority of crop damage this past week is due to heat stress, diseases, insects, wind and localized fl ooding.

Farmers are busy fi n-ishing haying, controlling insects and disease and getting ready for harvest.

E l s e w h e r e i n t h e province, pasture condi-tions are rated as 23 per cent excellent, 57 per cent good, 17 per cent fair and three per cent poor. Live-stock water availability is adequate.

Many areas of the province received several inches of rainfall this past

week that has helped to alleviate crop stress. Top soil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as 12 per cent surplus, 73 per cent adequate, 14 per cent short and one per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as eight per cent sur-plus, 69 per cent adequate, 20 per cent short and three per cent very short.

Producers are starting to harvest winter cereals and pulses in some regions of the province. Farmers are desiccating pulses and swathing canola and mus-tard in some areas. The majority of crop damage this week is due to disease, insects, wind and drought.

Majority of Sask. hay crop has been cut

Government says provincial budget on trackDespite lower resource

prices, the provincial gov-ernment says it is still on track to post a surplus.

The First Quarter Fi-nancial Report was released Friday by Deputy Premier

and Finance Minister Ken Krawetz. It showed that Saskatchewan remains on a path to the only provincial balanced budget in Canada in 2012-13.

In a press release, the

government noted that a weak global economic re-covery has fuelled volatil-ity in commodity markets, reducing non-renewable resource revenue. Overall, revenue is forecast to be

down $113.2 million from budget, largely due to re-duced revenue projections from oil and Crown land sales.

“While resource rev-enue can fl uctuate over the

course of an entire year, the overall strength of our economy coupled with our government’s commitment to sound fi scal management will ensure a balanced bud-get for the people of Sas-katchewan,” Krawetz said.

To offset reduced rev-enues, the pre-transfer sur-plus will be reduced to $11.8 million and ministries will manage their expendi-tures to ensure effi ciencies and savings are captured. Among them is a handful of cuts in the new Ministry of the Economy.

The government is looking to reduce spending by about $55 million - or about one-half of one per cent of overall government expenditures - through ef-fi ciencies and expense man-agement within ministries.

“Our economy remains the envy of many other ju-risdictions,” Krawetz said. “Maintaining a balanced budget is a big part of the Saskatchewan Advantage, and we’re committed to keeping our province on solid financial ground throughout 2012-13 and beyond.”

The opposition NDP was quick to reply to the government’s announce-ment. In their own release, they noted the fi rst quarter fi nancial report shows that Saskatchewan people will now be asked to pay more and get less in order to cover the Sask. Party’s mistakes and expensive spin.

Describing the report as unacceptable, the NDP said the government budget projections are already short by $113.2 million only three months into the fi scal year.

“The Sask. Party al-ready took a swipe at kin-dergarten classrooms, cut the fi lm industry and took more from the pockets of seniors. Now they’re vow-ing to take another $55 mil-lion from everyday families to cover their mistakes,” said Trent Wotherspoon, NDP finance critic. “It’s mind-boggling that they won’t even be straight with everyday families about where they are making cuts.”

Wotherspoon added that since the annual bud-get, released in March, projected only a razor-thin $14.8 million surplus on a summary financial basis, there can be no doubt that Saskatchewan has a defi cit and growing debt.

“The Sask. Party’s failure to make a budget work in our province’s rela-tively good economy is disappointing. Sadly, it’s Saskatchewan people who will pay the price,” said Wotherspoon.

The Regina-based MLA also pointed out the Sask. Party continues to report only on a General Revenue Fund basis, out of line with accounting standards and the rest of Canada.

“The Sask. Party is not being straight about the cuts and they’re not being straight about our fi nances,” said Wotherspoon. “This fi nancial report would not be acceptable anywhere else in Canada. Saskatchewan people deserve the full, true picture of their fi nances and not the budgetary games and spin the Sask. Party offers up.”

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After acquiring two important pieces of equip-ment earlier this year, St. Joseph’s Hospital has set its sights on another.

As was reported in last week’s edition of The Mer-cury, two new anesthetic machines were recently purchased for the local hospital. Funds for the machines came from the St. Joseph’s Hospital Founda-tion and the Sun Country Health Region.

With the new anes-thetic machines in place, St. Joe’s executive direc-tor Greg Hoffort said the next piece of equipment on their wish list is a CT Scan. The need for the important piece of diagnostic imag-ing equipment has been well documented in the

CT scan next on hospital wish listpast and Hoffort says it is the next piece of medical equipment needed at the hospital.

“Beyond a doubt,” Hoffort. “As of right now, only regional hospitals in the province are equipped and funded for CT scan-ners. We hear from all the new physicians that we are recruiting that they are re-ally shocked that we don’t have one.”

Hoffort said a CT scan would be a huge benefit to both patients and local physicians as it would help provide quick CT scan di-agnoses and save trips to centres such as Regina or Moose Jaw.

“For physicians who practise here, to confirm diagnosis a lot of times it

means a trip to Regina and it’s something that could be quickly diagnosed in Estevan,” Hoffort said. “For stroke victims, time is of the essence to diagnose the stroke and get the ap-propriate treatment, so that it is why it’s important.”

Hoffort added a CT scan would also be critical to physician recruitment which is an ongoing chal-lenge for the local health care community.

“One of the fi rst things physicians ask when you’re talking to them is about di-agnosis facilities including ultrasound and a CT scan. Fortunately we are pleased to have the ultrasound ser-vice restored but as impor-tant, or more important, is the next big step in getting

the CT scan.”Hoffort noted that Es-

tevan and Weyburn are the two largest communities in Saskatchewan to not have a CT scan and there is also no scanner in the Sun Country Health Region. The ab-sence of one in the region means some residents of southeast Saskatchewan have to travel over three hours to receive one.

He sa id both Sun Country and the provin-cial Ministry of Health are well aware of the local desire for a CT scan and the next step is to work with Sun Country to further the cause and keep the issue in the spotlight until approval happens.

Along with getting the approval of the province

and Sun Country, there is also the cost factor that remains a hurdle to getting a CT scan in Estevan.

Hoffort said between purchasing the machine and making the necessary renovations to the hospital, the overall cost would be over $1.5 million.

“It’s an effort that is going to take a lot of sup-port both in terms of the service provision but also the capital expenditure which we will likely be required to play a major part in,” he said.

With respect to reno-vations, Hoffort said the hospital wasn’t designed with a CT scan in mind, but there is room at St. Joe’s to accommodate one.

“It’s not an enormous

space but it is more than just space, there is electri-cal components and all sorts of servicing require-ments. There are opportune areas for it that could be utilized with little impact to the hospital, but we would have to do some renovating for sure.”

Another potential is-sue is finding diagnostic staff to operate the equip-ment, but Hoffort said they are committed to overcom-ing any issues to that this important goal is met.

“With the ever in-creasing population, the industrial base that we have that is also increasing, it is definitely something that we want to continue working towards. There is a need in our area.”

The First Street valley edge monument paying tribute to Estevan Col-legiate Institute has once again become the target of vandals.

Larry Preddy, one of the local memorial propo-nents, said he noticed the damage to the monument and valley side rest spot this past weekend.

“It would have been nice if we could have got the monument completed before someone wrecked it,” he said, commenting on the broken and scat-tered brick that had been salvaged from the school while it was being razed a few years ago and reused to form a memorial wall, a tribute to former staff members and students.

“It would be diffi cult to estimate the cost of dam-ages because of what kind of value to place on those

Some of the old bricks that had been knocked off the ECI Monument wall over

the past weekend were left in a heap on the fl oor of the rest spot that sits on the

valley edge along First Street. (Photo courtesy of Larry Preddy)

ECI monument damaged by vandalsbricks and things like that,” he said. The wall also con-tained some graffi ti.

Now the search will begin to fi nd replacement bricks. If anyone has any old-style red brick in stor-age, such as those used in the school or at the old Sixth Street power plant, et al, and would care to donate or sell them to the ECI Monument Commit-tee, please contact Preddy at Henders Drugs or at 421-3664 and provide some de-tail or contact information.

“We just don’t know how many of the bricks that were knocked down can be re-cleaned and salvaged,” he said.

Preddy said Estevan Police Service members have indicated they will be increasing their patrols in that area of the city and there is a plan to add lighting for the monument

which will assist in surveil-lance.

“We have a donor lined up for the lighting, but the City and SaskPower have to line up some details to provide power to the site.”

Preddy said the monu-ment will be completed once an ECI door structure on the ramp on site is put in place. He noted that some of the large original concrete blocks that were to be used to re-create the ECI entry, were also thrown over the edge of the rest stop.

“There was probably more than one vandal be-cause I tried to lift a cou-ple of those blocks and couldn’t do it by myself,” Preddy said.

“If police can increase patrols, that would be ap-preciated,” he added.

“The lighting issue has

been on going for awhile ... about two years, but I understand these are un-usual times and everyone is super busy. But it would

be nice to have it installed along with the doorway ramp because once that is done we can drill holes and mount some tables there to

go along with the benches and trees,” he said.

EPS members said the investigation into the van-dalism incident is ongoing.

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Volume 110 Issue 14

This may be Saskatchewan’s summer of the storm, but Premier Brad Wall still seems to be enjoying the sunshine.

Closing in on fi ve years in power - a time governments tend to run into trouble - there isn’t much to indicate that Wall’s popularity is clouding over.

So what’s the secret to his success? Well, it appears to be a number of factors. Let us explore today.

First and foremost is the ongoing economic success.Sure, the big contracts handed out to favoured health

care unions like the nurses and the unprecedented infra-structure spending is catching up to Saskatchewan’s budget and 2012-13 may be problematic with oil below predictions and slumping potash sales.

But contrary to the insistence of some NDP leader-ship hopefuls, employment numbers are up - including in

construction. Certainly, the province’s four biggest cities as well as Yorkton, Estevan and Weyburn don’t seem to be seeing any economic slowdown.

It also helps that this hot, humid, and, yes, occasion-ally stormy, summer seems to be producing a better-than-average crop. Saskatchewan may be an oil/potash province, but nothing is better for the economy and the provincial psyche than a good crop.

Admittedly, layoffs of recently imported Irish workers employed in a Saskatchewan potash mine expansion do not bode well for our economic direction; nor is it doing much to enhance Wall’s credibility, given his hands-on involvement in recruiting workers. And messing with the province’s successful immigration program that was just starting to pay dividends wasn’t a particularly wise choice.

However, Brad Wall has not made all that many unwise choices, which has been another key to his success.

Sure, the silly $2-billion potash revenue projections in 2009 and the troubling projections this year were unwise budgeting. We continue to spend more than we should. There may yet be consequences to things like building a new stadium in Regina.

But Saskatchewan budgets have been closer to being balanced than in other provinces, suggesting that Wall’s mistakes have so far been affordable ones. And excluding the debacle involving the Carlton Trail-St. Peter’s College merger and the late MLA Serge LeClerc, there hasn’t been a whole lot of political embarrassment emerging from his government. Voters can be exceedingly forgiving under

such circumstances.Third, while Wall and his Sask. Party government do

seem to be led around by the nose by the potash and oil industries, the premier has astutely fi gured out that this province is now testing its free-enterprise wings. It has also helped immensely that Wall didn’t have to change the potash and oil royalty policies from the previous NDP government that paved the way for these recent expansions. Evidently, the NDP also fi gured out, before it left offi ce, that the resource engine was the driver of the Saskatchewan economy.

Yes, Wall has taken it a step further to the right by go-ing after the unions - both in the public and private sector - through legislative changes. But given that most people don’t work in a union shop and aren’t necessarily affected by labour law changes, that was mostly proven to be a po-litically astute move - or at the very least, Wall is proving to be more politically astute than his NDP predecessors.

We are seeing improvements in wait list times from a conservative premier who isn’t supposed to understand public health care. The working poor have benefi ted from income tax changes and seniors have benefi ted from ongo-ing low prescription drugs. And this government’s efforts to assist the disabled are truly worth the accolades they have received.

Add to this the fact that the NDP and Liberals aren’t really providing voters with viable alternatives and it means one thing: Even as some storm clouds mount, the sun still seems to be shining on Brad Wall.

It’s the dog days of summer and I’ve just learned that kids, even in the summer, spend almost eight hours a day facing into some type of screen (computer, pod, pad, phone app, et al) while spend-ing less than a half-hour a day in physical exercise.

Of course those statistics don’t depict Estevan and area kids. Ours are just a little bit better ... aren’t they Mom?

What the heck, I see our kids in the playparks giving it all they have in the wading pools and playground apparatuses for three to fi ve hours a day, so I don’t know where these statistics people get their numbers. And as an aside ... thank goodness Estevan decided to keep the playpark programs alive and free for the kids. Not everyone gets to go to summer vacation spots every year.

I know I was one of those kidlets who rarely managed a sum-mer getaway, and I never really felt sorry for myself either. It was just a fact of life.

Summer camps were foreign to moi as were summer cabins, although we did manage to make it to my aunt and uncle’s cabin at Katepwa on an occasional Sunday. Even got into or on the water on occasion.

Most of my summer days were spent doing some retail chores at the store or studio, often begging off for a Saturday morning pickup ball game with like-minded friends who were also town-bound for the summer and

there were a lot of them, which is why I applaud city summer programs.

An occasional Saturday af-ternoon would fi nd us in the local theatre cheering on some B-movie hero while eating red licorice, popcorn or soft ice cream.

I had an additional job of cleaning that theatre after movie matinees (Wednesdays and Satur-days) for about a year because it was located next to our store.

I didn’t like the job. Their vacuum cleaner was great fun though, because it was so huge and powerful. It was amazing the wonderful things that I could suc-tion into oblivion without much effort. Of course I had to dump the vacuum after, so I had to reap what I had sown.

I didn’t like cleaning up after matinees because sunfl ower seeds resting in an island of no longer frozen goop from ice cream cones or milkshake containers made for some messy situations and because the Wednesday matinee was later than the Saturday version, the time line for cleaning was tight since the doors opened again at 6:30 for the evening show. As recorded in an earlier column, I never uncovered anything of value and the rule was that anything under a dollar I could

keep, anything over, I handed it in. I think I harvested three hair bar-rettes, one water pistol and 8,344 Blackjack and/or Pud bubblegum wrappers, 1,234 candy cigarette butts, and an occasional real ciga-rette butt (yes, smoking happened then; they’re not wrong in those Mad Men episodes).

We went to matinees that included a 15 minute cartoon at the start (commercial free) some-times an episode of a thrilling cliff-hanger serial mystery, maybe some MovieTone newsreels about something happening in some foreign country ruled by someone named Haile Selassie, and then the main feature.

We weren’t disturbed by cellphone rings or somebody’s app twinging away. It was just us, the movie, popcorn, bubble gum, ice cream and noisy friends.

We didn’t worry about new rides at DisneyWorld or the cost of condos in Phoenix, Miami or Honolulu. What the heck, if we got a chance to hitch a ride into Regina for a ‘Rider game, that was big time. We preferred the local theatre, baseball diamonds, playparks and golf course. As far as we knew, that’s where the summer action was found and we didn’t want to miss any of it by taking some dumb old trip in a car. I’m just happy to report that while some things change over time, other things are allowed to remain relatively unchanged. And kids still fi nd fun at home when they’re given the opportunity.

The bad news was that Estevan’s non-violent and overall crime rate went up this past year compared with last. The good news is that the violent crime numbers are down. (Mercury, Aug.1)

The information, compiled by Statistics Canada, tabulates crime incidents from over 200 police forces across the country and they then form a crime index that takes into account the types of crimes as well as other factors such as population to arrive at a crime index number for each community.

Estevan’s overall crime index rose by just over 23 points year-over-year, putting us in 16th place in Canada on the overall crime index. The non-violent crime index was no better, the Energy City placed eighth overall with a spike of about 38 points.

The bright spot, as noted, was found in the reduction of violent crimes where Estevan’s ratings dropped to 108 from 96 placing us 58th overall this past year compared with 54th place in 2010.

Readers, keep in mind that in this index rating system, the idea is not to be No. 1. The further down the list we are, the better it is.

Factors that Stats Canada has not included in their tabulations are the numbers of unreported crimes.

We believe in smaller cities such as Estevan, the citizens still care enough to report the more minor crimes, hoping to nip mini-crime sprees in the bud in a city where we still want to believe we know one another and are willing to watch out for our neighbours.

There are a number of well known instances in major cities where relatively minor crimes such as vehicle vandalism, minor thefts or bar room shoving matches simply go unreported because the people involved understand that their respective police services don’t have the time or personnel to go chasing or looking for minor miscreants.

So in some respects, having an increase in non-violent and total crime statistics in Estevan may not be a bad thing because it may indicate that we still care enough to report them and the real good news is that on occasion, Estevan Police Service personnel and members of the local detachment of the RCMP are able to mount successful investigations and bring petty thieves and vandals to justice.

In other words, we still care enough to try, both at the citizen and police department levels, and that’s what we fi nd encouraging because in many centres, they’ve simply given up trying to sweat the small stuff, having to focus instead on only the big stuff. They know that’s not right, but can’t do much about it. In Estevan, we know that minor crimes are not right, and thankfully, we all still care enough to at least try to put a stop to it or at least place a lid on it for the benefi t of all except the criminals.

So Estevan’s rising crime statistics are maybe not such a bad thing. After all, we should be expecting increases in a growing city that has added about 3,000 permanent and another 1,000 or so non-permanent residents in the past few years. That’s part of the growing pains that every burgeon-ing city undergoes.

As law enforcement offi cials have pointed out, a rapid growth pattern in a city attracts not only the desired workforce, but also the undesirables, the dross of society, who attach themselves to the perimeter of the com-munity with no intention of doing anything positive.

Our major message would be for our citizens to keep in touch with their neighbours and neighbourhood, keep in touch with your police and other protective services. You don’t have to be a bug about it, just let them know if you see or hear something that just doesn’t seem right. Be comforted in the fact that they still care as long as you still care.

Wall continues to

walk in the sunshine

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

MURRAY MANDRYK

Prairie Perspective

Finding fun in the summertimeNorm Park

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The Editor:It has become clear that

the federal government, sup-ported by a number of em-ployer organizations, has a plan for transforming Cana-da’s labour market in ways that will profoundly hurt Canadians.

It’s a four-prong strategy which includes the dramatic expansion of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, the erosion of employment insurance, raising the coun-try’s retirement age, as well as a systematic effort to un-dermine the ability of unions to stand up for the rights of working people and improve their standard of living.

Taken together, these policies will suppress the

Premiers should reject Harper government schemes

The Editor:I watched the July 30,

2012 city council meeting on Access 7 and was glad to hear our city manager, Jim Puffalt, fi nally bring atten-tion to members of council the issue with Westview

Westview needs must be addressed

The Editor:Now that the weather is

fi nally co-operating, it’s time to take a vacation. Or is it?

Many people think they are too busy to take a real va-cation - one where the smart phone stays at home and work is truly turned off for days at a time.

The completely un-satisfying compromise has become checking e-mails from the beach. Relaxation is always a bit elusive with the crackberry close at hand.

And who is truly produc-tive half-working while the sun, sand, waves and kids are calling? My seven-year old son recently commented that grown-ups should be banned from checking Blackberrys on weekends. This came as a shock, as I consider my-self pretty good at staying unplugged until the kids go to bed.

My brother just sent me a funny article from the New York Times. Writer Tim Kreider argues as a society we have become obsessed with being busy. The ubiqui-tous answer to the obligatory “How are you?” used to be “fi ne.”

Now the response is “busy,” with adjectives such as “very,” “so” or “crazy” stuck in front of it for em-phasis. The counter-response is an appreciative nod or a validating “better than the alternative.”

But is it always better to be busy? My best ideas come to me when I’m half spaced out and a little bored, like in the shower or after a week of doing nothing. I’m not alone.

“Idleness is not just a vacation, an indulgence or a vice; it is as indispensable to the brain as vitamin D is to the body, and deprived of it we suffer a mental affl iction as disfiguring as rickets,” Kreider says.

It is easy to agree with this sentiment in theory. In practice, however, it feels a lot less possible to unplug and buck societal norms. Letting colleagues and customers down isn’t an appealing trade-off for quality downtime.

Leslie Perlow of Har-vard Business School argues that if workplace teams tackle the issue together it can be

done - with big rewards for productivity and personal well-being.

Her new book, Sleep-ing With Your Smart Phone, details a process success-fully implemented at the Boston Consulting Group where teams worked together to create predictable time off for co-workers. The results are impressive:

• Seventy-two per cent (versus 49 per cent who did not take part in the predict-able time off experiment) were satisfi ed with their job

• Fifty-four per cent (ver-sus 38 per cent) were satisfi ed with their work-life balance

Idleness indispensable

wages and incomes of Cana-dians rather than address the real problems in Canada’s job market.

As provincial and ter-ritorial federation of labour leaders, representing over three million workers from coast to coast to coast, we are calling on the premiers to stand with the workers of Canada against this cheap labour strategy.

Canada’s premiers touched on some of these issues when they met in Hali-fax last week at the Council of Federation. We think it is critical that the following is-sues be front and centre when they come together this fall to talk about the economy.

Foreign workers: The

Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) is not im-migration. It’s exploitation. These workers, many of whom are desperately seek-ing a better life, are being used to create an underclass to drive down the wages and working conditions of Cana-dians. It’s not fair or just to them or to their Canadian co-workers. The recent decision by the Harper Conservatives to allow employers to pay temporary foreign workers 15 per cent less than their Canadian co-workers is a blatant example of its low-wage strategy.

With 1.3 million unem-ployed, and several hundred thousand more discouraged or underemployed Canadi-

ans, our focus should be on providing opportunities for Canada’s unemployed and underemployed.

Employment insurance: Instead of tackling unem-ployment in many regions of our country, the Harper plan has been to attack the unem-ployed. The Conservative government’s changes to EI are clearly designed to force workers to take low-paying jobs or have their unemploy-ment benefi ts cut off. This is not about helping the unem-ployed fi nd jobs - rather it is about serving them up to low-wage employers.

Old age security: In-creasing the country’s retire-ment age to 67 has nothing to do with the sustainability of

our social programs or with retirement security. It is rather about forcing older workers who have struggled with low and medium wages through-out their working lives to work two more years. It is about expanding the pool of desperate workers who have no choice but to work for less.

Attacks on unions: Unions are one of the few mechanisms to protect the rights of working people and improve their standard of liv-ing. What unions achieve at the collective bargaining table lifts the fl oor and improves living standards for all work-ers. Unions also fi ght for and are instrumental in making gains for all society, like the establishment of medicare, health and safety laws, and fair minimum wages.

But the Harper govern-ment has a clear plan to attack unions. The government has undermined collective bar-gaining in the federal sector, and emboldened employers to drive down wages and attack pensions in the private sector. In addition through legislation like Bill 377, the Harper Conservatives are at-tempting to rob unions of the ability to use their resources to defend their members and civil society.

So what is the solution? Canadians need our country’s premiers to denounce this low-wage agenda and stand up for what is in the best inter-est of working people.

When the premiers meet this fall to discuss the econ-omy, we believe the labour market ought to be front and centre in that discussion. They must denounce the exploitative expansion of the TFWP. They must col-

lectively demand that Ottawa invest more in training to bridge the skills gap, so that unemployed Canadians can fi ll available jobs.

Premiers should also call for improvements to Cana-da’s EI program as fewer than 40 per cent of unemployed Canadians are currently eli-gible for benefi ts. We need our premiers to challenge the notion that Canada must increase its retirement age to 67. What’s really needed is pension reform that will allow all Canadians to retire in dig-nity such as improving and enhancing CPP. And fi nally, the premiers should recognize and defend the important role unions play in our society and our economy.

The provinces have power. Our premiers under-stand that Canada is more than the sum of its parts.

Canadians need our premiers to push back. And when they do, Canadians, the vast majority of us, will be with them.

The Presidents of the

provincial and territorial Federations of Labour:

Rick Clarke, Nova Scotia

Lana Payne, New-foundland and Labrador

Michel Boudreau, New Brunswick

Carl Pursey, Prince Edward Island

Sid Ryan, OntarioKevin Rebeck, Mani-

tobaLarry Hubich, Sas-

katchewanGil McGowan, AlbertaJim Sinclair, British

ColumbiaMaryLou Cherwaty,

Northern Territories

playpark. I do, however, question

a “winter park.” Children from not only Westview, but from the whole city have been tobogganing on that hill for more than 40 years, with no problems. The Westview

paddling pool is beyond re-pair (after years of neglect), and after talking to several of the families with young children now moving to Westview, it is time that these children have a summer park within walking distance.

There are existing water lines from the paddling pool, so a spray park on the south side of the city with access to Luscar Park (for tag-along brothers and sisters) would be a welcome addition.

I agree that our city should do everything pos-sible to promote walking paths, green spaces and parks, but the new park on Fourth Street (at what cost) isn’t being used and there was a suggestion to play music so people know where it is? I thought there were benches, etc. near the court house where people could sit, relax, have their lunch?

I would suggest that before our city worries about more parks or an outdoor pool (yes, we need one) we should look after and main-tain what we already have.

The Westview citizens deserve more. We have been ignored for too long.

Gaylene Dowhanuik,Estevan, Sask.

• Ninety-five per cent (versus 84 per cent) were likely to perceive they were providing more significant value to clients

Clients reported differ-ent experiences with per-sonal-time-off teams from neutral to extremely positive.

Boston Consulting’s CEO is now committed to making it part of the culture. Entrepreneurs will likely be the toughest group to con-vince that a vacation is pos-sible. But they might just have the most to gain.

Laura Jones, Executive Vice-President, Canadian Federation

of Independent Business

Letters to the Editor

Chad Saxon

These Things I Think

A8 August 8, 2012 Estevan Mercury

I’ve lived in Estevan for all but five of my 38 years and I am surprised daily by how rapidly our community is changing.

Whether it’s the peo-ple or landscape, it seems our city is morphing on a daily basis. Just take a drive one day and it’s a safe bet you’ll notice a new building under con-struction or even a new piece of art by chance.

But when you’re on that drive, chances are you will also notice the traf-fic. If there’s one change I’ve noticed more than any other is the number of vehicles on the road. I know it will sound goofy to anyone from a larger centre where traffic is a daily part of their lives, but the increase in traffic over the past year or two is crazy.

You can see it with your own eyes, but there is also evidence to back it up. The provincial Ministry of Highways and Infrastruc-ture recently unveiled the 2011 traffic volume map, which provides the annual average daily traffic for the highways coming into our city.

T h e n u m b e r s a r e pretty shocking. On aver-age, 6,920 vehicles drive into Estevan each day via Highway 39 east and Highway 18. On the west edge of the city, 3,870 enter the city on Highway 39. On Highway 47 north the average is 3,110 ve-hicles while on 47 south its 1,830 vehicles.

Anyway you shake it, that’s a lot of vehicles go-ing in and out of Estevan each day. That doesn’t

Please slow down

even take into account the usual traffic within the city from people doing their daily driving to and from work and other activities.

There are obviously pros and cons to the in-crease in traffic. On the positive side, it’s one of the most obvious indica-tors that our community is booming. Look around, a good portion of the traffic is company vehicles and heavy trucks. Some of it is just passing through but a lot has to do with the local activity.

The obvious down-side of all that traffic — and the driving habits of many of the people in those vehicles — is our streets are simply not very safe. If we needed a re-minder of that, we got it in the most tragic of ways on July 30 when Karen Han-cock was killed when she was struck by a vehicle as she was crossing the street at the intersection of Third Street and Souris Avenue.

I hate to admit it, but when I heard a pedestrian was hit I wasn’t surprised. I was more surprised at how unsurprised I was.

We drive too fast in this town. Whether it’s on Fourth Street, King, Kensington, Souris, 13th or any residential street, a large portion of the drivers

in Estevan drive too fast. I am probably one of them.

Yes, we are a young, busy city, but there is nowhere in Estevan that takes more than 10 min-utes to get to (unless there’s a train). We just need to take a deep breath, think for a second and slow down.

Think about it in these terms. If you’re driving through a residential area at 60 km/h (which many people do) and a kid hap-pens to run in front of your vehicle, the chances of you being able to stop are much less than someone driving the speed limit. The same really goes for anywhere in the city.

We don’t need more enforcement, we don’t need council to lower the speed limits to 40 in resi-dential areas, we just need to take some personal responsibility behind the steering wheel and slow the hell down.

The details of what happened on July 30 have yet to emerge, but I can’t imagine the personal hell the driver of that vehicle is going through. I don’t know how somebody bounces back from that, and I’m fairly certain it’s not something I could live with.

Could you?

(Editor’s Note: The following is a letter from the Communist Party of Canada regarding the provincial government’s proposed labour changes.)

The Editor:Members of the Com-

munist Party in Saskatch-ewan point out that you are questioning the entire range of rights enjoyed by the labour movement and all workers, the majority of people. Too many workers have died in the struggle for the rights you are ques-tioning for this matter to be ignored.

Do Saskatchewan’s labour laws need to im-prove? Yes, they do. Basic improvements include:

• shorten the work week to 32 hours, with no loss in take-home pay;

• ban compulsory overtime;

• signifi cantly increase the minimum wage;

• extend labour rights and protections to foreign “guest” workers;

• strengthen job and pay equity legislation;

• strengthen the right to organize; stronger pen-alties for employer inter-ference;

• ban scabbingBut it is obvious that

the intention of your re-view is to attack labour rights. Your questions are a thinly-veiled effort to set the stage for a massive attack on unions and work-ers’ rights, just like the

anti-worker attacks under the pretext of “austerity” by right-wing, pro-corpo-rate governments across Europe and many jurisdic-tions in North America, such as Minnesota or Ohio.

The only solut ion is for unions and other popular organizations to defeat these right-wing governments and their anti-labour, anti-people agendas.

Your questions are just a tactic to keep work-ers fighting defensive battles and prepare a cor-porate wish list to weaken unions and boost prof-its. Your government has never campaigned for the expansion of laws that pro-tect the working majority of Saskatchewan.

It is time to mobi-lize for a fight that will defeat your government and its corporate back-ers. Saskatchewan unions will have the solidarity of workers across the land, and you will lose.

You cannot justify attacking rights used by working people to im-prove their lives, the lives of their families and their communities.

Attacking workers and their families only makes it clearer that capitalism is failing to provide hopeful or stable living conditions for the majority of people in Canada and around the world. The wars Canada is helping start are another sign of crisis for global

capitalism.Your corporate back-

ers would be astonished to hear you explain to the workers of Saskatchewan that the purpose of your review was to improve labour laws.

On the other hand, we believe the time is right to question the entire range of rights enjoyed by the big corporations and banks in Saskatchewan, includ-ing why they should exist at all.

If you ask questions, everyone should ask ques-tions. Your questions are limited by narrow, selfi sh corporate interests.

Broader questions can only help working people get out of the mess you are creating in an economy built on the strength of other countries (resourc-es), injustice to Aboriginal peoples, lowering wages and impoverishing people, killing the family farm, limiting access to edu-cation, and catastrophic miscalculations about the environment.

You may not like this line of questioning, but the majority of people in Saskatchewan - Aboriginal peoples, workers, farmers and small businesses - will appreciate that such ques-tions would be fair and even necessary.

Darrell Rankin,For the Trade Union

Commission, Communist Party of Canada

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of labour rights

eHealth Saskatchewan is in-viting residents of Saskatchewan to visit a website to learn more about electronic health records and participate in a short survey to answer questions about what type of electronic services would be useful to them.

“We are emerging into a world of huge possibilities in technology allowing people access and information to empower them to be an active partner and decision maker in care options with their health provider or in managing the care of a loved one,” eHealth Saskatchewan CEO Susan Antosh said. “This survey will help us

determine what’s important to Saskatchewan residents and if they even desire things like access to their own medical test results, for example.”

“We have made a great effort to ensure we are putting the patient fi rst in our health care system, and that includes their electronic health information,” Health Minister Dustin Duncan said. “It’s impor-tant that we know what the patient or caregiver needs and wants in that technology and that will be of the most value to them.”

In a press release, the govern-ment says that eventually every person in Saskatchewan will have

an electronic health record that is a private, lifetime record of their medical information, which will provide authorized health care professionals with immediate ac-cess to test results, past treatments and medication profi les.

Currently, some of the infra-structure already in place, or under development, which will feed into the information for the EHR includes a Radiology Informa-tion system and picture archiving communication system (RIS/PACS), RIS/PACS is a data system that captures diagnostic images such as X-rays, CTs, ultrasounds, MRIs and mammography that can

be accessed by clinicians from anywhere in the province. The Pharmacy Information Program includes information about pre-scriptions fi lled within Saskatch-ewan community pharmacies, and more recently, the Saskatchewan Lab Results Repository was cre-ated to allow health care providers to view lab test results for patients.

Information collected through the surveys, combined with feed-back being gathered through health sector workshops taking place over the summer, will help shape the future of electronic health records in Saskatchewan.

“I encourage people to take

the time to do the survey as it will help to ensure priorities for EHR are aligned with patient and family-centred care,” Antosh said.

The survey can be found at the eHealth Saskatchewan public engagement website at www.ehealth-sk.ca and will be available until midnight on September 7.

eHealth Saskatchewan is the Treasury Board Crown Corpora-tion responsible for planning and building a provincial EHR and supporting and maintaining electronic systems that make up the electronic network for the all health regions and health stake-holders in the province.

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Putting Out Fires The Estevan Fire Rescue Service was called to handle a pair of grass fi res north of Estevan Friday. The two blazes were located beside Highway 47.

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A celebratory Heritage Day afternoon that began with a noon barbecue on

the lawn outside the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum and ended with an offi cial

opening of an exhibition by young artists at 6 p.m., at-tracted interest throughout the day.

Early tree seedlings were sold with proceeds being directed toward the Mary Rose Boyer Scholar-ship Fund, some outdoor games were played cour-tesy of the Heart and Stroke Foundation leadership be-fore the extreme heat sent people inside. As evening descended, so did the young-sters and their friends and family to the EAGM reading room where the EAGM’s Josh Morrison introduced the young artists as well as their work that is now on display for the rest of this month.

“We focused on pro-grams around the theme of Plant a Seed, Watch it Grow,” Morrison said, and that is what inspired the art-work by the young people,

led by EAGM educator Karly Garnier.”

The students who cre-ated the exhibition were inspired by the theme of looking into Estevan’s fu-ture and that included the creation of a new city coat of arms indicating what they felt Estevan will stand for in the future.

“They were challenged to think about what parts of Estevan they love and how they think this city will grow and change over the next 500 years,” Morrison told the audience that had gath-ered to meet the artists while enjoying some refreshments and the windup to a good day of art and history that included visits to the nearby NWMP Museum.

Morrison said the youngsters centred their work around the topics of community, energy, prog-ress and conservation. They

considered landscapes, buildings and the future with mixed media pieces to ex-plore how the environment and landscape could change in the centuries to come.

“Some of the young art-ists saw a bright future with growth for Estevan while others saw a future where the line between human, plant, animal and technol-ogy has blurred. Others considered the possibil-ity of drastic environmental changes radically altering our lives such as overdevel-opment and global warming and/or a new ice age,” said Morrison.

The art was created during a week of afternoon art camps between July 23 and 27.

“Unlike a traditional camp where each day sees one project completed and taken home, the youth in this camp were challenged

to work toward one goal all week, which was this exhibi-tion,” Morrison said.

The young artists who participated in the Incred-ible Installations project in-cluded: Gianna Dinwoodie, Donovan Dyer, Sam Fri-esen, Tallan Howie, Kamri Olfert, Carson Petterson, Ian Petterson, Courtney Reetz and Daniel Sgabellone.

The camp and project received support from the Saskatchewan Arts Board, SaskCulture, City of Este-van, Museums Association of Saskatchewan, Saskatch-ewan Lotteries, Canada Council for the Arts and Canadian Heritage.

The exhibit attracted Mayor Gary St. Onge as well as Councillors Roy Ludwig and Lynn Chipley among others who received eager explanations of the work from the aspiring art-ists.

Incredible Installations highlight Heritage Day at EAGM

The Ministry of La-bour Relations and Work-place Safety has scheduled 30 information sessions across the province to ex-plain the new Occupa-tional Health and Safety amendments the govern-ment passed in May 2012. Attendees will receive a guide that provides inter-

pretations for each of the amended sections of The Occupational Health and Safety Act, 1993.

“These sessions are be-ing offered to help explain the new rules before they take effect,” Labour Rela-tions and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said. “We’re very pleased to

have produced our fi rst in a series of guides to help everyone in the workplace understand their OHS-related roles and respon-sibilities. Understanding the standards will improve compliance which will re-duce the number of injuries and illnesses.”

Highlights of the Oc-cupational Health and Safe-ty information sessions include:

• Enhanced duties of employers, supervisors and suppliers;

• Duties of owners and prime contractors in the co-ordination of site safety on worksites with multiple employers or self-employed persons; and

• Procedures related to the creation and the ef-fectiveness of occupational health committees and pro-grams.

Two meetings have been booked for Estevan at the Super 8 Hotel. The fi rst will be held Oct. 10 while the second is Nov. 14. Both meetings will run from 8 a.m. to noon.

The amendments will take effect following proc-lamation September 3, 2012. To register for a ses-sion, please call 1-800-567-7233 or 1-800-667-5023. For more information about the amendments to the OHS Act visit www.lrws.gov.sk.ca/consultations-ohs-legislative-amendments.

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The young artists who created a forward look for Estevan as well as a new coat-of-arms for the city gathered in the reading room at the Estevan Art Gallery and

Museum for the offi cial unveiling of the Incredible Installations exhibit July 31. Back row from the left: Sam Friesen, Courtney Reetz, Carson Petterson and EAGM

representative Josh Morrison. Front: Donovan Dyer, Gianna Dinwoodie, Ian Petterson and Daniel Sgabellone. Missing from the photo are Tallan Howie and Kamri

Olfert.

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Life is about to get much easier for the mil-lions of Canadians who suffer from food allergies.

As of Aug. 4, food companies in the country will now have to list any allergens in a particular product on their label.

In a press release, the federal government noted that avoiding an allergenic food ingredient is often the only way for people with food allergies to protect themselves. That is why ingredient labels are one of the most useful tools for allergic Canadians.

The new revised regu-lations to enhance food allergen labelling will also cover gluten sources, which must be avoided by those with celiac dis-ease, and added sulphites, which must be avoided by those with a sensitivity to

sulphites.The revised regula-

tions will require that manufacturers clearly identify food allergens, gluten sources, and sul-phites either in the list of ingredients or at the end of the list of ingredients with the following statement “Contains ... .” The regula-tions will also require that manufacturers list compo-nents of ingredients if they contain food allergens, gluten sources, or sul-phites. For example, if a prepackaged food contains the ingredient “spices”, that food will be required to list any allergens, gluten sources, or sulphites pres-ent in the spices.

The new regulations will benefit Canadians in a number of ways. They will provide a clearer ingredi-ent label so that consumers

can better avoid foods that contain the ingredient to which they are allergic or sensitive.

As well, the strength-ened labelling regulations will provide manufactur-ers with clear labelling requirements so that aller-gens, gluten sources, and sulphites will be labelled in a systematic and consis-tent manner. These clear requirements are aimed at reducing the number of food recalls and adverse reactions.

The new requirements will notably include:

• Food allergens, glu-ten sources, and sulphites will need to be labelled in the list of ingredients or in a statement that begins with “Contains:..”;

• The food allergen or gluten source will be written in commonly used

words such as (“milk” or “wheat”);

• Mustard seed will be added to the regula-tory definition of food allergen;

• Common name for the plant sources of hy-drolyzed protein will be declared. For example, the label may indicate soy, or hydrolyzed vegetable protein (soy), rather than just hydrolyzed vegetable protein;

• For the al lergen source: spelt and kamut will be declared as wheat;

• Sulphites above 10 ppm will be treated the same as other allergens and use of a separate “Contains” statement will be optional;

• If a food allergen is present in wine and spirits as a result of the use of fin-ishing agents from eggs, fish or milk, the allergen source must be shown on the label of the prepack-aged product.

• The source of any allergen or gluten present in the wax coating or their compounds would be re-

quired to be shown on the label of prepackaged fruits and vegetables.

Because of the com-plexity of the changes and the shelf-life of foods, Health Canada has al-lowed manufacturers 18 months to implement the new labelling regulations. However, the department is encouraging industry to declare allergens, glu-ten sources and added sulphites to provide Ca-nadians with the informa-tion necessary to make informed food choices.

Allergen labelling now in eff ect

In the Studio Tour article that appeared on Pages 9 and 10 in last week’s edition, it should have been noted that this particular project in the southeast part of the prov-

ince was brought to the local region by the Estevan Arts Council who made the application for this Culture on the Go program offered by the Saskatch-ewan Arts Board.

Correction

Canadian Western Agribition announced the launch of its new Grain Expo, which will be fea-tured as part of the show’s 2012 lineup this fall.

“Agribition isn’t just about beef. We have a long history of serving Prairie seed growers. It is a natural fi t for Agribition to address the need for a southern Saskatchewan grain farmer forum,” said Marty Seymour, CEO Ca-nadian Western Agribition.

The Grain Expo will provide invited grain farm-ers the opportunity to see the latest technologies and

hear guest speakers address modern grain industry is-sues ranging from seed-ing technologies to grain marketing strategies. This two-day conference will feature a lineup of industry speakers and trade show time. The event takes place Nov 20-21.

“The Grain Expo grew from the raw demand we are hearing from grain producers and from the success of our expanded agri-business tradeshow. A technical conference com-bined with expanded dry land farming equipment displays is going to make

for an enhanced Agribition experience for our guests from the grain sector,” said Seymour.

“Timing is everything. Agribition comes just after harvest is over. It’s a great place for farmers to get to-gether and learn about new products and services. We are proud to support this event and create a venue for farmers to grow,” said Kirby Engele, operations manager at Young’s Equip-ment, the event sponsor.

Visit www.agribition.com for a complete list of sponsors and invitation information.

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The council package presented at council’s fi nal meeting in July included the 2011 traffi c volume map from the provincial Minis-try of Highways.

The report, which in-cluded the average annual daily traffi c fi gures for the various Saskatchewan cit-ies, confi rmed what many already believed, that traffi c is way up in Estevan.

According to the re-port, the average daily traf-fi c on Highway 39 east into Estevan each day is 6,920 vehicles, which represented a signifi cant increase over 2010.

The report said the average daily traffic on Highway 39 west is 3,870

vehicles. Just over 3,100 vehicles travel Highway 47 north a day while 1,830 travel Highway 47 south.

The report sparked a brief discussion about the impact of that traffic on Estevan streets. It was noted that the Highway 47 route through Estevan remains in terrible shape and the City hopes to receive provincial funding to repair the road next year. It was noted that Perkins Street is also in rough shape due to truck traffi c and may also need repairs before long.

• • • • • •Garth Forster, who

serves as the event manager in the City’s leisure services division, was before council

to speak about the cost re-covery fi gures for Estevan’s various leisure facilities.

Forster noted that a couple of years ago, council gave the leisure services division a mandate to in-crease cost recovery rate sfor Estevan’s sporting fa-cilities. Though he admitted Estevan’s recovery rate is behind other communities of similar size, they are moving closer with small increases each year.

• • • • • • Sticking with leisure

services, it was also noted that the City will be fil-ing applications with the Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund in an attempt to get money for a

couple of projects.The CIIF was intro-

duced on July 5 and will be used to help communi-ties pay for repairs and upgrades to arenas, com-munity centres and sports fi elds.

The City plans to apply for funding to aid the ICON Centre expansion project and also the paving of the Souris Valley Aquatic and Leisure Centre parking lot.

It was also noted that the City would like to hear from residents with respect to other recreation projects they would like to see in the community and that might eligible for money through the CIIF.

• • • • • •The 2012 building

pace in Estevan continues to run well behind 2011.

The building permit re-port for June was contained in the council package and

it noted that 13 permits, which had a combined val-ue of $2.26 million, were is-sued throughout the month.

That figure is more than $2 million lower than 2011. On the year, the City is just under $9 million behind the blistering pace that was set last year.

Commercial permits were responsible for the bulk of June’s total, check-ing in at just over $1.32 million.

• • • • • • The Estevan Fire Res-

cue Service report for June was presented at the meet-ing.

The department at-tended to just two fi re calls in June but were called out to eight false alarms, one hazardous materials spill and one motor vehicle ac-cident.

• • • • • •As part of the prepa-

ration for the 2012 civic election, council passed the campaign disclosure bylaw at the meeting.

The bylaw deals with such matter as campaign contributions to candidates and election expenses.

• • • • • •Council gave three

readings to a local improve-ments bylaw that will clear the way for work to be-gin on the area of Sixth Street from Souris Avenue to Kensington Avenue.

The City has long ex-pressed a desire to pave the road and install proper curbing and drainage.

The City’s plan cur-rently calls for them to be-gin the underground work on watermains and the storm sewer this year and if that is completed, paving would commence in 2013.

The cost of the project is pegged at $3.8 million.

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A complaint of mo-torbikes being operated around the Spruce Ridge School area was investi-gated by members of the Estevan Police Service (EPS) on Aug. 1. The driv-ers were warned about their actions.

A 26-year-old man was arrested for impaired driv-ing on Aug. 1 and was also found to be in possession of 4.1 grams of marijuana, so he was charged accordingly and will answer to those charges during his court appearance Sept. 10.

On Aug. 2, EPS mem-bers attended to a residence on Mayfair Drive in re-sponse to a noise complaint. The home occupants were warned about the city’s noise bylaw and no further action was required.

During a routine traf-fi c stop later that same day, police noted a strong mari-juana odour coming from the vehicle that had been stopped so the routine in-vestigation was stepped up a bit and the two male oc-cupants of the vehicle, aged 26 and 20, were charged with being in possession of 14.1 grams of marijuana and the driver was also charged for driving while

impaired. The two men now have a Sept. 24 court date.

Theft of liquor from a local business was reported to police on Aug. 2. Two men who had been in the es-tablishment left with mugs of alcoholic beverages that they had obtained from that business. An employee who had followed the pair out of the lounge clearly identifi ed them to EPS members when they arrived on the scene. The two men were warned about their actions, paid for their beverages and were subsequently banned from the business in the future.

A report of a prowler in the Lynd Crescent area of the city attracted police attention Aug. 2. A female resident in the area reported the trespasser, a male, pos-sibly in his early 20s, was seen looking in her window. When police conducted a patrol of the area they were unable to locate anyone matching the description given to them by the victim.

While on patrol later that night, police observed a 23-year-old man sitting on the steps of a local business. The man had left a local lounge and had stopped on the steps in a highly intoxicated state so he was

lodged in cells for his own safety and was issued a ticket for being intoxicated in a public place.

That same night, a 20-year-old man was arrest-ed for breaching conditions of a probation order not to consume alcohol. He now has an Aug. 13 court date.

A 26-year-old man was arrested for impaired driv-ing and driving while his blood-alcohol level was over .08 on Aug. 2 fol-lowing a traffi c stop in the central part of the city after the man had left a local lounge. He now has a Sept. 24 court date.

On Aug. 3, EPS mem-bers were called to a hotel in the east central part of the city in response to a report of a theft from a vehicle. No damage had been done to the vehicle but items had been stolen.

During the day, police laid a number of charges against local drivers for such infractions as no seat belt use, speeding and un-lawful window tints.

A 44-year-old man was arrested and charged with a few Traffic Safety Act offences on Aug. 3. Those charges included danger-ous operation of a mo-

tor vehicle, driving while impaired and possession of a controlled substance. The man was remanded in custody pending a Weyburn court appearance.

On the night of Aug. 3, EPS members charged a 33-year-old Estevan resi-dent with impaired driving, resisting arrest and refusing to provide a breath sample following a traffi c stop in the central part of the city. He was given an Aug. 7 court date in Weyburn.

Two Estevan men were charged with fighting in public after EPS members were asked to intervene in a fi ght outside a local lounge on Aug. 3. They will appear in court at a later date.

A loud music com-plaint was registered with police on the night of Aug. 3. The complaint came from theTrojan area of the city. The occupants of the home were warned about the city noise bylaw.

During the day of Aug. 4, two vehicles parked in the east central part of the city were broken into result-ing in a number of items being stolen although no damage was done to the ve-hicles. This matter remains under investigation.

Police were also look-ing into a report of the theft of gas from a south central service station on Aug. 4. The man in question had obtained the fuel and then advised the station atten-dant he had forgotten his wallet so he would return and pay for the fuel, but never did. The matter re-mains under investigation.

Another vehicle that was broken into was the subject of an investigation that same evening. Items had been removed from the vehicle.

A case of uttering threats was reported to police on Aug. 4. The com-plaint came from the north central part of the city.

During the night shift on Aug. 4, police responded to a complaint of mischief at a local restaurant and then another call regarding a man who was passed out in a bathroom stall at a local lounge. He was charged and detained in cells until sober.

A hit and run incident in the central part of the city was placed under investiga-tion by police on the night of Aug. 4.

A domestic disturbance required police attention in the south central part of the

city on Aug. 5. The matter was resolved without fur-ther incident.

A report of two drag-racing vehicles in the north central part of the city at-tracted police attention that same day. The suspects had fl ed the scene prior to police arrival but the matter re-mains under investigation.

A number of traffic-related offences were dealt with during the day on Aug. 5. Charges were laid for such things as speed-ing, proceeding through a stop sign and through a red light, not having seat belts buckled up and for unlawful window tints.

A report of a residential fi re created a response from police as well as members of Estevan Fire Rescue on the night of Aug. 5. The investigation revealed that items being used in a fi re pit were causing a considerable volume of smoke.

A noise complaint came to police from Henry Street on the night of Aug. 5. The home occupants were warned about the city’s noise bylaw.

Police also report they are looking into a report of theft of gravel from the Woodlawn area of the city.

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One of Estevan’s long standing businesses has been sold.

M o s a i c C a p i t a l Corporation announced through a press release last week that it has completed an acquisition of a material interest in the of Kendall’s Supply Ltd. (“Kendall’s”), from president Allan Ken-dall. Mosaic has acquired 90 per cent of the business for an acquisition cost of $9,900,000 which has been funded through a combina-tion of cash and vendor take back fi nancing.

For the year ended October 31st, 2011 Ken-dall’s had revenue of ap-proximately $10 million.

Kendall’s has serviced southern Saskatchewan since 1944, providing parts and supplies to companies

Kendall’s Supply soldin the automotive, oil and gas, mining, power gen-eration, construction and agriculture industries.

With 68 years in busi-ness and over 1,000 cus-tomers Kendall’s name has grown to be synonymous with great service and support. As the number of industries in southern Saskatchewan has grown, Kendall’s excellent rela-tionship with its clients and understanding of the need to deliver excellent service has kept it at the forefront of its industry.

“Kendall’s has been in my family for three generations and we look forward to continuing to provide excellent service to our customers” Ken-dall said. “I believe that the growth prospects for

Saskatchewan are excel-lent and our partnership with Mosaic will allow us to continue to grow with the industries we support. Our partnership will en-sure that we continue to provide the very best in service, parts and supplies to the broad industrial sectors that we service. I look forward to working with Mosaic and moving Kendall’s to its next stage of growth.”

“I am very excited about our partnership with Kendall’s,” added Harold Kunik, president of Mo-saic. “Allan Kendall and his family have created a legacy in southern Sas-katchewan of providing exceptional service for his clients and going that extra mile. This transaction will

allow us to build on this excellent reputation and look at exciting growth opportunities ranging from additional products and services to expansion into new markets.”

“Our partnership with Kendall’s follows Mo-saic’s strategic plan of acquiring established busi-nesses with unique com-petitive advantages that have a history of generat-ing strong sustainable cash fl ow,” said John Mackay, executive chairman and CEO of Mosaic. “We wel-come the Kendall’s staff into Mosaic’s operations and look forward to con-tinuing to provide the ex-ceptional support and ser-vice for which Kendall’s has been known for the past three generations.”

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The fi rst human case of West Nile virus infec-tion this season has been reported in Saskatchewan.

The case occurred in an individual from Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region who experienced no symp-toms. The infection was detected by Canadian Blood Services when the indi-vidual was donating blood.

The recent hot, humid conditions throughout much of Saskatchewan have cre-ated the ideal conditions for the development of Culex tarsalis mosquitoes, the carrier of West Nile virus.

“Surveillance results

show that Culex tarsalis mosquitoes are increasing slightly in some traps in southern Saskatchewan,” provincial West Nile virus Co-ordinator Phil Curry said. “We caution the public that these mosquitoes will continue to be active over the next few weeks and some could potentially be infected with the virus.”

People are encouraged to take the necessary pre-cautions to protect them-selves against mosquitoes bites, especially at dusk and dawn when Culex tarsalis mosquitoes are most active.

“If you’re bitten by a

West Nile virus-infected mosquito, there is a small risk of serious neurological illness like inflammation of the brain and, in rare cases, death,” Chief Medi-cal Health Offi cer Dr. Saqib Shahab said. “People who develop severe symptoms such as unusually severe headaches or persistent high fever or confusion, need to seek medical attention im-mediately.”

Most people who be-come infected with West Nile virus will experience either no symptoms or only

mild illness such as fever, headaches and body aches.

To reduce the risk of exposure to West Nile virus, the following precautions are recommended:

• Use insect repellent containing DEET;

• Wear protec t ive clothing;

• Reduce time out-doors between dusk and dawn;

• Clean and empty containers that can collect water such as bird baths and eavestroughs;

• Clear yards of old

tires and other items that can collect water;

• Ensure rain barrels are covered with mosquito screening or are tightly sealed around the down-spout;

• Keep screens on win-dows and doors in good repair; and

• Keep bushes, shrubs and lawns clear of over-growth and debris.

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lance results, risk maps and weekly West Nile and Culex reports are posted every Friday on the Min-istry of Health’s website at http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/west-nile-virus. Ad-ditional information on protective measures and the West Nile virus (symp-toms, when to seek help) are available at Healthline Online www.health.gov.sk.ca/healthline-online

First West Nile case found in province

For equine lovers, the summer will once again be complete when they get back on the trails at Roche Percee.

The Roche Percee Trail Ride and Wagon Trek is back on in 2012 following devastating fl oods last year that led to the cancellation of this event and many oth-ers, along with destroying much of the village where this trail ride begins.

Mary Jacobs is one of the organizers of the trail ride and noted that they weren’t able to host the ride last year after the fl ooding had subsided.

“We didn’t do anything last year, there was just too much flooding,” said Jacobs. “The building that the meals were supplied in was unusable, and it’s ap-

parently still not usable, but they’re going to barbecue stuff.”

Without the facility, she said they will probably be setting up some picnic tables and barbecuing in the middle of the village.

Af t e r e s t ab l i shed events have a year off it can sometimes be diffi cult to get them running again. Jacobs said that was something they took into consideration heading into this year.

“Our numbers are down this year of people that have registered,” she said, noting people have until Aug. 4 to register at the regular price. “I’m hoping that in the next week or so, we’ll get lots more, but I’m not sure.”

With the break how-ever, she said that they

are keen to get everybody together and back out on the trails.

“We are (eager) be-cause it’s a fun time,” she added. “Even with all of the work that it takes. I don’t go on the ride myself, but I go down and help out.”

It isn’t just the organiz-ers who miss the fun of the trail ride and wagon trek. Jacobs has spoken to a num-ber of registrants, and they are just as eager to get back on the trails after a long, two-year wait.

“They seem to be (ex-cited). I know we’ve had phone calls and e-mails from Moosomin, Manitoba and Saskatoon, so I think people are looking forward to it.”

She hasn’t yet heard about what shape the trails

are in, but said they have had people map them out. The organizers just haven’t had a meeting yet to hear what plans there are for the trails.

The ride will begin on Aug. 10, and continue for the next two days over the weekend. The ride begins on the 10th at 1 p.m., fol-lowed by a full-day ride on Saturday. Sunday’s ride will commence following a church service.

“I just hope lots of people come and join us and have a good time. Even if they don’t ride, come on down and see us in the evenings.

Jacobs said she is ex-pecting some last-minute registrations, as she attested that there are “a lot of last-minute people in the world.”

Those who wish to reg-ister may call Jacobs at 634-2432 or Joyce Schapkohl

at 634-4380. They can also e-mail Jacobs at jacobs@sasktel.net

Riders hit the trails for wagon trek

The Roche Percee Trail Ride and Wagon Trek is this

weekend after the event was cancelled last year be-

cause of fl ooding along the Souris River. (File Photo)

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To help better under-stand the aging process, residents of Saskatchewan are being invited to partici-pate in the largest study of aging ever undertaken in Canada.

The Canadian Lon-gitudinal Study on Aging has announced through a press release that it will follow 50,000 men and women between the ages

National aging study launches in Saskatchewanof 45 and 85 for 20 years. The national study will collect information on the changing biological, medi-cal, psychological, social, lifestyle and economic aspects of people’s lives as they age.

“We are hoping to en-rol more than 1,300 partici-pants from Saskatchewan who will help us to shed light on causes of disease

and disability and help us understand the determi-nants of healthy aging,” said Parminder Raina, lead principal investigator of the study and a professor of clinical epidemiology and biostatistics at McMaster University. “By studying aging as a process – and looking at the various tra-jectories of aging – we can begin to understand why some people age in a healthy way and why oth-ers do not.”

Res idents wi l l be invited to participate in 60-minute telephone in-

terviews during which they will answer questions about their health and well-being, including physical, social and emotional health functioning, as well as the onset of health conditions and diseases. The inter-views will take place every three years, with a follow-up call midway between to maintain contact.

To ensure study en-rolment is representative of the Canadian popula-tion, CLSA researchers are working with provincial health ministries to ran-domly select participants.

Residents between the ages of 45 and 85 are eligible to take part but require an invitation to participate.

In July, roughly 5,300 information packages were mailed by the Saskatch-ewan Ministry of Health on behalf of the CLSA to potential participants. In-terested respondents send back a “consent to contact” form to the CLSA. The research team then gets in touch with them.

The demographics in Saskatchewan are chang-ing now that baby boom-ers are entering their re-tirement years. In 2010, Statistics Canada reported that 153,700 people in Saskatchewan were aged 65 or older. By 2031, that number is expected to in-crease to 265,900 people, meaning roughly one in fi ve residents will be age 65 or older.

“The CLSA represents a unique platform that will be used by researchers

from all disciplines and fi elds, and that has the po-tential to contribute signifi -cantly to our understanding of biological, psychologi-cal and social determinants of active and healthy aging for the benefi t of all Ca-nadians,” said Yves Joa-nette, scientifi c director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute of Aging.

The CLSA involves a team of more than 160 researchers and collabora-tors across the country, including co-principal in-vestigators Susan Kirkland of Dalhousie University and Christina Wolfson of McGill University.

The Canadian Longi-tudinal Study on Aging is a strategic initiative of Ca-nadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Funding for the study has been pro-vided by the government of Canada through the CIHR and the Canada Foundation for Innovation.

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“I just figured that everything else was out of my control, so I just

tried to go as low as I could.” — 2012 Woodlawn Classic winner Cody Balon,

who came back to win after bring down seven shots through the first round.

“I’m proud of him getting out there and letting him try it. We

didn’t really know if we could run or not, seeing as he’s slowly

getting worse, but he’s been good.” — Modified driver Devin Raynard, on

his son Riley racing despite having muscular dystrophy.

Team South East fi n-ished second in standings at the Saskatchewan Summer Games, raking in 72 medals and 20 golds.

Meadow Lake hosted the competition, which ran from July 29 to Aug. 4.

Several of the athletes making up Team South East call Estevan home, and many more come from the surrounding areas, includ-ing Bienfait, Roche Percee and Oxbow.

The swim team had some strong representation from the Energy City.

Abbie Reich won a

gold medal with the team for the 4x50-metre medley relay, a silver in the 50-me-tre freestyle and a bronze in the 50-metre butterfl y.

Lanelle Bilokraly won gold in the relay as well as securing bronze in both the 200-metre breaststroke and 100-metre freestyle.

Racquelle Gibbons won gold in the 4x100-metre medley relay and a silver in the 4x50-metre medley relay.

Samuel Beahm won three bronze medals for his performances in the 400-metre freestyle, 4x50-

metre medley relay and 4x100-metre medley relay.

Colin Sutter and Zach-ary Beahm both earned a bronze medal in the 4x50-metre and 4x100-metre medley relays.

Thomas Wakely came in 13th in the 200-metre freestyle and 14th in both the 100-metre breaststroke and 50-metre butterfl y.

Emily Marshall earned 13th place in the 200-me-tre individual medley and 14th in both the 50-metre freestyle and 100-metre backstroke.

Wil l iam Chamney

competed in several track and field events, placing 13th in the 100-metre, 12th in the 200-metre and ninth in high jump.

Kris t ina Chamney placed 11th in the 100-me-tre, seventh in the 4x100-metre team relay, 13th in triple jump and 10th in long jump.

Pentathlete Keena McKnight fi nished eighth in her event.

Mitchel Clark and Colton Gingras are Este-van locals who collected a bronze medal with the Team South East baseball

team. Also on the team were Carson Perkins of Bienfait, Macoun’s Jesse Mack, Lampman’s Preston Hutt and Brandon Hutt of Tribune.

Estevan’s Wyatt Haux was a member of the Team South East basketball team that fi nished sixth.

Cheyenne Odgers played on the region’s vol-leyball team, collecting fourth place.

Roche Percee was rep-resented by archers Nolan and Chayse Graham. Nolan won a bronze in the indi-vidual compound category

and another bronze in the team event. Chayse won a silver medal in the indi-vidual recurve competition and a bronze in the team competition.

Tanisha McKinnon of Alameda won gold in the team archery event and a silver in the individual recurve.

The Team South East softball team was made up of players from Oxbow and Alameda. They won the silver medal after losing a close one in the gold-medal match 10-9 to Team Prairie Central.

When they tied the ninth and fi nal hole with pars, Cody Balon and Brett Blackstock were sent back to the fairway for a fi nal one-shot, winner-take-all chipping contest. Cries from the gallery to send the horses back to the ninth tee fell on deaf ears. It would be a chip-off to decide the winner of the horse race.

It was a big weekend at the Woodlawn Golf Club as the course hosted the two-day Woodlawn Clas-sic and Saturday evening KUDU Horse Race. It was an even bigger weekend for Balon, who bested the fi eld in both events.

After the fi rst round of the Classic on Saturday, 12 golfers qualifi ed for the

tournament’s horse race, a nine-hole match play com-petition that sees all golf-ers play together. At the end of each hole, the golfer with the highest score is eliminated (two for the fi rst two holes). Any ties are settled by a chip-off where the golfer whose chip fi nished furthest from the pin is eliminated.

Balon proved to be the horse with the most giddy-up, surviving chipping contests on Hole 2 and 5, before winning it with the close chip on Hole 9.

“When I chipped it, I figured it was gonna be good, but I got told later that (Blackstock) was really close too,” said Balon. “It was tight. I’d

never won the horse race before.”

Blackstock won a chipping contest on Hole 8 to get to the fi nal hole against Balon but couldn’t hold off his competitor a second time in a row.

Balon said the horse race is the event to com-pete in during the Wood-lawn Classic weekend.

“Playing in the horse race is what everyone looks forward to the most. It can get pretty nerve-wracking, but you just try to do as well as you can.”

Balon shot a 77 earlier on Saturday for the fi rst round of competition in the Classic. He was seven shots back of Brendon Grube heading into Sun-

day’s round but kept the momentum of the night before and shot a round of 68, losing a shot to the fi eld with only one bogey in the fi nal round. It was his second win at the Clas-sic, after being crowned the champion in 2010, the last time the tournament was held.

“I thought I was out of it,” he said of the gap be-tween him and the leader at the start of the day Sunday. “The group I was playing with today was so relaxed, I really wasn’t even think-ing about golf. It was fun.”

He may not have been thinking about golf, but his game was certainly tuned in. He has never shot a bogey-free round, so with

the single blemish on his scorecard, he played as well as he ever has.

“After nine I thought, ‘OK, let’s just try and maintain what I’m doing here,’ and I tried to play as good as I could. I just fi gured that everything else was out of my control, so I just tried to go as low as I could. Leading up to the tournament I wasn’t putting very well. Today I never was really that far out, so the putts were just dropping.”

As he went low, Grube and the rest of the field went the other way. After an opening round of 70, Grube couldn’t keep the ball rolling, shooting 78 on day two, fi nishing three

shots back in second place. There were three others who started the day ahead of Balon, after they all posted fi rst round scores of 75.

“ I thought scores would be low (Sunday) because it was so nice out, and I thought they were going to be higher (Satur-day),” added Balon.

Other top finishers over the weekend were Dave Price, who won the first flight with a total of 166; Jim Larter who shot 164 to win the sec-ond flight; Doug Cairns won the third fl ight post-ing a 177; and Terry Ro-hatyn won the senior fl ight shooting a 152 gross score and a net 136.

Back-to-back winner at Woodlawn Classic

During the Woodlawn Classic horse race, Cody Balon hits his approach shot into Hole 9 green in front of the Woodlawn Golf Club clubhouse and a gallery of onlookers.

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A lot of points were available at the Estevan Motor Speedway on Aug. 3, and it was a big night for the Turnbulls who fi nished fi rst and second in the two modifi ed features that ran last Friday at the oval.

The speedway fi nally ran their opening night races, which were post-poned after getting rained out.

The fi rst three races of the 2012 schedule were called due to rain, and set for later dates. The open-ing night race, which en-couraged fans to pack the track with pink in a stand against bullying, finally went ahead and featured Samantha Evans in the 33 1/2 hobby stock car, painted pink for the anti-bullying theme.

The fi nal three races from July 21 kicked off the evening, as rain put a damper on them on their intended date. That just meant extra features for the racers and race fans and extra points up for grabs.

Aaron Turnbull took advantage of those points early in the night with the postponed mod fea-ture, fi nishing second be-hind his father Ed. After completing Friday night’s heats, he powered his car to the front of the pack in the second feature of the night, capturing the checkered fl ag.

“It was a lot of fun,” said Turnbull. “I wish we could do that more often. I wish we ran here more. We’ve got such a nice track in Estevan,

Turnbull takes advantage of extra track time

Stu Veroba in the No. 31 car rides the tail of Joren Boyce, No. 67, on Aug. 3, during the rescheduled modifi ed feature, which was held

over from the July 21 races because of rain.

there’s really no better place around here.”

Turnbull started in 10th in the second fea-ture but quickly moved through the pack, riding the high line around the track, and jumped into fi rst. He built up a solid lead before a caution fl ag came out at the midway point of the race.

Asked if he was happy with the restart, he replied, “Not really.

“Mike (Hagen), pretty much got ahead of me on that restart and I had to get up on the wheel and get back ahead of him because I didn’t know when I was out front if I was on the right line or not. I was just staying there until I saw someone go by me.”

But nobody passed him, so the Estevan racer stayed on the outside right until the fi nish line.

“I saw there was a little moisture on the top there on the pace laps, and I thought I’d try it,” said Turnbull. “Nobody else was running there so it was pretty much clear sailing all the way to the front as long as I stayed up there. Everywhere else was pretty slick, and there was just enough bite up there to keep some trac-tion.”

Turnbull also took his car to Williston the following night and cap-tured his second feature victory in as many days. Turnbull si ts atop the modified points stand-ings, fi ve points ahead of Minot’s Allen Kent and seven ahead of Manor’s Joey Galloway.

With the cool condi-tions last Friday, the track was in excellent shape. Turnbull said it wasn’t dif-

ferent than any other race this year.

“They’ve had perfect tracks here every time we’ve raced this year. I couldn’t ask for anything better. It’s always smooth and always plenty of room to race.”

Rocky Alexander won both stock car features of the evening, ahead of Austin Daae in second

Hobby Stock Feature1 Brad King2 Eric Sinness3 Michael Dionne4 Leevi Runge5 Ryan Swenson6 Blaine Durward7 Gary Goudy Sr. 8 Cole Bourassa9 Cory Evans10 Rodney Pickering

Stock Car Feature1 Rocky Alexander2 Austin Daae3 Gregg Mann4 Kelly Henderson5 Jordan Durward6 Brendon Labatte7 Alvin Dube8 Sterling Labatte9 Stefan Klym10 Geoff Mann

Modifi ed Feature1 Aaron Turnbull2 Tyson Turnbull3 Allen Kent4 Mike Hagen5 Joren Boyce6 Tyler Wagner7 Kody Scholpp8 Chris Hortness9 Joey Galloway10 Devin Raynard

Speedway results from Aug. 3:

and Gregg Mann in third in the second feature of the night. He bested Geoff Mann and Kelly Hender-son, who fi nished second and third, respectively in the fi rst feature. Alexander sits atop the points stand-ings for the stock cars, with Kelly Henderson and Gregg Mann close behind in a tie for second place just seven points backs.

Brad King was fi rst to the fi nish line in the hobby stock feature on Friday, with Eric Sinness com-ing second and Michael Dionne in third.

Blaine Durward is fi rst in the hobby stock stand-ings with Gary Goudy Sr. in second, seven points back and Rodney Picker-ing in third, 16 points behind.

J.J. Barnstable, in the No. 1 car, makes his way through turn four at the Estevan

Motor Speedway, during races on Aug. 3.

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Riley Raynard is one of the newest racers to the Estevan Motor Speedway. The

14-year-old who has muscular dystrophy is racing in his fi rst year at the local track.

For some, getting a car on your 16th birthday is the dream, but for Riley Raynard, that was too long a wait. At 14, he was given a race car, and he’s been circling the Estevan Motor Speedway ever since.

Riley, the son of modi-fi ed driver and 2011 points champion Devin Raynard, has muscular dystrophy, but he isn’t letting it slow him down at all.

He gets some help climbing in and out of his hobby stock car, but once inside, the driving is all him.

At the start of the year, Riley completed a few runs at another track before fi rst heading to the speedway. His fi rst race was in Este-van, and he said it was an adjustment to get used to the track.

“I didn’t really know what to do,” said Riley. “I just tried to get the feel for the track and that kind of helped a little bit.”

“He’s actually doing really good out there now,” said Devin. “We tested him out there at Derrick Big Eagle’s race track in Manor at the beginning of the year, before the races even started

Nothing will stop Riley from racing(in Estevan). Derrick was able to let us run a bunch of laps out there and let him get the hang of it. His car’s still in one piece, so he’s doing good.”

Riley has raced all year, mostly at the local oval but has also competed in Minot.

“I’ve kind of gotten better,” he said. “I can keep up to the (other racers), so it’s way easier.”

The 14-year-old is a Grade 10 student in Lamp-man and sits in 16th in the points standings. Part of the fun at the races is that he gets to challenge a few of his friends who started racing this year as well.

“I get to race against my friends too, so that’s fun. Two of my friends, who are in my class are actually rac-ing too,” said Riley.

“We had to move the pedals back so I could reach it and control the car. We had to push my seat forward and the pedals go up and back because I was a little bit too small for it.”

He said he fi ts well in-side their driver’s seat now.

“We thought we were going to have to put hand

controls in this year, but he’s able, and he still has enough strength to run the pedals,” added Devin. “We had to do some power brake assist stuff just for the brakes, he was having trouble with the brakes, but we’ve got that fi gured out now.”

He said next year they may have to install hand controls, so Riley would control the throttle and brakes in his car from the steering wheel, similar to a motorbike.

“They say there are guys that have done it out there, so it will be done like the Formula One cars,” said Devin.

He said he’s happy to see his son not be discour-aged because of his condi-tion. Riley doesn’t really let anything get in his way.

“He broke his thumb there at the last race, got in a little tangle and hit the steering wheel,” said Devin. “That just gave it a little jar on the steering wheel. They were gonna cast it for him, but he said if they put the cast on he was gonna cut it off like Ricky Bobby. He was racing no matter what, he said.

“I’m proud of him get-ting out there and letting him try it. We didn’t really know if he could run or not, seeing as he’s slowly getting worse, but he’s been good.”

Devin said he was a little nervous at fi rst to see Riley get behind the wheel during his practice runs and then again during his fi rst race when he got out in the middle of a bunch of other cars.

Riley has been going to his dad’s races since Devin first started about eight years ago.

“He raced when I was a little kid, so that made me fantasize about being a race-car driver,” said Riley. “I liked (the races) a lot, so that’s what I decided to do.”

His dad was prepared the moment Riley turned 14 and was eligible to race at the speedway.

“They already knew

I wanted to,” said Riley, adding that it’s something he’s wanted to do for a long time.

“He’s been wanting to do it since, well, that’s what he’s always (wanted),” said Devin. “That’s why his car is 97. I was 98, and actually my youngest boy, he’s nine years old, he wants to be 96. It’ll be nice to get all three of us out there and be like the Turnbulls and the Harrises.”

The Estevan Golden Eels swim team posed for a team

shot before heading to the provincial fi nals over the

weekend.

It was a big week for the Golden Eels swim team, with members competing at the Saskatchewan Summer Games last week and the provincial finals over the weekend.

The team had 26 swim-mers competing in Regina over the weekend and cap-tured fourth place as a team. Regina placed fi rst, winning the Harry Bailey Trophy followed by Humboldt and Weyburn.

Hannah Mantei had a big weekend, powering her way to an individual gold medal in the 50-metre but-terfl y. She followed that up with silver-medal perfor-mances in the 100-metre freestyle, 50-metre freestyle and 100-metre individual medley. She also finished the weekend with a bronze in the 50-metre breaststroke, collecting a medal in all fi ve of her events.

Golden Eels fl ash hardware at provincial meetMantei won the nine-

and-10 girls’ age group award for her top-class efforts.

Akeela Jundt attended the competition as the team’s coach, and while she said it wasn’t the team’s best provin-cial competition, there were some great performances.

“Some of our younger kids did really well, and our older kids did too, just not their best. A lot of our older kids were tired because they had the Summer Games right before that,” said Jundt. “I think some of those kids did better at the Summer Games than they did at provincials, but that only happens every four years so it’s better to do (well) at the Summer Games.”

The Games were held just days before the provincial competition and she noted the swimmers had a hectic competition schedule.

Jundt was particularly

proud of Mantei’s perfor-mance.

“She’s been a strong swimmer since she started. We expected her to do re-ally well, but it’s awesome that she won her age group award because she’s only nine and she’s competing against 10-year-olds too. We’re really proud of her for that.”

Carson Wheeler also gave a stellar performance, winning a gold medal in the 25-metre backstroke, silver in the 50-metre freestyle and bronze medals in both the 25-metre breaststroke and 25-metre freestyle.

Samuel Beahm couldn’t quite top the fi eld in any of his races but managed to come away with three second-place finishes. He earned silver medals in the 200-metre free-

style, 100-metre breaststroke and 100-metre freestyle.

Lanelle Bilokraly cap-tured two silver medals in the 100-metre breaststroke and 100-metre backstroke. She also won a bronze in the 200-metre individual medley.

Preston Bilokraly won a gold medal in the 50-metre freestyle and bronze in the 100-metre butterfl y. He fell just short of medals in his other three events, placing fourth in the 200-metre free-style, 100-metre breaststroke and 100-metre freestyle.

Alia Burlock won a sil-ver in the 50-metre back-stroke, and Adah DeLeeuw won silver in the 50-metre freestyle.

Abbie Reich won a bronze medal in the 50-metre freestyle and placed fourth in the 100-metre breaststroke.

Thomas Wakely won a bronze in the 50-metre but-terfl y, as well as fourth- and fifth-place finishes in the 200-metre and 100-metre freestyle events, respectively.

Josh Wilson won a silver medal in the 50-metre breast-stroke, capturing either fourth or fifth in his three other races. Payten Wilson fi nished fourth in the 200-metre indi-

vidual medley and fi fth in the 50-metre butterfl y.

During the provincial semifi nal competition, Man-tei and Beahm each won gold medals. Wheeler, Josh Wilson and Lanelle Bilokraly all won bronze medals.

At the fi nals, the Halli-day Cup, awarded to the team with the most points, went to the south.

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The group involved in an ambitious project to bring a full-size outdoor rink to Estevan is looking at Canada Day 2013 as their time to break ground.

The plan to build a per-manent outdoor rink at Kins-men Park was first tossed around by the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs with a much more modest plan of attack. Now that the City and the Estevan Bruins are involved, the facility is looking to come in bigger and much sooner.

Once all organizations got behind the project, a committee chaired by Chris Istace was formed with members of the Kinsmen, Bruins and City of Estevan.

The preliminary plan

calls for the ice surface to be equal in size to Spec-tra Place, which houses an NHL-sized ice surface of 200 feet by 85, complete with boards and glass. That was important to Keith Cas-sidy, Bruins head coach and general manager, and the committee who want to have something the Energy City can be proud of when all is said and done.

“I can tell you that what-ever does go in there is go-ing to be fi rst class all the way,” said Cassidy. “We want something that’ll leave a legacy and that’ll be well-used for years to come.”

They are looking at a couple of options for board systems already.

Mark Tribiger, Kinsmen

past-president, said the idea came up in their meetings as well, and they are happy they found someone else to help in fundraising.

“It was an idea that started getting thrown around at our meetings this year,” Tribiger said, “and we just decided we wanted to spruce up our Kin Park a little bit more.”

The Kinsmen’s original construction plan, before the Bruins and City got in-volved, was to use leftover concrete from jobs around the city, piecing together the cement pad a little bit at a time. That won’t be how they have to do things anymore.

“We had a little bit of a plan to do something, ob-viously not to this extent

because we didn’t have the manpower. Once we teamed up with the Bruins, it made it a lot easier to go to the size we’re planning on. Now with us doing it the size we are, we can really afford to get a company to do it.”

Cassidy said the project won’t come cheap, but it’s a new facility that could be used for any number of recreational activities.

“It’s going to be a fairly costly endeavour, but the Bruins are certainly happy to be partnering with the City and Kinsmen and Kinettes,” added Cassidy.

Cassidy said it would be nice to have something that is permanent, full-time and can be used year-round, noting the facility can still be used

for other activities in summer like ball hockey and lacrosse.

The project is expected to be in the $250,000 range in order for the fi nished product to be something worthwhile. The Bruins are committed to raising $40,000.

Fundraising efforts will begin shortly. Similar to last year, when the team raised money through an auction of third-jerseys, the Bruins plan on auctioning jerseys again with proceeds going to the rink.

“It’s an exciting project. We’re pretty excited for the involvement. It’s kind of puzzling that the city doesn’t have an outdoor rink,” added Cassidy.

“We were talking about what we wanted to put our

charitable donations toward this season. A suggestion had been made that the city didn’t have a permanent outdoor rink. We thought we would ask around and see if there was a need for it or a want for it. Kinsmen got on board right away.”

The committee has al-ready put in an application for a grant through the Com-munity Infrastructure Fund. What the Bruins raise will be matched by the grant.

“It’s very exciting for us to be the fi rst to get the chance to bring this to the city of Estevan,” added Tribiger. “Our motto is serv-ing the community’s greatest needs and we felt it was a need for Estevan to have something like this.”

Outdoor rink planned for Kin Park

Over the next fi ve days, Estevan’s Austin Orsted will be playing with and against the top junior base-ball players in Canada.

Orsted has been named

to the Saskatchewan entry for the Baseball Canada Cup, which features the best 17-and-under players in the country. It will be held in London, Ont., from

Aug. 8-12.“To be honest, it wasn’t

(on my radar),” said Orsted, who has been involved with the Saskatchewan Baseball program for a couple of

years, making training trips to Arizona and Okotoks, Alta.

“I knew there was a chance of making the Can-ada Cup team, but I never

really thought I’d be able to with all the other talent in the province.”

The Canada Cup is a showcase event, attracting a plethora of Major League Baseball scouts, and it is also used to help select Can-ada’s national junior team.

Orsted will be used as a relief pitcher and may also see some time at third base and designated hitter.

“It means a lot. I re-member when I was in ban-tam and I fi rst got involved, it was always my goal to play in the Canada Cup,” said Orsted. “I’m going to enjoy every minute of it.”

Veteran Team Sas-katchewan coach Roger Anholt, who was also on the staff of the Southeast Twins this year, had positive things to say about Orsted’s game after seeing him play on a regular basis this summer.

“Austin brings a lot of talent. He can do a number of things for you. He’s pretty good defensively and he swings a big stick.

“I like the way Austin swings the bat as well, quick bat, he’s got good hands.”

Anholt added that Or-sted has some promise par-ticularly on the mound.

“The great plus that he has, of course, is that nice loose arm, which is pretty important for any kind of position. He’s tall, rangy, athletic body type, good fastball, needs to work more on his curveball.

“There are probably going to be some college opportunities for him. When he gets better com-mand of his off-speed pitch, there will be places for him to play.”

Orsted said is goal is to get a college scholarship and he added that with the exposure provided, the tour-nament will be “a stepping stone to hopefully going on to bigger things.”

He added that it’s a rewarding way to fi nish the season after the Twins had a miserable year.

“It’s quite the way to end. We had a really tough season with the Twins. We had our ups and downs. To get the call to go play in the Canada Cup made me forget about everything else. It’s going to be awesome.”

Saskatchewan is com-ing off a silver medal fi nish after losing to Ontario in last year’s fi nal, although they are in the B pool, which un-der the complicated Canada Cup format is the larger and weaker group, with fewer playoff spots available.

“Our pitching is going to have to hold up. We’re going to have to throw strikes. Our defence needs to be strong,” said Anholt.

“We’re going to have to come out hard to get out of the B pool. We’ve got our hands full, but we are the No. 2 team in Canada going in and that’s a feather in our hat.”

Orsted named to Sask. team for Canada Cup

The Kinsmen Park will be the location for the planned outdoor rink. Fundraising eff orts are about to start for the permanent outdoor facility, and the shovels are

expected to be in the ground for Canada Day 2013.

Estevan’s Austin Orsted is competing with the Sas-

katchewan baseball team at the Baseball Canada Cup

this week. (File Photo)

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SASKATCHEWAN GAMESHere are the final medal standings at the Saskatchewan Summer Games in Meadow Lake which ran from July 29 to Aug. 4:

Team Gold Silver Bronze TotalRegina 39 44 30 113South East 20 25 27 72South West 13 26 32 71Saskatoon 29 21 18 68Lakeland 24 21 16 61Prairie Central 22 19 16 57Rivers West 12 13 21 46Parkland Valley 7 6 9 22North 8 2 2 12

Estevan Motor Speedway 2012 Top-10 standings

Hobby Stock1 Blaine Durward 1802 Gary Goudy Sr. 1733 Rodney Pickering 1644 Leevi Runge 1615 Gary Goudy Jr. 1616 Brad King 1597 Eric Sinness 157

8 Dustin Byler 1569 Cory Evans 15510 Cole Bourassa 154

Stock Car1 Rocky Alexander 1192 Kelly Henderson 1123 Gregg Mann 1124 Austin Daae 1065 Geoff Mann 1036 Jordan Durward 997 Alvin Dube 928 Stefan Klym 929 Tanner Matthewson 8610 James Frayn 86

Modifi ed1 Aaron Turnbull 1122 Allen Kent 1073 Joey Galloway 1054 Tyler Wagner 985 Tyson Turnbull 956 Les McLenehan 947 Jim Harris 938 Ryan Harris 919 Ed Turnbull 8610 Travis Hagen 85

All statistics are accurate as of Monday evening.

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Saskatchewan business-es are apparently enjoying the summer months.

The Canadian Federa-tion of Independent Business released its latest monthly Business Barometer which revealed optimism among small business owners in Saskatchewan remained the strongest in Canada at an in-dex of 72.0 in July, 11 points above the national index of 60.9.

Fifty-two per cent of Saskatchewan small business owners rated their overall state of business as good - the highest in Canada and well ahead of the national average of 42 per cent. Twenty-four per cent plan to increase full time employment in the next three to four months - the second highest in Canada.

Optimism among Can-ada’s small- and medium-size businesses continued to decline in July. Nationally, the business barometer index dropped from 62.1 in June to 60.9, its lowest reading since July, 2009.

Business owners in Sas-katchewan (72) and Alberta (70.3) are the most optimis-tic, although only Newfound-land and Labrador (63.3) experienced an increase from June as index levels fell in every other province. New Brunswick (64.8) and Mani-toba (64.5) are above the national average, while the three biggest provinces, Brit-ish Columbia (60.5), Ontario (60.1) and Quebec (58.1) are slightly below. Index levels

in Nova Scotia (54) and Prince Edward Island (52.7) are the country’s lowest.

Provincial highlights include:

• 52 per cent of busi-nesses in Saskatchewan said the overall state of business was good (42 per cent na-tionally); 42 per cent said it was satisfactory (45 per cent

nationally).• 24 per cent of Sas-

katchewan businesses plan to increase full-time em-ployment in the next three to four months (20 per cent nationally) and nine per cent plan to decrease (13 per cent nationally).

• The shortage of skilled labour (44 per cent) was

identifi ed as the main oper-ating challenge in Saskatch-ewan.

• Main cost pressures for small business include: fuel/energy costs (54 per cent),

tax/regulatory costs (44 per cent) and wage costs (44 per cent).

The Saskatchewan RCMP Commercial Crime Section has issued a pair of warnings about scams cur-rently taking place within the province.

One of the warnings relates to time-share vaca-tion properties. The RCMP note that reports have been received from Saskatch-ewan residents who have received calls from time-share resale companies who offer to sell their time-share for them.

In some cases, the consumer advertised their timeshare for sale on the Internet. The suspect prom-ises a quick sale with a high profit. Various fees are requested up front prior to the fi nal sale for things

such as maintenance fees, escrow fees or taxes.

Documentation and correspondence with the victim is conducted on a professional level. The suspect provides the victim with offi cial looking docu-ments which are detailed and may require a signature or witness. This approach is used to provide a level of authenticity to convince victims of the legitimacy of the company and transac-tion to be carried out.

There are legitimate companies that offer this type of service but time-share owners should do their homework before providing funds.

The RCMP release added that it is important to

remember that people can easily represent themselves as a legitimate company on the Internet. Consumers are recommended to check the company on the Better Business Bureau website or to perform searches on the Internet looking for any related complaints.

This can be done by querying the company name, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, or any other company informa-tion. Many consumers post comments related to scams on websites and discussion boards. Keep in mind, it is easy to cut and paste a picture of the Better Busi-ness Bureau’s logo onto a fraudster’s website. Just because it contains the logo

does not mean they are a member.

The other scam the RCMP is warning the pub-lic about is described as the “white money” scam.

The scam targets Sas-katchewan residents selling high priced items. It typi-cally involves cash only business deals, with the victims being enticed by the suspects to meet in per-son so they can be shown a large quantity of the money they will receive. The goal of the suspect is to have the victim part with legitimate money in exchange for worthless paper in future business deals with the suspects.

Potential victims are shown blank paper in the

size of a bank note. The victim is told the money has been altered to con-ceal it or prevent theft. Suspects tell the victims that the “white money” needs to be subjected to a process to make it return to currency. “White money” paper may show indica-tors of real currency when passed under an ultraviolet light. The suspects often demonstrate a process in which two pieces of “white money” are put on either side of a legitimate bank note. The package is cov-ered in powder, wrapped and pressure is applied. In both cases, the victim is distracted and through a sleight of hand exchange, real money is substituted

for the “white money” in attempts to make the victim believe the blank paper can be converted to currency.

This scam has recently been reported in southern Saskatchewan, but police believe the group operat-ing this scam is transient. Previously in other prov-inces, businesses have also been targeted with similar scams. Education is the key to prevention.

The RCMP reminds Saskatchewan residents to be vigilant in watching for this scam. If you have been approached by individuals with “white money” for a large cash purchase or business deal, contact your local RCMP detachment or police service.

RCMP warns about pair of scams

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It’s a program that of-fers positive outcomes in what can otherwise be a pretty negative environ-ment, and that’s what keeps Gay Oldhaver and Stacie Driedger plugging away at promoting the Children’s Wish Foundation through their annual Wishes and Dreams Tour, a public awareness campaign.

Delivering dreams, or just doing a few little things for young people between the ages of three and 17 who have been diagnosed with life-challenging medical conditions, makes the job worthwhile. And that’s why the two women were in Es-tevan and Weyburn July 26 doing media tours.

Oldhaver, who is in her fi rst year as the Saskatch-ewan chapter director for Children’s Wish, said she was attracted to the program due to its holistic approach and mission.

“Get t ing fami l i es through diffi cult times ... I was impressed. Then when I heard through the rumour mill that one of their long-time directors was moving on to another post, I felt it was time for me to try some-thing new, and I zeroed in on it and got this job,” she said with a big smile.

For Driedger, the wish co-ordinator and administra-

Wishes can come true and here’s the proof

Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada chapter director Gay Oldhaver (left) and wish co-ordinator and ad-

ministrative assistant Stacie Driedger were in Estevan last week talking about the foundation and how it can

make wishes come true for youngsters facing all kinds of challenges.

tive assistant, it’s an ongo-ing opportunity to provide something good for the ben-efi t of youngsters who are being challenged, along with their families. She’s been at the wish granting game for awhile now and appreciates the opportunity to contribute in this unique fashion.

“We’ll grant 52 wishes this year; we’ve provided 800 since we got going in 1986,” said Driedger of their Saskatchewan-based opera-tions that are headquartered

in Saskatoon. “We have another 70

wishes pending where fami-lies are discussing what and when they might be able to do something. And in some instances, the recipients are ready to go, whether it’s a long dreamed of trip or having something special happen at home.”

The foundation hopes to fi eld as many as 60 wish requests next year, so the two women are criss-cross-ing the province, hitting

the major towns and cities, talking about the Children’s Wish Home Lottery, which has an additional 50:50 draw attached this year, adding to the allure.

This is just the fourth year that the lottery has gone province wide, but it’s the 23rd anniversary of the home lottery project.

The major winner gets to select from one of 12 showhomes in Saskatoon, including a town house with a total value of no less than

$740,000. In other words, a winner may select a home (such as the town house) valued at less than that, and would then receive a cash balance that would top the prize up to the $740,000 mark. Or they can take the full $740,000 in cash, which is what last year’s winners did. Oldhaver said in that case the winning couple were just starting a new business outside Saskatoon and appreciated the cash value since they already had a home arranged and the cash came in handy for the business launch.

The two women said the home lottery, which also includes lesser prizes of luxury vehicles, trucks, boats and dream vacations plus the 50:50 draw, is their major fundraiser that can net as much as $1 million. The total number of prizes are now valued at over $1 million.

“The early numbers coming in are promising,” said Oldhaver. “We started the campaign a month ear-lier than usual because of the Olympics. It was critical for us to get out to start promot-ing it in early July and do a bit of early planning because our media partners warned us that once the Olympics started, they couldn’t guar-antee a whole lot of extra attention.” As a result Este-van and Weyburn were their ninth and 10th stops on the schedule.

In the past, fundrais-ing efforts have included a Wishmaker Walk, some-thing that happened in Es-tevan last year with solid results thanks to corporate and individual support. But it’s always a struggle to fi nd a local walk organizer/co-ordinator, said Driedger, noting that there are also a lot of provincial homecom-ing and community anni-versaries this summer and fall that often compete for attention from local volun-teer organizers.

The Children’s Wish Foundation has been active in southeast Saskatchewan in the past as well as this year. One wish has already been granted with a young-ster and his family receiving a camping trailer so they can take a vacation together.

“We’re sending a young girl to the Olympics. It was her wish to see the track and fi eld competitions and the beach volleyball,” said Driedger, who noted that wish co-ordinators such as she, help formulate details, ensuring family members have passports in order and other matters are covered, especially when a medical condition might dictate ad-ditional care and attention for the young traveller.

“One little guy, all he wanted was a greenhouse. He wanted to grow things and take them to the local farmers’ market. So we got him a growing dome,” said Driedger.

Another youngster was sent to the recent Comic.Con convention in the U.S. and that became special since it was the fi rst time anyone in the family had ever flown, so even the airport, plane ride and hotel accommodations became a new and special experience for all of them.

“We’ll have a young girl touring Ireland in the fall and a young Regina girl just went to Montreal to watch the taping and meet the cast of Toc Toc, a French chil-dren’s television program. So you can see some of the requests made by these young people can be pretty specifi c,” said Driedger.

So it becomes obvious there is no such thing as a typical request, outside of perhaps a visit to Disneyland or Disneyworld.

“A straight ahead re-quest like a family camper, we can take care of quickly. Those involving travel re-quests take some time of course due to the details, but we help steer them through the process once the wish is granted. And palliative cases receive our priority atten-tion, and we try to get them pushed through urgently, sometimes within a week,” said Driedger.

Oldhaver noted that in Saskatoon and other WHL cities there is a connection with the hockey teams and wish recipients that some-times extends over the years and she wondered if SJHL teams would ever be inter-ested in the program since the experiences are usually very positive because the young hockey players easily connect with young patients ... those who are struggling.

Anyone who knows of a child between the age of three and 17 who might be a candidate for a special wish, simply contact the Children’s Wish Foundation at 1-800-267-9474.

This is not the number to call however, if you’re looking for one of those Home Lottery tickets.

That can be done by calling 1-800-661-Wish (9474) or online at www.wishhomelottery.ca or by mail by addressing the re-quest for ticket information through Children’s Wish Foundation Home Lottery, Box 1613, Saskatoon, S7K 3R8.

Some home lottery or-der forms are available at The Mercury simply by visiting our front reception desk.

TEN YEARS AGO:Brian Dueck, Estevan

Woodlawn Golf Club pro-fessional, came from tied for 15th after day one to tie for third place on the fi nal day of the Canadian Profes-sional Golfers’ Association Saskatchewan Provincial Championship. Playing at the Cooke Municipal Golf Course in Prince Albert, Dueck shot a 75 the fi rst day, turned in a score of 74 the second day, and then fi red a 73 on the final day. For the third place fi nish, Dueck won a cash prize of $1,500. The next tournament on his schedule was the Canadian Club Pro Championship in Kelowna, B.C., where he would be one of fi ve mem-bers playing for Team Sas-katchewan.

The Estevan Court House was being modifi ed to become a barrier-free facility. The Saskatchewan Property and Management Corpora-tion (SPMC) was installing an elevator in the heritage building, and the front en-trance was being modifi ed to provide wheelchair acces-sibility for the handicapped. Cost of the project, which began the end of July and was to be completed by fall, was $568,000. In addition to accessibility modifi cations, improvements were also to be made to telecommunica-tions, bringing the service up to today’s standards.

From near record high temperatures to a new record low – and all within a matter of days. On the evening of Aug. 1, and the early morn-ing hours of Aug. 2, a new

Do you rememberweather record was set in Es-tevan when the thermometer sunk to 1°C, barely above the freezing mark. The previous low for that date was 5°C set in 1978. In the two weeks leading up to the beginning of August, southeastern Sas-katchewan had been hit by near record setting heat as the mercury soared to the mid-30°C range on most days. As well, the heat had been accompanied by high humidity readings.

A pair of late rallies helped the Estevan Tower Wolves claim their second straight Saskota Baseball league championship Aug. 1 in Carlyle. Estevan downed the host Carlyle Cardinals 10-4 in the fi nal of the Jack Harbourne Memorial Tour-nament that was used to decide a league champion.

TWENTY YEARS AGO:Above average yields

were expected from this year’s crops in the southeast-ern area of the province. Brad Hansen, extension agrologist for District 1, made that prediction on Aug. 5 as area crops continued their matura-tion process about one week behind schedule. Hansen said all local crops were looking good, but a bit of moisture would be welcomed by some producers to help the fi lling out process. He expected that it would probably be close to the third week in August before harvest would become general in the region.

The Saskatchewan Heart Beat Tour, with a bi-cycle built for 30, arrived in Estevan on July 31 and two

teams of riders hopped on board that evening to pedal their way around four miles of city streets. When the pledge sheets were added up the next day, over $1,500 had been realized and there were still some sheets that had not been turned in. It was expected the rider would likely result in a total of about $1,800 when a fi nal tally was done.

Cam Hodgson of York-ton claimed his second con-secutive Molson Canadian Woodlawn Classic champi-onship fl ight trophy on Aug. 3 when he shot a 54-hole total of 218 in the three-day event. Besides winning the tourna-ment, Hodgson received the Ab Murphy Memorial Trophy as the tourney’s low qualifi er as well as capturing the annual “horse race” held on Aug. 2.

The 1992 version of The Volstead Blues con-cluded for the season at the Souris Valley Theatre. This was the third year that the “Blues” had been offered to theatregoers, and according to organizers, it was the best ever. Total attendance topped the 2,000 mark – about 900 better than the previous year, according to Marguerite Gal-laway, one of the organizers who was also a member of the Estevan Tourism Com-mittee.

THIRTY YEARS AGO:The gloomy state of the

oilpatch in Saskatchewan appeared to be brightening somewhat. Recent easing of the royalty tax structure by the provincial government,

and the announcement that the industry was given the go-ahead to produce up to 95 per cent of light crude to the levels as of Jan. 1, 1981, gave oilmen “cautious opti-mism.” Here in the southeast, oil industry personnel hoped the measures would translate into long-term rebuilding of the industry from its current low levels.

The Bienfait High School graduating class of 1955 held a class reunion on July 1 and Aug. 1 in Estevan. The event was held in con-junction with the silver wed-ding anniversary of Alberta and Gloria Petrash, Gloria (née Lasko) being one of the 1955 grads. Old classmates who attended came from as far away as Freeport, Bahamas.

Glen Mary From of Es-tevan travelled to Winnipeg to participate in the Mid-Canada Highland Dance Championships where she placed first in the sword dance.

Keith Nelson of Estevan was the 1982 Estevan Open golf tournament champion. Nelson played an impres-sive three rounds, scoring a total of 217 in the champion-ship fl ight, to come in seven strokes better than runner-up Brian Hank.

Utility Coal and Union captured the Miners World Series with an 11-10 victory over Manitoba and Saskatch-ewan Coal Company in the deciding game of the best-of-fi ve fi nal played at Cossette Park. Keith Smith went the distance on the mound to pick up the win.

-Stacie Driedger

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Bridal Guide 2012Emma and Zeus would like to announce the upcoming nuptials of their parents, Chantel Rose Marie House and Aaron

Joseph Mack. The wedding will be held on September 1, 2012 at the Mack family

farm in Estevan, Sask. Ms. House is the daughter of Lori House (Troy Smith) and Terry House (Rhonda House). Mr. Mack is

the son of Lance and Wilma Mack.

By Judy Pratt& Shelly VerobaCreighton LodgeCorrespondents

We a r e h a l f w a y through our summer and we have been enjoying all the visits from relatives both far and near. We know it is hard for family members to travel during the winter months, so we are delighted during the summer when we get to see all the familiar faces coming through the door. Our guest room has been fi lled throughout the summer with relatives of our residents and hopefully the trend will continue into the fall. We love having special guests in our home.

The staff at Creighton Lodge has been taking turns leaving on holidays. We miss them when they take their trips, but we all en-joy hearing about their ad-ventures once they return. Pictures are the best - they make us feel like we went along on the trip, especially that zip-lining in Vegas the

last time Lori and Dave were there, we loved the photos but we were secretly content to have not gone on that adventure ... We are all trying to anticipate what the adventure in Alberta will have in store for them.

Barb Taylor from our kitchen welcomed her fi fth grandchild on August 1. Congratulations to Barb and her family on your new ad-dition of a baby girl.

We had a barbecue on July 10 with over 160 peo-ple attending. A big thank you to Garry Hoffart and Paul Deren for being the cooks in what was probably the hottest night of the sum-mer! Another big thank you to the RM of Benson who donated all the meat, buns and paper products needed for the event that was held to celebrate our second anniversary since the RMs took over Creighton Lodge. We called the celebration The Next Chapter. Family members, residents, vol-unteers and council mem-bers from all fi ve RMs and

members of city council were in attendance to help us celebrate and we thank each and every one of you.

There is talk of having a fall barbecue to celebrate an evening with all of the people and businesses that have donated to Creighton Lodge in the past two years. Please watch for a date to be announced.

Sadly we had to say goodbye to Elinor Macken-zie this month as she moved on to a new home in the Sun Country Heath Region. Eli-nor is one of the nicest la-dies we have ever met. She was also the fastest walker to have ever graced the halls of Creighton Lodge. Elinor, you will be missed, but we are happy to know you are safe and sound where you need to be.

A big thank you goes out to our musical enter-tainers for July. We know how hard it is to make time to volunteer in the summer months but we so appreci-ate everyone who comes. We started off with Freddie

and the Freebies; Eileen Roche, Elaine Johnson and Ella Messer were here for our birthday celebration; Ellen Foster sang for us, and The Happy Wander-ers travelled to Estevan to come and entertain us for an afternoon. Way to go everyone who sings, plays instruments or entertains us because that music just makes us get up and dance.

As always, we get ex-cellent support from our ministerial association who provide us with our weekly church service on Sunday afternoons. Thank you so much for meeting our spiri-tual needs this way. Also thank you to those from Trinity Lutheran, St. John the Baptist Roman Catho-lic and St. Paul’s United Churches for providing us with communion every month.

We had our regular vis-its from our puppies that are part of the dog therapy pro-gram here in Estevan. Their owner, Christine Wock is so committed to bringing

our little friends over here to see us every week. So many of us used to have our own pets when we lived in our own homes, so this is a lovely reminder of those good times.

On the same night as our dog therapy visits, we have a rousing game of bingo with Joan Wock do-nating her time to call for us. In her absence, we call upon Marlene Grube who willingly fi lls in. Thank you so much, ladies.

One of the highlights of the month is always our chicken dinner from KFC which the Residents’ Coun-cil pays for. We have volun-teer helpers Doreen Dirks, Marge Heidinger, Margaret Mack, Jean Delorme, Mary Drader and Doreen Hagen who alternately come and help our staff serve. That is the night when everyone from the building attends supper! It could be the chicken or the ice cream treat we get for dessert that brings them all out, but whatever it may be, it’s

great to see such a crowd. We would also like to

let Doreen know that we are thinking of her. She is always looking after every-one who is in need and she is missed by everyone here at the Lodge, we can hardly wait until she comes back to see us.

Thanks again to our fi tness volunteers. We have our exercise ladies, Audrey Dupuis, Monica MacK-enzie and Kelly Harrison who come weekly to assist us with our range of motion exercises and weight lifting. Monica did an excellent job of manicures and left all the ladies feeling like they just walked out of a salon. Speaking of a salon; Faye Veroba provides us with our weekly hairdos and she makes us feel so beautiful when we leave the beauty parlour. Faye is so good to come in and curl our hair when we have a special event and we know how lucky we are to have her in our building. We appreciate all of you.

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Friday, August 10:*Stock Car Races - Estevan Motor Speedway - 7:30 p.m. - Regular Points Night - Sport Mod Invitational.Sunday, August 12:*Simple Plan in Concert - With Faber Drive - Spectra Place - 7 p.m.Wednesday, August 15:*Jurassic Attack Monster Truck Show - Estevan Motor Speedway - 7 p.m. (Stunt Bikes, Tuff Truck Competition, Rides for the kids.)

COMING EVENTSAs part of the prov-

ince’s continued efforts to improve access to high-quality patient care, Health Minister Dustin Duncan has announced $9.83 mil-lion in funding for a new program to encourage and reward family physicians in providing patients with a full range of services.

“Physicians are vital partners as we transform our health system to better meet patients’ needs, in-cluding improving access to health care,” Duncan said. “As part of our agree-ment with the Saskatch-ewan Medical Association, I am pleased to introduce the Family Physician Com-prehensive Care Program to recognize family physi-cians who provide patients with a full range of primary care services, while at the

same time encouraging more physicians to expand their practices to full com-prehensive care.”

Physicians who quali-fy for the program monitor the overall health of their patients, collaborate with other health care providers on their care, and manage their patients’ chronic dis-eases. In addition, qualify-ing physicians are caring for their patients when they are hospitalized, in a nurs-ing home, or having a baby.

“We know from other high-performing health systems that when patients are provided comprehen-sive primary care services, such as chronic disease management, their health and satisfaction with the service improves - and this approach is consistent with our focus on patient-

and family-centred health care,” Duncan said.

“This program will improve access to medical services for the people of Saskatchewan,” SMA pres-ident Dr. Janet Shannon said. “We look forward to working with the ministry on this and other programs to ensure patients receive the quality care they need.”

Fifty-eight per cent of Saskatchewan’s fam-ily physicians currently provide their patients with a full range of services, as defi ned by the Family Physician Comprehensive Care Program. This new program is designed to in-crease the number of fam-ily physicians who provide continuity of care to their patients through compre-hensive services, reducing the need for patients to

seek unco-ordinated, epi-sodic care. For example, it is hoped more physi-cians will manage their patients’ chronic diseases according to accepted care guidelines.

As well as improving access to health services, the program aligns with Saskatchewan’s recently announced initiative to strengthen its primary health care system. The goal of the initiative is achieving a primary health care model that is sus-tainable, offers a supe-rior patient experience and ensures better access to services.

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OBITUARIES OBITUARIES

Church of God

Faith Lutheran Church

PastorsRev. Christopher SmithPastor Waylon Klix

Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.

Trinity Lutheran ChurchE.L.C.I.C.

738 - 2nd Street, EstevanChurch Offi ce: Phone: 634-5684

Pastor Stewart MillerSUNDAY WORSHIP

10:00 a.m. - Family Worship

ALL ARE WELCOMEemail: trinity.luth@sasktel.net • www.etlc.ca

Aug. 27 - 30th 3:45 pm - 6 pm

Alice Jean SlotsveMarch 25, 1924 - July 18,

2012Alice Jean passed away in

Regina, Sask. on Wednesday, July 18, 2012 at the age of 88 years.

Survived by her sons: Herman (Susan), Esterhazy; Stanley, Regina and John, Estevan; daughters: Imogene Ogwyn, Matthews, North Carolina; Karen Slotsve, Estevan and Sonja (Norman) Rothe, Coronach; daughter-in-law, Marie Slotsve, Saskatoon;

four grandsons, nine granddaughters, ten great-grandsons, fi ve great-granddaughters and special dog, Boomer; brothers: Vernon (Bernice) Perkins and Bruce Perkins; sisters: Marion (Carl) Snyder, Florence (Bert) Hall and Norma Kuntz; sister-in-law, Roberta Perkins and numerous nieces and nephews.

Predeceased by her husband, Herman; son, Louis; sons-in-law, John Ogwyn and Dennis Bratlien; her parents, Norman and Louise Perkins; brother, Wesley Perkins; and sisters, Lucille Perkins and Irene Carver.

Public Visitation was held on Saturday, July 21, 2012, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Hall Funeral Services, Estevan, Sask. At the request of Jean, there was no funeral service. There was a private burial at Souris Valley Memorial Gardens.

If friends so desire, donations in memory of Alice Jean Slotsve may be given to a charity of your own choice.

Thank YouThank you for the many kindnesses shown to Mom during her 128 day hospital stay after she broke her hip. All expressions of sympathy including visits, phone calls, cards, fl owers, memorial donations, food and hugs were greatly appreciated since Mom’s passing. Special thanks to Hall Funeral Services for their caring and professional assistance.- The Family of Jean Slotsve

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By Pastor Walter Engel

Estevan Churchof God

Have you ever noticed what is printed on the out-side mirror of your car? You will see the words, “Objects are closer than they appear.”

When you are chang-ing lanes on the highway, this is important informa-tion to keep in mind. A car appearing to be a distance behind you could be much closer. Making allowances for a distorted view means we alter our judgments and safely switch lanes when passing a vehicle without hitting another car or mak-ing someone swerve to avoid us.

If we apply this spiri-tually, God is much clos-er than He might appear. Whether it’s the good times

or those of discouraging cir-cumstances, God is there! He is very well aware of our situation. He loves us in ways we can’t imagine. He protects us when we aren’t even aware that He is work-ing on our life’s situation. He is much closer than He appears.

God might also be say-ing that Biblical events are much closer than they ap-pear. Scoffers ask, “Where is God?” May believe that the return of Jesus Christ to this earth is a fantasy. Many believe that God does not exist. The skepticism does not change the promises of God that are recorded in His Word - the Bible. Jesus is coming! God’s prom-ises are trustworthy. What He says will happen, will happen. What He says He will do, He will do. God’s promises have not changed!

We don’t need to

doubt. In fact, when we see the circumstances and condition of the world, we don’t need to worry what the Lord will do or how He will do it. We simply need to take Him at His Word and just be ready for His return and remain faithful to God through whatever happens.

The Word of God de-clares, “... in the last days perilous (harsh, difficult, dangerous, painful, griev-ous, hard to deal with) times will come.” (2 Timothy 3:1)

Jesus made this state-ment just prior to His ascen-sion: “Let not your heart be trouble; believe in God and also believe in me, in My Father’s house are many dwelling places ... I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you (the believer) to myself.” (John 14:1-3)

Focus on faithThe provincial govern-

ment is taking its farm stress services mobile.

In a press release last week, it was announced that Mobile Crisis Services will assume responsibility for calls to the Farm Stress Line starting July 4.

This transfer to Mobile Crisis Services will provide improved service to farmers and ranchers who use the Farm Stress Line, with one-on-one service now available 24-hours a day. Previously, if a producer called after hours, they could choose to be con-nected with Mobile Crisis Services or leave a message on the Farm Stress Line mes-sage manager. Now there will be staff available to take calls at any time.

The existing number

will remain the same (1-800-667-4442) and farmers and ranchers will continue to receive the confi dential coun-selling, support and referral services they may need.

“Transferring the Farm Stress Line to Mobile Crisis Services will provide farm-ers and ranchers with 24/7 access to the support they may need in tough times,” Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart said. “While the demand for these services has decreased, we still want farmers and ranchers to know they can continue to rely on these services when they need it.”

Calls to the Farm Stress Line have been decreasing in recent years, with approxi-mately 330 calls last year, or less than one caller per day.

Mobile Crisis Services is a non-profit community based agency. They have a full complement of front-line staff, primarily social work-ers, trained and equipped to handle a wide range of issues, and have been providing crisis intervention services since 1974.

“The Farm Stress Line fits well into our existing services,” Mobile Crisis Ser-vices Inc. Executive director Glenda Jenkins said. “Our employees are trained and well equipped to provide the confi dential counselling services farmers and ranchers may need.”

The change in delivery of the service will save the provincial government ap-proximately $100,000 per year.

Farm stress unit goes mobile

Saskatchewan’s econ-omy continues to lead the country with a new Statis-tics Canada report released showing average weekly earnings in the province jumping 5.4 per cent in May when compared with May 2011. The increase tied with Newfoundland and Labra-dor for the highest increase among the provinces and

well ahead of the 2.5 per cent increase on a national basis.

“As wages rise, the benefi t not only extends to Saskatchewan workers, but to our overall economic growth,” Economy Min-ister Bill Boyd said. “The record retail sales numbers released last week dem-onstrates the power that

more disposable income will have with an end result - a growing and prosperous economy.”

Average weekly earn-ings for May 2012 totalled $897.80, fourth highest in the nation. Saskatchewan has had average weekly earnings above the national average every month since August 2011.

Weekly wages continue to rise

Diane Jocelyn, CRES

Owner/ Broker/ Sales306.421.3170

Winnona JohnerOwner/ Sales306.421.5725

Over 30 years of combined Real Estate Experience.

Residential • Commercial • Farms • Acreage

634-9898 ~ 24 hourswww.estevanrealestate.com

Contractors

• Windows & Doors• Fascia • Soffi t • Decks & Fences• Seamless Eaves• Siding• Metal Cladding

• New Construction & Renovation• Commercial & Residential• All types of roofi ng• Metal Buildings & Garage Packages

Contact us for ALL of your renovation needs

Warren Seeman

421-5706

Residental & Commercial BuildingsKitchen & Bath Renovations

Windows & Doors – Vinyl SidingSoffi t & Fascia

LES SAXONBus: 306-634-4224 Fax: 306-636-2173

719 Jubilee Place – Estevan

Saxon Saxon ConstructionConstruction

Real Estate

1339 4th Street, Estevan Ph: 634-1020www.century21.ca

Springwood Homes

Call to advertise with us 634-2654Call to advertise with us 634-2654

Hardwood Hardwood Installation & Installation &

Refi nishingRefi nishing

Licensed Tile & Licensed Tile & Natural Stone Natural Stone

SetterSetter

Murray Blake • 306-471-4606mblake95@gmail.com

Over 21 years ExperienceOver 21 years Experience

Dr. Sarah Sliva, Optometrist4 - 102 Souris Ave

Estevan, SKPhone: (306) 636-2020www.southeasteyecare.ca

OptometristAppraisals

Serving Eastern Saskatchewan Serving Eastern Saskatchewan

and Western Manitobaand Western Manitoba

Robin Johnson, M.A. Econ., Robin Johnson, M.A. Econ.,

AACI, P.AppAACI, P.App

2126 Rose Street • Regina,

Saskatchewan • S4P 2A4

Direct: (306) 721-5525

Cell: (306) 529-3236

Email: johnsonr@accesscomm.ca

www.ljbappraisals.com

LJB Lawrek Johnson BirdReal Estate Appraisals & Consulting

Member of Appraisal Institute of Canada

Commercial and farm land appraisals

Equipment Rental

• SKID STEERS• MINI TRACK HOES• PORTA POTTIES• Mini Skid Steer

FRESH WATER AVAILABLE FOR FRAC WATER, DRILLING RIG, ETC.

421-9576 or 421-224431/2 miles South of Estevan on Hwy 47

(35 of 1 of 8, West of the 2nd)

Pongo Holdings Ltd.Pongo Holdings Ltd.

FOR RENTFOR RENT

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Funeral Directors

Dustin Hall - Owner/Funeral Director

Allan Styre - Funeral Director

Jeff Sully - Funeral Director

1506 4th Street, Estevan (306) 634-8233

12 Warren Street, Redvers (306) 452-6020

www.hallfuneralservices.ca

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Legal

Financial Planning

Carpentry

By Catrina MoldenhauerMidale Correspondent

The Midale Oilmen’s Association 19th annual golf tournament was a huge suc-cess. They ended up with 142 golfers which is the best turn-out in recent memory. Con-gratulations to John Fleury and Shane Pollack who were the winners, shooting a 62, as well as to the winners of the horse race, Jayson Fenwick and Chris Hammett.

The Midale Museum will be open for visitors and tours until Labour Day week-end. The annual Threshing Bee and Heritage days will be held on Aug. 18 and 19. Be sure to come out and enjoy the pancake breakfast each morn-

ing. Also on August 19, there will be an ecumenical church service at Heritage Village at 11 a.m. All are welcome to attend.

Thanks to the Midale Catering Club and the Midale and Area Farmers Associa-tion, the Midale Civic Centre has all new air conditioners. At a cost of around $17,000, the two upstairs and one main fl oor air conditioning units were replaced.

Midale resident Ken Meyers passed away at age 52. He leaves to mourn his son Chris (Natasha) Meyers and grandson Kayden of Mi-dale, and his daughter Mad-eline Meyers, granddaughter Jessica and grandson Kieran of Estevan. Ken’s funeral was

held at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Midale on Wednes-day, Aug. 1.

Darren and Catrina Moldenhauer received news of the death of Catrina’s cous-in, Wayne Istace. He was 48 years of age and lived in Ma-ple Creek, Sask. His funeral service was held on Wednes-day, Aug. 1 at St. Anne’s Roman Catholic Church in Kennedy, Sask. On the day of Wayne’s funeral, they re-ceived news of the passing of Catrina’s uncle, Adrie Quist, of Woerden, Nederland. He was 76 years of age.

Anyone wish to book either of the rinks an event, please call or text Catrina Moldenhauer on the rink cellphone at 458-7555.

Midale community news

CHECK US OUT ON THE WEBCHECK US OUT ON THE WEBwww.estevanmercury.cawww.estevanmercury.ca

Canadian Western Agribition announced the launch of its new Grain Expo, which will be fea-tured as part of the show’s 2012 lineup this fall.

“Agribition isn’t just about beef. We have a long history of serving Prairie seed growers. It is a natural fi t for Agribition to address the need for a southern Saskatchewan grain farmer forum,” said Marty Seymour, CEO Ca-nadian Western Agribition.

The Grain Expo will provide invited grain farm-ers the opportunity to see the latest technologies

and hear guest speakers address modern grain in-dustry issues ranging from seeding technologies to grain marketing strategies. This two-day conference will feature a lineup of in-dustry speakers and trade show time. The event takes place Nov 20-21.

“The Grain Expo grew from the raw demand we are hearing from grain producers and from the success of our expanded agri-business tradeshow. A technical conference com-bined with expanded dry land farming equipment displays is going to make

for an enhanced Agribition experience for our guests from the grain sector,” said Seymour.

“Timing is everything. Agribition comes just after harvest is over. It’s a great place for farmers to get to-gether and learn about new products and services. We are proud to support this event and create a venue for farmers to grow,” said Kirby Engele, operations manager at Young’s Equip-ment, the event sponsor.

Visit www.agribition.com for a complete list of sponsors and invitation information.

Grain Expo added to Agribition

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Prairie Mud Service

Local SE Gravel operation is looking for experienced

Class 1A DriversPay will be according to experience, Medical & Dental

benefi ts available.

Fax resume with references and Drivers Abstract

to: (306) 634-4167 or

email: chamneycrushing@hotmail.com

Permanent Full-TimePenta Completions requires a

Warehouse/Yard Assistantfor our Estevan operation.

Penta Completions Supply & Services Ltd.58 Devonian Street P.O. Box 667

Estevan, Sk. S4A 2A6Fax: 1-306-634-6989

or Email: lhaukeness@pentarods.com

Duties Include• Shipping & Receiving

• Inventory control• Invoicing

• Some on call work is required

Requirements• Valid Class 5 drivers licence

• Computer experience would be an asset• Successful candidate will earn a current

WHMIS and TDG certi cate

Submit resume including references to:

Powered by people.

Driven by dedication.

Pyramid is an expanding corporation with offi ces in Canada and the U.S. and is strategically placed to meet the electrical and instrumentation service needs of the oil, gas, pulp paper, mining, petro chemical, wood products and manufacturing industries.

At Pyramid Corporation, we off er rewarding opportunities, competitive benefi ts, generous pension and retirement plans, and career development opportunities through education and promotion. If you want to be rewarded for a job well done, this is the place you have been looking for.

ELECTRICIANS & INSTRUMENT TECHNICIANS1st Year Apprentice – Journeyman Technician

Estevan, SK

Qualifi cations or Skills Required:

• 1st year apprenticeship status to Journeyman required

• Successful candidates must possess maintenance, construction and/or industrial experience

• CSTS required

• H2S, Fall Protection and First Aid certifi cation an asset

• Pre-access Drug and Alcohol test required

• Dedicated to safety, quality and customer satisfaction• Self-motivated, organized and a team player

• Good written and verbal skills

Hours of work: Monday to Friday

We off er an excellent salary and benefi ts package. If you are looking for challenging and rewarding work and share our focus on safety and quality, apply now! Send your resume, quoting Ref #PCEIEST, via e-mail to: hr@pyramidcorporation.com or fax: 1-877-955-4473.

Starting wage - $11.01/hr.If you are interested in joining our team apply

in person with resume or call:

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FOOD SERVICE WORKERSWe are accepting resumes for

part & full time positions.

Duties include: Food preparation, stock and inventory, serving customers, some baking, making sandwiches, operate cash register and be able to

give proper change as well as general cleaning and equipment maintenance

Margaret - Subway517 - 4th Street,

Estevan • 634-6616

Kitchen Helpers/Short Order Cooks

Tower Cafe is looking for 2 cooks for permanent full-time employment

Prepare & cook pizzas, salads, sandwiches as ordered. Set up & stock line to maintain proper levels of ingredients required. Train new staff. Use proper weights & measurements to make/prepare consistent product. Clean equipment & clean line & work area as required. Must be available to work until midnight. $13.00 per hour permanent full time available.

Apply in person with resume to

1124 4th Street 1124 4th Street EstevanEstevan

Journeymen Electriciansand Apprentices

PowerTech Industries Ltd. in Estevan is seeking Journeymen Electricians and Apprentices for

work in the Estevan and Carnduff areas.

Experience: Safety Certifi cates are needed. 1st Aid/CPR, H2S. Applicants must have a valid driver’s license. Full benefi ts packages and RSP plan.

Duties: Day to day electrical construction and maintenance in the oilfi eld.

Wage/Salary Info: Depending on experience & qualifi cations.

To Apply: Fax: (306) 637-2181, e-mail sschoff .pti@sasktel.net or drop off resume to 62 Devonian Street, Estevan, SK.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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Talented people keep Enbridge moving forward.

At Enbridge, we recognize that it is the talent and inspiration of our dedicated team that has positioned us as a leader in the safe and reliable delivery of energy in North America. Innovation and vision have secured our standing as one of the ‘Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World’. We are focused on growth and value the contributions of every employee and support each of them in reaching their full potential. Join our team in Estevan, SK in this rewarding role:

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT This organized administrative professional provides support to Service groups under the direction of Regional Services & Development; currently the Control Centre, Technical Services and Measurement departments. We are seeking a great communicator possessing strong computer skills with the ability to willingly take on administrative tasks and capable of handling confidential information. Tasks in this role include assisting in locating technical information/records for EPSI,working with Supervisors and Coordinators to enhance department filing systems and Sharepoint sites, coordinating regulatory document reviews and ensuring all documentation is filed and accessible in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements.

The successful candidate with possess a Grade 12 Diploma. A Business College Diploma or any other formal and recognized professional office administration training would be considered a definite asset. If you are interested in this great opportunity, please apply before August 7, 2012, at 12 midnight Eastern Time and use Job ID # 19874. Our web address is: jobs.enbridge.com.

Enbridge, where energy meets people, was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers

and Alberta’s Top 55 Employers for 2012.

Enbridge is an equal opportunity employer.

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Glen Peterson Construction Ltd.314 - 6th Street, Estevan, SK S4A-2V7

Ph: 306•634•2741 Fax: 306•634•4643or E-mail construction@glenpeterson.ca

CONSTRUCTION LTD.

SEWER & WATER INSTALLATIONS • CUSTOM CRUSHING & WASHING AVAILABLE

EXCAVATING, SAND AND GRAVEL • REDI-MIX CONCRETE

Wanted for outdoor work in the oilfield, combination of walking, standing and bending. Attention to detail, hand-eye coordination and

willingness to learn are definite assets.H2S and First Aid/CPR required, employer willing to train. No experience necessary.

Apply in person to:

Quest Line Locators Ltd.104C Perkins Street or emailquestlocators@sasktel.net

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

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is looking for a

Carrierfor Willow Park Greens. Approximately 110 papers, To be

delivered Friday.

The papers are brought to your door for delivery.

If interested call Gayle

634-2654

Now HiringDRIVER FOR

TAKE-OUT ORDERS

96 King St. Estevan, SK

The Black Grasshopper PubAttention: Chris

Resumes can be

dropped off at:

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Journeyman Electrician

Kelvin Pillipow, Human Resources Co-ordinator1102-4th Street • Estevan, SK S4A 0W7

P: (306) 634-1842 • F: (306) 634-9790 • hr@estevan.ca

What we’re looking for;

• Licenced Interprovincial Journeyman Electrician

• Profi ciency in Computer Software

• Monday to Friday availability - occassional

weekends for special events

• Driver’s Licence - Class 5

We off er;

• Great schedule with varied

duties

• Strong work life balance

• Competitive wage

• Great people to work with

The City of Estevan is searching for a reliable self-starter who is independent, has initiative and takes pride in their trade.

KING STREETKING STREET will be will be CLOSEDCLOSED between Arthur Avenue and Victoria between Arthur Avenue and Victoria Avenue starting August 7th, 2012 for approximately 4 days. Avenue starting August 7th, 2012 for approximately 4 days.

Please take alternate routes in this area. (Subject to weather)Please take alternate routes in this area. (Subject to weather)

Outdoor Fire Pit SafetyOutdoor 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.

Ø  BoatsØ  CampersØ  Trailers

Ø  Fishing ShacksØ  Vehicles

Ø  SkidoosØ  Quads

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.

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

Construction BulletinThe City of Estevan is undertaking concrete work and road works at:Duncan Road – Perry Crescent to McDonald Road The purpose of this work is to provide timely and cost effective replacement of existing cast iron water main with PVC pipe, replacement of existing water and sanitary sewer services from water & sewer main up to the property line and surface restoration. This work would require closure of immediate areas of excavation and may necessitate parking restriction in adjacent areas. This work will commence during the week of June 18, 2012 and will take approximately Eight (8) to Ten (10) Weeks to complete (subject to weather). Glen Peterson Construction Ltd. will perform this work within the current Bylaw regulations. Woodlawn ReservoirThe City of Estevan is undertaking construction of a Treated Drinking Water Reservoir. The affected area includes The Woodlawn Avenue Right of Way North of the St. Joseph’s Hospital.This Right of Way is not a though road and no traffi c will be allowed in the area that is not involved with the reservoir construction.This work will commence March 5, 2012 and will take approximately ten (10) months to complete. Ledcor Construction Ltd. and JV&M Constructors Inc will perform this work within the current Bylaw regulations and specifi cations. Construction on: Alexandra Avenue - (King Street to Henry Street)This work would require closure of immediate areas of excavation and may necessitate parking restriction in adjacent areas. This work will commence during the week of July 09, 2012 and will take approximately three (4 to 6) weeks to complete (subject to weather).

SafetyConstruction site could be dangerous. If you have children, please ask them to keep a safe distance from the site. We will take every precaution to ensure public safety, but we need your assistance to constrain the natural curiosity of younger children. Please DO NOT attempt to go close to areas affected.Theft or VandalismIf you see any act of vandalism, theft or anyone suspiciously tampering with equipment, signage or barricades please contact call Police.Questions and ConcernsThe City of Estevan, Engineering Services apologize for any inconveniences that this work may cause and thank you in advance for your cooperation and patience. If you have any question or concerns, please call at 634-1818 or approach the supervisor or foreman on site.“During asphalt and paving of roads could all citizens please be respectful of construction sites and observe barricades and signage for their own safety. Fines will be issued to all people not obeying the rules.”

Ever wonder what happens Ever wonder what happens at a major event?at a major event?

Do you want to make extra money?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.

We off er:

• Opportunity to meet great people

• Flex scheduling

• Chance to be part of the show

experience

Do you:

• Have an attention to detail

• Thrive in a fast paced environment

• Work well under pressure

• Enjoy tight deadlines

Be part of a great team, apply to:

Kelvin Pillipow, Human Resources Manager

1102 4th Street, Estevan, SK S4A 0W7

E-mail: hr@estevan.ca

Phone (306)461-5905

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Only successful candidates will be contacted.

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.

At The Library.....Monday & Wednesday, August 8, 13, 15, 20, 27, 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 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.