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A spring in their stepSunshine put these twins in a playoff mood during the Watrous Manitou’s visit to Don and Christine Gingrich’s farm. The pair of animals are just a couple of many that enjoy the farm and its surroundings. To read more check out page 18. For other feature stories celebrating agriculture see pages 11 to 17. –– photo by Daniel Bushman/TWM

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Local Kinettes mark milestone■ Daniel BushmanThe Watrous Manitou

For half a century, Kinettes of Watrous have been making a difference in the community. Along with the Kinsmen, the contingent fundraises for community improvement while helping make Watrous a better place to live.

First established in 1920 by Hal Rogers in Hamilton,

Ontario, Kin has become very familiar within many communities across the country. The Kinette Club of Watrous was fi rst chartered in 1964 and has continued its focus of fundraising for community improvements ever since. People within Watrous and the area have benefi tted with things like Kin Park, hot lunch programs, donations to local sports teams and Camp Easter

Seal. The group also gathers funds each year for Telemiracle, benefi tting Saskatchewan.

Current president of the Watrous Kinettes Kyla McDonald said other numerous community services are provided like Manitou Lodge bingo night, family fun day in the park, a child fi nd clinic and a babysitter course offered to kids.

Twenty members make

up the current crew of Kinettes in Watrous and McDonald said joining is easy. “One must contact any Kinette and ask to come to a meeting or just show up at a meeting held the fi rst Tuesday of every month.”

However, McDonald said 50 years ago when the local group fi rst chartered, it was a lot different than just popping in for a meeting. “Members had to

be married to a Kinsmen member in order to join. While the Kin song has been updated since that time, when Kinettes fi rst attended meetings or did projects, they wore uniforms. Minutes and agendas were written out by hand.”

McDonald said while technology and society has differed through the decades, the purpose of

2 • MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 • THE WATROUS MANITOU

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WATROUS-MANITOU SPRING TRADESHOWPresented by the Watrous Manitou Marketing Group

As a business, this is your chance to showcase yourself to local and regional residents!!

All local businesses including home-based, artists and

service clubs are welcome to exhibit.

Watrous Manitou Marketing Group Members receive discount.

Booths start at $175

Fri, Apr. 11th: 6-9PMSat, Apr. 12th: 10AM-5PM

For more information:Brendan Manz

Community Development Officer – WMMG

[email protected]

Be part of this exciting community event! Booking deadline is April 1st.

Space is limited!

2014 MastersGolf Pool

Choose a team of 10 golfers that will win you the most money in the Masters Golf Tournament.

Entry forms available online at:www.facebook.com/watrousrotary

Closing date: April 9th 2014

Summer Employment Opportunity

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Mail resumes to:Box 1122, Watrous, SK S0K 4T0

Attention: Restaurant

Local newsAt the centre

LAST MOUNTAIN LAKE NATIONAL WILDLIFE AREA

JOB OPPORTUNITYCASUAL JOB – 90 days of work over 6 months

Are you interested in helping manage grasslands for wildlife, part-time for the

summer of 2014?

It includes:

* Assisting with manual and chemical weed control, tillage operations of cropland,

seeding native grassland

* Travelling and assisting in National Wildlife Area management and restoration

activities in rural southern Saskatchewan.

* Maintenance, repair and installation of infrastructure including signage and

fences; clean-up of materials

* Conducting work in a mature and safe manner that respects on-going farming and

ranching land uses, and the hot/dry environment.

* Operating equipment including tractors, farm implements, mowers, 4X4 trucks,

off-highway vehicles, and trailers; in a safe and responsible manner

* Other tasks include: use of handheld GPS units, interpretation of various maps,

operation of off-highway vehicles and trucks in remote areas and on environmen-

tally sensitive or wet terrain.

Details:

Part-time work – 90 working days over 6 months.

Starting mid-April or as soon as possible.

Finishing at the end of October

Flexible work hours, but must work with the team.

$20.00/hr

Must have a valid driver’s license, be willing to travel

Security clearance required (Reliability status)

For more information, please call Lois at: 306-836-2022

or email: [email protected].

If you are interested, please send your current resume to Lois (above), drop it off at

the LML NWA offi ce, or mail to LML NWA, Box 280, Simpson, SK. S0G 4M0

Deadline to apply is April 4th, 2014.

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Deadline: April 15th, 2014

Summer Employment: Young Swimming Pool

Centennial Ford Sales on receiving the

2013 Ford Motor Company

President’s Award.

- Town of Watrous

Mar. 25LHS: Carolyn MacNeill, 199, +46 poaLHT: Mae Crittenden, 541, +46 poaMHS: Jake Martell, 241, +44 poaMHT: Jake Martell, 685, +94 poaTHS: The Westsiders (Ev Ad-ams, Rose Murfi tt, Jake Martell, Susan Dengler), +158 poaMar. 18LHS: Marilyn Stobbs, 235, +104 poaLHT: Ev Adams, 566, +89 poaMHS: Bob Hamilton, 178, +27 poaMHT: Bob Hamilton, 487, +34 poaTHS: The Keglers (Iris Ernst, Shirley Martell, Lynn Mitchell, Marilyn Stobbs), +156 poa

Whist winners at the Senior Centre Thursday, Mar. 20 were: ladies fi rst - Grace Allen, 110; ladies second - Irene Schultz, 107; travelling - Eleanor Allan; men’s fi rst - Ev Adams, 109; men’s second - Peter Sundquist, 106; travelling - Thelma Sather. Homesteader was Eleanor Al-lan, seven times at one table.

Kaiser winners at the Senior Centre Monday, Mar. 24 were: fi rst - Frank Woiden, 137; second - Ev Adams, 131; third - Darryl Findlay, 115; fourth - Marie Brumwell, 109.

Anyone interested in sub-mitting Watrous local news can do so by faxing 306-946-2026, emailing [email protected] or stopping by the offi ce.

■ submitted by Sarah DavidsonWinston High School

As teenagers, it is a common thing to stay up as long as possible, hide the book or the phone under the covers trying to hold onto the day as long as possible. We tend to enjoy the ability to stay up late as well as the long depths of night. Personally, in my opinion, it is a good way to catch up on a good novel or TV episode (not that I do mom!).

Over the years, Winston has been providing the students with the annual 30-hour famine, which consists of an all-nighter

How long can you stay awake?and hungry teenagers. This year Winston decided to change it up a bit.

The Winston wake-a-thon took place Tuesday, Mar. 18 and gave the students an experience that all enjoyed. The reason is, this year there was food! Fasting was not a demand, students could eat as they wished. The SRC, who decided to change the annual famine to the wake-a-thon, decided there would be more participants if food was allowed and so it was born: The Winston Wake-a-thon. Admission was $20 for each student to help raise money for Camp

Easter Seal. Students came at 7 p.m.

Tuesday night and from there the doors were closed and activities in the gym commenced. Basketball, volleyball rallies, catch and other gym games were held until it was time to branch out. Different rooms held different activities such as Just Dance, video games, ping pong and Twister. The students then held an around the school hide and seek game, which created entertainment for everyone. At 1 a.m., the students hustled to the gym, their sleeping bags and pillows in hand, to watch movies

for the remainder of the evening. It was defi nitely a cozy situation! While the students dared to keep their tired eyes awake, movies such as Catching Fire, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Thor 2 were watched.

Eventually the sun rose and 7 a.m. came shining through the gym doors. All the groggy teens were on their way back to their own beds after a night of exciting activities and humorous entertainment.

I am happy to report that the goal for Camp Easter Seal was raised! It was a great turn out and everyone had a blast!

Watrous RCMP are asking for the public’s help in solving a recent theft that occurred in the town of Watrous. A local business was broken into sometime during the past month and

RCMP reportover $13,000 worth of brand new electronics were stolen. If anyone is approached by someone selling new LG LED Smart TV’s for a low price or a price that is “too good to be true” or if you

have bought a TV matching this description from someone please contact the Watrous detachment at 306-946-3316 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), *8477 on SaskTel Mobility, text

TIP206 plus your message to CRIMES (274637) or you can submit a tip online at www.saskcrimestoppers.com where you can also view other unsolved crimes.

Staying awakeStudents at Winston High School spent Mar. 18 keeping their eyes open. The wake-a-thon gave the group an opportunity to have some fun while raising money for Camp Easter Seal. –– photo submitted by Sarah Davidson/Watrous

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Saturday, April 5th

Watrous Civic Centre

Everyone welcome, including kids!Pre-purchase tickets only.

• Adults: $25 • 12 & Under: $15

Tickets available at Pip’s or from:Tylor 306-946-7300 • Blaire 306-946-8855

Gary 306-836-3202

Bring your outdoor, hunting, trail cam and wildlife photos for the photo contest.

Cocktails 6:00 p.m. — Supper 7:00 p.m.Catered supper.

Awards Presentation and Calcutta to follow!Door prize giveaway: 270 cal. rifl e

Lots of prizes to be won.

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Very Reasonable Rent Call Mark: 306-946-3045 or

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Offi ce Space for Rent

Spa Spring Specials= 4 - 10PM - Ending April 12th =

Mondays: Supper and a swim. Go for a swim and get a loaded cheeseburger and home fries, all for $1095

Tuesdays: 1/2 price swims for all ages. (1/2 price single swim or day pass prices)

Wednesdays: $20 family swims and free soft or hard ice cream for the kids.

(Family consists of 2 adults & all their children under the age of 18 - some restrictions apply)

Thursdays: Bring a buddy swim night. Anyone who purchases or has a swim pass can bring a friend for a free swim.

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103 Main St. ..................... $399,900

204 12th Ave. E. ................ $399,900

509 4th Ave. E. .................. $339,000

303 2nd Ave. W. ................. $289,900

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200 Main St ..........................$195,000

68 Folley Cres........................$168,000

23 Wexford St .......................$150,000

NOKOMIS212 2nd Ave. W. .......................$79,900

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SIMPSON401 South Boundary Rd ............. $99,000

309 Douglas .............................. $99,900

309 York St .............................$49,900

107 Saskatchewan Ave.. ................. SOLD

YOUNG115 2nd Ave. ...........................$74,900

MANITOU BEACH527 Lake Ave. .................... $695,000

211 Jean St. ...................... $399,900

516 Lake Ave. .................... $359,900

906 Pukwana Dr. ............... $269,000

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302 Elizabeth Ave. ............. $178,000

310 Williams St. ................ $174,900

808 Pukwana Dr ............... $159,000

318 Douglas Ave. ......................SOLD

213 Charles St. .................... $89,900

119 Saskatoon St. ............... $79,900

102 Roy St. ..............................SOLD

Commercial and residential lots available, please call

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Jaycee Gebhard player of the year

The Junior Women’s U18 Hockey League fi nals were held in Vancou-ver Mar. 7 to 9. with 12 teams based out of St. Paul, Minn., Denver, Boston, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Syracuse, N.Y., Winnipeg, Man., Calgary and Warner, Alta., Vancouver and Penticton, B.C. and Wilcox, Sask. The JWHL is designed to prepare players for college as well as life lessons. It is extremely competitive and the bar is set high. By competing across North America this allows the girls to see how hockey is being played in other parts of North America. Since the league is fairly spread out, several teams will meet at one location for a weekend worth of games. In order to play this rigorous schedule and do well in school, the girls have to do well in their preparation academically, physically and mentally. Notre Dame Hounds (Wilcox, Sask.) fi nished fi rst in the league and third at fi nals. Sixteen-year-old Jaycee Gebhard is in her second year of JWHL at Notre Dame and was the top scorer of the 12-team league. This year at the banquet and awards ceremony in Vancouver, Jaycee received player of the year and Samantha Ridgewell received goalie of the year; a fi rst-year Notre Dame player. Jaycee and Samantha were also on the 2013-2014 JWHL First Team All Stars. These players were selected in the league to represent some of the top female players of this age in the world. Congratulations to Jaycee Gebhard and Samantha Ridgewell of Notre Dame./13-1p

Manitou Beach is one of a handful of areas to receive funding from the Saskatchewan Trails Association (STA). The STA announced $3,600 will be distributed to eight groups in the province through the STA discretionary funding grant program. The grant will cover up to 60 per cent of the total costs required to maintain and upgrade existing trails in the province.

Manitou Beach received funding to place signage and trail markers along a recently upgraded gravel trail. Other places that also get grant monies include: the Whiteswan Snow Hawks snowmobile club to reroute a trail; City of Humboldt to create a seating node along a trail connecting the downtown to Centennial Park; Timber Trails Sno-Riders Co-operative Ltd. to place signs and sign posts along their trails; Parkland Trans Canada

grant recipients and the grant can be used to cover expenses such as

Manitou Beach trail benefi tsTrail Association to place a bench and plaque along the Destination Trail in Saskatoon; Lakeland Snowmobile Club to clean and restore trails damaged by an ice storm; Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society Inc. to upgrade trail maps, survey a new trail with GPS, replace existing trail markers, and build a larger trailhead kiosk; and Candle Lake Trails Association Group to clear and expand an existing boardwalk.

President of the STA Cathy Watts said, “This grant program will go a long way to help with the upkeep of trails in the province. The trail groups receiving this funding have shown their commitment to properly maintaining and enhancing their trails so that they will continue to be enjoyable for all users.”

The remaining 40 per cent of the funds will be raised by the

producing maps, signage, benches, and maintenance equipment.

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Feature of the Week

I had to look twice, then three times and even a fourth just to make sure the calendar did not have a mistake on it. In my offi ce, I have one of those desk calendars and on Mar. 20, it said ‘Spring begins’. Well, we obviously know how the snow has stayed and mornings are still pretty cold, so I had to glance a little higher up from the Mar. 20 block of calendar just to make sure. Upon further inspection, the calendar indeed showed the year was in fact 2014. Google knows everything, so I zipped online and typed spring 2014. Well the fi rst search that came up was from www.almanac.com, and the fi rst sentence said, “When is the fi rst day of spring 2014?” Perhaps I am not alone in this feeble search for warmer weather and green grass! Scrolling further down, my eyes caught a line that stated the fi rst day of spring was indeed Mar. 20. So I guess it isn’t just me then and in fact the ‘lion’ of March has decided to hang on a little longer. Before I go any further, I should say that although it has been cooler, the days have been nice. It is hard to complain when the sun makes a person feel all warm and fuzzy inside. That reminds me of one of my daugh-ter’s favourite movies: Despicable Me when Gru wins a stuffed unicorn at the fair and gives it to his adopted little girl Agnes. “It’s so fl uffy,” she yelled. While spring or the sun isn’t fl uffy, it can give that warm impression of a huge stuffed animal being hugged to death like was the case of Agnes and that unicorn. While the normal daytime high for this time of year is 6˚C, a quick look at Environment Canada’s data for Watrous shows that since spring, the warmest day was Mar. 20 when the season offi cially arrived. That day reached 2.6˚C. Since then, the thermometer has dropped all the way down to -10.3˚C and only reached -4.7˚C. And it is not just around here that spring has de-cided to take a temporary seat somewhere else. In the Maritimes, they were absolutely blasted with a huge storm last week. School cancellations, power outages and other delays took place as reportedly more than 10 centimetres of snow fell per hour at the blizzard’s peak! To make it worse, high-impact winds caused dam-ages to various areas on the east coast, combining with power loss and a whole list of others. So I guess winter is not ready to give up its icy grip just yet. It has mellowed out quite a bit here but seems to still fi nd a sliver of time to rage in other parts of the country. But, with all this moaning and groaning there ap-pears - and I am trying to be cautiously optimistic when I write appears - but there appears to be light, or in this case sun at the end of the tunnel. Environment Canada’s forecast this past Friday for this week said come Tuesday and Wednesday we should see daytime highs of 7˚C and 8˚C! That would be nice to have. I absolutely love to barbecue and if those temper-atures hold true, then that gives me a really good rea-son to get on the deck and fi re up the barbecue. There is just something about grilling a steak or a burger with the sun shining and the fl ip-fl ops on. Of course, I just typed that previous paragraph right before dinner and now my stomach has decided to erupt by growling. Perhaps that barbecue idea may have to be pushed up a few days now that the idea seems to have found a permanent place in both my stomach and my brain. Weather-wise, hopefully this has been the last of winter and spring will settle itself in for a while. But then again, we do live in Saskathchewan where anything can happen on any day of the year!

“. . . aahh! Spring . . . !”


Editorial and OpinionEditorial and Opinion

Remembering the Muppets

Neighbourly News

Miss Piggy is quite the charmer and is the most requested character celebrity guest stars want to appear with. –– a general interest column by contributor Peg Hasein

Editorial Policy: The opinions expressed on these pages may not be those of The Watrous Manitou. We reserve the right to edit commentaries or letters for libel as well as for grammar, spelling and length. All letters must include a name, address and phone number for verifi cation purposes. No article, advertisement, or part thereof that belongs to The Watrous Manitou may be reprinted without permission.

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This Valentine’s Day had some sad news to re-port. John Henson, who was the son of Muppet cre-ator Jim Henson, died of a heart attack. He was 48 years old. He was a share-holder in the Jim Henson Company as well as a pup-peteer for the Muppets fre-quently playing Sweetums, a large hairy ogre.

The name Jim Henson, who also died young at age 55, will bring back mem-ories to a variety of people. He is best known as creator of the Muppets, a combina-tion of the words marion-ette and puppet. The name is unique to Henson’s group of puppet characters.

Henson’s most beloved and signature Muppet is Kermit the Frog who was actually created in 1950 and appeared in Sam and Friends. Later Kermit and Rowlf the Dog appeared in skits on late night talk shows and commercials, but in 1969 Sesame Street debuted and the world of Muppets blossomed. More characters were intro-duced: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, The Great Gonzo and Animal as part of the Sesa-

me Street gang. Then came the movies: Muppet Movie, Great Muppet Caper and Muppets Take Manhattan. In the 1980s, Disney became involved and acquired Jim Henson Productions and the Muppets franchise. Now the Muppets are a household name.

There is a story behind the creation of Kermit. After Henson started a the-atre arts program at the University of Maryland, he got a job as a puppeteer at a local television station and eventually his own show called Sam and Friends. Here he created many of the characters we know and love today. In creating Kermit he cut up a ping pong ball and one of his mom’s old coats that she was going to throw out. An-other fun fact about Ker-mit the Frog is that he has a doctorate. He received an honourary Doctorate of Amphibious Letters from Southampton College in New York. He even gave the graduating class’s com-mencement speech.

Miss Piggy is quite the charmer and is the most requested character ce-

lebrity guest stars want to appear with. This princess fi rst appeared with Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass in a television spe-cial in 1974. According to her puppeteer she grew up in a small town in Iowa. Her father died when she was young and her mother was not very nice to her. She entered many beauty pageants as she was grow-ing up. Today she is a New York Times best-selling au-thor.

Another big favourite is Oscar the Grouch. Oscar’s fi rst appearance was in 1969 on Sesame Street with an orange coat. Oscar says he did not turn green until he went on vacation to Swamp Mushy Muddy but just has not gotten the fi lth off him because he does not bathe. The grouchy charac-ter actually has a lovable side that will surface on oc-casion.

This space is far too short to talk about the other favourite muppets such as Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Statler and Wal-dorf, Fozzie Bear, Grover and so on. But many gen-erations have been touched

by the work of Henson and his successors. The char-acters, television shows and movies have provided hours of enjoyable enter-tainment to many.

TWMEst. 1933

If you fi nd spring hiding somewhere, let me know. I’m getting tired of snow.–– an opinion column by TWM editor Daniel Bushman

Searching for the season called

‘spring’

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Neighbourly advice

according to Ed

–– a spiritual column by contributor Raymond Maher

www.accordingtoed.com

Trust what you can see and ignore

what is promised Ed, my neighbour next door, saw me by my back door dismantling a bath-room cabinet a couple of days ago. He was smoking by his garage and hollered through his cigarette smoke, “If the old stuff is coming out the back door, the new stuff must be coming in the front door.”

He was right in new stuff was coming in for our main fl oor bathroom. I told him we were rearranging bathroom cabinets and we were going modern by replacing our old toilet with a double fl ush one. “Which plumber will install your toilet?” Ed asked. I told him my

wife was confi dent that together we could install it ourselves. My wife and our son installed a toilet once before and she was certain we could install another one. Ed knows I am not much of a handyman and he had to say that it was good my wife knew how to install the toilet. All I could do was nod in agreement.

I knew Ed would be over to check out for himself if we succeeded in our D.I.Y. project. Ed says he has learned not to trust anyone unless he can see for himself what they claim to have done. Sure enough, after a few days Ed came to have a coffee and check our improved bathroom. I think he was disappointed the toilet was working fi ne. He tried out both sides of the dual fl ush like a kid seeing if he can break a toy. Thankfully the toilet passed Ed’s inspection.

Ed is convinced a person should never trust another person’s word. According to Ed, what people say is like a feather in the wind. It carries no weight at all. I challenge Ed on his point of view telling him most people are trustworthy and what they say can be believed. I have asked Ed if what he tells other people cannot be trusted. Ed says

that what he tells others depends on how much he likes them. He believes most folks do not exactly lie, but they do stretch the truth to suit their purpose. “No one expects the whole truth and nothing but the truth, except a judge and jury and they seldom hear it,” Ed claims.

No one denies there is a comfort in being able to see for oneself what has been reported to be completed is completed. It is impossible to check out everything we have been told. We are always faced with the question of trusting or not what we are told. Folks in the Bible avoided telling the truth when they were guilty of doing something they were warned not to do. Adam and Eve hid from God after they disobeyed him. The truth may be embarrassing, criminal and just plain ugly, but there is no hiding it from God. Everyone puts trust in someone or something. Ed says he trusts himself more than anyone or anything else. I believe many others would agree with him. Yet, we cannot totally trust ourselves alone as we must trust our surgeon or mechanic, etc. We do put our faith in others and many do trust God more than themselves or other people.

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TWM - March 28, 1988In this week’s ‘blast from the past,’ it is back to 1988 when Frank and Florence Wilson owned TWM. On the front page, a local fi sherman landed two big jackfi sh, hospital donor plaques

were being fi nalized and the mineral pool held its shareholders meeting. To see more of this edition, visit www.twmnews.com and click on Flashback Friday. –– photo of front page from TWM archives

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LifestylesLifestyles

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues - Will Farrell and the whole gang are back in the long in the making of the sequel to the 2004 classic. I have not seen it yet, but I assume it is more hijinks courtesy of the moron squad (Steve Carrell plays Brick and is a creature of beauty) as they evolve into the world of cable news. Lots of new faces in this one including Harrison Ford and Kristin Wiig. Should be a smile, Farrell promoted it enough. (14A)

Ronin 47 - Another unseen by me but looks like Keanu Reeves and many, many martial arts battles in this expensive samurai action fl ick. Not much else to say; it is the action taste for the week. (PG)

The Little Rascals Save the Day - Another long in the making (20 years) sequel to the 1994 kids classic. I assume a new batch of kids are here as the old ones are in their 30s now, but they look the same just depends on whether kids of today will look up long enough from their texting to care. (PG)

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Local festival taps into 21st year ■ Daniel BushmanThe Watrous Manitou

With enough numbers to make up a small town

over one weekend, the Watrous Dance Festival is expecting to see large numbers watch and perform at this year’s event.

Put on by the Watrous School of Dance, Marni Hicks with the festival, said 605 dancers and 655 dance entries will be performing during the Apr. 4 to 6 event. In addition Hicks estimated between 1,500 to 1,800 people will take in the festival throughout the weekend.

“The annual dance festival is our primary fundraiser. It ensures our operating costs can be paid and membership fees remain low. Because of the money we raise, our dancers enjoy fees that are three times less expensive than dancing with a private club in Saskatoon for example. This also allows for families of all incomes to have their children in dance in Watrous.”

Hicks said having

around 550 dancers from out of town along with family and friends also benefi ts the community in a variety of ways with many places seeing full capacity numbers during the weekend.

Now in its 21st year, the festival will be featuring ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop, lyrical, modern, pointe, musical theatre, song and dance, acro, student choreography and open performances. Small and large groups, solos, duets and trios will also take the stage.

The entire event sees many hours of planning done by a festival committee comprised of fi ve members and many committee heads.

“Each Watrous School of Dance family works three shifts over the weekend and contributes to the kitchen. We have 64 dance families working to ensure our festival is successful. Without their commitment our festival

would not be a reality.”Hicks said community

volunteers have also stepped up this year. “Our festival committee is very grateful to all of these volunteers and it just goes to show what a great town we live in!”

Beginning in 2012, Hicks said the festival began receiving sponsorship and through that they are able to present cash awards to deserving dancers. “As well, 23 summer dance camps have been donated offering partial to full registration for dancers. The goal of our award and scholarship program is to offer dancers the ability to enhance and further their dance skills and future in dance.”

Starting late Friday afternoon and running through the weekend, Hicks encourages people to check out the weekend of dance and can visit their facebook page: w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /WSDFestival

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Moving towards annual festivalHundreds of performers each year grace the stage at the Watrous Dance Festival. This year will be no different as over 600 dancers will take part in the 21st event in Watrous. Put on by the Watrous

School of Dance, the event will also see between 1,500 to 1,800 people taking in the festival Apr. 4 to 6. –– TWM fi le photo


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Director of public affairs with Mosaic Sarah Fedorchuk said workers were laid off including at the Colonsay mine because of market conditions.

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Avoid crowded pens toreduce calf scours

■ Sean Thompson,MSc, AAg, RegionalLivestock SpecialistWatrous regional offi ce

Calf diarrhea, also known as scours, is one of the major causes of mortality and economic loss in beef production. While treatment of sick calves can be effective, this can impact a producer’s bottom line through additional labour requirements, extra medical costs, and losses in production. Understanding the causes of scours will allow producers to manage potential risk factors contributing to this preventable condition.

Scours is not a disease but rather a symptom of one. Unfortunately, there are several infectious agents that can cause diarrhea, including viruses (bovine virus diarrhea (BVD), rotavirus, coronavirus), protozoa (coccidia, cryptosporidium) and bacteria (E. coli, salmonella, Clostridium perfringens). Either one or a combination of these ‘bugs’ will cause signifi cant dehydration and loss of electrolytes in young calves. But the question remains: how does a calf become infected?

The primary source of infection comes from the consumption of foreign objects. Infectious agents are shed by both healthy and sick livestock and will accumulate in the feedlot, particularly when pens are overstocked. Cold, wet weather will force cattle to congregate and create similar conditions to overcrowded pens. This becomes a problem if bedding is not adequate because cattle will be forced to lie down in manure. Keep in mind that once an infected surface makes contact with the cow’s udder, a point of entry is created to infect the calf via nursing. Good bedding will provide a dry layer between cattle and the manure pack.

If possible, move cows and calves out of the feedlot and onto dry land (e.g. a small pasture, crop stubble) as soon as possible. That

being said, try to rotate early spring pastures every year to avoid the buildup of those infectious agents. There is also the issue with calves voluntarily eating dirt or dry manure. Diatomaceous earth offered free choice will provide calves with an alternative to consuming dirt and can signifi cantly reduce the incidence of scours.

Pre-calving vaccines for pregnant cows can provide passive immunity against many of the bugs responsible for scours. However, suffi cient colostrum intake is necessary for the immunity to be transferred to the calf. Once a calf becomes ill the treatment options are usually limited to rehydration efforts as antibiotics are largely

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IntroductionClark Puckett – A New Vision for the New “Arm River Constituency”

My name is Clark Puckett. I am a life-long resident of Davidson and I

announce that I am seeking the Saskatchewan Party nomination for the

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The offi cial Nomination Meeting will be held at the Davidson Town Hall on

April 15, 2014.

EXPERIENCE

• I raised my family on my father’s local farm, 1980-2000

• 29 year member of the Royal Canadian Legion – Davidson Branch #51

• 9 years as a Councillor for the RM of Willner #253, 1988-1997

• Joined as a member of the Saskatchewan Party (SP) in 1998

• Served as local SP Constituency Association President, 2000-2012

• 12 year career as Constituency Assistant for Arm River-Watrous Constituency, 2000-2012

• University of Saskatchewan – Arts Dept. (History, Humanities and Classic Lit) 2006-10

• St. Andrew’s College – Bachelor of Theology Degree Program 2007-2009

• United Church of Canada – Lay Ministry and Student Supply 2003-2009

• Appointed by the Minister of Social Services to the Regina Provincial Appeals Board , 2008-2010

• North American Certifi cation as Funeral Celebrant 2013

• Graduated SIAST Funeral Service Program with Honours, 2013

• Currently a Licensed Funeral Director serving Internship in Saskatoon

If I am nominated on April 15, I will work hard to improve health care along Highway #2 and all communities

east of #2 in Arm River. This means working hand-in-glove with the health regions, municipal Councils and

community groups. We need more doctors and we need 24 hour emergency care in the Highway #2 area and

around the lake. I will work closely with economic development committees in every community. This campaign

is about the future our young families today and honourably caring for our elders who worked so hard for us.

I pledge to work as hard as I can to move Arm River Constituency forward as soon as possible; not some day in

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was not as affected as some.Fedorchuk said, the market conditions made it

necessary for the potash company to look at their options and in essence remain competitive while continuing to invest in the province.

“Days like that are never easy when people living in smaller communities are let go.”

The director of public affairs said unionized personnel were not affected.

Being patientWith snow on the ground and warmer temperatures in the fore-cast, it might not be long until grass appears. –– Daniel Bushman/TWM

Just like prairie win-ters the NHL is never a dull place. Spring is upon us both in season and in sports and this means NHL hockey is about to reach its pique as the season’s fi nal weeks ar-rive.

Teams that have al-ready clinched a playoff berth are now playing for home ice advantage and teams that are sit-ting squarely on the bub-ble are fi ghting tooth and nail to make sure their season continues. This week I believe there is a tie for the top hockey story. The Toronto Ma-ple Leafs are now in the middle of a six game los-ing streak that has seen them not only fall out of a guaranteed playoff spot but also a wildcard position. Two weeks ago Leafs goaltender Jona-than Bernier strained his groin and has just returned to game ac-tion. His absence left the weight of Leafs’ crease on James Reim-er’s shoulders. Reimer has had success leading

the Leafs to the post season last year and ultimately push the Boston Bruins to a seventh game in the fi rst round. This year can be characterized as a great dis-appointment for the now backup. Many believe this year will be Reimer’s last wearing the blue and white Maple Leaf. With excellent talent in the minors, it is thought Reimer will be traded in the off season and a young Toronto Marlies’ netminder will take his place at the end of the Leafs bench. Playoff hopes are fad-ing faster and faster for Leafs fans. If the Leafs do indeed miss the post season many questions will be squarely aimed at general manager Dave Nonis and head coach Randy Carlyle.

The second half of the tie belongs to the Edmonton Oilers. Even the not so dedicated hockey fan will have heard about the debacle that last Saturday’s game was. But it depends on which side of fence you’re on. Is your grass red, orange and fl aming? Or is it blue and oily? If you have the decidedly less desirable side of the fence, last Saturday was simply a joke. Both the Calgary Flames and the Edmonton Oilers have offi cially been eliminated from the playoffs and now, as some would say, are playing for pride. The Calgary Flames are one of the top teams coming out of the Olympic break and last Saturday showed that there is much to hopeful about in Flames country. The same cannot be said about Oil country. With young high-end talent like Taylor Hall, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Nail Yakupov, it would be very easy to look at this team on paper and have no doubt that they are a team that can not only make the playoffs but compete for a Stanley Cup. But as we have all seen things have not translated from paper to ice at all. Goaltenders Viktor Fasth and Ben Scrivens both gave up four goals in 8-1 stomping from the Flames. The Oilers high end talent has completely disappeared this season. Flashes of brillance have been seen in brief moments, but that is not enough to get a team that plays in the city of champions back into the conversation of playing for a championship.

So where is there more disappointment? With the Leafs, who two weeks ago sat in second place? Or the Oilers, who for yet another year not only miss the playoffs but sit at the bottom of the standings table? As I’ve always said, hockey fans have a very short memory and if next season turns out better, Leafs’ and Oilers’ fans will easily forget about this season and only remember the winning.

A winning season can cover a multitude of past losses and right now that is what the Oilers and Leafs have to adopt as their end of season mantra.


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Playoff hockey is coming quickly in the NHL. However, for my team, it will be interesting to see how they will fi nish down the homestretch.–– a sports column by TWM’s Jared Brandes

■ Daniel BushmanThe Watrous Manitou

This year has been one with change for a local hockey player who has been a steady performer within the New York Rangers hockey system. After beginning the year in familiar settings, Watrous product Sam Klassen has found himself sporting new colours with a different organization.

After fi rst signing with the New York Rangers in 2009, the blueliner has had stints with the NHL’s American Hockey League club along with spending a few seasons in the East Coast Hockey League in Greenville.

Klassen, along with wife Jay saw the majority of this season in Greenville with the Road Warriors. In 42 games, the son of Rick and Karen tallied one goal and chipped in with nine assists. Klassen was also a plus fi ve and had 30 penalty minutes.

“It is a great city with awesome fans and we have many close friends there that have made the season very enjoyable.”

During his time with the East Coast Hockey League club, Klassen received two call ups to Hartford of the American Hockey League. “It was nice to get some more AHL games in and show myself to other teams.”

In nine games with Hartford, Klassen registered a goal and an assist, while accumulating two penalty minutes.

As the season wore on, the defenceman got

to get back into the AHL full-time for next season or if a good opportunity in Europe opens up for me that is something we would defi nitely be interested in.”

Having support back home in Watrous from family and friends has been a big help to Klassen throughout his career. “It is part of what drives me to succeed. I want to make them proud of the things I accomplish on and off the ice. Knowing that I have people back home cheering me on is so encouraging and I am very thankful for the community of Watrous.”

Klassen embracing different scenery

an opportunity to join Portland, the Phoenix Coyotes’ AHL team. “I was very excited about it as I had been waiting all season for an opportunity with a system other than the New York Rangers. I knew that Portland had been struggling this year and when their parent club, Phoenix, traded a few of their defensemen, I knew that this was going to be a good opportunity for me.”

With hopes of earning a contract for next year, Klassen packed his bags and joined the team. The former Saskatoon Blade said his fi rst four games went really well and received good feedback from his coaches. However, Klassen fractured a bone in his hand in his fourth game, forcing him out of the lineup for up to four weeks.

“It’s very unfortunate timing as there is only about a month left of the season. I was pretty disappointed when I found out it was broken. I am thankful though for my relationship with God knowing that I can trust Him in all things.”

Sporting number 33 on the back of his jersey, Klassen’s goal is to do his best at earning a contract for next season but will see what is in store as the year comes to a close. He was also able to reunite with a familiar face in Portland. Darian Dziurzynski, a former teammate of Klassen’s in Saskatoon is on the roster and was able to make Sam feel welcome and help him make the

transition to a different club.

While he and Jay have experienced quite a few changes already this year, the pair are looking forward to another as fi rst-time parents.

“We are very excited about becoming parents! This summer is going to bring a life changer and we are very excited to start this new chapter in our lives.”

With a child on the way, Klassen said that will also infl uence his future in hockey.

“I am excited to see what transpires this summer. We would love

Switching sweatersAfter starting this season with Greenville of the East Coast League and then Hartford of the American Hockey League, Sam Klassen switched clubs, signing with Portland of the AHL. –– image from www.portlandpirates.com

Meeting familiar facesThis year’s atom fi nal pitted both Watrous teams against each other. The two clubs faced off earlier this month in the league fi nal. For more pictures see page nine. –– photo by Daniel Bushman/TWM

For links to local sports scores and more visit www.twmnews.com

and click on the ‘your community’ tab.


■ Melanie Gunderson/The Watrous Manitou

Ten teams of enthusiastic women cleaned house at the Housewives Olympics Watrous Ladies Bonspiel Mar. 21 and 22. It was a square draw with each team playing four games.

Game winners received cash for their victories and after a great meal Saturday night, all were entertained

Ladies bonspielwith the Housewives’ Olympics where competition was fi erce and the events challenging.

Laundry toe tossing, blindfolded makeup application, putting on nylons while wearing oven mitts and stain scrubbing all provided enjoyable entertainment with bronze, silver and gold medals being presented to the good-natured participants.

A full houseThe curling rink in Watrous was a hub of activ-ity as the ladies bonspiel hit the ice. Teams spent the weekend competing both on and off the ice

as part of the Housewives’ Olympics. Off the ice, various events like laundry toe tossing (pictured right) among others took place. –– photos by Melanie Gunderson/TWM

Facing offWith both clubs splitting their meetings during the season, atom team one fi nished fi rst in the stand-ings while atom team two was second. In the best of three series, team one captured the fi rst game Mar. 16 by a 4-1 score. The crew then took home the championship in game two, winning 4-1. Pic-tured above (back row left to right): coaches Trent

Ediger, Fraser Mark and Pat Borsa; middle row: Braxton Martin, Tucker Klisowsky, Liam Jennett, Jackson Mark and Releigh Reynoldson; front row: Daniel Martin Evan Borsa, Easton Ediger, Pearce Bartko, Jensen Kelly, Kayden Freeman, Spencer Stokke and Andrew Lewis –– photos by Daniel Bushman/TWM and championship photo submitted by Lynn Martin


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Kin has never changed. “The membership is and always has been driven with an underlying desire to help others and improve the communities in which we live.”

Kin runs from September through June with no meetings in July or August and each executive member is elected at the end of every year for a one year term. However, the presidency is usually taken on by the previously elected vice-president.

“It is great to see that after 50 years, the Kinette Club remains a vibrant aspect of our community, a great way to meet and work with awesome people and a fantastic opportunity to give back.”

Among the many who have been involved with Kinettes, a few were gracious enough to share their stories and what it meant for them to be a part of the organization.

Past president, life member and former Telemiracle chair Pat Smith joined Kinettes in 1976 to meet people. After just moving to Watrous, Smith felt it was a great opportunity to get to know others from Watrous.

With a group of at least 25, Smith said she was lucky to be mentored by the ladies. “I know that it was because of their commitment to ‘serving the community’s greatest needs’ that I became as involved in the organization as I did.”

Smith was also club president during its 25th anniversary and she

would eventually become the liaison to the district board for the seven Kinette Clubs in the local zone.

With husband Lyle involved with Kinsmen, Smith said, “It was a great learning year for me and I got to meet more people in the Kin organization from across Saskatchewan. At our annual Kinsmen and Kinette convention at the end of our term as zone leaders, I was asked to run for vice district Kinette coordinator and let my name stand. Lyle also let his name stand for vice Kinsmen governor and we were both elected.”

Both Pat and Lyle’s commitment to Kin continued and over the next three years they were busy planning and travelling across Saskatchewan. As district Kinette coordinator, Smith also represented the Kinette Clubs of Saskatchewan at the National Board.

“We also were able to attend two national conventions as representatives of the Kinsmen and Kinettes of Saskatchewan in Penticton, B.C. and Sudbury, Ontario. On our National Board, there were seven other district representatives.”

Honoured in 1992 by the local club with a life membership Smith said

her and Lyle’s involvement with Telemiracle was also signifi cant as she put her name forward to chair of the event in its 22nd year.

“It was a very rewarding endeavor which I will always remember.”

Life member and former deputy governor Cheryl Veld said being part of Kin Canada and more specifi cally involved with the Watrous contingent was a life changing experience for her. “I do believe with all my heart that I would not be the person I am today if Kin was not a part of my life.”

Veld began her journey in 1994 and points to even a recent example of someone’s young granddaughter having a very aggressive cancer with a 50 per cent chance to battle through the disease.

“With tears in my eyes, how can you really try and express how it feels belonging to an organization that is there anytime you need them? From helping a family with the worst and most devastating crisis they can face or in the form of volunteer work, donations or projects in your community.”

Veld said the family of Kin not only reaches out to those in communities but it can help an individual have a life that has been blessed with amazing experiences, friendships and memories.

Like Smith, Vicky Finnigan said joining Kinettes was an opportunity to meet people and share ideas. “Our lives were enriched by other Kinettes across Canada.”

Finnigan said Kinettes also provided an opportunity for personal development. “We gained leadership skills and

learned parliamentary procedure. We took turns at holding executive positions and being project chairs. The spirit of cooperation, toleration and equality was fostered. This was excellent training for other areas of our lives.

“One of the best decisions of my life was to join Kinettes. I learned to appreciate diversity. I learned that volunteering can be satisfying and I made lifelong friends. I cannot say enough good things about Kinettes.”

A member of the Kinette Club of Watrous for more than 15 years, Glenda Cox-McArthur said it provided her with many opportunities that may not have come otherwise.

“It enabled me to become involved in a national organization that focused on serving the community’s greatest needs. I was able to contribute to many worthwhile projects that upon completion, it gave me an immense sense of accomplishment and pride.”

Being a member of the executive in various positions, “I became aware of the structure of the Kin Association and that eventually motivated me to serve as a zone Kinette coordinator.”

As was the case with many people who decide to become local Kinettes, the impact of being a member can leave a lasting impression.

from front page:

KINETTES

One of the many projects worked on by the local Kin in Watrous.

Kinsmen and Kinettes from Watrous have always had a huge part in helping with Telemiracle.

Active in the community, both Kinsmen and Kinettes have provided help to others while improving communities.

The fi rst executive of the Watrous Kinettes from 1964. Pictured top: Marj Holtet, Rowna Stokke and Mildred McConnel.

Front: Elsa Casson and Helen Dahl.

Local Kinettes getting together from the earlier years. -photos submitted by Kyla McDonald/Watrous


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Grain transport remains hot issue in province■ Daniel BushmanThe Watrous Manitou

For many Saskatchewan producers, this past winter has been a trying one as they watch grain sit while railcars are fi lled with other items.

Local MLA and farmer Greg Brkich said seeing grain not be moved out of Saskatchewan to shipping containers on the coast is very frustrating for producers.

“You grow a huge crop and now you can’t move it. You are losing money on your bases and there are ships waiting in Vancouver for it and we can’t get it there,” Brkich said.

According to the MLA, there needs to be more accountability with railways and shippers. “We need to have service agreements and minimum tonnage in the movement. We can’t have this going on every year.”

With more demand for resources like oil for example, Brkich said producers should not be left behind.

“Farming practises have been changing and bigger crops are going to be the norm.”

In response to the backlog Brkich issued a members statement in the Saskatchewan Legislature Mar. 19 and in it said, “Without doubt, the biggest economic issue facing Saskatchewan today is the grain transportation backlog.”

Brkich said the committee of ministers and members met with railways, grain handlers, the national government and producers and put together a plan to fi x the problem in the long-term.

The MLA said the issue can be fi xed by receiving accountability between shippers and railways; ensuring grain companies fulfi ll obligations to producers; ensuring at least 13,000 grain cars per week are moving on train tracks; and increasing penalties from the current $100,000 to at least $250,000 per day with those funds collected benefi tting producers.

“We put together a plan and it was accepted by the federal government. We need to ensure at least 13,000 cars are on the tracks and they have agreed to that. They know that we need to work on a service agreement and those are the two main focus points so that the shippers and grain companies know that they have to move. It is an

obligation and if not, there are penalties to pay.”

Federally, Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz said concrete measures are indeed being taken to move more grain through the transportation system.

While Saskatchewan is calling for stronger enforcement, the federal government introduced legislation to address rail capacity challenges Mar. 26.

The legislation unveiled by Ritz and Transport Minister Lisa Raitt amends the Canada Transportation Act and the Canada Grain Act, providing additional measures designed to help the entire grain transportation system reach the goal of getting product to market quickly and more effi ciently.

The government said actions taken aim to get grain moving faster through legislation and regulations and are designed to:

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• Strengthen contracts between producers and shippers; and

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The federal government is also taking steps to address the medium and long-term implications of higher crop yields and extreme cold weather. Going forward, railways will be required to deliver more timely data on grain movements to better monitor the overall performance of the supply chain. The Canadian Transportation Agency will also gather information from all grain supply chain partners on shipping capacities and plans prior to each new crop year, and will advise the Minister of Transport whether specifi c grain volumes should be mandated for the coming year.

The government is also accelerating the review of the Canada Transportation Act with a view to further improving Canada’s grain handling system over the long term in order to achieve improved capacity, predictability, planning and accountability for all parties in the supply chain.

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With not even a fence post in the ground 10 years ago, a pair of local ranchers made the decision to jump into sheep farming and have not looked back since. Part of approximately 1,000 sheep producers in Saskatchewan, Allen and Arlette Seib have created a unique and natural sheep operation, managing a fl ock of ewes on grass with low inputs. Arlette is also

able to enjoy another one of her passions, owning dogs.

While the pair now have hundreds of sheep, a decade ago that number was fi ve. Seib brought in her fi rst fi ve sheep in the winter of 2004-‘05 from another producer. The rancher had the idea of training her Border Collie to be a bonny sheep dog. So Seib got to work and created a small paddock in the yard to keep the sheep and soon after, more changes to the farm would follow suit.

“Today the entire place is grass and sheep,” Arlette said. “We made a huge and rewarding shift in our idea of farming and that wee dog and those fi ve sheep resulted in a lot of changes.”

Situated along the edge of the rolling Allan Hills, Dog Tale Ranch is about a half-hour west of Watrous. Seib currently raises North Country Cheviot/Clun Forest crosses, which are commercial sheep, for the purpose of marketing lamb. Last fall, they reduced the (see page 13: SEIB)

Counting sheepAllen and Arlette Seib have watched their fl ock of sheep grow ever since Arlette fi rst decided to begin raising them in 2004. Keeping a close eye on the sheep are her dogs. –– photo submitted by Arlette Seib


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SEIBnumber of ewes because of winter hay concerns, making the number of the fl ock around 300 ewes and 120 market and replacement lambs.

“There is a very specifi c way we raise our sheep that isn’t specifi c at all,” Seib said. “We are grass based and everything is done on a natural cycle here, respecting that livestock needs land and land needs livestock infl uence.”

The Seibs rotationally graze the fl ock, and keep them on pasture ground throughout the year. Lambing is done on pasture in summer and they winter the fl ock on sheltered pasture.

Seib said, “We don’t have corrals or a feedlot, we don’t feed grain or feed ration mixes.”

After spending a decade with sheep, Seib said this was the fi rst winter she fed them hay with a 45 year old, cab-less, International. “It’s the only piece of farm equipment at the place.”

The sheep are not pushed for weight gain or for high production, which Seib said is a very common practice in sheep farming. “We prefer to do our part in providing good, natural food, water and shelter and let the sheep be sheep.”

With Allen working off site, Arlette said she operates the farm herself about 70 per cent of the time. With little to no external family involvement, the rancher relies on her dogs to help manage and move several hundred sheep.

Because of the number of sheep, Seib said a few dogs are a must and since she is a steadfast dog enthusiast, it fi t perfectly. Livestock guardians and stock dogs are most common when it comes to the sheep industry. While each serve a different purpose, having them on the farm makes operations run smoother.

“The guardians are large dogs who live with the sheep and deter coyotes and birds of prey. The stock dogs live with me and are the dogs who assist in gathering the fl ock and moving the animals from point A to point B.”

Seib fi gures she would not be successfully running a fl ock this size without the guardian dogs to keep coyotes at bay and the stock dogs to help her out. “I just don’t know how else I would get 400 to 500 animals in for processing by myself when needed.”

Seib’s guardian dogs consist of Maremma, Anatolian, Shepherds, Great Pyrenees and Akbash and live and work as a small pack. Her stock dogs are Australian Kelpies and Border Collies.

Like anything else, raising the dogs can take time. “A livestock guardian

dog takes a couple of years and much of the training with these guys involves good supervision rather than hands on training like you would with a pet. This is far more diffi cult when the fl ock is on pasture, away from the yard. Pups are started with a small fl ock near the yard and later transferred to pasture work.”

Stock dogs need regular training to make sure they are in fi ne form, but Seib said for most ranch use, a good stock dog with natural talent can help in multiple ways with less training.

The dogs require signifi cant time in training and exercise when they are not being worked. Seib said if a stock dog gets bored, it can wreak havoc on a livestock farm. With so much invested into training, Seib invites people to check it out and other day to day moments on her blog: ranching-with-sheep.blogspot.ca.

As April arrives, the focus shifts to Seib’s sheep who will receive a haircut.

“With our breed of ewe, sheep wool is a secondary product but wool is once again showing (see page 14: SEIB)

Standing on guardThere are more than sheep occupying the rolling Allan Hills west of Watrous. Arlette Seib’s guardian dogs consist of Maremma, Anatolian, Shepherds, Great Pyrenees and Akbash and live among the sheep. Her stock dogs are Australian Kelpies and Border Collies and require signifi cant time training to stay in top form. –– photo submitted by Arlette Seib


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SEIBsmall fl ock that produces prime wool. Currently the sheep farmer uses a small amount of the animal’s wool for needle felted artwork, cozy nests for her farm cats, mulch around the hedges in the yard and as bedding for the livestock guardian

dogs.Seib is more than

happy to have curious visitors join them for the “beehive of a day harvesting wool. Come just for a look-see and a cup of coffee or participate in the day by taking on some of the easy odd jobs that we can use a hand with. Experience is not necessary and we always let people who help out, take home a fl eece of their own.”

For those who are also interested in getting into sheep farming, Seib suggests a person needs to determine how they wish to raise sheep, whether it would be grass based, through a barn, intensive or a mix. “Then fi nd a mentor who is doing what you want to do. Buy sheep that are raised the way you want to do so and you’ll have less wrecks starting out. Go help someone with lambing or with sheep processing days (vaccinating or shearing). These are great ways to try your hand at sheep handling. Failing all of

this, just jump in and do it.”

The rancher who also

enjoys painting added that because of the smaller size of the four-legged animals, there is less intimidation and concern for families with children that want to raise sheep. Kids on a farm can also manage handling sheep sooner than they might be able to handle cows on their

own. “Despite popular

stereotyping, sheep are very smart and very curious about their surroundings. They make good livestock pets for kids and they are a common sight amongst 4H groups, and at sheep shows there is always a class for the children.”

A farmer and her dogsNot only does Arlette Seib (pictured) enjoy rais-ing sheep on her farm but she has a passion for her dogs who assist her in day to day operations

at the farm. The dogs provide her with some help in the pasture. –– photo submitted by Arlette Seib


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Chances are if a person drives west of Young during seeding or harvest time, they are more than likely to see a familiar face patrolling the fi elds. No stranger to crops and farming, Gord Dengler has been anxiously waiting for the snow to disappear so he can hop in his tractor and seed his crop for a 41st year.

Situated approximately three miles west of Young, Dengler farms about 3,500 acres with son Blaire who resides in Watrous. The pair usually seed a variety of wheat, durum, fl ax, peas and canola.

As spring arrived a couple of weeks ago, Gord said they fi nished cleaning grain and were getting ready to seed.

“I think we only got

about half the snow we did last year . . . we will be chomping at the bit when it (all melts).”

If April reveals nice weather, Dengler hopes to head out to the fi elds by month’s end to seed peas and then keep going

from there. Once harvest arrives, Dengler said crop gets put in the bin but as depending on conditions, that can vary. If everything falls into place, he has had peas harvested by Aug. 7.

As for 2013, “We never got going last year until

May 10, but we were done by Sept. 14 which was exactly a week later than the year before. We have been lucky the last three harvests. We had good weather but quite

Hitting the fi eldsRegardless of what each new year may bring, like other Saskatchewan producers, Gord Dengler has spent many hours in a combine harvesting crops. This year should be no different as Dengler, along with son Blaire, wait for the snow to melt before visiting fi elds west of Young to seed another crop. –– photo submitted by Gord Dengler

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Born and raised on a mixed farm almost 12 miles southwest of Young, Dengler helped his parents on the homestead. Then in 1968, Dengler’s dad had an auction sale before buying the hotel in Young.

In 1972, the family sold the business and moved to where Dengler and wife Ellen currently reside. As Gord got older, he bought a quarter of land from his dad Frank and began expanding. As was the case with Gord and his father, he and son Blaire soon teamed up and have been going ever since.

“When there is two around it always makes it easier,” said Dengler who enjoys farming with Blaire. “Younger people know the technology. He is the one teaching me all the stuff and how to run it because I never grew up with that technology. It is pretty amazing how the machinery has changed and got bigger.”

Turning 64 in July, Dengler, like many other producers, has experienced his fair share of challenges. “We have faced a lot with low grain prices through the years

and high interest in the 1980s. We have had some poorer crops like those in 1988 when it was a disaster. It takes you some time to get back on your feet. These last four or fi ve years we have been able to take off some pretty good crops and the prices have been pretty good. But it never always seems to stay at one level for very long. I guess it also depends on the other countries too.”

The current backlog of rail cars has also been a headache for many farmers as they try and get grain moved.

“It is too bad that it had to get this way and backlogged,” said Dengler, who has been the reeve for the rural municipality of Morris for the past 14 years. “I don’t see too much going down the tracks here yet. I live beside the tracks and while I don’t see every train, I see a lot and I haven’t seen many much movement of grain cars.

“There are bills to be paid and everyone wants them to be paid . . . if we can’t sell our product, it is pretty tough to pay our bills.”

While challenges arrive, so too do changes. Dengler pointed out technology as being one of them.

“It is unreal how far technology has come. With your machinery like auto steer and on and on, it is pretty amazing.”

He also said they now spray for diseases which was something many did not do for years. Direct seeding also became something in his routine.

“The way we farm now, we don’t need as much moisture as we used too but we need timely rains. We got so much mulch in our soil now and that really holds to moisture from continuous cropping. If the heat doesn’t cook us out and we get timely rains, we can still grow a pretty good crop with a lot less moisture then

what we used to need.”The producer is also encouraged by

seeing a younger generation willing to step in or continue on with the farming tradition. “We have got to have that and it has been more inviting for the younger people coming in with grain prices going up. We went through some pretty lean years with people leaving and not coming.”

As for 2014, Dengler hopes that it will be reminiscent of the one previous, with good yields and solid crops.

“I hope the weather cooperates and we can all get out there and have another good year.”

Family farmingAfter moving to his current residence in 1972 (pictured below), Gord Dengler purchased land from his dad and began expanding his farm. Gord’s

son Blaire (above and to the right), then joined him in the fi eld and the two farm together west of Young. –– photos submitted by Gord Dengler

Blending inPerched on a hill east of Watrous, this older piece of farm machinery awaits warmer days when newer technology will join it in the fi elds around the area. –– photo by Daniel Bushman/TWM


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As your MLA for the Arm River-Watrous Constituency I am proud to support our government’s budget for the 2014-15 year and the fact that it is also a balanced budget. Below are the priorities that I brought forward: Advanced education

The Ministry of Advanced Education will receive $817.8 million, an increase $24 million or 3.7 per cent over last year to support operational increases and several key investments at post-secondary institutions. This includes a $12.3 million increase in operating funds, representing an average two per cent increase for universities, federated and affi liated colleges, technical institutes and regional colleges as well as a $19.8 million direct investment in First Nations and Metis education.

This budget will help make post-secondary education more affordable by providing $134 million in student supports including:

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· $32 million for the Student Aid Fund to support grants and bursaries through the Student Loan Program; and

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This budget also invests $60.5 million in surgical wait lists to support achievement of the three-month wait time target in all health regions by the end of 2014-15. It will provide investments in long-term care, home care, acute care, prescription drugs and other services for seniors. It also provides an additional $7 million for improvements to seniors’ care, including funding for the Home First/Quick Response pilot program.

Other priority investments include an additional $3.4 million for improved primary health care and more Collaborative Emergency Centres, and an increase of $2.6 million to continue incentives that encourage physicians to work in rural communities and provide locum physician relief for those who are temporarily away from their practices.

There is also an increase of $107.5 million to provide services through cancer centres in Regina and Saskatoon, offer prevention and early detection programs, and conduct research.

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A friendly wave by ‘donc’, the tin fi gure greeting those passing by and the banter of animals from different corners of the yard welcomes visitors to the Gingrich farm. Located between Simpson and Nokomis, Christine and Don took up residence on the property in November 2010.

Since that time, the number of two and four-legged animals has risen dramatically and it all started in the spring of 2011 when Christine began raising chickens.

Fifty-feathery birds were purchased with the intention to market and eat while another 50 were bought as laying hens.

“That fi rst winter, I got 26 eggs a day because of the beautiful weather,” Christine said. Working in Imperial, Gingrich began increasing her population after being offered chickens by a coworker. She then purchased more at local-area resident Murray Rintoul’s sale.

Now, a few years later, Gingrich’s chicken population has hatched to more than 20 different varieties. Walking through the yard, formerly occupied by Don’s parents Cam and Lil, a person can spot Andalusian, Wyandotte, Barred Rock, Naked Neck, Frizzle, Americanas, Australorp and Isa Browns which are Gingrich’s layers.

“Every time I see a different kind, I try and raise them.”

Gingrich said diffi culty in keeping chickens can vary from year to year. “This winter was hard because it was cold and you have to watch for diseases in chickens. It is easier to (raise) in the summer than the winter.”

With a large demand for fresh eggs from family and friends, Gingrich has been able to sell some of her produce while keep others.

“People like farm fresh eggs and

appreciate they can have farm fresh eggs.”

With lots of clucking going on, those are not the only two-legged creatures of the feather variety on the farm. Indian Runner, Blue Swedish, Pekin and Rouen ducks take up residence at the Gingrich’s to go along with a few geese. The contingent prefer to have their own space but are not shy from spotting a section of water.

Corralled amongst the bales and nice and warm during the early spring, Christine’s goats have been enjoying the recent sunshine. With new kids, including twins among the group, Gingrich has enjoyed raising them.

She fi rst acquired a Billie goat from Davidson and a few others from Lockwood. “They were nice and close so we went and

got them.”Last year eight

little ones were born and all were healthy. Located within the bunch are Boer, Alpine and Nubian goats with the latter pair of the breeds being more dairy goats.

“When we got them, I just wanted them for the grandchildren. The (grandkids) each get a goat and when I sell their goat I will put that money into a fund for their education when they grow up. So they get to come here and name them.”

Gingrich said seeing her grandkids

coming out to the farm and interacting with the animals and riding the tractor is pretty special.

“I think it is really important for them to see that food just doesn’t come from a store, like for example, eggs come from a chicken . . . other people’s kids can also come and look at the animals and go in amongst them. So many kids watch cartoons and see that the animals talk. Animals aren’t like that and kids still have to learn they have to be careful around animals too.”

With her kids grown up now, Gingrich

had animals when they were younger and said it is good for her kids to now pass on lessons learned from the farm to their kids as well.

Enjoying being back in a setting with lots of animals Gingrich said, “I have lived on a farm more than I have lived in town.”

Her parents also love to stop in and recently looked after the animals when Christine and Don headed south for a bull sale.

“My mom was out there constantly gathering eggs,” said Gingrich. “I try to bring them out here as often as I can and they love it.”

When Gingrich is home, in the mornings she is up early to feed the chickens and then checks on the group after work.

“It is relaxing. If I come home from work, I just zip out there and go and look after them. It is fun to see how they are changing and growing. I do enjoy it.”

With a dog and cats that patrol the yard, Don also has animals he raises. Along with brother Jeff, the pair have 250 cows that they calve out and “up until the last couple of years, we fi nished the calf crop right out to slaughter weight. This year we sold some off earlier but we still have 160 head of those around here.”

Because of the farm’s location, the brothers have been able to use the community pasture program with the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation

Administration (PFRA). “It is a way to stay on the farm,” said

Don. “Where we live, we have the PFRA pasture on the east side of us and the (Last Mountain Lake National) Wildlife Area to the south. We are surrounded by grass and it is a way to expand our farm without having to buy more land.”

Calving starts for the cows mid-March and by the end of May, the majority of calves will be born. Don also hops in the tractor to help with seeding, spraying, haying, making silage and harvesting.

“We have been here since 1965 when we moved off of dad’s father’s homestead. Basically the mine (at Guernsey) is where the farm used to be.”

Through the summer months, the majority of the herd is in the PFRA pasture. Don and Jeff also sell their beef, getting Model Meats out of Watrous to do the processing.

Don said the cattle, “is raised in a similar manner to most with no hormones and steroids.”

With a larger area at the farm, Christine plants a garden around 180 feet x 120 feet.

“There is usually about 20 rows and we got a lot of potatoes. Our deep freeze is right full and I do a lot of canning. The kids come home and help with that. They take stuff home with them and I just enjoy every part of it.

“Don is really good with helping me out and he never seems to mind,” Gingrich chuckled.

A gathering placeThere is lots to discover on Don and Christine Gingrich’s farm, located between Simpson and Nokomis. With a greeting by ‘donc’ (pictured left), visitors enter the farm where others like the goats (above), ducks (below) or even a newborn calf may say a hello in their own language. –– photos by Daniel Bushman/TWM

Pecking orderWith more than 20 varieties of chickens, the Gin-grich farm is a hub of activity. Christine enjoys raising the poultry along with a myriad of other

creatures. While Gingrich enjoys raising chickens, she also takes pride in seeing her other animals grow up. –– photos by Daniel Bushman/TWM

One of the goats at the Gingrich farm.

Country ConnectionCountry ConnectionTHE WATROUS MANITOU • MONDAY, MARCH 31, 2014 • 19

Dorothy Wolter • 363-2148Drake

Wednesday, Mar. 12, Chris Bergen and her mother Katherine Funk left Drake and drove to Swift Current to visit Katherine’s brother Victor Klippeastein. Later they drove to Medicine Hat to visit Katherine’s sister Margaret Telkie.

Mar. 12, the initiation team played against the dads and moms. One side was dressed in yellow and the other side in black. The score was 5-5. It was great to see the initiation team play.

Mar. 13, the Naicam midgets came to play hockey in the Sportsplex and lost 4-1 against Drake. Shots on goal were 29-40 for Naicam. Kelly Schmidt won the pot of gold.

Twice now I have seen

Florence Halvorson • 255-2358Colonsay

Mar. 18 bowling results were ladies high single - Gud-run Shier, 203 and high triple, 560. Men’s high single - Orest Romaniuk, 193 and high triple, 566.

Kaiser was played at the seniors centre Mar. 19. High score for ladies was Emma Yausie and second was Betty Rugg. High for men was Ernie Butler and second was Bill Beaton of Allan. Lunch was served by Shirley Fitzsimmons.

Get well wishes to Garth Rourke who is not feeling well.

Several folks attended the drama at Viscount Mar. 19.Ross and Jeanne Leffl er of Drumheller, Alta. spent

a few days with his sister Florence Halvorson. They visited nephew Dwaine, Michelle Halvorson and boys, Gilbert Halvorson, Diannia and Debra Bergstrom all of Saskatoon.

A bridal shower was held in the community hall for Jen Whitrow Mar. 23.

Darlene Baczuk spent a few days with her folks Andy and Margaret Baczuk at Kipling.

Al and Bev Garner, along with Bev’s mom Rita Law-rence, travelled to Swift Current to visit Jennifer and Geoff Bingham.

Born to Derek and Suzanne Peever Mar. 21 twins, Nicholas and Aurelia. Grandparents are Sheila Peever and Harvey Peever and Paul and Gloria Jeaneau.

Colonsay Co-op held its annual general meeting Mar. 20 with 74 people attending and enjoying a roast beef supper catered by the Colonsay Community Catering. Chairman and president Alan Garner called the meet-ing to order. Minutes from last year were read. Manager Sheila Peever gave the auditor’s report and fi nancial statement followed by her manager’s report with all the happenings from the past year. President Alan Garner gave the delegate’s report and the president’s report. The president mentioned the Co-op is in the process of purchasing 20 acres for a future project. Motion was passed to change the terms of which directors can sit on the board from three three-year terms to four three-year terms. Remuneration of directors had changed to 40 per cent of the directors per diem. Elected back on the board were Alan Garner (president), Bob Rugg (director) and Ruth Yausie (director) for a three-year term. With the structural and regulatory changes to the accounting profession in Canada, a motion was made to have MNP as their external auditors while FCL remains the in-ternal auditors. A question came up about the auditors and was answered by Sheila and the retail advisor Geoff German. Another question asked was the percentage of retails that make a profi t on their own after patronage and those who have a loss even after patronage. Retail advisor Geoff responded. Those in attendance taking home a door prize was Patsy Grey, Joan Campbell, Jim McVicor, Dianne Poncelet, Gerald Yausie, Bruno Schatz, Roy Grey, Shirley Fitzsimmons, Gail McVicar and Les Garner.Colonsay School news

Friday, Mar. 21, Colonsay School hosted an assem-bly in recognition of World Down Syndrome Day and a fundraiser in support of the Saskatchewan Down Syndrome Society. Morgan Heise was the emcee for the event. He introduced Josselyn Palm who spoke about in-clusion and what a great job we do at Colonsay School in supporting all of our students. Next, Chelsey Fitzsim-mons presented a PowerPoint with facts about Down syndrome. The highlight of the assembly was the Gr. 9 speaker, Quinten Hobman, who gave an informative, funny and heart-felt speech about his brother Emmet who has Down syndrome. It was an amazing speech. Finally, our SRC ended the assembly with a “turkey” cheer. Colonsay School students appreciated all the com-munity support for the event.

The fundraising aspect of the assembly consisted of students, parents, families and friends baking and decor-ating cakes for a contest and silent auction. The SRC awarded three winners of the cake contest. Third place went to Curtis Whitrow and family (Owen) with a Ninja Turtle cake, second place went to Cierra Quirk and all the children in her daycare with the giant cupcake. The fi rst place winners were the Schatz family: Darren, Kim, Brandan and Paitynn with a cake that looked exactly like a giant hamburger. All the cakes were amazing and we are very happy so many students participated. Each cake was then put up for silent auction. The Colonsay School staff and students raised $890 for such a worthy cause.

The Gr. 5 and 6 class just fi nished a unit on space. After many interesting activities, they concluded the unit with building mock space stations. The students had all the stations on display for parent-teacher inter-views and fi nished their unit with presentations to the Kindergarten class about space.

Elaine Wilson • 836-4711Simpson

I was very disappointed when the cold weather returned. I am hopeful the month of April will be better.

Dennis and Colleen Brooker spent two weeks at La

• NOTICE • Town of Colonsay

Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Colonsay intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No 49, known as the Zoning Bylaw.INTENTThe proposed bylaw will rezone Surface parcel 164327946 Blk/Par Z Plan 101958150 Extension 0 and parts of Mull Avenue Plan G4944 & NE 01-35-28 W2nd as outlined on the attached map, from A - Agricultural to M1 - Industrial.

REASONThe reason for the amendment is to provide for Business expansion.PUBLIC INSPECTIONAny person may inspect the bylaw at the Town Offi ce between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. Monday to Friday, beginning March 31st, 2014 until the Public Hearing on April 14th, 2014, excluding Thursday afternoons and holi-days. A copy of the bylaw will also be displayed at the Colonsay Town Offi ce and at the Colonsay Post Offi ce while the Town Offi ce is closed. Copies are available at cost.PUBLIC HEARINGCouncil will hold a public hearing on April 14th, 2014 at 8:00 P.M. at the Colonsay Town Offi ce to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments received at the hearing (or delivered to the undersigned at the municipal offi ce before the hearing).Issued at the Town of Colonsay this 31st day of March, 2014Deborah ProsperAdministrator

Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll

Town of Colonsay Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town

of Colonsay for the year 2014 has been prepared and is open to

inspection in the offi ce of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

on the following days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday

and from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Thursdays, March 27 to

April 28, 2014.

A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The 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 fi le his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor,

Town of Colonsay, Box 190, Colonsay, SK. S0K 0Z0 by the 28th day

of April, 2014.

Dated this 27th day of March, 2014.

Deborah Prosper,

Assessor.

Play del Carmen in Mexico enjoying the wonderful weather and water sports. Raymond and Sheila Newlove of Imperial accompanied them.

over 200 rail cars go south and north on the CP rail line in one trip.

The Drake Canucks and the Lanigan Pirates played Mar. 18. Shots on goal were 35-33. First period was 14-9 shots for Drake. Score was 5-3 for Drake. Tom Bergen won the pot of gold.

Mar. 18, the girls prepared chicken for the noon meal. Servers were Betty Friesen, Joanne Bergen and Myrna Ewert. Edna Meikle, Evelyne Friesen, Lorena Bartel, Mary Schmidt, Mary Ann Bartel, Jake and Sue Driediger, Ray and Florence Bartel, Susan Neufeld, Lena Kornelsen, Katherine Funk, Margaret Ewert, Mary Bergen and Dorothy Wolter attended. Absent were Marge Bartel

and Frieda Friesen.Get well wishes,

thinking of, prayers for children, teachers, bus drivers, patients in hospital, nurses, doctors in hospital,

caregivers, Margaret Leffl er, Henry Bartel, Margaret Gerbrandt (Saskatoon), Belle Mullet, Florence Boechler, Walter Driediger, and Frieda Friesen.

Ray of sunshineWith the clouds parting, the sun decided to push its way through and give some warmth to the ground covered in snow. With more sun on the way, it perhaps will not be long until the white is replaced by green. –– photo by Daniel Bushman/TWM


Gaylene Parry • 963-2961Imperial

Imperial wants to wel-come new residents. Have you moved to Imperial in the last year? Would you like a friendly visit with in-formation about the town’s businesses and invitations

Journeyman Technician

Flat shop-rate with lots of hours, wages $40 per hour plus bonuses, pension and health plan and moving allowance. Good sports community and

great place to raise your children.

REQUIRED IMMEDIATELY

Send résumés to: Watrous Mainline MotorsBox 70, Watrous, SK, S0K 4T0

or call: Gerald Merrifi eld or Don Campbell at 306-946-3336

or email: [email protected] or [email protected]

Service Writer Applicant must be energetic, friendly and good at

greeting people with a focus on customer satisfaction. Excellent wages, a company

benefi ts package and benefi t plan.

for large volume G.M. dealership in a central Saskatchewan town of 2,000.

Automotive Sales Consultant

Applicant must be energetic, customer service oriented and enthusiastic. Benefi ts include a

guaranteed wage, an aggressive pay, benefi ts and pension plan.

Notice of Preparation of Assessment RollResort Village of Etters Beach

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Resort

Village of Etters Beach for the year 2014 has been prepared and

is open to inspection in the offi ce of the assessor from March 28,

2014 through April 30, 2014 on Thursdays and Fridays between

the hours of 10:00 am and 12:00 noon and 1:00pm and 4:00pm.



required.



Resort Village of Etters Beach, Box 40, Stalwart, SK S0G 4R0 by the

30th day of April, 2014.


Michele Cruise-Pratchler,

Assessor.


Village of Zelma Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Village of

Zelma for the year 2014 has been prepared and is open to inspec-

tion in the offi ce of the assessor upon request.



required.



Village of Zelma, Zelma GMB #14, Allan, SK S0K 0C0 by the 30th

day of April, 2014.


Maxine Fischer,

Assessor.


Town of Imperial Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Town of

Imperial for the year 2014 has been prepared and is open to in-

spection in the offi ce of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon

and 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday,

March 24 to April 24, 2014.



required.



Town of Imperial, Box 90 Imperial, SK S0G 2J0 by the 24th day of

April, 2014.


Sheila Newlove,

Assessor.

Leasing Opportunity RM 313R.M. of Lost River has available for long term lease of Pt. NW

25- and Pt. NW and SW 36-31-1 W3. Off ers to council for

leasing must be made by Monday, April 7, 2014 at 5 p.m.

May be used for hay land or pasture.

Lease off ers to be sent to:

Administrator, R.M. of Lost River, #313, Box 159,

Allan, SK. S0K 0C0

Fax: 306-257-3337


Council reserves the right to select tenant on basis of off er

made. Questions, please call: 306-257-3272.

Sandra Reid • 944-2182Viscount

Breakfast at the Vis-count Seniors Mar. 22 was served to 16 people by Mary Joan Young and Chris Rault. The lucky loonie was won by John Dale. The seniors appreci-ate Chris and Mary Joan for volunteering.

Bowling scores for the week of Mar. 18: ladies high single - Fay Johnson (208); ladies high triple - Karen Vodicka (536); men’s high single - Garth Kirzinger (202); men’s high triple - Garth Kirzinger (546); team high single - Kirzinger (657); team high triple - Kirzinger (1905).

The Viscount Archery Club held its fi rst ever In-vitational Junior Olympic Program Fun Shoot Mar. 16. The clubs involved were from Duck Lake, Vanscoy, Saskatoon and

of course Viscount. There were 42 young archers who participated ranging from eight to 17 years old. They competed in compound bow, recurve bow and bare bow divisions. Medals were awarded to the win-ners in their respective levels and in all the shoot was a success. The Vis-count Archery Club hopes this will become a yearly event.

Viscount Adult Drama Club put on another fan-tastic drama perform-ance! Mar. 19 was dough-nut night with 80 adults and students attending. The Friday, Mar. 21 even-ing performance had 160 adults and Saturday, Mar. 22 evening performance had 200 adults attending. This year’s play was Said the Spider to the Spy, a

comedy by Fred Carmi-chael. This drama pres-entation was directed by Maureen Vossen and pro-duced by Arlene Clavelle. The actors were: Debi Poncelet, Elina Tetzlaff, Leona Goodsman, Travis Tetzlaff. Julie Tetzlaff, Fay Johnson, Pat Clavelle. Evelina Talevi-Edwards and Ethan Ward. A great performance by all kept the audience laughing and in suspense until the very end. The Viscount Adult Drama Club has been an active organization in the community for 17 years. The drama productions have raised over $63,000 for community projects. The winner for Friday night tickets for 2015 was Karen Dale (Plunkett) and the winner for Saturday night tickets was Elmer Dieno. The 50/50 draw winner for Friday night was Nicole

to local events? Please call or email Kerry Hecker 306-836-4466; [email protected] or Sheila New-love at the Imperial town offi ce 306-963-2202. Town tours available./13-1p

Deloris Wilson (Sutherland) • 944-4852Plunkett

Last week there were seven deer in our back yard. They are very interesting to watch.

Sharon Dunbar was away to Dana last weekend to see her grandson John Dunbar.

Several folks enjoyed breakfast at the Plunkett Com-munity Centre last Saturday.

The band Long Shot was at the Plunkett Hotel.Curling fans enjoyed the Women’s World Curling in

New Brunswick.Several folks attended the Collectors Show at the ex-

hibition grounds in Saskatoon.Several folks are looking forward to the Viscount

drama night.Sunday, Mar. 16, the Wilson family took us out for

brunch at the Heritage Inn. It was a great outing.It was nice hearing from my granddaughter Erin

Stanley from New Zealand who phoned me on my birth-day. They are coming to Canada June 18. Erin’s husband and Ben’s dad are also coming with them. He has never been to Canada so it should be a very interesting trip for him.

Friday, Mar. 28, a rural municipality supper was held at the Plunkett hall. A ladies meeting was held to organ-ize the supper.

Congratulations to Gerald and Inger Olah who be-came grandparents to a baby born to their son Curtis and his wife in Calgary.

Several folks are returning home from Yuma.The fl u bug has hit many folks.Get well greetings to anyone ill and in the hospital.

We wish them a speedy recovery.Anyone having any news, please phone me at 306-944-

4852. Thank you.

Wutke from Regina and Saturday night 50/50 draw was Darlene Pitchko. The drama club needs approxi-mately 50 volunteers each evening. There were eight students who volunteered for each night; some stu-dents even served both nights. The drama club is hoping to see everyone next year!

A big welcome to Ms. Ni-cole Molnar who has been hired until the end of June 2014 as Viscount Central School’s new Kindergart-en teacher. Ryan Heritage has accepted the position as principal of Viscount Central School for the 2014-2015 school year.

Best wishes to anyone who is under the weather. I hope you feel better soon. If you have any news to share please pass it on to me. Thank you and have a great week.


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Russell Henryk lived a long and fruitful life. He loved what he did and he accomplished much of what he dreamed about as a young man. Knowing this made his pass-ing easier to accept, although still diffi cult. What also eased our sorrow were the acts of kindness shown to him and our family in the fi nal months of his life. To those who took the time to visit Russell in the hospital and then the care facility in Imperial, our very sincere thanks. Those visits meant the world to him and he often talked about them. To those thoughtful, generous people who have offered sup-port with fl owers, cards, bak-ing and other treats, thank you. To those who took the time to attend the memorial in the civic centre and who con-tinue to be simply “there” with conversation and coffee, we also share a heartfelt thank you. Friends and family really are the most important things in life.

- Joyce Henryk and family

Thank you very much to family and friends for all the nice things you have done for me since my hip surgery. The tasty meals, homemade soup, buns, bread, delicious desserts, cards, fl owers, phone calls and visits have been much appreciated. It makes recovery easy. Thanks everyone.

- Maureen Bergsveinson

Thank you for your donation of deer sheds in 2013 used in my soapstone sculptures: Ken Airey, Randy Deneiko, Jay Abrey, Peter Sundquist, Larry Regier, Metro Bodnarek and Dave Reid. Anyone who fi nds yearling sheds this spring and is willing to part with them, please contact Helen Herr 306-946-2361.

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WINE GLASSES FOR RENT. Over 600 - 6 1/2 oz. glasses. Call Danceland. 306-946-2743 or 1-800-267-5037./5tfc

SMALL ENGINE SALES and services. Repairs on all makes and models of snowblowers, mowers, tillers, etc. Call Mark 306-946-3078./41-24p

A HEAD OF STYLES, 310 8th Ave. E., Watrous. Hair cut-ting; styling; certifi ed barber; ear piercing (incl. earrings); waxing and eyelash dying. Ph. Barbara McDonald 306-946-2422 for appt./5tfc

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MEGER,Jenny

May 1, 1935 -Mar. 1, 2014

Jenny Meger, aged 78 years, passed away at St. Paul’s Hospital, Saskatoon on Saturday, March 1, 2014.

Jenny was born May 1, 1935 on the family home-stead at Bonnyville, Alta. the third child of Karl and Bernice Malishewski. She attended school at Bear Trap Lake and high school at Fort Kent. After gradua-

tion she joined the air force. In 1955, she was stationed at Parent, Que. and served in the armed forces for fi ve years. Then she moved home to Bonnyville, where she worked at MacLeods for eight years and while there met Gerry. On September 12, 1968 Jenny and Gerry got mar-ried and together they had one daughter, Cynthia. They moved to Watrous, Sask. She worked at Mike’s Beach Bar, the Burger Corral and the Town of Watrous. She retired in 1998. Jenny enjoyed gardening, especially growing fl owers. Her life was devoted to family and friends. Her grandchildren were the light of her life.

Jenny is survived by her husband of 45 years, Gerry; daughter Cynthia (Len) Dreger; grandchildren Seth, Chloe, Xander and Jax; and siblings Helen, Ted, Frank and Joe.

She was predeceased by her parents and brother Henry.

A private family service was held at Fotheringham’s Funeral Chapel, Watrous on March 7.

Interment took place at Watrous Cemetery.Memorial donations directed to the Lung Association

of Saskatchewan would be appreciated.To leave online condolences, tributes or to make a do-

nation, please visit www.fotheringham-mcdougall.com

GUSIKOSKI,Jeffrey Patrick

The family is very saddened to announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Jeffrey Gusikoski, 29 years of age from Viscount.

Jeffrey was born in Saskatoon on December 14, 1984 to Les and Sandy (nee Dieno) Gusikoski second of fi ve children. He obtained all of his education at Viscount. Following his schooling he was employed by KWH Pipe in Saskatoon then joined his brother Mitch at Champion Drilling Co. in Alberta. He later moved back to Viscount

and began employment at the Allan PCS mine in production. This past summer he obtained a millwright apprenticeship completing his fi rst year at the end of February. This was something he worked very hard at and was very proud of his accomplishment. Jeff was very active in sports as a young person such as baseball, rugby, broomball and hockey to name a few. He also enjoyed camping, snorkeling and fi shing but his love was for music and poetry. He taught himself to play guitar and could also sing and write beautiful poems. He continued to play hockey at the senior level at Viscount and Imperial, at one point Jeff and his three brothers were on the same hockey team, which was coached by their dad. The proudest moment of his life was when he became a father to Aurora, he would take many photos and share them with everyone. Jeff was so pleased to have picked her middle name, Dawn. This love also extended to the son of his heart, Christopher. Jeff was a great, loving and caring dad and he always put his children fi rst. He was very quick to learn things, usually you only had to show him once and he could do the job at hand. Always ready to lend a helping hand to anyone in need, especially his brothers, he was there for any task needed. His family was very important and he had a close relationship with each and every one of them. He worked hard at everything he did and always gave 100 per cent. Jeff continued to get better and better with age in all areas of his life. Jeff was a very fun loving, life of the party kind of guy with a wonderful sarcastic wit about him.

Jeff will be sadly missed and lovingly remembered by his daughter Aurora, son of his heart Christopher and their mother Candise Grey all of Viscount; his parents Les and Sandy Gusikoski of Viscount; three brothers and a sister and their families: Lee (Jerri) Gusikoski and daughter Gracyn of Humboldt, Mitch (Chandra) Gusikoski, Vince Gusikoski and Lacey Gusikoski all of Viscount; maternal grandparents Elmer and Gerrie Dieno and fraternal grandparents Tony and Mary Gusikoski all of Viscount and by numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends.

A prayer service was held on March 19. A funeral mass was held March 20 conducted by Rev. Joseph Jaeck OMI. Both services were held at St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Church in Viscount.

Interment followed at St. Alphonse Roman Catholic Cemetery.Memorial donations in Jeff ’s memory may be directed to his daughter’s trust fund

- Gusikoski Family Trust Fund. Please make cheques payable to Gusikoski Family Trust Fund at any Conexus Credit Union in Saskatchewan.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Malinoski & Danyluik Funeral Home, Humboldt.

IN MEMORYHAMILTON - Bernice, Apr. 9, 1942 - Apr. 5, 2013:

Gone but not forgotten,Although we are apart,Your spirit lives with us,Forever in our hearts.- Loved and missed by Bob Hamilton and the Chamney and Leniuk families.

SAWA - In loving memory of our loving mother, grand-mother and great grand-mother Anna, who passed away Mar. 31, 1989:

There is a gift in life that you cannot buy

That’s very rare and trueIt’s a gift of a wonderful

mother,The many things she did for

usYou gave us years of

happinessWhich no one can take

away.They say time heals the

sorrow we bearNothing will be forgottenOf the joy we share with

you.Mom, we will remember

every precious moment we shared.

The love we shared, the smile, the tears

We know God took you for he could not see you bear much more pain

We are full of gratitudeFor having you as a mother,

grandmother and great grandmother.

You gave us the wisdom to carry on our journey.

- Lovingly, remembered and greatly missed by your family.

HOPE FLOATS SERVICES. Field diagnostics in disease and insects; spray drift and hail insurance analysis; feed test probes and ration balan-cing; business planning and rotations. Please call 306-946-8107 (cell)./5tfc

LONG LAKE TRUCKING, Imperial, Sask. Custom haul-ing of grain, fertilizer and hay. Ph. 306-963-2726 or cell 306-567-7100./5tfc

RON’S CARPENTRY, Wat-rous. For renovations, re-pairs, new construction. Ph. Ron Frey, 306-946-2638./5tfc

WATROUS CARPET CARE. For all your carpet and up-holstery cleaning call Al at 306-946-3535. Free estimates./5tfc

DUMONT HOME SERVICE. Dealer for Whirlpool, Inglis and Maytag appliances. Local sales and service. Now ac-cepting Sears Card, Master-card and Visa. Call 306-946-3800./42-48c

HAMMERJAMMER: CAR-PENTER and musician. Small additions, basement renovations, decks, fences, vinyl siding, window and door installations, baseboards, casing and more. Also “One Man Band” available for house parties and special functions. Call Gene at 306-946-2120./5tfc

CUSTOM GRAIN AND FER-TILIZER hauling. McIntosh Trucking, Simpson. Ph. 306-836-2034, cell 306-567-7506./5tfc

ROD BURKITT CUSTOM grain hauling. Ph. 306-946-7601 or 306-946-7431./5tfc

(ORGANS ELECTRONIC pianos - keyboards) Organ & Keyboard Service Corp. is organizing service trips again to this area. Call us toll free to inquire at: 1-888-256-8188, email: [email protected]

SERVICES

LORNE JONES306-946-3991

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SAWSHARPENING

All circular bladesincluding carbide and

chainsaw chains

NEED SOMEONE TO PRE-PARE meals and oversee household duties for my 16-year-old son while I am working out of province. Wel-come to live in, free room and board. Please call Sheldon 306-946-2939, Watrous for more information./12-4p

POUND-MAKER, A LARGE scale integrated feedlot/etha-nol facility operating at Lani-gan, Sask. has an immediate opening for: feed truck driver, equipment operator and yard maintenance. Pound-Maker offers a comprehensive bene-fi t package that includes a health benefi ts plan and pen-sion. Compensation will be based on experience. Please forward resumes to Pound-Maker Agventures Ltd., P.O. Box 519, Lanigan, Sask. S0K 2M0, fax 306-365-4283, email [email protected] www.pound-maker.ca /12-2c

HELP WANTED

Books of memorial verses available for your selection at the Watrous Manitou. Stop in at 309 Main Street.

Classifi ed deadline Wed. 5 p.m.


FOR RENT

Royal Suites101 Main St.,

Young, Sk.Call for more information 306-259-4501

DAILY • WEEKLY MONTHLY

Rental Units 9-48p

CAPTAIN COOKE SEEDS has certifi ed Copeland barley. Phone 306-946-7446./6-12c

LIVESTOCK FOR SALEPOLLED YEARLING CHARO-LAIS bulls for sale. Will semen test and deliver. Layne and Paula Evans, Kenaston. 306-252-2246./12-8p

BULLS FOR SALE: 18 2-year old registered Black Angus bulls. Call David or Pat 306-963-2639 or 306-963-7739, Imperial, Sask./7-13p

5tfc

One bedroom senior unit available

immediately in Young.

Contact [email protected]

Affordable familyhousing units

for rent in Young.Utilities not included.

Pound-MakerHay, Barley and Wheatrequired for

immediate delivery.For more information contact:

306-365-4282

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WANTED TO RENTRESPONSIBLE, QUIET 19-year-old young man looking for accommodation Sunday nights to Friday mornings from Apr. 30 - Oct. 31 while at-tending electrician program at CTRC. Can provide own food and will return home to Sas-katoon on weekends. Dom-inic 306-974-6994 or Leeanna (mom) 306-203-0525./12-4p

SEEKING FULL-TIME HELP for modern grain farm in the Imperial area. Duties include seeding, spraying, harvesting, grain hauling and general farm mainten-ance. Working knowledge of a farm and a class 1A licence benefi cial. Wage package based on experience. Email resume to [email protected] or phone Kevin at 306-963-7729./9-5p

HELP WANTED

MASSEY #36 DISCERS. Will pay up to $200; will pick up. Andrew, 306-946-9669, 306-259-4923./5tfc

WANTED

4G SASKTEL SATELLITE IN-TERNET powered by Xplor-net. Packages start at $44.99. Free basic installation. Free equipment rental. One time $99 activation fee on 3 year contract. SaskTel authorized dealer, DDC Communica-tions, 307 Main St., Watrous. 306-946-3542./5tfc

PIANO AND CLAW-FOOT bathtub, $500. Both in good condition. Phone for more information, 306-946-6449./5tfc

WHITE FREESTANDING, enclosed soaker bathtub. Never used, new. $600, asking $300. Ph. 306-946-2431./12-4p

BISON MEAT - GRASS FED, all-natural bison meat for sale. Tracy 306-946-3863./5tfc

WHY PAY MORE ELSE-WHERE? “Everyday low price.” All major appliances selling at cost + $10. Watrous Furniture, 306-946-3542./5tfc

FIREWOOD FOR SALE. Jack pine cut and split. Ph. 306-365-2599./5tfc

BELL SATELLITE TV RENT-AL. One free HD receiver or HDPVR rental. One time $49.95 install fee on 2 year contract. The Source au-thorized dealer, DDC Com-munications, 307 Main St., Watrous. 306-946-3542./5tfc

SASKTEL SATELLITE IN-TERNET powered by Xplor-net is now available. Shaw Direct Satellite systems for sale. Free installation and programming promotions have been extended. At Sat-ellite Plus we are certifi ed Xplornet, Shaw installers and we also carry a full inventory of all regular and HD receiv-ers. Call Dwayne at 306-946-2828./5tfc

OFFICE SUPPLIES: receipt books, purchase order books, invoice pads, statement pads, adding machine tape. The Watrous Manitou, 309 Main St. Watrous. 306-946-3343.

FOR SALE

VEHICLES FOR SALE2004 DODGE RAM SRT10; 1500 reg cab, loaded, 6 speed manual, leather inter-ior. Black on black. 66,000 km, $22,500. Give Jim a call, 306-946-4027./5tfc

For your buying or selling needs contact:

Stan Hall306-725-7826

LANE REALTY CORP.Saskatchewan’s Farm & Ranch Specialists

www.lanerealtycorp.com

LANE REALTY CORP.

Ph: 306-569-3380 Fax: 306-569-3414

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ACREAGE FOR SALE. 2,200 sq. ft. home, newly renovat-ed, 30’ x 40’ heated shop with overhead door. Well treed, very private. Natural gas and very good water supply. For more information contact Shane 306-946-7447 or 306-946-4044./5tfc

REAL ESTATE

WESTERN PREMIUM PROP-ERTY Management Saska-toon and area for rent: 3 bdrm house, Colonsay, $1,600 plus utilities; 5 bdrm house, Young, $1,250 plus utilities. Ph. 306-361-5427./13-3p

2 BDRM APT. DOWNTOWN area Watrous. Non-smok-ing, no pets. Ph. 306-946-2837./13-3p

HOUSE FOR RENT 215 John St., Manitou Beach. Up to three individuals or family of four. No pets. $800/mo. plus utilities. Ph. 306-946-3665./11-3p

1,500 SQ. FT. 3 BDRM SUITE in Watrous. Ph. 306-365-2062./7-7p

HOUSE FOR RENT OR FOR sale in Watrous. Opportunity for investors. Totally reno-vated. Brand new fi ve appli-ances included. Large treed yard. Non-smokers and no pets. Ph. 306-946-7223./10-6p

MANITOU BEACH HOUSE for rent. 3 bdrm. Fully fur-nished, w/d. Minimum 6 month lease. $1,000/mo. plus utilities. Call 306-587-7054 to view./9-5c

FOR RENT IN YOUNG fully furnished 1 and 2 bdrm apart-ments. For more informa-tion call Shirley after 6 p.m. at 306-259-4902 or Tammy at 306-209-4966, leave message./8-6p

ATTENTION CONTRACT-ORS: for rent in Young. Fur-nished 3 bdrm rental house, by the room; weekly or monthly. Included - TVs in all bedrooms with cable and cleaning service. Call Terry, 306-227-3675./6tfc

1980 MOBILE HOME IN Young. 12’ x 68’; 3 bdrm. $695/mo. Rent to own option available. For more informa-tion phone 306-716-0913 or 780-983-1308./6-12p

ONE BEDROOM APART-MENT available at Allan Cen-tennial Seniors Residence, includes parking, laundry facilities, utilities and has a spacious common room. For applications please call Pam 306-944-4331./5tfc

ONE BDRM FURNISHED apartment for rent at Mani-tou Beach. Water/elect./heat included. No pets. Available immediately. Ph. 306-946-4027./4tfc

2 BDRM/1 BATHROOM apartment in Watrous. Ph. 306-554-7397./2tfc

HOUSES FOR RENT IN Watrous. 1 to 4 bdrm. Call Ryan, 306-946-7993./5tfc

ONE OR TWO BDRM apart-ments in Watrous. Please call for availability. Ph. 306-946-7505./5tfc

FOR RENT

2 DUPLEXES FOR SALE; located in Watrous 511 and 513 4th Ave. E. Contact Mark 306-946-7811 or Gary 306-946-7118./5tfc

REAL ESTATE

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Dynamite, coal and boom!

■ submitted by Alvin Dieno/ColonsayIn the early spring of 1974, I assisted in repairing a water

main break in Colonsay, one of several that winter. The frost had penetrated to a depth of eight feet, which meant digging up the break would be diffi cult. The backhoe doing the digging had no frost hook, so breaking up the frozen soil would be slow and tedious. After the trench reached a depth of about four feet, the operator of the backhoe de-cided we should use a wee bit of dynamite to loosen up the soil. The bystanders, who were sidewalk superintendents, thought this was an excellent idea and nodded their ap-proval. So a hole was made for this little bit of dynamite or boom powder they called it, a fuse was attached and a fi nal word of “get the heck out of here” was given and the fuse was lit. We are now waiting for the big boom. Now the fella who resides directly across from the trench was observing this production with a look of no! no! from his living room window, a big picture window. Everyone in the area was waiting for the big explosion and fi nally it came. One big clod of frozen earth large enough to fi ll a wheelbarrow, at least it looked that big, was on route for that picture win-dow, gained altitude and sailed over the house and the resi-dent hit the fl oor with hands in prayer. The idea of using oversize fi recrackers was now abandoned.

A new idea has come into play. The operator suggested that I go to Watrous and obtain some booker coal from Mac Mellesmoen and we will use it to thaw the trench.

On my return with the coal, we fi lled the trench with straw for an ignitor and placed the coal on the top of the straw. Now being inventive, the operator placed used ex-haust pipes with holes drilled in them in the trench and used a Hoover vacuum of mine to push air through the pipes creating a draft to assist in burning the coal. After a while an inspection was made as to how the frost was thaw-ing. When he examined the trench he said to me, “Turn off the vacuum and we will put it on the other end of the trench, well maybe not, I think it can stay where it is so turn it on again.”

Big, big mistake. The coal gas had seeped into the vac-uum and boom! Half of the vacuum fl ew directly toward the picture window and the resident hit the fl oor for the second time. The vacuum cover cleared the house and landed in the back yard and amazingly enough, the vac-uum was still running. After the second encounter the resident asked us if we planned any further destruction attempts and we meekly replied with no eye to eye contact that the use of possible excessive force was not going to be used in the near future. The coal did its job, the water main was repaired and yes, I still have that vacuum and it is still in working condition.

By the way, the sidewalk supervisors claim no respon-sibility for any activity that was used during or after this major crucial repair.

Is my hay stand worth

keeping?■ submitted by Charlotte Ward, PAg, regional forage specialist, Yorkton, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture

It is that time of year again when forage producers are often faced with the diffi cult decision as to whether they should break and re-seed, rejuvenate or maintain their current hay stand. There are a number of factors that will impact this decision, including the presence of weedy species, abundance of mole hills and/or excessive roughness and the presence and vigor of desirable forage species such as alfalfa, which maximize forage production.

So how do forage producers assess their stands to know when to take the stand out of production?

When assessing the stand in the spring, wait until the alfalfa reaches a height of four inches and count the number of living individual plants or crowns. Taking stand counts too early can give a false assessment. In the fi rst full year of production, the alfalfa plant density should be within a range of 12 to 20 plants per square foot. As the stand ages, it is normal for the number of plants to decline. In the spring of the second production year, target eight to 12 plants per square foot and in the third production year there should be a minimum of fi ve plants per square foot. If there is adequate soil fertility and weeds are not a problem, some alfalfa stands with four or fi ve plants per square foot will yield as much as older stands with more plants per square foot as individual alfalfa plants will respond to decreasing stand density by producing more stems per plant. Increasing the number of stems per plant compensates for fewer plants and can maintain forage yield.

If assessing the stand during the growing season, research from the University of Wisconsin

suggests that alfalfa stem counts can give a more accurate indication of potential forage yield. Stem counts should be done when alfalfa plants are a minimum of six inches tall. A general rule of thumb is to target a minimum of 55 stems per square foot to maximize yield.

The third method used to assess the current and future yield potential of hay stands is to dig up a number of alfalfa plants. A minimum of six inches of plant root and crown is needed to examine them for new buds and crown and root health. When split open, healthy plants will have fi rm, white roots and the root bark will be resistant to peeling. Unhealthy roots will have a yellow or brownish color and will be soft and stringy. Unhealthy roots and crowns will make the plant more at risk to winter damage, diseases and yield loss potential.

If desirable plant populations are good but production is low, one major factor to consider is soil fertility as this can have large impact on yield potential. If fertility levels are suspect, consider doing a soil test and working with an agrologist to develop a fertility program for the stand.

The decision to break and re-seed can be tough to make and producers need to consider rejuvenation options, alternative forage sources, forage quality and the increase in production potential of a new stand. In some cases, breaking and re-seeding is not necessary. The stand may benefi t from rejuvenation or be sustainable under the current management practices. Ultimately, producers have to do a cost-benefi t analysis to aid in the decision-making process.

For more information on this or other topics please call the Yorkton Ministry of Agriculture offi ce, the Agriculture Knowledge Centre or visit www.agriculture.gov.sk.ca/

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Seed Production SpecialistBrett Young Seeds

Peace Region, AB

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The successful candidate will have a proven ability to plan and manage his/her time effectively and have strong communication skills both internally and externally to promote, support and grow our Seed Production division. Brett Young provides sales and product training, however, education, training and experience in sales and/or agronomy is a definite asset and a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture is preferred.

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FUNERAL SERVICES


WATROUS CONCRETE for all your concrete and gravel needs - crushed rock, sand and fi ll gravel. Ph. 306-946-2040, Ger-ald 306-946-2392, Brad 306-946-2146./40-24c

FOTHERINGHAM- McDOUGALL FUNERAL SERVICE: Earl Mosewich, Marianne Mosewich, Allan Mosewich and Dave Somers. www.fotheringham-mcdougall.com Box 507, Watrous, SK S0K 4T0. Ph. 306-946-3334. /40-24c

TRI-CENTRAL INSURANCE INC. Grain Insurance, Germania Mutual, Sask. Mutual, Home, Auto, Commercial, Farm, Hail, Blue Cross, GMS. Ph. 306-836-4446, Simpson; 306-963-2004 Imperial (Wed.); or 306-946-2864, Watrous./9-5c

WESTERN FINANCIAL GROUP - Watrous. Motor Licence Issuer. Home, farm, auto, commercial, hail, travel. Hours: Mon. to Fri., 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Sat., 9 a.m. to 12, 1 to 5 p.m. Ph. 306-946-3655. Toll free 1-888-669-2235. www.westernfi nancialgroup.ca /40-24c

ELECTRICAL

LEWIS AGENCIES LTD.: William E. (Bill) Lewis, B.Comm., CGA and Sharon Crittenden, CFP; Box 239, Imperial, Sask. S0G 2J0; 1-306-963-2022; Toll Free 1-800-667-8911./40-24c

H & R BLOCK. Della Hill, Mgr., Watrous. Bus.: 306-946-3585; Res.: 306-963-2731./40-24c

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GOVERNMENT

INVESTMENTS

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Monday: 9-12 1-5Thursday: 9-12 1-5

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9-5c

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Trailer sales

General Contractors“The name says it all.”

For all your building needs, by

experienced personnel.306-946-2549

Watrous, SKfor a free estimate 5-

48c

Quality PlusConstruction Ltd.

CLEANING & RESTORATION SPECIALISTS LTD.

Carpet/Upholstery Cleaning

Emergency Flood/Fire Damage Cleanup

Furnace Duct Cleaning

Specializing in Insurance Claims306-682-1999/TF 1-877-895-1999

24/7 EMERGENCY CALL:

306-231-3500book on-line:

www.actionhelps.com

INSTITUTE

CERTIFICATION

ofINSPECTIONCLEANING

andRESTORATION

Certifi ed Firm 18-48c

HUMBOLDT DENTAL CLINIC. Of-fi ce hours 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mon. - Thurs. and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fri. 617 7th St., Humboldt. Phone 306-682-2313. After hours call Dr. W. Prokopishin 306-682-4150./12-48c

WATROUS DENTAL CENTRE, 107 3rd Ave. E. Dr. Michele Ack-erman. Offi ce hours: Mon.-Thurs., 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ph. 306-946-2131 (Emergency, 306-946-7586)/7-24c

RIACH FINANCIAL• Financial Planning

• Retirement• Tax & Estate

Planning• RRSP, RRIF, RESP

Insurance(Life, Disability, Critical Illness,

Long Term Care)

Bill Riach, CFPbill@riachfi nancial.ca

Phone: 306-946-2176or 866-528-2032

9-48c

EAVESTROUGHINGKELLY’S EAVESTROUGHS SERV-ICE, Imperial, Sask. Continuous 5” eavestroughs, commercial and resi-dential. For more information and estimates call 306-963-2087./8-24c

WoidenWoiden Construction Ltd.Construction Ltd.

SNOW REMOVALSNOW REMOVALWater & Sewer Contractors

Excavating • Sand • Gravel

Rock • Topsoil

7-48

pPh: 306.946.1177Cell: 306.946.7513

FINANCIAL SERVICES

C - STORES

PIP’S

• Open 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. daily• Gas, Diesel, Lotto• Large Selection of Confectionery

Hwy. 2 & Main, Watrous 5-48

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306-946-2666306-946-2680

ACCOUNTANTS

CONCRETE

FOOT REFLEXOLOGY AT Mani-tou Beach. Refl exology is a natu-ral healing art based on the prin-ciple that there are refl exes in the feet which correspond to every part, gland and body organ. Ap-plication of pressure on these re-fl exes relieves tension, improves circulation and promotes body bal-ance. For appointments call Don (certifi ed refl exologist) at 306-220-4516./7-24p

MANITOU SPRINGS MINERAL Spa has certifi ed massage thera-pists. Free swim before and after all massages. Manicures, pedicures, refl exology and full line of men’s treatments and many other treat-ments available. Gift certifi cates available. Call 306-946-2233 and ask for spa desk./37-24c

RANDY’S REMEDIAL MASSAGE Therapy, Watrous. Motor veh. ac-cident and work related injuries welcome. Gift certifi cates availa-ble. Flexible hours: Mon. - Wed. 9 a.m. - 10 p.m.; Thurs. - Fri. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturdays by pre-booked appointment. Call Randy Deneiko, 306-946-2605./40-24c

WATROUS Massage, 311 Main St., Watrous. Featuring massage therapy, hot stone massage and Theralase low level laser treatment. Treatments are done by registered massage therapist and certifi ed laser specialist Kyla McDonald. Insurance claims welcome. Gift certifi cates available. Open Mon. - Thurs., 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. and Fri. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. For more information or to book an appointment please call Kyla at 306-946-2141./40-24c

COMPUTERSBERGEN COMPUTERS. Serv-ing Watrous and area for over 20 years. Gary Bergen, B.Sc. Sales, service, networks, website and graphic design. 311 8th Ave. E., Watrous. 306-946-2061. www.bergencomputers.com /13-48c

CLEANING & RESTORATION

Business & Community DirectoryBusiness & Community Directory

• Custom Cutting• Slaughtering • Curing• Homemade Sausage

5-48c

HAIR SALONS

INSURANCE

CIC ELECTRICService Ltd.

Phone Charles: 306-946-2013

For all your farm, residential,

commercial needs!! Trenching and

private line locates also available!!

606 - 2nd Ave. E., Watrous

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SINK LAW OFFICESINK LAW OFFICEBarrister and Solicitor, Mediator

Pauline Sink, B.A., J.D.219 Evenson Ave.,

Manitou Beach, SK S0K 4T1Flexible hours and home visits.

Call for appointment306-946-3141 6-

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MIZ BOJANGLES HAIR SALON, Mall at 3rd & Main, Watrous.Open Tues. to Sat. Cuts for men, wom-en and children. Retail items from suppliers like: American Crew, Matrix/Biolage, Kenra, Nioxin and more! Shampoo paks for men and women, combs and brushes, curling irons, straighteners, lots of styling aids. Bargain bins with a little of this and that! Shawna Hanson 306-946-3033./37-24c

WATROUSEYECAREO P T O M E T R I S T S

Dr. Kevin Woodard Dr. Russ SchultzA N D A S S O C I A T E S

PARNERS OF

AND ASSOCIATES

306.946.2166For Appointments Call

Open Monday & Wednesday

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Kelly Gullacher306.963.7471

• Furnace installation/repair• water heaters • boilers

• gas fitting • a/c. ☎ Call for

custom-built sheet metal.

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For all your Residential Plumbing & Heating needs:

gas fi tting, air conditioning,

roto rooter, furnace installations & repair,

water heaters & softeners.Serving Watrous & area.

306-946-3578 41-2

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KO Plumbing & Heating

For emergency after hours and weekends call: 306-917-7688

SHARON CRITTENDEN, Certi-fi ed Financial Planner. Retire-ment, estate and fi nancial con-sulting, business plans, GICs, RRSP, Mutual Funds and other investments. Box 239 306-963-2022 Imperial, Sask. S0G 2J0./40-24c

WESTERN FINANCIAL GROUP - RRSPs, RRIFs, GICs, Seg Funds, Life Insurance, Disabil-ity Insurance, Critical Illness In-surance, Group Benefi t Plans, Health Insurance, Travel Insur-ance. 306-946-3655, 107 Main St., Watrous./45-48c

MASSAGE THERAPY

DARRELL’S CARPENTRY. Jour-neyman carpenter. New homes, renovations, interior fi nishing, custom cabinetry, all your carpen-try needs. Darrell Baschak at 306-946-8492./40-48p

DMHPLUMBING

& HEATING LTD.Providing Professional Service to

Watrous & Area Since 2000Plumbing • Heating

Air Conditioning • Gas Fitting Water Heaters • Softeners

Air & Water Purifi cation SystemsRoto Rooter • New Construction

Service & Repairs

306-946-2080 5-48

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CONSTRUCTION/ GENERAL CONTRACTORS

PAINTING

KEVIN MURDOCK306-230-1467

[email protected] BENKO

306-934-4462

INTERIOR • EXTERIOR

COMMERCIAL • RESIDENTIAL

Professional,

Wall Coverings, Acrylics,

Epoxies and Elastomerics

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Advertise where your customers are: in the pages of TWM!

LEGAL

J & G ROOFING

Watrous, SK New roofs Re-roofs Metal roofs Torch on

Shingles We will also do siding

35 years experience! Insurance Claims!

[email protected]

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DENTISTS

DECALS

Interior or exterior vinyl decals.

Designs and signs of any size to

meet youradvertising needs.

Call Roxanne306-946-2256 (shop) 306-946-7863 (cell)

[email protected]

Melron Graphics

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CUSTOM APPAREL

MASSAGE THERAPYNANCY’S SPA (REGISTERED Massage Therapist). $60/ 1 hr. in-cludes $5 aromatherapy with Y.L. essential oils. Please phone Nan-cy Hill for appointment until May 31 306-963-2559./11-11p

GRID POWER

SERVICEContact Paul at:

306-836-7008

Box 262, Simpson, SK.S0G 4M0

[email protected]

Residential/Commercial/Industrial

12-24p

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Business and CommunityDirectory continued on

coming events page12-5c

Doug WoidenCell: 306-946-9759 48

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EasyView Mirrors• Attaches to any model

skid steer.• Unlike others on the

market.• Hundreds sold to dealers.• Magnets provide strong

hold.


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Stretching across

A rather long line of railcars were stationed just south of

Watrous before rolling on to their next destination.

–– photo by Daniel Bushman/TWM

- THIS WEEK AT COFFEE Time we will be viewing the story of Fanny Crosby, the author of many of our familiar hymns. Join us at the Baptist Church at 7 p.m., Thurs., Apr. 3./13-1c

- BRAD JOHNER AND THE Johner Boys, Apr. 5, Imperial Community Centre. Happy hour 6:30 p.m., show 7:30 p.m. $40 per person. Tickets at Centennial Ford or phone Keith Busche 306-963-2754./11-3c

- YOUNG COMMUNITY HALL Fish Fry, Sat., Apr. 12, 5 to 7 p.m. Advance tickets available at Conexus Credit Union in Young. $15/adults, $8/under 10 years./10-5c

- DATES FOR MANITOU Beach Communities in Bloom weekly bingo are Thursday, Apr. 17, 24. Doors open at 6 p.m. with bingo starting at 7 p.m. Manitou Beach Com-munity Hall./13tfc

COMMUNITYMEETINGS- AL-ANON MEETS EVERY Thurs. 8 pm, Wat. Elem. School, staff room (east door). Ph. 306-946-2466, 3 0 6 - 9 6 3 - 2 1 0 5 ; Yo u n g 306-259-4941, 306-257-3978./21-48c

Business andBusiness andCommunityCommunityDirectoryDirectory

WATROUS ANIMAL HOSPITAL 707-4th Ave. E., Watrous across from Melron Services. Drs. Al-lison Bartel, Amy McLaren and Shannon Gruen, D.V.M. Large and small animal practice. Open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. On-call after hours. Ph. 306-946-3657, Fax 306-946-3605./40-24c

INTEGRA TIRE WATROUS. Sup-plying all of your tire needs including on the farm and in the fi eld service. 601-4th Ave. E., Watrous. Ph. 306-946-3055 or after hours 3036-946-8893 or 306-946-2421./7-24c

5-48p

Goodyear Tires ~ Batteries~ complete tire and battery

repair service, vulcanizing, retread ~

Watrous Tire & Batt ery (1996) Ltd.

“On the Farm, In the FieldTire Service”

3rd Ave. W., Watrous

306-946-3543


REALTY EXECUTIVES WA-TROUS, residential and com-mercial listing. 108 Main St., Wa-trous, Sask. Full-time real estate service. Ph. Avril Reifferscheid 306-946-8520./40-24c

REAL ESTATE

SAFETY

Sherwin Petersen, C.R.S.P.

EASTSIDECONSULTING

Training and On-site SafetyBox 955, Watrous, SK S0K 4T0

Ph: 306-946-2602

Cell: 306-535-7379 Email: [email protected]

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PRINTING VETERINARIAN

WORSHIP

VACUUMS

TIRE & BATTERY SERVICE

Coming EventsComing Events

— ALL MAKES —BAGS, BELTS, MOTORS

PARTS AND SERVICE

NEW & USED

VACUUM SALES & REPAIR

LORNE JONES— 306-946-3991 —

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WATROUS-YOUNG PASTORAL CHARGE502 Main St. Ph. 306-946-3592

The Rev. Deborah SmithSunday Worship

9:30 a.m.........Young(United/Lutheran Shared Ministry)

11:15 a.m.Watrous United Church

ST. ANN’S CATHOLIC CHURCHRotating ServicesCall 306-946-3630

For weekly scheduleWatrous • Young • Imperial

* * *ALL SAINTS’ ANGLICAN CHURCH

Rotating ServicesCall 306-946-3458

For weekly scheduleSunday Service & Church School

Watrous • Colonsay • Viscount* * *

PHILADELPHIA MENNONITEBRETHREN CHURCH

Pastors Darren Holland andNathan McCorkindale

Offi ce: 102 - 5th Ave. West306-946-3785

Sunday School for all ages 10 a.m.Worship service . . . . . . . . . . 11 a.m.

pmbchurch.wordpress.com* * *

LANIGAN & WATROUS LUTHERAN PARISH

Worship Service11:15 a.m. Our Redeemer’s, Watrous

April* * *

WATROUS BAPTIST CHURCHPastor Doug Gregory

201 - 2nd Ave. W.Phone 306-946-2996 - Watrous

Worship Service ............. 11 a.m.* * *

* * *WATROUS PENTECOSTAL CHURCH

709 Main St., WatrousPastor Vernon Allen

Service Sunday 10:30 a.m.Bible Study Wed. 7:30 p.m.

MARCH- AQUASIZE CLASSES AT Manitou Springs Mineral Spa on Mondays and Thursdays at 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Cost is $5.50/day or 10 classes for $50./5tfc

APRIL

CLASSIFIEDDEADLINE

WEDNESDAY5 P.M.

Ph. 306-946-3343

309 Main Street, WatrousPh: 306-946-3343Fax: 306-946-2026

can help youwith your personaland commercialprintwork needs.

Watrous ManitouThe


WELDING

Greg’s Mobile Welding & TireMobile Service TruckSales & service of all

tires, calcium pumping

Ag tires, semi tires, irrigation pivot tires, fork lift tires ... Just about any tire you can think of.

Greg Yelich15 km east of Hanley on 764 grid 306-221-3100 11-24p

- ALCOHOLICS ANONYM-OUS meetings: Imperial, Tues., 7:30 pm. Pentecost-al Church (306-963-2204); Watrous, every Thurs., 8 pm. (306-946-2466)./5tfc

- WATROUS KINETTE CLUB meets fi rst Tuesday of each month - September to June. Interested in joining or for

Monday - Friday: 9AM - 6PM & Saturday: 9AM - 5:30PM

Phone 306-946-3311 (after hours: 306-946-2836)

WATROUS PHARMACY

• Prescriptions• Greeting Cards

• Magazines• Daily Needs

• Gift Items• In-store digital printing

We are mourning the loss of our photo machine, but fear not! A new and improved model...

COMING SOON!

Create. Participate. Enjoy!

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Watrous and

Area Arts

CouncilWatrous Library Exhibit

“The Pets in Our Lives”

Show runs April 1st to 30th.

Call: (306) 946-2244

Gallery on 3rd and ART SHOPPE

102 - 3rd Ave E.

“OSAC: Fertile Ground”Public Reception:

Thursday, April 3rd at 7:30PM

Show runs April 1st to 23rd

OPEN TO PUBLIC:

Thurs., Fri., and Sat.

1:00 to 4:00PM

more info contact Melodie Rostie 306-946-3694./5tfc

- WATROUS ROTARY CLUB meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Watrous United Church. http://www.facebook.com/watrousrotary /5tfc

- COFFEE TIME! LOOKING to make new friends or have

some old-fashioned visiting over a cuppa? Join us at the Watrous Baptist Church every Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m./5tfc

GARAGE SALE - LARGE GARAGE SALE, household items and tools, Fri., Apr. 11 starting at 2 p.m. to Sun., Apr. 13. 504 4th Ave. E., Watrous./13-2p

Say cheeseOn a warm spring afternoon, there was much to be happy about. Spending time with her twin, this

little kid soaked up the sun and enjoyed some time to play in its surroundings. –– photo by Daniel Bushman/TWM

Find TWM online at www.twmnews.com


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Scams aiming at taxpayersThe Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) warns taxpayers to

beware of telephone calls or emails that claim to be from the CRA but are not. These are phishing and other fraudulent scams that could result in identity and fi nancial theft.

The agency said to be aware of phishing scams asking for information such as credit card, bank account and passport numbers. The CRA would never ask for this type of information. Some of these scams ask for personal information directly, and others refer the taxpayer to a website resembling the CRA’s, where the person is asked to verify their identity by entering personal information. Taxpayers should not click on links included in these emails.

Email scams may also contain embedded malicious software that can harm your computer and put your

personal information at risk.Examples of recent telephone scams involve threatening

or coercive language to scare individuals into pre-paying fi ctitious debt to the CRA. These calls should be ignored and reported to the RCMP.

Examples of recent email scams include notifi cations to taxpayers they are entitled to a refund of a specifi c amount, or informing taxpayers their tax assessment has been verifi ed and they are eligible to receive a tax refund. These emails often have CRA logos or internet links that appear offi cial. Some contain obvious grammar or spelling mistakes.

These types of communication are not from the CRA. If the CRA does contact you by telephone, there are established processes in place to ensure your personal information is protected. Should you wish to verify the

authenticity of a CRA telephone number, contact the CRA directly by using the numbers on our telephone numbers page. For business-related calls, contact 1-800-959-5525 and for individual concerns, contact 1-800-959-8281.

To better equip taxpayers to identify possible scams, the following guidelines should be used:

The CRA:• never requests information from a taxpayer about a

passport, health card, or driver’s license;• never divulges taxpayer information to another person

unless formal authorization is provided by the taxpayer; and

• never leaves any personal information on an answering machine or asks taxpayers to leave a message with their personal information on an answering machine.


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Scape goatGoats have a knack for getting into anything and everything and undoubtedly there would probably be one that is in charge of the plot. While the problem might not be getting into the trouble, it is what will happen when they get caught? –– photos by Daniel Bushman/TWM

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Big enough to help you,

small enough to know you.

I would like to announce that I will be seeking the nomination to run as a Saskatchewan Party candidate for the Arm River Constituency in the next provincial election. I have been proud to have served this constituency for the past four terms. I am a lifelong resident of Bladworth where I run a mixed farming operation.

I ask for your support at the upcoming nomination meeting.

GGreg Brkich

My current Legislative duties include being a member of Treasury Board and Chair of Crown and Central Agencies.

I have worked hard during my past four terms to bring the concerns of constituents to the Legislature in Regina. I am a firm believer in balanced budgets and one of the issues I have advocated for in Regina.

Health Care—I have brought concerns to Caucus that more funding is needed for health care. This has resulted in an increase in the health budget of 3.4% from last year for operating funding and targeted initiatives. $13.15 million will go towards the operation of five Collaborative Emergency Centres, as well as to enhance primary health care sites. $3.7 million will go towards ongoing enhancements to the Seniors’ Care Urgent Action Fund to address issues in long-term care facilities.

Agriculture—I have been working on the ongoing grain transportation issues. I participated in a debate in the Legislature on March 3, 2014 to address the grain transportation backlog.

Highways—One of the concerns in this constituency is Highway #15 east of Kenaston. I advocated for it to be made a wide-load corridor and that it also be put on the 5-year highway plan.

Infrastructure—I was involved in the implementation of the Community Initiatives Fund which provides recreational grants through the province. Over the years, investments in towns in this constituency have helped fund such things as the playground upgrades in Arnold Park in Davidson. The Town of Imperial received $30,000 towards reroofing the Imperial Community Centre.

Anti-Bullying—I have worked with Caucus in providing $815,000 in funding towards an anti-bullying strategy as follows: $250,000 for online reporting; $50,000 for Kids Help Phone; $250,000 for risk assessment training for school divisions; $100,000 for restorative-based restorative action approaches; $50,000 for a second student first forum and $80,000 for professional development opportunities to teach students appropriate online material.

I have always believed in the potential of this great province and that is why I had originally decided to run for office. I humbly ask for your support to serve one more term as MLA for the Arm River Constituency so I can work towards the continued growth of this constituency and province.

April 15, 2014 7:30 p.m.

Davidson Town Hall

You must hold a valid Sask Party membership to vote at this meeting. All memberships must be purchased before April 5.

To purchase a membership you can contact myself at 567-3128 or Donna Petit at 567-4606

Memberships may also be purchased online at www.saskparty.com

With ice fi shing season ending Mar. 31 in southern and central areas of Saskatchewan and Apr. 15 in the northern areas, anglers are being reminded that all fi shing shacks in southern and central Saskatchewan must be off the ice by the end of the month.

In fact, ice-fi shing shacks south of Hwy. 16 were to be removed by Mar. 15 and shacks in areas north of Hwy. 16 must be removed by Mar. 31.

The ministry of environment said every spring, a number of ice-fi shing shacks are abandoned on the ice of Saskatchewan lakes, creating identifi cation, cleanup

Ice fi shing shacks to be removed from lakesand potential environmental challenges for the province. Any litter or debris, including fi sh offal, must also be removed when ice shacks are taken off the ice.

“If shelters are not removed, owners may be prosecuted and the structure and contents may be confi scated or destroyed by the ministry,” Ministry of Environment compliance and fi eld services executive director Kevin Callele said. “The Saskatoon offi ce is currently investigating one of these cases at Blackstrap, where the owners chiseled their name off the wall, removed all gear and left the shack on the ice.”

Anyone travelling on the ice should take extreme caution. Slush indicates ice is eroding from above and below at an advanced rate and changing temperatures can cause thermal cracks and pressure ridges, which are indicators of unsafe conditions.

If you know of, or suspect a fi sheries, wildlife, environmental or forestry violation, contact your nearest Ministry of Environment Offi ce or call the province’s TIP line at 1-800-667-7561 or #5555 from any SaskTel cell phone, or report a violation online at www.saskatchewan.ca/conservation.

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