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AGRIBITION WINNERSSeveral Grenfell and Whitewoodresidents bring home awards 2

SPITFIRES WIN AGAIN The Grenfell Spitfires add two more wins to their record 7

SASKFIRST TOURNEYEight local area skaters pickedfor SaskFirst Bantam tourney 8

INCLUSIVE STUDENTS Broadview students learn signlanguage for deaf student 3

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All I want for Christmas...Owen Mannle gives his Christmas list to Santa Claus when he made a visit from the North Pole to the Whitewood Community Centre on Dec. 5. Hundreds ofpeople turned out to visit with Santa and take part in sleigh rides, free skating, free hot dogs and hot chocolate and to witness the tree lighting.

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SARAH PACIO | HERALD SUNHandmade dollsRuth McCall has twenty years of experience designing handmade dolls; she

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Shoppers browsed the items on display at The Gallery last Saturday, carefully selecting the per-fect Christmas presents for their families. Vivid pho-tographs and swirling ab-stract paintings filled the walls. Jewelry and leather purses hung off the ends of shelves filled with pot-tery and tile work. Each item was labeled with a description of the article, the price, media, and art-ist information.

Thirty talented gallery members contributed to the collection in the small

storefront on Sherbrooke Street in Wolseley. Several of the local artisans were available at the Christmas Gala to talk about the me-diums and methods they used to create each unique piece.

Acrylic painter Mar-lene Bennett lives near Katepwa Lake and the surrounding scenery pro-vides inspiration for her artwork. She uses molding paste and collage to add texture to her paintings of trees and scenery.

Ruth McCall has twenty years of experience de-signing handmade dolls. “I pour the porcelain, fire it and costume it,” she

said. “I string and repair old dolls, too – I just fixed one for someone in Saska-toon.” McCall also sews quilts and knits soft, flan-nel-lined mittens from left-over yarn that people have given to her.

Before Carol Kupper moved to Wolseley a year ago, she and her daughter attended a stained-glass making class in Regina. She has since created sev-eral window decorations that are available at The Gallery.

Ferne Duthie is a fab-ric artist who has stud-ied under Martha Cole, a well-known Canadian textile artist. Duthie used

that knowledge to capture the colors and textures of nature in two wall hang-ings on display at The Gallery. For one of them, she painted and cut au-tumn leaves from fabric and then quilted them to-gether; for the other she

dyed a doily purple and then sewed it to form lilac blossoms.

In addition to creat-ing the items for sale at The Gallery, the artists also share their expertise through classes for chil-dren and adults. Informa-

tion about these classes can be found on Facebook at “The Gallery – Wolseley& Surrounding Area” or by calling Gaye Moss at306-698-2026.

The Gallery is open Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays 1 to 4 pm.

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Agribition 2019 is now behind us and we are hearing of some pretty impressive winners from the area.

Canadian Western Agribition, that ran from Nov. 25 – 30, 2019, aims to create and maintain an effective, hospitable and entertaining atmosphere to market Canadian ag-riculture products and expertise to the world. It is a blend of agriculture, Indigenous culture, and festive entertainment, featuring live music, shopping, and food.

This is the best beef show on the continent and the largest livestock show in Canada with plenty of competition and entries from the continent and viewers and buyers from the world.

Showing their animals and coming home as win-ners in 2019 include:

RBC Beef Supreme Challenge, Grand Cham-pion and Reserve Cham-pion Open Bull, Maine Anjou was ABC Deliver 54F exhibited by ABC Cattle Co. of Whitewood. This bull shown by Stuart McIntyre was born Jan. 30, 2018 with a WPDA of 3:10 and a weight of 2072. Sire is I Deliver and Dam is ABC MS Crossroads 37W.

This is the third known win for McIntyre as Grand Champion at Agribition through the years, and each win was from a different breed of cattle. As far as is known, this is a first at Agribi-

tion.BMO, Canadian Junior

Beef Extreme Show, Sim-mental Purebred Female born in 2019 was won by Double Bar D Morgan 430G and exhibited by Longview Angus, Gren-fell, SK. Rayel Kaczmar was the Junior Exhibitor of this female born Jan. 17, 2019 with a WPDA of 2.79 and a weight of 884. Sire was W/C Bankroll 811D and dam is JPCC Countess Morgan 41B.

This animal also won the Simmental Champion and Reserve Champion Female born in 2019 with Rayel Kaczmar as Junior Exhibitor for Longview Angus of Grenfell.

The animals may be

the best in their class but their exhibitor was also the Showmanship Cham-pion in Senior - 16 to 21 years. Rayel Kaczmar from Longview Angus, Grenfell, SK. was chosen as a winner in the 3-way tie for the showmanship award with the other ex-hibitors in the tie from Strathmore, AB. and Drayton Valley, AB.

Kelsey Kaban of DK Acres in Whitewood also was the showman of a 1st Place winner in the Cana-dian Alpaca Halter Com-petition. She showed 181 Tiger Park Shaka’s Biag-ini, a two-year old white male alpaca, exhibited by Tiger Park Alpacas of Edam, SK.

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Grenfell town council held its regular meeting on December 5 at 7:00 pm.

The session began with a delegation from Hub In-ternational. Danette Fow-lie (Branch Coordinator for Grenfell and Broad-view offices) and Laurie Kelly (Branch Manager for Emerald Park) pre-sented information to council comparing insur-ance services provided by SGI and SUMAssure, the

town’s current provider. They highlighted Hub’s local accessibility, as well as the cyber coverage and guaranteed replacement costs offered by Hub. Council thanked them for the information and said they would review it.

Later in the meeting, council acknowledged the resignation of Councilor Tyler Thomlinson. Nom-inations will be accepted until January 8 and a by-election is scheduled for February 12. The new councilor will serve until

the regular election in November 2020.

During council mem-ber reports, Mayor Rod Wolfe relayed news from a quarterly health meet-ing in Wolseley. Although acute RN positions are currently filled, more LPNs and physiothera-pists are still needed in the district. Two more physicians are also needed to fill positions at the Broadview Hospital so the acute care department can re-open. “For a Level IV update, all I could get out of them is they will have an announcement in the next few weeks,” Wolfe concluded.

As the meeting contin-ued, Councilors Gary Cole and Wes Overand, mem-bers of the Lions Club, excused themselves while council discussed the club’s request to continue using the Community Hall lobby for its weekly Chase the Ace lottery in 2020. Council agreed to waive the rental fee as it had in 2019, with the stip-ulation that the club will relocate to another part of the building if the hall is rented to another group at the same time.

Council reviewed ap-plications for the 2019 Recreational Facilities Grant. The R.M. of Wol-seley provides the an-nual grant of $1,000 to the Town of Grenfell to assist local organizations with capital or mainte-nance costs. This years’ grant was divided evenly between the only two ap-plicants, the Curling Club and Gymnastics Club.

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Broadview School goes above and beyond when it comes to including everyone. For example, during the Re-membrance Day Service held at the school, students used sign language during the service.

The October newsletter ‘Celebrate’ that Prairie Valley School Division pub-lishes explained it all.

At Broadview School, there is a Grade 4 student, Stacey, who communi-cates through sign language.

Mrs. Goertzen has supported Stacey by creating an abundance of signs to hang within the classroom and school. There are pictures of signs on many of the items in the classroom to allow Sta-cey to develop his language alongside his peers in learning sign language, the newsletter explains.

There is also an alphabet, word wall, and hundreds chart with the signs. Throughout the school signs can be found on classroom doors, bathrooms, water fountains, etc. This not only cre-ates an opportunity for Stacey to feel comfortable in his classroom and school, but it also allows everyone within the school the ability to communicate with Stacey.

And from all of this, the students are becoming sign language masters. Stac-ey’s peers are always excited to learn more signs and are always ready to con-gratulate Stacey through sign when he accomplishes a task.

Kayleigh Ziola, a student at the school, took it upon herself to get her mother to buy her sign language books and flash cards so she can talk to Sta-cey. Kayleigh sits with Stacey to help and she plays hide-and-seek by closing her eyes and uses her hands to count down the time.

This continual inclusion is heart-warming and must make Stacey feel happy and loved in the classroom.

The whole school has learned to sign ‘O Canada’ which they do every morn-ing.

“As a school, we do not see having Stacey in our school as a challenge to overcome, instead we see it as a learn-ing opportunity,” the newsletter stated for Broadview School. There are also eight staff members taking SEESIGN training online which will give them the opportunity to communicate with Stacey day to day.

What wonderful examples of in-clusion and teamwork not only in the school and community, but also in the Prairie Valley School Division.


Mothers and daugh-ters, friends, children and retirees all gathered in the festively decorated Adare House last week for the annual Christ-mas Tea. This year there were four sittings hosted by the Grenfell Museum

Association and all were well attended. Chairper-son Joan Velestuk said that not only is the event a fundraiser, it is also a way for the museum vol-unteers to share joy with the community. “The house comes to life – es-pecially at night with the lights,” Velestuk com-mented. “They say it puts

everyone in the Christ-mas spirit.”

As guests arrivedfor the last sitting on Wednesday evening, a Christmas tree sparkled beside an enchantingminiature village on topof the piano in the sit-ting room. Snowmen and nutcrackers perched

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Christmas teaGuests passed plates piled with treats and sipped tea from dainty, gold-rimmed cups during the Christmas Tea at the Adare House in Grenfell last week.


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Moe’s ideas need further refl ection

Greta Thunberg, the teen activist from Sweden who has urged immediate action to address what’s being called a global climate crisis, on Wednesday was named Time magazine’s Person of the Year for 2019.

On the same day, Ann Cognito is staying warm in a tent at a memorial monument in Ottawa near the par-liament buildings. She arrived there last weekend and is waiting to hear from the Prime Minister about action for climate control. She travelled from Calgary with her cart and bicycle and her dog to share her message to people and to present a petition to Trudeau.

This is not an opinion for or against climate control. It’s more a thought about the actions of people, mainly – what is going on that a youngster, from another coun-try, can skip out of school and travel to our country (and yes to others as well) to rial the people with rude insinuations about how awful we are and to accuse the people of taking her future away by our irresponsible actions.

Well, somebody has to be paying the bills for this little miss to entertain people with her rants and her insults to others. Just who is organizing her travels, her speeches, her accommodations and above all, the media coverage she is attaining?

It is totally irresponsible of Greta to blame you and I, the hard working individuals in this country that did

not develop the refi neries or the machines that produce the carbons. Go yell at the politicians and the big com-panies that are promoters of the carbon emissions.

The concept of rallying a bunch of younger individu-als to back your cause is a very good and very strategi-cally planned action to gain popularity. Do the persons jumping on her band wagon even know what the con-cept they are rallying behind is even about?

Are all of these followers that rally behind Greta willing to give up their lifestyles for the cause of less carbon emissions and live their life walking instead of driving, writing instead of texting and going without things that may be harmful to the environment?

The interest of these followers was more likely the chance to be part of something possibly a bit radical, that also gave them an excuse to skip school and at the same time make them feel better within themselves by saying they are working for a good cause.

There are people that do have valid concerns and also evidence that others are concerned that the world’s climate is changing and at the same time affecting the environment where we live. Ann Cognito is one of these people. Ann Cognito has the same concerns as Greta Thunberg and is proving her personal compas-sion for the cause. She did not give any of us a lecture about being the cause of all of this or scold us for our

ways which we have inhereted into our lifestyles at present.

Cognito is living the life of what she feels is better for the environment as she voices her concern for our country and world. Where are all her followers that could rally behind her on the stages and in the cities?

The probable answer for this is that Cognito did not have a bunch of fi nancially stable sponsors backing her message and the day will never come, I’m sure, that the young people will travel mile after mile with her, using only the means to live that don’t affect the environment. Both of these people have the same message. Greta makes Person of the Year for being rude to her audi-ence while Ann fi ghts just to deliver her petition.

What makes Greta’s message so different from Ann’s that she covers the front page of Time magazine?

Would it be that the actions of Greta are poilitically motivated so they are receiving the fanfare because of the hidden agenda of others that promote her?

I fi nd the exploitation of a young girl, even if she has a passion for climate change, to be disgusting.

I applaud a lady that walks and rides across Canada to promote a cause she believes in and lives her life according to her beliefs as she travels. These are the people we should be giving the glory to.

- Elaine Ashfi eld, Grasslands News

Why is Greta getting all the fanfare?

By Murray MandrykPolitical Columnist

One gets the burning de-sire in Western Canada – and particularly in rural Saskatch-ewan – to send Ottawa a loud message it can’t ignore.

One can even understand the need to hit Ottawa and/or the federal Liberals where it hurts the most, politically speaking.

But in our zeal to send a loud message to Prime Minis-ter Justin Trudeau, maybe it would be smart to slow down a bit and put some thought to-wards how we should approach matters. The last thing we need to do is something that actually hurts ourselves.

That would seem the wise ap-proach for Premier Scott Moe and his Saskatchewan Party government as it fl oats out the notions of this province having its own tax collection system and immigration policies.

Perhaps they don’t sound like the worst ideas a govern-ment has ever come up with.

This government’s stated goal of the Moe government is to grow the province by 100,000 jobs and to 1.4 million people (roughly adding 225,538 people) by 2030.

Meeting these lofty and noble goals will require policy nimbleness. After all, the lion’s share of the 170,000 additional

people in Saskatchewan in the past 14 years have been due to new Canadians – the result of a solid immigration invest-ment program put in place by the former NDP government and wisely kept and nurtured by the current Sask. Party gov-ernment.

For this reason, one gets why the provincial government would want more control on how it developments its immi-gration attraction policies. And given that there is a precedent for what Moe is proposing, get-ting more control from Ottawa make that much more sense.

“We have the template in Quebec that we can replicate here in Saskatchewan,” Moe told reporters.

“Essentially what the prov-ince of Quebec has.”

Quebec has managed to get special dispensation from the federal government so that it can put forward its own plans for immigration that are based on economic, family and hu-manitarian considerations.

Perhaps on a similar vein, Moe also spoke of his idea in the “very preliminary” stage for the province to collect its own income tax – an idea sim-ilar to the one what United Conservative Party Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is now contemplating.

But maybe it’s about here where we should reflect on

whether these are good ideas in our best interests or some-thing we are just doing to make a costly point.

As a political strategy, nei-ther collecting our own taxes nor having signifi cantly more control over our own immigra-tion hits Ottawa very hard.

Or at least, it certainly wouldn’t have the same impact as Alberta suggesting of opting out of the Canada Pension Plan in favour of an Alberta program similar to the Quebec Pension Plan. (Although that notion has a whole series of other areas of potential pitfalls for this or any

other government venturing into the dangers of running its own investment fund.)

What it would most cer-tainly do, however, is burden Saskatchewan taxpayers with having to fi ll out two tax forms like they do in Quebec. It would also burden taxpayers with set-ting up a whole other bureau-cracy when governments are trying to fi nd ways to cut costs and red tape.

Similarly, monitoring more immigration and investment would also require additional provincial resources. And more monitoring would clearly be

needed.Just take a look at some of

the problems at Regina’s Global Transportation Hub with the Global Trade and ExhibitionCentre, where Chinese inves-tors are making serious allega-tions about what’s happened totheir investment. It could getmessy, with the governmentcaught in the line of fi re.

It’s great to consider new ideas and talk about more au-tonomy.

But we do need to take a se-rious look at whether these no-tions are really and truly in our best interests.


More often than not, Sunday was the most anticipated day of the week in the valley. It’s not because anything earth-shattering took place in the four sanctuaries each week, but most folks like having people and places in their

Sunday morning service was just such a place.Sure, people come and go. In time, even priests and

preachers either move on or pass away. Still, it was sooth-ing to know most things remained the same from week to week and year to year.

At the Anglican Church, Sarah Hyden-Smith was mak-ing last-minute preparations for the morning worship service. She came in early on Sundays, usually around 6:30 a.m., to make sure everything was ready for Sunday school and worship. She glanced over the bulletin Becky Moorehouse, part-time church secretary and bookkeeper, had prepared.

The Anglicans count on certain activities. Normally, they began with announcements and then sing an open-ing hymn. Like the Catholic church across the corner, the

Apostle’s Creed midway through the service.

The Catholics referred to their worship service as a Mass, which made most of the Baptists and even some Luther-ans wonder what was actually going on within the walls

Latin, while English was spoken at the 10:30 Mass.

to his chair, located directly behind the pulpit of First

preached, so he used these last few minutes to pray for

The Baptists, like the Catholics and Lutherans, held

congregation to do their trick-or-treating early on Satur-day night while being careful to wear suitable costumes. He suggested Moses, Mary and David were especially appropriate characters, allowing children to share in the holiday festivities while evangelizing to their community at the same time.

One day earlier, Iris Long overheard Marvin Walsh telling his friends Raymond Cooper and Earl Goodman, “See you in church.”

Regardless of countless references to his scriptural prowess and spiritual leadership on his radio show, Iris knew Raymond never attended worship, other than a few visits to the Lutheran church just before the mayoral elec-tion. She also knew Marvin hadn’t been a regular church-goer in years, having become upset when First Baptist began singing “rock and roll” songs in church back in the 70s. He especially disliked “Kumbaya,” having no idea what the song was about, prompting several letters to the editor of Hometown News.

Iris guessed if Raymond was to meet Marvin in church,

“great conversion” just prior to the election.

tered the fellowship hall where the contemporary service

were greeted warmly. She had been to the service once before, taking a photo and writing a story about the new service for the Hometown News. She now took a seat in the back row of folding metal chairs.

Iris counted 14 folks in attendance as the electronic keyboard began to play, but there was no Raymond Coo-

some type of commotion coming from the door behind her. She turned to see Raymond walking in alone, then taking a seat in the third row, one ahead of her, on the far end of the row.

As the congregation stood to sing, “Mighty is Our God,” she heard another noise coming from behind. It was Mar-vin, who had walked into the fellowship hall but seemed to be talking to someone outside the partially open door.

“Good Lord,” she murmured. “What are they up to now?”

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THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK:SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS AND CAPRICORN

ARIES You’ll find yourself placed on a pedestal. You’ll accomplish some-thing remarkable or even heroic. You may also get involved in vo-lunteer work for which you’ll re-ceive compensation or recognition.

TAURUSYou may make last minute changes to your holiday plans. You may also decide to redecorate your home. A family member will need some extra attention.

GEMINIYou may decide to buy yourself a car for Christmas. You’ll need to be in many places at once to com-plete your holiday shopping and everything else on your to-do list. Many little details will need se-rious thought.

CANCERYour credit card will get quite the workout this week as you treat yourself and your family. There may be a hiccup when the time comes to pay your bills. In your love life, you’ll need lots of at-tention and affection from your partner.

LEOYour energy will be up and down this week. You’ll regain your vi-tality within a few days of the solstice, even if it’s the shortest day of the year. You’ll also have many ideas and activities to break your routine.

VIRGOYou dream of a perfect world where harmony reigns, but the rea lity is often very different. Avoid reading the news this week and immerse yourself in the world of a book that suits your fantasies.

LIBRAYour presence will be required at a large gathering. You’ll organize an event that will attract an im-pressive crowd. A spontaneous family trip may be planned.

SCORPIOYou’ll find yourself planning holi-day celebrations by yourself. You’ll realize that there are lots of pre-parations to finish and that time is running short. An outing with friends is an obvious escape.

SAGITTARIUSWhen you receive many invita-tions for the festivities to come, you may start to dream about escaping the winter and burying your feet in the sand under the warm tropical sun.

CAPRICORNYou’ll be very sensitive this week and it won’t take much to bring a tear to your eye. Changes are ne-cessary to improve your mood. The holidays will also surely bring your smile back.

AQUARIUSIt’s not always easy to please every-one, despite your best efforts and the compromises you’re wil-ling to make. You’ll need to walk on eggshells and weigh the pros and cons when dealing with a dif-ficult situation at work.

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Horn measuringMike Zorn (centre) and Brent Duryba (right) carefully measure a mule deer shot by Dalton Manovich. Grenfell and Broadview Wildlife Clubs both hosted horn-measuring events last weekend.

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part of the annual horn measuring day.



Brent Duryba and Mike Zorn carefully stretchedthe tape across a mule deer’s antlers, while LawrenceLansberry recorded the measurements. The head, andmany others like it, had been brought to the Commu-nity Hall basement on Sunday afternoon for the Gren-fell Wildlife Club’s official horn-measuring day. TheBroadview Wildlife Cub hosted a similar session forits members on Saturday afternoon. The results forboth groups will be announced at their annual awardsbanquets in the spring.

In addition to the horn measuring in Grenfell lastweekend, hunters renewed their membership andparticipated in a turkey shoot. Membership numbersremain high, and leaders are hopeful that more willattend the monthly meetings in the new year so thatquorums can be met. A new membership chairpersonis also needed for the group.

From December through March, the Grenfell groupwill also host an archery club two Mondays a month.Meetings begin on December 16 at 7:00 pm in the Gren-fell Community Hall basement. Equipment is providedand any age can participate; wildlife club membershipis the only cost. For more information about the ar-chery sessions or Grenfell Wildlife Club membership,contact Jodi Lowenberg at 306-697-7503 or send anemail [email protected].

Commissionaire’s contract renewed by TownBy Elaine Ashfield

Grasslands News

The first meeting of Whitewood Town Coun-cil for December was held Dec. 3, 2019 where motions were passed unanimously to continue the commissionaire’s con-tract for 2020, to donate to Whitewood Elks advertis-ing program, and three readings at the meeting unanimously passed Bylaw No. 04 - 2019.

Commissionaire’s ContractCounc. Denise Istace

made a motion to accept the contract from Com-missionaires South Sas-katchewan. Coun. Chad Kelly seconded the mo-tion and it was passed by unanimous vote.

The contract is for a total cost of $6144.00 that includes 4 hours monthly from January 1 to April 30, 2020; 4 hours weekly

from May 1 to October 31, 2020 and 4 hours monthly from Nov. 1 to Dec. 31, 2020.

This is a service cost of $48.00 per hour that includes a commission-aire on duty, any special meetings, administration and provision of marked vehicle and travel time to and from Yorkton.

Where possible, travel time is to be shared with neighbouring communi-ties. Chief Administra-tive Officer (CAO) Cindy Baumgartner informed council that the commis-sionaires were currently looking at a possible con-tract being signed by the Town of Wapella which would lower the cost if put in place.

The Town of White-wood is invoiced monthly for the services and any service that results in overtime or service on a statutory holiday will

be billed at 1.5 times the hourly rate. Thirty days written notice must be given for cancellation of the contract.

AdvertisingCoun. Lees Aldous

made the motion to pay Whitewood Minor Hockey for a Level Two - Half board at $350 for ad-vertising spot of the new half boards. Coun. Bruce Restau seconded the mo-tion.

This item had been ta-bled at the previous meet-ing as the council wished to know if the boards were permanent for that price and would not be replaced or removed in a few years. The funding is being used to purchase boards that will be placed at center ice during all Novice (and pre-Nov-ice games). The Sask. Hockey Association has mandated Novice half ice hockey for the first half of

the season with the inten-tion, in following years, to use half ice all year. The cost of these boards is approximately $8,500.

“Since the boards are required, council should do something so it’s re-ally just a matter of which one (level or spon-sorship),” Coun. Restau stated. There was also an option to sponsor ad-vertising on the minor hockey website annually which council declined.

A vote was taken and the motion made by Coun. Aldous was passed unanimously.

Coun. Denise Istace made a motion to adver-tise the same as in the past year in the Herald Sun Christmas edition. Cost is $330. Coun. Kelly seconded the motion. The vote was passed unani-mously.

Bylaw ChangeThree readings were

done at the meeting to adopt the change made to Bylaw No. 04-2019 – A bylaw to fix the rates to be charged for the use and consumption of water and to fix the rates to be charged by way of rent or service charge for the use of the sewer.

The only change in the Bylaw was item #5 that now states water me-ters shall be read three times per year, but billed monthly. Rates will be re-viewed in the next year.

“We are switching as it helps for ratepayers that find it easier to make an $85 payment per month than a $255 payment each quarter,” CAO Baumgart-ner told the Herald Sun.

“We included with the water billing, a sheet to be filled out and returned to the office to set up to receive Water Billings, Taxes and Receipts by email. If they don’t want to receive by email, we would appreciate it if

they were returned with their information updatedand just explain that they don’t want email. Rate-payers can make pay-ments by Pre-Authorized Payments, E-transfer, In-ternet banking (if bank-ing is done with Conexus or BMO).”

The CAO also con-firmed they will be adding other banking institutions in the new year, cash, cheque, debit or credit card. If any-one wants information on these options they are encouraged to stop at the Town office.

Councillor AbsenceCoun. Denise Istace

made a request to attend meetings from Jan. 1 toApril 10, 2020 by elec-tronic means in her ab-sence from town. Coun.Restau made the motionto approve the request, seconded by Coun. Donna Beutler and the motionwas carried unanimously.

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By Chris AshfieldGrasslands News

The Grenfell Spitfires have improved their undefeated record to seven games after a pair of wins against Odessa and Balcarres over the weekend. The team still leads in the Qu’Appelle Valley Hockey League (QVHL) standings and is the only undefeated team remaining.

The Spitfires headed to Odessa on Dec. 6 where goalie Mitch Kilgore earned a shutout in a 7-0 victory over the Bruins. Then, hosting the Balcarres Broncs on Dec. 8, Grenfell won by a sev-en-goal margin again, this time with a 9-2 victory.

Sanfred King had a seven-point week-end with three goals against the Bruins and two goals and two assists against the Broncs. Meanwhile teammates Lane Harbor and TJ Reeve also padded their stats by marking up six points each in the two games.

Grenfell took a 1-0 lead after the first period in the game against Odessa with a lone goal from Lane Harbor. That lead

was increased to 3-0 after two periods with Kale Haylock and Sanfred King both finding the net. Four unanswered goals in the third ended the game with a 7-0 score with Sanfred King scoring his second and third goal of the game and Nathan Boyer and TJ Reeve each scoring once.

A total of 56 penalty minutes were handed out between the two teams in-cluding three 10-minute misconducts.

Hosting Balcarres on Dec. 8, the Broncs were the first to get on the score-board with a goal by Justin Bernhardt, just shy of six minutes into the first period. Less than five minutes later, Grenfell’s Mike Reich found the back of the net during a power play to tie things up at one a piece. That goal be-came the first of nine unanswered goals the Spitfires would score by the end of the second period with Lane Harbor and Sanfred King each clenching a pair and Kale Haylock, Jayden Isaac, TJ Reeve and Daniel Hope all scored singles. Bal-carres’ lone goal of the third period was credited to Matthew Bota.

A total of 33 minutes in penalties were recorded in the game including one 10-minue misconduct and one 5-min-ute major.

The Spitfires’ next appearance on the

ice will be on Dec. 20 in Lumsden. The team will then host their final home game before the new year when theSouthey Marlins visit Grenfell on Dec.21. Game time is 8 p.m.

Shutout helps to push Spitfires to seven wins


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By Chris AshfieldGrasslands News

The Esterhazy Flyers handed the Bredenbury Cou-gars their first loss of their Triangle Hockey League (THL) season with the overtime win in Bredenbury on Dec. 5.

The Cougars took a 2-0 lead in the first period fol-lowing a short-handed goal by Clarke Byczynski and another even strength one by Kody Rock. But with just a minute and a half left in the period, Esterhazy finally managed to get on the scoreboard with a goal by Dave Shields.

The game remained a 2-1 score until less than seven minutes remained in the second period when Brett Helmeczi tied the game up with a goal for Esterhazy. And just two minutes later the Flyers took the lead for the first time in the game when Colton Schick found the back of the net to send the score to 3-2.

Esterhazy managed to hold on to that lead until just over three minutes was left in the third period when a goal by Lee Janett forced the game into overtime. But just a couple minutes into the extra period, Mike Rogoschewsky scored for Esterhazy on the power play to give his team the win and hand the Cougars their first loss of the season.

The Flyers will host Bredenbury on Dec. 12 at 8 p.m. and then will play back-to-back games against Hudson Bay on Dec. 13 at 8 p.m. and Dec. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in Esterhazy.

In other THL action this weekend, the Ochapowace Thunder will host two home games when they take on the Bredenbury Cougars on Dec. 13 and the Theodore Buffaloes on Dec. 14. Both of these games begin at 8 p.m.

Triangle Hockey League

Flyers hand Cougarsfirst loss of the season


Whitewood Curling Club is seeing a rise in popularity with new forms of play and also the support being given to en-courage young curlers.

A new form of the game – doubles curling – may be helpful to rinks that are seeing a decrease in activity on their curl-ing ice.

Chad Kelly, of White-wood Curling Club, told

the Herald Sun that the doubles in curling have been playing the game in Whitewood for a couple of years.

“We have 8 teams at present and may look at expanding the number of teams for next year’s curling season,” Kelly re-ported. “Anyone wanting to take part this season is encouraged to submit their name at the curling rink to play as a spare.

Doubles curling is ba-sically a modification of

the game of curling with 5 rocks per team of two players. The first person throws the first and the last rock while the other person throws the middle three rocks. The person throwing the first stone can change throughout the ends. Prior to the start of every end, the team with the hammer shall place a stationery stone and their opponent’s sta-tionery stone in a choice of two different positions. If they chose to place their stone ‘out front’, they de-liver first stones in the end. If they chose to be behind the button, they have last stone in the end. The team not scoring in the previous end has the ‘choice’ in the next end. No rocks can be removed in the first 5 ends of the 8-end game.

“It’s (doubles) being well received in curling,” Kelly added. “The curlers are involved right from the first rock. Both curl-ers can sweep their rocks

at any time. The sport of Doubles Curling is now classified as a sport in the Olympics.”

The Monday Junior League in Whitewood is also very popular.

“We have 24 - 30 kids coming after school on Mondays for instruction in curling. The Farmers & Friends Bonspiel pay

the junior’s curling fees,” Kelly commented.

“The curling club wanted to encourage younger people to enjoy the sport so they devel-oped the program. The juniors will be receiving instructions until the end of December and at that time, we will probably di-vide them into teams.”

A Mini ‘Spiel was held on Dec. 9 and on Dec. 16 at 4:30 p.m., there will be a Kirk Muyres clinic includ-ing on and off ice support by the well-known and successful Saskatchewan curler. You do not have to be a member of the junior league for this clinic and others are welcome to join them on Dec. 16th.

Curling on the upswingwith younger players

By Wade WalzGrasslands News

Eight area ban-tam-aged hockey players will be among 160 players showcasing their talents in the 2019 version of the SaskFirst Bantam Top 160 tournament.

The players – 80 from southern Saskatchewan and 80 from the north-ern half of the province – were selected following regional tryout camps held last month. The Top 160 tournament takes place Dec. 27-29 at the Cooperators Centre in Regina. A second tour-nament will happen in February with 80 players from which the top 25-30 will be chosen for a sum-mer camp.

Area players on the southern squad are:

• Logan Halarewich, forward, Melville;

• Kayden McGillis, for-ward, Whitewood;

• Carter McKay, for-ward, Melville;

• Ashytn Shields, for-ward, Esterhazy;

• Damon Stevenson, forward, Whitewood;

• Carson Banga, de-fense, Stockholm;

• Raegan Kreway, de-fense, Ituna; and

• Tyler Stevenson, de-fense, Melville.

The tournament at-tracts scouts from vari-ous elite hockey leagues giving the players op-portunities to further their hockey pursuits. In addition, the SaskFirst program is a gateway to Hockey Canada’s High Performance program that includes national teams such as the World Juniors.

The Saskatchewan Hockey Association (SHA) says it created this elite SaskFirst pro-gram to ensure players, coaches and officials all receive ample opportu-nity for development

both on and off the ice. The SaskFirst program is unique to Saskatche-wan as no other province offers a developmental program of this depth for players, coaches and offi-cials.

The Top 160 tourna-ment opens at 8 am on Dec. 27 with A, B, C, and D event finals slated for Sunday, Dec. 29 begin-ning with the D-final at 8 am and ending with the A-final at 3:30 pm.

Eight area players to play in SaskFirst tourney

DiscussionsWhen the motion to

approve accounts for pay-ment was made, Coun. Brian Stevenson ques-tioned the billing of re-pairs to a town truck that had been purchased for the town crew’s use from a private owner.

“What’s the procedure to decide to fix or not to fix or where? I feel we should be looking at a pol-icy before these kind of expenses are completed.”

The repair cost was $4,842.44 and Stevenson felt that possibly quotes should be approved, with the timing of the repairs discussed, before the re-pairs are approved.

“Spending a great deal of money repairing late models doesn’t re-ally make sense and be-sides, possibly that truck could have sat for a while until these decisions are made,” Stevenson added.

Council members agreed to Stevenson’s suggestion that some of the policies need to be re-viewed or developed.

A letter was received in response to the Town’s request to the RM of Wil-lowdale for support with maintaining the most westerly street in town that leads to RM proper-

ties.“The Rural Municipal-

ity of Willowdale No. 153 maintains many miles of roads for everyone, some of whom may re-side in Whitewood who may travel RM roads for personal and professional duties.

Since it would be re-dundant and offensive to charge the Town of Whitewood for this ser-vice, Council believes that the RM Maintenance request by the Town of Whitewood is not war-

ranted,” the response stated.

Discussion also took place regarding the light-ing on the service road that once again is not working. Further investi-gation will be done to see where the power source comes from for these lights.

The meeting then went In Camera for staffing is-sues.

The last meeting of 2019 is Tues., Dec. 17 at 7 p.m.

Whitewood council questions repair policy- continued from page 6

on shelves, flickering candles reflected off Christmas baubles accenting bright red tablecloths in the diningroom and study. Soon everyone was seated and laugh-ter filled the house while guests passed plates piledwith treats and sipped tea from dainty, gold-rimmed cups. Surrounded by pictures and objects from anotherera, neighbours chatted about their own traditions andplans for the upcoming holiday.

Later the hosts announced that Suzette Stone hadwon the raffle prize, a hand-knit teddy, and guestsparticipated in a Christmas movie quiz. Velestuk alsotook an opportunity to talk about some interesting ar-tifacts at the museum. She showed guests a pewter sugar bowl with a small bird on its lid. A note inside indicated that the item was a wedding present to her grandparents in 1901. As guests commented about the artistry of the sugar bowl, Velestuk encouraged themto label items of their own so that their family history will not be forgotten. “Make sure that things you trea-sure are labeled so when you’re not there to tell them, your family will know,” she said.

Christmas tea held in Grenfell- continued from page 3

Winter funThese two youngsters were having fun at the free public skating that was held at the Whitewood Community Centre on Dec. 5 as part of the annual Santa Night event.



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Obituary Irma Eurich of Regina, SK, formerly of Lemberg, SK, passed away at the Regina Pasqua Hospital on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, one week shy of her 90th birthday. She was pre-deceased by her husband, Wal-ter; an infant daughter, Heather; her parents, John and Sophia Huget; sisters Marie and Edna and brother Harold. She is sur-vived by her son, Cam (Bernie) and daughter Maureen (Bob); grandchildren Kimberly (Sean),Jenna (Derek), Andrew (Ni-cole), Kaeli (John) and Brady (Sarah); and great-grandchildren Layne, Matthew, Sophia, Joseph and Paige. Mom had a love of music; she played piano and sang at a variety of functions in her earlier years. She was a big fan of the Gaithers and had a large collection of their CDs and DVDs. A heartfelt thank you to the amazing caregivers and volun-teers at Palliative Care. Your care and compassion is beyond measure. As well, the family would like to thank the staff at Wintergreen Estates for the wonderful care she received while a resident there. A funeral service was held at Trinity Lutheran Church in Lemberg on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, with the Rev. Victoria

in the hymns, “Because He Lives”, “Softly and Tenderly”, “The Old Rugged Cross” and “I Know That My Redeemer Lives”. Participants in the service included Maureen Pfeifer giving the eulogy, Bernie Eurich, Kimberly Engel and Brady Eurich do-ing scripture readings and Kaeli and John Yoo performing a special song. Interment took place in Lemberg Cemetery with Andrew Pfeifer, Brady Eurich, Sean Engel, John Yoo, Doug Seidel and Jim Pfeifer acting as pallbearers. Arrangements were entrusted to Matthews Funeral Home, Melville.

Irma EurichDec. 6, 1929 – Nov. 29, 2019Obituary

Evelyn Kathleen Evans was born April 21, 1929, to Karl K. and Wilhelmina (nee Schick) Gerhardt on the farm at Killaly, SK. She was the youngest daughter of nine siblings and was baptized May 19, 1929,

at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Killaly. Evelyn attended Killaly School until Grade 7. At the end

lyn worked for her brother-in-law, Fred Waldbauer, on his farm in Neudorf and, later in the fall, travelled to Winnipeg by train

Northern Shirt Factory, where she sewed piece work on cov-eralls. She then worked for Paris Tea Rooms as a waitress. Martha and Evelyn saw the homecoming of the WWII veterans

Evelyn’s parents moved to Neudorf, which left Evelyn and

she moved to Calgary to work with her sister Frieda at S.S. Kresge’s Co. Ltd. In the years that followed, Evelyn was re-quired to return home to help out and worked at the Cameo Restaurant in Melville and the Leland Hotel in Neudorf. She then returned to Calgary, where she became head waitress at Kresge’s. During the summers, Evelyn, along with her three sisters, played on Killaly’s ladies’ softball team. She was great

hard to beat!

gary. They were blessed with two children, Elston born in Calgary and Patricia (Patsy a Centennial baby) was born in

Social Centre, City Hall, Bells Dairy and helped out Harold at

plants, craftwork, macramè, crocheting, knitting and weav-

Melville’s bowling alley. At a horticulture show, she received

low cases and tea towels, and she made several patchwork quilts. She also was active in Patricia’s skating club, sewing costumes for the annual ice carnival.

tirement years living at Heritage Villa, where she met great

sales and special holiday meals. Through the years, she served as president, secretary and treasurer of the Heritage Villa Club. Evelyn moved to St. Paul Lutheran Home in March 2019. Evelyn passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on Sun-day, Dec.1, 2019, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Melville at the age of 90. Evelyn was a very kind and gentle soul. She lived her life her way with great integrity, very respectful and always offer-ing a helping hand. She was a very independent lady with so much courage and strength, very down-to-earth, and she had a great sense of humour. We will miss her smiles, hugs and gentle love. She will forever be our beautiful angel and best friend! Evelyn was predeceased by her parents, Karl K. and Wil-helmina (nee Schick) Gerhardt; her husband, Harold Evans; sisters Sophie (Herb) Lubenow, Emma (Ferd) Waldbauer, Minnie (Jake) Washenfelder and Frieda (Edward) Rubleski; brothers Jake (Anita) Gerhardt and Carlie (Fern) Gerhardt; sister-in-law Constance Gerhardt and brother-in-law Edward Hanowski. She leaves to cherish her memory: son Elston of Regina, SK; daughter Patricia (Larry) Hill and grandson Traceof Red Deer, AB; sister Martha Hanowski of Victoria, BC; brother William Gerhardt of Regina, SK; many nieces, neph-ews and friends. Evelyn’s family is planning a graveside service in the spring

nation may be made to Rail City Industries Foundation in Mel-ville. Arrangements are entrusted to Matthews Funeral Home, Melville.

Evelyn Kathleen EvansApril 21, 1929 – Dec. 1, 2019

Obituary Loretta Ganong (nee Thompson) passed away peacefully

Even though she spent most of her life in the Toronto area, she was always a Melville gal at heart! Dearly loved by her family and friends, Loretta will be sadly missed. For more details, please visit www.glenoaks.ca Arrangements were by Glen Oaks Funeral Home and Cem-etery, Oakville Ontario.

Loretta Ganong (nee Thompson)April 1, 1927 - Dec. 6, 2019

Obituary Peacefully, after a coura-geous three-year, 10-month battle with cancer, Derwin (Ralph) passed away with his family by his side at Concordia Hospital in Winnipeg, Man. on

Derwin was born in Melville,

and Margaret Wing. Growing

playing baseball and hunting. He attended school in Melville,

working for the CN in 1977 where he met Brenda (Halyk). He spent many hours at Brenda’s family farm.

involved and supportive of all their hobbies, interests and ac-ademics. As a family, they went on many adventures, includ-ing vacations, camping, ski events and trips to visit family and friends in Saskatchewan. Derwin liked tinkering in the garage and spending time in the yard. He received his Red Seal in steel fabrication in 2000.

retirement he spent time at the farm, getting in as many rounds of golf as possible, and travelling to many places around the world with Brenda. His memory will be cherished by his wife Brenda; son Da-kota; daughter Destiny (Cody); siblings, June (Norm) Rath-geber, Victor Wing, Brian (Crystal) Wing and Shirley Jeffery; brother-in-law, Bryan and sister-in-law, Jane Halyk; and many nephews, nieces, great-nephews and great-nieces. He was predeceased by his father, Orin; mother Marga-ret; step-father, Steve Reves; sister, Joyce Halyk; brother in-law, Isadore Halyk; sister-in-law, Connie Wing; nephew, Kelly Wing; mother-in-law, Edith Halyk; and father-in-law, Max Halyk. Derwin will be remembered as a loving husband, a proud father, a caring brother, a fun uncle, a golf buddy, a good friend, and as the Smartie Man. The family would like to give a special thank you to the on-cology department and all the staff at Concordia Hospital who

name may be made to CancerCare Manitoba Foundation

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Derwin “Ralph” Alfred WingApril 3, 1958 – Dec. 6, 2019

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The Saskatchewan Wheat Develop-ment Commission (Sask Wheat) an-nounced the results of its 2019 director elections and one of the three elected is a Broadview area resident.

Jocelyn Velestuk, who farms near Broadview, was elected to the Sask Wheat board following an election that saw seven candidates running. Velestuk is an agronomy consultant who is cur-

rently the President of the Saskatch-ewan Soil Conservation Association board. She has also served on her local daycare board and on the Broadview Agriculture Society board.

Also elected to the board were Les-ley Kelly, who farms near Watrous and Meota area farmer Glenn Tait.

The final results of the election are Lesley Kelly (1,556 votes); Glenn Tait

(1,399); Jocelyn Velestuk (1,355); Scott Hepworth (1,352); Stewart Wells (1,182); Brady Sproat (961); Garth Massie (913).

There were 3,318 verified and counted ballots returned for this election. Of those, 2,322 producers voted with a paper ballot while 996 producers voted online.

The directors’ terms will start fol-lowing the Sask Wheat Annual General

Meeting, which will be held on Mon-day, January 13, 2020, at TCU Place in Saskatoon. Each candidate will servea four-year term. They will be joining four existing directors on the Board:Bill Gehl of Regina, Brett Halstead of Nokomis, Jake Leguee of Weyburn, and Ken Rosaasen of Preeceville. The next Sask Wheat election will be in the fallof 2021.

Broadview resident elected to Sask Wheat Commission board


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Ann Cognito and her dog Mr. Myrtle, who spent a night in many of our communities, has reached Ottawa.

Cognito, the self-proclaimed climate activist whose real name is Tanya Bucknor, obvi-ously does not have the connec-tions of activists such as Greta Thornberg from Sweden who received enormous publicity in her plight in Canada about climate change, but she is just as determined to make a differ-ence as she currently waits to hear from Prime Minister Jus-tin Trudeau.

Cognito and her service dog left Calgary in April to travel to Ottawa by bicycle and an attached cart, used for her supplies and to ease the miles for Mr. Myrtle by giving him breaks from walking. Her daily travels were anywhere from 15 to 50 kilometres per day and some days she received gifted transportation by people who met with her on her travels through towns and down the highways.

Grenfell, Broadview, White-wood and Wapella were all stops in this area for Cognito, as well as hundreds more along her route. She camped with a small tent and graciously ac-cepted any offers for accommo-dations or means of support as she travelled.

“My idea to raise awareness

by doing something crazy will hopefully get people talking more and from that there will be a ripple effect to more peo-ple,” Cognito told the Herald Sun in her interview on June 10, 2019.

“Our resources are under utilized. Crossing the prai-ries in the almost daily winds and the heat of the sun, I am amazed at how little our many resources are being utilized.”

She feels the need to redirect energy industries into more re-sponsible directions. It’s hap-pening in other countries and it’s working.

Cognito carries a letter to the prime minister as well as a petition for people to sign to reduce carbon emissions in Canada to net zero by 2025 and to make further action to remove atmospheric carbon ex-cess, as well as create regional, national, and international assembles to make sure those things happen, and to oversee the changes.

The journey of Ann Cognito and Mr. Myrtle is on Facebook as The Expedition – Walk to Waken the Nation. There are listings under notes for people to look up if they wish to ex-pand their interest and knowl-edge on climate change.

Before departing from her interview in June, Cognito stated that the most positive thing about her journey so far is that she has met so many people who believe that things

can be changed to be better. She was tired of having no

voice and tired of watching this crisis get to such a point and now explode unchecked. She is

asking for change.“We have everything to lose,

and our future to gain,” Cog-nito added. She hopes her little conversations with everyday people at all her small stops will result in discussion and in-

terest and eventually will bring change to the climate crisis.

It was just days after her in-terview at the Herald Sun that the Prime Minister began com-menting on climate change.

Cognito still states she’s been trying to make an appointment with the prime minister’s office since February but claims no one has ever responded to her.

In a petition posted on Change.org, Cognito said when she arrived in Ottawa she would ask Trudeau for his “per-sonal and political commitment to maintain life — and human life — in this country and on this planet.”

With almost daily photos on her Facebook site, as Cognito crossed the country, she en-countered many beautiful and also discouraging events. From heat, to weather and even theft of her tent and belongings, Cog-nito and Mr. Myrtle have finally reached Ottawa. Last Thursday she set up camp in the snow beside the War Memorial in downtown Ottawa and says she intends to stay put until she’s allowed to hand-deliver a letter calling for more action on cli-mate change to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

“I am staying here until I personally deliver this letter and until our government is doing what we need them to do,” Cognito states.

In her petition, Cognito calls on lawmakers to “tell the truth about how deadly our situation

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The Ottawa police are aware of Cognito’s camp but the prop-erty it’s set up on belongs to the National Capital Commission (NCC). Public Services and Pro-curement Canada (PSPC), man-ages the War Memorial. The PSPC have confirmed they areaware of the protester camped near the memorial.

Cognito reports of receiving daily visits from politicians and supporters.

“I will remain until they are doing what they cannot do and what they need to be doing,” Cognito said from Ottawa. “I want a commitment to face thisclimate crisis responsibly. AndI want to see it happening. Iwant to see change in place. We don’t have time.”

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Craig Lehr and Rick Minett last skied Mission Ridge in March on the day before it closed for the season and they were among the first to hit the slopes last Friday when

the resort opened again for its 47th season.

“We’ve been waiting eight months for this; I ‘m here every weekend pretty much” said Lehr, who introduced Minett to the sport.

“Not all of the runs are open, but everything

is up and running like a dream,” said ski school director Anders Svenson. “We were done making snow last Thursday. We had some relatively mild warm weather that put us a bit behind schedule but we have a number of mechanisms available to make snow. Anything that lets us open before December 20th is a bonus for us.”

The Coleridge fam-ily from Regina, Tom, Nicole, and 9-year old Emery made a day of it. “We’re not great skiers, but we’re having a great time,” said Nicole.

About 200 turned out on the first day and the parking lot was filled during the weekend. Lift supervisor John Hill said he was surprised at the number of skiers who showed up on opening day.

“I didn’t think we’d have as many out as we did. We have people coming from all over. Seems a lot of kids may have skipped school to be here.”

Snowmaking ma-chines made it possible for six of the 13 runs to open, including The

Touchwood Trail, Buf-falo Jump, Wild West and Sitting Bull Pack. That’s enough to help boarders and skiers whet their ap-petites until the first good snowstorm powders the hills once we move into real winter.

Svenson says “Every-thing should be 100 per cent open by Christmas.” That includes the resort’s latest substantial invest-ment, the Tubing Park with a brand new 400-foot

‘Magic Carpet’ to carry tubers back to the top of the hill.

Visitors will also no-tice a new low-slung guest services pavilion on the site to the west of the main lodge which isn’t quite finished but will be open during the season for some special events

The weather during the weekend was ideal; dull grey days, mild -3 Celsius, and no wind. C.J.

Vincent, who first skied Mission Ridge 11 yearsago when he was sevenyears old, was back allday Friday getting his ski legs in shape.

“It’s been pretty good;the slopes are decent, butit’s been wild,” he said.Sam Gorski from Regina agreed, “Even thoughsome of the runs are a little icy, conditions are not bad, not bad at all. Itis still fun. We’ve missedskiing all summer.”

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