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Living Sky School Divi-sion has presented framed copies of the Letter of Apology for Residential Schools and Treaty Six to all the schools in the Divi-sion.

The fi nal presentations were held at a ceremony in the Spiritwood High Gymnasium, where the documents were present-ed to Spiritwood High and Hartley Clark Schools.

The ceremony was held in conjunction with the International Day For the Elimination of Racism.

Staff and students from all three Spirit-wood schools, plus those from Kisikohk School on Witchekan Lake First Na-tion, were on hand for the ceremony, which was fol-lowed by a walk in a loop from the High School

down 3rd Ave to Main Street, up to 1st Ave, and then back to the school.

Once back, everyone was treated to a lunch of chili and bannock.

The event concluded with an honor song and a round dance in which ev-eryone participated.

The ceremony was or-ganized by Vice-Princi-pal Sandy Emke-Kish, who was the MC for the program, and the High School’s Green Team.

Ms. Emke-Kish said that the International Day to Eliminate Racial Discrim-ination began following the Sharpeville Massacre of March 21, 1960.

“After this shocking event,” she said, “the Unit-ed Nations called on the international community to renew their efforts to

eliminate all forms of ra-cial discrimination on the planet. Fifty-fi ve years later, the current UN Sec-retary-General says the date for the elimination of racial discrimination is an opportunity to renew our commitment to building a world of justice and equal-ity where bigotry does not exist.”

“We must learn the les-sons of history and ac-knowledge the profound damage caused by racial discrimination. Every year the UN determines a theme for the anti-racism celebrations around the globe. This year’s theme, ‘learning from historical tragedies to combat racial discrimination’, is an in-credibly fi tting theme for our program today.”

“I was given a Lakota

name when I was adopted into the Carry-the-Kettle First Nation,” she said. “It translates to Morning Bird Song Woman. I am proud of my Indian name and I use it often when I participate in traditional ceremonies.”

“The best chance of suc-cess for us as a province lies in each of us feeling comfortable walking in both cultures,” Ms. E-K said.

Mrs. Jane Tipewan then gave a prayer in Cree.

“I am honored to be asked to come celebrate this day,” she said.

Randy Fox, Director of Education for Living sky School Division, said that these documents are im-portant for the schools.

“The Treaty Six docu-ment,” is to remind ev-

eryone that we have an agreement among our-selves that helps us live in harmony to have healthy lives.”

“The letter of apology,” he said, “the Board wants you to know that what happened in the schools was wrong, because part of what they do is govern. They provide guidance as to what our schools should look like. They, too, never want to see a school where children don’t feel happy, and don’t feel comfort-able, and don’t feel loved in the building.”

“What it means is that we care about all people who come to our school. All people need to be re-spected, and ultimately they need to be loved.”

SHS Principal Susan Fry said that the two docu-ments will be displayed in a very visible, prominent place.

“I accept these docu-ments on behalf of the staff and students of Spir-itwood High,” she said. “These documents will re-mind us that we are ALL treaty people and that the intent of our ancestors was for us to share and enjoy the beauty and resources of this country with one another. They will remind us of the sad and damag-ing chapter of residential schools that caused great damage to individuals and to the cultures of the First Nations people of Cana-da.”

“More importantly, however, these documents will be a sign that the jour-ney of healing and recon-ciliation carries forward. They will remind us that First Nations people are incredibly courageous and resilient and they will re-mind us of the strength and power of First Nations cultures in our country.”

“From today forward I call on all of you as wit-nesses to this presentation to commit to being gentle with one another, to com-mit to modeling positive relationships with people of all races, religions and cultures, to commit to modeling peaceful coop-erative and collaborative confl ict resolution and problem-solving, and fi -nally to commit to being ambassadors for a nation-al identity where all peo-ple are able to live to their true fullest potential.”

Hartley Clark Principal Rod Enns, said that he echoed everything Mrs. Fry said.

He said that it was fi t-ting that the presenta-tion be on the fi rst day of spring.

“Spring is a time of re-newal and change and new beginnings.” He said, “so I think it ties in perfectly to the theme today. Thanks to the Living Sky School Division and thanks for the invitation for our school to be a part of this very important day.”

Michelle Sanderson, the First Nations and Me-tis Achievement Consul-tant for Living Sky, said it was an exciting time to work for Living Sky. She credited former Direc-tor Brian Quinn – who was in attendance taking pictures for the school division – with the idea to present the documents to the schools.

“It is an exciting time to work for the Living Sky School Division because I get to witness a lot of really good things that are going on in terms of our education, and one of these exciting events is today,” Sanderson said.

Continued on page 8

Living Sky presents apology letter, Treaty Six

John Thomas sang an honor song, accompanied by a drum group of SHS students from Witchekan Lake First Nation. The beginnings of the round dance is forming behind them.

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Some 79 players fi lled up eight tables at the March 13 Texas Hold ‘Em night at the Mezzanine in Spiritwood. The event was designated as Walt Tipton Night in honor of a man whose friendship knew no bounds and whose love of poker was limitless. He was also one of the earliest winners at the SARCS-sponsored Texas Hold ‘Em nights.

In the end, Buzz Primeau walked off with the $1,106 fi rst place money, presented by Walt’s son, Don Tipton. Tipton placed fi fth on the night, winning

Door prize gifts donated by the Couples Poker Group that Walt & Deby belonged to, plus a deluxe poker chip set were given away by draw to a couple of lucky people. The door prize basket was won by Bobby Cameron, presented by Lori

Turgeon. C.J. Parker was drawn as the winner of the poker set, but had left by then. Eventual winner Kyle Soderberg gave the set to Kelly to give to C.J.

Spiritwood Paint & Body donated the lunch, which was held after the second break.

A prize for the fi rst player out of the tournament was do-nated by Kyle & Tammy Soderberg. Part of the prize con-sisted of a few lottery tickets, possibly indicating a gambling option for someone for whom poker was not his best game. The “lucky” winner of the prize was out of the tournament after 24 minutes and 38 seconds of play.

If there was any consolation, 77 others may have lasted longer, but eventually they were out, too.

Dealer Alex Beauchesne celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at the Texas Hold ‘Em night. Here, he deals a hand early in the evening’s action.

Lori Turgeon presented the gift basket to Bobby Cameron. The basket had been donated by the Couples poker group Walt and Deby played with.

Buzz Primeay was presented with a cheque for $1,106, fi rst place money in the Walt Tipton Night poker tournament. The presentation was made by Walt’s son, Don Tipton, who was himself a winner on the night.

Kyle Soderberg was the winner of the poker chip set, presented by Don Tipton. The winner had to be in attendance at the time of the draw and Soder-berg’s name was actually third drawn. C.J. Parker was fi rst, but she had left. Soderberg then gave the set to C.J.’s parents to take home to her.

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Balanced Budget Keeping Saskatchewan Strong

Finance Minister Ken Krawetz has tabled a bal-anced budget that’s about keeping our economy and our province strong. The 2015-16 Saskatchewan Budget controls spending, doesn’t raise taxes, and includes continued invest-ments in much-needed infrastructure projects like highways,schools and health facilities. Health, Education, and Social Ser-vices account for near-ly three-quarters of all spending. The overall in-crease in those areas is just under two per cent. All other areas of government combined are budgeted to spend 0.6 per cent less.

In addition, Saskatche-wan’s Active Families Ben-efi t, Graduate Retention Program, Research and Development Tax Credit, Seniors’ Drug Plan and the Saskatchewan Employ-ment Supplement are being changed to ensure their on-going sustainability.

Strength in the potash in-dustry and a change in the Potash Production Tax will help offset the $661 million decline in oil revenue from

last year’s budget due to the falling oil price. The total tax deduction potash pro-ducers receive from their capital spending will now be used over a longer period of time.As a result of this change and overall growth in the industry, potash rev-enue is expected to be up by nearly $400 million this year. The change was made following consultation with the potash industry, which continues to show tremen-dous confi dence in Sas-katchewan through major capital expansions.

In addition to no tax in-creases, Budget 2015-16 contains no reduction in revenue sharing with mu-nicipalities, which could have contributed to higher taxes at the municipal level.It provides $265.3 million in revenue sharing – the largest grant ever provid-ed to municipalities – an increase of $8.3 million compared to last year, and an increase of $138 million or more than 108 per cent, from the 2007-08 budget.

As Saskatchewan’s popu-lation continues to grow, so too does its infrastructure and capital needs. This budget begins a four-year, $5.8 billion commitment –

the Saskatchewan Builds Capital Plan – to construct and maintain needed infra-structure such as schools, health care facilities, mu-nicipal infrastructure, roads, bridges and high-ways.Within the four-year plan, Budget 2015-16 pro-vides more than $1.3 bil-lion for core infrastruc-ture in 2015-16, the largest infrastructure allocation in Saskatchewan’s history and an increase of almost 50 per cent from last year. This investment is in ad-dition to $2.0 billion in capital investment forecast this year by the commer-cial Crown corporations—

largely SaskPower, SaskTel and SaskEnergy.

Budget 2015-16 creates two new growth tax in-centives to encourage job creation and capital in-vestment.The new Manu-facturing and Processing Exporter Tax Incentive will provide tax credits to eligi-ble exporting corporations that increase their number of full-time employees who do work typically consid-ered to be head offi ce func-tions. In addition to the traditional manufacturing and processing sector, the incentive will also apply to corporations involved in the commercial develop-ment of new economy prod-ucts – including interactive digital media and creative industry products.

The second new tax in-centive is a rebate for pri-mary steel production, sup-porting the Growth Plan commitment to encourage new capital investment. The rebate will provide a tax incentive for eligible primary steel produc-ers that make a minimum capital investment of $100 million in new or expanded productive capacity.

The 2015-16 Budget also provides incremental in-vestments to help develop a skilled workforce, ensuring it has the skills needed to fi ll the job opportunities in Saskatchewan.

The 2015-16 Budget pro-vides $5.5 billion in total spending for health care,

up 1.1 per cent from last year, as well as $3.7 billion for education spending, up 2.8 per cent over last year’s budget. Investments in so-cial services and assistance will reach $1.2 billion in this budget, an increase of 3.2 per cent over last year’s budget.

There is no doubt this is a challenging budget, but the good news is Saskatch-ewan has never been in a better position to meet this challenge. Our economy is more diversifi ed than ever before, more people live here than ever before, exports are at an all-time high and businesses con-tinue to show tremendous confi dence in Saskatche-wan’s future through major capital investments. Our diverse economy and this balanced budget will keep Saskatchewan strong.

For more on the 2015-16 Saskatchewan Budget visit saskatchewan.ca/budgetSaskatchewan Keeps Growing

New fi gures from Statis-tics Canada show Saskatch-ewan’s population grew by another 17,396 people in 2014, reachingan all-time high of 1,132,640. This continued growth is a big change from a decade ago when so many young people were leaving and our popu-lation was declining. This was the eighth straight year that our population has grown by more than one and a half per cent – the

strongest period of popula-tion growth since the early days of our province. Saskatchewan’s Unemployment Rate Remains Lowest in Canada

Saskatchewan is fortu-nate to have an economy that is diversifi ed with the strength of potash and agriculture expected to bridge the gap caused by a downturn in the oil sector. In February, our province maintained Can-ada’s lowest unemployment rate with job numbers up slightly year-over-year. Quality job opportunities across the province – with more than 10,000 posi-tions posted on SaskJobs.ca – are also a good sign employers are still looking for workers.Manufacturing Figures Up

New statistics show Sas-katchewan’s manufactur-ing sales were up 4.8 per cent in January, highest among the provinces, rein-forcing our optimism that Saskatchewan is on the right track. The manufac-turing sector has been key to diversifi cation, ensuring economic strength despite the cyclical nature of com-modities. The measures our manufacturers have undertaken to enhance productivity have posi-tioned Saskatchewan as a national leader in the sec-tor.

Report from the Legislature

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Our Conservative Gov-ernment is proud to stand in support of the people of Ukraine. The illegal annex-ation of Crimea and eastern Ukraine took place one year ago.

“Whether it takes fi ve months or fi fty years, Canada will never recog-nize this annexation as be-ing the genuine will of the Ukrainian people,” said Prime Minister Stephen Harper, “We have instead maintained our call that the Putin regime cease the destabilization campaign it

has orchestrated and fully withdraw from Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

Our Government has taken concrete action by imposing sanctions against Russian and Ukrainian individuals and entities involved in the illegal an-nexation of Crimea, includ-ing targeted sanctions in regard to Russia’s fi nance, defence and energy sectors.

Canada has played a lead-ing role in the promotion of security and stability in the region through our deploy-ment of air, land and mari-time forces to the area.

Our Government has also worked to restore political and economic stability in Ukraine by providing elec-toral assistance, military training and non-lethal equipment to aid the Ukrai-nian people.

A resolution to this situ-ation will only come about through the recognition, by all parties, of the sover-eignty and independence of Ukraine.

“The people of Ukraine are showing tremendous resilience and courage in the face of aggression,” said Prime Minister Harper, “Canada will continue to support the Ukrainian peo-ple’s fi ght for freedom and democracy for as long as it takes.”

As always, I look forward to your letters, e-mails and calls. Write me at: Rob Clarke MP,

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Several weeks back, a judge in Quebec refused to hear the case of a Muslim woman who appeared in court wearing a burkha, the traditional headscarf worn in that culture. In the judge’s view, court proceedings should be undertaken with everyone in the room bare-headed.

It’s kind of a bull-headed approach, and in some sense, the judge was within her purview to bar the woman from having our case heard.

But there’s a difference be-tween a burkha, in the case of Muslims, and a ball cap. Pre-sumably, this woman goes no-where without the burkha, as is her custom. To bar her from wearing it in court is short-sighted, in our view.

The question always comes up as to whether the traditions of people from other cultures goes against what we believe are the customs and traditions of main-stream Canadians.

The Royal Canadian Legion fought this issue in the ‘90’s, and, basically, lost. Common sense was allowed to kick in, and the Legion gave in under the pressure of arguments that

made too much sense for them to maintain their stance, and from thence onward, Sikhs have been allowed to enter a Legion while wearing a turban.

The Legion’s point of view leading up to the change was that wearing hats was disrespectful to the memo-ries of those who had fought and died in battle. The counter, of course was that Sikh soldiers wore their tur-bans when they fought and died alongside other allied troops. The Legion announced the change following that debate.

In the case of the woman who wore her niqab in taking the oath of Canadian citizenship. I side with the prime minister. Sure, it’s a religious expression to wear the niqab, but some things ought to transcend religion, and taking the oath of citizenship ought to be one of them.

To be fair, though, the woman in question did confi rm her identity in private to the citizenship judge prior to the ceremony. Some would argue that she fulfi lled what is probably the most important aspect of the ceremony.

Not that long ago, the then-PQ government of Quebec tried to pass a new Charter of Values which would have prohibited niqabs, burkas, turbans, kippahs, and large religious pendants among the civil service, although smaller items, like rings, pendants, chains and the like would still be allowed. However, the bill died on the order paper and wasn’t reintroduced by the new Liberal government.

Good thing, too. It’s bad enough that there are things going on in the country that many are uncomfortable with, but the bad becomes much worse when the politi-cians get into it.

While we’re on the subject, the new book by Ayyan Hirsi Ali hit the shelves on the 24th. This one, called Heretic, calls for a reformation within the Islamic re-ligion.

She feels there are a few things that need modern-izing, and the dress code of Islamic “Sharia Law” is a small part of it.

“A woman is naked if more than her face or hands are exposed. A man is naked only from the waist to the knees,” she says, insisting that it is time to erase the double standard that exists, where women are consid-ered to be less than a man.

Perhaps the time will come when women will aban-don the burka, niqab and fl owing robes and join main-stream Western society. But don’t expect it to happen soon. Until it does, though, we should continue to dem-onstrate good Canadian values, which could help en-courage them to fi nd a way to keep the best of their own culture and mix it with that of their new home.

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Quebec judge got it wrong. Prime Minister got it right.

DAVEHYNDMAN

~News Editor

Paul Martin CommentaryOne of the country’s most high profi le entrepreneurs takes

the podium in Saskatoon tonight to share his secrets on suc-ceeding in the competitive world of business.

Vikram Vij is probably best known as one of the Dragons on the TV show. He’s a Vancouver-based restauranteur who is passionate about spreading the taste of food from his native India and has ex-celled in an especially competitive business seg-ment by sticking to a few basic beliefs. He is the keynote speaker at the annual Raj Manek Mentor-ship Foundation dinner tonight in Saskatoon.

Vij has some interesting philosophies when it comes to running a restaurant. First of all he has a no reservations policy which has meant the likes of Pierre Trudeau, Martha Stewart and his father have had to wait for a table to come available. He roots this policy in the teachings of Gandhi – we’re all equal and we all wait for our turn. Besides, he says, if he comes to your home for dinner he wants to spend some time socializing, not just walk in sit down and eat.

***The latest fi gures on payrolls in this province debunk any

suggestion that the provincial economy is in decline.These numbers come from December, well into the period

where the declining price of oil was dampening moods in Saskatchewan.

They look at the average weekly pay package for wage earners. As usual, Saskatchewan stood in third spot behind Alberta and Newfoundland. Interestingly, all of the top pay-ing provinces have signifi cant oil industries.

Nonetheless, the average pay packet in Saskatchewan has risen 3.5 per cent in the past year, which is ahead of infl a-tion which means workers were seeing real gains in their purchasing power. And they were half a percentage point higher than November.

In the StatsCan breakdown of these fi gures, it turns out that people working in the information and cultural in-dustries as well as construction and public administration were helping to raise the bar with above average gains in pay while those in retail and manufacturing saw earnings decline, something that could have been triggered by reduc-tions in over-time hours.

***

There’s always a lag time.When the price of oil began to fall a few months back

and then Canadian dollar tracked that downward movement, many economists and observers sug-gested the dropping currency value would be good news for exporters, including many manufactur-ers. And that in turn would offer something of a cushion to declining oil revenues.

But a report prepared by RBC Royal Bank sug-gests these two things don’t necessarily have the same time table.

The bank has prepared what it calls the PMI or Purchasing Managers Index to track activity in the purchasing departments of manufacturers. What they found is that the February level in Canada was the lowest it’s been in more than four years.

The biggest decline came in Alberta. Saskatch-ewan is lumped in with ‘the rest of the country’

meaning everywhere except Ontario, Quebec and the two western provinces, and we were basically unchanged but the economists expect the dollar’s depreciation will begin to produce that expected spark in the coming months as exist-ing sales are fulfi lled and new ones are generated.

***The complicated and ever-changing world of social media,

on-line marketing and generally dealing with things that fall into the rubric of digital marketing is one of those things that most businesspeople know they have to embrace. But fi guring out where the handholds are is not as easy.

A piece in the latest edition of Costco Connection, a pub-lication from the giant North American retailer, offers one of the most insightful articles on the topic. Written by Ste-ven Van Yoder the piece implies that any organization with a website is a publisher and generating a following or audi-ence – like any other media outlet – is nirvana.

In his words, the digital marketing age is about teaching not selling and that a well-oiled website has plenty of con-tent that informs and attracts visitors.

By extension, once they’re on your site, consumers or cus-tomers will fi gure out how to buy something from you. But it is a lot easier to win consumer confi dence if you’re viewed as a trusted source of information fi rst and a purveyor of product second.

PAULMARTIN

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VIEWPOINTVIEWPOINTMarch 27, 2015 www.spiritwoodherald.com Spiritwood Herald 5

The good budget news is what wasn’t in it.

There was no dipping into the municipal revenue-sharing pool to balance its own books. The Saskatchewan Party govern-ment made good on its promise to still pro-vide rural and urban municipalities with their full share of one percentage point of the fi ve-per-cent of the PST _ 20 per cent of all the sales tax revenue.

For the smaller cities and towns, that translates into the following sums: Este-van, $2.36 million; Humboldt, $1.21 mil-lion; Lloydminster, $2.09 million; Meadow Lake, $1.08 million; Melfort, $1.19 mil-lion; Melville, $970,000; North Battleford, $2.97 million; Swift Current, $3.31 mil-lion; Warman, $1.51 million; Weyburn, $2.24 million, and; Yorkton, $3.35 million.

All provincial taxpayers _ both rural and urban _ were also greeted with the good news that Finance Minister Ken Krawetz would not be passing education costs on to local ratepayers’ bill.

Premier Brad Wall strongly hinted at this because the provincial government now pays 65 per cent of all education costs and local ratepayers pay 35 per cent. Most likely, there will have to be some sort of

levelling out in the future.

But this being an election budget, the Sask. Party govern-ment felt no particu-lar compulsion to offend anyone right now. This was accom-panied by the added good news that the government will pick up 100 per cent of the capital costs for new rural schools.

More good news followed: No canceled capital works projects were cancelled.

That, of course, includes things like the Children’s Hospital in Saskatoon and the by-pass in Regina _ projects that could likely use some serious re-thinking when it comes to both their design and long-term ramifi cations.

But it also has meant carrying on with $1.3 billion in capital building in the 2015-16 budget. Here are some of the highlights for rural residents:

Highways: $43.2 million for highway twinning projects; $7.6 million for twin-

ning Hwy. 39 from Estevan to Bienfait; $1.2 million for twinning Hwy. 6 and 39 from Regina to Estevan; $7.5 million for the Warman-Martensville interchange; $5.8 million for Hwy. 7 passing lanes from Delisle to Rosetown; $1 million for passing lanes from Saskatoon to Humboldt, and; $15 million for last year’s fl ood response projects.

Schools: $31.6 million for school main-tenance and renewal including the Hague high school; $28.6 million to complete school projects at Langenburg, Hudson Bay, Martensville High School, Gravel-bourg, and Weyburn Comprehensive, and; $19.2 million for several new schools in-cluding St. Brieux’s.

Health care: $6.2 million to start con-struction of an integrated care facility at Leader; $4.5 million for the Kelvington integrated care facility; $500,000 to be-gin planning the Weyburn hospital, and; $129 million for Saskatchewan Hospital integrated correction facility at North Bat-tleford.

Advanced Education: $10.6 million for continued construction of Southeast Re-gional College and $4.5 million for con-tinued construction of Yorkton’s Parkland

Regional College Trades and Technology Centre.

Sure, there were fee hikes. There are some 6,000 Saskatchewan seniors earning more than $65,515 that will no longer be eligible for the Drug Plan. The Saskatch-ewan Employment Supplement will soon only apply to children 12 and older (as opposed to 18 and under), And the active families benefi t will be income tested, now only applying to families earning less than $60,000, annually.

But, all in all, most were saved from the ravages of budget that predicts oil will only average $57 US a barrel _ nearly half of what government was predicting a year ago.

However, there is a big catch: These mi-raculous results were achieved by hiking public debt to $13.3 billion from $11.7 bil-lion.

And that massive spending comes as a result of borrowing some $700 million from the capital market _ borrowed money that will cost us $735 million, assuming it takes the full thirty-year term to repay this loan.

The bad news is we may be paying for this budget for years to come.

Budget has short-term good news

MURRAY

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YOUR TWO CENTSDear Editor:The ancient scourge of mankind, Tuberculosis (TB), is back

in new, drug resistant forms. It is once again becoming an epi-demic - the slow, agonizing death of millions of people. TB is an airborne bacterial infection which has killed more people than any other infectious disease in history. Anyone can catch it. The only vaccine is decades old with limited and unreliable protec-tion and, if you are lucky enough to be cured, you can catch it again the very next day. But there is hope.

Five years ago, Canada funded TB REACH : A new, spunky, inexpensive, technology incubator program with the mandate to “introduce and implement innovative and ground-breaking techniques, interventions, approaches and activities” to TB de-tection. Now, fi ve years later, with an excellent track record, impressive wins and successful technology transfer, renewed funding for TB REACH is long overdue. It has run out of money for projects and is getting ready to shut down for good. Only you can save it by speaking out to the government and demand-ing that they take your health and the health of your family and your community seriously.

TB REACH specializes in small, local scale projects, leverag-ing off of existing resources and working with the local social network. It’s success in fi nding new, innovative ways for tack-ling the global TB epidemic by focusing on small-scale, indi-vidual, grassroots initiatives, simply cannot be overstated:

• In Ethiopia, case notifi cation increased by 110.8% and the initiative became a source of pride and motivation for health extension workers; • In Tajikistan, verbal screening for TB at general health clinics increased case notifi cations by 201%; • In Pakistan, a screening program implemented in 32 prisons (where TB runs rampant) increased case notifi cations nine-fold. • In South Africa, four mobile HIV counseling and testing laboratories and health workers in the waiting areas of three local health facilities started verbally screening HIV patients for TB. Together, these screenings resulted in a 61% increase of TB case notifi cation.

Basic TB has been successfully treated for decades. The treat-ment is cheap and effective but TB, like every bacteria, is con-stantly mutating. It has developed new, drug resistant forms and is an extremely high risk for becoming an out of control, global epidemic all over again. Treating someone with multi-ple drug resistant TB or MDR-TB, here in Canada costs about $200,000 per person. Treating extensively drug resistant or XDR-TB with seriously nasty chemotherapy is about $1M and only saves about 2 out of 3 people. Completely drug resistant TB is a death sentence with no hope. One airplane of 200 people returning to Canada with one person carrying XDR-TB, cough-ing and spreading TB germs around the plane, can bankrupt a provincial health system. Eliminating TB before it returns to epidemic proportions may be the single most profi table invest-ment in the world. The key is effective detection, early enough to save lives with a wide enough net to catch every single case

while there is still time and time is running out.The government already supports the Global Fund for TB,

Malaria and AIDS and thinks that this is enough. The Global Fund carries the vast majority of the TB work in the world to-day and is the backbone of the global response to this crisis. However, it is not a complete solution: It requires an infra-structure such as roads, clinics and staff already in place. This is where TB REACH comes in. For example, when the earthquake in Haiti, already the TB hotspot in the Western Hemisphere, destroyed many of the clinics, the TB hospital and both TB sanatoriums, the Global Fund had face working in tent cities and TB rates quickly spiked. TB REACH went in with highly targeted programs and is working to drop the infection rate and hold that line until new clinics are built and the Global Fund can return to normal operation.

The rest of the world has woken up to the menace that TB is rapidly becoming. Last year, Parliamentarians from all over the world including Canadian MPs, formed The Global TB Caucus. They wrote the Barcelona Declaration on TB. Canadian MPs Joe Daniel, Libby Davies and Hélène Laverdière have already signed and challenge the other MPs to join them.

There are powerful ways that you can act now to save TB REACH . You can tweet about #TBReach and #StopTBNow to the minister responsible @christianparad and your own MP. More powerfully, you can make a difference by calling, writing and visiting your MP to hold them accountable.

Leo Joy, Vernon, BC

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5th Annual Makin’ It Pay Red & Black Angus Bull SaleFriday April 10th at 1:00 p.m.

On offer: 23 - two year old Black Angus bulls from Rinas Stock Farms, Shellbrook & 10 yearling and 2 - two year old Red Angus bulls from Lone Hill Cattle Co., Meadow Lake.Bulls will be available for viewing

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NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLLPursuant to subsection 214 of � e Municipality’s Act, Notice is hereby given that the Assessment Roll for the Village of Leo-ville for the year 2015 has been prepared and is open to inspec-tion in the o� ce of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. from Monday to Friday, from March 27 to April 27, 2015, excluding Statutory Holidays.A Bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of � e Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to � le notice of appeal along with the required fee with: � e Assessor, Village of Leoville, Box 280, Leoville, Sk. S0J 1N0 by the 27th day of April, 2015.Dated at Leoville, Saskatchewan, this 20th day of March 2015.Mona Chalifour, AssessorVillage of Leoville

The calliope belonging to the Western Development Mu-seum will be making an appearance at Heritage Hoopla in June. The Spiritwood Museum Committee looks on this as a bit of a coup, since there are only of the steam instruments in operation in Canada today.

Fortunately, one belongs to WDM, and the Museum Com-mittee was able to secure it for their celebration June 5 and 6.

A calliope, for the uninitiated, is a huge musical instru-ment that operates on steam. It consists of a series of steam-whistles, pitched to produce notes of the scale, and operated by a keyboard. When a key is pressed, it opens a whistle valve allowing pressurized steam from the boiler to escape through the whistle producing a specifi c tone.

How huge is it? It weighs 13,000 with a full tank of water. It’s 8 feet wide, 25 feet long and 11-1/2 feet high.

Only about 75 steam calliopes were made, the fi rst of them in 1855. Fewer than twenty are in existence today, and not all of them are operational.

The WDM calliope was built in 1955 and purchased by the museum in 1959. Some experiments were done to make it easier to play, but the experiments weren’t successful. The calliope was mothballed for a decade, and then restored in 1976. Now, it functions according to its original arrange-ment.

WDM is fortunate to have two experienced players, Arlene Shiplett and Shirley Elliott, who have the musical ability, the enthusiasm and above all, the strength to play it.

The Museum Committee can hardly wait until Heritage Hoopla in June to give local folks this treat.

Donors who made this possible include: Maurice & Joyce

Carriere; Marcel & Anna Doucette; Roberta Wasden & Au-ralia Wasden; Lorraine Lavoie; Will Batty; Don & Carolyn Voss; Ron & Geraldine Lavoie; Spiritwood Co-op.

Calliope coming to Spiritwood

The Western Development Museum’s calliope will be in Spiritwood as part of the Museum Committee’s Heritage Hoopla in June.The Western Development Museum’s calliope will be in Spiritwood as part of the Museum Committee’s

The latest photo speed enforcement results show further decreases at photo speed enforced locations in February, as compared to previous months.

“We are headed in the

right direction with these latest results, but there is always room for improve-ment,” said Andrew Cart-mell, President and CEO of SGI. “Speed-related colli-sions claimed the lives of 23 people in Saskatchewan in 2013. With this pilot, we aim to help prevent future trag-edies.” When comparing the number of speeding viola-

tions (per day) in January to February, results reveal:

· decreases at all school zone locations

· decreases at three of the fi ve high-speed locations

· on average, less than 1% of vehicles are speeding at these locations

The three-month warn-ing period for the two-year photo speed enforcement pi-

lot ended earlier this month, when live ticketing began on March 8, 2015.

Fines for speeding in photo speed enforced zones start at $110 in high-speed locations and $190 in school zones.

The pilot stems from rec-ommendations made by the all-party Special Committee on Traffi c Safety.

Downward trend in photo speed violations

Thank YouThank You

Angle H Stock Farm

Isaac Hildebrand1-306-724-4907 • Debden, SK

a 2015 Spiritwood Ag Society Bull Sale contributor says

Thank You for your support in making this sale an outstanding success!!

Our 2015 calves are on the ground. Together with our Beef Sire Analyst

Cunningham’s Custom Cattle Service, we look forward to bringing out

another Great Group of Bulls in 2016 including older proven genetics along

with new and exciting blood lines.

As a journalist access to the Internet has become essential in doing my job.

I doubt there is a day goes by, that is doing background on, or checking something in my notes, that I do not turn the com-puter screen to the web browser and undertake a search.

It is likely the same for farm producers.That was certainly the contention of Peter Gredig with AgNi-

tion Inc when he spoke to a group of farmers in Canora, SK., in late January. It was his position that farmers needed to use sites such as Twitter, as a way to connect with other producers in their area, or in their specifi c crops, as a way to glean infor-mation which might be helpful.

While there are many sources of good information on issues which can arise on the farm, one of the best sources will be an-other producer who has dealt with the situation before. Farm-ers are after all a resourceful lot, and they have an ability to fi nd innovative solutions to problems which pop up.

What I am surprised by though is how social media is be-coming not just an avenue to solve farm problems, but as a meeting place for like-minded producers, and even as part of

farm marketing strategies.It was interesting to talk with Mike

and Joanne Neilson of Neilson Cattle Company at Willowbrook and Carey and LeeAnn Weinbender with Sliding Hills Charolias at Canora recently. Both are purebred Charolais operations working to market bulls into a rather crowded marketplace of breed sales and produc-tions sales each spring.

For the Neilsons and Weinbenders social media sites online are a relatively new tool they are using to help market their bulls. That marketing effort goes beyond a farm website, and includes

Facebook pages, and video posting of the bulls to be marketed on YouTube. It was in doing a feature on the Charolais produc-er’s efforts that I became aware of just what Facebook offers producers, and can also be of use to a journalist such as myself.

Most of the breed specifi c cattle associations have a Facebook

presence. Some such as the Canadian Angus Association are avid posters of photographs and information.

Like most things on Facebook you need to glean through the posts a bit to fi nd the most useful information, but you can help that process by creating an ‘Interest’ fi le and add only your ‘farm’ contacts to it.

In my case the list is growing steadily, as I include various cattle breeds because of my broader generalist interest in ag-riculture.

My list includes Draft Horse Fans and Friends, Belted Gal-loway, and Chantecler chickens, which would be a more diverse list than a producer might have, but it goes to show the diversity of groups being supported with pages on Facebook.

There is even a page called the CMC Poultry and Hatching Egg Auction in Canada. It has more than 1,000 members, dedi-cated to poultry enthusiasts. It is a case of Facebook allowing a Canada-wide connection among diverse people which was not possible even a few years ago.

One can only imagine what could transpire from such con-nectivity in the years ahead.

AGRICULTUREAGRICULTUREMarch 27, 2015 www.spiritwoodherald.com Spiritwood Herald 7

Social media is becoming important to farming community

APAS supports 2015 provincial agriculture budget

CALVIN

DANIELS

~

Calvin Daniels

On Agriculture

The Agricultural Pro-ducers Association of Saskatchewan (APAS) is pleased that the Sas-katchewan Government has recognized the impor-tance of agriculture with-in the provincial economy and has maintained or minimized reductions for many important agricul-tural programs in today’s provincial budget.

“Today’s budget con-firms agriculture as a primary growth engine of the province, provid-ing stability in light of collapsing oil prices” says Norm Hall, APAS Presi-dent. “Agriculture has been dealing with its own obstacles as we continue to deal with unreliable

grain movement, f looding and reduced grain prices. The government obviously recognized those factors and we are appreciative of their efforts to keep agri-culture moving forward.”

APAS recognizes that today’s budget maintained agricultural funding for agricultural business risk programs including Crop Insurance, AgriInvest and AgriStability. As well, APAS commends govern-ment for confirming their ongoing commitment to agricultural research and innovation, which are keys to ensuring Saskatchewan producers remain inter-nationally competitive.

As well, APAS wel-comes an ongoing com-

mitment by the Province to continue to educate our youth, develop farm leaders and create a more informed consumer popu-lation about agriculture to maintain and enhance the industry’s credibil-ity and reputation among residents and taxpayers. “These are key invest-ments to ensuring we have an informed con-sumer base and main-taining our social license as responsible producers” says Hall.

“By providing both the tools and investment en-vironment to compete internationally and grow our economy, Saskatch-ewan has set the stage for agriculture to be the cor-nerstone of the economy in the decades to come” says Hall.

“APAS welcomes this support and we look for-ward to working with the Saskatchewan govern-ment to contribute to the economic growth and prosperity in this prov-ince and enhancing the understanding of agricul-ture for those not directly involved in farming.”

APAS is Saskatchewan’s general farm organization formed to provide farm-ers and ranchers with a democratically elected, grassroots, non-partisan,

producer organization based on rural municipal boundaries. As the united voice of thousands of ag-ricultural producers in Saskatchewan, we strive

to represent the views of a wide variety of agricultur-al stakeholders in order to form comprehensive poli-cies that can benefit all sectors of society.

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Continued from page 1“Delivering this apology

would mean a lot to First Nations communities and families in terms of vali-dating our shared history as Canadians,” she said.

“Wouldn’t it be fi tting to have a prominent display of the Treaty Six document to also give a heads up about our shared history in terms of treaty making, and to the nations who gave up a lot to share in what we have in Saskatchewan, and in Canada and beyond.”

“How fi tting it is to vali-date our history, but also from this day to move forward in better ways to-gether.”

Chief Ken Thomas, Chief of the Witchekan Lake First Nation, said that it was a privilege to take part in the ceremony.

“It is important to be able

to live in unity, and to be able to accept, because rac-ism is a learned behavior,” he said. “It’s not some-thing we’re born into. If we are going to talk about anti-racism we have to talk about emotion. We have to go deep into our hearts and our spirits to be able to combat racism.”

Quoting from Nelson Mandela, he said: “People learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than to its opposite. We have to teach love, to be examples.”

Bobby Cameron, Vice-Chief of the FSIN, also spoke.

“None of us are born to hate one another,” he said. “Many of you are going to become parents. The chal-lenge is this: when you be-

come parents, teach your children to love, to be kind. The way you raise your children will speak vol-umes about the way you live your lives.”

“Give it a shot. Say ‘hi, good morning’ to your peers,” He said. “It might change your attitude or be-havior toward one another. No matter what color race or religion we have, no matter what status we have in life, every one of us has the same dignity and pride.

Tanner Gaboury, Presi-dent of the Spiritwood High SRC, said that the documents are very impor-tant to him.

“They will be here to re-mind us all of the progress we are making towards the elimination of racial discrimination,” he said,

“but these documents also stand for much more. They stand for the apology, but they also stand for forgive-ness. The forgiveness that the victims of residential schools have towards the perpetrators of the ter-rible misdeeds committed against them.

“Mahatma Ghandi said the weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”

“We can learn greatly from the strength of the survivors,” Gaboury said, “for maybe in our own lives we may fi nd the strength to forgive our transgressors just as the survivors of resi-dential schools have.”

“This is why these docu-ments are important to me.”

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Living Sky presents apology letter, Treaty Six

Rod Enns and Susan Fry, principals of Hartley Clark Elementary and Spiritwood High Schools, respectively, were presented with framed copies of Treaty Six and the Canadian Government’s Letter of Apology to Survivors of Residential Schools by Ken Arsenault, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Living Sky School Division. The documents will be hung in each school in a prominent visible place.

Everyone was treated to a lunch of chili and bannock following the march.

They have “Museum in a Suitcase” which brings the artifacts to the Residents when weather does not allow us to travel. The Residents love it! Lots of memories and conversation follows each visit. Thank you for enhancing the lives of the people in Long Term Care in Spiritwood. Geraldine Lavoie

Loraine Lavoie

A huge Thank You

to Geraldine Lavoie

and the Museum Society.

The marchers, estimated at about 300-strong, made a loop down to Main Street and back to the High School, many of them carrying signs promoting an end to discrimination.

Students from all three Spiritwood schools and Kisikohk took part in the ceremony and the march.

Annual General MeetingSpiritwood High School Community Council

Wednesday, April 17:00 p.m.

Spiritwood High School Resource Center

New members needed for 2015-2016.

Everyone is welcome!

Spiritwood Minor Ball Registration

One Night OnlyWednesday, Apr. 1, 2015

5 - 7 pmBowling Alley Lobby

Please visit www.spiritwoodrecreation.com to print off your registration form.

For more info visit the webpage or call:Jackie 306-427-4944

or Tanis 306-883-8332

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Organizers of the Spir-itwood Open Bonspiel fol-lowed a different format this year, and by all accounts, it was a success. Instead of the knockout style of bon-spiel, the sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four teams each, with a round robin in each pool determining the event they would play in on Sunday.

At the end of it all, the team consisting of Brad Nemish, Don Tipton, Dustin Smolinski and Ryan Stein-hilber won the Spiritwood credit Union trophy and the jackets sponsored by Mar-todam Motors as winners of the First Event.

They beat Dennis Si-monar in a nail-biter of a fi nal, made close despite a four-ender by Nemish that seemed to give him control of the game. As it turned out, he was one up coming home, but with hammer.

Third place went to Wayne Pauls and fourth to Doug Horn, a previous First Event winner.

Dennis Harasym didn’t count often, but he count-ed big when he did, giving him the edge over Bryan Gaboury in the Second Event fi nal. Lloyd Fisher was third and Dave Garner fourth.

The Third Event was an-

other close one, until Jeff Ledding cracked a three-ender in the 7th to give him a two-shot lead on the home end against Dyllan Fran-son. The wizards behind the glass were on the side of Franson and his team of Nic Anderson, Teigan Knot and Taylor Olson because they were, well, kids.

However, they got praise from Ledding.

“They were really tough. Good curlers,” Ledding said following the game. He might have felt like he had dodged a bullet, though, since Franson’s young squad led 4-1 after three ends, thanks to a pair of deuces.

Third in the Third Event went to G. Cyr and fourth to Nathan Dzialo.

The Fourth Event had its own drama, with Don Tipton’s comeback against Chad smith falling just short. Smith scored fi ve in the fi rst end, then stole,

three in the second for an 8-0 lead. Tipton then began stealing, losing the gap to just two points by the end of the sixth. A deuce by Smith in seven stopped the Tipton comeback.

One of the pools needed a tiebreaker to determine

placing, as three of the four teams had 1-2 records. At the end of each game, one person from each team three a rock, with the dis-tance from the pin record-ed. Each team’s total over the three games determined the order.

Nemish tops Spiritwood Open

First Event: Brad Nemish, Don Tipton, Dustin Smolinski and Ryan Steinhil-ber. Lloyd Fisher presented the Martodam Motors “1st in the 1st” jackets.

Fourth Event: Chad Smith, Terry Wingerter, Dalton Wasden, Emma Beaulac.

Second Event; Dennis Harasym, Laurie Mayo, Roy Mayo, Ron Primeau.

Third Event: Jeff Ledding, Wes Ledding, Craig Stochmanski, Larry Brossart. Wes Ledding was fi lling in for son Brad for the fi nal.

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Those celebrating birthdays in March were John Roth and Vivian Colley.

The March Kaiser tourna-ment featured a good turn-out. Winners were: Men’s: 1st Andy Turgeon,, 2nd Roberta Wasden. Ladies: 1st Sally Tip-ton, 2nd Peggy Dafoe.

Helen Krelow won the 50-50.

The seniors appreciate ev-eryone for coming out to the Kaiser tournaments.

Spiritwood Seniors news

Birthday celebrants in March – John Roth and Vivian Colley

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Super A Foods won the annual Draft Hockey tournament, held Friday and Saturday, Mar 201 and 21.

It wasn’t easy. They were in a 7-3 hole in the second half of the “A” Final against SARCS, but pulled it out of the fi re and actually had a lead of 8-7 near the end. However, the SARCS squad tied it up with about a minute to play, leading to a sud-den death playoff.

Levi Miller netted the winner about a minute and a half into the overtime session to give Super A the win.

En route, Super A got stellar goaltending from an un-likely source. Jeff Hujber, who had drafted the team, found himself without a goalie, so strapped on the pads and back-stopped his team to three straight wins.

The six teams were divided into two pools of three, with placement in the round robin determining which event they’d play in. Super A scored wins of 6-5 and 9-7 in the round robin to reach the “A” Final.

SARCS had a similar route They won their fi rst game 8-7 and followed it up with another win.

The “B” Event went to Spiritwood Co-op, who edged Mar-todam Motors 7-6. TNK Trucking took the “C” Event with a 7-5 win over Hart Electric.

Most of the games were close contests, apart from a couple of blowouts.

Super A wins Draft Tournament

New winner in Ladies Spiel

The Super A team, winners of the Draft Hockey Tournament. Back: Bryan Wingerter, Brad Paquette, Darcy Driedger, Angie Laventure, Dyson Caffet, Braydon Chalifour, Adam Kotun. Front: Jeff Hujber, Levi Miller, Don Wingerter.

It had to happen sooner or later. The team that has dominated the Spiritwood Ladies Open Bonspiel for much of the recent past found themselves in the Third Event this year. But they did win it.

The team of Laureen Booth, Karen Robb, Caro-lanne Pylypow and Arlene Christie had won the Open a record seven times.

The winner of the First Event this year was the team of Dawn Paquette, Janine Doucette, Terri Beebe and Crystal Le-houillier defeated Gail Radke in the final, taking advantage of a four-ender in end 3, followed by a deuce in the fifth and a steal of more in the sixth. The teams shook hands and called it a night.

The team of Morgan Doucette, Treena Meier, Tetinya Caffet, and Jenni-fer Heddon, with Heddon skipping, won the Second Event. They downed the Shawna Schira-Kroeker rink, which was skipped in the final by Brenda Hill.

Heddon stole three in the third end, plus an-other pair in the fourth to take a commanding lead. She was able to run Hill out of rocks in the 8th.

The Pylypow rink won the Third Event when Frances Weber was forced to default the game.

1st Event: Dawn Paquette, Terri Beebe, Janine Doucette, Crystal Lehouillier.

2nd Event: Morgan Doucette, Treena Maier, Tetinya Caffet, Jennifer Heddon.

Cal Robinson presented the Draft Tournament tro-phy to Super A captain Jeff Hujber. Super A scored a 9-8 overtime win against SARCS to win the “A” Event in the tournament.

Cal Robinson presented the Draft Tournament tro-

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MARTODAM - William “Bill” Richard Martodam

“Remember me in your prayers.”

It is with fondest mem-ories yet heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Bill Martodam

Bill was born on De-cember 16, 1947 in Prince Albert, SK. to Vivian and Leonard, he passed away

peacefully on March 3rd, 2015 at the age of 67, sur-rounded by family.

Bill left behind trea-sured memories with his Mom, Viv-ian, his siblings; Marene, Gail(Gordon), his twin Bob (Roseline), Dennis, Joan, Karla (Barry), Ber-nie, Greg, several nieces, nephews and their fami-lies.

At Bill’s request there was a private family Cel-ebration of his Life led by Bishop Albert Thevenot, M. Afr.

Bill had a gentle dis-position and a deep faith all through his life, de-spite the stresses of his polio and post polio. Blessed with natural mu-sical gift, Bill played in a band in USA, recorded three CD’s, and played at countless weddings, funerals, birthdays, fam-ily celebrations, camp-fi res, too many events

to mention. Bill was the Curator of the Duck Lake Museum, Activity Work-er at the Herb Basset Nursing Home, worked nights at Prairie Com-munity Endeavours, was very involved in the Duck Lake Shrine- Devotions to Blessed Virgin Mary. Gardening, fl owers, mu-sic, the lake life, making people smile were just some of Bill’s many pas-sions.

Memorial donations in Bill’s memory may be made to the Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Spiritwood, SK. Those wishing to send private email condolences to the family are invited to visit www.beaulacfuneral-home.com.

The family has entrust-ed the arrangements to Brenda Beaulac of Beau “Lac” Funeral Home, Spiritwood, SK.

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OBITUARY~

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SPIRITWOOD: Wapiti Regional Library - Tuesday, Wednesday & Friday 9:30 am - 4:30 pmLEOVILLE: Wapiti Regional Library - Wednesday 10:00 a.m. - 4 p.m. Plus evening hours 5 pm to 8 pm (Storytime from 10:30 am to 11:30 am); Thurs. 10 am - 2 pmSHELL LAKE: Wapiti Regional Library - Tues. 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm; Wed. 1 pm - 4 pmSPIRITWOOD: DROP IN YOGA CLASSES - Beginner Yoga, Tuesday & Thursday 5:00-6:00 pm Jan. 6 to May 28, 2015. For more info call Laura @ 306-883-2981. Assisted Chair Yoga Mondays 3:30-4:30 Jan. 5 to May 25, 2015. For more info call Donell @ 306-883-2632. Supported by Sask. Lotteries.SHELL LAKE: Shell Lake & District Lions Club 12th Annual Spring Fling & Silent Auction Saturday, April 18, 2015. Doors Open 5 pm – Supper 6:30 pm. Entertain-ment Featuring: Brenda Lee Cottrell & the Legends. Proceeds in support of Local, Provincial & Regional Projects. Tickets $25. Call Call Corrie at 306-427-4922.SPIRITWOOD: Annual General Meeting Spiritwood High School Community CouncilWednesday, April 1 at 7:00 p.m. Spiritwood High School Resource Center. New members needed for 2015-2016. Everyone is welcome.SPIRITWOOD: Spiritwood Minor Ball Registration - One Night Only - Wednes-day, Apr. 1, 2015 at 5 - 7 pm, Bowling Alley Lobby. Please visit www.spiritwood-recreation.com to print off your registration form. For more info visit the webpage or call: Jackie 306-427-4944 or Tanis 306-883-8332.

PRAISE & WORSHIPRegular services, Sunday school and special services will be listed.

PARTNERS IN FAITHLutheran/United/Anglican

Christchurch Anglican, 137-2nd St. W. Spiritwood

Sun. Worship 11 am - Worship

Rev. Brock Shaver306-883-3400

-----------------------Bethel - Medstead

1st Sunday 10 am - WorshipIntern Pastor

3rd Sunday - 1 p.m. WorshipPastor David Jensen-----------------------

EVANGELICAL FREEMont Nebo

Wed., 7:30 pm - Bible Study & Prayer

Sun., 10:30 am - Worship Pastor Bill Klumpenhower

-----------------------LAKELAND

COMMUNITY CHURCHSpiritwood

Sun., 11 am - Worship ServicePastor Gerry Zak

-----------------------BELBUTTE FULL GOSPEL

11 am Worship Service 1st Sun., 7:30 pm

- Hymn SingPastor Floyd Berg

-----------------------UNITED /ANGLICAN

Worship ServicesGlaslyn

Time is on the signRev. Kun Kim

Rev. Don Skinner-----------------------

MENNONITE BRETHRENGlenbush

10:00 am - Sunday SchoolWorship 10:50 am -----------------------

HOFFNUNGSFELDERMENNONITE CHURCH

GlenbushSunday School: 10 a.m.

Worship 11:00 a.m. -----------------------

PENTECOSTALGlaslyn

Pre-service Prayer Sunday 10:30am

Sunday Service 11:00am Kids Club Tuesday

3:30pm -5 p.mWednesday Prayer

7 p.m-8 p.mPastor Ruth Phillips-----------------------

CATHOLICSaturday

Medstead: Mass 6 pmShell Lake: & Chitek Lake

(Closed)Spiritwood:

Sunday Mass 11:15 amLeoville:

Sunday Mass 9:30 am-----------------------

PARTNERS IN WORSHIPShell Lake - Sun. 10 am

(Worship & Sunday School in Lutheran-United Church)

Pastor David Jensen-----------------------

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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) applauds the Saskatchewan govern-ment’s decision to hold the line on taxes and op-erational spending in the 2015 budget, but the addi-tional $713 million in bor-rowing is disappointing.

“The Saskatchewan government did the right thing by making difficult decisions in the provin-cial budget rather than downloading that stress to family budgets through tax increases,” said Todd MacKay, CTF Prairie Di-

rector. “But adding more than $700 million to exist-ing debt is creating a heavy burden for the province to carry for years to come.”

The Saskatchewan gov-ernment is earmarking the $700 million in borrowing for capital projects. The $1.3 billion of core gov-ernment infrastructure spending represents an increase in capital spend-ing of 48 per cent over last year’s budget. The prov-ince is increasing debt by 16 per cent this year.

“Infrastructure spend-

ing is important, but it has to be affordable and a 16 per cent jump in debt will run the up the CTF’s Debt Clock for Saskatchewan by almost $2 million every day,” said MacKay. “This one time capital spending will create future costs as buildings have to be staffed and new roads will have potholes to fill.”

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-Erl Svendsen-Easter, while a Christian celebration, derives its name

from the pagan goddess representing spring, Eostre. And in keeping with the spring theme, many of the plants as-sociated with Easter are early spring bloomers.

The white Easter lily is by far the most familiar Easter plant in North America. Greenhouse growers have per-fected forcing Easter lilies to bloom precisely at Easter by adjusting day-length and temperature.

Elsewhere, other spring plants are used to decorate homes and places of worship. In my ancestral Norway and in other parts of northern Europe, the daffodil or Påskelilje is the traditional Easter plant. And in south-ern France and Italy, the closely related narcissus is used to symbolize Easter. Daffodils and narcissus can be com-

bined with other spring f lowers in a bouquet but must first be kept in a separate vase for at least a couple of hours to allow the sap to bleed off that would otherwise shorten the vase life of other cut f lowers.

In England, Fin-land and Russia, the pussy willow is used to mark the holiday. The nice thing about pussy willows is that they can be used in dry arrangements and will look great for a few years. Given our recent weather, they might not be ready in Saskatchewan in time for this Easter, but if you make a bouquet of in April, you’ll have them for next year.

In Germany, it is the red tulip be-cause it symbolized Jesus’ blood that He shed on behalf of humanity. Tulips are easy-care cut f lowers. Purchase them before the buds have opened for maximum vaselife; make sure the buds are show-ing some colour – if they are completely green, they might have been picked too early and may not open.

American Pasque [an alternate name for Easter] f lower (a.k.a. prairie crocus) is an early f lowering native plant. As near as I can tell, its association with Easter is purely by reason of its f lowering time. It is not suitable as a cut f lower but can be found in grasslands and pastures as soon as most of the snow has melted. One site in Saska-toon where you’re sure to find light purple prairie crocus blooming in small clumps is in the aptly name Crocus

Prairie Park, along the river bank next to the regional psychiatric Centre, north on Central Avenue. You can grow prairie crocus in your garden provided it is in a dry

sunny location – a rock gar-den is an ideal site. They don’t transplant well from the wild but can be estab-lished from seed and are available as seedlings from some garden centres. The closely related European Pasque f lower is darker purple but it is less hardy than our native version.

Calla lilies have come to be associated with Eas-ter in more recent times. My friend says they re-mind him of death and to some extent that’s true. I remember watching the Munsters as a child and Lily, the family matriarch, would sleep as if dead holding a white calla lily. But it is probably their use to commemorate the fallen of the Irish Easter Rising (aka Easter Rebellion) in 1926 that their association with the Easter season be-came entrenched.

Finally, there’s the f lo-rist hydrangea in shades of pink, coral and blue. Tra-ditionally a mother’s-day gift, their link with Easter is likely due to greenhouse growers’ ability to force them into bloom in time. They are relatively easy

to care for, asking only to be kept evenly moist. Even a short period of drought will significantly reduce their otherwise very long f lowering period.

This column is provided courtesy of the Saskatchewan Perennial Society (www.saskperennial.ca; hortscene@yahoo.com). Check out our Bulletin Board or Calendar for upcoming garden information sessions and other horticulture events.

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Saskatchewan in Motion? Leoville in Motion!The community of Leoville certainly was

in motion on Friday March 6 and Saturday March 7 as eighty curlers participated in the 5th annual Robert Richinski Memorial Stick Bonspiel.

A good representation of the Richinski family was on hand for the weekend festivi-ties.

This year’s claim to fame was Ron Cras-well as he won the “Draw to the Button”

contest. The prize of two hundred dollars was donated by the Richinski family and Ron was the lucky winner as he competed against 47 other people. Michael Swityk won second place and Marcel Chalifour

took home third place.This day was a huge success due to the

many donations and supporters of this great community!

Picture above: Ashley, Natasha, Richard, David and alternate player Curtis Richinski

Ron Craswell won the “Draw to the Button” contest.

The lucky recipient of the $2000.00 cash was Sandra Rings of Chitek Lake. This cash prize was also donat-ed by the Richinski family.

Curling began Friday evening. Even the young at heart came out to play.

As we welcome springtime temperatures, homeowners should be aware of the risks that melting snow and ice can have on their homes, especially to roofs and basements.

Ice dams can form when temperatures fl uctuate below and above the freezing point. If the snow on the roof melts, but can’t drain properly, it can pool and then re-freeze. This can cause damage to your shingles and soffi ts, and possibly even roofs, ceilings, walls and contents. The following tips can help prevent ice dams:

• Keep the amount of snow on your roof to a minimum. Use a roof rake or hire a professional to clear the snow away – for safety reasons, don’t go up on the roof yourself. • Keep gutters and downspouts free of snow, ice buildup and icicles so there’s a ready path for melting snow and ice to drain. • Ensure your attic is properly insulated and ventilated to pre-vent heat from inside your home from leaking into the attic and causing snow on the roof to melt. A roofi ng contractor can provide assistance if needed. • In the fall, clean leaves and debris from your home’s gutters

and downspouts to allow melting snow to fl ow as intended.On the fl ipside, melting snow can also lead to basement seepage and

sewer back-up. Prevent or minimize the risk with these tips:• Shovel or remove snow from around your home’s foundation and

move it where it will melt and drain away from the foundation. • Ensure your downspouts are extended so they discharge rain or meltwater at least two meters away from the foundation. • Check to make sure your sump pump is working. If you don’t have a sump pump, consider in-stalling one. Contact a plumber for assistance if required. • Consider installing a mainline sewer backwater valve to protect against sewer backup if you don’t have one. • Check your basement regularly for signs of water.

“Flooding is not covered by insurance and protection for ice dams and sewer back-up is not automatically included in all home insurance policies,” said Cartmell. “Contact your insurance broker to ensure you have the correct coverage in place before damages occur.”

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16 Spiritwood Herald www.spiritwoodherald.com March 27, 2015

Once again our small 2 sheet curling rink had another successful curl-ing season. In the off season we had a num-ber of volunteers get together and do some major renovations to the ice area and the kitchen and viewing area. To kick off the season we held a grand re-opening in January. Over 90 people came out to see and celebrate the hard work that had been done and to enjoy a supper together.

Our regular curling season began on Janu-ary 17. A few years ago we were struggling to get teams for a regu-lar league. The board decided to try some-thing new and began a Saturday night league.

This has proven to be very successful and for our members it is a great evening out with friends and neigh-bours. The kitchen and bar are always hopping on Saturday nights!!

With only six teams in our Saturday curl-ing night curling league we started a youth league on the open sheet. We had 11 youth curlers ages 11-14. The enthusi-asm of our commu-nity’s youth added a new spark and energy to our league curling. Many of these kids would curl their youth game and then head right back out on the ice and curl another game as a sub for the adults. If only we all had that kind of en-ergy.

Joy-Anne Ardagh once again ran a learn to curl program after school on Wednes-day. 10 kids were en-rolled in the program learning the basics of curling. Our never ag-ing seniors meet each week on Tuesday af-ternoons for some curling and I’m sure some socializing as well.

On January 24 we held our annual open spiel. We would like to thank all teams that took part and sup-ported our rink.A spe-cial thank you to Lynn Schutte for organizing the kitchen and Am-ber Day for making the curlers a delicious supper. Congratula-tions to the Guy Cyr team from Debden for winning the A-Side.

February 20 and 21 was our annual ladies spiel. We had a tre-mendous turn out of 11 teams. Each year the ladies spiel is nothing but a great time and this year was no excep-tion. Thank you to Jen Jones for cooking up an amazing supper for our curlers. Congratula-tions to the DebStien-hilber team for winning the A-side.

Our bonspiel season concluded with a new annual spiel. Since we had such a great turn out for our youth league we decided to put on a fun youth spiel. On March 14 we had six-teen curling enthusias-tic youth get together for a fun spiel. We started the day with a pancake breakfast and then randomly picked our teams. The kids enjoyed a full day of curling and socializing – there may have even been a little bit of pok-er going on in between games. Congratula-tions to the team of Ol-ivia Woytiuk, McKenna Kyliuk, Amber Simonar and Sara Francouer for taking home the tro-phies. We would like to thank Jen Jones and Janice Prefontaine for running the kitchen the entire day and to Wil-low Insurance, Shell Lake General Store, Gobbles Putt for Par, Crossroad Farms, Beau “Lac” Funeral Home and the Shell Lake Fire Funders for sponsoring this event and because of your support every curler went home with a prize. Youth curling is alive and well in our community!!!

The Shell Lake Curl-ing Club is a great ex-ample of community working together to keep our small town rink running. It exem-plifies the Saskatch-ewan rural spirit. We may be small but we are a mighty group of vol-unteers. Our curling rink is the hub of our community in the win-ter and it brings us to-gether as a community. We are very thankful to each and every person that volunteers to keep our rink vibrant and an exciting place to be a part of. We are already looking forward to an-other great year next year!! Don’t forget our annual fundraiser “golf-spiel” will take place on June 6.

Shell Lake curling season ends

Shell Lake youth curlers