Shellbrook Chronicle January 20th

Emergency service will be suspended through the weekend of January 20-22 at the Shellbrook Hospital due to a lack of physician coverage.

Since August, 2011, the hospital has not provided inpatient acute care and has trimmed emergency service from 24 hour 7 day a week service down to 6 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Monday.

Weekend coverage for Emergency Services at the Shellbrook Hospital will resume on Friday, January 27, 2012, at 6 p.m. Ambulances will bypass Shellbrook until that time.

The Prince Albert Parkland Health Region has main-tained that inpatient acute care will not be provided until a sustainable physician on-call rotation can be maintained.

Inpatient beds are currently being utilized for non-acute patients, including individuals who are waiting for placement in long-term care facilities.

The Region, in partnership with the Town of Shellbrook, is operating a primary health care clinic. This clinic is located in the current physician clinic loca-tion across from the Shellbrook Hospital.

The hours of operation at the two medical clinics is 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays, excluding statutory holiday. Area residents can call one of the two medical clinics for appointments:

• Shellbrook Medical Clinic, with Dr. Fourie and Dr. Nguegno, at 306.747.2171, or

• Shellbrook Primary Care Clinic at 306.747.2552.If individuals want information outside of regular

clinic hours, they are encouraged to call Saskatchewan HealthLine for medical advice 24-hours a day, 7 days a week. The HealthLine number is 1-877-800-0002.

The HealthLine is a toll-free health advice line that is staffed by Registered Nurses.

They can provide you with immediate, professional health advice or information, and direct you to the most appropriate source of care.

HealthLine will help you decide whether you should treat your own symptoms, go to a clinic, wait to see your doctor, or go to a hospital emergency room. HealthLine is also available online at www.health.gov.sk.ca/health-line

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SHELLBROOK SKATE -- Shellbrook’s Hailey Harms performs on home ice as the Shellbrook Skating club hosted the Region 12 Invitational Skating Competition over the weekend. This was the fi rst time in 21 years that the club hosted the regional, which rotates between communities in the region on a year to year basis. Story and pictures on page 10.

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Wintery weather brings school disruptionsWith temperatures dipping into the -30’s that feel like

the -40’s with the wind chill the Saskatchewan Rivers School Division’s inclement weather policy kicked in this week.

Bus service were canceled throughout the school di-vision Wednesday while other schools were closed alto-gether. Christopher Lake, East Central, Meath Park, Os-borne, Red Wing, Spruce Home, West Central and Wild Rose schools were all closed Wednesday because of the cold weather conditions.

Division policy states that schools that are not located in a community or where the majority of students ride the bus to school close when it is too cold for buses to run.

Bus runs are automatically cancelled when the tem-perature drops below -40 C or when the temperature is below -35 with a wind chill temperature below -45 C.

However under the policy, in-town schools do not close due to inclement weather. Teachers are to report to school to teach their classes.

The drop in bus service made for small classes Wednesday at the Shellbrook Schools. About 60 students were in class Wednesday morning at Shellbrook Elemen-tary while about 25 turned up at W.P. Sandin. By after-noon, numbers at W.P. Sandin climbed to around 50.

According to the school division’s policy, “Principals are to make every reasonable effort to ensure designated personnel are on site by 8:30 a.m. so that doors can be unlocked and students that arrive inadvertently can be supervised.”

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The Shellbrook Silvertips perfect record came to an end Friday night but the team main-tains their top position in the Beaver Lakes Hockey League.Silvertips 4 St. Louis 7

The Shellbrook Silvertips’ winning streak ended at eight games at the hands of the St. Louis Blues in Shellbrook Friday night.

The Blues struck seven times and goaltender Adam Harris turned in a brilliant performance in this chippy affair.

The Silvertips jumped out to an early lead when Devin Dicus scored just 27 seconds into the first period. The Blues bounced back with a goal of their own just a minute later

from Cody McDougall.Mitch Wourms

regained the lead for the Silvertips with a goal mid-way through the frame but the lead didn’t stick Gage Paul would score for the Blues just 1:30 later.

Midway through the first, Shellbrook lost the services of Matt Mortensen as the result of a game misconduct for elbowing.

Brent Pilon gave the Blues their first lead of the night with a goal with 2:25 left on the clock in the first.

A goal from Marshall Harris brought the Silvertips even with the Blues momentarily but St. Louis came right back with a goal from Cole Tait 36 seconds later.

A Lee Regnier shot off

of a Silvertips’ player with 12:42 left on the clock gave the Blues a 6-3 lead.

Marshall Harris scored his second of the game with 3:46 left on the clock to bring the Silvertips with-in two. The goal fired the team up but they couldn’t get the puck past Blues goaltender Adam Harris.

Troy Regnier added an empty netter with 12 sec-onds on the clock to give the Blues a 7-4 win. In addition to the game mis-conduct, four other players received 10 minute mis-conducts.

The Blues’ Brent Pilon received one for unsportst-manlike conduct midway through the second period while Cody Phaneuf, of the Blues, and Jason and Landon McComas of the Silvertips each received 10 for unsportsmanlike con-duct following a melee in the dying seconds of the game.

Silvertips 7 Birch Hills 4

Brendon Canaday and Mitch Wourms had two goals a piece as the Shellbrook Silvertips bested the Birch Hills Blackhawks on the road Saturday night.

The Blackhawks

jumped out to an early lead with goals from Ryan Shore and Tanner Fetch.

Canaday scored his first of the game to the Silvertips within one goal heading into the second period.

Derek Olsen tied the game at 2-2 at the six min-ute mark and Canaday scored his second of the game to give the Silvertips their first lead of the game which they carried into the third period.

Brendan Crain, of the

Blackhawks evened the the score with a goal just a minute into the third peri-od but the Silvertips found themselves up three goals with Wourms, Nic Martin and Devin Dicus all scor-ing in a six minute span.

The Blackhawks brought themselves with-in two on a goal from Brett Spinginotic but the Silvertips held them off.

Wourms capped off the scoring with an empty net goal with 26 seconds remaining.

Shots on the night were 46 to 33 in favour of Shellbrook.

Ten penalties were called through 60 min-utes with Birch Hills called for 6 infractions to Shellbrook’s 4.

The Silvertips play their four remaining regu-lar season games on the road facing off against Birch Hills January 22, the Northwest Rebels January 27 and the St. Louis Blues January 28 and a date yet to be determined.

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Our government is keeping the prom-ise we made to help fi nd answers for MS patients and their families. On January 12, we announced that MS patients in Sas-katchewan can now apply to take part in the largest Liberation Therapy clinical tri-al of its type. The two-year, double-blind clinical trial at Albany Medical Centre in Albany, New York is in the fi nal stages of Federal Drug Ad-ministration (FDA) approval and can proceed immediate-ly. Our government is providing $2.2 million in funding to have 86 Saskatch-ewan MS patients included in the trial.

This will be a controlled clinical study in which half of the participants will have the procedure and half will not. The resulting data will give us sound, scientifi c evidence which will allow for an unbiased decision on the future of Liberation Therapy. We hope that through this study we can answer some of the questions about Liberation Therapy as a treatment for this debilitat-ing disease which effects about 3,500 Sas-katchewan people.

Patients interested in volunteering can apply online at www.health.gov.sk.ca/ms-clinical-trial or by calling 1-855-690-9901. Applications will be accepted until February 24. Candidates will be chosen at random to ensure everyone has an equal opportunity to participate. Those select-ed will be contacted by phone and begin a screening process to ensure they meet eligibility requirements. This includes an in-person assessment by a neurologist in Regina. Patients who are eligible will travel to Albany at no cost to them. They will also have periodic follow-up appoint-

ments, which will also be provided at no cost to them. It is expected the fi rst pa-tients will travel to Albany in March of this year.

The journey to this point began in 2010, when Premier Brad Wall announced Saskatchewan would be the fi rst province in Canada to fund clinical trials for libera-tion treatment. We committed $5 million

to a partnership with the Saskatch-ewan Health Re-search Founda-tion (SHRF) for research purposes. In the following months, several other provinces announced similar intentions or that

they would create patient registries or da-tabases on those who have received the treatment. Unfortunately, the partnership with the SHRF did not result in a suitable research proposal.

Last summer, the federal government followed Saskatchewan’s lead when it an-nounced that the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) will proceed with national research into Liberation Therapy. While we are still interested in taking part in the national program, that process could take two to three years to complete. Our government is not willing to leave Saskatchewan MS patients and their families in limbo until then.

Admittedly, there are many unknowns surrounding Liberation Therapy as a treat-ment for multiple sclerosis. That should not deter us though from seeking answers for MS patients and their families. They deserve no less.

For more information, go to www.health.gov.sk.ca/ms-clinical-trial or call 1-855-690-9901.

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Load limits for the Diefenbaker bridge could be increased to 28,000 kg by early February accord-ing to reports from the City of Prince Albert.

The city is moving forward with a system of weekly inspections for the bridge. Once those

are established, increases to the load limit will be phased in. The current road limit for traffic on the bridge is 15,000 kg

“Safety is our number one consideration when dealing with the Bridge repair,” said Robert Cotterill, City Manager.

“We will be install-ing a safety system that will allow the bridge to be visually inspected on a weekly basis and expect that once in place we can make some changes to the weight restrictions.”

Cotterill added that increasing the allowed

weight on the bridge will have important impacts on industry in the city.

“Increasing load limits to accommodate heavier truck traffic is an important priority for the City and the Trucking Industry and has been since the begin-ning. We will be working

with our engineering con-sultants and the Province to establish a process that will allow the City to raise the weight restrictions once this safety system and inspection protocol has been established. Bringing the bridge as close to full operational compliance is still our goal as we make all of the necessary repairs to our bridge.”

The bridge was reduced to two lanes of traffic and the 15,000 kg weight restriction was put into place in the summer of 2011 after structural

deficiencies were discov-ered. Traffic was restored to four lanes at the end of December but weight restrictions remained in place.

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Grace Hatch celebrates 90th

City could raise max weights for Diefenbaker bridge by February

Grace and her siblings, back, Roy and Harry. Front Grace and Francis.

Grace and school chums from the 1920s, Margaret Wyatt, Kay Haugen, and Irene Bischler.

Grace Hatch celebrat-ed her 90th birthday on December 31, 2011 with a Come and Go Tea in the afternoon at the Mont Nebo Community Hall.

Grace was born on December 31, 1921 at Canwood, Saskatchewan to Frank and Margaret

Bazley. She was the only daughter they had. Her three brothers, Harry, Francis and Roy came to help her celebrate. It is a rarity to have all your siblings living and all in good health and these four are that.

Irene Bishler and Kay

Haugen and Grace Hatch went to school together to Boro Green School in the late 1920’s. Margaret Wyatt and daughter Marge brought the ladies so they could walk down memory lane for a short time, and they had a good time doing this.

Grace’s three sons, Alan (Anna), Edward (Margaret), Larry (Laura Lee) and their family were also in attendance. Most of the nine grandchildren attended and all of her seven great grandchildren came to celebrate, Her great grandchildren sang Happy Birthday.

Many other neighbors and close friends came out to the tea. In the eve-ning, a pot luck supper was enjoyed by family and close friends. All in all, the day was a wonderful success.

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Few things in politics inspire more hatred and disgust than a politician who jumps ship. That is what first time Member of Parliament Lise St.Denis is finding in the Quebec riding of Saint-Maurice-Champlain.

The MP opted to cross the floor last week from the NDP back benches to the Liberals after realizing that she didn’t see eye to eye with the party on policy.

However, the NDP brass didn’t take this whole thing lying down. First they unleashed a “robo-call” campaign that paralyzed the now Liberal MP’s phone lines in her parliamentary and constituency offices, protested outside of her constituency office and followed up by launching a private members bill that would prevent any of this from ever happening again.

The “robo-caller” dialed households in St. Denis’ riding and informed them that the MP had moved from the NDP to the Liberals and if they were displeased with that decision they should press 1. In doing so the call was then transferred to one of St. Denis’ offices which ulti-mately flooded her phone lines for two days. I thought this was a brilliant way for the party to show the MP first hand what people are feeling over her change of heart.

St. Denis referred to the act as “hateful” but I thought it was likely the best way for angry voters to have their say. The NDP simply facilitated the process.

Meanwhile, the NDP staged protests outside of St. Denis’ offices informing passersby that even though their MP had changed her stripes, NDP members from neigh-bouring ridings will be their representation.

Turmel was quoted as saying, “They voted for the NDP. They voted for our policy. They voted for our program so we’ll make sure we represent them and we’ll represent their issues.”

But the reality is that the majority of those voters didn’t vote NDP, they voted for Jack Layton. This could be argued up and down but I think that if Nycole Turmel were in the drivers seat eight months ago with the same platform the “Orange surge” that overtook Quebec would have been a mere trickle.

Unfortunately Jack Layton is gone and now the party has to work to hold it all together.

What was nearly overlooked in this story was the private members bill launched by the NDP that would prevent members from crossing the floor. If the bill were to become law, members wishing to change their party affiliation would trigger a by-election in leaving the party they were elected under.

I am really not a big fan of politicians crossing over. They joined a party and used their tools to get elected and they should stick with it. Often times, these cross overs are misguided attempts at a greater position with the opposition which usually never ends well for the turncoat.

I guess what it often comes down to, on a personal level, is did you vote for the candidate, the party or the leader? If you voted for the candidate, you may be able to live with a party change but if you voted for the party, that’s likely going to tick you off.

Though it is poor form, I don’t think legislation should be in place to prevent elected officials from switching their allegiances. If they want to leave their party, they should be welcome to do so but will also have to face the consequences for their actions -- every four years or less.

BradDupuisNews Editor

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To fl ip or not to fl ip

Here’s an interesting twist on what might be consid-ered conventional wisdom. If a business wants to lose employees, they should train them.

That’s a conclusion formed by research conducted by a group of American academ-ics who looked at the impact of training in the workplace. They said one outcome can be workers who have more skills as a result of the training but no place to deploy them so they look for employment elsewhere.

The research identifies two forms of training. Conventional workshops or executive courses fall into the formal category. Mentoring and coaching delivered by a senior co-worker are informal. Either one works to transfer knowledge.

But the researchers found that employers don’t have to provide raises or promotions with training. Instead they should offer career guidance, outlining the types of positions or opportunities that may come along down the road.

Others have focused on something called a career lat-tice rather than a career ladder. Sometimes a lateral move can be as rewarding as a promotion to a worker who is looking to broaden their skill sets, especially younger people who are always on the hunt for something new.

* * *A group of business experts has been assembling

a new perspective to describe the building blocks that make a business successful or one that will ultimately fail. They call it the Business Model Generation project.

This group of nearly 500 experts from 45 countries looked closely at some of the big names in the corporate world that are no longer us. Brands such as Woolworth, TWA and A&P. All had significant reputations but they

couldn’t adjust to the ever changing world.The group has identified nine separate building

blocks that make a business function properly – ranging from customer relationships to value propositions and

cost structures. The more of these a business gets right, the better its chances of survival.

In effect it is the ‘logic’ that makes a business work, the story that explains how a business can serve its customers effectively. Not keeping each segment current puts a business into a position where it will gradu-ally fail – eroding a little bit at a time until it is too late to get the ship onto

a new course.* * *

One of the most important things a business owner has to do is figure out how to exit the enterprise. For private business people, the equity they build up in their operation is their pension plan. So getting the most value at the end of the day is critical.

But many are not taking steps to get it done.Rogers Communications has developed a new mag-

azine for private business owners called Canadian Capital. Its inaugural issue carried a survey of business owners to see how many have a succession strategy in place. Nearly all of them said it was important but only 38 per cent have a plan.

Nearly half plan to pass it on to the next generation while about a third expect to sell to an outside buyer. Only three per cent say they will just wind it up.

So why aren’t businesspeople getting on this issue? One expert says it has to do with avoidance of emotional family issues, a reluctance to facing the aging process and a belief that no one else can run the business as well as they do.

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ViewpointCWB lawsuit of interest to all farmers

Just when you thought the battle over the Canadian Wheat Board was fi nally over, along comes Regina lawyer Tony Merchant.

The latest in this saga has seen the Merchant law group launch a $15.4-bil-lion class action suit on behalf of Western Canadian farmers. According to the state-ment fi led in Court of Queen’s Bench in Saskatoon by the law fi rm, this is the cost to farmers of the federal government leg-islation to end the CWB’s monopoly.

You will know Tony Merchant for his many class action law suits on behalf of everyone from residential school survi-vors to those exposed to Agent Orange in New Brunswick more than 50 years ago to cell phone users hammered by extra fees.

But those in rural Saskatchewan with slightly longer memories may recall Mer-chant for other reasons.

His incredibly successful and some-times controversial law career included high-profi le divorce cases. Perhaps his best-known client was convicted murder Colin Thatcher.

Others will be acquainted with Mer-chant for his political career that included a term as Liberal MLAs in the 1970s and

his connections to former Wheat Board Minister Otto Lang and former Prime Minister Jean Chretien. It was Chretien who appointed Merchant’s wife Panna to the Sen-ate.

As a Liberal politician and urban Regina lawyer, one might not necessar-ily see Tony Mer-chant as a unifying force. And dredging up the Wheat Board controversy after passage of the federal Conservative government’s legislation to do away with its monopoly on wheat and barley sales would certainly seem an unlikely way of bringing rural Saskatch-ewan interests together.

But in a very strange way, Merchant’s lawsuit may be providing an opportunity for both Wheat Board opponents and pro-ponents to come together on at least one thing.

As explained by the Regina lawyer in launching his suit, the legal action stands to potentially be as benefi cial to Wheat Board foes as Wheat Board friends.

That’s because all farmer will be affected. (And in a strange twist, larger produc-ers of wheat and barley _ many of whom

have tradition-ally opposed the Wheat Board _ may have the argument for the biggest share of the claim.)

The premise of Merchant’s argument is that while the federal majority govern-

ment was entitled to do as in pleases in ending the CWB’s monopoly, it must now compensate farmers for what it did _ es-pecially given the votes by producers in favour of maintaining the Wheat Board as a single-desk seller.

This was what happened when the Liberal government ended the Crow’s Nest Pass Freight rate in 1996 _ a deci-sion that result in $1.6-billion payout to Western producers. And the one senti-ment that both friends and enemies of the Wheat Board can likely agree on is that the CWB’s money should not go back to the federal treasury. It was, after all, farm-

ers’ money _ money that would have oth-erwise gone into farmers’ pocket for their grain sold _ that allowed the CWB to pur-chase these assets.

Interestingly, those assets fall well short of the $15.4 billion that Merchant’s suit claims is owed to farmers. The CWB’s tangible assets include $100 million in cash, $102 million for 3,400 hopper cars, $65 million in two lake freighters and the $14 million for the CWB head offi ce in Winnipeg.

However, the Regina lawyer notes that value of CWB isn’t in its hard assets, but in other intangibles like premiums paid to wheat and barley farmers ($7.4 billion in the past 20 years) or transportation costs ($7.7 billion). These are worth far more than the CWB’s physical assets.

Admittedly, there is no guarantee Mer-chant will win the case. A huge stumbling block will be the fact that the federal legis-lation does not liquidate the Wheat Board. There are no assets to be dispersed. It will be interesting to see how suit argues the CWB’s loss value.

But that should be of interest to sup-porters and non-CWB-supporters alike.

Murray Mandryk

Your Two CentsYour Two Cents

To the Honorable Premier Brad Wall,

I am blessed to find myself liv-ing in this beautiful province of ours - I moved here from BC four years ago to live with my husband on the farm where he was born and raised in the lovely rolling hills of Shellbrook. My move was neces-sitated by severe allergies and other significant disabilities and I really needed the fresh, clean air this area has to offer.

Overall, the experience has been successful, but lately circumstances have begun to escalate out of control and I feel it is imperative to contact you and see if perhaps you can inter-vene on our behalf. You probably are aware of the rural health care situation here in Shellbrook, but I thought I’d take the time and add my voice and concern once more.

While I love living here I am not so certain anymore whether or not it is safe for me to remain. You see, as of the end of April the entire town and district will be down to one resident physician. Recruiting efforts are ongoing, but so far noth-ing certain has transpired. If we can’t even get one extra physician, then how are we going to obtain the necessary SIX needed to re-open our hospital, which has been closed for emergency services since last Fall.

This is a HUGE loss to the district and the hospital is a necessity that needs to be addressed URGENTLY. So far we have not had any suc-cess in recruiting ONE physician. Although we had one site visit, there are no news as of yet! I truly fear

that due to the distances required for travel, in a serious emergency it may often be too late for some if the Shellbrook hospital remains closed due to physician shortages. Also, the current health care situation does nothing for the morale in the town, the health care staff, who miss work-ing in a hospital setting and even for attracting physicians to come here! I don’t even want to mention the seniors who live here, who have spent their lives living and working in this place and who are now faced with serious obstacles when it comes to health care access! They deserve better than what is happening right now and we need to put our heads together to find workable solutions. Not just for recruiting, but also for retaining physicians!

I am asking for your help in this utterly serious situation where human lives are possibly at stake. The Emergency room at the Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert is the clos-est place for care and it has prohibi-tive waits, which are unreasonable for someone who is ill.

Standards of care seem to have broken down and nobody is seen anymore at a reasonable time...espe-cially those with minor emergencies, who are forced to sit all night and wait while someone else who is in more urgent need takes their spot! With all the policies at play on how to recruit physicians I feel that one thing has been completely forgotten: THE PEOPLE who are sick and ill and who are made to accommodate difficult schedules for overloaded health care workers.

I fear that poor Dr. Nguengno is going to fall apart from the strain of having to care for half of the district. On behalf of the people in Shellbrook I urge you to look into the matter and to help us find physi-cians who will care for us, the people of Shellbrook. Mr. Wall - it is the people of this town and the districts, who make up the heart of the area, who breathe life into this little corner of the globe. But without them, there would be nothing! There would be no fields, no food, no families! It appears to me that the needs of the people have been long forgotten.

I believe that true medicine is about healing people and tending to the needs of the infirm - just like they did in the past when a physi-cian dedicated his time and care to his patients. While I am very aware that times have changed, I don’t think people’s basic needs have and Shellbrook has long struggled to retain physicians and we certainly need all the help we can get. Please find a way for rural medicine to work better and help us find physicians who will help to make this commu-nity shine once more and attract the young and the old, because they feel safe and cared for here!

I KNOW that this place can become a model for other rural com-munities, but we need to attract physicians that are a proper psy-chological fit for here, who want to work here and who are treated with respect, because after all: they are only people as well!

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Rural health problems need solutions

By: Cassie BendigYou know you are

from Saskatchewan when the temperature changes 30 degrees in a matter of a day or two. Even so, we all tough it out and make it to work in the morning. This weather is harsh, its cold and difficult to do anything, but do not let it stop you! Keep active in your house, maybe clean behind the oven or some chore that you have been putting off. Another item to add to your “to do” list is maybe go to the Snow-mobile Safety course this Saturday, January 21st. At 9 am in the highschool will

be a Snowmobile Safe-ty Course put on by the RCMP. This safety course is mandatory for anyone born January 1st, 1989 or later to legally drive a snowmobile; so go pay the $75.00 and get the course!

The Seniors have a few items coming up! On February 24th from 2-4pm there will be a Tea, Bake and White Elephant Sale at the Seniors Hall. March 19th at noon will be Pot Luck Lunch and Bring a Friend with games to fol-low the Pot luck. Also just a reminder that ev-ery Monday is Games of Choice and Socializing

starting at 2pm – cookies and coffee will be served. And do not let me for-get to remind you about Thursdays; at 9:30am are exercises and at 7:30pm is Kaiser Night – No reason not to stay busy during this cold weather!

All this talk about keep-ing active has reminded me of my event I have coming up; Health and Fitness Awareness Day! There are going to be multiple Fitness Instructors coming in to teach demonstrations of the classes they run. A schedule will be sent out with the Chronicle closer to the event. But some classes you can come and try out are; Children activi-ties (ran the entire 1-5pm by Nicole Philp, Youth classes (Grads, come and see what work outs you could be doing to fit in that cute grad dress!) ran by Crystal Canaday, General Fitness Class (this is ran in Shellbrook every Tues-day and Thursday) ran by Leeta Harms, Older Adults Fitness Class (yes, this will include seniors as well!) and last is Boxing Boot Camp (the toughest work out you will ever attempt) ran by Kristin McKay. When these instructors are not teaching a class, they will be hanging around to offer you advice and an-swer any questions you

may have about fitness classes. Also joining us will be our Nurse Practitio-ner, Pam Archibald to help pass on knowledge about blood pressures, choles-terol levels and glucose levels. Our Public Health Nurses will be rounding up information for you and I am hoping to get a Dieti-cian and a Personal Trainer to be involved. Everyone will be demonstrating and be available to answer your questions that are ap-propriate to their profes-sion. When, where and how much do you ask? This event will take place on February 26th, from 1-5pm at the Shellbrook Community Hall and will only cost you as silver do-nation! Keep your eye out for the schedules and come out and have your health and fitness questions an-swered! This event is for every one of all ages.

Weekly Health Tip: Stay active during this cold weather! Being cooped up in your homes can be de-pressing and boring. If you keep up an active life-style – even in your house – it will help you to remain feeling active and happy!

Remember if there are every any questions, com-ments or concerns please feel free to contact me any time.

Have a great week!

Cassie BendigShellbrook Recreation

Directoroffice – 747-4949

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From the desk of the Recreation Director

Shellbrook Royal Purplenews highlights

The regular monthly meeting of the Shellbrook Royal Purple #102 was held on Thursday, January 12 at 7:30 p.m. Honored Royal Lady Leola Skrupski presiding. Opening exercises were held.

Members present - 9. Thirteen visitors. Remembrance Service and one minute of silence was

held in memory of our departed sisters.Minutes approved as read. Treasurer gave her report.

Communications were read.Treasurer Grace Cromartie moved the bills be paid,

seconded by Edith Turner. Carried.Reports were given.Sunshine: Shirley Nagy reported no cards or visits.Unfi nished and new business:Making Dollars Out of Cents: Royal Purple Lodges

across Canada are collecting pennies for their National Charity - Elks and Royal Purple Fund for Children.

Got some spare pennies, Royal Purple Ladies will collect them or drop pennies into collection box at our Soup and Sandwich, Friday, February 10 at Community Hall. Convenors: Edith Turner and Sylvia Savage.

Nominating Committee for the new slate of offi cers for 2012 - 2013 appointed. They are Brenda Campbell, Sharon Homer, Grace Cromartie.

Good of the Order.Prince Albert/Paddockwood #50 read a poem and

presented the Travelling Gavel to H.R.L. Skrupski.H.R.L. Skrupski thanked the visitors for attending

and her members for working for the Good of the Order. Closing ceremonies were held.

50/50 draw was won by Shirley Nagy.Then H.R.L. Skrupski welcomed Audrey Griffi th

from North Battleford #173. She spoke to us on the New Buddy Program, purpose of it is to attract new members across Canada. Assisting her with the Workshop were Denise Taylor and Elaine Perkins from Prince Albert/Paddockwood Lodge #. 50.

A lovely lunch provided by Sylvia Savage and Sheila Smith was enjoyed.

Continued from page 5I applaud you for your efforts and for the vision you

have for this province. That is what we need here and I am certain that your vision will be fulfilled. I also have a vision for this town and this vision makes Shellbrook a growing and successful community, one that has all kinds of amenities and can offer opportunities for growth and improvement. The new hospital is a stepping stone in the right direction, but we have more work to do! Just like you, I am willing to work on my vision - to make this town a better place and to improve the standards for those who choose to call this lovely place a home, because if they are happy then I will be happy and con-tent as well!

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The students and staff at W.P. Sandin had a very successful year donating non-perishable food items to the Shellbrook and Area Ministerial ‘s annual Christmas Hamper project.

The school ran a contest to see which homeroom could collect the most food items. The contest ran from November 29-December 16 with the winning homeroom having the honor of eating first at the school’s Christmas Banquet. Congratulations to the Mr. Lindsay Kyliuk’s Grade 11 homeroom that collected 263 food items for the hamper project.

As well, homerooms simultaneously collected loose change for World Vision. The total money collected was $880.00. Our school was proud to purchase an agri-cultural pack for 3 families, clothing for 100 children, food to feed starving children for 30 days, a fish farm for a family, 5 fruit trees, 4 hens, 2 roosters, 2 pack of literacy for children, medicine for 30 children, 1 pig, 6 warm blanket, a goat, chickens, piglets and chicks. Congratulations to Mrs. Martin’s grade 6 classroom who donated $240.00.

Due to a respiratory illness outbreak, visitor restric-tions are in place for the Mont St. Joseph Home long-term care facility in Prince Albert.

Restrictions have been removed for the Golden Hill and Lakeland Trail units at the Herb Bassett Home (Prince Albert), as well as for the Parkland Terrace (Shellbrook) and Wheatland Lodge (Leask). Restrictions at Pineview Terrace Lodge (Prince Albert) were lifted earlier this month.

The outbreaks began in late December. The Region’s Medical Health Officer and infection control practitio-ner, along with the managers and staff members ensured that proper precautions and protocols are being followed to reduce the risk of illness spreading to more residents and staff members. Visitor restrictions were implement-ed to reduce the risk of illness spreading both within the facility, and to other members of the community.

The respiratory illness symptoms include: cough, fever, runny nose, malaise. Not all individuals are experiencing all the symptoms, but all have had a com-bination. Samples taken from the residents have tested positive for a variety of respiratory illnesses. More than 50 residents from the five different facilities have had symptoms. The Region will continue to isolate any indi-viduals who are showing symptoms.

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Sometimes there is a feeling we live in a vac-uum in this world, and being on the Canadian Prairies, and in particular Saskatchewan, right now is one of those times.

Certainly driving around the local commu-nity you see signs all over looking for staff. They may not be jobs which pay the wages to match rising home costs, but at least there are jobs to be had, and lots of them.

Look across the econ-omy and things are gen-erally strong. Oil, gas, mining and agriculture are all steady, with several of the areas coming off some record, and near record prices.

When you have an economy cooking, and jobs plentiful, it should be a time of great optimism.

Certainly locally that optimism is being mani-fested in an expected busy construction season in Yorkton. There are at present two car dealer-ships, three strip malls, two hotels, and a number of other businesses with announced construction planned for 2012.

But every time you pick up a newspaper cov-ering stories outside of Canada you see clouds of uncertainty hanging over world economies.

For farmers that is par-ticularly troublesome since world economies dictate

prices for grains and oil-seeds.

We only need to look south to the United States to see an economy in tur-moil at best.

In fairness if they did not have their tentacles so intwined around the world they would be in collapse. The debt on the federal, state and local municipal

levels would have bank-rupted a country with less political influence.

That is bad news for Canada, since they are this country’s major trading partner.

It is doubly worrisome since the Americans tend to become increasingly protectionist in times of economic distress, mean-

ing import goods are often the focus of unwarranted consumer and political backlash.

Turn to Europe and the situation late last year in Greece is all one needs to think about to become somewhat concerned about the economic under-pinnings of that region. There is a very real con-cern Greece is only the visible example of troubles which ripple through the region.

The one region which seemed to be holding things steady was the Far East, where China, Korea, India and Japan were bus-tling.

Japan has been hit by

natural disaster, and India is in a spiral too. The rupee fell some 20 per cent against the US dollar in the last half of 2011, and the US dollar isn’t exactly bul-let proof right now either.

When the rupee gets hit, the ability to buy import goods declines. For a Prairie farmer that could mean less interest in our pulse crops, which has to be in their minds as they plan 2012 cropping inten-tions.

So while things look good close to home, it may be a case of being at the calm centre of a growing economic storm around the world.

AgricultureSask the calm centre of the economic tornado


Calvin Daniels

On Agriculture

by Kim McLean, PhD, A.Ag.

Regional Livestock Specialist, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

For beef cattle, the stages of late pregnancy and early lactation cor-responds with the largest nutrient demand for pro-tein, energy and mineral supplementation. In the last trimester the cow is supporting the growth for 70 per cent of her devel-oping calf. After calving, the cow is expected to produce large quantities of milk while preparing to maintain pregnancy again, all within a tight window of 81 days.

Feed tests will allow you to develop a suitable mineral program that will compliment your available feed ingredients with the cow’s requirements. It will be important to realize that the cow will have differ-ent requirements whether or not she is nursing. The macro minerals that are important during the late phases of pregnancy are calcium, phosphorus and magnesium.

Trace minerals which are required in small amounts, such as cop-per, manganese and zinc are also very important to maintaining fertility in the cow, promoting early cycling and increasing pregnancy rates through-out your cow herd. While these trace minerals occur in small amounts, it is important to note that tox-

icity may occur from over supplementation.

Copper is a trace min-eral that is very important, but is tricky for the animal to utilize. The absorption of copper can be affected from high levels of molyb-denum (often found in the forage source), iron or sulphates in the drinking water. If you suspect a copper deficiency having your water tested may be able to tell you if you need to provide a more readily available form of copper.

The most common mineral packages avail-able to cow calf producers include: one to one, two to one, or a one to two min-eral; the first number in the ratio represents calcium and the second phospho-rus. Ideally the cow needs a ratio of at least one and a half to one with no more than seven to one supplied to her.

Typically, rations which are grass or straw and grain based require supplementation with a two to one mineral. This can be attributed to the lower levels of calcium in grass and straw as well as higher levels of phos-phorus in grain. Rations which are predominantly alfalfa based, require a one to one mineral due to alfalfa’s higher levels of calcium. Trace minerals can be found in a block or loose form with added salt to encourage intake.

Continued on page 8

Supplementation of beef herd prior

to calving

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With only a few days to go before the 6th anniver-sary of the 2006 election, the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) has released a report estimat-ing that the cost to retire the entire 41st Parliament in 2015 is at least $262 million in cumulative pen-sions and $15 million in severance payoffs.

If every current MP were to stay in office until 2019, the CTF estimates the pension tab would soar to $436 million, with an additional $9.8 million in severance payoffs.

“These are conser-vative estimates,” said Gregory Thomas, CTF Federal Director, “no pun intended.”

The CTF has also dis-covered that while offi-cially taxpayers contribute $5.80 for every $1 contrib-uted by an MP to an MP’s pension account, the true amount is actually $23.30 for every $1 contributed by the MP.

The hidden contribu-tions are due to the govern-ment adding “interest” into the MP pension accounts at a rate of 10.4 per cent per year – even though

MP pension funds are not invested into the market like other pension funds (e.g. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund).

“Even during the mar-ket meltdown of 2008—when the Canada Pension Plan lost 18.6 per cent of its value, the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan lost 18 per cent, the Quebec Pension Plan lost 25 per cent and the S&P/TSX total return index lost 33 per cent—the MP pen-sion plan returned 10.4 per cent, just as it has every other year,” continued Thomas. “I’d bet there’s a few million Canadians who would love to see a government-guaranteed 10.4 per cent annual return on their RRSPs.”

This taxpayer-fund-ed “interest” results in taxpayers contributing $248,668 each year to each MP’s pension fund, while backbench MPs can con-tribute as little as $10,990 per year. The base salary for an MP is $157,000.

The government’s chief actuary said in 2010 that the interest rate MPs are paying themselves “is not appropriate” rec-

ommending it be cut by half. The actuary found the plan’s excess, or surplus, had climbed to $175 mil-lion in 2010.

“Teachers, bus driv-ers, farmers, cops, small business owners, would all love to get a pension at age 55 after only six years of service,” said Thomas. “We’re putting more into MP’s pension plans than we are paying them each year, and they only con-tribute $10,990 of that to this gold-plated pension scheme. It’s a national dis-grace.”

Thirty-nine MPs will become eligible for the MP pension plan on January 23, 2012 after six years of service. The ‘Class of 06’ will be eligible for a collective $1,927,000 in annual pensions in 2015, adding up to $29.1 million by age 80.

The CTF is calling on MPs to shut down the cur-rent MP pension scheme and join the new Pooled Registered Pension Plan (PRPP) like any other Canadian worker. Further, taxpayer contributions should be capped at a dol-lar-to-dollar level and the

“Lavigne clause” needs to be in place to ensure convicted fraudsters are barred from collecting Parliamentary pension benefits.

“It’s time to remove every kind of fraud and larceny from the Parliamentary pension scheme,” said Thomas.

“The Harper govern-ment is getting ready to make some tough choices: cutting spending, reining in wages and pensions for government employees and cutting unnecessary government jobs. They need the moral author-ity gained by cutting their own pensions if they want

to rein in spending on gov-ernment employee pen-sions,” concluded Thomas.

The CTF’s MP pen-sion report contains esti-mates for MP pension and severance payments for every single Member of Parliament based on a 2015 and 2019 election.


MP pension rip-off will cost taxpayers plenty

Continued from page 7With the cow’s great-

est requirements occurring right now, it is crucial that focus is on ensuring her requirements are being met. If she is not being supplied what she needs, she will pull the nutrients out of her reserves and a downward spiral will result in lower body con-dition score, poor fertil-

ity and decreased immune status.

For more information on this, or other livestock related topics, please con-tact Kim McLean, at (306) 878-8847, the Agriculture Knowledge Centre at 1-866-457-2377 or visit our website at www.agri-culture.gov.sk.ca.

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Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud and Member of Parliament Brad Trost (Saskatoon-Humboldt), on be-half of federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, announced $3.5 million in livestock and forage-related research funding from the Saskatchewan Agriculture Develop-ment Fund (ADF).

This funding is being awarded to 26 livestock and forage-related research projects.

This is the third highest amount of ADF research funding ever awarded for livestock and forage-related projects.

In addition, annual operational fund-ing will continue to be provided from ADF to the Vaccine and Infectious Dis-ease Organization ($300,000), the Prairie Swine Centre ($330,000) and the Western Beef Development Centre ($395,000).

“The livestock and forage sectors con-tinue to be a valuable part of our agricul-ture industry and provincial economy,” Bjornerud said.

“This research funding will lead to long-term benefi ts for producers, who are continually looking at new innovations and technologies to meet a growing de-mand for their products.”

“Innovative solutions help make our livestock producers more competitive, which results in a stronger economy,” Trost said.

“We’re pleased to continue to partner with the Government of Saskatchewan to support these types of projects.”

Livestock and forage-related research projects receiving funding in 2012 in-clude:

•genetic improvements to forage crops;

•analyzing corn grazing methods to extend the grazing season;

•analyzing mineral levels in pastures to determine mineral supplement pro-grams;

•controlling prevalent and emerging diseases in poultry, cattle and swine;

•pellet quality, diet analysis and nutri-

tional enhancements for cattle and bison;•improving radio frequency identifi ca-

tion tag retention in cattle; and•improving feed intake and growth of

piglets.“We appreciate this research funding

to benefi t cattle producers,” Saskatch-ewan Cattlemen’s Association Chair Jack Hextall said.

“Improving feed quality, grazing methods, disease control, and tag reten-tion in cattle will ultimately lead to in-creased returns at the farm gate.”

Saskatchewan Stock Growers Asso-ciation President Harold Martens said that the funding will advance the technology used in the cattle industry.

“These research projects will lead to new innovations and technologies to help cow-calf producers improve their produc-tion, lower costs and increase profi ts,” Martens said.

“We are pleased the federal and pro-vincial governments are providing this research funding to address important is-sues in the hog industry such as disease control, feed technology and improved production,” Sask Pork Chair Jay Mc-Grath said.

“Research is vital to the future of our industry and we appreciate this funding to improve forage production in Saskatch-ewan,” Saskatchewan Forage Council President Aaron Ivey said.

This research funding is in addition to the $8.3 million recently announced for crop-related research projects. In total, approximately $11.8 million in 2012 ADF funding is being provided for 60 crops, livestock, forage and other agriculture-related research projects.

ADF provides funding to help institu-tions, companies and industry organiza-tions conduct research, development and value-added activities that will benefi t Saskatchewan farmers and ranchers. A complete list of all projects is available at www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/ADF.

According to the Cana-dian Diabetes Association, today, more than 9 million Canadians are living with diabetes and pre-diabe-tes. This is a very serious statistic considering that diabetes is a contributing factor in approximately 41,500 deaths each year and costs the Canadian healthcare system $16.9 billion annually.

Now there is a sim-ple and quick blood test, called an A1C test, which not only helps you deter-mine how well controlled your diabetes is, it can also be used to diagnose the disease. This test mea-sures how much glycosyl-ated hemoglobin, or he-moglobin A1C, is in the blood. Hemoglobin A1C is formed when blood sugar sticks to hemoglobin of

red blood cells. As blood sugar levels rise, so do levels of hemoglobin A1C. Since red blood cells live for about three months, the hemoglobin A1C level indicates how well blood sugar has been controlled during this period.

A1C testing can be per-formed at a medical lab and exclusively at Rexall pharmacies across Canada.

“The immediate result from this test allows the person to start treatment and continue living a full life, and that’s very im-portant,” said Tracey Phil-lips, a Rexall pharmacist. “Studies show that patients who get immediate feed-back may lower their A1C levels. All that is needed is just fi ve minutes and a fi n-gerstick to obtain a blood sample.”

How do I track A1C? Monitoring blood glucose every day is an important step to managing blood sugar, and the hemoglobin A1C is an accurate way to measure how well your diabetes treatment plan is working. When blood sug-ars are consistently high over time, the hemoglo-bin A1C will also be high. When hemoglobin A1C is high, changes to your medication or lifestyle (ex-ercise or diet) are needed.

How often should the test be performed? A1C should be measured at least twice a year if you have diabetes. However, if your blood sugar is high or your diabetes medication regimen is changed, your doctor may want to mea-sure the hemoglobin A1C more frequently until your

blood sugar returns to an acceptable range.

Are there any precau-tions? People with bleed-ing disorders or anyone taking medication that reduces the ability of the

blood to clot should tell the technician before the samples of blood are tak-en. These conditions and medications may require special attention at the time of testing.

More information about the A1C test is avail-able from your Rexall pharmacist or online at rexall.ca.

Easy diabetes diagnosis with simple blood testJanuary 20, 2012 Shellbrook Chronicle Page 9

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Stress can get the best of us for many reasons, whether it’s positive stress such as starting a new job or negative stress such as moving a household. Stressful situations often lead to changes in sleep, exercise and dietary hab-its, all of which affect your health.

This year, resolve to keep stress under control. Alberta’s chiropractors of-fer the following tips for taking some of the stress out of any situation.

Delegate. Does the house need cleaning? Is laundry piling up? On the home front, let each family member be responsible for a room or a specifi c task. If you don’t have someone to delegate to at home, give yourself a break. Allow some tasks to wait while you regenerate.

At work, ask yourself if someone else can pick-up

part or all of a task that you may usually do. Letting go of some tasks will lighten the load.

Exercise. Cardiovascu-lar exercise can reduce the level of stress hormones in your body, allowing you to cope more easily. Even a brisk walk around the neighbourhood will reduce your stress level. So make a little time for yourself—your stress will go down and your energy will go up.

Avoid sugar. Sugar in-creases symptoms of irrita-bility and anxiety in many people and weakens the immune system. It has also been found to diminish infection-fi ghting white blood cell count for up to six hours after consump-tion.

Make a list. A hectic schedule means that being organized and planning ahead is more important

than ever. If you are lay-ing in bed at night wor-rying about all the things you have to do, get up and make a “to do” list. It will help to clear your mind and get you back to sleep.

Laughter is the best therapy. It may be a cliché, but people who laugh on a daily basis rate the stress in their lives as lower and enjoy better health. So go ahead and giggle—it’s good for you.

If stress is negatively impacting you or your family, visit your chiro-practor. Chiropractors are trained to treat spinal prob-lems that can interfere with daily activities. They can also offer nutritional and lifestyle advice that can help alleviate stress. More information, including where to fi nd a chiroprac-tor near you, can be found at www.albertachiro.com.

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For the first time in 21 years, the Shellbrook Skating Club hosted the Region 12 Invitational competition January 14 and 15.

More than 90 skaters took part in the two day event which featured both competitive and non-com-petitive events.

According to club president, Leeta Harms the outpouring of support from the community was simply outstanding.

“The community defi-nitely stepped up and made this a success,” said Harms.

She noted that local businesses were extremely generous with their spon-sorship while volunteers from the club executive, the community and the

Prince Albert Skating Club helped make the event run smoothly.

“We had a great group working toward this to make it happen,” said Harms.

Saturday featured skat-ers from StarSkate pro-grams competing before Skate Canada judges for a spot on the podium.

Three Shellbrook Skating Club skaters com-peted Saturday to combine for 15 medals.

Hailey Harms won six gold medals while Alanna Forbes won one gold and three silver and Emilia Gillies won three gold and two silver.

Sunday was a fun fes-tival to give Star and Can skaters a taste of what competition is like with

all skaters receiving a gold medal.

The Fun Festival drew 22 Shellbrook skaters to show off their elements individually and in teams for their various divisions.

Four Shellbrook girls, EmmaLynn LaMotte, Mya Cyr, Kacy Campbell, and Erika Stene, participated in the spin spiral jump event.

Meanwhile three teams were formed for the team event.

“SILVER ANGELS’”- Ashlyn Schmitz and Brooke Cadrain. Stage 3

“RAZZLE DAZZLE” - Tegan Naumann, Rayne Cyr, and Brianne Cadrain. Stage 4

“COTTON CANDY FRIENDS” - Mya Cyr, Erika Stene, and EmmaLynn LaMotte. Stage 5

Results from Saturday’s competition are as follows:Introductory Elements flight 1

1 Emma Young – PA, 2 Emilie Thomas – PA 3 Mila Kuppenbender

– La Ronge; Introductory Elements flight 2 1. E m i l i a Gillies – Shellbrook, 2. Alexis Thibodeau – PA, 3. Tristen Clarke – LaRonge;P r e - P r e l i m i n a r y

Elements 1 Madison Douglas --

PA, 2 Kassidy MacIntyre –

PA, 3 Selena Brossard – PA

Preliminary Elements1 Bailey Oleksyn – PA2 Natasha Larson – PA3 Tawnee Dupuis – PAJunior Bronze

Elements 1 Samantha Zurakowski

– PA, 2 Alanna Forbes –

Shellbrook, 3 Kayanna Wirtz – PA

Senior Bronze Elements 1. Hailey Harms – Shellbrook

SOLO DANCEPreliminary Solo Dance, Compulsory Dance – Fiesta Tango

1. Natasha Larson – PA2 Emilia Gillies –

ShellbrookSenior Bronze Solo Dance, Compulsory Dance – Rocker Foxtrot

1 Aidann Vonn Holwede – Spiritwood

2 Alanna Forbes – Shellbrook

3 Jessica Penner – Hague

JUMP EVENTIntroductory Jump

1 Emilia Gillies – Shellbrook

2 Jackie Caisse – LaRonge

3 Mila Kuppenbender – LaRongePre-Preliminary Jump

1 Kristy Dupuis – PA2 Madison Douglas –

PA3 Selena Brassard – PA

Preliminary Jump1 Bailey Oleksyn – PA2 Tawnee Dupuis – PA3 Natasha Larson – PA

Junior Bronze Jump1 Samantha Campling

– La Ronge2 Jessica Penner –

Hague3 Jayme Woodhouse-

McKenzie - La RongeSenior Bronze Jump

1 Hailey Harms – Shellbrook

CREATIVECreative Level 1

1 Gracie Kuppenbender – La Ronge

2 Morgan Layton – La Ronge

3 Alexus Halland – La RongeCreative Level 2 flight 1

1 Kristy Dupuis – PA2 Madison Douglas –

PA3 Samantha Campling

– La RongeCreative Level 2 flight 2


2 Jordyn Hope – PA3 Aidan Von Holwede

– SpiritwoodCreative Level 3

1 Kayanna Wirtz – P.A.2 Sydney Kuppenbender

– LaRonge3 Tawnee Dupuis – PA

SPIN EVENTPre-Preliminary Spin

1 Gracie Kuppenbender – La Ronge

2 Kristy Dupuis – PA3 Kassidy MacIntyre –

PAPreliminary Spin

1 Taylor Harrington – La Ronge

2 Sammi Kopeck – La Ronge

3 Shannon Lai – PAJunior Bronze Spin flight 1

1 Samantha Caampling - La Ronge

2 Alayna Callladine – La Ronge

3 Natasha Larsonn – PA Junior Bronze Spin flight 2

1 Kayanna Wirtz – PA2 Jayme Woodhouse-

McKenzie – La Ronge3 Samantha Zurakowski

– PASenior Bronze Spin


FREESKATEIntroductory Freeskate flight 1

1 Heidi Merriman – La Ronge

2 Emilie Thomas – PA3 Alexus Halland – La

RongeIntroductory Freeskate flight 2

1 Alexis Thibodeau – PA

2 Emilia Gillies – Shellbrook

3 Morgan Layton – La RongeP r e - P r e l i m i n a r y Freeskate

1 Kristy Dupuis – PA 2 Gracie Kuppenbender

– La Ronge3 Kassidy MacIntyre –

PAP r e l i m i n a r y

Freeskate1 Shannon Lai – PA2 Tawnee Dupuis – PA3 Taylor Harrington –

La RongeJunior Bronze Freeskate flight 1

1 Bailey Oleksyn – PA2 Samantha Campling

– La Ronge

3 Alayna Calladine – La RongeJunior Bronze Freeskate flight 2

1 Samantha Zurakowski – PA

2 Jayme Woodhouse-McKenzie – La Ronge

3 Kayanna Wirtz – PASenior Bronze Freeskate


2 Alanna Forbes – Shellbrook

TEAM EVENTIntroductory Team

1 PA ICE ANGELS (Emma Young, Emilie Thomas, Mackenzie Swaby, Macayle Douglas) – P.A.

2 SMURFS (Mila Kuppenbender, Tanika Holinaty, Alexus Halland) – LaRonge

3. SPINNING DUCKS (Heidi Merriman, Morgan Layton, Laurel Cook, Jackie Caisse) – LaRongePre-Preliminary Team

1 PA ON EDGE (Alexis Thibodeau, Kristy Dupuis, Selena Brassard, Madison Douglas) – P.A.

2 PA ROCKER CHICKS (Jannat Bensaleh, Meagan Mathers, Kassidy MacIntyre) – P.A.

3 LES CHOUX A LA CRÈME (Sarah Brown, Gracie Kuppenbender, Tristen Clarke) – LaRongePreliminary Team

1 PA SILVER BLADES (Kayanna Wirtz, Sami Zurakowski, Natasha Larson) .

2 PA PRELIMINARY (Shannon Lai, Tawnee Dupuis, Kaylee Ilnisky)

3 PA TRIPLE THREAT (Katelyn Jenkins, Bailey Oleksyn, Jordyn Hope) – LaRongeJunior Bronze Team

1 DAISY DUKES (Emilia Gillies, Alanna Forbes, Hailey Harms) – Shellbrook

2 KINOSIWS (Samantha Campling, Alayna Calladine, Aliyah Stomp, Jayme Woodhouse-McKenzie) - LaRonge


Shellbrook hosts Region 12 skating competition

Tegan Naumann performs in the Team event during Sunday’s Fun Festival.

Mya Cyr takes part in one of the elements events during Sun-day’s Fun Festival.

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The Sturgeon River Nordic ski club had anoth-er solid showing as the took part in the Sask Cup #5 race at the Humboldt Golf Course January 14.

The club brought 14 youth and 2 adult partici-pants who were rewarded with great weather and ski conditions for the race. In all, the team found the podium eight times.

Matthew Gill, of Spruce Home took 1st in Peewee Boys while Ryan Potts of Shellbrook placed 3rd in the same division.

Miranda Crosby, of Spruce Home placed 1st and Hannah Miller

placed 3rd in the Midget Girls race.

Meanwhile Jessica Gill, of Spruce Home, took 1st in the Atom Girls divi-sion and Alex Wilson of St. Louis placed 1st in the Atom Boys.

Coach Bill Jeffery also took gold in the Master Mens 7 division and sit skier Marie Gareau took first in her division.

February 25-26, the Sturgeon River Nordic will be hosting the Provincial Cross Country Ski cham-pionships at the Sturgeon River Nordic Centre, north of Shellbrook.


PUBLIC NOTICERural Municipality of Big River, No. 555

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the RM of Big River, No. 555 in-tends to adopt a bylaw pursuant to Section 207 of the Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 6/99.It is proposed to amend the RM of Big River No.555 Zoning Bylaw as follows:1. Add to the table of contents and a new section to Bylaw 6/99 to reference to the “H” Holding Symbol.2. The Zoning District Map, referred to in Section 5.2 of Bylaw 6/99 is to be amend-ed to rezone specifi c lands in the E½ Section 34-55-08-W3 as follows:a. From AR-Agriculture Resource District to CR – Country Residential District Lots 3 and 4, Block 1, shown on the attached drawing within the cross-hatched area.b. From AR – Agriculture Resource District to RR “H” – Resort Residential “H” District the land shown on the attached drawing within the shaded area surrounded by a bold dashed line.c. From AR – Agriculture Resource District to CR “H” – Country Residential “H” District the land shown on the attached drawing the area surrounded by a solid bold line.

The areas being rezoned are shown in bold outlines on the sketch which ap-pears as part of this notice.PurposeThe intent of the bylaw is as follows:1. To provide for an area to be used for Country Residential and Resort Residential development within the E½-34-55-08-W3. The affected land is generally known as the ½ section south of the former WE Greenhouse.Bylaw InspectionThe bylaw may be inspected by any interest person, at the RM Offi ce on any judicial day between the hours of 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Copies are avail-able to persons at a cost of $1.00.

Public HearingRepresentations respecting the bylaw will be considered by the Council on the 8th day of February, 2012, in the Board Room at the Big River Community Centre at 606 First Street North, Big River, SK at 3:00 pm. Council shall hear any person or group of persons or person acting on their behalf, who wish to make a representation.Issued at Big River this 20th day of January, 2012.Donna TymiakRural Municipal Administrator

Sturgeon River Nordic have strong showing in Humboldt

A break-in at the Shellbrook Senior Citizens Centre over the holiday season resulted in a lot more than stolen property.

According to Seniors Association member Joyce Brunton, sometime between December 16 and 25 the centre was broken into and the club’s40 inch Toshiba flatscreen TV was stolen along with a pair of flags off the wall.

After two years that included major renovations to the kitchen, improvement of the buildings’ acoustics and the instal-lation of two new furnaces, the associa-tion’s funds are depleted and replacement of the TV isn’t high on their priority list.

“We won’t replace it or at least it isn’t high on our priority list,” said Brunton.

The club received grant funding to purchase the TV to help incorporate some variety into the Thursday morning senior’s exercise class held at the hall.

Until it was stolen, the TV was used to play a line dancing video as a part of the

exercise class.The club purchased a large screen TV

because to enable a large group to follow the steps of the line dancing video.

“To go through insurance we have a $500 deductible so it doesn’t make much sense to go that route,” said Brunton, not-ing that purchasing a used TV may be an option if the price was right.

This is the second time the hall has been broken into in recent months. On November 23, the hall was broken into but other than a locks on the storage room, archives box and sound system being broken, was nothing lost. That same night break ins were also reported at the Shellbrook SaskPower office and Shellbrook Legion Hall.

If you have any information about this or any other crime please contact the Shellbrook RCMP Detatchment at 747-2606.

The Sturgeon River Nordic Ski Team at the Sask Cup #5 competition at the Humboldt Golf Course January 14. Back Row L-R: Anna Sigurdson (P.A.), Hannah Miller (Shellbrook), Taryn Moe(Shellbrook), Miranda Crosby(Spruce Home), Joan Jeffery (assis-tant coach, Shellbrook). Middle Row L-R: Michael Fraser (P.A.), Ryan Potts (Shellbrook), Evan Beaulieu (Shellbrook), Erica Archer (Shellbrook), Jenna Beaulieu (Shellbrook), Bill Jeffery (coach, Shellbrook). ront: Alex Wilson (St. Louis), Jessica Gill (Spruce Home), Matthew Gill (Spruce Home), Adam Crosby (Spruce Home).

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In recognition of National Non-Smok-ing Week, the Government of Saskatch-ewan reaffi rms its commitment to reduce tobacco use in the province, protect peo-ple from environmental tobacco smoke and assist those who want to quit using tobacco.

Beginning January 1, the View and Vote program started rolling out in schools across the province. View and Vote is offered bi-annually by the Minis-try of Health to encourage young people to think critically about tobacco use. It gives students in Grades 6-12 a chance to view some of the world’s best tobacco prevention television advertising. The students then select the ad they believe is most effective in making them think about quitting or keeping them from starting to

use tobacco. This year’s View and Vote was launched on January 1 and the ad with the most votes will be announced in spring 2012. The Ministry of Health also continues to provide funding to the Cana-dian Cancer Society, Saskatchewan Divi-sion to deliver the Smokers’ Help-Line (1-877-513-5333), which offers cessation advice to smokers. People looking for help to quit using tobacco can also visit the Partnership to Assist with the Cessa-tion of Tobacco (PACT) website at http://www.makeapact.ca/.

For more information on tobacco re-duction in Saskatchewan and supports and programs to help people quit smok-ing visit the Ministry of Health website at http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/smoking-and-your-health.

Seniors’ Association loses TV in break-in

Tobacco reduction still a priority

Salvias Galore! Part IBy Sara WilliamsThere are many

drought-tolerant annual and tender perennial sal-vias, mostly from the tropics, each adding a dif-ferent dimension to our beds and borders. Salvia is a Latin word meaning to heal and alludes to the plant’s reputed medicinal properties. Native to the Americas and Europe, sal-vias are members of the mint family, with typical square stems and oppo-site leaves. The two-lipped flowers are arranged in whorls around the stem.

Most require full sun and good drainage and are moderately to extremely drought-tolerant. Many will self-seed in subse-quent years.

Depending on their size, salvias can be used in rock gardens, mixed borders and containers. Attractive to humming-birds, bees and butterflies, many are also excellent for cut flowers.

Here’s four to start you off:

Silver sage (Salvia argentea) [also commonly known as Hobbit’s Foot]

has outstanding foliage. Forming a rosette, it has thick, woolly, silvery and gently lobed leaves and ranges in height from 20 to 60 cm (8 to 24 in.). The pinkish white flowers that overtop the leaves are also attractive. It is native to southern Europe. Place in full sun, in soil with excel-lent drainage. It is report-ed to be ‘deer resistant’ which in my experience means that it will tolerate nibbling and will regrow. ‘Deer resistant’ does not mean that deer will leave it entirely alone. A tall fence and a dog work best of all in deterring deer damage.

• ‘Artemis’ is taller (90 cm/36 in.) with pink-ish white flowers.

Texas sage (S. coc-cinea) is native to tropi-cal South America and widely naturalized else-where. On the prairies, it is another perennial treated as an annual. Two iden-tifying characteristics are its widely spaced flow-ers along the stem and its almost translucent green, triangular, hairy leaves. The flowers are narrow and in shades of scarlet, red, pink, salmon or white, contrasting well with the nearly black stems. The plants are 30 to 60 cm (12-24 in.) in height. It will take light shade.

• ‘Coral Nymph’ (‘Cherry Blossom’) is 40

to 60 cm (16-24 in.) tall and has pale coral-salm-on flowers with a deeper salmon lower lip. I was awed by it in Monet’s gar-den. Obviously also caught Monet’s eye to have been granted a place in his gar-den.

• ‘Forest Fire’ (60 cm/24 in.) has fiery red flowers with contrasting black calyces.

• ‘Lady in Red’ (35 cm/14 in.) has uniform red spikes.

• ‘Mesa Scarlet’ (45-60 cm/18-24 in.) has red flowers and aromatic foliage.

• ‘Snow Nymph’ (60 cm/24 in.) has pure white flowers.

Mealycup sage (S. farinacea) is a perennial in its native habitat, but treated as an annual on the prairies. Farinacea refers to flour meal, reflecting the fact that each flower

is supported by a floury-looking, cup-like calyx, hence the species and common names. The small (2 cm/1 in.), violet blue to lavender to white flow-ers are produced on long spikes, and the upright plants reach 60 cm (24 in.) in height. The shiny foliage is gray-blue. It can be used in both fresh and dried arrangements.

• ‘Evolution’ has 15 cm (6 in.) spikes of deep, dark purple on well-branched plants of 40 to 60 cm (16-24 in.).

• ‘Strata’ (25-30 cm/10-12 in.) has silver spikes with clear blue flo-rets and a white calyx.

• ‘Victoria’ (40-60 cm/16-24 in.) has spikes of violet-blue or white.

Common sage (S. offi-cinalis), a perennial native to the Mediterranean area, has a long history as a medicinal and culinary

herb. Treated as an annual on the prairies, it is also valuable as an ornamen-tal. Although variable in size, flower and leaf color, most have bluish flowers and attractive foliage. It is useful for edging in more formal designs.

• ‘Icterina’ (60 cm/24 in.) has variegated cream and green foliage.

• ‘Purpurascens’ (20 to 40 cm/6-16 in.) has purple-and-green leaves.

• ‘Tricolor’ (60 to 80 cm/24-32 in.) is a blend of green, white, and pinky-purple

Sara William’s revised and expanded edition of Creating the Prairie Xeriscape will be pub-lished later this year.

This column is pro-vided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www14.brinkster.com/saskperrennial


Time for people to recognize Holodomor as genocide

Janurary 25 (Wednesday), 7:30 pm. “For the Love of Lilies”: the video of an original play produced in Shellbrook in 2011. It is the story of Saskatchewan plant breeder and nurseryman, Bert Porter, who de-veloped Honeywood Nursery near Parkside and introduced many hardy fruit varieties as well as lilies. Sponsored by the Saskatchewan Perennial Society. FREE, everyone welcome. St. James’ Anglican Church, 607 Duffering Ave. (corner of 12th St.; side door, follow the signs).

February 4 (Saturday), 9 am - 2 pm. ‘Cultivating the Vision: Growing Together in Community Gardens’ conference; sponsored by CHEP (www.chep.org). Join community gardeners and local garden leaders as they meet to be inspired by one anothers’ actions and visions! Topics range from advice on starting a new community garden to how to make the most of a small garden plot: growing and harvesting tips. WP Bates School 2515 18th St. W. $10 covers lunch. Must pre-register. To register or for more infor-mation contact Ruth Ann Rudack: [email protected] or call 655-5322.

There are still a few copies left of ‘Of a Cold Land’ (Sara Williams: the stories and plant introduc-tions by prairie horticulture pioneers; $14) and the ‘2012 Prairie Gardener’ (Western Canada’s only gardening annual since 1937; this year’s theme is trees for the prairies; $13). They are available from the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (343-7707) and at some local book stores and garden centres.

Sask Perennial Society coming events

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Canada recently marked “Ukrainian Famine and Genocide Memorial Day.” It’s been 78 years since Jo-seph Stalin perpetrated the “Holodomor”—the deliberate starvation of millions of Ukrainians—while the world turned a blind eye.

Ukrainian-Canadian groups lobbied hard to have the Holodomor recognized as a genocide. The Harper gov-ernment did so in May, 2008. Saskatchewan was the fi rst province to do the same, also in 2008, and similar leg-islation was subsequently passed by Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.

The historic facts are chilling. By 1929, Stalin—fear-ing Ukrainians’ growing sense of independence—had had 5,000 leading Ukrainian literary and cultural fi gures either executed or sent to prison camps. The Ukrainian Orthodox Church was liquidated.

In 1932, food procurement quotas for Ukrainian peas-ants were set so unnaturally high, literally all their food was taken away by the state. A person could be executed for stealing even a grain of wheat from state-owned col-lective farms, and the borders of Ukraine were sealed off by police.

What’s puzzling is why the road to recognizing the Holodomor as a genocide has been so tortuous—and why Ukrainians continue to face so much opposition.

Earlier this year, some 200 international academics, from Harvard to Hamburg, took out full-page ads in a number of newspapers, criticizing the Ukrainian Cana-dian Civil Liberties Association (UCCLA) and Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC) for the concerns these organi-zations have raised about the appropriate representation of the Holodomor in the Canadian Museum of Human Rights, currently being built in Winnipeg.

Apparently, the UCCLA and UCC have also “distort-ed historical accounts of the Holodomor” by “infl ating” the number of victims to seven or even ten million.

“The implication is obvious,” write the academics, who claim between 2.6 and 3.9 million died. “Seven or ten million is more than six million—the Holodomor de-serves more attention than the Holocaust.”

That’s quite an inference.The eminent British historian Simon Sebag Monte-

fi ore, who wrote a defi nitive, critically-acclaimed biog-

raphy of Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar, in 2003, puts the Holodomor numbers this way: “The death toll of this absurd famine was between four to fi ve and as high as ten million dead, a tragedy unequalled in human history except by the Nazi and Maoist terrors.”

In other words, it’s hard to say for certain. But sug-gesting more than six million died doesn’t make you a Holocaust denier.

Of course, the endless sparring over whose holocaust is bigger or smaller is precisely why the Canadian Mu-seum of Human Rights (CMHR) itself is a tricky propo-sition.

In a recent speech at the University of Manitoba, CMHR president and CEO, Stuart Murray, said he doesn’t want the museum to be a “centre for the com-memoration of genocides—a museum not of human rights, but human wrongs.”

Instead, the museum—which will apparently house a fl oor commemorating the Holocaust and other genocides

and crimes against humanity—should inspire visitors to “better recognize the actions that lead to rights viola-tions” and “harness the power of their stories.”

Murray asks how Germany, for example, a “modern, advanced, democratic society,” could have so quickly and violently collapsed into genocide.

But of course Russia wasn’t exactly un-advanced. Af-ter all, it produced Pushkin, Tolstoy and Shostakovich, and its cities are replete with centuries-old architecture.

Defi ning the perfect human rights crime, or criminal, can therefore be as diffi cult as defi ning the perfect human rights victim.

Would those same academics—who also criticize the UCC and UCCLA for glossing over the extent to which some Ukrainian nationalists cooperated with the Ger-mans during World War II—take out ads criticizing the Arab Spring protesters because some of them burn Israeli fl ags and destroy Christian churches?

Perhaps the best way to “harness the power” of past human rights wrongs is to make sure we don’t look the other way—and aren’t too selective about whom we crit-icize.

New York Times correspondent Walter Duranty fa-mously denied any Ukrainian famine was taking place, which suited the world just fi ne.

In the fi lm Harvest of Despair, about the Holodomor, there is footage of a little girl found wandering the out-skirts of Kiev. Asked what she was doing, she said she simply wanted to die and be with her mother.

And those academics dare tell Ukrainian Canadians they should “stay out of the debate” on the Canadian Mu-seum of Human Rights?

Isn’t that precisely the sort of attitude that’s long been part of the problem?

R d T i 2003

Bronwyn Eyre

The Regular Meeting of the Council of the Ru-ral Municipality of Leask No. 464 was held in the Leask Municipal Offi ce on Wednesday, November 23, 2011. The following are the highlights of that meet-ing:

The meeting was called to order by Reeve Len Cantin at 9:06 a.m.

Present were Reeve Len Cantin, Administra-tor Sheri McHanson Budd and the following Council members:

Real Diehl (Div 2)Marcie Kreese (Div 3)Myles Robin - (Div 4) Robert Girod (Div 5) and Victor Unyi (Div 6)

That council moves to committee of the whole at 9:07 a.m.

That council adjourns committee of the whole and reconvenes the Recon-vene regular council meeting at 11:10 a.m.

That resolution 381/11 be amended to read: That we notify the public that we will be discuss-ing Council Indemnity at our December 11 regular meeting of council.

That the minutes of the Regular Council meeting of November 3, 2011 be adopted as amended.

That Bylaw No 7/2011 being a bylaw to close a road allowance be read a fi rst time.

That Bylaw No. 7/2011 be read a second time.

That Council agree to give Bylaw No. 7/2011 a third reading at this 7/2011 meeting.

Carried Unanimously.That Bylaw No. 7/2011

be read a third time and fi -nally adopted.

That Bylaw No 8/2011 being a bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw read a fi rst time.

That Bylaw No 9/2011

being a bylaw to add pen-alty to accounts receivable be read a fi rst time.

That Bylaw No. 9/2011 be read a second time.

That Council agree to give Bylaw No. 9/2011 a third reading at this 9/2011 meeting.

Carried Unanimously.That Bylaw No. 9/2011

be read a third time and fi -nally adopted.

That Bylaws No. 4/2011 and 6/2011 are ta-bled to the December 14, 2011 meeting.

That Council accept the administrator’s report as presented.

That Council elevate the grade at Roschuk’s slough to a maximum cost of $5,000.00 on grid road 783.

That Council accept the Bylaw Enforcement Report as presented.

That Council accept the Weed Inspector’s annual report as presented.

Councillor Diehl left the room.

That Council accept the Pest Control Offi cer’s Report and that it be fi led accordingly.

Councillor Diehl re-turned to the room.

That Council accept the Reeve’s Report on 55-40 Municipal Working Group as presented.

That Council accept the fi re reports as presented and that they be fi led ac-cordingly.

That Council accept the following rates for 2012 as follows:

Casual Wages - $15.00 per hour

Kilometers for truck for general Municipal business - $0.55

Snow Removal - $ 30.00 minimum or $ 120.00 per hour

Grader Custom Work - $30.00 minimum or $120.00 per hour

Tractor & Mower - $90.00 per hour

Fence Removal - $600.00 per ½ mile

Fence Replacement - $800.00 per ½ mile

Brush Cutting - $400.00 per ½ mile

Land Price for Con-struction – 1.75x assess-ment

That the outside em-ployees no longer need to turn in grader cards with their timesheets effective immediately.

That the RM abate hos-pital levy at SW 36-46-04 W3

That the RM abate 2011 taxes, in the amount of the recalculation considering missed exemption given as stated in section 293 of the Municipalities Act on the

following properties:SW 36-46-04 W3That Council meet De-

cember 13, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. to discuss our 2012 Gravel Program.

That Council send out a notice to our ratepayers that we will be hosting a ratepayers meeting on Jan-uary 9, 2012 at 7 p.m. a the Legion Hall.

That Councillor Robin be appointed to the Road Committee as an addition-al member when the road in question is in Division 2.

That Councillors Kreese and Diehl work with the Administrator and outside staff to develop employee job descriptions for the council’s review.

That the RM donate $500.00 to the Leask Cen-tennial Committee and that it be referred to our 2012 Budget.

That the RM accept the correspondence as pre-sented and that it be fi led accordingly.

That Council apply to the BCF Oversight Com-mittee to grant the RM an extension to complete the construction of 2 miles of road along Grid 783 to June 30, 2012 as per the recommendations of the engineer.

That council is in favor of the $10.00 per capita levy subject to each of the parties approving respec-tive contributions as out-lined in the Recruitment Notes of the Meeting of Area Municipalities to dis-

cuss the Recruitment and Retention of Physicians to the area dated October 12, 2011 and that the matter be referred to the 2012 Bud-get Process.

That the Approach development policy be amended as follows:

-Applications for road approaches to private property must be submit-ted to the Councillor or R.M. Offi ce in writing in the form of a development permit;

-There must be an ap-propriate site distance as determined by the R.M

-The approach must be constructed at a right angle to the road;

-The approach onto all developed roads must have:

For Agriculture Lands - minimum 26 foot top and 4 to 1 slopes;

All other land uses – as determined by the Outside Staff and Division Coun-cillor

-No approach shall be less than 16 foot top and 3 to 1 slope;

-A culvert must be in-

stalled where deemed nec-essary and at a size deter-mined by the R.M

-Any approach enter-ing onto a gravel road must be graveled at the time of construction.

Permission for the ap-proaches may be granted between council meetings with consultation with the respective division Coun-cillor, outside staff and ad-ministrator.

Costs of the construc-tion of approach and in-stallation of any required ulvert will be at the ex-pense of the applicant.

- and that it be present-ed at the ratepayers meet-ing for feedback.

That Council approve the elevation construction of the Lac La Peche Drive-way to a maximum cost of $13,000.00.

That the RM contract Prairie Dawg Contracting to complete tree removal along the roadway South Corral Road.

That the RM purchase the used Dozer Blade from Ken Jensen for $500.00.


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Prince Albert Raider Hockey Schedule

Fri., January 20 ~ 7 p.m

P.A. VS Victoria

Sat., January 21 ~ 7 p.m

P.A. VS Edmonton

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association released the provincial draws last week and 12 local teams will be represented.

The Canwood Canucks will face off against Dodsland in the Female Midget AA tournament.

In female senior action, Shellbrook will take on the Sask Wheat Queens with the winner taking on the Saskatoon Ducks for the Senior A title.

In Peewee B Boy Big River will face Rosthern and the Shellbrook Elks will face off against St. Brieux, with each team receiving a bye into the second round of the draw.

Meanwhile, Spiritwood will face Unity in the second round of the Pee Wee C draw also due to a bye.

Spiritwood will face Rosthern in the first round of the Bantam B draw while Shellbrook will take on Watrous to kick off the Bantam C draw.

In Midget, Spiritwood will face Kerrobert in B, Shellbrook will take on Hudson Bay in C and Debden will start off with Hillmond in the D division.

In Senior action, the Shellbrook Elks will open provincials with a matchup with the Meadow Lake Stampeders.

Meanwhile the Shellbrook Silvertips will face the Delisle Bruins in the Senior C division.

SHA provincial hockey draws released

ELIASON- Mabel Eliason, age 91, late of Park Valley, passed away in Parkland Terrace Nurs-ing Home in Shellbrook on January 2, 2012.

Mable was born on Dec. 19, 1920 to David and Amanda Eliason, who were homesteading in the Dry Creek area. Mable began school there, then Silver Cliff , then fi nished school at Park Valley when her family moved to that

area. In the homestead-ing days, everyone in the family worked, whether it was milking cows or feed-ing chickens. Mable did housework for some of the women in the area, which usually netted about four or fi ve dollars per month. In 1944 Mable got a job at the sanitorium in Prince Albert in the housekeep-ing department, and later moved to Victoria BC to work at the Churchill Hotel as a chambermaid. Mabel came home to Park Valley to live with her family, and over the years her parents and brother Melvin passed away, which left Mabel living alone on the farm. Eventually she was no lon-ger able to live by herself and was placed in the Leo-ville Nursing Home, and then to Parkland Terrace in Shellbrook in 2004.

Mable leaves to mourn, her siblings, Gladys (Pre-ben) Berg, Isabel Muller, Oscar (Dorothy) Eliason, Arnold Eliason; numerous

nieces and nephews. She was predeceased

by her parents, David and Amanda Eliason; her sis-ters, Ingrid Ewing, Elvie Nording, Emily Erick-son, Emma Eliason; a brother, Melvin Eliason; her sisters-in-law Laverne Eliason, Dell Eliason; her brothers-in-law John Nording, Viggo Erickson, George Muller, Newell Ewing.

The funeral service was held at the Commu-nity Hall in Canwood on January 7, 2012 at 1:00 pm with Pastor Peter No-lan as offi ciant. The eulogy was given by Leona Smith, and the pianist was Monica Svendsen. The pallbearers were Leroy Eliason, Hec-tor Nording, Lawrence Jonasson, Terry Eliason, Harvey Amundson, Ken-neth Jonasson.

Memorial donations may be made to the Park-land Terrace Foundation.

Interment was in the Stump Lake Cemetery.

Beau “Lac” Funeral Home is entrusted with the funeral arrangements.

RCMP are advis-ing people to beware of a “computer virus” scam currently affecting Saskatchewan residents.

The scam begins when the victim receives an unsolicited phone call from someone claiming to be from an official sound-ing computer company (ie, Micrsoft / Windows / Online PC care). The caller tells the victim their computer will need to be repaired due to error codes or viruses.

The caller offers to complete this repair over the internet or will have the victim install a “fix” for the problem. By fol-lowing the caller’s direc-tion, the victim inadver-tently installs a program or virus which then allows the caller remote access to the computer.

Sensitive data, such as personal details and bank-ing information, may be captured by this newly installed software. The caller will also attempt to obtain the victim’s credit card information to pay for this “service”.

If you have suffered a financial loss as a result of this type of scam, or allowed individuals access to your computer, you can report the incident to your local RCMP detachment or the municipal police force in your area.

For more informa-tion on current scams and frauds, visit the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre website at www.antifraudcentre.ca or the RCMP website at www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

If you have infor-mation about this or any other crime, please con-tact Lumsden RCMP at 731-4270 or you may call Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through Sask-Tel Mobility Network at *8477, or sub-mit a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com where you can also view information on other unsolved crimes.


LUTHERAN CHURCHZion - CanwoodSunday School,

Worship Sunday, 11 a.m.St. John’s - Shellbrook

Sunday School, Worship Sunday, 9 a.m.Pastor Doug SchmirlerParkside, Immanuel11 a.m. - Worship &

Sunday School Pastor Chris Dean------------------------PENTECOSTAL

CHURCHParkside

10:00 a.m. Time of prayer10:30 a.m. Worship

11:00 a.m. Sunday SchoolPastor David Baldock

ShellbrookSunday School 9:45 a.m.

Sun., 11:00 a.m. - WorshipPastor David Bodvarson

747-7235Canwood

11 a.m. - WorshipPastor Glenn Blazosek

Leask Gospel Tabernacle

Sunday 6:30 p.m.Pastor L. Trafford

306-466-2296------------------------

EVANGELICAL FREEBig River

11:00 a.m. - WorshipBible Classes 9:45 A.M.Summer: 10:30 a.m. - 12

469-2258Youth Nite: Fridays

Mont NeboWed., 7:30 p.m. - Bible

Study and Prayer.Sun., 10:30 a.m. - Worship

Pastor Bill Klumpenhower

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DebdenSun., 9:30 a.m. - Mass.Fr. Sebastian Kunnath

Big River - Sacred HeartSun., 11:30 a.m. - Mass

Whitefi shSun., 2:30 p.m. - Mass.

VictoireSat., 7:30 p.m. - Mass.Fr. Sebastin Kunnath

Eucharist CelebrationsMuskeg

Sat., 7:30 p.m. - MassMistawasis

Sunday, 3 p.m. St. Agatha’s -

ShellbrookMass Sunday, 11 a.m.

Fr. Tru LeSt. Henry’s - Leask

Mass Saturday 7 p.m.St. Joseph’s - MarcelinMass Saturday, 9 a.m.

Fr. Tru Le------------------------PRESBYTERIAN

Mistawasis2nd & 4th Sunday Worship

3 p.m.Rev. Bev Shepansky------------------------SEVENTH DAY

ADVENTIST407-2nd Ave E,

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School.Sat., 11:00 am Worship

Broadcast on VOAR 92.1 FM

Pastor Stanislav Kondrat306-764-6853

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Currently meeting in homes on Sunday morn.

and Wednesday evenings.Parkside 747-2309,

Leask 466-4498 Marcelin 226-4615------------------------

ANGLICAN CHURCHLeask - All Saint’s

8 a.m. - Morning prayer Service.

9 a.m. Holy CommunionCanwood - Christ Church2 p.m. 1st & 3rd Sundays

Evening Prayer 2nd & 4th Sundays Holy

CommunionMont Nebo - St. Luke’s

2 p.m. - 1st and 3rd Sundays Holy Communion

2nd and 4th Sundays Evening Prayer St. Andrew’s -

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1st & 2nd Sundays 1 p.m. - Worship

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BLAINE LAKE: Wapiti Library: Books, DVDs, Internet, Study/Meeting Space, Proctor Service. Hours: Tuesday 1-5 p.m., Wednesday 1 - 5 p.m.; Thursday 5 p.m. - 8 p.m. (Children’s Program & Story Telling 3:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.); Friday 1-5, (Adult computer help 2 - 4 p.m.) 306-497-3130.CANWOOD: Branch of Wapiti Regional Library Hours: Tues. and Fri., 1 - 5 p.m. Internet services available at the library.DEBDEN: Wapiti Library hours: Monday 3 pm - 7 pm. Afterschool Program 3:30 - 5:00. Wednesday 11 am - 4 pm. Librarian: Aline HannonLEASK: Wapiti Library Hours: Tues. & Fri.: 1 - 5:30 pm & Sat., 1:00 - 5:30 pm.MARCELIN: Wapiti Library is open Tues. 11 - 4 pm; Thur. 3 - 8 pm. For information on all your library needs, please contact 306-226-2110.SHELLBROOK: Shellbrook Branch of the Wapiti Library located at 105 Railway Ave., West (Provincial building). Library Hours: Mon., 2 - 6:30 pm; Tues., 2 - 8 pm; Wed. 2 - 8 pm; Thur., 2 - 6:30 pm; Fri., 10 - 4 pm. Children’s Story Time: Fri. 10:30 am (Oct. - May). Ph. 747-3419.LEASK/MARCELIN: Leask - Marcelin Fish & Game Annual Banquet & Dance on Fri., January 20, 2012 at the Leask Lions Hall. Cocktails 5:30 p.m. Supper 6:30 p.m. Dance 9 p.m. Adults - $15; 12 & under - $10; Dance Only -$10 (at door). Music by Cherokee Rose. Tickets available at: Spriggs Fine Foods, Banda Sales, Bramshott Spirit.CANWOOD: Canwood Curling Club Annual Billy Spiel on Fri., Sat. & Sun., Feb. 3, 4, & 5. $120.00 per team, includes 4 dance tickets. $$$ CASH PRIZES $$$. Steak Supper - Friday Night $12 ~ 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Dance - Saturday Night - Midnight Lunch, 8 pm to 10 pm ‘The Happy Wanderers’, 10:30 pm to 2 am ‘Dust ‘Til Dawn’. Dance Tickets ~ $10. All minors must be accompanied by parent or guardian. Phone Curling entries to: Lisa 468-2783 or Grant 468-2881.SHELLBROOK: Firearm Safety Hunter Education Registration on Monday, January 30th from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Shellbrook Wildlife Fed. Clubhouse. 12 Years and Up, Sask. Health Card Required. Registration $50.00. For info Lyndon Tieszen 747-4351

OK, so there’s a baseball hall of fame and a football hall of fame and one honouring hockey players, one that fetes surfers, another one for the game’s best basketball players. And dozens more.

But just think for a minute if there was a North American Sports Hall of Fame with room for only two people. Who would they be? Where would you start?

Wayne Gretzky, regrettably, wouldn’t make it. He’s certainly the Great One, but not great enough to be one of two people in our all-time Sports Hall of Fame. Vince Lombardi is perhaps the name one asso-ciates most with the game of U.S. pro football, but, sorry Packer fans, he’s on the outside looking in, too.

Golf offers Arnie, Jack, Tiger and the great Bobby Jones, but they don’t make our exclusive hall. Love basketball? Wilt the Stilt? Magic? Michael Jordan? Great players all, but not up to snuff in our two-person All Time Sports Hall of Fame.

Who would you pick? Soccer player Pele? If this was a non-North American sports column, Pele would make the Big Two, but not here. Sorry.

Joe DiMaggio? Mickey Mantle? Cy Young? Bobby Orr? The Ro cket? Gordie Howe? Red Grange? Joe Montana? Johnny U? Sorry, over and over again.

There is room in my All-Time Sports Hall of Fame for only two busts, and they belong to, in no particular order, Babe Ruth and Muhammad Ali.

Surprised? You shouldn’t be. Don’t agree? That’s OK, it’s a free country, but name another athlete who would

bump either of those iconic superstars from their pedestals. In their primes, they were beyond sports figures and the most famous people in the world. When you think of baseball figures, Babe Ruth stands above all. Yankee Stadium was the House that Ruth Built. He famously made more money per year than the President of the U.S. Heck, he had a candy bar named after him. He put the ‘roar’ in the Roaring Twenties.

Ali, heavyweight boxing’s gold med-alist in the 1960 Summer Olympics, met with world lead-ers, fought all over the world and made headlines on the front pages by being found guilty of draft evasion charges, refusing induction into the U.S. military by famously saying “I ain’t got no quarrel with the Viet Cong.” He was stripped of his boxing title, and was out of the sport for four years while fighting his legal bat-tles. Then he came back to the sport and was a four-time heavyweight champion.

Ali was simply “The Greatest (Gretzky was merely ‘great’) and he joins the Babe in this most exclusive Halls of Sports Fame.

• R.J. Currie of sportsdeke.com: “The Columbus Blue Jackets, in their short his-tory, have changed numerous head coach-es, assistant coaches, made the playoffs just once and sit in the NHL basement.

Maybe they should be called the Strait Jackets.”

• From Dwight Perry’s Sideline Chatter in the Seattle Times: “Spotted on the readerboard at Nashville’s Grace Cumberland Presbyterian Church: ‘God has no favourites. Our sign guy does — go Preds.’ “

• Blogger Chad Picasner, on why a $13.9 million luxury-tax bill is no big deal to the Yankees: “Same as they pay a util-ity infielder.”

• Steve Simmons of Sunmedia .com: “The nickname

going around about Mike Cammalleri tells you all you need to know about the traded Canadien. He was known as ‘Me, Myself and Mike,’ which is how a lot of underproducing goal scorers are per-ceived on teams.”

• Comedy writer Jerry Perisho: “The Walt Disney Company is ready to submit a bid in the latest reported attempt to pur-chase the Los Angeles Dodgers. So, the Dodgers may still suck, but at least the bathrooms will be clean.”

• And on the same subject, Perisho says: “Goofy has been running the team the last few years and he is in the middle of divorcing Grumpy.”

• Another one from Perry: “Oregon football player Mark Asper, attending

a pre-Rose Bowl function at an L.A. restaurant, might have saved a choking diner’s life when he applied the Heimlich manoeuvre. Making him the first offen-sive lineman ever celebrated for holding.”

• Currie again: “Dennis Rodman announced plans to coach a new topless women’s basketball team. There will be a short preseason followed by a full slate of exhibitionist games.”

• Another one from Currie: “Despite rumours to the contrary, God did not send Tim Tebow to Denver because it’s the closet NFL city to heaven.”

• Among the top 10 little-known facts about Tim Tebow, from CBS’s David Letterman:

— “Fell to Earth after his home planet Krypton exploded.”

— “Can turn water into Gatorade.”• Perry again: “Rangers coach Rangers

coach John Tortorella apologized for trashing officials after the Winter Classic. The NHL then apologized for fining him $30,000.”

• Tiger Woods, to reporters, offering up a Christmas present for PGA Tour galleries: “I’m swinging the club well enough that you don’t need to walk out there with hockey helmets on.”

• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: “Will everybody please stop all of this crazy talk about Peyton Manning going to the New York Jets? This would be like Einstein enrolling at Mississippi State.“

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President Myrna Bur-gess chaired the meeting

A minute of silence was observed in memory of Archie McLeod

There were 25 mem-bers present.

Adeline Fossey read the minutes which were adopted as read.

Joyce Brunton gave the treasurer’s report. To date the Seniors have contrib-uted $5520.00 to the Shell-brook and Districts Health Services Project. Joyce moved the adoption of her report. Seconded by Mar-garet Smylie. Carried

Moved by Velma Ell seconded by Marlene Ma-son that the bills be paid. Carried

Correspondence

Prairie Women on Snowmobiles have re-quested that we host them when they arrive in Shell-brook Wednesday morn-ing February 1 2012.

A thank you letter was sent to Cameo Hilldrop Ladies Guild for there help at the Soup and Sandwich for the Shellbrook and Districts Health Services Project.

ReportsHall –Adeline -The Se-

niors Centre was broken into Wednesday Novem-ber 23. Locks were broken but nothing was taken.

There are 3 bookings for December

The new paper towel holders have been installed in the washrooms

A new TV stand was purchased.

Sunshine – Ulwina Hinz – 2 cards were sent.

Kaiser – Isabella Hen-ry- The November 10 tour-nament netted $185.00, the December 8 tourna-ment $188.00 which was donated to the Shellbrook Health Services Project.

New BusinessMoved by Bea Lande

seconded by Lorna Thompso that we host the Prairie Women on Snow-mobiles Wednesday Feb-ruary 1. Carried

AnnouncementsChristmas Party Friday

December 16 3:30 p.m.Games of Choice will

resume Monday January 9 2-4 p.m.

Exercises and Line Dancing Thursday January 5 – 9:30 a.m.

Kaiser will resume Thursday January 5 7:30 p.m.

Next meeting Wednes-

day January 11 2012Alice Bruce adjourned

the meeting Games of choice followed.

December Birthdays - Marie Trueman, Florence Fulton, Ella Reidt and Al-

ice DeryBirthday cake provided

by Melba Souch, sand-wiches Marie Laberge and Marlene Mason

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Allan Fitch and Rhonda Fitch are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter, Kelsey Rhonda to Jory Shane, son of Terry and Arlette Segberg. The wedding will take place on April 12, 2012 in Punta Cana, Dominion Republic. There will be a celebration of their marriage on April 28, 2012 at the Shellbrook Community Hall.

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A roof provides protec-tion against wind, rain and snow, as well as shields the interior from the blazing heat. A compromised roof cannot do its job properly. There are many different roofi ng materials available these days -- each of which carries with it a certain

length of usefulness.Most roofs last any-

where from 25 to 40 years, depending on the material used. Homeowners may know it’s time to replace a roof without even ventur-ing out on the roof. Ceiling leaks or discoloration can indicate it’s time to replace

a roof. Check for sagging ceiling material on the top fl oors of the home if there is no attic. Wet or dark-ened wood or rusty nails in the attic could be signs. Rafters may channel leaks away from their original source, so it’s best to do a thorough check anytime

wetness or discol-oration is evident anywhere in the home.

Once the de-cision to install a new roof is made, homeowners must decide between the different roofi ng materials. Research is necessary to fi nd a roof that will be the right price and meet the ho-meowner’s needs. Here are common roofi ng materials.

* Asphalt shin-gles: This is the type of roof most homeowners fi rst think of when en-

visioning a roofi ng project. The three-tab asphalt shin-gle is the most commonly used roofi ng material. The economic value it offers is why this roof is one of the most popular.

* Architectural shingle: Similar to an asphalt shin-gle, this shingle is made thicker and the layers are staggered to give the roof a more architectural look. These shingles are only slightly more expensive than asphalt shingles, which still makes them a good value.

* Wood shakes and shingles: Instead of as-phalt, wood makes an ideal roofi ng material that’s also pleasing to the eye. Over time wood will weather to different shades, which can help the home blend in with the environment. Wood shakes can be ex-pensive to install, and will require periodic cleaning to remove mildew or moss, and may need reoiling for preservation. There are

also “fake” wood shingles that are made of compos-ite materials that may offer the look of wood without the maintenance.

* Slate: This hard, stone material is very strong and sheds snow and ice very well, which is why it was often used on homes in the Northeast. However, the weight of slate, which requires a more substantial roof structure, and the cost make it less popular among today’s homeowners.

* Metal: This mate-rial is an ideal choice for industrial applications or on agricultural or country homes where snow is fre-quent. A metal roof can range from relatively inex-pensive galvanized steel to lofty copper that is pricey. A properly installed metal roof could last 50 years, which makes it a good value.

* Ceramic: Ceramic tile roofs may be among the most expensive due to the craftsmanship and the

installation required for these heavy tiles, but their life expectancy is 60 to 80 years. Chances are you’ll only have to do this type of installation once in a lifetime. Many people are drawn to ceramic roofs because of their beauty. They are commonly found on Mediterranean-style homes in warm climates. Most tiles are water-proofed and hard-fi red so they won’t absorb mois-ture, also making them safe to use in northern cli-mates.

In general, a roofi ng job is not a do-it-yourself undertaking. It will require an experienced and li-censed contractor. A trust-ed roofi ng contractor can be found by exploring list-ings on the National Roof-ing Contractor Association Web site at www.nrca.net. Verify contractors prior to hire through organizations like the Better Business Bureau or on Angie’s List.

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THINKING OF SELLING FARMLAND?If you have farmland to

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SOLD EXAMPLESBengough - 22 1/4’s

Bethune - 2 1/4’sBlaine Lake - 245 acres

Cupar - 5 1/4sDavidson - 6 1/4’sElfross – 18 1/4’s

Emerald – 22 1/4’sEastend - 2 1/4’sGrenfell - 3 1/4’s

Harwarden - 1 1/4’sLestock - 5 1/4’s

Lake Alma – 9 1/4’s Marcelin - 7 1/4’s

Moose Jaw - 8 1/4’sNokomis - 8 1/4’sOgema - 36 1/4’s

Prince Albert - 1 1/4’sSaskatoon - 2 1/4's

Semans - 7 1/4’sSimpson - 10 acres

Viscount - 3 1/2Wadena - 4 1/4’s

Wakaw West - 41/4’sWatrous/Young -

30 1/2Mobile Home ParkWeyburn - 21 1/4’s

Call DOUG 306-955-2266

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Letter of AppreciationWhen we were approached by

Mr. Doug Rue of FreshwaterHoldings in July 2011, it was an

opportunity for us to sell ourfarmland at a very fair price.

Mr. Rue visited our home andhe explained the process, which

went forward very quickly. Wereceived payment on

September 15, 2011. Weappreciated Mr. Rue’s friendly

and understanding manner.There were no difficulties and

he kept in touch throughout thetransaction.

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2008 Ford Ranger XLTFx4 Supercab 4x4

4.0L V6, Auto, Fully Loaded&Power Equipped

Very Clean, One OwnerPST Paid $14,995

2008 Ford F150 XLTSupercrew 4x4

5.4L V8, Auto, Fully Loaded& Power Equipped, Very

Clean TruckPST Paid $13,995

2010 Ford Ranger Sport Supercab

4.0L, 5 Speed, Air, Tilt,Cruise, CD Player, Only

65,000KM’sPST Paid $13,995

2005 Chev Silverado LS4x4 Ext Cab Shortbox5.3L Auto, Fully Loaded &

Power Equipped, VeryClean, Local TradePST Paid $10,995

2006 Chev Silverado LS4x4 Ext Cab Shortbox5.3L Auto, Fully Loaded &

Power Equipped, VeryClean, Local TradePST Paid $11,995

2010 Ford Edge Sport AWD

3.5L V6, Auto, Fully Loaded &Power Equipped, Sunroof,

Leather Seating and much more.Only 50,000KM’s Like New

$ $22,495

2008 Ford F150 FX2Sport Truck Supercab

5.4L, Auto, Fully Loaded &Power Equipped, Leather

Seating, Only 37,000 Km’sLike New PST Paid $19,995

2008 Ford F150 XTRSupercrew 4x4

5.4L Auto, Fully Loaded & Power Equipped,

Clean Local Unit $17,995

2011 Ford MustangConvertible

3.7L, Auto, Fully Loaded &Power Equipped, Like New,

Only15,000 Km’sPST Paid $27,995

2011 Ford Escape XLTFWD, 3.0L, V6, Auto, FullyLoaded, Power Equipped,Sunroof, Leather Seating,

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2005 Ford F150 XLT Supercrew 4x4


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2008 Ford F150 XTRSupercab 4x4

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2010 Ford F350 LariatCrew Cab Shortbox 4x46.4L, Diesel, Auto, Fully Loaded,

Power Equipped, Sunroof,Leather Seating, Very Clean &

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PST Paid $37,995

2009 Ford F150 XTRSupercrew 4x4

6.5 Ft Box,, 5.4L, Auto FullyLoaded & Power Equipped,Very Clean Local Trade, PST

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2011 Ford Fiesta SESHatchback

1.6L Auto, Fully Loaded &Power Equipped Only

18,000 KM’s, Like New$15,995

2007 Ford Focus SE4 Door, 2.0L Auto, Fully

Loaded & Power Equippedwith GFX PKG, Only 70,000

KM’s, Very Clean LocalTrade, PST Paid $8,995

2011 Ford Fusion SE4 Door, 2.5L Auto, Fully

Loaded & Power EquippedOnly 19,000 KM’sLike New $18,995

2009 GMC Sierre 1500SLE EXT Cab

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Work continues to reduce tobacco

useIn recognition of Na-

tional Non-Smoking Week, the Government of Saskatchewan reaffi rms its commitment to reduce to-bacco use in the province, protect people from envi-ronmental tobacco smoke and assist those who want to quit using tobacco.

“National Non-Smok-ing Week provides an op-portunity to recognize tobacco reduction efforts undertaken by the Ministry of Health and provincial tobacco reduction stake-holders,” Health Minister Don McMorris said. “We have introduced important legislation to reduce smok-ing and the harmful effects of environmental tobacco smoke, and we continue to support cessation. Protect-ing youth and educating them about the harms as-sociated with tobacco also remains a priority.”

Beginning January 1, the View and Vote pro-gram started rolling out in schools across the prov-ince. View and Vote is of-fered bi-annually by the Ministry of Health to en-courage young people to think critically about to-bacco use. It gives students in Grades 6-12 a chance to view some of the world’s best tobacco prevention television advertising. The students then select the ad they believe is the most effective in making them think about quitting or keeping them from start-ing to use tobacco. This year’s View and Vote was launched on January 1 and the ad with the most votes will be announced in spring 2012.

The Ministry of Health also continues to provide funding to the Canadian Cancer Society, Saskatch-ewan Division to deliver the Smokers’ Help-Line (1-877-513-5333), which offers cessation advice to smokers. People look-ing for help to quit using tobacco can also visit the Partnership to Assist with the Cessation of Tobacco (PACT) website at http://www.makeapact.ca/.

For more information on tobacco reduction in Saskatchewan and sup-ports and programs to help people quit smoking visit the Ministry of Health website at http://www.health.gov.sk.ca/smoking-and-your-health.

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