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An Electric EveningEstevan residents were treated to a spectacular

light show July 3 after a pair of major storms

moved through the area. Along with the light-

ning came roughly two inches of rain and golf

ball sized hail in parts of the region.

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The members of the Estevan Police Service were kept on their toes through the fi rst six months of 2012.

According to figures provided by the EPS, the number of incidents that local offi cers were called on to handle was up by 36 per cent compared to the same period in 2012. Also the number of prisoners who have spent a night in the EPS cells has jumped by a remarkable 53 per cent.

“For the first three

years of my term as chief of police here we have set new records every year with the growth of the city,” Block said in an interview Friday with The Mercury. “We are on pace to set a new record in 2012 again for just about everything.”

Block feels the in-crease is a direct result of the economic boom that the area is currently expe-riencing, noting that while the majority of people have moved to Estevan for the

right reasons, there are a number who haven’t.

“There are more and more people moving into town and unfortunately some of those people are here to be involved in the criminal aspect,” he said.

“I’ve quit calling it an oil boom, I call it an energy sector boom. We’ve got the mines expanding, we’ve got power expanding, the oil industry is expanding. It’s not just oil that is driving this. There are some huge

projects going on at Sask-Power; we’ve got a lot of transient workers, upwards of 600 on one job, so it’s not just oil that is creating the problems.

In breaking down the numbers, Block said there are a handful of trends that he found alarming. Of note was the increase in arrests for drinking and driving.

Although Estevan has long had an issue with im-paired driving, the increase through the first half of

the year is rather shocking as there were 117 arrests which marks an increase of 78 per cent over 2011.

“It’s actually very troubling to see this,” he said. “The people that drink aren’t getting the message not to drive. I’m not sure what else we can do. There are ads on TV. SGI has great education programs.”

Block said part of the increase, may be due to the popular Report Impaired Drivers program ⇢ A2

Crime continues to rise locally in 2012

Eight years after she disappeared without a trace, the members of the RC-MP’s historical case unit are still working to fi nd out what happened to Courtney Struble.

The anniversary of her disappearance came and went Monday and although they are moving closer to learning what happened to Courtney on the night of July 9, 2004, they are not yet ready to go public with their fi ndings.

In an interview with The Mercury, Cpl. Rob Zentner of the HCU admit-ted the case has moved slower than he and his fel-low officers would have liked, but said they remain determined.

“Sometimes we are a slave to the speed at which

What happened to Courtney remains

Estevan’s unsolved mystery

information comes into our offi ce,” Zentner said. “But we have been working at it pretty heavily over the last six months or so. We have probably conducted in ex-cess of 35 to 40 interviews over the last six months just in relation to Courtney’s investigation.”

Zentner added that of the 40 people they inter-viewed, some of them were

people they hadn’t spoke with before, while others were people who they had previous contact with but might be able to shed some new light on the investiga-tion as it evolves.

“We are definitely learning more with each interview we do,” he said. “Sometimes people will think that the information or whatever knowledge they have might seem insignifi -cant, but a lot of times it is maybe one of the smallest, most insignificant things that ends up being one of the most important.

“But we don’t obvi-ously know the location of Courtney yet.”

That very question, the location of Courtney, has been on the minds of many Estevan residents since the

then 13-year-old went miss-ing that fateful night.

As has been well doc-umented, Courtney was watching a movie with friends at the Estevan Veter-inary Clinic on July 8, 2004. Shortly after midnight she left the business on the west edge of the city, presumably to walk home.

However, that was the last time Courtney was ever heard from.

In the fi rst few days, months and years after she went missing, Courtney’s disappearance was treated as a missing person’s case. But in 2010 the Estevan Police Service brought in the RCMP with the hope that a fresh set of eyes and the time to fully pursue the matter might lead to some answers.

Not long after taking over the case, the HCU went public with the word that they were now treating the case as a homicide. In a previous interview with The Mercury, Zentner said that in their experience it is highly unlikely that a 13-year-old would have been able to survive on her own for that long without contacting a friend or fam-ily member for support.

Since taking on the case, the HCU has made numerous trips to Estevan to interview anyone who might have information on the case. They have also followed up on any tips they’ve received and Zentner noted there have been many.

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“Sometimes time is a benefi t to us. We may not realize it right at the

moment while we are working, but six months down the road there

may be something that had happened previously that if that wouldn’t

have happened certain information would not have come to us.”

- Cpl. Rob Zentner

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⇠ A1 “Some of those are like ‘I saw a person that looks like Courtney and then I saw the miss-ing persons poster.’ Some of those are hard to sub-stantiate because it is that person’s recollection of somebody that they saw in a particular location and in many of those cases there may not be video surveil-lance at that location.

“I t ’s a wide var i -ety of things. Some are things from psychics that say ‘I have a feeling that Courtney may be at this location.’ We don’t dis-count any information that comes across our desk. We look into everything and see if we can substantiate what that information is

RCMP continuing with Struble investigation

⇠ A1 that was started by SGI. He said R.I.D. has been very successful in the area as they have received a number of tips from con-cerned citizens.

“That could show a bit

Sexual assault cases

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speed limit to 40 km in residential areas?

of the increase but there is still a huge problem when you’ve got a 78 per cent in-crease in charges. And the thing is that 78 per cent in-crease isn’t everyone that drove out there, there are

lots that didn’t get caught too. From a public safety stance that is a huge issue as well because they are putting people at risk when they are driving impaired.”

Block said they will continue their focus on taking drunk drivers off the streets, but added that outside of education there isn’t much more they can do to get the message across to the public.

“I don’t know what finally gets the message across.”

Aside from the drunk driving numbers, Block said he was surprised, and worried, to see a large in-crease in sexual assaults. There were 18 charges laid this year, which is up from seven last year, an increase of 157 per cent.

“That could be just that more people are com-ing forward to report than used to or we have a defi -nite increase.”

Other areas that have seen an increase are pro-vincial statutes which have risen by 66 per cent. Municipal bylaw tickets increased by 66 per cent and other Criminal Code offences have gone up by 57 per cent.

Among the areas that saw declines were drug traffi cking and possession which were down by 56 and 11 per cent respective-ly. However, Block cau-tioned that decline might be due to a lack of arrests over the past few months.

“That could be we are just not catching them right now. We know the drugs are still an issue here in town.”

Chris Istace knows this much: after an enjoyable first term on city council, he would like to stick around for a second term. He’s just not sure where exactly he wants to sit.

Istace said he has yet to decide whether he will take a run at the mayor’s chair or run for re-election to council. In an interview Monday, Istace admitted he is very inter-ested in replacing Mayor Gary St. Onge who will not be seeking re-election. However, a couple of fac-tors are weighing on his decision.

First and foremost is the ele-ment of time. A local business

owner who also manages an oil-fi eld company and has a young family, Istace is unsure if he would have the time to fully commit to the job.

“I want to run for mayor, I really want to,” he said. “I’ve had a lot of people ask me and they like where I am at with my vision and my thoughts and my attitudes towards things.

“But I am a lot younger than the other councillors and I don’t have the free time with activities with my kids and other groups and managing an oilfi eld company.”

Istace said if he doesn’t feel

he can fully commit to the mayor’s position he will not run. To that end, he has spoken with St. Onge to get an idea of how big a com-mitment the mayor’s job is and is closer to deciding.

“Do I want to run for mayor? Absolutely. I am 98 per cent sure of saying if I am there or not. At the very least I want to run for council. I want to be part of the city no mat-ter what.”

Istace has until the end of September to decide on what di-rection he plans to take but added if he does run for mayor, he will need to decide soon with fellow

councillor Roy Ludwig already an-nouncing his desire to be Estevan’s next mayor.

“If I am going to run against somebody and be successful about it, I don’t want to let them have too much ground and have momentum before I get into it,” he said. “If I am going to do it, I want to have the right campaign for it.”

Speaking of Ludwig, Istace noted that was the other factor in his decision. He has enjoyed work-ing with Ludwig on council and would like to continue that partner-ship. At the same time, Istace also has his own ideas on what a mayor

can do for Estevan and what he can personally bring to the position.

“I fi nd the role of mayor is to be that positive (person) that gives enthusiasm and energy to the city and runs with it,” he said. “The City of Estevan has been the way it has been for a long time and I have seen changes start fi nally in culture, belief and just attitudes. We need to grow that and keep that momentum going. I am a lot younger than anybody else that has ever been mayor and that comes with a new way of looking at things.”

Istace still mulling possible run for mayor

using other sources and obviously the more we can substantiate it or the more that it is able to be verifi ed through other means, we put more stock in that.”

Zentner added that while they were hoping to have an answer for Court-ney’s family and friends by this time, the slow process of their work is not frustrating or discouraging him and the other offi cers working the case. In fact,

Zentner noted there have been cases where the pas-sage of time has helped them find crucial infor-mation.

“Sometimes time is a benefi t to us,” he said. “We may not realize it right at the moment while we are working, but six months down the road there may be something that had happened previously that if that wouldn’t have hap-pened certain information

would not have come to us.

“That could be rela-tionships breaking up, it could be someone else passing away and now someone else is willing to come forward with information; Even just advancements with tech-nology. We try to do inves-

tigations, especially miss-ing person investigations, for the sake of the family, we like to try and get them the answers as fast as we can, but obviously keep-ing in mind that we don’t want to rush things or miss things.”

Asked if they have a suspect or suspects they are investigating, Zentner said he cannot comment on that specifically, but added they are looking at a number of different pos-sibilities.

As for the future of the investigation Zentner said there are people out

there who have shared what they know with the police and others who have not. With respect to those who have yet to come forward, Zentner said he hopes with the pas-sage of time those people might be more willing to speak with investigators, in particular anyone who could help them solve this case and bring some level of closure for Courtney’s family.

“We definitely hope that we will be getting the answers for Courtney’s family and the community of Estevan.”

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So far, so good on the mosquito front.

For the second con-secutive summer, the con-ditions for a high mosquito population in southeast Sas-katchewan have existed, but for the second straight year, the mosquito bite count is down and the general population is pretty happy ... so far.

It’s a never-ending bat-tle to keep the pesky critters under control — just ask Larry Doan of Southeast Tree Care, the company that has been contracted to keep the mosquitoes at bay for the City of Estevan.

Southeast Tree Care has been awarded the mos-quito control contract for several years now and as a result, Doan said they have been able to map, plan and attack the mosquitoes in the city’s vulnerable areas on a regular basis with an ambi-tious larvicide program.

Wherever there are sig-nifi cant pools of standing water, you’ll see the compa-ny’s pickup and/or the ATV

or any other vehicle that is needed, being deployed to lay down the organic chemi-cals that prevent the young mosquitoes from hatching and multiplying.

As in the past, Doan said they have divided the city and the immediate outlying perimeters into five sectors and began the mosquito eradication project this year as soon as the frost lifted.

As every resident of Saskatchewan real-izes with mosquitoes, as with ants, you never get to win the battle completely, but you can gain control over the situation in spite of conditions that favour the enemy.

“We got a good start on the season, there are no areas of the city where the situation is out of control,” said Doan. “We’ve been able to program in a pre-ventative mode for the past few years.”

That’s the best way because the alternative is being in a reactive mode ... trying to put out the fi res after they start, which can a

frustrating job. On the health front,

there is also good news. Although it’s still rela-

tively early in the season for

the Culex tarsalis mosqui-toes, the kind that carry the dreaded West Nile disease, the risk level remains low throughout all of central and southern Saskatchewan with zero cases reported and no positive pools or traps.

So far the general mos-quito count taken from larg-er pools of water is

Estevan is also less than last year, down about two-thirds of what it was in the early summer of 2010, said Doan. Of course last year there was a lot more standing water available thanks to the aftermath of

the major fl ood.“We hit each section of

the city once a week. Some areas will always pose a bit of a challenge, like the Pleasantdale Valley or out by the lagoon ... the more diffi cult areas to get to, but

we’re able to get to them a lot easier this year compared with last year,” Doan said.

The company usually dispatches

a team of two to do the work in the morning

since winds tend to pick up later in the day but even then, Southeast has picked up some tricks wherein the wind can work in their favour ... carrying the larvi-cide to where it needs to be, rather than carrying it away into an area where it’s not needed.

“We can use it to propel product where we need it, of course it can also wash it to shore. We just don’t try it in howling winds, but it’s just not as diffi cult or limited as it was before,” he said.

Except for the water levels, conditions this spring and summer have been simi-lar to last year ... enough

rain to keep everyone more than happy. Last year Doan said they had to switch their rotation a few times to hit the high mosquito concen-tration areas.

“The City has budgeted enough to keep the program active and we are able to go

further out, which helps the RM residents a bit too. And the City allows us to do that when we see the need, so you’ll sometimes fi nd us on the outer edges and into the RM properties.”

The contract has al-lowed Southeast Tree Care to purchase more special-ized equipment over the years and Doan is convinced that laying down larvicide to catch the mosquitoes in the early stages is the right method as opposed to spray-ing pesticides and chemicals into the air and onto trees and bushes.

“That method can be tough on people, birds and animals. The larvicide we use is organic and it sim-ply plugs up the larvae and prevents them from maturing and breeding the next generation. It’s totally environmentally friendly. I

just don’t understand why some cities still use spraying programs.”

So if you fi nd yourself not having to slap away at the wily mosquito too often this summer, you can thank those who have developed a good battle plan that pretty well keeps them at bay.

In the meantime, the Ministry of Health reminds everyone that July, August and early September are the higher risk periods for the Culex tarsalis and it’s the time of year when we humans like to spend more time outdoors.

While there were no reported West Nile cases in horses or humans last year, that doesn’t mean the danger is gone so they recommend that we continue to use repellent containing DEET, wear protective clothing, reduce outdoor time at dusk and dawn, regularly clean and/or empty areas where water is collected (bird baths, eavestroughs, old tires and rain barrels) and keep the screens in doors and windows in good repair while keeping the yard clear of overgrowth and debris.

It was the culmina-tion of a long winter, busy spring and frantic early summer of prepara-tion for the 4-H members who gathered at the Este-van Exhibition Grounds Thursday through Sat-urday last week for their annual individual club achievement days. Those were then wrapped up with a four-club district show that, in turn, concluded with a big auction sale of prized steers Saturday evening.

The Outram-Madigan 4-H Beef Club captured the top prize for district achievement and Brown-ing 4-H Beef Club senior member Katelynn Tedford walked away with a couple of major awards for indi-vidual achievement (Out-standing Achievement and Exhibition Association scholarship) as well during the awards ceremony that preceded the auction sale of 52 young steers that had been groomed and cared for by the youthful mem-bers over the past year.

The evening’s auction carried out under the ham-mer of Norm Mack and Mack’s Auction Service saw the district’s grand champion steer, owned and shown by Jonathon Geisel of the Browning 4-H Beef Club, netting a neat $4.25 a pound for the 1,357 pound steer that was purchased by The Tower Restaurant team.

The reserve grand c h a m p i o n s t e e r w a s raised and shown by Al-lison Mack of the Benson 4-H Beef Club. The price for this steer ended up at $3.25 a pound for the 1,404 pound specimen that was bought by Redhead Equipment of Estevan.

The bidding for the remaining 50 animals was

brisk and spirited. “The total sale of 52

steers averaged $3.56 a pound,” said Brian Mack, who had also volunteered his services for the show and sale.

“That’s a real good average, pretty close to a record I would say, espe-cially when we’ve heard the results from other regional shows where they’re generally getting $1.50 to $1.80 per pound ... $3.56 sounds pretty darn good,” Mack said.

The four 4-H clubs (Crossroads of Stoughton, Benson, Browning and Outram-Madigan) also raised an initial $680 from club members for a special kiss the cow contest. Actu-ally it was an opportunity to kiss the grand champion steer, with the 4-H leader garnering the most votes having the privilege of doing a smack dance with

a drooling bovine. Lana Wyatt of the

Browning club earned that dubious honour, but before

she made the smooch, an anonymous donor stepped up and declared a further $100 donation to the cause

if all four 4-H leaders would kiss the steer. They all did and the $780 raised will now be forwarded to

the Estevan Exhibition As-sociation on behalf of all four clubs as a thank you for the use of the facilities.

You never win this war, but you can win the battles

4-H clubs celebrate season end with a night of champions

The Grand Champion Steer of the District 1 4-H Show and Sale on Saturday was owned and shown here by Browning 4-H member Jona-

than Geisel, assisted by MacKenzie Fleck. The prize winner was purchased by the Tower Restaurant for $4.25 a pound, hammered down

by auctioneer Norm Mack who volunteered his services for this year’s sale that featured 52 steers provided by members from four area

4-H beef clubs.

“We got a good start on the season,

there are no areas of the city where

the situation is out of control.”– Larry Doan,

Southeast Tree Care

The Reserve Grand Champion Steer of the District 1 4-H Show and Sale was owned and shown by Allison

Mack of the Benson 4-H Club. The 1,404 pounder was purchased in the show auction by Redhead Equipment

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The Estevan Police Service is hoping that an increased focus on the city’s ever increasing traffic volume will lead to safer roads.

It was announced in late June that the EPS has created a dedicated traffic unit which will focus on issues such as speeding and dangerous driving. Chief Del Block said as anyone who has recently driven in Estevan has likely noticed, the amount of traffic in the city has increased substantially, a fact which necessitated the increased focus.

“There were com-plaints coming in about traffic issues and speed-ing, just lack of rules of the road and also, too, there was a notable in-crease in car accidents,” Block said.

“We knew we were lacking in traffic enforce-ment and because of the workload here, we have

New traffi c offi cer paying dividendsbecome more of a reac-tive force than a proactive force just because of the demands that have been placed on us.”

Block said their ini-tial intent was to create a two officer traffic team on a trial basis but were forced to change their plans and go with just one officer — Const. Jeff Fry — for now. Although Fry will respond to assis-tance calls from his fellow officers, Block said the focus is strictly on traffic matters.

Block said thus far, the experiment has been going very well.

“It’s a public safety issue. Some people think we are just out there gen-erating money and that is not the goal of it. It’s for public safety and because of the public safety needs that is why we created it,” Block said.

“From what I have seen in the first two and a

half weeks, I really think we have to look at a full time position if the traf-fic continues in the city the way it is. (Fry) is ap-proaching in upwards of 80 tickets and that is one person out there doing it. So you know there is a lot more out there too.”

Aside from the vol-ume of tickets issued, Block said he noticed a difference in driving hab-its in his ventures around the city.

“I think people are watching now a l i t t le more,” he said. “Most of his enforcement has been

in the area of seatbelts, speeding — speeding is the biggest — tinted win-dows, the odd cellphone ticket. He’s had quite a few red light and stop sign tickets. It’s mostly the high risk offences that create accidents (they are focusing on.)

“It’s proving worth-while having someone in that position and I think we will work towards keeping him there. We could have two people out there and I think you would have immense results and I think you would see people taking more care in their driving once they are out there and the message is out there.”

Block said the current plan calls for the trial to continue through until the end of 2012. Should they decide to go with a full-time traffic officer, he noted they are well positioned in terms of

staff numbers to make it happen.

“We have been grow-ing. Since I became chief, we have been allowed to increase the force by six members and we have another two recruits going into college on August 14. When they graduate from college on December 14, they will put our numbers to 25 counting myself.

“That will allow me some shifting flexibility. I’ll still be able to meet contractual issues with manpower on the shifts and yet have some bod-ies that I can be a little bit flexible with and put them where the needs are. It’s nice to have a little flexibility where you can place people where they are really needed — not that patrols aren’t needed, they are busy — but it is nice to have that flexibil-ity if I have a traffic issue, or I have something else, I can put them to that.”

Const. Jeff Fry

With the crop now in the ground, Saskatchewan farmers have shifted their focus to other work in-cluding haying.

A c c o r d i n g t o t h e weekly crop report, live-stock producers have 12 per cent of the 2012 hay crop cut and three per cent baled or put into silage. Eighty-nine per cent of the hay crop is rated as good to excellent in quality.

In terms of crop de-velopment, 61 per cent of the fall cereals are in the heading stage; 61 per cent of the spring cereals are in the jointed to shot-blade stage; 50 per cent of the canola and mustard are in the rosette stage and 24 per cent in the flow-

Farmers now focusing on haying operationsering stage; 69 per cent of the pulses are in the vegetative stage and 27 per cent in the flowering stage; and 48 per cent of the flax is in the seedling stage and 42 per cent in the stem-elongation stage. Thanks to the recent warm weather, the majority of crops are at their normal stages of development for this time of year.

Here in the southeast, warm and moist weather has helped improve crop conditions; however, crop reporters are indicating that many areas expe-rienced a week of wild weather with thunder-storms, hail and even a tornado touchdown near Moose Jaw. Strong winds

in the Moose Jaw, Gren-fell, Indian Head, Vibank and Moosomin a r ea s caused damage to farm buildings, shelterbelts and grain bins. Hail was re-ported in the Indian Head and Vibank areas.

Precipitation ranged from two mm to 60 mm, with the average being 24 mm. Above-average precipitation was received in Crop District 2B, which includes Moose Jaw (60 mm), Indian Head (48 mm), Wilcox (59 mm) and Vibank (41 mm).

Livestock producers in the region have 31 per cent of the hay crop cut and 10 per cent baled or put into silage. Sixty-five per cent of the hay crop is

rated as good to excellent in quality; however, there are many reports of alfalfa weevil damage, particu-larly in pure stands. Mixed stands look better.

Pasture conditions are rated at 90 per cent good to excellent, while sup-plies of livestock water are reported as 99 per cent adequate. Some livestock producers in the White-wood area are still seeding greenfeed crops.

To p s o i l m o i s t u r e conditions on cropland are rated as 22 per cent surplus, 75 per cent ad-equate and three per cent short. Hay land and pas-ture moisture is rated as 14 per cent surplus, 74 per cent adequate and 12 per

cent short. In crop districts 1B and 2A, cropland top-soil moisture is rated as 21 and 35 per cent surplus, respectively.

E l s e w h e r e i n t h e province, topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as 27 per cent surplus, 72 per cent adequate and one per cent short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 14 per cent sur-plus, 81 per cent adequate

and five per cent short. Thunders to rms in

some a reas p roduced strong winds and varying amounts of precipitation. Hail and tornadoes were also reported. Flooding, wind, hail, insects and disease are causing the majority of crop damage.

Farmers are busy hay-ing, scouting crops and spraying for diseases and weeds.

Although the building pace has slowed down in Estevan, the rest of the province is setting a blis-tering pace.

In a press release, the government noted that building permits in-creased by 66.9 per cent between April and May 2012, the highest percent-age increase in the nation according to a Statistics Canada report.

“There has been a strong increase in con-struction activity across the province,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “That’s good news for our economy as it attracts well-paying skilled labour into our communities, and provides spin-off opportu-nities for local business.”

Building permits in

May building permits

up provinciallythe province were up 87.5 per cent in May 2012 when compared with May 2011, the second highest growth rate in Canada. Building permits totalled $385.1 million, a record for the month of May.

In the recent City of Estevan report, i t was noted that permits locally remained at the same pace as 2011, but the value of those permits was down considerably.

“The housing market in the province remains very hot as new house construction continues at a steady pace,” Boyd said. “Combine that with huge commercial and industrial projects and you’ve got a construction industry that has a very bright future in the province.

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We all know how it works when students are graded and marked for competency within their respective schools, but what happens when the public attempts to get grading and competency reports on the schools themselves?

Well, thanks to the Atlantic Institute for Mar-ket Studies (AIMS) and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy (FCPP) that have carried out some de-tailed surveys and studies ... those marks for Western Canadian high schools are now available.

The 178 high schools across Saskatchewan that have six or more students enrolled in high school classes, and provided in-formation for the study, have been ranked accord-ing to their abilities to keep students engaged and attaining expected levels of achievement.

In Saskatchewan it became quite evident that big was not necessarily better since the highest rated schools trended to-ward smaller facilities

while the larger schools such as Estevan’s Com-prehensive School ranked well down the list. In Es-tevan’s case, at No. 121, it was an improvement over the previous year when it was listed at 150.

The survey and rank-ing agencies noted that the ratings were made based on student outcomes and achievements from 2006-07, 2007-08 and 2008-09 school years, thus making the information received two years old.

This is just the sec-ond year that the rank-ings have been made and published and AIMS and FCPP were quick to praise Saskatchewan’s govern-ment and school divisions for their co-operation and commitment to provide comprehensive informa-tion as opposed to their Manitoba counterparts who have not been as will-ing to share information.

On the Saskatchewan scene, the small Glent-worth Central School, with a high school enrol-ment of just 40 students, was ranked No. 1 and giv-en a Grade A status while Central Butte School with 54 high school students

was second, also with an A. These were the only schools to receive a straight A grade from the rating agencies and both are located in the Prairie South Public School Di-vision. Medstead Central School, which has 123 students and is located in the Living Sky School Division, received an A- minus grade, and was ranked third overall.

It wasn’t until one r e a c h e d t h e s e v e n t h ranked school, to find a high school that offered up a substantial enrolment and that was Esterhazy where 231 students make their scholastic homes.

The highest ranked high school in the South East Cornerstone Pub-lic School Division was Radville Regional High School, which with 72 h igh schoo l s tuden t s ranked No. 24 with a B – plus grade. Last year Rad-ville was ranked at No. 50.

Other Cornerstone schools on the rankings list included Midale Cen-tral at No. 59 with 58 high school students; Mc-Naughton High School in Moosomin at No. 63 with 195 high schoolers and

Arcola School at No. 64 with 62 students.

Lampman was next on the list as far as Corner-stone schools were con-cerned, checking in at No. 70 with their 71 students in high school.

The Gordon F. Kells High School in Carlyle with their 118 students was ranked No. 102 fol-lowed by Rocanville at No. 112 with 101 students and then Redvers at 116 with 96 students.

ECS, as noted earlier came up with a B - minus grade for the 848 high school students in the pro-gram, also making it one of the larger high schools in the province.

Two other Corner-stone schools were among those ranked and they were Stoughton’s Central School that came in at 161 with 71 high schoolers and Carnduff’s Education Complex with 133 stu-dents and a ranking of 162.

There were five other South East Cornerstone communities that offered high school classes that were unranked by AIMS and FCPP since they did not provide enough infor-mation to make a proper

assessment and those included the Weyburn Comprehensive School with 531 students, and Oxbow’s Prairie Heights (Horizon) School with 126 students. The other three unranked schools in the local public school system and their enrol-ments are: Maryfield (23); Ogema (24) and Gladmar (31).

AIMS and FCPP said core objectives were stud-ied by those compiling the information provided as researchers looked for such things as student engagement in learning as well as the facilitation of competencies (achieve-ment). These broad ob-jectives were then bro-ken down into detailed elements to arrive at an overall assessment and that included such things as student enjoyment of learning, continuation of learning, student/teach-er ratios in classrooms, teacher certification lev-els, achievements within the feeder schools, at-tendance records, passing and failing rates, commit-ments to learning basic subjects such as math-ematics, language, sci-

ences and post-secondary pursuits.

The two agenc ies stated that to ensure their rankings and grades were not being skewed, they included teacher assigned marks in the main subject areas, as well as making their own grading evalu-ations based on standard-ized tests they had pre-sented to high schoolers to complete.

“Saska tchewan i s committed not only to making schools better but to including the public as a real partner in that effort,” said Peter Holle, president of FCPP. “We know that engaged parents and com-munities make for better schools and we know that informed parents are bet-ter able and more willing to engage. Saskatchewan should be proud of their government’s leadership on improving openness about education in the west.”

Due to the early start of the vacation period, no one from the South East Cornerstone School Division’s administration was available to comment on the rankings prior to deadline.

Grading the schools that grade the students

The provincial gov-ernment proclaimed The Tourism Saskatchewan Act on July 1 and an-nounced the new board of directors.

This follows the rec-ommendations of the tour-ism system review made public in March 2012. The resulting changes will adjust and realign gover-nance and operating pri-orities to better serve both the provincial industry and the people and businesses it supports.

The new direction for tourism in Saskatchewan brings with it a new board of directors.

“These changes help to move the industry for-ward,” incoming chairman Jack Brodsky said. “The previous board and staff have our sincere gratitude for the excellent work and representation they have provided. Our new board members are dedicated

to carrying on this work and to implementing our vision for this vibrant Saskatchewan industry.”

The newly appointed board members include:

• Jack Brodsky, chair-man - Saskatoon;

• Brian Simpson, dep-uty chairman - Waskesiu;

• Irene Seiferling - Saskatoon;

• Dana Soonias - Sas-katoon;

• Sandra LeBarre - Naicam;

• Lionel Tootoosis - Swift Current; and

• Norm Beug - Re-gina.

The move of tourism under the Ministry of the Economy is in recognition of the importance of the

sector to the economy. “Tourism is a grow-

ing $1.7 billion industry in Saskatchewan, and we want that growth to contin-ue,” Minister Responsible for Tourism Tim McMil-lan said. “I am confi dent the collective expertise of this board will build on everything Saskatchewan has to offer.”

Tourism Saskatchewan Act proclaimed

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All Things Considered

Rider stadium a Sk.

community projectAs talk of a new football stadium in Regina heats up, talk of

the need for it and fairness in paying for it are heating up as well.Well, since football and politics remain Saskatchewan’s

favourite sports, let us join the conversation, beginning with discussing the need.

The province has committed to contribute $80 million to-ward the $278-million cost for a proposed new outdoor stadium that is to be located on Regina’s exhibition grounds, just west of the current Taylor Field site.

While most agree the facility that is now called Mosaic Stadium will eventually need replacement, many question the need to replace it right now - especially with another outdoor stadium. After all, Mosaic has just added a few million dollars

worth of temporary seating and minor fi x ups to capitalize on the renewed football interest surrounding the Roughriders and in preparation for hosting the 2013 Grey Cup. Some make the logical point that if this is indeed good enough to host Canada’s football showcase, it’s got to be good enough to play in for awhile yet.

Of course, the Riders can muddle through at old Mosaic Stadium for awhile longer and the money can be better spent on something else. That’s the problem with building any new entertainment facility - you can always think of a better use for the money, like building new hospitals, schools and roads. In fact, the easiest thing for stadium critics to do is to make lists of more worthy uses of that $80 million the province is committing.

There again, if that were the attitude of the past, no Sas-katchewan community would have ever had the hockey and curling rinks, baseball diamonds or golf courses which have not only produced massive recreational opportunities and a better lifestyle for us all, but also produced elite athletes who have made this province proud.

And the other issue is that building costs continue to increase dramatically. To build it now would surely save more money than in the future when the Riders might be more des-perate to build a stadium quickly.

So if one accepts that spending money on a new football stadium now is the right and proper course, the question quickly becomes whether the Saskatchewan Party government’s $80-million contribution - roughly, 30 per cent of the cost - is the right amount. Stadium opponents argue it’s far too much

and stadium proponents (especially, those in Regina who may have to make up the difference with their municipal taxes) say it’s far too little.

The province’s argument that it has got the fi gure right is that it’s in range with the government’s contributions made to other recreational facilities. In the past, the province contributed 22 per cent of the cost for Moose Jaw’s new arena, 25 per cent for arenas in Spiritwood, Weyburn, North Battleford and Swift Current, 39 per cent for Estevan’s facility and 49 per cent for Melville’s arena.

Others argue that, on a per capita basis, it’s a disservice to the people of Regina but an even bigger disservice to the entire population of the province - all of whom reap the benefi t of Saskatchewan’s team.

In that regard, the province’s $80-million ante is on par with what the Manitoba government provided for the new, yet-to-be-opened stadium for the Blue Bombers in Winnipeg. But Saskatchewan being football-loving Saskatchewan, there is more.

The Saskatchewan government is providing “loan guaran-tees” to enable ease in borrowing for the City of Regina (that is contributing at least $60 million) and other investors (i.e., the Riders). Also, provincial money is contingent on the design of the stadium being “roof-ready.” This means the province is still pushing the idea of a year-round enclosed facility and Ken Cheveldayoff, minister responsible, made it clear that there will be provincial dollars to help put on the roof.

The end result is that the province will likely be paying a sizeable portion for this community project.

I am convinced there are only three days a year where we are allowed to conduct anything of note in this province.

OK, maybe four, but that’s it.

Have you ever thought about this specific provincial dilemma? Well, don’t worry, I’ve done the worrying for you. So I must now provide an expla-nation, it’s my duty.

Although farming is fi fth on our list of money makers, this is still considered an agrarian province, therefore we must not conduct any provincial business during seeding, calving, inputs or harvest seasons. That means from mid-January to mid-June, and in spite of the fact there are only about 18 traditional farmers left in Saskatchewan, we must not hold or conduct anything of import so as to not irritate the harvesting or seeding farmer — or the Saskatchewan Roughrid-ers — especially on game day.

It’s useless to try to conduct any inquiry of import during summer vacation. That takes care of late June through to Labour Day and beyond. Ap-parently all decision making capabilities disappear in the offi cial summer season. Govern-ment, supposedly the biggest business, shuts down. When they return, they require two to three weeks to catch up on their fi les that were being added to by the offi ce minions who apparently were not aware of this tradition.

Of course cabinet changes,

and so do their administrative staffs. New provincial boards get appointed, so they too, must be given time to get orientated. That’ll take us well into October.

Technological changes al-ways come in the fall and new equipment is introduced. It needs to be installed and taught and learned about. That has to be done by a hired contractor since the 13,334 people employed by the government, have no idea as to how to install stuff. So they wait until the contracted company can fi nish, then they must be “brought up to speed.” That will require a three to six week training course, preferably provided by another contracted team of specialized educators who just happen to be located in Phoenix in November. Book an extra week for a family vacation.

We all know nothing gets done between December 15 and January 4, other than school pageants that are sorta premised on a Christian holiday. All gov-ernment agencies must book off, otherwise it wouldn’t look right.

Then we have this new tra-dition we have embraced called mid-winter breaks and made-up holidays, called Family Days or mid-season break for schools. These breaks are now as com-

mon as the summer disappear-ing acts and take up about the same amount of time. So we’ve now eliminated the possibility of doing anything of note from Jan. 6 to April 7 ... provided we’ve already had that other Christian break called Easter. If that comes a bit later, well then, you know it’s now seeding time, and that’s the busiest time of year (outside of harvest Aug 15 to Nov. 1) so no use planning anything of note. So there you have it. That’s our Saskatchewan cycle ... four days to actually do something that isn’t a school pageant, foot-ball or farming.

And when those meetings do take place, the longest and most animated part of the entire event becomes the period near the end when the assembled group of seven to 10 people can’t decide when they should meet again, even if they do have a date scheduled.

“Nope, that doesn’t work for me, I’m away at a confer-ence.”

“I have a wedding I gotta attend.”

“I’ll be in Mexico.” “Sorry, my wife’ll kill me

if I miss another anniversary, I’m out.”

And we all know the rest of the story. An agreed on date is fi nally set and two out of the 10 won’t make it anyway.

So in essence, dear diary, we have less than a week to get anything done in Saskatchewan. And it’s not this week, so relax.

Why another

speed zone?While we can’t say we are vehemently opposed to the establishment

of another speed zone within city limits, we have to raise the question as to why our city’s administration, management and law enforcement teams would feel that it’s necessary to expend the time, talent and money on this particular subject.

Injecting a 40 km/h speed limit in specifi c residential sectors of the city is a question voters will be asked during a plebiscite in October, while retaining a 50 km/h in more travelled regions and 80 km/h on the city’s outskirts and 30 km/h around schools and playparks and another speed limit in back lanes, means that local drivers will be too busy just check-ing on speed limit signs instead of the pavement in front of them as they tour through our civic byways and highways. Is it 80 km here? Where is the school? Is this a new slower speed neighbourhood? Where’s the signs that’ll tell me what’s legal?

Rather than establishing a plethora of speed zones, each one with their expected margins of forgiveness, we would rather see robust enforcement of the speed laws that are already in effect and religiously being ignored by the general population.

Now that Estevan has a member of the police service assigned directly to enforcement of motoring regulations, we fi nd it rather bewildering that council and administration may hand him more muddle for the mix. If the mandate is enforcement, then the message is not getting any clearer.

What we would prefer is a hike in the fi nes assessed to speeders and those who defy general motoring laws like texting while driving or refus-ing to wear seatbelts.

In this city where “loose change” is often interpreted as a $100 bill, we probably need a minimum fi ne of $600 and up to $1,000 for speeding. In a city that boasts of more millionaires per capita than any other in the province, a $200 speeding ticket isn’t going to warrant much attention or respect.

Too often we have observed and heard drivers actually accelerating through a 30 km/h speed zone near a play park or school yard, rather than decreasing the pressure on the accelerator. Certain sectors in the city serve as acceleration test zones for drivers in their newly acquired hemi-laden three-quarter ton trucks or new sports car. And motorcyclists, in particular, have been granted grand relief and a free pass from anything resembling a noise bylaw.

Those are elements we feel need to be cleared up and cleaned up before a passage of another befuddling bylaw that simply shakes a forbidding fi nger at the miscreants who ignore it.

From what we have heard from city hall, the new enforcement blitz is paying off with more drivers being stopped and charged for speeding, tinted windows and texting/phoning while driving.

What we suggest is that current bylaws and regulations be updated to refl ect the current economic conditions in Estevan while leaving speed zones as they are. We need ambitious enforcement of what is already in place, not another unnecessary layer of regulation that drivers will simply ignore ... until caught and fi ned appropriately.

Murray Mandryk is a political columnist with the Leader Post

MURRAY MANDRYK

Prairie Perspective

Getting stuff done in Sask.

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Editor’s note: The Grade 7 class directed by teacher Angela Smeltzer at Pleasantdale School completed their research into envi-ronmental issues shortly before the end of the academic year.

The class members were to fi nd a way to share their learning with others and make a difference. The 30 students in the class selected two let-ters that they felt could be considered for publication in The Mercury and left the fi nal decision up to us.

This letter was the one that was fi nally selected for print with the runner-up letter being written by

Karlee Schoff.

The Editor: Our names are Jenna Grube and

Jaiden Peeace, we are both 13 years old, in Grade 7 and we go to Pleas-antdale School. We are concerned about the environmental issues in Estevan today. We are concerned that people are littering too much and our city will turn into a huge wasteland.

In our class we are learning about environmental issues around the world.

In Estevan we are not recycling

enough; instead of throwing your garbage on the ground, fi nd a com-munity garbage can and throw it in there. We think it is really good that the city has a lot of garbage cans around. Also we are thinking the city should buy some community recycling bins and place them beside the community garbage cans.

There are a lot of things that can be recycled now such as paper, glass, aluminum cans, magazines, plastic, brick, wood, electronics, pop tabs, styrofoam, roof shingles, tires, carpets and more.

If everyone in Estevan just

recycled some of these things, then our city would be much cleaner and greener. It takes over one million years for a styrofoam container to decompose, even though now sty-rofoam is recyclable.

Over 80 per cent of smokers said they would bin their butts if suit-able bins were available. Also each year, the 52 billion cigarettes smoked by fi ve million Canadian smokers contribute almost 5,000 tonnes of pollutants into the atmosphere.

Around the world, the most common thing to litter is a fast food container.

Even though we are in Grade 7, we are still trying to make a difference in our community. Just remember litter ... it can be damaging to our environment, affecting plants and wildlife.

We hope you are as concerned as we are about the environmental issues and the littering.

Thank you for taking time to read what we think and what we are concerned about.

Sincerely,Jenna Grube and Jaiden Peeace Estevan

Students raise concerns about environmental issues

When Push Becomes PullMason Mack, a dedicated Cloverbud member of the Benson 4-H Beef Club, had to

use a little friendly persuasion while trying to get his steer into the judge’s ring

for offi cial scrutiny during the club’s annual Achievement Day last Thursday in

the Estevan Exhibition Grounds.

(Editor’s note: The fol-lowing is a letter addressed to Souris Moose Mountain MP Ed Komarnicki)

Dear Ed Komarnicki,The Conservatives

rammed through the House of Commons an omnibus budget bill that is sweeping in scope, deeply fl awed in content, and anti-democratic in principle.

The Harper Conserva-tives have eliminated indepen-dent bodies like the National Roundtable on the Environ-ment and the Economy that offer advice it may disagree with. Also, by gutting 50 years of environmental protections, the government has given itself the unilateral power to green-light major and po-tentially harmful resource development projects without adequate scrutiny.

This bill makes changes to the Fisheries Act that could

endanger many fi sh popula-tions, including the migratory salmon, a timeless presence on the Canadian landscape, not to mention a staple of the economy.

Against the advice of many experts, the government will be raising the qualifying age from 65 to 67 for Old Age Security and the Guaranteed Income Supplement, begin-ning in 2023, thus robbing vulnerable senior citizens of up to $30,000 in much needed income.

As if targeting seniors isn’t enough, the new changes in Employment Insurance will impact those who work in seasonal employment and the government did not even bother to consult employers or the provinces which will be most impacted.

In addition to criticiz-ing specifi c measures in this

budget bill, the major problem is that it amends, creates or eliminates 70 different fed-eral acts. By burying dozens of signifi cant and damaging changes within a ‘kitchen sink’ bill, the government is preventing members from doing their job by giving these changes proper consideration and scrutiny.

While undermining the role of Parliament, Bill C-38 is a clear abuse of power and makes a joke of democracy. Once again, Canadians are kept in the dark and it is of the utmost importance that we raise awareness to this unprecedented situation. The Liberal Party will continue to fi ght against this kind of anti-democratic abuse of power.

Sincerely,Marc Garneau, MP Liberal House Leader

Omnibus bill an assault on democracy

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Chad Saxon

These Things I Think

The next municipal election may be a few months away yet, but it has already become a ma-jor point of discussion for Estevan residents.

Obviously the bulk of the conversation is about who will be the city’s next mayor. Thus far only Roy Ludwig has declared his candidacy. Ludwig is Estevan’s longest serving councillor with almost 20 years on the job and has a wealth of experience in many different facets of our municipal govern-ment. He was also the chairman of the committee that led the construction of Spectra Place and is cur-rently the chairman of the regional health committee which has played a major role in alleviating the doc-tor shortage in Estevan and area.

But as is human na-ture, many people are more focused on who isn’t there instead of who is and have begun to wonder if anyone will step up and challenge Ludwig for the mayor’s chair. The only other member of council to express any interest in running for mayor, thus far, is Chris Istace. In an interview Monday, the fi rst term councillor said he hopes to return to city hall for a second go around but was still undecided if he would run for mayor or council.

Not having an election for mayor is obviously not without precedent here in Estevan. In fact it has be-come the norm as Gary St. Onge went uncontested in his last election. John Len also ran uncontested once in the ‘90s.

So, while it remains to be seen who ends up taking over from St. Onge,

The biggest challenge facing the next mayorone thing there is no debat-ing is that whoever takes over has some challenges facing them.

Obviously the contin-ued growth of the city is huge. There are all manner of opportunities out there for Estevan to grow, but the city needs to ensure it is in a position to take advantage of those pos-sibilities.

The lack of housing — which I suppose is tied into the growth issues — and the local medical situ-ation will also require the attention of the incoming mayor.

However, I would suggest the biggest job facing the new mayor is one of public relations.

Unfortunately, there is a certain level of nega-tivity when it comes to Estevan. As you may have read last week, I made note of a recent item in our lovely Cheers and Jeers section in which a writer proclaimed Estevan as a lame place. My opinion of the writer of said opinion is that if they feel that way they should leave. And I feel the writer should take those who feel the same way with him.

Interestingly enough, the author of the lame comment has replied with a letter to the editor. In it, he lays out reasoning be-hind the comment and I’m fairly certain challenges me to a fi ght.

Unfor tuna te ly we have some questions about the authorship of the let-ter and can’t run it at this point. Either way, I would renew my earlier point — if this place bothers you so much, and judging by the letter it clearly does, you really should leave.

Anyhow, while I have

been happy to hear a lot of people rallying behind their city in the wake of the lame comment, the un-deniable truth is that there is a strong layer of nega-tivity and apathy when it comes to our community. They might be in the mi-nority in terms of opinion, but just like the old adage about the squeaky wheel getting the grease, those with the negative opinions seem to be the ones that are heard the most.

Which, as I said, cre-ates a challenge for the up-coming mayor. Along with the staff at city hall, the new head muckety-muck needs to fi nd out why these negative opinions exist and do what they can to remedy them — within reason of course, since there are some people who are just are and will be never be happy.

It would easy to say that we should just let the malcontents continue to lie in the weeds and wallow in their own misery. But that isn’t really an option if this city wants to grow into what it could, and should, become. After all, if you’re an investor and looking to build in a certain city, are you going to build in a place where the residents have such a low opinion of their own community? Yes, there are dozens of other factors involved but if you don’t think something like that has an impact, you are

wrong. Let’s use Regina as an

example. In the late ‘90s, it

would have been hard to fi nd a city with a worse im-age problem than Regina. People didn’t want to be there and businesses didn’t want to do business there.

Then came Pat Fi-acco. The local business-man took over as mayor and immediately set about trying to improve his city’s image. Early on it seemed as though he was less a mayor than a glorified cheerleader. But clearly

there was a plan at play. Through measures

such as their I Love Re-gina campaign, Fiacco and his staff did a great job of restoring civic pride in the capital. And, I would say, not coincidentally, the city has enjoyed a rebirth. Its population has exploded and there seems to be a new business corridor or residential development popping up every week.

Yes, it is a gross over-simplifi cation to say that the act of restoring civic pride is responsible for all that has gone on in Regina. But it would also be a massive mistake to say it hasn’t played a signifi cant role in what has happened there.

Here in Estevan, the community is obviously booming, but there is a feeling that the best is yet to come. Will we get

there? A lot of things have to happen such as getting a handle on housing and the city making sure it is ready to meet the needs of the businesses that want to be here. But the new mayor and city staff will also need to take a seri-ous look at improving the city’s public image.

If someone looking to move to Estevan gets a sense of that negativity, they might be less inclined to move here or stay here. The same goes for a busi-ness owner.

It may seem like a small issue in the big pic-ture, but as we have seen before, when a lot of small issues build up, you will soon find there is a big issue. And with so much potential on the horizon, the city doesn’t need any issues, big or small, to stall its growth.

M o t h e r s A g a i n s t Drunk Driving is enlist-ing the public’s help in the fight against impaired driving.

In a press release, MADD is launching Cam-paign 911 which encour-ages the public to offer tips and information when they suspect someone is driving drunk.

“The most important thing is to call 911 to re-port that driver to police,” said MADD Canada’s western chapter services manager, Louise Knox. “Calling 911 gives po-lice an opportunity to intercept that driver and take him or her off the road before a potentially deadly crash occurs.”

The Campaign 911 message is simple: if you

MADD launches new campaignsee a driver you suspect is impaired, note the make of the car, licence number, location and direction of travel, and call police. In-formation on the signs of a possible impaired driver is available on MADD Canada’s website at www.madd.ca.

“For anyone who takes the risk and drives impaired, Campaign 911 means it is not just the police who are on the lookout for impaired driv-ers - every motorist on the road can report you to police,” said Knox.

Every day, on aver-age, four people are killed in impaired driving crash-es and 174 are injured. Every one of these crashes is preventable.

Campaign 911 has grown extensively over the past few years. In communities across the country, MADD Canada chapters and community leaders work with local and regional police, gov-ernment and community organizations to deliver the Campaign 911 mes-sage. Signs, billboards, public service announce-ments and other materials inform the public about the possible signs of an impaired driver, tips on what to do and road safety

reminders.“We know these pro-

grams work,” Knox said. “Effective Call 911 pro-grams with appropriate signage in the right loca-tions, along with educa-tion and awareness about the program, increase calls to report impaired drivers and increase im-paired driving charges resulting from 911 calls.”

As part of its Cam-paign 911 effort, MADD Canada has extended the message to the boating communities. With grants from Transport Canada, and working with local and regional police, gov-ernment, boat clubs and marinas, MADD Canada has produced and in-stalled nearly 250 “Don’t Boat Impaired” signs.

The 2012 campaign marks the first year of MADD Canada’s part-nership with new title sponsor, the Automotive Recyclers of Canada and its provincial member associations, including the Saskatchewan Auto-motive Recyclers Asso-ciation. Throughout the summer, MADD Canada is teaming up with the provincial member asso-ciations to host events to promote Campaign 911 to the public.

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Bienfait Hit Hard by HailThe Bienfait area was hit by a signifi cant storm July 3 which included roughly two inches of rain and hail the size of golf balls. According to reports a number of

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Residents of Saskatchewan can celebrate a major anniversary in July, five years ahead of the rest of Canadians. Medicare was implemented in this province exactly 50 years ago on July 1 and a lot more of us are around to remember it than would have been without it. The Weyburn Review recently offered a reminder of the political tension from that time with a note from its 1962 issue. The story in that issue warned people that only two doctors would be available at Weyburn Union Hospital for emergency treatment after July 1 because Medicare was being implemented on that date and most doctors were opposed. A similar situation was taking place in many other locations in the province. The story has changed today. A group called Canadian Doctors for Medicare says on its website: “The truth is that Medicare is not only good for patients; it is also good for doctors. The case for Medicare is as strong today as it was in the 1960s, and is now buttressed by strong research and by decades of physician experience and Canadian commitment to the values it represents.”But what about patients? Have we really benefited? Without doubt, we have. Take the lifespan of the average Canadian as an example. Statistics Canada shows that life expectancy jumped from 68 for males and 74 for females in 1960-62 to 78 for males and 83 for females in Saskatchewan in 2007-09. Medicare, including public health measures such as water testing and advising people how to live healthier, contributed to that increase. Or, use those familiar childhood diseases as an example. Between 1950-54 in Canada, there was an average of 105 cases of rubella per 100,000 population, with a peak of 37,917 cases in one year. Between 2000 and 2004, there was an average of 0.1 cases per 100,000 population, with a peak number of cases of 29. Rubella infection can result in miscarriage, stillbirth and fetal malformations. Rubella vaccine is given in combination with mumps and measles vaccines. Just think of the healthy babies born in recent years thanks to Medicare. Polio? Between 1950-54 there was an average annual rate of 17.3 cases per 100,000 population. We all know what polio did to many people at the time and, again, years later when post-polio syndrome emerged. Now, polio has been eliminated from Canada. It is no longer a risk to the population. Medicare’s immunization program did that for us. I could go on and on. Medicare may need some changes: additions as well as subtractions, but when it’s raining, you need an umbrella. Medicare is the health care umbrella. Looking into the future, we will continue to value and work under the umbrella and celebrate again 50 years from now.

Celebrate Medicare This Month

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The provincial govern-ment announced last week that Saskatchewan regional parks will once again re-ceive a grant for $1.023 million for the 2012-13 fi scal year.

“Our government has shown its commitment to our regional park system by maintaining the same level of funding as last year - the highest amount received by regional parks since the 1990s,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Kevin Doherty said. “Our regional parks are important to the people of Saskatch-ewan. They contribute to the economy and are refl ective of our communities and the volunteers who operate

Province doles out money for regional parksthem.”

The funding is for capi-tal upgrades, enabling parks to upgrade their facilities, ensure visitor safety and offer improved services. The Saskatchewan Re-gional Parks Association distributes the money to member parks for the cost sharing of capital improve-ments. Grants are avail-able to member parks to a maximum of $25,000 per park and are cost shared to a maximum of 50 per cent of project costs. This in effect doubles the amount being invested into regional parks.

“Saskatchewan region-al parks have experienced unprecedented growth over the past four years,”

Saskatchewan Regional Parks Association president John Froese said. “With the increased funding from the Government of Sas-katchewan, our parks have been able to invest in new campsites, new washroom facilities, boat launches, playgrounds and more. This in turn allows us to welcome more people and offer a better experience for our visitors.”

In 2008, the govern-ment committed $2.4 mil-lion over four years to Sas-katchewan regional parks. This commitment was ex-ceeded, with $3.15 mil-lion being granted over the four-year period. This was a signifi cant increase over

the $75,000 a year regional parks were receiving previ-ously.

The $1.023 million re-gional parks received this year is the same level of funding that regional parks received in 2011-12.

There are 99 regional parks in Saskatchewan in-cluding the Woodlawn Re-gional Park, and 74 of them have achieved accreditation. Each regional park that has been accredited has reached a guaranteed minimum standard for facilities and maintenance within their park. Regional parks refl ect community pride. Each regional park is developed and operated by volunteers from the local communities.

By Norm Park

of The Mercury

Chalk up another cou-ple of converts from On-tario.

“We asked for a Prairie posting after spending two years in Winnipeg,” said newly ordained Salvation Army officers Brian and June Bobolo, who originally hailed from Hamilton, Ont., but are now charged with the duties of overseeing the Army’s busy Estevan post.

Brian, who served as a chaplain for eight years following a career as a reg-istered nurse, met June at a Salvation Army church service in Hamilton in 1999, and it wasn’t long before they realized they shared a bond that was going to take them to interesting places in their life together..

“I always loved the Salvation Army church community, their service to the community, the in-volvement,” said Brian. “I saw how the Army worked in Hamilton with their soup vans and I just wanted to be a part of it. It was a trans-forming infl uence for me.”

Newly ordained Salvation Army offi cers making rapid transition

The couple, who were just recently ordained as SA Lieutenants in a stirring cer-emony in Toronto, complete with the Army’s impressive staff brass band, said it was a service they won’t soon forget.

Prior to joining the Army, June said she worked as a bus driver and taxi driver. She had joined the church over 20 years ago and loved working with their volunteer base.

“I worked in the Booth Centre and at shelters and

I saw fi rst hand how, as a church, they were so open and welcoming so I heard the call in 2003,” she said.

How they came to be together is a compelling story too.

“Brian sat in front of me in the church and during one service, the call went out to hold hands while we all prayed and I had wanted to meet him for some time, so I just reached out, grabbed and held his hand and we knew right then there was

something between us,” she said with a big smile.

Prior to their ordina-tion, the couple were weigh-ing options as to where to go for their fi rst posting.

“The Army wanted to match us up with the kind of work we liked and we said we’d prefer the Prairies and a community where the citizens cared about one another and where we could facilitate some good work,” Brian said.

They were also in fre-quent contact with Estevan’s outgoing Army officers, Majors Len and Ros Mil-lar, who were most helpful in the transition, as they packed up to make their way to their next community, Kindersley.

“There are multiple aspects to this appointment here, so they’ve tried to match our wishes and tal-ents,” said Brian.

“I was very excited when I learned we were coming to Estevan. We have friends who served here and they spoke highly of this community,” June added.

So with most of their

boxes now unpacked, the Bobolos are settling in with plenty of welcoming words and assistance. They’re not here to make dramatic changes to operations.

“We’re listening,” said Brian. “What really hit us right off the bat was the shortage of housing. And we’re talking about people who are arriving here with nothing and living in their vehicles until they get a fi rst paycheque. We’re going to help them the best we can and we’ll focus on that, I suppose, for quite awhile yet it seems.”

But they acknowledge that Estevan, with the repu-tation of being a generous city, will help them answer the call.

“We employ 15 people here in the Thrift Store and food bank and these people stay busy sorting things out, working with the space shortages we have,” said Brian.

The couple also note that the state of the food bank is again bordering on desperate.

“I’d say our refrigera-

tors are pretty well empty right now,” said June.

“Some of the donors are away on vacation, but un-fortunately the people who need the help can’t go away; they’re still with us. But, we just received a nice cheque from Clifton’s No Frills food store for $1,248 that will tide us over and help us purchase some necessary things,” said Brian.

The couple have con-ducted their fi rst two church services and have found the congregation of about 60 or so members very dedicated and willing to go beyond the normal expectations when it comes to giving back to the community.

The Bobolos fee l they’ll be able to fi t in and join the fl ow of the Energy City with a quick transition.

“The Salvation Army congregation in Estevan is marking its 98th anniver-sary this year, so we expect we’ll be here to party at 100 along with the city,” Brian said, referring to their future expectations as citizens and faithful leaders in the Energy City.

June and Brian Bobolo

EVENTS

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Estevan Police Service personnel were kept busy tending to a variety of inci-dents in the city on the night of July 5 beginning with a call to the east side to deal with what had been reported as a disturbance.

Once they arrived ,po-lice engaged a male subject and eventually determined that the issue was not a major one and the man had been talking with a neighbour and the conversation had gotten a little loud but there was no major dispute involved so the matter was closed.

Police were next called to a local convenience store on the city’s north side in response to a theft of some cigarettes. The subject had snatched the cigarettes and had run out of the store. The matter is under investigation.

Later on in the eve-ning, a 24-year-old man was charged with driving while

his blood-alcohol level was over .08 per cent and im-paired driving. Police had noted the man leaving a local lounge near closing time and made the arrest.

The man now has a July 30 court date.

EPS members also ar-rested a 23-year-old man for being intoxicated in public after he left a local lounge

and began walking into traf-fi c. He was arrested for his own safety and was charged accordingly.

An incident involving a second intoxicated man was responded to by police after they received a call regard-ing a man knocking at the door of a residence and at-tempting to enter without the resident’s permission. Po-lice conducted an extensive search of the neighbourhood after arriving on the scene, but were unable to come up with a suspect.

To wind up their night and early morning call schedules, police made a visit to a home on the east side of the city in response to a barking dog complaint. The owner was warned about the city’s bylaws that addressed that issue, so the dog was taken into the resi-dence and the matter was concluded.

A busy night for police

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After going through a tumultuous few days, SaskPower has recon-firmed its commitment to upgrading its infrastruc-ture over the next few years.

The Crown corpora-tion issued a press release noting that they are back to normal operations fol-lowing numerous power outages across the prov-ince, particularly in the north, during the week of June 25.

“It’s fair to say this outage was unprecedented in our history because of its reach,” said SaskPower president and CEO Robert Watson. “I want to sin-cerely thank SaskPower customers for their pa-tience and understanding.

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Saskatchewan’s Re-newable Diesel Mandate came into effect on July 1, and established an aver-age of two per cent renew-able content in diesel fuel sold in the province.

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New diesel mandate kicks ingreenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking 5,000 cars off the road annually.

“The new mandate was developed in consul-tation with the industry,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “To support the mandate, our govern-ment introduced the Re-newable Diesel program in the 2011-2012 budget which provides incen-tive for the production of renewable diesel in the province.”

There will be an av-erage-based system that

will have a compliance period that extends until December 31, 2014. The mandate does not apply to diesel marketed in North-ern Saskatchewan or to aviation fuel.

“The new Saskatch-ewan mandate will ensure participation and count toward compliance under the national mandate,” Boyd said. “There is an emerging market for new fuels, it’s good for our environment and at the same time benefits our economy.”

SaskPower employees and contractors worked extremely hard to restore power, in many cases sooner than expected.”

During the announce-ment Watson touched on how busy SaskPower crews were, noting that at the height of last month’s major storms:

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ployees in SaskPower’s call centre, emergency planning teams, safety personnel, support teams, or those supplying equip-ment and vehicles to the field;

• SaskPower aver-aged 2,500-3,000 cus-tomer calls per hour to the outage management centre. That’s 30-40 calls per minute.

• Crews worked in deep water and mud, which requires special equipment and skills.

• Employees patrolled power lines from the air to

determine the locations of outages more quickly.

Watson also noted that in order to maintain and improve existing in-frastructure, SaskPower will spend $10 billion over the next 10 years. One of these investments is advanced metering in-

frastructure - commonly called “smart meters.”

SaskPower will in-stall 500,000 smart me-ters by the end of 2014. Among other benefits, smart meters will provide better identification and tracking of power outages.

SaskPower maintains

and operates more than 157,000 km of power lines in Saskatchewan. With a rapidly developing econo-my and the second largest service area in Canada, building, renewing and re-placing transmission and distribution infrastructure is a corporate priority.

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“It’s fair to say this outage was

unprecedented in our history

because of its reach.”- SaskPower president and

CEO Robert Watson

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Saskatchewan resi-dents are being advised to use common sense when buying used vehic les whether it be in person or over the Internet.

In a recent posting on their website, SGI warned residents about a number of things they should be wary of when it comes to transactions involving used trucks and cars.

In the posting SGI said if the deal is too good to be true then it most likely is. They also encouraged drivers to take the vehicle for a test run, avoid buying online, get the home address of the seller, insist on seeing the

Police warn of online car scamsvehicle registration and to pay by certified cheque only to the registered owner of the vehicle.

The posting also sug-gests potential buyers should do research on the vehicle through the Cana-dian Police Information Centre web site, look-ing into such matters as whether or not the vehicle was stolen.

They also suggest buyers should ensure that the vehicle can be regis-tered in Saskatchewan, that there are no liens against the vehicle and have it inspected by a mechanic they trust.

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lease d idn’t s ta te so , it is well known that a number of people have been scammed in recent months while others have been less than pleased with the reliability of their purchases.

Chief Del Block of the Estevan Police Ser-vice said they have re-ceived calls from local residents who have been taken in by online scams and lost significant sums of money.

“We have reports of vehicles, one horse trailer that I am aware of and some campers where peo-ple have purchased and been scammed,” Block

said. In two of the inci-

dents, Block said purchas-es were made off online auction sites in the United States. The purchaser then wired the money on the condition that the vehicle would either be delivered or they would pick it up. As it eventually turned out, the address given was a fake and the person was out the money they wired.

“On one, we were able to track where the person had wired sev-eral thousand dollars to a place they assumed was Las Vegas and completed a deal with someone who they thought was in Las

Vegas,” Block said. “But the money never even went to Las Vegas, it went to New York and then over to a European coun-try. At that point we’re done, there is nothing more that we can do and I think that particular price was $23,000 that was per-son was out with nothing to show. And they were terribly frustrated because they were thinking the police aren’t doing any-thing for them and, quite frankly, there is nothing we can do. There are so many scams like that.”

Block said if any-one is making a similar transaction, they should always make sure to speak to the seller. As well, he recommends that the purchaser should not wire any money in advance unless they are really con-fident in the transaction.

He added that people should be very careful to watch for red flags and noted there were warning signs in each of the deals they have been alerted to.

“If they ask you to wire money, be really suspicious of that.”

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

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

Journeyman Electrician

The City of Estevan is searching for a reliable self-starter who is independent, has initiative and takes pride in their trade.

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 5We off er;• Great schedule with varied duties• Strong work life balance• Competitive wage• Great people to work with

Kelvin Pillipow, Human Resources Co-ordinator1102-4th StreetEstevan, SK S4A 0W7P: (306) 634-1842F: (306) 634-9790hr@estevan.ca

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

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.

Ø  BoatsØ  CampersØ  TrailersØ  Fishing Shacks

Ø  VehiclesØ  SkidoosØ  Quads

Ever wonder what happens 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

Residential Low Density-Single Detached Zone (R1)

Residential Medium Density Zone (R3)

Residential Manufactured Home Neighborhood Zone (R6)

Residential High Density Mixed-Use Zone (R4)

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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.....Mondays & Wednesdays @ 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, 12 July @ 6:00 pm – Lucky Charms – We will be redecorating horseshoes and crafting simple jewelry from

meaningful stones and minerals. If you already have a good luck charm, bring it along. We will watch video clips on the

origins of Friday the 13th and old superstitions. There will also be trivia and a chance to win other lucky items! Families

welcome.

Tuesday, 17 July @ 5:30 pm – Silverware Wind Chimes – Need to liven up your porch? Come make a beaded silverware

wind chime at the library. It could be just the unique touch you’re looking for! Call 636-1621 to register. Adults only.

Wednesday, 18 July @ 1:00 to 4:30 pm – Go! Science – For children Grades K-5. Take a quest through these three

Summer programs with the Saskatchewan Science Centre in a fun, interactive learning environment & make-and-take-

home craft! 1. Undiscovered Territories, 2. Kinetic concoctions, 3. Fantastical machines. Thursday, 19 July @ 6:30 pm – Cover to Cover Book Club – This month we will be discussing Bossypants, an

autobiographical comedy by American comedian Tina Fey. From her humble roots to her early sketches on Saturday Night

Live, Fey gives us a fascinating glimpse behind the curtain of modern comedy with equal doses of wit, candor, and self-

deprecation.

Saturday, 21 July @ 2:30 pm – Armchair Travel: South of the Border/Northern States – Join Janet McPherson, who

will discuss her travels to Williston (ND), Yellowstone National Park (WY), Cody (WC), Medora (ND) and Bismarck (ND). She

will talk about activities to do along the way. Come learn to plan an eventful, aff ordable road trip this summer!

Monday, 23 July – Celebrate: National Vanilla Ice Cream Day! – Come to the Estevan Public Library & receive one free

vanilla ice cream when you check out 2 or more items! For children and adults!

Tuesday, 24 July @ 5:30 pm – Crafter’s Circle: Knitting/Crocheting – Enjoy the company of others with the same

interest. Beginners, advanced and master knitters are all welcome. Share your knowledge or benefi t from the advice of

other crafters. Bring your own materials and come join the circle. No pre-registration required. Adults only.

Thursday, 26 July @ 6:00 pm – Simple Sushi – Curious about sushi? Come learn to make California rolls and tasty

sweet potato tempera rolls. Simply bring an appetite and a container for leftovers! Please indicate any allergies when

registering.

Friday, 27 July @ 1:00 pm – Down by the Docks With Daryl Robb & Leroy the Lobster – Families & all ages welcome!

You’ll have claws of fun with children’s entertainer Daryl Robb & Down by the Docks crew! Join us for a lobstertastic time of

singing and high energy performance! No registration necessary.

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.

SUMMER SEVERE WEATHER CONDITIONS

 Environment Canada monitors the weather 24 hours a day, every day of the year. If a severe storm is on the way, the weather service uses the local media and Environment Canada’s Weather Radio to alert the public. There are two basic types of alerts: A Weather watch is provided when conditions are favorable for a severe storm to develop. These are usually issued early in the day. It is a good idea to pay attention to the weather and listen to the radio or TV for up-dated information. A Weather Warning means that severe weather is happening or that severe weather conditions are very likely.A thunderstorm develops in an unstable atmosphere when warm moist air near the earth’s surface rises quickly and cools. The moisture condenses to form rain droplets and dark thunder clouds. These storms are often accompanied by hail, lightning, heavy rain, high winds and tornadoes. Thunderstorms are usually over in an hour, although a series of thunderstorms can last for several hours.Lightning –During a thunderstorm the air is charged with electricity. Bolts of lightning hit the ground at about 40,000 km per second – so fast that the series of strikes hitting the ground appear as a single bolt. What To Do When There Is Lightning:

 1. Estimate how far away the lightning is. Every second between the fl ash of lightning and the thunderclap equals 300 meters. If you count fewer than 30 seconds, take shelter immediately.2. If indoors, stay away from windows, doors, fi replaces, radiators, sinks, bathtubs, appliances, metal pipes, telephones and other things which conduct electricity. (You can use a cell phone)3. Unplug radios, computers and televisions.4. Do not go to rescue the laundry on the clothesline as it conducts electricity. If outdoors, take shelter in a building, ditch or a culvert but never under a tree.5. If caught in the open, do not lie fl at but crouch in the leap frog position and lower your head.6. Do not ride bicycles, motorcycles or golf carts or use metal tools as they conduct electricity.7. If swimming or in a boat, get back to shore immediately.8. If you are in a car, stay there but pull away from trees which might fall on you.9. You may resume activity 30 minutes after the last clap of thunder. Tornadoes

 Tornadoes are violent windstorms identifi ed by their twisting funnel- shaped cloud. They are always produced by thunderstorms, but not every thunderstorm produces a tornado. They travel between 20 to 90 km/h, are erratic and can change course suddenly. Do not chase tornadoes. Tornado Watch means the weather could develop a tornado. Tornado Warning means a tornado has been seen or it is very likely that one will develop shortly.

Warning Signs of Tornadoes:

• Severe thunderstorms with frequent thunder and lightning• An extremely dark sky sometimes highlighted by green or yellow clouds• A rumbling sound, such as a freight train or a whistling sound similar to a jet aircraft• A funnel cloud at the rear of a thunder cloud often behind a curtain of heavy rain or hail What to Do During a Tornado:

 If you are near a building:1. Listen to your radio during severe thunderstorms2. If a Tornado Warning has been issued take cover immediately.3. Go to the basement or take shelter in a small interior ground fl oor room, closet or hallway.4. Protect yourself by sitting under a heavy table or desk.5. Stay away from windows and outside walls and doors.6. Do not use elevators.7. Avoid large halls, churches, arenas etc.: their roofs are more likely to collapse.8. Stay close to the ground, protect your head and hide from fl ying debris.If you are driving:

1. If you are driving try to get to a nearby shelter –drive away from the tornado at a right angle.2. Do not get caught in a car or mobile home – take shelter elsewhere. If no shelter is available, lie face down in a ditch or culvert away from the vehicle or mobile home.3. If a tornado seems to be standing still, it is either traveling away from you or heading right for you.4. Stay close to the ground, protect your head and hide from fl ying debris.zvHail:

Hail forms when updrafts in thunderclouds carry raindrops upwards into extremely cold areas and freeze layer upon layer until they are too heavy and fall to the ground Hailstones vary in size from peas to grapefruits and fall at great speed. People have been seriously injured by hailstones.What to Do When It Hails:1. Take cover when hail begins to fall.2. Do not go out to cover plants, cars or garden furniture or to rescue animals.

For more information regarding Emergency Preparedness, please contact Helen Fornwald, EMO Coordinator at 634–1860. 

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It’s back-to-back pro-vincial championships for the Estevan Rocket Sales Rockettes.

The peewee softball squad defended last year’s title by winning the provin-cial peewee B champion-ship in Regina on Sunday.

T h e R o c k e t t e s whipped Watrous 12-3 in the fi nal.

“It’s quite an amazing accomplishment to win back-to-back,” said Rock-ettes head coach Carmon Lindquist. “That’s some-thing that’s really not easy. It’s a testimony to how ma-ture the players were to not let the pressure get to them.

“Last year we were relatively unknown. This year everyone knew us and they were gunning for us. It

Rockettes repeat as provincial champions

The Estevan Rocket Sales Rockettes won the provin-

cial peewee B softball championship on the weekend

in Regina. Back row, from left: Carmon Lindquist

(head coach), Rene Blanchette (assistant coach), Kim

Schaff (assistant coach). Players are Cassie Blanchette,

Madison Frehlich, Jenna Grube, Adrianna Hutt, Carly

Kreklewich, Jenna Kreklewich, Tess Lindquist, Chey-

enne Odgers, Daria Schaff , Brianna Schoff , Marcedes

Singleton. Missing (injured): Hannah Battersby.

defi nitely was harder for us this year.”

Still, aside from a

couple of close battles, the Rockettes mostly mopped the field with their op-

ponents in the 22-team tournament.

“In our round-robin, we had some close games against good teams. We were fortunate to get through with the three wins. When Sunday rolled around, the girls just kicked it into playoff mode. It’s not that the teams were weak, but we played very well,” said Lindquist.

The Rockettes began the tournament with a 9-7 win over the Saskatoon Lazers. They stomped the Regina Royals White squad 18-2 in their second game, followed by a tight 6-5 win over the Outlook River Cats.

Estevan then rolled over their opponents in three playoff games on

Sunday.They destroyed Lums-

den 15-0 in three innings in the quarter-final, then routed Moose Jaw 9-2 in fi ve innings in the semi.

Lindquist said his team was prepared for the busy day under the hot sun and didn’t get fatigued.

“We had done prepa-ration ahead of time. We actually had some practices during the heat of the day to prep, because we knew we’d be dealing with that. It was a matter of taking breaks and keeping cool.”

Lindquist said the tournament victory was a team effort and that several players stood out.

“Tess Lindquist was a standout. She was our workhorse go-to pitcher

who just did a phenomenal job shutting down our op-ponents. Marcedes Single-ton did a lot of our catching duties and held us strong back there. Daria Schaff was our relief pitcher and did a great job coming in, picking up the fourth and fifth innings. Cassie Blanchette was solid on defence and on the bats.”

With a few p lay-ers graduating from last year’s provincial champs, Lindquist said the young-er players developed and helped to fi ll the holes this year.

“The younger ones coming up developed very well and the veterans really did a great job including them and making them feel part of the team.”

SOUNDING OFF“It was tough in lap traffic and he kinda got held up a little

bit, and I got back by him. I guess it was meant to be.” — Aaron Turnbull on passing Travis Hagen on lap 37 to win the McComb Automotive Fast 40 on Saturday at Estevan Motor Speedway.

“If I would’ve known I’d go in the second round, I prob-

ably would have been in Pittsburgh. I was expecting to be

drafted, but not in the second round, that’s for sure.” — For-mer Estevan resident Jordan Martinook on being drafted 58th overall by the Phoenix Coyotes in the NHL Entry Draft last month.

The lead may have slipped away from him temporarily, but Aaron Turnbull made sure he got it back.

Turnbull passed Tra-vis Hagen on lap 37 of 40 to win the McComb Automotive Fast 40 at Es-tevan Motor Speedway on Saturday, earning himself a cheque for $3,000 in the process.

“I just didn’t give up. He got ahead of me and I just found a line to get around him,” said Turn-bull.

“It was tough in lap traffic and he kinda got held up a little bit, and I got back by him. I guess it was meant to be.”

The Fast 40 modi-fied feature is a prelude to the Estevan stop on the Dakota Classic Modifi ed Tour, which ran last night. See the upcoming edition of the Southeast Trader Express or visit estevan-mercury.ca for the results.

Turnbull had the pole for Saturday’s 40-lap fea-ture and wasted absolutely no time in building a mas-sive lead on the very fi rst lap.

“I didn’t know how much of a lead I had. I fi gured (the other drivers) were fairly close, but I tried to stretch it out as much as I could in case it went caution-free,” said the Estevan native.

Alas, that plan didn’t work out, as the fi rst cau-tion came on lap 12 with Turnbull still nursing a giant lead while trying to dodge lap traffi c.

Turnbull outlasts Hagen to win Fast 40

Jay Noteboom kicks up the dirt during a modifi ed heat prior to the McComb Automotive Fast 40 on Saturday

at Estevan Motor Speedway. Noteboom fi nished sixth.

Another yellow flag came two laps later. After the restart, Turnbull spent a few laps battling Min-nesota’s Kevin Stoa but managed to hang on.

“Lap traffic, there were a few of them that were running my line and that was when Kevin was right on my bumper. That made it difficult,” said Turnbull.

“I thought he was go-ing to get me right there, but I managed to get him back.”

Hagen later grabbed the lead on lap 28 and held it until Turnbull retook the honours late.

“The car was working pretty decent, just good enough to win. I didn’t run away with it, obviously,” said Turnbull.

It was at about this time last year when Turn-bull went on a tear, win-

ning four of fi ve races at the Speedway, only to fall just short of the season points championship in the mod class.

He said he’s optimistic he can do it again, and with only one race for track points in the books so far, the fi eld is wide open.

“I hope so. It’s been going good. We haven’t raced much here, but I’ve been racing in Williston quite a bit and it’s been going pretty good.”

Stoa fi nished second in the Fast 40, followed by Hank Berry, Tyson Turn-bull and Allen Kent.

Berry, a consistent threat from Sidney, Mont., climbed from 12th into the top fi ve, but said he didn’t have the horsepower to get out in front.

“Once I got there, I kinda was with them but I just didn’t have enough to

try to make a pass. There were a couple of different lines I tried, and I could kinda get up there and look like maybe I was going to be able to get ahead of them, but I just couldn’t get ‘er done,” he said.

A total of 26 drivers qualified for the feature through heats and a B-main.

Like many American drivers who come to Este-van for the mod tour, Berry doesn’t get to this side of the border often and he said the Fast 40 is a good tune-up for the tour stop.

“It’s like a practice night. I haven’t been here for awhile and I don’t get here too often, so it’s like prasticing for (Tuesday)

night.”He added that he was

very impressed with the condition of the track.

“The track was won-derful. It was awesome, really. There were multiple grooves, it was smooth, it was a really good race track they had.

“They deserve a lot of credit, the guys who prep the track, because I know it takes a lot of work to do that and get a race track right. They did a fantastic job.”

In the stock car class, Estevan’s Austin Daae passed Joe Flory on the 13th lap and hung on for the win. Flory had taken the lead early and held off Kelly Henderson and Alvin Dube before being overtaken by Daae.

In the hobby feature, Brad King of Fairbanks, Alaska passed Dustin By-ler in the second half of the race and hung on for the win. Byler had the pole for the feature and led for a signifi cant chunk of the race.

Here are the top 10 drivers in each class from the McComb Automotive Fast 40 race card at Estevan Motor Speedway

on Saturday:MODIFIEDS1. Aaron Turnbull, #212. Kevin Stoa, #98K3. Hank Berry, #254. Tyson Turnbull, #10T5. Allen Kent, #33A6. Jay Noteboom, #7N7. Dave Dease, #10D8. Wayne Johnson, #4J9. Les McLenehan, #2910. Tyler Wagner, #77

STREET STOCKS1. Austin Daae, #172. Joe Flory, #203. Kelly Henderson, #244. Geoff Mann, #465. Sterling LaBatte, #716. Ryan Atkings, #44A7. Jim Mann, #608. Alvin Dube, #3N9. Stefan Klym, #5K10. Gregg Mann, #95

HOBBY STOCKS1. Brad King, #432. Eric Sinness, #883. Dustin Byler, #974. Blaine Durward, #12D5. Gary Goudy, Sr., #76. Gary Goudy, Jr., #127. Rod Pickering, #228. Cole Bourassa, #779. Mike Wilson, #2710. Chris Dukart, #20

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Hank Berry of Sidney, Mont., is the points leader on the Dakota Classic Modifi ed Tour after the fi rst two nights of the six-night event.

Berry fi nished second on Sunday and fourth on Monday to open up a fi ve-point lead over Mike Hansen of Alton, Iowa, heading into last night’s tour stop in

Estevan.The first two nights

were both held at Nodak Speedway in Minot.

Wisconsin’s Todd Dart, who won the feature on Sunday, was in third spot with 69 points, seven behind Berry.

After that, there was a three-way tie for fourth

place, including Tyson Turn-bull, the top Estevan driver so far. Turnbull placed sev-enth both nights.

He is tied with Minot’s Steven Pfeifer, who was sec-ond on Monday, and Matt Brack of Mead, Colo.

Estevan’s Ed Turnbull was sitting in 13th. He led all Canadians on Sunday with a

fourth-place fi nish, but was one of 14 drivers who failed to fi nish Monday’s feature.

Aaron Turnbull was in 19th. He was leading the fi eld by a wide margin on Sunday, more than 20 laps into the race, when a blown engine forced him to with-draw. He also did not fi nish Monday’s race.

Other local drivers on the mod tour are Les McLe-nehan (23rd), Tyler Wagner

(25th), Lampman’s Kody Scholpp (29th), Oungre’s Riley Emmel (34th), Man-or’s Joey Gallaway (35th), Manor’s Mason Big Eagle (53rd) and Lampman’s Der-rick Lisafeld (72nd).

In the stock car class, Estevan’s Gregg Mann and Minot’s Nathan Burke were tied for top spot after two nights.

Mann won on Sunday and fi nished fourth on Mon-

day. Burke was the opposite, taking fourth on Sunday and winning the next night.

Austin Daae, the only other Estevan driver in the fi eld, was sitting 16th head-ing north of the border.

The tour hits up Willis-ton Basin Speedway tonight, continues at Southwest Speedway in Dickinson tomorrow and wraps up Friday at Dacotah Speedway in Mandan.

The Estevan TS&M Tornados wrapped up the Baseball Regina peewee AAA regular season with a pair of losses to the Swift Current Indians on Satur-day at Cactus Park.

The Tornados (5-7) fi nish in sixth place and were scheduled to face Weyburn (17-3) last night in quarter-fi nal action in Weyburn.

A stiff challenge, that, but there was reason to believe a victory was pos-sible.

The Tornados recently beat Weyburn for the fi rst time this year in a game made up from June 7.

“It’s possible. They’re a really good team, strong in every way, but at least now the boys know they can do it. If they beat them once, they can do it again,” said Tornados head coach Landon Lafrentz.

A win last night would

send the Tornados to a semifi nal game on Thurs-day against either Yorkton or Melville.

On Saturday against the third-place Indians, the Tornados got rocked 17-0 in the fi rst game and coughed up a lead in the second en route to a 10-5 loss.

“We struggled de-fensively,” Lafrentz said of the first defeat. “We pitched some of our rookie pitchers just to give them a chance, because the league standings were already decided.

“We jus t couldn’t seem to get any runs, no matter what we did.”

Jordan Stein led the Tornados at the plate with a 2-for-2 outing.

In the second game, the Tornados built a 5-1 lead, but it all unravelled in the later innings.

After narrowing the

defi cit to one run, the In-dians scored twice in the sixth to take the lead, in-cluding one run on a balk.

Swift Current explod-ed for fi ve more runs in the top of the seventh.

“It was just some men-tal errors by our pitchers. There was a balk. Brett (MacMurchy) pitched re-ally well up until the fi fth inning, then they kinda started hitting him and I think he started to tire out a bit,” said Lafrentz.

“Then we put Shae Little in and he struggled a bit too, then we brought in Cole Fonstad to get the last out.

“Other than that, we hit the ball well in the sec-ond game and played well up until those last couple of innings, where we just kind of lost it.”

F o n s t a d w a s t h e team’s top batter, with a single and a double.

The Estevan Sherritt Coal Haulers lost their fi rst and only game of the regular season on Saturday, but still fi nished the slate in fi rst place in the Base-ball Regina bantam AAA division.

Following Saturday’s doubleheader against the Swift Current Indians, in which they lost the opener 9-8 and tied the second game 3-3, the Haulers fi n-ished with a record of 14-1-1.

They were scheduled to begin the playoffs last night, hosting the eighth-place Moose Jaw Mallards in a quarter-fi nal matchup.

Haulers head coach Kent Phillips said the Indi-ans were the toughest team Estevan played all season.

“In my opinion, it could be a fi nals preview for provincials if all goes

according to what I think.”In the fi rst game Sat-

urday at Cactus Park, a bad third inning made all the difference in sending the Haulers to defeat for the fi rst time in 2012. The Indians scored seven runs in that frame.

“There were probably about four errors in one inning. That basically was where we beat ourselves, instead of them beating us,” said Phillips.

Brandon Hutt got the start for the Haulers in the second game, but was kept on a tight pitch count. Phillips said he wanted to keep all his pitchers fresh for the playoff game against Moose Jaw, even if it meant losing the team’s undefeated record.

Meanwhile, the Haul-ers hosted Carlyle on Wednesday and won 20-12.

“We batted very, very well. I used a couple of pitchers just to give them some innings because they hadn’t pitched in awhile. I wasn’t in any hurry to pull anybody out,” said Phillips.

Es tevan was a l so scheduled to play a double-header against the Pacers in Regina on Sunday, but it was cancelled because the three Regina teams were involved in a playoff to determine who would advance to provincials.

As for the quarter-fi -nal, Phillips said he wasn’t sure what to expect from Moose Jaw.

The Hau le r s won both meetings between the teams on May 13, 7-2 and 12-1.

“The last t ime we played them was right at the very fi rst weekend of

the season. They were just getting their feet wet, so were we. I’m hoping for more of the same outcome,

but we haven’t seen each other in so long. I don’t know what to expect.

“They have one really

good pitcher. But we also have, in my opinion, the best hitting team from top to bottom,” said Phillips.

Haulers wrap up season with one loss

Brandon Hutt of the Estevan Sherritt Coal Haulers takes a cut during the third

inning of Saturday’s 9-8 loss to the Swift Current Indians.

Tornados head into playoff s as sixth seed

Estevan TS&M Tornados catcher Colton Schell tries to reel in a throw and make

the tag on a Swift Current runner during a 10-5 loss to the Indians on Saturday.

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Decades of ServiceEldon Rondeau, right, accepts a lifetime membership to the Estevan Woodlawn Golf Club from Woodlawn past-president Jim Wilson.

Rondeau started the junior golf program in Estevan and has been involved for more than 30 years. The presentation coincided with

the 17th annual Rondeau Cup junior scramble on Sunday. The winning team included Jason Hengen, Storm Dayman, Brandon Reddick,

Reid Waldegger and Alec Waldegger.

The ball diamonds at Luscar Cactus Park will be hopping next weekend as Estevan Minor Baseball hosts both the bantam AA and peewee AA provincial championships.

Both tournaments be-gin on the afternoon of July 20 and wrap up the afternoon of July 22.

Estevan Minor Base-ball president Kent Phillips said the organization was originally only planning to host the bantam provin-cials, but the Saskatchewan Baseball Association didn’t have a host for the peewee event and approached EMB to tackle it as well.

“We wanted to host something because that is pretty much our only fundraiser for our base-ball,” said Phillips. “All the money goes to Estevan Mi-nor Baseball, which in turn goes to facility upgrades. We want to replace some of the chain-link fencing and the backstops, and change a couple of the infi elds to grass.”

He added that anoth-er goal is to install better drainage at Cactus to reduce the impact of rain on the fi elds.

He said the bantam provincials were the obvi-ous target because with only six teams, it would be easier to book hotels.

Phill ips, who also coaches the bantam AA Haulers, said there is a strong group of volunteers in place for the two tourna-ments, but more are always welcome.

“We’re doing quite well with a very good group of parents that are dedi-cated,” he said.

Peewee AA Torna-dos head coach Landon Lafrentz said he’s happy with the way preparations are going.

“We’re trying to get everything lined up. It’s coming together good so far. Hopefully we can be a good host and maybe win, who knows.”

Aside from the Haul-ers, the other teams entered in the bantam tournament are the Yorkton Cardinals, Martensville Mustangs, Carlyle Cardinals, Swift Current Indians and Melfort Brewers.

Along with the Torna-dos, the eight-team peewee tournament also includes the Swift Current Indians, Martensville Mustangs, Muenster Red Sox, Wey-burn YF Beavers, Moose Jaw Mets, Lloydminster Twins and Yorkton Car-dinals.

Estevan

gearing

up to host

provincials

The recent past is lit-tered with examples of young hockey players who spent some time in the Estevan Minor Hockey Association, then moved elsewhere and went on to succeed.

Jordan Martinook is one of them.

M a r t i n o o k w a s a second-round pick of the Phoenix Coyotes, 58th overall, at the NHL Entry Draft in Pittsburgh last month.

T h e s o o n - t o - b e 20-year-old right wing-er was born in Brandon, moved to Estevan at age two and then moved to Leduc, Alta., at age eight.

In the meantime, he played three years of minor hockey in the Energy City and one in Bienfait.

“I was (surprised to be picked so high),” said Martinook. “If I would’ve known I’d go in the second round, I probably would have been in Pittsburgh. I was expecting to be drafted, but not in the second round, that’s for sure.”

Former Estevan resident drafted by Coyotes

That’s because Mar-tinook took a very uncon-ventional path to the draft.

At 17, in his fi rst year of draft eligibility, Marti-nook was playing Junior A hockey with the Dray-ton Valley Thunder of the Alberta Junior Hockey League.

That year, he posted 21 goals and 40 points in 59 games — solid totals, but not impressive enough to garner any interest from NHL teams.

Most young players don’t get another chance if they’re passed over in their draft year.

But Martinook jumped to the Western Hockey League in 2010-11 and posted 28 points as a rookie with the Vancouver Giants.

He put it all together last year though, racking up 40 goals and 64 points to fi nish third in team scoring.

“My fi rst year of be-ing draft-eligible, I had no looks whatsoever. The

second year, a little bit of notice, but nothing even close to getting drafted. It was this year that every-thing kind of happened for me,” said Martinook.

“Phoenix showed a lot of interest before the draft. They told my agent they were going to get me and they made sure they did.”

Martinook said his physical brand of play ap-pealed to the Coyotes and that their amateur scouting director, Rick Knickle,

lives in Vancouver and saw him play a lot.

“I’m a power forward with good defensive re-sponsibility. I was playing under Don Hay and he stresses defence, so playing for him has really helped my defensive game and made me a more complete player, that’s for sure.”

He added that in-creased confi dence and a bigger role on the team were key to his breakout season of 2011-12.

Martinook attended the Coyotes’ prospect de-velopment camp in Phoe-nix earlier this month and said he enjoyed the experi-ence.

“Getting to see where you’re at compared to some of the older guys was in-teresting, to see if you’re going to be able to battle for an NHL spot. I felt like I had a really good camp and I’m just excited for the rest of the summer and going to main camp.

“It’s really an incred-ible place to play hockey. You can just tell that.”

Former Estevan resident Jordan Martinook was drafted in the second round by

the Phoenix Coyotes last month. (Photo courtesy of vancouvergiants.com)

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The Estevan Golden Eels opened the 2012 meet season on Saturday in Wey-burn, where they fi nished in second place.

The local swimming club sent 44 members to the meet and earned a total of 407.5 points, putting them behind only Regina, which had 429.

Weyburn fi nished third with 404 points.

The Golden Eels will host their annual meet on Saturday at the Souris Val-ley Aquatic and Leisure Centre, with the proceed-ings starting at 9 a.m. and expected to wrap up late in the afternoon.

Three members of the Golden Eels won overall gold in their respective age groups in Weyburn: David Finkas in 18-and-over boys, Preston Bilokraly in 15-17 boys and Adah DeLeeuw in 7-8 girls.

Three others won over-all silver: Veronica Finkas in 15-17 girls, Hannah Mantei in 9-10 girls and Josh Wil-son in 9-10 boys.

David Finkas had per-haps the best showing for the Golden Eels, earning first place in the 50-me-tre butterfly (32.97 sec-onds), 50-metre freestyle (30.08), 50-metre breast-stroke (40.69) and 25-metre freestyle (13.82 seconds). He was also second in the 200-metre breaststroke (3:31.83).

Bilokraly had three fi rst-place fi nishes, in the 50-metre fl y (32.06), 50-me-tre free (29.16) and 25-me-tre free (12.75). He earned second in the 200-metre individual medley (3:05.40) and 100-metre fl y (1:19.36).

Veronica Finkas was also a standout, taking top spot in the 50-metre back-stroke (37.90) and 50-metre freestyle (33.18), as well

Twins lose pair to Swift Current

A pair of local players competed at the PGA of Saskatchewan Open held July 2-3 at The Willows Golf and Country Club in Saskatoon.

Estevan Woodlawn Golf Club head pro Brian Dueck finished tied for 16th after carding a 5-over 149 over the 36-hole event.

Woodlawn assistant pro Amanda Minchin fi n-ished 15-over, putting her in a tie for 41st.

Two locals play PGA Sask. OpenDueck fired a 74 on

July 2 and followed that up with a fi nal-round 75. That was just enough to put him in the money, earning a cheque for $75.

Minchin shot rounds of 79 and 80 for a two-day total of 159.

Jason Schneider of the Wildwood Golf Course was the open champion, shooting rounds of 67 and 71 to win by three strokes and cash in a prize of

$1,900.The fi eld included 53

golfers.Meanwhile, two Es-

tevanites are participating in the Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur Men’s Champi-onship this week, also at The Willows.

Brett Blackstock and Walter Wood are part of a fi eld of 79 players at the three-day event, which began Monday and wraps up today.

Jolan Lingelbach of the Southeast Legacy Twins falls a few steps short of beating

out a throw to fi rst base. (File Photo)

Eels fi nish second in Weyburnas second in the 100-me-tre backstroke (1:25.78), 25-metre freestyle (14.79) and 200-metre backstroke (3:13.29).

Here are the rest of the Golden Eels’ top-five finishes (name, category, place, event):

Destiny Adams, 11-12 girls, fifth, 200-metre breaststroke.

Alexandra Andrist, 7-8 girls, fifth, 25-metre backstroke; fi rst, 50-metre backstroke.

Charlotte Andrist, 9-10 girls, fi fth, 25-metre back-stroke.

Josephina Andrist, 7-8 girls, third, 25-metre back-stroke.

Jesse Beahm, 7-8 boys, second, 50-metre back-stroke.

Samuel Beahm, 13-14 boys, fi rst, 200-metre free-style; second, 25-metre free-style; fourth, 50-metre fl y; fourth, 50-metre freestyle.

Zachary Beahm, 11-12 boys, second, 100-metre backstroke; fi fth, 200-metre freestyle; fifth, 50-metre breaststroke.

Lanelle Bilokraly, 13-14 girls, fi rst, 50-metre backstroke; fi rst, 100-me-tre backstroke; second, 200-metre breaststroke; third, 200-metre freestyle.

Alia Burlock, 9-10 girls, fi rst, 50-metre back-stroke; fi rst, 50-metre fl y; fi fth, 25-metre freestyle.

Adah DeLeeuw, 7-8 girls, fi rst, 50-metre free-style; fi rst, 25-metre free-style; second, 25-metre fl y; second, 100-metre IM.

Jillian Fornwald, 11-12 girls, fifth, 50-metre freestyle.

Racquelle Gibbons, 11-12 girls, second, 200-metre backstroke; fourth, 200-me-tre freestyle; fi fth, 200-me-tre IM; fifth,a 50-metre breaststroke.

Reagan Gibbons, 7-8 boys, third, 50-metre back-stroke.

Hayley Greening, 13-14 girls, fifth, 200-metre breaststroke.

Taylor Haux, 9-10 girls, fourth, 25-metre back-stroke; fourth, 100-metre IM; fi fth, 25-metre fl y; fi fth, 50-metre fl y.

Joon Hyun Kim, 11-12 boys, fourth, 100-metre backstroke.

Hannah Mantei, 9-10 girls, second, 25-metre fl y; second, 50-metre freestyle; second, 25-metre freestyle; third, 50-metre fl y; fourth, 25-metre breast.

Jack McGeough, 11-12 boys, fifth, 50-metre backstroke.

Reil ly McGeough, 9-10 boys, fourth, 25-metre fl y; fourth, 25-metre back-stroke.

Kamri Olfert, 7-8 girls, second, 25-metre freestyle; fourth, 25-metre backstroke; fi fth, 25-metre fl y.

Abbie Reich, 13-14 girls, fi rst, 200-metre IM; second, 50-metre fl y; third, 50-metre freestyle; third, 50-metre breaststroke; fourth, 25-metre freestyle.

Garret Ross, 11-12 boys, third, 50-metre fly; fourth, 50-metre breast-stroke; fourth, 25-metre freestyle.

Karlee Ross, 13-14 girls, fourth, 50-metre fl y.

Colin Sutter, 13-14 boys, second, 50-metre backstroke; fi fth, 25-metre freestyle.

Brielle Wakely, 7-8 girls, fourth, 50-metre back-stroke.

Thomas Wakely, 11-12 boys, second, 50-metre fl y; third, 25-metre freestyle; fourth, 50-metre freestyle.

Carson Wheeler, 7-8 boys, fi rst, 25-metre back-stroke; second, 50-metre freestyle; third, 25-metre freestyle.

Josh Wilson, 9-10 boys, fi rst, 25-metre breaststroke; fi rst, 50-metre fl y; second, 25-metre fl y; third, 50-metre freestyle; third, 25-metre freestyle.

Payten Wilson, 11-12 girls, second, 50-metre fl y; third, 50-metre freestyle; third, 50-metre breaststroke; third, 25-metre freestyle.

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There appears to be no end to the misery for the Southeast Legacy Twins.

The Saskatchewan Premier Baseball League club’s regular season los-ing skid sat at 11 games entering Monday’s road tilt against the Regina Mets.

T h e m i d g e t A A A squad lost both games of a doubleheader to the Swift Current Indians on Wednesday, narrowly dropping the first one 8-7 and getting hammered 20-1 in the second.

The Twins (4-16) are sitting in last place in the SPBL.

In the first game on Wednesday, the Twins put up a five-spot in the fifth inning to take a 7-4 lead, only to allow four runs over the last two innings.

The winning run was scored in the seventh when George Hudec reached on an error and scored on a

walk-off single by Justin Kehler.

Swift Current took the lead in the first inning when Reid Fritzke scored on an error.

The Twins tied it up in the second when Tanner Odgers singled to bring in Sean Jonassen. They then took the lead in the third when Jonassen cashed in Nolan Axten with a single.

But the Indians re-sponded quickly, plating three runs in the bottom of the third to retake the lead. All three runs came with two outs.

The Twins took con-trol of the game in the fifth inning, scoring five runs, four of them unearned.

With one out and the bases loaded, Austin Or-sted scored on a fielder’s choice. Ketter Hoium then hit a two-out ball toward centre field that result-ed in an error, allowing Axten and Mackenzie Lamontagne to score.

Two batters later, an error at shortstop allowed Tanner Odgers to reach and sent Hoium and Lucas Lafrentz home.

Swift Current wasted little time in responding to the Twins’ outburst, mus-tering another three-run inning in the sixth.

James Giroux threw a complete game for the Twins, al lowing eight runs (six earned) on 13 hits, two walks and two strikeouts.

In the second game, the Twins managed their lone run in the fourth in-ning.

The Twins lost a 12th straight game on Monday, 10-5 to the Regina Mets in the capital city.

The team visits the Regina Athletics tonight and faces the Mets again on Saturday in Regina before hosting a double-header against the Saska-toon Cubs in Weyburn on Sunday.

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There’s little question that the annual stop of the Dakota Classic Modified Tour is the highlight of the year at Estevan Motor Speedway.

The event boasts huge car counts, attracting top American drivers that we rarely see, and there’s al-ways that extra little buzz in the air.

The annual 40-lap mod feature complements the tour stop nicely and I, for one, am happy it was held on its usual date Saturday despite the protests of the tour.

Because a lot of the contenders on the mod tour

are largely unfamiliar with the Estevan track, many of them come up for the Fast 40 a few days beforehand for a little practice run.

Combine that with the $3,000 first prize up for grabs, and it’s a nice little event that really builds up to the tour stop for drivers and fans.

On Saturday, Estevan’s Aaron Turnbull managed to hold off some of the afore-mentioned rare visitors, including Hank Berry and Kevin Stoa, after leading for most of the feature.

Turnbull was running hot Saturday, and if not for a couple of cautions and

having to dodge lap traffi c, could have won by as much as half a lap.

He brought that same form to the fi rst night of the mod tour Sunday in Minot, and judging from witness accounts, he was blowing away the fi eld there, too.

But his engine had

started to give him trouble early, and despite staying on top for another 15 or so laps, it conked out in the last 10 laps of the race, giving Turnbull a DNF.

Father Ed and brother Tyson held up the fam-ily name though, fi nishing fourth and seventh respec-

tively.Tyson was sitting in

fi fth place heading to Es-tevan, eight points behind leader Berry, and was cer-tainly looking for a strong night to try to move up the ranks.

Last year’s Estevan winner, Jay Noteboom, was looking for a bounce-back night as the tour headed north of the border.

Noteboom sat in 21st after two nights, posting a DNF on both nights. He fi nished sixth in Saturday’s Fast 40, after taking second place last year.

Berry led the tour standings by five points

after Monday’s action, but the fi eld is for the most part wide open. It will only get tighter from here on in.

Last night’s tour stop took place after press time. For results and interviews, see the upcoming edition of the Southeast Trader Express and estevanmer-cury.ca.

Josh Lewis can be reached by phone at 634-2654, by e-mail at sports@estevanmercury.ca or on Twitter at twitter.com/joshlewis306. Anyone else notice that Chael Sonnen hasn’t been running his mouth the last few days?

BASEBALLSaskatchewan Premier Baseball League AAA standingsTeam GP W L T Pts Pct. Saskatoon Giants 28 23 5 0 46 .821Regina Athletics 22 15 7 0 30 .682Regina Wolfpack 24 15 9 0 30 .625Saskatoon D-Backs 22 12 10 0 24 .545SC Indians 22 11 11 0 22 .500Saskatoon Cubs 23 8 15 0 16 .348Moose Jaw Devons 23 8 15 0 16 .348Regina Mets 21 7 14 0 14 .333Southeast Twins 21 4 17 0 8 .190

Baseball Regina bantam AAA standings(fi nal standings - some games were never played)

Team GP W L T Pct.Estevan 16 14 1 1 .906Pacers 19 14 5 0 .737Buffalos 13 8 3 2 .692Swift Current 18 8 7 3 .528White Sox 16 6 6 4 .500Carlyle 17 5 8 4 .412Yorkton 16 6 9 1 .406Moose Jaw 21 6 12 3 .357Melville 15 1 12 2 .133

Baseball Regina peewee AAA standings(fi nal standings - some games were never played)

Team GP W L T Pct.Weyburn 20 17 3 0 .850Pacers 18 14 4 0 .778Swift Current 14 8 6 0 .571White Sox 17 8 8 1 .500Yorkton 14 7 7 0 .500Estevan 12 5 7 0 .417Melville 16 2 13 1 .156Moose Jaw 13 0 13 0 .000

Saskota Baseball League standings

Team GP W L T Pct.Carlyle 8 6 0 2 .875Carnduff 11 9 2 0 .818Lampman P. 11 8 3 0 .727Kenosee 11 6 2 3 .682Oxbow 11 5 5 1 .500Estevan 11 4 5 2 .455Arcola 11 4 5 2 .455Wawota 12 3 6 3 .375Lampman C. 12 1 10 1 .125Redvers 10 1 9 0 .100

All statistics are accurate as of Tuesday afternoon.

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Dakota modifi ed tour a real spectacle

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Hear Me Out

No Sight, No ProblemLaurence Mack tees off while blindfolded on the traditional “blind tee-off ” at the

fi rst hole of the Estevan Lions/CNIB golf tournament on Thursday at the Estevan

Woodlawn Golf Club.

Gunning for CashRyan Harris leads a pack of cars around a turn during a modifi ed heat prior to the

McComb Automotive Fast 40 on Saturday at Estevan Motor Speedway.

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Congratulations and best wishes to Andrea Man-tei and Preston Leatherdale who were united in mar-riage on June 23 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Este-van. Pastor Stewart Miller performed the ceremony. There were three brides-maids and three grooms-men. Pianist was Andrea’s aunt, Joanne Rutko of Cal-gary; Jaclyn Lievaart was the soloist and was accom-panied by her sister, Jen-elle Wimmer at the piano. Sandra Bazin also played a fl ute solo. Gift opening was held the next day at Andrea’s home. Parents of this happy couple are Terry and Wilma Mantei of Estevan, and Gord and Pat Leatherdale of Weyburn. We wish the newly-married couple happiness and many God bless you with many years of love together.

Best wishes to Jayla Memory who celebrated a birthday on July 8.

Happy anniversary to Margaret and Bruce Dun-can who were married 12

Outram-Torquay News

Organizing Garage Sale ItemsAmber Andersen, director/curator of the Estevan Art Gallery and Museum, fi lled in some spaces on the gallery’s

garage sale tables on Friday afternoon following a few brisk sales that left some room for more products.

The sale was termed a success with over $2,000 in sales recorded during the two-day event.

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Shirley GrahamClub Secretary

Overheard in the coffee shop: “My wife and I had words, I didn’t get to use mine!”

Catch up time ... bridge was played on Wednesday, June 27 with Helen Marriott fi nishing in fi rst place, Helen

years on July 1.Henk and Johanna

Lievaart have been spend-ing some time at Diefen-baker Lake.

Among the area stu-dents who graduated from the Estevan Comprehen-sive School this year were: Kirsty Yergens, Kayleen Wingert, Katrina Mantei, Kristen Seipp and Katelyn Tedford. Congratulations to all of you!

Russel Mantei cel-ebrated his birthday on July 1.

Donald and Faye Man-tei accompanied by their grandchildren, Julia and Morgan Klatt, spent a few days vacation at Medora, N.D. That is always a very scenic trip.

Thanks to everyone who phoned, sent cards, fl owers, gifts, visited me, and especially for your prayers during my recent surgery. I am now home and doing well thanks to my family and friends.

Faye Mantei attended the Outram-Madigan 4-H Achievement Day on July 6 and also the regional 4-H Achievement Day and sale on July 7.

Parish took second, and Au-drey Lausch came third.

On July 4, the bridge winners were as follows: Helen Marriott, fi rst; Wilma Tedford, second; and Doris Heidinger, third.

Cribbage on Thursday, June 28 saw Grace Carlson and Shirley Graham taking fi rst, Lorna Stubel and Jean Oshmak finished second,

while in third place were Ber-tha Andries and Jake Dyck.

The cribbage winners on Thursday July 5 were as follows: Charlene Anderson and Al Fellner, fi rst; Shirley Graham and Grace Carlson, and Dick Willows and Jake Fichter tied for second.

Please take note: As of Thursday, July 12, cribbage will be played at 1 p.m., until

further notice. Please tell your friends.

This is just a reminder that there are no meetings or potluck suppers during July and August.

With all things consid-ered, our second “jam ses-sion” went very well. At-tendance was down a bit, but those who were there had a good time. Happy anniver-sary was extended to Mr. and Mrs. Louis Belanger who were celebrating 38 years of wedded bliss. Again, many thanks to all who came. See you on August 12 - mark your calendar.

Not able to have chil-dren, a young couple decided to visit their pastor and ask him to pray for them. Because the pastor was working on his car, he took a can of 3-In-One oil and blessed them. Nine months later, the couple had triplets! When they visited the pastor again, the lady gave him a big hug, saying “Are we ever glad you didn’t bless us with WD-40!”

Have a great week and enjoy the heat!

By Betty BaniulisNorth Portal

Correspondent

Joe and Betty Baniulis and son Wendell; Gene and Margaret Baniulis of North Portal and their son Logan and friend Jackie, along with their three children, all of Estevan, drove to Fishing Lake, northwest of Foam Lake on Friday, Jan. 29 to have a family reunion at the cabin of Lorie Ba-niulis and friend Bonnie. Also attending were Faye Baniulis, Alex and Heather of Sherwood Park, Alta.; and Lorie’s son Mitchell and his friend Cheryl of Saskatoon.

While the family was at the Lorie Baniulis home, word was received that 12-week-old Declan Chris-topher Kelly had passed away on Saturday, June 30 in the Children’s Hospital in Calgary, Alta. He was the

North Portal Newsson of Chris and Lisa Kelly (n e Baniulis) of Medicine Hat, Alta. A celebration of Declan’s life was held on July 4 at 2 p.m., at the Cook Southland Funeral Chapel in Medicine Hat with Reverend Father Philip Lee officiating. Following the service, the family met for a time of fellowship and re-freshments in the Reception Centre. Delcan was a great grandson of Joe and Betty Baniulis.

The United Church In-ternational Charge which includes Portal, North Portal and Estevan, held a joint ser-vice on July 8 at North Portal with Rev. Brenna Nichol officiating. Following the service, everyone enjoyed a potluck lunch at the golf club in Portal. As well, Rev. Brenna’s parents, Ken and Denise of Rockaway, New Jersey arrived that weekend to visit their daughter.

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Morning ShopperIsabella Semenuik joined her mother for a Saturday morning trip to the Estevan Farmers’ Market and helped

pick out some fresh tomatoes. The market was bustling with activity as marketers and buyers are now

transitioning from fl oral start-up purchases to the beginning of the fresh produce season. Other marketers

are featuring homemade baking, preserves, clothing, books, kitchen supplies and crafts. The market is held

every Saturday morning in the parking lot at the Estevan Shoppers Mall.

The provincial gov-ernment is hailing another positive jobs report from Statistics Canada.

According to a govern-ment press release, there were 548,900 people work-ing in Saskatchewan in June 2012, the highest ever on re-cord for the second straight month. There were 11,700 more people working in the province in June when compared to a year ago.

Saskatchewan’s sea-sonally adjusted unemploy-ment rate was 4.9 per cent in June, the second lowest in the country and well be-low the national average of 7.2 per cent.

“More people working speaks to the strength of the provincial economy,” Ad-vanced Education Minister Don Morgan said, on behalf of Economy Minister Bill Boyd. “Wages are rising, population is increasing, business confi dence is up and our economy continues to move forward at a steady pace.”

Other highlights from the report include:

• The labour force reached an all-time high of 547,400.

• Employment has in-creased year-over-year for seven months in a row.

• Saska t chewan’s growth rate was 2.2 per cent, the fourth highest among the provinces.

• Off-reserve Aborigi-nal employment was up by 300, the 13th consecutive month of year-over-year increases.

• Youth seasonally ad-justed unemployment rate of 8.9 per cent was the low-est in the country.

The NDP was quick to point out that the report

wasn’t all positive though, as the number of unem-ployed people did increase, the opposition noted.

In a press release they noted the number of people unemployed in Saskatch-ewan increased by 1,700 to 25,600 last month, ac-cording to the latest job numbers released by Sta-tistics Canada. This number includes only those who actively looked for work in the past month.

“While we welcome the good aspects of today’s jobs report, the increasing unemployment we have seen is a pretty big blem-ish on the overall picture,” NDP Advanced Education and Employment critic Cam Broten said. “When 25,600 people are actively looking for jobs but unable to secure any, that ought to concern the provincial government.”

Sectors that experi-enced signifi cant job loss over the last year included: finance, insurance, real estate and leasing (-1,300 jobs); agriculture (-1,100 jobs); accommodation and food services (-800 jobs); and professional, scientifi c and technical services (-600 jobs).

“After two years of almost stagnant job growth in the province, we have been pleased to see modest gains in recent months,” Broten said. “But when key sectors are losing jobs and when year-over-year unemployment is up at the same time, it certainly causes me to wonder how much better things could be in Saskatchewan had the Sask. Party not scrapped important job training and employment development programs.”

A n o t h e r j o b s

record set in June

Despite the turmoil that is hitting the finan-cial markets throughout the world, Saskatchewan small business owners are optimistic about the future.

The Canadian Fed-eration of Independent Business released its lat-est monthly business ba-rometer last week, which says optimism for the year ahead among small busi-ness owners in Saskatch-ewan remains strong at an index of 72.5 in June from

an index of 72.2 in May, and 10.4 points ahead of the national index of 62.1.

Fifty-six per cent of Saskatchewan small busi-ness owners rate their overall state of business as good - the highest in Canada and well ahead of the national average of 40 per cent. Twenty-seven per cent of business owners plan to increase full time employment in the next three to four months - tied with Alberta for the highest

in Canada.The weight of concern

about prospects for world economies continues to push business confi dence down in other parts of Canada. June figures for CFIB’s business barom-eter show the index falling to 62.1 from May’s 64.8 level. The index is down 5.6 points from its March 2012 peak and now back to levels of late-summer 2011 when debt concerns in Europe and the US fl ared

up. This most recent in-dex reading suggests the economy is still growing, but at a slower pace.

Businesses in Alberta (73.3) and Saskatchewan (72.5) continue to be Can-ada’s most optimistic, col-lectively the top two for 11 consecutive months. Busi-ness owners in Manitoba (65.9), New Brunswick (65.7) and British Colum-bia (65.6) are comfortably above the national average, suggesting reasonable, but

not stellar growth. New-foundland and Labrador (61.3) has a profi le pretty much on average, while optimism is lagging in Ontario (60.7), Quebec (59.7), Prince Edward Is-land (59.5) and Nova Sco-tia (56.4).

Provincial highlights include:

• 56 per cent of busi-nesses in Saskatchewan say the overall state of business is good (40 per cent nationally); 39 per cent say it is satisfactory (48 per cent nationally).

• 27 per cent of Sas-katchewan businesses plan

to increase full-time em-ployment in the next three to four months (15 per cent nationally) and only six per cent plan to decrease (12 per cent nationally).

• The shortage of skilled labour (44 per cent) is identified as the main operating challenge in Saskatchewan, followed by management skills and time constraints (28 per cent).

• Main cost pressures for small business include: fuel/energy costs (55 per cent), tax/regulatory costs (45 per cent) and wage costs (42 per cent).

Sask. business owners remain optimistic

The deadline for sub-missions on Saskatchewan’s labour legislation review is just over three weeks away.

“We continue to look to the people of Saskatchewan to provide input that will assist in modernizing Sas-katchewan’s labour legisla-tion,” Labour Relations and Workplace Safety Minister Don Morgan said. “Our goal is to effectively meet the needs of employees and employers in today’s work-places.”

Stakeholders and in-terested parties are asked to submit written feedback no later than July 31, 2012.

On May 2, 2012, Mor-gan announced a compre-hensive review of the cur-rent labour legislation. The review will restructure and reorganize the existing leg-islation, eliminate inconsis-tencies, clarify legislative applications and modernize legislation to refl ect today’s changing work environ-ment.

Some examples of the topics under consideration are: essential services leg-islation, union financial disclosure, notice require-ments, collection of employ-ees’ wages after business closure, variable hours of work to meet needs of both employers and employees, and indexation of the mini-mum wage.

An advisory committee comprised of subject matter experts representing labour and business from across

Saskatchewan has also been created to provide advice.

The discussion paper is available online at www.lrws.gov.sk.ca/modernizing-legislation.

Submissions can be sent by post or electronic mail to:

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“More people working speaks to the

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The Calm Between the StormsThe skies to the west of Estevan took on an eerie look between two of the major storms that passed through the area on July 3. The two storms reportedly dumped

over two inches of rain on Estevan and area and caused signifi cant hail damage in areas east of Estevan and in Bienfait.

He just wanted to make a little bit of a differ-ence, so when seven-year-old Dre Khalaf showed up at the Estevan Humane Society’s animal shelter last Tuesday afternoon, he was doing just that. He had $200 in an envelope to hand over to shelter man-ager Judy Martin, saying “I wanted to help the kittens and dogs and pets here.”

Dre, who turned seven on June 30, said he wanted to take half of the money collected for his birthday celebration and turn it over to the shelter. His stepfa-ther Nick Martin said he

would match any amount that was gathered through the birthday celebration process, and thus, the total amount of $200.

Dre said that Tues-day’s trip with his grand-mother to the shelter on the city’s south side was his fi rst, but probably not his last. His mother Kathy Sovdi was unable to attend due to work commitments.

Dre noted that one kitten from a litter of three, that were playing in the shelter’s front foyer, seemed to bond with him rather rapidly.

Dre has a Boston ter-

rier named Bitterman at home.

Judy Martin said the money will be used in a va-riety of ways ... helping to pay a growing veterinarian bill or purchasing neces-sary supplies and food.

“They all need food and toys and we need staff and we need to pay vet bills, so there are plenty of directions that donations like this can go,” she said.

The birthday party that was held a little earlier than the offi cial date, was a lot of fun according to Dre who expressed no regret with his decision.

Youngster gives birthday gift to homeless animals

Seven-year-old Dre Khalaf presented Judy Martin of the Estevan Humane

Society with $200 in birthday party money that he decided to turn over to the

society last week. The presentation was made at the animal shelter where Dre

also made a new friend in the form of a small kitten that was inspecting the

front reception area with its mother.

TEN YEARS AGO:The final tabulations

were in, and the Estevan Mercury had struck gold! Publisher Peter Ng was informed on July 6 that The Mercury had captured a Canadian Community Newspapers Association (CCNA) fi rst-place award for producing the best front page among all community newspapers in Canada with circulation between 2,000 and 3,499. The local pa-per was also able to claim two third-place awards at the national level. In the best overall category, The Mercury fi nished just be-hind two British Columbia newspapers, The Whistler

Question and Williams Lake Tribune. The other award was in the Premier category, where The Mercury fi nished third in best sports pages.

The Estevan Wood-lawn Golf Club played host to the Saskatchewan Mid-Amateur Golf Champion-ships from July 2 to 5 with John Walsh of Saskatoon turning in a four-day com-bined score of 286 to come out on top. The top golfers now had the opportunity to represent the province at the National Mid-Amateur scheduled for Halifax in August. Joining Walsh on the Saskatchewan team would be Darryn Knibbs, also of Saskatoon, along

with Mike Ross and Scott Blackstock of Estevan. Although Blackstock had finished fifth in the local tournament, he would be making the trip in place of Kirk McGregor of Regina, who was unable to go to Halifax.

An impressive 241 an-glers made their way to Alameda Dam on June 29 for the annual Alameda Community Rink Fishing Derby. Ramona Quinn of Frobisher was the big win-ner, receiving $2,000 for catching a northern pike that weighed in at 14.3 pounds. In the youth di-vision, Jonas Brooks of Alameda was fi rst with a

pike that weighed in at 4.9 pounds, which earned him $200.

TWENTY YEARS AGO:

Although the City had asked people to monitor their water usage, Estevan residents didn’t do a very good conservation job in June. According to statis-tics provided to city council on July 6, total water con-sumption for June came to 39.5 million gallons or per capita use of 125 gallons a day. That was considerably higher than the fi gures re-corded in June 1991 when residents used 34.4 million gallons of water for a per capita consumption of 115 gallons a day. One of the reasons cited for consump-tion being much lower the

previous year was because of the signifi cant amount of rain that was received in May and June.

The Estevan Public Library, a branch of the Southeast Regional Library, moved into its new home at the Souris Valley Aquatic and Leisure Centre during the fi rst week in July. The impressive facility was opened to the public for the time the morning of Monday, July 6.

Parnell Pidhorny won the Derrick Open golf tournament championship on July 1 at the Estevan Woodlawn Golf Club. He fi nished with a one-under-par 70. On the seniors’ side, top honours went to Bill Jackson who defended his title, carding an 81, while Jean Broadhead topped the

women’s competition with a score of 100.

Kimberly Burham, who just graduated from Grade 9 at Weldon School in Bienfait, received word that she had been selected for the 1992 Saskatchewan Honour Band. Approxi-mately 300 students from around the province audi-tioned for the 65-member band that would be present-ing a concert at the Sasktch-ewan Music Educators’ convention in Saskatoon in the fall. Kimberly, who played the fl ute and piccolo, was currently attending band camp at the Inter-national Peace Gardens, having received scholar-ships from the Estevan Arts Council and Bienfait Music Boosters enabling her to do so. ⇢B9

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Manitoba and Sas-katchewan Coal Company announced they would be shutting down the Char Plant south of Bienfait, putting 25 people out of work. The Char Plant, which processed lignite coal into raw material for charcoal briquettes, had been in operation since 1920. M&S said the plant closure was due to lack of markets for its product.

Hire-A-Student Week held from June 28 to July 2 was a great success. Student employment counselor Steve Orlowski noted that in addi-tion to an information booth being set up at the Estevan Shoppers Mall and a hire-a-student relay race held in downtown Estevan during the week, the offi ce had also

received vacancies for 23 students, most of which had already been fi lled.

The annual July 1 cel-ebrations in Bienfait were their usual success, right from the pancake breakfast that kicked off the day to the huge dance in the tastefully decorated rink where an es-timated crowd of 600 danced to the music of Driftwood in the evening.

Greg Vall captured the championship at the Derrick Open golf tournament on July 4 at Estevan Woodlawn Golf Club when he defeated Parnell Pidhorny in a sudden

death playoff. Both golfers turned in rounds of 74 after the fi rst 18 holes, necessitat-ing a tie-breaker where Vall birdied on the fi rst playoff hole to claim the title.

By Catrina Moldenhauer Midale Correspondent

Just a reminder - Mi-dale is under a precaution-ary boil water advisory. Before using tap water, please make sure you boil it for at least one minute.

The Midale 39er’s held their monthly meeting and supper on July 2. The pan-cake breakfast they held on June 14 was quite success-ful with 45 people attend-ing. Vinold Carlson has resigned as booking agent due to health reasons. The 39er’s greatly appreciate all the years Vinold served as booking agent. The new booking agents are Garnett Kerr at 458-2398 or Betty Kramer at 458-2904.

The Midale Museum will be open for visitors and tours until Labour Day weekend. The annual Threshing Bee and Heritage days will be held on July 28 and 29. Be sure to come out and enjoy the pancake breakfast each morning.

Summer MOMents - Are you a mom? Are you tired of microwaving your coffee three times before finishing it, if you even have time to make any? Do you need some adult conversation in your day? Are in interested in a play group for your baby, tod-dler, preschooler or other younger child(ren)? Come join other moms over hot coffee while the kids play! They will meet in the side wing of the Midale Bap-

tist Church on following Wednesdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m.: July 18 and August 15 and 22. For more information please contact Criston White at 458-7630.

The Midale Oilmen’s Association have set July 27th for their annual fund-raising golf tournament at Mainprize Park. It will be a two-person best-ball format. Contact Darren Moldenhauer at 458-7780 or Catrina Moldenhauer at 458-2887 to enter or for more information.

Mainprize Market-place will run on July 14 and August 25 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Pederson Place. For more information or to book a table call Julie VanAlstyne at 458-2535.

The Midale Public Li-brary is once again holding a TD Summer Reading

Program. With the theme “Imagine!” it will famil-iarize young readers with literature of the fantastic. Readers will be charmed by fantasy stories and novels and will be enthralled by tales of wonder. They will discover unusual creatures and strange machines in mysterious locales. Imag-ine a summer of books, games and activities that will give free rein to young people’s imaginations! Pre-school and children’s pro-grams will take place every Wednesday morning at the Midale Public Library. Call 458-2742 for more informa-tion and to register your child!

Anyone wishing to book either of the rinks for events, please call or text Catrina Moldenhauer on the rink cellphone at 458-7555.

Midale happenings

By Judy Pratt& Shelly VerobaCreighton Lodge Correspondents

The United Way volun-teer workers ushered every-one at Creighton Lodge into summer with many of them coming to plant the gardens, pots and clean out the bushes around the building. They worked so hard in the heat of the day and now we are left with flowering petu-nias, marigolds and colourful pots to enjoy. As a member agency of the United Way, we want to thanks this wonderful organization for all that they do for us. Their financial support and the support we receive on the Day of Caring are very much appreciated by the residents, staff, manage-ment and the trust committee.

Nearly all the residents of Creighton Lodge are out

and about, enjoying the yard and garden. We planted let-tuce, radishes, tomatoes and onions in our raised beds that were donated to us last sum-mer by F&L Concrete. Our picnic tables have been re-furbished with new wooden seats and tops, and we had a donation of a table and benches from Al and Joyce Klesse.

Another organization that treated us during the past month was the Shriners. They supplied us with tickets to the circus for any resident who wanted to attend. The sponsors for our tickets were AGB Construction, Ben An-derson and Mike Anderson, all of Estevan. Thanks to all of you for providing us with the opportunity to attend the circus. A special thanks goes out to Norma Blackburn for attending with the residents to assist them.

It is with sadness we said goodbye to resident Rosie Adams. She passed away after a short illness and she will be missed by all. We are so grateful for the donations made to Creighton Lodge in her memory. Rosie was always very near and dear to our hearts, and it is always diffi cult when we lose someone from our Creighton Lodge family.

Long-time resident Ber-na Hagel moved to long-term care and we wish her well in her new home. Berna left us with a beautiful cabinet that is holding all of our fancy cups and saucers. Thank you so much, Berna.

A big thank you goes out to our musical entertainers for June. We started off with Freddie and the Freebies and Elly Foster sang for us twice. The Happy Wanderers, the Church of Christ Singers,

Bob Olson and Family and Eileen Roche also enter-tained, while Ella Messer and friends played for us one night. Some of our entertain-ers are taking the summer off, so if anyone can play an instrument or sing a few bars, please feel free to come in and try it out on us!

As always, we get excel-lent support from our minis-terial association members who provide us with our weekly church service on Sunday afternoon. Thank you so much for meeting our spiritual needs this way. Also thank you to Trinity Lutheran, St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church and St. Paul’s United Church for providing us with commu-nion each month.

We had regular visits from our puppies that are part of the dog therapy pro-gram here in Estevan. Their owner, Christina Wock, is so committed to bringing our little friends over to see us every week. 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 volunteering 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 our month is always the chicken dinner from KFC which the Residents’ Council pays for. We have volunteer helpers, Doreen Dirks, Marge Heidinger, Margaret Mack, Jean Delorme, Mary Drader and Doreen Hagen who alter-nately come to 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.

Thanks again to our “fi tness” volunteers. We have

our exercise ladies, Audrey Dupuis, Monica MacKenzie and Kelly Harrison who come weekly to assist us with our range of motion exercises and our weight lifting. Don’t worry - we’re not overdoing it! We have been enjoying chair yoga also, provided by Cori-Lynn McIvor. We are taking a break from our chair yoga and a few of our exercise days this summer to give the ladies their time off, too.

The residents and trust committee of Creighton Lodge would like to thank those who have donated to our lodge expansion and general renovation of the facility this month. Thank you to Kalabash Resources Ltd., Rocket Sales, the Days Inn, Bert Baxter Transport, and Rudy and Joan Hanelt for your generous donations.

Please stop by to see our building and grounds and have a cup of coffee or juice with us this summer. We’d love to see you!

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Forever in Our Hearts

July 13, 2011

BARNEY STYRE

You are no longer in ourlife to share

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- Miss you very much, Verna, Mi-chael, John, Antoinette, Mary and their Families.

In Loving Memory of

FRED VICARY

July 8, 2003

Your voice we can still hearYour smile we can still see

Your love we still feelMemories you left us are

etched in our heartsAlthough we miss you,

we feel your presence withus every day.

- Forever Loved, Mike, Wanda, Jeff, Joey, Jared, Jeremy

& Families.

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July 6, 2011

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The Lord will bring ourfamily together again.

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Elwin Howard HoiumElwin Howard Hoium, late of Midale, Sask. passed away peacefully in his sleep on July

3, 2012 at the age of 89 years, after a period of steadily declining health. Elwin was predeceased by his wife, Odelite (nee Torgunrud); his parents, Alfred and

Emilie Hoium; his sister, Agnes Rosengren; his brother, Jim Hoium; brothers-in-law: George Rose, Norman Rosengren; sister-in-law, Alma Hoium; father and mother-in-law, Edwin and Anna Torgunrud.

Elwin is survived by his children: Lee (Wendy Bram), 130 Mile Ranch, B.C.; granddaughter, Shannon (Mark) Kostering, Chilliwack, B.C., great grandchildren: Lisa and Riley; Gary (Shelley), Weyburn, Sask., granddaughter, Nicole (Scott) Giroux, Saskatoon, Sask., great granddaughter, Maggie; grandson, Jason (fi ancée Kayla Rieger), Weyburn, Sask.; Lois (Dave) Hinz, Waldheim, Sask.; granddaughters: Courtney Hinz, Montreal, Que. and Chenille Hinz, Saskatoon, Sask.; brothers: Marvin (Ruth) Hoium, Midale, Sask., Bazel Hoium, Weyburn, Sask.; sister, Hazel Rose, Weyburn, Sask., along with numerous nieces, nephews, close relatives and friends.

Elwin was born in Midale, Sask. on July 9th, 1922, the fi rst son (and second child) of Alfred and Emilie Hoium. He completed all his school years in Midale with mathematics being one of his favourite subjects. He was confi rmed in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in 1937 and was a faithful member of that congregation throughout his active life.

On December 31st, 1951 (New Year’s Eve) (-31 degrees F.) he married a young school teacher, Odelite Torgunrud of Midale. Their fi rst home was on the Lindbom farm 1 mile south of Midale, where Elwin worked for Henry Lindbom. They had 3 children, Leland, Gary and Lois. Elwin had 5 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren. He loved all his grandchildren and especially enjoyed playing with them in their younger years. Odelite, his loving wife of 54 years, passed away in June, 2005.

In his younger years Elwin enjoyed sports but particularly softball where according to Elwin he became known as the “Home Run King.” He liked to reminisce about the “good old days” including the “Dirty Thirties.” He fondly and proudly recalled the many long hours and days he spent out in the fi elds “stooking” and threshing. Along with one or two other close friends, Elwin was responsible for digging some 80 graves by hand with a pick and shovel sometimes picking through 5 feet of frost, sometimes in stormy weather, sometimes in temperatures as cold as -30 degrees F.

When Henry and Vi Lindbom decided to move in 1960 back to their farm, Elwin and Odelite purchased the Egland acreage on the north end of Midale and moved to town. Elwin brought a few of his Shorthorn cows with him and kept a small cattle farm for many years. He continued working for Henry Lindbom and also did part time work as a carpenter. Elwin later joined the RM of Cymri crew and did road maintenance and construction unitl he retired.

During his past 7 years at Hill View Manor in Estevan, Elwin became a resident dishwasher. Elwin always had a very competitive nature. He walked many “Senior” miles each day with his walker up and down the hallways. He very much enjoyed playing cards and bingo and attended all the other daily activities going on. All weekly church services and functions were very important to him, including the “Manor Hymn sing” every Sunday morning. He read his Bible and his devotion booklets every day. He appreciated his visits from friends, family and all clergy. He was especially grateful for his regular visits from his nephew Kevin (his honourary pallbearer) who would make weekly visits on his scooter from the south side of Estevan faithfully bringing the local newspapers and any special news clippings Dad might be interested in.

A couple of years back he developed a special relationship with a “Grandbuddy” through an elementary school initiated program matching young students with specifi c residents allowing them to interact and share some of their life experiences with each other. This gave him many cherished memories.

Elwin was residing at Hill View Manor at the time of his passing. A special thank you to all the staff for the wonderful care they gave to our Dad over the years. Many of you became very special to him. The family appreciate all of you.

A funeral service for Elwin was held on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. from Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Midale, Sask. with Pastor Cicely McDougall offi ciating. Interment followed at Westphalia Cemetery, Midale, Sask. Honorary pallbearer was Kevin Hoium. Active pallbearers were Lee Hoium, Gary Hoium, Jason Hoium, Howard Rosengren, Ron Hoium and Larry Hoium.

For family and friends so wishing, in lieu of fl owers, donations in memory of Elwin may be made to the Bethlehem Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, Box 278, Midale, SK, S0C 1S0 or a Charity of Choice.

Arrangements were entrusted to RD Family Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, Weyburn, Sask. (848-0333 ~ 1-888-848-0333). Expressions of sympathy to the family may be sent to our website at: www.rdfamilymemorialchapel.com

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Evelyn Alida HansenEvelyn Alida Hansen was born October 25, 1925, the ninth child of John and Dina Hansen at the home farm, NE 23-2-15, near

Hoffer, Sask. Most of her public schooling was at Dravland School. In Evelyn’s “Story” in the RM of Souris Valley 2005 history book, she mentions

that annual Christmas Concerts and the Sports Days at Foster’s Grove were very special to her. She attended high school in Lake Alma, then Normal School during the summer months in Regina - she got her teaching certifi cate after 2 months of teacher’s training, and started teaching at the age of 17. Prairie Lea school in Creelman was her fi rst school; other schools included Dravland, Goodwater, Apollo, Kindersley (a country school and at the town school (early ‘50s), Torquay (‘59-’60), Macoun, Bienfait (from ‘62-’65) and Scotsburn School in Estevan (from fall of ‘65 until she retired in June of 1984. This was 32 years in total (24 years for the Estevan Rural School division). Evelyn took a break from teaching and worked in the Department of Agriculture Ag-rep offi ce in Kindersley, Sask. for 5 years. Evelyn attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon from 1960-1962 and fi nally a summer school French class completed the requirements for her Bachelor of Education degree received in the fall of 1964.

She lived with her parents in Estevan; her father passed away in 1965 and her mother in 1968. She continued to live at 1433 - 3rd Street until she moved to Trinity Tower in 1990 where she took an active part in all activities there, from exercise three times a week to singing, games, entertainment evenings and once a month potlucks.

Evelyn volunteered with the Estevan Multicultural Society, the Norwegian Group, Library work at Trinity, president of an ELW Circle - holding meetings at Creighton Lodge, delivering Meals on Wheels, working with Voice of the Handicapped, the music festival and the Estevan Arts Council.

Trips have taken her to many parts of Canada and United States, Europe and Norway. The highlight was when she took a 6-month leave of absence from work for a 1956 trip to Norway along with her sister, Myrtle; she returned to Norway on a cruise trip with Palmer and Marg in 2006.

Evelyn was baptized and confi rmed in the Lutheran Church and her faith played a major part of her life. She took a keen interest in the community and church activities but particularly in the lives of her 28 nieces and nephews and their families down to her great-great nieces and nephews as well as maintaining connections with her cousins in Norway, the States and many friends and former students.

In August 2010, Evelyn moved to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home in Estevan where she died in the late evening of June 29, 2012. Evelyn was predeceased by her father, John B. Hansen; her mother, Dina (Gronvold) Hansen; an infant sister, Evelyn Violet Hansen; and her sisters: Edith Melby,

Myrtle Hansen, Anna Hagen, Clara Tangjerd; her brothers, Bernhard and Clarence Hansen; her sisters-in-law, Evelyn Hansen and Vera Hansen; her brothers-in-law, Victor Melby and Olaf Hagen; and niece, Deborah Hansen; nephews, Normann Melby, David Tangjerd, Carl Tangjerd; and great nephews, Timothy Melby and Troy Hansen.

Memories of Evelyn are treasured by her surviving brothers, Johnny; Lloyd and his wife, Lauretta; Palmer and his wife, Marg; and her brother-in-law, Harald Tangjerd and sister-in-law, Hazel Hansen. Eleven nieces and 17 nephews with their 25 spouses, three step-nieces and a step-nephew, 28 great nieces and 40 great nephews and 34 great, great nieces and nephews are thankful for the special memories of a dear Aunt, Great Aunt and Great, Great Aunt.

A Funeral Service was held on Wednesday, July 4, 2012 from Trinity Lutheran Church, Estevan, Saskatchewan with Pastor Martin Olson offi ciating. Pallbearers were Dennis Melby, Garnet Hansen, Lorne Tangjerd, Wayne Hagen, Don Hansen, and Doug Hansen.

Interment was at Dravland Cemetery, Hoffer, Saskatchewan. Donations in memory of Evelyn may be made to the Estevan Regional Nursing Home, Estevan, Saskatchewan.Condolences may be left at: www.fl etcherfuneralchapel.com

Arrangements have been entrusted toFletcher Funeral Chapels Ltd.

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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.

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PowerTech Industries Ltd. in Estevan is seeking Journeymen Electricians and Apprentices for

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