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BY ED JAMESAt the recent Prairie

Livestock Expo held in Brandon, Boundary Lane Hutterite colony’s hog en-try came in at third place from among 42 entries from all over the province. The top two places were taken by Barrickman Col-ony near Cartier, Man.

Boundary Lane received a third-place trophy and $3,000 in prize money. However, the top 10 win-ners are requested to do-

prize money to local food banks and charities.

The Boundary farm donated their hog to the Siloam Mission in Winni-peg, which is well known for its free meal programs, while $1,500 of the prize money was given to the Virden Hospital and the other $1,500 to the colony school.

“We were very happy to receive third place and will keep trying to do bet-ter in the future,” said Ken Kleinsasser, the hog barn manager.

“The livestock expo is a great event and its re-wards go to a good cause. We are glad at the colony to help out others in need at this special time of the year with our product and success.”

Boundary Lane wins third at Prairie Livestock Expo

Above are some of the Boundary Lane Colony hog barn crew with their trophy and cheque. In back from left are Ken, Clinton, and Bryan Kleinsasser. In front are Mateo and Jesse Kleinsasser.

GX94 made $1,000 in dona-tions to two lo-cal food shares with proceeds from their GX94 Christ-mas Goodies cookbooks. On W e d n e s d a y, Dec. 19 they made a $500 donation to the Moosomin and W h i t e w o o d food shares.

Above: Nick Kaczmar with GX94 donat-ing $500 to the Moosomin food share accepted by Samantha Campbell.

Right: Barb Vennard and Carol Arm-strong accept-ing $500 for the Whitewood food share.

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Earlier this month, full-time post-secondary and university students at all Southeast College campuses we were very excited to receive a total of $57,500 in Entrance Awards. These awards are created with pro-ceeds from events such as the Swing for Scholarships golf tournaments held in June in Estevan and Septem-ber in Weyburn, and includes matching funds from the Ministry of Advanced Education through the Sas-katchewan Innovation and Opportunity Scholarship program.

time students who enrolled in their programs before June 30,” said Dave Harazny, Manager of College Ad-vancement for Southeast College. “This is the fourth consecutive year we have provided Entrance Awards

pursue their post-secondary education locally.” In addition to the Entrance Awards, Southeast Col-

lege also provides application-based scholarships and bursaries thanks to support from local donors and organizations. Completed entirely online, the schol-arship and bursary application process began for cur-rent students on November 1. “That’s an additional $100,000 we will award Southeast College students in the spring,” added Harazny.

Looking ahead to the New Year, the College has al-ready made plans for full-time post-secondary pro-grams starting for Fall 2019. The full line up of 2019-2020 programs, including both full time and university based programs, can be viewed on their website at www.southeastcollege.org. Students can also access full details on submitting an application, entrance award criteria and frequently asked questions.

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Clubhouse will be ready by spring

Aside from some finishing touch-es, the new Pipestone Hills Golf clubhouse is nearing completion. The siding and outside decking are now finished, the flooring is in, and the kitchen and bar are complete.

The clubhouse will be ready and open for the spring golf season.

At right: The exterior of the club-house with the completed siding and wrap around decking. Some drop down patio will be added, and land-scaping will be done in the spring.

Above: The clubhouse bar. Above right: The main hall area of the club-house. Below: The clubhouse kitchen.

Percy and Denise Callin were recent visitors in Cal-gary with Kyle, Nicole, Lily and Meadow and Pat and Erin Callin, Malcolm, Dom-inic, Thomas and Luke.

Get well wishes to Rob-ert Belhumeur, a patient in Moosomin Integrated Health Facility.

Judi Johnston and Phyl-lis Harper entertained with The After Eights at the Ro-canville Lodge on Wednes-day night.

The United Church Sun-day School presented their annual Christmas Concert to the congregation on Sun-day December 16 at 9:30 am.

Bells: Jingle Bells, Joy to the World

Verses: I’m a little snow-man, When Santa got stuck,

Snowman Poop, Snow-

Solo: Katie Cuthill.Songs: Nuttin for Christ-

mas, Honoring Christ Je-sus.

program was the Nativity Scene, complete with Mary, Joseph, Angels, Shepherds and Kings with the choir helping out with the sing-ing. Students are Clark, Cal and Katie Cuthill, Jordanna and Lily Jackson, Brinley and Wyatt Townsend, and Lauren Hamilton. Teachers are Amber Hamilton and Jess Cuthill. The pianist was Marilyn Hickie.

Great concert teachers and kids, very much appre-ciated.

Following the service everyone enjoyed a special

lunch downstairs. The chil-dren were given a small gift and treat cup compliments of the Sunday School. Am-ber, Jess, Marilyn and Phyl-lis were also given a token of appreciation.

Kevin Kempin motored to Regina on Wednesday to pick up Carol Wall’s aunt from Ontario who will be spending the holidays with Les and Carol.

On December 15 the Belles and Beaus hosted a Christmas supper in the hall with 47 present. A de-licious roast beef supper catered by Korner Kafe was enjoyed by all.

Ruth Desjarlais and her band entertained with some Loretta Lynn style music to keep the hall “rockin”.

Joe and Pat Santer recent-

ly visited in Balgonie. Gerri and Jeff Paterson treated them to the Kelly Concert in Regina on Sunday and to the Boney M concert on Monday night at the Ca-sino Lounge. Both concerts were excellent.

Merry Christmas to you and yours and all the best in 2019 from Phyllis and Murdoch your Spectator

correspondents. We’re hop-ing the locals will share more news for our column in 2019.


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A look back on 2018The new year is a time to reflect on the changes in our

world in the past 12 months. A year ago, beyond Saskatchewan peoples’ knowledge

of the City of Humboldt, most of Canada and the world had never heard of the place until a bus crash in early spring. Resilience through a time of tragedy endures.

As the year ends, the energy sector which is so impor-tant to the prairie west, has been hammered by a deliber-ate government policy that has stranded oil from pipe-lines.

The result of Western Canada oil prices at under $12 a barrel while Texas and foreign oil sold for six-times that is without precedent.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s strong approval rat-ings have come to earth as a year-end Angus Reid In-

stitute poll has his overall rating at -23. Of the 58% who disapprove of Trudeau, 39% say they do so strongly. For the first time, this poll lists Trudeau trailing Conservative leader Andrew Scheer as preferred choice for PM.

In a year’s time, Mr. Trudeau will either have been an embarrassing one-term footnote—as he’s generally re-

garded around here—or will be starting a second term in office, buoyed by supportive voters in Central Canada and B.C.

As the sun sets on 2018, political discontent and alien-ation echo like drums in the distance, not heard in de-cades since an earlier Prime Minister named Trudeau ravaged the energy sector in the early 1980’s. Whether passing or permanent, Western frustration continues.

We will learn in the next 12 months whether this is sig-nal or noise.

John Gormley is a broadcaster, lawyer, author and former Progressive Conservative MP whose radio talk show is heard weekdays from 8:30 am – 12:30 pm on 650 CKOM Saskatoon and 980 CJME Regina.

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General Comments:The property will be sold on an “as is” basis. There are no warranties offered or implied on the condition of the property. The Village of Kennedy reserves the right to reject any or all offers. Offers shall be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Property Offer 2019”, and must be accompanied by a certifi ed cheque, trust cheque, bank draft or cash in the amount of 10% of the bid, which money will be returned to the unsuccessful bidders. The date of possession and adjustment of taxes shall be set at February 28, 2019 or such other date that can be arranged and payment of the total bid price must be made by that date. Failure by the successful bidder to conclude the transaction will result in forfeiture of the deposit as liquidated damages.

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Last year at this time, people across our province were awaiting the results of a leadership race to determine who would serve as Saskatchewan’s next Premier. Twelve months later I am reminded of the old saying the more things change, the more they stay the same.

-cant change to the Saskatchewan Legisla-tive Assembly, beginning with the swear-ing-in of Saskatchewan’s 15th Premier, the Honourable Scott Moe. Soon after Saskatchewan welcomed a new Leader of the Opposition, a new Speaker of the Leg-islative Assembly and an ambitious new legislative agenda. Premier Moe quickly

province, including restored funding for the education sector as well as the PST exemption on life, health, and accident in-surance products.

This past spring the Premier proposed -

table Equalization program which has seen provinces like ours receive nothing, even during severe downturns in the re-source sector, while others continue to re-ceive billions. Under the current formula Saskatchewan taxpayers continue to fund

programs and services in other provinces.As that old saying goes, the more things

change, the more they stay the same—and that is good news for Moosomin Constitu-ency. Saskatchewan continues to serve as an outspoken advocate for getting pipe-lines built to ensure our oil can get to market. The dramatic oil price differential should be a call to action for the federal government to scrap Bill C-69, build the Trans Mountain expansion, and create a positive regulatory environment for in-vestment.

Your Saskatchewan Party government also continues to move forward with a three-year-plan to carefully manage spending, invest in priorities for Saskatch-ewan people, shift from our reliance on volatile resource revenue and help keep

-cial update in late November showed Sas-

katchewan on track to balance the budget next year.

This year our government continued to highlight Saskatchewan’s strong envi-ronmental leadership, particularly in the agricultural sector, while continuing to voice our opposition to the Trudeau gov-ernment’s costly carbon tax plan.

We recently passed the Management and Reduction of Greenhouse Gases Amendment Act based on our govern-ment’s Prairie Resilience strategy. This is designed to work with industry sectors to reduce carbon emissions without devas-tating the economy by imposing a tax that would reduce jobs in Saskatchewan while doing nothing to reduce global emissions.

When it comes to standing up for Sas-katchewan jobs and industries, we remain focused on the three Ts—trade, transport and taxes. We need and continue to pursue

industries in this province. We need the ability to transport our products to port, and we need a fair tax and regulatory environment so we are competitive with other people who are producing products around the world.

2018 has been a busy year and an excit-ing time for our province.

Your Saskatchewan Party government maintains a focus on growth and opportu-nity because we know that a strong econo-my is essential to strengthen communities and make life better not just for ourselves, but for our friends, neighbours, and future generations.

As 2018 draws to a close, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to you, to the good people of Moosomin constitu-ency, for the opportunity to serve on your behalf. It truly is an honor. Please accept my best wishes to you and your family for a safe and happy holiday season.

If you have questions, concerns or com-ments, or if you need assistance with a provincial government issue, please feel

4005 or visit us at 622 Main Street in Moo-somin.

2018 brings change and renewed resolve

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No politician should ever get too comfortable—espe-cially one that’s barely a year into his new job.

Things in politics can change rapidly for a new pre-mier and leader like Scott Moe.

Given that he inherited a decade-old government with

included questionable investments in the Global Trans-portation Hub (GTH) and the Regina bypass—there are all that many more reason for Moe to be cautious.

Finally, one might think that what insecurities Moe might have would be enhanced by the reality that he was taking over from the popular Brad Wall.

But all that said, there are likely few leaders in Canada right now in a more enviable position than Scott Moe going into 2019.

Here is why:For starters, it’s increasingly clear that Moe’s Sask

Party government does seem to be digging its way of its

20 budget in March, it is expected to serve notice that it has accomplished that.

Notwithstanding the debt issues, if Moe can demon-

in the Sask Party government, it would be a major vic-tory coming at a time when the Saskatchewan economy continues to go through a major downturn.

What’s also to Moe’s advantage is that he won’t have to go the polls in 2019, having set the next election date for October 26, 2020.

budget path and hope for an economic turnaround lead-ing into the 2020 election.

But the extra time in 2019 before a provincial election may be of great value to Moe for another reason.

Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will go to the -

tages.It allows Moe to carry on his popular campaign op-

posing the federal carbon tax against an unpopular Prime Minister in this province. This seems to be a no-lose situation.

Should Trudeau’s Liberals pull out another victory, it is likely to reinforce what many in Saskatchewan dis-

and the Sask Party. But even should Trudeau lose, Moe stands to bask in both the victory and the honeymoon period of a new Andrew Scheer Conservative govern-ment.

have more to do with what’s gone on in the past in Sas-

katchewan politics than what’s likely to happen in the coming year.

One of the sharpest criticism of Moe—fairly or unfair-ly—has been his penchant to pander to rural voters. All one has to do is consider the rural vote numbers from the 2016 election to see why.

For example, in the eight rural seats in southeast Sas-katchewan, the Sask Party had a 25,725-vote advantage over the NDP—38,230 votes to 12,505.

In the four rural southeast seats, the Sask Party held a 20,593 advantage over the NDP—24,226 votes to 3,633.

Sask Party votes in 2016 compared with the 7,877 votes gave the governing party a 27,695-vote advantage.

In northeast Saskatchewan’s six seats, the Sask Party had 17,305 more votes—29,189 compared with 11,884 votes for the NDP.

was 17,230 votes ahead—23,589 compared with 6,368 for the NDP.

Of course, things could change in the 2020 vote, but,

guaranteed to retake all 29 rural seats.That would mean the Sask Party would only need an-

other three more seats for a majority. Maybe it won’t win all 19 urban seats, but Moe appears to be in a rather good position.

Nothing is ever guaranteed in politics, but Moe seems to be in as good a position as any politician in 2019.

Moe has reason to be comfortable in 2019

Murray Mandryk

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Kin Abilityclients

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There was lots of Christmas cheer dur-ing a party hosted by the Moosomin Legion Ladies Auxiliary for cli-ents of the Pipestone Kin Ability Centre on Thursday, Dec. 13. The party was held in the Legion hall, and after Christmas carols were sung, Santa and Mrs. Claus showed up, much to the de-light of everyone. Gifts were handed out to all.

Clockwise from top left of page:

• Ryan Bender is greeted by Santa and Mrs. Claus.

• Ashley Barrett and Chelsie Johnson dis-covering the goodies in their gift bag.

• Felix Acoose showing off one of his gifts.

• Ryan Bast with a decorative Christmas train he received as a gift.

• Brody Beckett talking to Santa and Mrs. Claus.

• Santa and Ray-J Bunz give each other a big hug.

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Elkhorn’s Ed James headed to Nova Scotia in the fall to take in the beauty of the fall colors out east. Following is Part 2 of his story:

Pugwash, Nova Scotia is a small town

on the shores of The Northumberland Straits, opposite the southern coast of PEI. My friend Hugh has some pleasant, long overdue business there with some distant relatives. In the past, Pugwash was a ma-jor exporter of salt that was mined in the area.

However, the community got its real fame in 1957 from a former resident, Cyrus Eaton, who became a major Ameri-can industrialist. It was during the Cold War, when the armies of the west and the Soviet Bloc were doing a lot of atomic saber rattling. Mr. Eaton was able to con-vince a number of top atomic scientists and academics to meet at his summer home in Pugwash. The purpose of the meeting was to explain to the world what the deadly results would be if there were a world wide nuclear war. The event would become known as the “Thinkers Lodge” meeting and the start of public awareness of the futility of a nuclear war, in which there would be no winners! The Thinkers Lodge today is a national historic site that houses a museum of the events and the people who attended the historic meeting.

Since there was so much rain during our travels, we developed some coping strate-gies to beat the rain! We made it a point to visit every antique shop, thrift store and pawn shop we came across, which al-

one location that always brought cheer to our spirits were Royal Canadian Legion club rooms along the many roads we trav-elled. In every Legion we went into, when it was found out that we were from away,

(Pepsi!) and small souvenirs. Sadly I can report that many of the smaller Legions are having a hard time keeping the doors open, because of declining enrollment. But

after every Legion visit along the way, our soggy spirits were lifted to push on for the search for the autumn colors!

In Nova Scotia, the weather started to get better as we toured the southern parts of the province. This part of the tour would include the Annapolis Valley, famous for its apple crops, the historic Grande Pre site where the British Goverment of Nova Sco-tia gathered up all of the French Acadians starting in 1755 and exiled them to differ-ent parts of the world for fear that would

against the British. Many of the Acadians would end up in Louisiana, and today are known as Cajuns!

We would stop at Port Royale, where

Canada in 1605, then on to Digby, where

harvest. Along the Bay of Fundy coast over the North Mountain, a supper and visit to Halls Harbour were enjoyed. The small

tides in the world. At low tide along the wharf where the boats are tied, the tide

boats with their keels sitting on the ocean bottom until the tide comes back in. Dur-ing the winter storm season, the tides often come up over the tops of the wharfs!

We are now stopping more to take pho-tos as the colors are showing up along the roadside and along the waterways, and they are beautiful. We cross the province north to south, to hopefully visit some fa-vorite sites along the southern shore. The weather would have us bypass Lunenburg and a planned visit to Oak Island trea-sure site, as it was closed for the season. But I did have some luck in Liverpool at the Hank Snow Hometown Museum. I’m not a big country and western music fan, but in many of the senior homes where I play my old-time music record shows, Hank Snow is always very popular. I did not know a lot about Mr. Snow and his fa-mous “Rainbow Ranch” but I was surprise to learn that Mr. Snow and Elvis Presley were good musical and personal friends!

Who knew?Before heading back to Halifax to end our

journey and meet some old friends, a visit to Nova Scotia would not be complete with-out a visit to Peggy’s Cove. Our plan was to

go for a late supper, take some night time photos of the area and go back to our hotel. In the morning we would get up and take some unique photos of the lighthouse area

Almost none of this happened because of the rain, but at least it wasn’t snow! But, the

-ster dinner at The Sou’ Wester Restaurant, which he enjoyed to the last bits of meat he was able to suck out from the smaller legs. In the morning there was a light rain and we did out best to get some photos of the

unusual rock formations that were created at Peggy’s Cove when the last ice age glacier retreated north. But then three packed tour buses arrived, making the rocks around the famous lighthouse look like an ant hill.

For those of you who are not familiar with Halifax, it is a city that is rich in art, culture, music, history, military and educational in-stitutions, plus a great many restaurants that offer cuisine from all over the world and do it well. While there, we would drive and walk, but mostly walk, since Halifax is a walking city. We visited the Fortress of Cita-del Hill, The Public Gardens, Point Pleasant Park, historic properties, the universities, the harbour side Museum of The Atlantic,

ferry boat ride across the harbour and back.Except for some long overdue visits to

old friends, the trip was nearing its end. As for the mysterious autumn colors, our trip in the southern part of the province gave me what I wanted for the most part. As in

the journey and the people and events we encountered that made it worth while. As always the kindness of family, friends and strangers made for the best part of the trip, and we were both so grateful for that. Of-ten it’s the small things that I will remem-ber, such as the two traditional Nova Scotia

dishes friends made for us. One was the breakfast treat of fried bologna and eggs and the supper treat of boiled salt cod and potatoes covered in fried pieces of pork fat and oil.

The landscape of the city and its locations of the past have changed with time, but not the people and their kindness, which still exist. At times during the trip, Mother Nature did not co-operate and I’m still not sure what happened to the Nova Scotia and Manitoba fall season, but we were al-ways successful in making lemonade out of the lemons mother nature gave us. On our travels we never met an antique store, thrift shop of Legion we didn’t like, or the donairs for that matter!

In the early morning hours when we drove out of the city to the airport, it was an-other dark and stormy night, but we made it in one piece and regained our humour

dumping their bags out when they found they were overweight. It’s amazing what some people carry in their luggage! We had no worries as a friend’s bathroom scale and Canada Post took care of our extra weight problems, made up of the many treasures we found in our rainy day store stops.

-ful, but when we went out to the car, the cold temperature was a shock to our bodies! We had left the rain to return to snow—we just couldn’t get a break!

Remember if possible, travel long and far in your life, because there is so much to see, learn and share, and always in the back of your mind remember, we all have an expiry date!!

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• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.): “No disrespect intended, but Stanley Cup winning Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin looks like he sleeps in the woods.”

• Comedy writer Jim Barach: “A hot dog shot out of a cannon by the Phillie Phanatic injured a fan. Which was still less harmful than if they had actually caught and eaten it.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Brewers pitcher Adri-an Houser made it through an inning of relief against the Phillies despite vomiting—twice. If ever a guy de-served to be called a hurler.”

• Randy Turner of the Winnipeg Free Press, on Twit-ter: “I could be mistaken, but the problem with Tavares signing in Toronto is that I fear the Leafs will now get a disproportionate amount of attention from the national media.”

• RJ Currie again: “The CFL Eskimos are talking with the Inuit about changing their team name, which re-portedly means ‘eaters of raw meat.’ I always thought it meant ‘eliminate Bombers from playoffs.’”

• Another one from Currie: “Reuters reports an In-dia ATM stopped working because a rat got in and ate thousands of dollars in cash before choking. Probably how the Cleveland Cavaliers feel about JR Smith.”

• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: “Daniel Cormier defeated Stipe Miocic to win the heavyweight champi-onship at UFC 226. The obvious question arising from the bout? Who on Earth names their baby boy ‘Stipe’”

• Comedian Argus Hamilton, with a World Cup up-date: “The Russian team that lost to Croatia will now be known as Team Siberia.”

• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, on the breakup of NASCAR’s power couple, Ricky Stenhouse and Danica Patrick: “Valentine’s Day in the garage at Daytona just won’t be the same without Ricky roman-tically giving Danica a dozen long-stemmed socket wrenches and a box of chocolate-covered lug nuts.”

• Mike Bianchi again, after Aaron Gordon said sign-ing his four-year, $76 million contract with the Magic ‘brought tears to my eyes.’ “The first confirmed case of someone who actually was crying all the way to the bank.”

• RJ Currie: “It’s staggering how much airtime sports networks devoted to Tiger Woods not winning the Brit-ish Open. As for the actual winner, what’s the Italian term for chopped liver?”

• ESPYs host Danica Patrick, on Tiger Woods: “Why do people keep talking about Tiger Woods when he isn’t winning? I mean, who does he think he is? Me?”

• Comedian Eric Stangel on Twitter, on Johnny Foot-ball’s first CFL game: “Just saw Manziel’s stats. Are there any football leagues north of Canada?”

• Seth Meyers on NBC: “The New York Mets suffered their worst loss in franchise history last night losing to the Washington Nationals 25-4. It was so bad that even the ceremonial first pitch was hit for a triple.”

• Peter Maher, former Calgary Flames radio play-by-play announcer, on now-retired forward Jarome Igin-la’s 60-plus fights in the NHL: “I think he won them all. At least he did on the radio.”

• Comedian Argus Hamilton again, after $2 million worth of Red Bull was stolen in Belgium: “How do these thieves sleep at night?”

• Randy Turner again, on Twitter: “it’s a little known fact that in Hell the background noise is an endless stream of callers to an open line radio show after the Bombers lose.”

• Browns assistant coach Bob Wylie, on ESPN’s ‘Hard Knocks,’ on why he’s not a fan of modern training tech-niques: “We won two world wars without stretching.”

• Jim Barach again: “Cleveland Browns linebacker Mychal Kendricks has admitted to federal charges of in-

sider trading. It was the worst advice he ever took other than being told to sign with the Browns.”

• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com, on Pack-ers QB Aaron Rodgers’ $134 million contract extension: “In related news expect Green Bay to announce beer and brats can now be paid for with an interest-free loan.”

• Patti Dawn Swansson in the River City Renegade, on Blue Bombers struggling quarterback Matt Nichols: “He couldn’t be less popular if he made rabbit stew out of the Easter Bunny.”

• Eric Stangel again, via Twitter, on the downside of having 73 fantasy-football teams: “I’m rooting for and against every player on every play.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “The Cleveland Browns won, so Bud Light unlocked beer coolers all over town with 300 bottles of beer in them. They de-cided this was smarter than their other promotion: Free Whisky and Chainsaws.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “The Cavaliers—despite the departure of LeBron James—are still the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, Cleveland cen-tre Tristan Thompson told reporters. Oddsmakers im-mediately made Thompson the morning-line favourite for first NBA player to get drug-tested this season.”

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• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, talking

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• RJ Currie again: “A Regina Rams player was sus-pended following a brawl outside a campus bar. Police charged Takudzwa Timothy Brandon Gandire with as-sault and being 11 letters over the legal limit.”

• Dwight Perry again: “The Florida Marlins an-nounced the signing of touted Cuban outfielder Victor Victor Mesa. Team officials can’t decide whether to start him out playing in Walla Walla or Pago Pago.”

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• Mets manager Casey Stengel, during an early-1960s mound visit with pitcher Roger Craig, with Giants slug-ger Willie McCovey about to bat: “Where do you want to pitch him, upper deck or lower deck?”

• Mike Hart of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on the 1-8 Raiders visiting the 2-7 Cardinals: “Scalpers in Glen-dale, Ariz., will have to get a second job this week.”

• Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown when once asked why he refused to block with the Cleveland Browns: “Do you ask Liberace to carry his piano?”

• NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, after Bears kicker Cody Par-key hit the uprights four times on field-goal or PAT at-tempts in a 34-24 win over the Lions: “Then, after the game, it took him four times to get through the locker-room doors.”

• RJ Currie once more: “Canucks LW Antoine Rous-sel was fined $5,000 for biting Sharks defenceman Marc-Edouard Vlasic. The arbitrator didn’t buy the classic NHL defence—said his gums weren’t loaded.”

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BY KARA KINNAKyle Bochek, 15, from Moosomin, will

be competing in his second national tour-nament in a year.

Bochek—a Vancouver Giants prospect who plays Midget AAA hockey with the Notre Dame Hounds—was chosen to rep-resent Saskatchewan at the 2019 Canada Winter Games in Red Deer in February.

Bochek was chosen from among hun-dreds of players to be a part of the team. In his rookie Midget year with the Hounds, Bochek says he’s had a strong season so far.

“So far I’m having a pretty good sea-son. For a rookie season, I’m not expected to play the biggest role on the team, but I’m starting to play my role better which is giving me better chances to move up the lineup,” he says.

He says making Team Sask is a combi-nation of trying out and being scouted for the team.

“Around last year this time we had a skate, and then another skate early Janu-ary, and then they start to knock it down,”

180, and then from that they would have had more skates to knock it down more and more, but due to the Humboldt bus crash they didn’t have any skates, so they

they scouted them, and then after that they made the cuts per team.”

Bochek will be on the Team Sask U16 team at the Canada Games.

“It’s a pretty big deal considering that

you’re playing for a national champion-ship,” he says. “To represent your prov-ince is something special. To have the privilege to play is really nice.

“I was excited (to be chosen) because Kevin Anderson, we go to school together and dorm in the same room together, and he made the team as well, so we were pret-ty excited.

“Personally I just want to make my province proud, I want to help our team be the best they can be, whatever situation we are in, to be the best that I can, and just play my best hockey I’ve ever played.

“It’s something that not very many people can do. It’s kind of like a feather in your cap.”

Last season as a Bantam, Bochek ap-peared in four games as an under-ager with the Notre Dame Hounds Midget AA team and also appeared in one game for the Hounds in the 2018 Telus Cup.

He also headed to Calgary on Dec. 26 to participate in the Mac’s Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament with the Hounds, where he will be playing until Jan. 1.

The Vancouver Giants selected Bochek in the 12th round of the 2018 WHL Ban-tam Draft. Last season, Bochek played in 26 games with the Notre Dame Bantam team, and potted 14 goals and nine assists

This season, as a rookie Midget AAA player, Bochek has played in 22 games with in the Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League with the Hounds. He has three goals and three assists for a total of six points.

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Kyle Bochek will represent team Sask at the Canada Winter Games.

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Rocanville Rec ReportAndrea Logan - Rec Director

Phone: 306-645-2164 • Website: rocanville.ca • Email: [email protected]

Moosomin Rec ReportMike Schwean, Recreation Director • 306-435-3622 • [email protected]

Holiday times at the Nutrien SportsplexHere are our extended holiday hours.

Available days/hours include (as of last week):

Monday, December 31: ClosedTuesday, January 1: ClosedWednesday, January 2: Noon to 10 pmThursday, January 3: Noon to 10 pmFriday, January 4: Noon to MidnightSaturday, January 5: 10 am to MidnightSunday, January 6: 10 am to 10 pmFor those looking to the Sportsplex for

the first time, here is what we can offer.• Four of the best sports simulators in

the world that all include:-E6 Golf…with close to 100 world-wide

courses and multiple practice modes along with swing track picture system.

-Visual football, visual hockey, baseball – home run derby

-Football-Quarterback challenge, visual rugby, wild game shooting

-Visual soccer, shooters, zombie dodge-ball, visual baseball, visual basketball

-Visual bocce, visual sports cricket• Two pickle ball courts• Six five-pin lanes of bowling. Comes

with bumpers for gutters for kids, every shot is a winner. Tons and tons of glow bowling/strobe lighting. Fogger and haz-er and private sound system and shoes.

• One 4x8 billiards table• One 30-foot screen with projector

• Vegas night supplies (table covers, cards, chips etc.)

• Full-on dodgeball equipment• Curtains for privacyWe welcome parties of all sizes…big

and small! To book please contact our Sportsplex staff at 435-2325 or Catherine at the Recreation Office at 435-3622.

Holiday SkatingIf you are looking for some public skat-

ing or shinny ice this is what we have available this week:

Monday 1 to 3 pm Public Skating10 am to 1 pm Public ShinnyTuesday 1 to 3 pm Public ShinnyWednesday 10 pm to 1 pm Public Shinny1 to 3 pm Public SkatingThursday 10 to 11:30 am Public ShinnyFriday 1 to 3 pm Public Skating10 am to 1 pm Public Shinny

Games set for the Communiplex this week

Despite the holidays, we have a ton of Minor Hockey action set to go this week. Game on…here is the complete schedule:

Saturday Kahk @ Novice Blue Rangers 11:30 am

Ochapowace @ Novice White Rangers 1:30 pm

Kahk @ Novice Red Rangers 3:30 pmYorkton @ Atom Blue Rangers 5:30 pmSunday Squirt Orange Game 12:15 pmSquirt Blue and Red Game 2 pmYorkton @ Atom White Rangers 3:30 pmYorkton @ Pee Wee Rangers 5:30 pmEsterhazy @ Midget Rangers 7:30 pm

Communiplex IceFor ice bookings or inquiries contact

Mike at the Recreation Office at 435-3622 or by email at [email protected].

Communiplex WinterDates may change but here is a look at

the Plex schedule for this winter.

January 3

January 12,13

January 19

January 26, 27

February 2, 3

March 10

March 17 March 28, 29, 30

March 31, 2019

Curling League PlayLeague play takes a break this week

for the holidays. Play resumes in January 2019.

Curling League SparesIf you are unable to commit to playing

in league play full time but would still like to spare this winter we appreciate that as well ….just call me at 435-3622 or you can email me at [email protected] and I will get your name added to the list.

Moosomin Senior RangersHere is a look at the 2019 Senior Rangers

home schedule:Friday, January 4 Miniota/Elkhorn @ Moosomin, 8 pmSaturday, January 5 Grandview @ Moosomin, 8 pmFriday, January 11 Virden @ Moosomin, 8 pm

Shoal Lake @ Moosomin, 8 pm

Outdoor ArenaFor those new to town, we have a fan-

tastic facility at Bradley Park. The outdoor rink comes complete with a heated change room, lights, zamboni , boards and plexi glass….all absolutely free of charge to the public.

ROCANVILLE REC OFFICE The rec office will be closed December 24–January 2.

ROCANVILLE RECREATION

Rocanville Recreation Walking Club at the Nutrien Ro-canville Community Hall.

Monday-Friday throughout the fall and winter months. Walking Club provides a safe indoor walking environ-ment for people of all ages. Strollers and walkers with clean wheels are welcome and encouraged. Grab a friend, fam-ily member and come down to the hall for some physical activity.

Monday and Thursday: 1-3 pmTuesday, Wednesday and Friday: 9-11 am Admission to the walking club is by donation. Donations

will be collected throughout the season and then donated to local organizations and clubs. Please note, walking club will be cancelled when the hall has a booking, or the rec

February 19-21, 2019! We will be looking for February Break Camp Teachers Camp Teachers must be 16 or older, energetic and creative. Experience working with kids is an

January 14. Box 576, Rocanville, Sask., S0A 3L0 or email us [email protected]

CORE FITNESS

4.

ROCANVILLE SKATING RINK

Please check the Skating Rink Facebook page and the Rec Facebook page with a up to date schedule.

The schedule will also be posted at the rink and on the town website.

Please note that all bookings will be made through the

3 pm, 306-645-2164, [email protected]

SENIOR TIGERS DECEMBER HOME GAMES

Friday, January 11 vs Esterhazy

Friday, January 18 vs TheodoreSaturday, January 19 vs LangenburgThursday, January 31 vs Esterhazy*Puck drops at 8 pm*

INTERESTED IN LEARNING TO SEW?Beginner sewing classes to begin in the New Year. Class-

es are for ages 10 and up. Must have your own sewing ma-chine. For more information please call Nora Fergusson. 645-2617 (leave a message). **Classes will be dependent on registration**

AT THE SCHOOL

Christmas break December 24-January 4.

ROCANVILLE COMMUNITY THRIFT STORE

Our volunteers make the thrift store what it is in our com-munity and we are always looking for new volunteers. If you are interested in working a few hours a month, please call Marilyn at 306-645-4553.

DID YOU KNOW…Rocanville has a website? Wondering if there is public

skating or shinny today? Can’t remember if it is garbage or recycling day? Want to see a list of the businesses in Ro-canville? Wanting to print a map of Webster’s Cemetery or maybe you want to view the community calendar online?

questions and much, much more!

ROCANVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Story Time is Wednesdays at 10 am

ROCANVILLE FOOD SHARE

Please keep in mind the needs of those less fortunate dur-ing this Winter season by giving to your local Food Bank. Monetary donations are gratefully accepted. Cheques made payable to Rocanville Food Share can be mailed to Box 623, Rocanville, SK S0A 3L0. An income tax receipt can be provided for donations of $20 or more.

If you know anyone in the area in need of food, please contact:

Darlene Williams 645-2921Pastor Paul Bunz 434-5375Roseanne Kelly 306-645-4561

Betty Mills 306-645-2102

DIAL-A-VAN

Please consider driving for the Dial-A-Van, we only have few drivers and we have had to cancel days due to lack of drivers. This is a vital service in our community. Please help. We are now operating on Doctor Days only, due to a shortage in drivers. Please call 306-434-6644 to book your trip. This phone is only turned on from Monday-Friday from 9 am-4 pm. Please try and book your rides on these days. We also do trips to adult day care at the SEC call for more details 306-434-6644. For December the Dial-A-Van will run every Monday, Wednesday and Friday except for Stat Holidays. Please call 306-434-6644 to book your ride.

ROCANVILLE COMMUNITY CENTRE

The Centre will be hosting cards and games on Thurs-day afternoons starting at 1 pm. 2018 membership is $10. For more information on membership please contact Mel Strong, Irene Norton or Linda Bock or another board mem-ber. All members and non-members are welcome. Come and join us for fun and fellowship!

-day.

KIDSPORT

aged 18 and under. They believe that no kid should be left on the sidelines and all should be given the opportu-

grants so they can play a season of sport. Please call the

assistance. Swimming lessons, Softball, Baseball, Karate, Soccer, Football, Gymnastics, Hockey, CanSkate are some examples of eligible sports.

ROCANVILLE WELCOME WAGON

Monday-Friday 9 am-3 pm or call 306-645-2164 for your Welcome Wagon Package full of important community in-formation and freebies. Courtesy of our local businesses.

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MOOSOMINTOWN OF MOOSOMIN

701 Main St. • Box 730 Moosomin, SK, S0G 3N0

E-mail: [email protected]: 306-435-2988

Fax: 306-435-3343

PUBLIC WORKSDanny Grainger - Town Foreman

306-435-7111 (cell)Doug Baily

306-434-8073 (cell)

RECREATION OFFICEE-mail: [email protected]

Phone: 306.435.3622Mike Schwean - Rec Director

306-435-7578 (cell)Catherine Mannle - Assistant Rec Director

306-434-7579 (cell)

LANDFILL HOURSJanuary 1 - April 30

Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 3:45 p.m.Sun. & Mon. CLOSED

May 1 - May 30Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 6:45 p.m..

Sun. 12 noon - 5 p.m.Mon. CLOSED

June 1 - September 30Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 6:45 p.m.

Sun. & Mon. CLOSED

October 1 - October 31Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 6:45 p.m.

Sun. 12 noon - 5 p.m.Mon. CLOSED

November 1 - December 31Tues. - Sat. 12 noon - 3:45 p.m.

Sun. & Mon. CLOSED

RECYCLING CALENDARROUTE A:

Homes on Broadway Avenue and north:

JAN. 7 & JAN. 21

ROUTE B: Homes south of

Broadway Avenue:

JAN. 14& JAN. 28

MAYOR: Larry Tomlinson 306-435-7943

COUNCILLORS: Chris Davidson 306-435-7914

Ron Fisk 306-435-3504Murray Gray 306-435-9062Jason Miller 306-435-6849

Garry Towler 306-435-7595Greg Nosterud: 306-435-9406

ONE WAY RIDE is from your Home, Lodges or Hospital/Long Term Care Lodge to the Downtown Area OR from Downtown Area to Home, Lodges or Hospital/Long Term Care Lodge

THANK YOU for your continued support! The MOTOH Commitee meets every third Tuesday September - June

MOTOH HOURS OF OPERATION: 8:00 A.M.-4:30 P.M. MONDAY TO FRIDAY

MOOSOMIN ORGANIZATION FOR TRANSPORTATION OF THE HANDICAPPED

PRICES: BUS PASS: $40 10 RIDES ONE WAY

SINGLE RIDE: $5 ONE WAY RIDE

Monday, December 31CLOSED

Tuesday, January 1CLOSED

Wednesday, January 2Noon - 10 p.m.

Thursday, January 3Noon - 10 p.m.

Friday, January 4Noon - Midnight

Saturday, January 510 a.m. - Midnight

Sunday, January 610 a.m. - 10 p.m.

HOLIDAY TIMES AT THE NUTRIEN SPORTSPLEX Be advised that all residential garbage collection for the holiday season, will be

collected as follows:- Tuesday, December 25, will be picked up on Wednesday December 26.- Tuesday, January 1, will be picked up on that day, and all other days garbage will be collected as normally scheduled.The landfi ll will be open all days regularly scheduled days excluding Christmas Day, Tuesday, December 25, and Boxing Day, Wednesday, December 26, when it will be closed.

– TOWN OF MOOSOMIN

RESIDENTIAL GARBAGE COLLECTION/LANDFILLOPERATION FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON

The Town of Moosomin Public Works Department will be collecting and disposing

of all discarded Christmas Trees.

To have yours picked up, please place it next to the street by 8:00 a.m.

on Thursday, January 10, 2019.

– TOWN OF MOOSOMIN

CHRISTMAS TREE COLLECTION

On behalf of the Town of Moosomin Council & Staff

We would like to wish everyone a Happy &

Prosperous 2019!

The Southeast College Education Foundation is estab-lishing a Health Care Fund in the new year to support students pursuing post-secondary training in health

this initiative, the College will be hosting a Greek Feast fundraising dinner on Saturday, March 9, 2019 at the Knox Hall in Weyburn.

“The Health Care Fund concept was developed to en-hance the College’s role in training individuals to be the future of health care in southeast Saskatchewan,” says

east College. “We all know how important our health care system is, and to support this cause, alongside all the other great advocates in our communities, is our goal.”

“Our healthcare-related programming is in high de-

our very best to make these programs accessible across southeast Saskatchewan, but tuitions, books, and travel

costs still add up for students. Extra support generated by the Health Care Fund will provide more opportunity for students to succeed,” he said.

Funds raised from the Greek Feast and future Health Care Fund initiatives will assist students with scholar-ships and bursaries, as well as training assets (i.e. equip-ment, materials, etc.) that elevate the level of training in health care related programs at Southeast College. A Health Care Fund committee will be established to oversee the fund administration and stewardship.

Tickets for the Greek Feast are available for $125 per person or $1,000 for a table of 8. The evening will in-clude plenty of authentic Greek food and entertainment featuring Greek dancers and traditional plate breaking.

“We are excited to partner with the folks at the Weyburn

well known for their Greek food and culture—it’s going to be very fun!”

For tickets and info, please contact Southeast College at (306) 848-2531 or the Weyburn Travelodge and Broth-

also be purchased online at www.southeastcollege.org/event/GreekFeast.

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A photo of the Queen’s Hotel in 1960.

Monday, December 31, 2018 The World—Spectator — Moosomin, Sask. 17

Joan Champ is an online blogger and historian who recently featured the Queen’s Hotel (now the Uptown Ho-tel) in Moosomin in her blog “Railway & Main: Small-Town Saskatchewan Hotels.” Here she shares some of the memories of Ivan Buehler, who grew up in the hotel.

Growing up in a small-town Saskatchewan hotel sounds like a cool expe-rience, doesn’t it? For a kid, imagine how thrilling it must have been to be able to run the hallways and staircases in such a unique place, and to eat every meal in a café. At the very least, living in a hotel with a bar and a restaurant

-sters the chance to meet all kinds of people.

Recently, Ivan Buehler, a reader who grew up in the Queen’s Hotel in Mooso-min, agreed to share some of his childhood memories.

“I was three months old when my family bought the Queen’s and 22 years old when it was sold,” he writes.

Ivan and his three broth-ers enjoyed all the play and learning experiences that life in a busy hotel had

-eas inside and around the massive, three-storey brick building.

“As a youth living in a hotel,” Ivan remembers, “I felt that most days were remarkable childhood ex-periences.”

Located on the corner of South Front Street and Main Street in Moosomin, the historic Queen’s Ho-tel was an amalgamation of two old hotels that had existed side by side in the early 1880s—the Gros-venor and the Queen’s. When Ivan’s grandfather, Karl Buehler, his father, Leo, and his uncle Alfred (called Pete), sold their ho-tel in Fairlight, Saskatch-ewan and took over the Moosomin hotel in De-cember 1946, the Queen’s was, according to Mooso-min’s local history book, “in desperate condition.” In the years that followed, the Queen’s saw continu-ous improvement under the management of the Buehlers, “so that it came to be as comfortable and modern as any rural hotel on the prairies.”

The Buehler family

in a suite that took up the whole back section of the former Grosvenor. “My three brothers and I all worked in the hotel as chil-dren,” Ivan recalls. “Most of my work was at the front desk, but also included de-molition during renova-tions and some bookkeep-ing as I grew older.”

In 1953, Leo and Bertha Buehler became the sole operators of the Queen’s Hotel. From that time until they sold the business in 1967, the Queen’s was not only a community gather-ing place, but the owners were respected communi-ty leaders. They were also one of Moosomin’s main employers, with as many

with many workers hired to help with building reno-vations over the years.

“I grew up believing that small-town Saskatch-ewan hotels had carpen-

because there was always something changing at the Queen’s,” Ivan writes. “The work was so intense that we had a carpenter and a painter living in the hotel and working full-time for seven years.”

Denizens of the hotel in--

ber of immigrants. “At one time,” Ivan recalls, “three sisters who had made their way from East Germany worked for us. We had a cook who emigrated from Greece as a teenager. …One of our permanent guests was a public health nurse from South Africa.”

Work at the Queen’s var-ied as much as the work-ers who did it. The most dramatic structural change Ivan remembers was the removal of a weight-bear-ing wall in the lobby that was replaced with a steel beam inserted through the new wall of the build-ing. Lath and plaster walls were dismantled, replaced by gypsum board. Pipes

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tures in the guest rooms. A telephone switchboard was installed in the lobby and each room got its own phone. The heating sys-tem was upgraded at least twice.

“The whole of the main customer service area—lobby, dining room, kitchen, bar, and bever-age room—was totally changed,” Ivan states. “Our suite along with three

were gutted and modern-ized.”

The biggest changes Ivan witnessed at Moo-somin’s hotel were those to Saskatchewan’s liquor laws. When women were allowed into licensed premises in 1959-1960, not only could his mother now legally enter the bar of the hotel she owned, but reno-vations were required to segregate the men-only section from the “Ladies and Escorts” section. More

who was working at the hotel’s reception desk, was dealing with the fall-out of unhappy male bar patrons.

“Before ladies could go

into the bar, men could go in and have a complete men’s only experience,” Ivan explains. “There was no phone in the pub, so the men were unreach-able. It was not unusual for me [as a minor] to go to the door, open it and yell a man’s name only to have him reply ‘I’m not here!’ Once women were allowed in, the hideaway was breached. The only sanctuary they had was the men’s only area which was visible from every-where in the pub, so not a real sanctuary at all.”

According to Ivan, other changes to provincial li-quor laws throughout the 1960s helped to improve the hotel’s business. When the sale of food and bev-erages other than beer were permitted in bars, when people could change tables with their drinks,

and when games like pool

be played in the bar, the Queen’s beverage room was expanded.

The biggest event Ivan can remember from his childhood years at the Queen’s was—appropri-ately—the Royal Visit of 1959 when the train carry-ing Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh stopped at Moosomin.

“Dad and Mom met our royal visitors because Dad was on the town council,” Ivan writes. “Prince Phil-lip stopped in front of the four Buehler brothers and spoke to us, getting only open-mouthed stares in return.”

After the Royal couple departed, a special meal for the community was arranged at the Queen’s Hotel. Things did not go according to plan.

“Our cook, who lived in the hotel, chose the early hours of the morning to skip town,” Ivan recalls. “Dad called on the aid of a local woman who had cooked for us before to come and take his place. She did a good job but could not prepare all the dishes that [the cook] had planned because they were strange to her.”

Christmas Day at the Queen’s Hotel was memo-rable for Ivan. No restau-rants opened in Moosomin on that day. “Dad, primar-ily, cooked breakfast for all the permanent and tempo-rary hotel residents,” Ivan recalls. “It was a party that lasted a couple of hours and included close Mooso-min friends as well.”

Hotels have always pro-vided dependable living spaces for many, including teachers, doctors, dentists, and most particularly, sin-gle men. The Queen’s Ho-tel in Moosomin was no exception.

“The longest resident was Jim Fraser who im-migrated to Canada from Scotland,” Ivan writes. “Another Scot, John Wil-son, a baker, was there in my earliest memory and remained there for about 20 years.” The number in-creased in the winter when some farmers moved into the town’s hotel from their farmsteads.

The Buehlers sold the Queen’s Hotel in mid-De-cember 1967, marking the end of 54 years of hotel-keeping in the province for the family. Both Leo and his father, Karl Buehler, were made honorary life members of the Hotels As-sociation of Saskatchewan.

In January 1969, two years after the Buehlers left, the Grosvenor section of the Queen’s Hotel was

long-term residents —two farmers and Ivan’s old friend Jim Fraser—died in the blaze.

The hotel, now called the Uptown, is less than half the size it was during the Buehler years. It no longer rents guest rooms.

Ivan Buehler at the front desk of the Queen’s Hotel, 1963.

Official opening of the beverage room at the Queen’s Hotel, c1960. From left are Bartender Frank Wright, Bertha Buehler, Moosomin mayor Lloyd Bradley, and Leo Buehler.

Railway & Main: Small town Saskatchewan hotels

Growing up in the Queen’s Hotel at Moosomin

The Buehler family and staff members at the Queen’s Hotel Christmas party, 1955. Ivan is standing to the left in front of his parents.

Photo: Morris Predinchuk Collection, Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan




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The Lifesaving Society Saskatchewan Branch held its annual Investi-ture Ceremony on Nov. 23 at Government House in Regina. Both Ro-canville and Moosomin swimming pools received Commonwealth Cer-tificates of Thanks for their ongoing commitment to Lifesaving Society leadership courses, program delivery, and drowning prevention.

Lifeguard/Instructor Hallie Burke, accepted the award on behalf of the town of Rocanville, left, and town councillor Murray Gray accepted the award for the Moosomin Swimming Pool.

The Commonwealth Certificate of Thanks comes from the Royal Life Saving Society Commonwealth. It is signed by Prince Michael of Kent.(the Queen’s first cousin). In order to receive a certificate, the Lifesav-ing Society must nominate organizations nationally first, then, if they are approved, they get sent to the England office. The Queen is the Lifesav-

ing Society’s patron and therefore the Lieutenant Governor hosts the ceremony in Regina.

Commonwealth Certificates of Thanks for Rocanville, Moosomin swimming pools

BERT MCGONIGAL

JUNE 8, 1951-DECEMBER 11, 2018

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Bert McGonigal of Moosomin, Sask. Bert passed at home on Decem-ber 11, 2018.

Bert was the second youngest of 10 born to Robert and Jean McGoni-gal on June 8, 1951.

Bert worked at IMC Pot-ash Mine in Esterhazy. He loved his job as well as his coworkers. He always had stories and memories to share about the mine.

One of Bert’s many tal-ents was communication. Rosie always told him he

should have been a tele-phone operator, he loved to talk so much. You could

-ing the morning papers, afternoon groceries or

He always had time for a visit.

Bert will be missed and forever remembered by his wife of 46 years Rose, his daughter Tanya (Justin) and son Dustin (Saman-tha), grandchildren Dax-ton, Drake and Hadley.

Bert was predeceased by his son Todd and his grandson Hudson.

Obituaries


The results are in! The combined food donations of

food banks,” stated Sheena Onrait, Manager of Marking

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this is just one small way we can give back to them,” said

“We are overwhelmed with the amount of food that our

SE Collegecollects over

500 lbs of food

Southeast College staff from the Estevan campus with some of the food donated.

On Thursday, Dec. 20, Rocanville drew cards until they gave away their chase the ace pot, which had built up to $42,000. Hosted by six local community groups, the chase the ace has been a successful fund-raiser for the town over the last year, but the pot had to go on Dec. 20.

The final draws for the Ace were held at the Rocanville rink. It took 10 cards to be drawn before the ace was pulled, and Ron Wilson was the winner. Nicole Tingley was the weekly winner for 20 per cent of that week’s ticket sales, which came to $4,596.

Hosted by the golf course, swimming pool, minor ball, playschool,

curling rink, and playground committee, the chase the ace has raised $70,000 for the six groups.

Above are Ron Wilson and his wife Dawn Wilson with the giant $42,000 cheque and the committee members who hosted the chase the ace.

From left are Trent Kurbis (Golf Course), Kristin Walchuck (Swimming Pool), winner Ron Wilson and his wife Dawn Wilson, Kari Lessmeister (Minor Ball), Ellie Reid (Rocanville Playschool), and Rodney Budd (Curl-ing Rink). Missing is Kristy Nelson (Playground).

Rocanville gives away $42,000 chase the ace


Drivers who indulge in high speeds are endangering the lives of essential service workers when they are working on the road.

Essential Service Workers such as

are put at risk every time they are on the highways & gravel roads!

For this reason, the Traffi c Safety Act states that no person shall drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed greater than 60 kilometres an hour when passing emergency workers or highway workers.

Workers have been killed, injured, or have had close calls due to drivers who choose to disobey the Traffi c Safety Act and drive at dangerously high speeds past stopped essential service vehicles.

Please slow down and save a life.

• Firemen

• EMTS • Highway Snow

when essential service workers are on the road!

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