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Monday, January 16, 2017 Vol . 46 No. 03 Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, Canada

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Town of Esterhazy receives $1.2 Million . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 2

Villages of Tantallon andStockholm receive funding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg. 3

STC bus depotnow in Esterhazy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . pg.7

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by Brenda MatchettThe Maple Leaf Theatre helds its first livemusic event with a crowd of more than 100 peo-ple who came out for an unforgettable eveningof classical guitar. From Bach to VenezuelanWaltzes, Classical guitarist and former Ester-hazy resident, Stephen Weiss held the audiencecaptive with every note, transporting them tofantastic places around the world along thestrings of his guitar. Weiss is the brother of co-owner KatherineMiller, and performed at the theatre whilehome in Esterhazy for Christmas holidays. Henow resides with his “Little Sunshine,” daugh-ter Mayla, in Montréal. He maintains a busyteaching schedule, as well as performing in andaround the greater metropolitan area.

He was inspired by music his sister Katherinewas playing at the time, and studied privatelyand performed in Potashville Music Festivalsuntil the age of 10. Thereupon, Stephen’s par-ents, Rose and Charlie Weiss, bought him anelectric guitar. From then on, he set out to ex-plore the instrument, trying out a variety ofstyles, from rock and country to classical andjazz.

Initially, being self-taught on the classical gui-tar during his high school years, and laterstudying as a student at the University ofSaskatchewan with Saskatoon guitarist BenSchenstead, an early recording of Liona Boydfirst drew him in to the haunting and beautifulsounds of the instrument.

Stephen’s formal training has included ob-taining a B.Mus. in Music.Ed. degree from theUniversity of Saskatchewan, and also attendingand playing in masterclasses with concert play-ers such as Pavel Steidl (Czech Republic), ScottTennant, David Tanenbaum (USA) and others. The amount of local talent is astounding in Es-terhazy, don’t forget the next planned open micnite will be held at Whippletree Coffee in theMaple Leaf Theatre on Jan. 19 at 7 p.m.

Classical guitaristSteven Weissperforms live

First live music event at Maple Leaf Theatre

The Government ofSaskatchewan announcedchanges toSaskatchewan’s PremisesIdentification (PID) pro-gram on Jan. 12, a keytraceability tool to planfor, control and preventthe spread of animal dis-eases and to respond toother emergencies.

Participation in the PIDprogram will now be a re-quirement forSaskatchewan producers.Over the coming months,Saskatchewan Ministry ofAgriculture livestock pro-grams will begin requir-ing applicants have a PIDnumber to participate.

“The federal govern-ment proudly supports ahealthy, sustainable androbust agriculture indus-try,” Federal Minister ofAgriculture and Agri-FoodLawrence MacAulay said.“These new requirementswill help Saskatchewanproducers protect thehealth of their livestock,as well as their farm busi-nesses.”

“As one of the three pil-lars of traceability, Prem-ises Identification is animportant part of ensur-

ing the health and safetyof our province’s live-stock,” SaskatchewanMinister of AgricultureLyle Stewart said. “Witha full PID database, we’llbe in a better position toprevent or respond to ananimal disease outbreakor natural disaster.”

Saskatchewan’s volun-tary PID program waslaunched in June 2014.Currently, less than 3,000of the province’s livestockand poultry producers,veterinarians, feedlots,and other livestock com-mingling sites are en-rolled. Requiring a PIDnumber for program eligi-bility will help theprovince reach full PIDparticipation, which isnecessary to make thesystem effective. Mani-toba and Alberta havesimilar regulations thatmandate enrollment intheir PID programs.

“I want to make sureI’m in the best positionpossible to protect my cat-tle if a disease outbreakhappens,” SaskatchewanCattlemen’s AssociationVice-Chair Rick Toneysaid. “That’s why register-

ing for a PID number justmade sense; it was aneasy way to make sure mycattle would be safe in anemergency.”

An effective PID data-base is used to plan andimplement emergency re-sponses in the case of ananimal health concern, apublic health emergency,or an emergency such as anatural disaster that af-fects animals and people.Registrants’ informationwill be kept private andonly used in such emer-gencies.

The Saskatchewan PIDdatabase is fundedthrough Growing Forward2, a cost-shared partner-ship between federal,provincial and territorialgovernments designed tosupport an innovative,competitive and profitableCanadian agriculture andagri-food sector.

For more informationon PID, visitwww.saskatchewan.caand search “PremisesIdentification.” Registra-tion can be completed on-line athttp://premisesid.saskatchewan.ca.

The Town of Esterhazywill receive a Federaland Provincial grantfunding in the amountof $1.2 millon.

Ralph Goodale, Minis-ter of Public Safety andEmergency Prepared-ness, and DonnaHarpauer, Minister ofGovernment Relationsand Minister Responsi-ble for First Nations,Métis and Northern Af-fairs, announced on Jan.12, more than $38.6 mil-lion for 28 new projectsacross Saskatchewanthrough the Clean Waterand Wastewater Fundand the Public TransitInfrastructure Fund.The federal governmentis providing up to 50 percent of funding – morethan $19.3 million –while the province is in-

vesting more than $8.9million. Local municipal-ities are contributing thebalance of more than$10.3 million.

The funding will sup-port infrastructure proj-ects such as new andupgraded wastewater la-goons in nine municipal-ities acrossSaskatchewan includingEsterhazy, Stockholmand Tantallon.

The Town of Esterhazywill receive grant fund-ing from the Federal gov-ernment in the amountof $840,000 and fundingfrom the Provincial gov-ernment in the amountof $420,000 for improve-ments to the SewerForce Main and LagoonPlanning Study. (SPS #3)

This force main is lo-cated in the northeast

end of Town near the Es-terhazy High School. Inrecent years with theamount of rain receivedthe Town had consider-able issues with the san-itary sewer system inthat area and the abilityof the existing system tohandle the inflow. Theoverall project cost willbe approximately $1.7million however, withthe Federal/Provincialfunding the majority ofthat cost will be coveredwith substantial savingsto residents and a new

system that will enablecontinued growth withinthe Town and alleviationof concerns the Town hashad with inflow in thatarea.

Projects of this magni-tude are handledthrough the Town’s engi-neers and will be ten-dered through SaskTenders has been the

practice previously. Con-tractors will be recom-mended for Council’sapproval and the projectwill proceed once thatprocess is complete.

Mayor Roy Spencecommented on behalf ofcouncil that he is pleasedto receive the support ofthe Federal and Provin-cial Governments re-

spectively. “This is ahuge benefit to all theresidents of Esterhazy,”said Spence.

“The Town applied forgrant funding in 2014when the program wasfirst announced. Al-though we have had pos-itive responses from bothgovernments, it was notuntil recently the Townwas advised this grantmay be forthcoming.”

This funding is part ofthe first phase of Invest-ing in Canada, the Gov-ernment of Canada’shistoric plan to supportpublic infrastructureacross the country.

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Angels Of Hope Animal RescueThis pretty house kitty’s

name is Anna. She is sixmonths old, vet checked andhas her current vaccinations.Her adoption fee is $50 andshe must be spayed when oldenough.

Please contact AOH @ 306-745-7100 if you would like toadd Anna to your family.

TOWN OF ESTERHAZYCommunity Development & Recreation Director

Applications are now being accepted for the position of CommunityDevelopment & Recreation Director for the Town of Esterhazy. This positionis a full time, permanent position. This position will be responsible for allrecreation facilities within the Town limits, including but not limited to thearena, sports grounds, pool and parks.

Salary and benefits will depend on qualifications, education and experi-ence. Interested parties are requested to send a detailed resume to theundersigned along with three references no later than February 1, 2017.

Donna RollieChief Administrative Officer

Town of EsterhazyBox 490

Esterhazy, Saskatchewan S0A 0X0town.esterhazy@sasktel.net

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Town of Esterhazy to receive $1.2 million“The Town applied for grant funding in 2014 when the program was first

announced. Although we have had positive responses from both governments,

it was not until recently the Town was advised this grant may be forthcoming.”

Participation in the PID program now a requirement for producers

Editor’s note: Ministry of Environmentconservation officer Lindsey Leko hasspent more than 25 years as a conserva-tion officer in Saskatchewan. For manyyears, Officer Leko contributed a columnto local papers on a variety of issues re-lated to hunting, fishing, and other re-source-related issues. If you havequestions, please contact lind-sey.leko@gov

In Saskatchewan, the elusive cougarhas created quite a stir with the localmedia and residents over the last severalmonths. So I figured that now is a goodtime to discuss the cougar and what todo if you see one.

Contrary to what many believe,cougars once ranged across the prairiesbut were displaced to more remotemountain regions as settlement ad-vanced. Over the past two decades theyhave been expanding their range east-ward and are recolonizing much of theirformer range.

In Saskatchewan, cougars are a natu-ral part of the landscape, especially inthe Cypress Hills region and along theentire length of the forest fringe fromMeadow Lake to Hudson Bay. These an-imals are a sign of healthy ecosystemsand sightings often go unreported. Thisbeing said, we have to understand that

cougars are around and part of our envi-ronment.

We often go into bear country and noteven bat an eye when we see a bear. Be-cause we anticipate bears to be around,we behave differently and take precau-tions in our outdoor activities. We haveto learn to do the same thing withcougars.

Other provinces and jurisdictions havelearned to co-exist with these elusivecreatures for many years. Once you havea better understanding of cougar behav-iour and how to react when seeing one,you’ll be that much more comfortablewhen in cougar territory.

Cougar Facts First of all, they do not like people and

do their best to avoid us. I have been anofficer for 25 years and have never seenone in the wild.

They are active at night and in theearly mornings and tend not to travel inbroad daylight. Historically, there hasnot been a documented cougar attack ona human here in Saskatchewan. Theirprimary food source is deer, but they willalso prey on elk, rabbits, beaver, porcu-pines, raccoons and grouse.

Cougars tend to hide or stash theirfood and will avoid eating where theycould be spotted. On average, an adult

male cougar is about seven to eight feetlong from nose to the tip of their tail. Thetail is the key feature here as it is aboutone-third of the cat’s total length, is thickand has a black tip at the end.

Cougars can leave tracks as well thatmay serve as an indicator. Cougar tracksshow four toes on both the front andhind paws. There will be no claw marksas they are retracted when they walk.There will also be an M-shaped heel pad

with two lobes at the top or leading edge,and three lobes at the base.

A male cougar’s territory can rangefrom 100 to 1000 km/sq. in size depend-ing upon terrain, vegetation and preyabundance. Cougars are very protectiveof their young and their territories.Scrape marks, urine, and feces are com-mon markers used to mark territory andattract mates.

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STC’s Esterhazy agency is now located at:

CAREY’S PLUMBING AND HEATING 514 Park Avenue

Esterhazy, SK306-745-2486

For more information about STC’s passenger and shipping services:

www.stcbus.com | 1-800-663-7181

STC HAS A NEW AGENCY

by Brenda MatchettIt was recently an-

nounced that the Villageof Stockholm and the Vil-lage of Tantallon wouldreceive Federal andProvincial funding for in-frastructure.

Last week RalphGoodale, Minister of Pub-lic Safety and EmergencyPreparedness, and DonnaHarpauer, Minister ofGovernment Relationsand Minister Responsiblefor First Nations, Métisand Northern Affairs, an-nounced funding of morethan $38.6 million for 28new projects acrossSaskatchewan throughthe Clean Water andWastewater Fund and thePublic Transit Infrastruc-ture Fund. The fundingwill support infrastruc-ture projects such as newand upgraded wastewaterlagoons in nine munici-palities acrossSaskatchewan includingEsterhazy, Tantallon andStockholm.

Investing in public in-

frastructure helps ensurethat Canadians and theirfamilies have safe waterto drink, wastewater sys-tems they can rely on, andhigh-quality public transitsystems that get them towork on time and backhome safely at the end ofa long day. The govern-ments of Canada andSaskatchewan are onceagain making invest-ments that will help cre-ate well-paying jobs andgrow the middle class nowwhile building a strongfoundation for a sustain-able economic future.

The Village of Stock-holm will receive grantfunding from the Federalgovernment in theamount of $582,750 andfunding from the provin-cial government in theamount of $291,375 for atotal of $874,125 forsewage lagoon upgrades.

The Village applied forthe grant back in 2014after the Water Shed Se-curity Agency had ad-vised them that their

lagoon system neededupgrades.

Stockholm MayorJason Nichols explainedthat Stockholm has ex-perienced growth overthe last few years, andexpansion upgrades areneeded to accommodatethat growth.

“We are very happyand excited at the an-nouncement of the fund-ing. It helps to take someof the burden of the ex-penses off of the tax pay-ers and residents of ourcommunity,” saidNichols. “Stockholm hasgrown, and the capacityis just not there. Oncethe lagoon expansion iscomplete, we will be ableto accommodate contin-ued growth well into thefuture.”

Tenders are expectedto be out by the end ofMarch, and all upgradesare hoped to be com-pleted by the end of2017.

The Village of Tanta-llon will receive a grant

funding from the Federalgovernment in theamount of $192,500 andfunding from the provin-cial government to-talling $96,250 for atotal of $288,750 to-

wards its water treat-ment plant and reservoirupgrades.

These investments arepart of the bilateral agree-ment between Canadaand Saskatchewan, an-nounced on Sept. 16, 2016,

and are in addition to the$56.8 million in federalfunding announced thatday for 10 water projectsand 12 transit projects.

“Infrastructure is thefoundation of the Canadawe all want to build for to-morrow,” said Goodale,Minister of Public Safetyand Emergency Prepared-ness, on behalf of Amar-jeet Sohi, Minister ofInfrastructure and Com-munities said. “This latestround of water and waste-water projects will protectthe environment and keepour communities healthyand liveable and will cre-ate well-paying jobs forthe middle class.”

“The Government ofSaskatchewan is pleasedto join with our federaland municipal partners toannounce funding for 28water, wastewater, andpublic transit projectsacross the province,” Gov-ernment Relations Minis-ter Donna Harpauer said.“These investments allowfor continued growth in

Saskatchewan communi-ties and will improvequality of life for years tocome.”

Quick Facts• This funding is part of

the first phase of Invest-ing in Canada, the Gov-ernment of Canada’shistoric plan to supportpublic infrastructureacross the country.

• The Government ofCanada will provide morethan $180 billion in infra-structure funding over 12years for public transit,green infrastructure, so-cial infrastructure, trans-portation that supportstrade, and Canada’s ruraland northern communi-ties.

• The Government ofCanada is providingSaskatchewan with$89,342,112 under thenew Clean Water andWastewater Fund and$29,000,000 under thenew Public Transit Infra-structure Fund, and willfund up to 50 per cent ofthe eligible project costs.

Stockholm and Tantallon to receive funding

“Stockholm hasgrown and the

capacity is not there.Once the lagoon

expansion is complete, we will be

able to accommodatecontinued growth

well into the future.”

Leko’s Conservation CornerSharing the landscape with Cougars

Brady, Patriots rollingtoward another superbowl

That Tom Brady willone day be a member ofthe Pro Football Hall ofFame is a foregone conclu-sion. But whether he’ll behonoured as a four-, five-,six-time (or more) SuperBowl winner remains tobe seen.

Brady, who was sus-pended for four games atthe start of this seasondue to the infamous ‘de-flategate’ scandal and stillled his club to a 14-2record, is the odds-onfavourite to be the SuperBowl winning QB whenthe game is played Feb. 5in Houston. And sinceBrady says he sees no rea-son why he can’t continueto play at a high leveluntil his mid-40s, an un-precedented age for astarting quarterback, it’spossible he may set anSB-winning standard fu-ture NFL quarterbackswill never be able toreach.

Brady, almost an after-thought of a draft choice

(sixth round) in 2000 bythe Patriots following anundistinguished career atthe University of Michi-gan, goes for his fifthsuper Bowl title this year.New England went 3-1during the 39-year-oldBrady’s four-game ab-sence, and lost only oncein the 12 games hestarted. The Patriots werethe No. 1 seed in theAmerican Football Con-ference, giving them afirst-round bye and home-field advantage through-out the playoffs.

Experts give only a cou-ple of teams a chance toderail the Patriot train asit rolls toward Houston.Pittsburgh Steelers wonthe last seven games ofthe regular season andare considered the biggestAFC threat to the Patri-ots. In the NFC, GreenBay had a similar run toend the season (six winsin a row), the rejuvenatedDallas Cowboys earnedthe No. 1 seed and theplayoff-hardened SeattleSeahawks are alwaystough foes.

But it will be a surpriseif Brady, coach Bill Be-lichick and owner RobertKraft aren’t standing onthe post-game podium inHouston hoisting theSuper Bowl late in theevening of Feb. 5. NewEngland won most gameswith ease, racking up, byfar, the best points for-against ratio in the league(plus 191). The loss to in-jury of key players, suchas receiver RobGronkowski, has had littleeffect on the Patriots’ suc-cess. The loss of Bradymight be a different story,however. The player whomay go down in NFL his-tory as the best ever toplay the quarterback posi-tion might be the most ir-replaceable Patriot. Thefootball world is likely tosee his legend growthrough January and onFeb. 5.

• Dwight Perry of theSeattle Times: “Saying‘there’s lots of pictures ofbaseball players dressedup as Disney princesses,’Major League Baseballannounced a crackdown

on rookie hazings. Fortu-nately for Minnesota,being forced to dress in aTwins uniform isn’t in-cluded in the ban.”

• User aim4apex, on In-stagram, sharing a pic-ture of a Zamboni at thedrive-up window of a TimHortons in Stony Plain,Alta: “This was probablythe most Canadian thingI’ve ever seen in my 26years of life.”

• Seth Meyers ofNBC’s Late Night: “Ac-cording to a recent study,Pokémon go players havecollectively walked 5.7 bil-lion miles while using theapp. They’ve walkedeverywhere except into ajob interview.”

• Comedy writer AlexKaseberg: “Russia is ad-mitting to an institutionalconspiracy to dope theirathletes. This was not ashock after their women’shockey team tested posi-tive for testicles.”

• Norman Chad onTwitter: “Before mostgames, Patriots find theguy working at the near-est Radio Shack, sign him

as a wide receiver andTom Brady throws him aTD pass.”

• Janice Hough ofleftcoastsportsbabe.com:“Someone changed thename of the Browns train-ing facility on GoogleMaps to “ClevelandClowns." Prompting de-mands for an apology,from real clowns.”

• @RandyTurner15 ofthe Winnipeg Free Press,on Twitter: “PatrikLaine, 18, just cashed in$212,500 for scoring 20thNHL goal. In relatedstory, at 18 I cashed in myempties for 6-pack of Mol-son.”

• Bob Molinaro of pi-lotonline.com, Hampton,Va.: “Remember whenChip Kelly was thesmartest guy in the room?Either the room got a lotlarger or Kelly shrunk.”

• Headline at The-Kicker.com: “Chairs votedinto WWE Hall of Fame.”

• Dwight Perry ofSeattle Times again: “Aman in Germany made ashocking discovery whenhe opened his front door:

Someone had built a brickwall in his doorwayovernight. Rams RB ToddGurley had the same re-curring dream all season.”

• Jets receiver Bran-don Marshall, to Show-time’s “Inside the NFL,”on his team’s 5-11 season:“The best way I can de-scribe it is having a diaperon and never changing it.And just sitting in that di-aper the whole year.”

• Brad Dickson of theOmaha World-Herald:“Washington was in theCollege Football Playoffand Colorado had a sur-prisingly strong season.Who knew the key to foot-ball success was legalmarijuana?”

• Dickson again: “Le-Bron James arrived at agame in a full Cubs uni-form after losing a WorldSeries bet. Pete Rose:‘You too?’”

Care to comment?Email brucepen-ton2003@yahoo.ca

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SPORTS TALK - by Bruce Penton

FOR $30 M, Lebron should give up his ‘rest’ days

Esterhazy Baptist Church5th Ave. & Babyak Street,

(306) 745-2222 Pastor Robert Moss

Sunday Worship: 11 a.m.Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.

Esterhazy Full Gospel Fellowship

520 5th Avenue Esterhazy(306) 745-2989

Pastors: Brent & Charlene Nightingale

Sunday Service - 10 a.m.

St. John's Anglican ChurchSunday Services at 9:30 a.m.

with Kids CornerVeterans Ave. and Esterhazy.St.,

EsterhazyJudy MacDonald (306) 745-2911

Lovella Jarvi (306) 745-2289

St. Andrew's United Church550 Sumner Street,

Esterhazy(306) 745-3363Catherine Pace

Worship and Sunday School at 10:00 a.m.

Redeemer LutheranChurch

700-4th Ave., EsterhazyWorship time: 9:30 a.m.

(306) 745-2077Pastor Lori James

Our Lady of VictoriesParish Roman Catholic

Church308 Sussex Avenue,

Esterhazy, Sask.(306) 745-3315

Mass Times:Saturday 6:15 p.m. Sunday 10:45 a.m.Fr. Andrew Pawlowicz

Esterhazy & Area Esterhazy & Area Church NotesChurch Notes

Esterhazy High SchoolUPCOMING

EVENTS

Sponsored by:

Jan. 17 – EMBI Parent Meeting at 7 p.m. in the Band RoomJan. 19 – Hot LunchJan. 19 – Jr. boys and Jr. girls basketball at homeJan. 21 – Wrestling tournament in Swift Current (Grades 6-12)Jan. 23-26 – PJ Day and hot chocolateJan. 27 – No school for studentsJan. 27/28 – Jr. girls basketball tournament in LangenburgJan. 30 - Semester 2 startsJan. 31 - Jr. boys and Jr. girls basketball home games

TRIANGLEHOCKEY LEAGUE

TEAM GP W L T OL TPTheodore 13 11 2 0 0 22

Rocanville 11 8 3 0 0 16

Ochapowace 13 8 5 0 0 16

Langenburg 11 7 3 0 1 15

Bredenbury 13 6 6 0 1 13

Kipl/Wind 11 5 6 0 0 10

Whitewood 13 4 8 0 1 9

Esterhazy 13 0 13 0 0 0

Results as of Jan. 12, 2017

DATE AWAY HOME Fri., Jan. 20 Rocanville EsterhazySat., Jan. 21 Esterhazy BredenburyFri., Jan. 27 Esterhazy KiplingSat. Jan. 31 Esterhazy Langenburg

All league games start at 8 p.m.

Esterhazy Flyers 2017 Game Schedule

D i d y o u k n o w s u b s c r i p t i o n s a r e o n l y $ 2 5 + G S T w h e n y o u c h o o s e t o r e c e i v e y o u r

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You see and hear policeagencies say it all thetime…you can call, text ortype anonymous tips to po-lice through Crime Stop-pers.

TIPS ReceivedIn 2016 there were

1,518 Tips received upfrom 1,457 from 2015.

Calls ReceivedSaskatchewan Crime

Stoppers received 8,071calls in 2016, up from6,735 calls in 2015, bring-ing the total number of

calls since inception in1987 to 127,764.

Arrests Made24 arrests were made in

2016 bringing the total ofarrests, since inception in1987 to 3,237.

Cases ClearedCrime Stoppers has as-

sisted in clearing 37 casesin 2016 for a total of 3,733cases cleared since incep-tion.

Rewards ApprovedThe Saskatchewan

Crime Stoppers Board of

Directors approved$16,005 in rewardshanded out for Tips in2016 bringing the total ofrewards paid out to$351,441.

Property Recovered$583,220 worth of prop-

erty was recovered in2016, up from $40,670 in2015, bringing the totalsince 1987 to $9,411,838.

Drugs Seized$90,690 worth of drugs

were seized in 2016, upfrom $40,670 in 2015,

bring the total of drugsseized to $8,195,494.

Total of drugs and prop-erty recovered since 1987is $17,607,332.

You can make a differ-ence, even if you want tobe anonymous about it!Call. Text. Type. 1-800-222-8477. Visit the #SK#CrimeStoppers website tolearn more:https:/ /saskcrimestop-pers.com/

Saskatchewan Crime StoppersReceived 1,518 Tips in 2016

There are some thingsabout the proposed changesto health governance inSaskatchewan that ruralpeople might not like.

Or at least, they mightnot like them until they canbe convinced that onehealth authority addressesproblems in the systemthat the current 12 boardscouldn’t address.

The first pronouncementof Premier Brad Wall’s gov-ernment in 2016 was a bigone – a call for the reorgan-ization of the current 12health regions into a singleprovincewide health au-thority.

Unfairly, ruralSaskatchewan people aresometimes labelled as re-sistance to change. Virtu-ally no other Canadianshave seen as much disrup-tion to their communities,economies and very way oflife as Saskatchewan ruralfolk who have had to adaptto dwindling communitiescaused by the mechaniza-tion of farming.

That said, there aretimes when rural people

have fought hard againstchanges to their gover-nance structure.

It lobbied, intensely,against the mere sugges-tion of changing the exist-ing system of 296 ruralmunicipalities. And opposi-tion to such change hasn’talways been completely ra-tional.

That said, while there isa 111-year attachment tothe existing rural munici-pal system, the same can’tbe said about the short lifespan of the existing 12health districts.

In fact, since the demiseof the myriad of local hospi-tal and ambulance boards aquarter century ago, thecurrent 12 health regionshas often been consideredthe worst of both worlds.

Regions are too smalland powerless to take onthe power of government.But they were often too bigto represent concerns inspecific local communities.

Moreover, if one looks atthe borders for the regions,they simply don’t make anysense.

Sticking Moosomin in theRegina Qu’Appelle HealthRegion reflects the holus-bolus nature of regions thatdid not reflect trading areasor neighbouring communi-ties.

And the complaints ofoverpaid, local administra-tion and endless bureau-cracy have been endless.

Of course, it’s question-able whether the new sin-gle authority governancemodel will achieve the “sig-nificant savings’ thatHealth Minister Jim Reitertalked about when he an-nounced his governmentwas accepting his inde-pendent advisory panel.

While Reiter did cite sav-ings in information technol-ogy, payroll, procurementand less board manage-ment, his government couldonly quote a $10- to $20-million savings on boardgovernance by 2018-19.

More recently, the gov-ernment added that thehealth department spendsan estimated $160 millionon information technologyincluding the IT system forthe current health regions,the Saskatchewan CancerAgency and eHealth. How-ever, its consolidationwould only produce savingsof about $9 million a year.

In total, that amounts toless than $30 million insavings – a drop in thebucket in a health systemcosting us $5.7 billion, an-nually.

And then there is thefear that when a govern-ment talks about “amalga-mation” in health care, itmay be talking about hospi-tal closures like the 1992

closure of 52 rural hospitalsunder the Roy Romanowgovernment.

But Reiter was adamantthat what his Sask. Partycontemplates “is not a con-solidation of the frontlinehealth care”.

And if that doesn’t ruralpeople solace, there areother things emerging fromthe panel recommendationthat should.

The panel’s work was

largely predicated on thenotion that all people inSaskatchewan – regardlessof where they live – shouldbe entitled to equal healthcare access.

With inequitable boards,that didn’t always happen.

For example, one of thekey areas addressed in thepanel’s recommendations isconsistency in ambulatorycare.

Currently, some towns

don’t have access to para-medics because the healthregion has deemed that aless affordable expense.

Of course, there are wor-ries. It would help to havewe had independent healthombudsman to arbitrate.

But a single authoritymandated to ensure equal-ity may better address suchissues.

One board may just bebetter than 12.

MurrayMandryk

reportsfrom the

Saskatchewan

One health boardmay be better

“Get a l oad of Nanook here – I th ink he j ust wa lked in a l l o ftwenty feet from his car . . . “

BBrreennddaaMMaattcchheett ttE D I T O R

T H E E D I T O R ʼ S D E S K

One of my biggest pet peeves, besidespeople who consume food too loudly andthose who air their laundry on facebookconstantly, is reality television. I’m nottalking about the educational ones perse, more so, the celebrity wannabe ones.

Although it’s entertaining for this gen-eration, this guilty pleasure is taking uptoo many channels. After watching anepisode of Keeping Up with the Kar-dashians out of sheer curiosity, I felt myface muscles tighten into a consistentfrown and found myself irritated by thefact this show even gets ratings.

My dislike for Reality TV started inthe early 2000s, back when Paris Hilton’sshow was on. Remember that one? TheSimple Life. The series depicted twowealthy socialites, Paris Hilton andNicole Richie. It pretty much made funof the working class – which is prettymuch the majority of the population. Butsomehow it was on from 2003 to 2007.Five seasons of “I never heard of Wal-mart. What do they sell? Walls?”. [insertmy eye roll here] Really? It was a totalwaste of time yet viewers tuned in towatch this show week after week. Nextthing you know there was a bombard-ment of these types of shows. The Bach-elor. The Bachelorette. Real Housewivesof you name it ... Orange County? Bev-erly Hills? New York City? (Sorry butthey all suck). Shows like What Not toWear care little about improving thelives of participants, rather they seek toequate beauty and happiness with buy-ing more makeup and clothing.

Since when did materialistic lifestylesand plastic surgery become reality?These shows could not be further fromlife in the actual world. I don’t know

about anyone else, but I know I couldn’tspend all day in a hot tub, and then dropfive hundred dollars on a designer purse.Some of us have responsibilities and billsto pay. If you want an actual reality show,document yourself walking around forthe day with your smartphone. But, thenagain, who would want to watch it?Maybe it is that these shows provide fuelto the latent voyeur that resides withinall of us. Getting an unabashed look intoother peoples’ lives and being privy to alltheir spicy information gratifies a part ofus which we, at times, refuse to ac-knowledge.

Let’s face it, reality TV is fake andscripted. Nothing says reality more thana pre-determined plot and script, right?It takes no brain activity to watch KimKardashian pick out which ridiculouslyexpensive outfit to wear to her next pho-toshoot.

In a recent interview with Access Hol-lywood, 13 years after The Simple Lifefirst aired, Paris Hilton wanted the pub-lic to know that on the show, she wassimply playing a character that produc-ers randomly assigned to her. Yeah right!

She said, “Well, basically, the produc-ers of the show told us to play these char-acters. They said, Nicole you be thetroublemaker, Paris you be the ditsy, youknow, airhead. And that was our charac-ters. And we didn’t realize – this was thefirst kind of reality show out, so we hadno idea what we were getting ourselvesin to, or what a huge success it would be.And I had no idea I’d have to continueplaying this character for like five years.So, you kind of just get trapped in thatcharacter when you’re having to con-tinue to do it on a TV show.” It has been

10 years since the show ended, guess sheis still in character!

There’s no value watching theseshows, and even the entertainment as-pect begins to wear off. Let’s face it, ifsome of these celebrities weren’t famous,we wouldn’t even give them a secondthought. My time feels wasted when I in-vest even ten minutes into these shows.

Don’t waste your time feeling despairover comparing your income to talentless“actors” who make money off of its view-ers. The unrealistic nature of reality tel-evision, is the fact that the real, averageperson, doesn’t compare. This discreditsthe show in itself, making it un-relatableto pretty much its entire population ofviewers. It’s downright depressingwatching people who are famous for noreason. Spending insane amounts ofmoney on anything they desire, while itsviewers are putting in the hours andmaking minimum wage. But don’t be toodown on yourself, at least your everydayroutine doesn’t require a script and cam-era crew.

Reality-based television is not new, ofcourse. Allen Funt, with his 1948 TV se-ries Candid Camera is often credited asreality TV’s first practitioner. In fact, hestarted a year earlier with Candid Mi-crophone on radio.

And truth be told, I don’t despise allReality TV shows. No, there are quite afew that I actually enjoy. Shows that Ifind educational, shows that teach mesomething. The ones on HGTV like Loveit or List it, Property Brothers, HouseHunters International, Income Propertyand Holmes and Holmes to name a few. Ienjoy learning new renovation tech-niques, how to add value to my home and

each show I learn a little something newand I get ideas. My husband loves watch-ing pretty much anything and every-thing on Discovery or History Channel.Shows like Alaskan Bush People, Dead-liest Catch, Gold Rush, Naked andAfraid and The Last Alaskans. In fact,last night we watched Alone which is aseries that follows the self-documentedday-to-day lives of 10 individuals as theyattempt to survive in the wilderness ofPatigonia for as long as possible. Theyare isolated from each other and allhuman contact, and the one who remainson the island the longest, wins a grandprize of $500,000. They are currently onDay 51. Honestly, I don’t know if I’d lasta week alone in the wild. Sure, I lovecamping, cooking on an open fire, and Ilove the outdoors, but I don’t want tosleep outdoors in the rain with wild ani-mals while scrounging for food. I’m moreof a camper girl. Whereas my husbandfigures he would be a shoo-in for thegrand prize, hands down. If that’s thecase, where do I sign him up? :)

Is it Reality or Scripted?The takeover of Reality Television

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a lovely new display casewhich was partiallyfunded by the Scott andElva Boreen family.

Inside one can findmany mementos fromElva Boreen’s curlingdays such as a curlingsweater and tam wornby Elva and adornedwith over 90 pins fromvarious curling clubs andthe many bonspiels that

she and her curling teamattended. Attached to thesweater are a number ofcrests indicating her ac-complishments in re-gional, divisional andprovincial playdowns.

The cabinet also con-tains a scrapbook filledwith newspaper articlesand pictures of herteam’s successes and afile folder containingtelegraphs and good luckwishes to Elva’s team intheir quest for a provin-cial championship.

Photos, jewellery andother items complete theensemble of curlingparaphernalia that Elvaand her curling team ac-quired in their manyyears of curling competi-tion.

Thank you to theBoreen family for theirgenerous contribution tothe Esterhazy Commu-nity Museum and forsharing their passion forthe great game of curl-ing!

Esterhazy Community MuseumFeature of the month

Health officials are re-minding residents it’s nottoo late to get a flu shot asinfluenza activity picks upacross Canada andSaskatchewan.

“We have seen an in-crease in influenza casesin the last couple ofweeks, and we expect fluactivity will continuethrough March,”Saskatchewan’s ChiefMedical Health Officer Dr.Saqib Shahab said. “I en-courage everyone to get aflu shot if they haven’t al-ready. This season’s vac-cine is a good match forcirculating strains, includ-ing H3N2.”

There were 590 lab-con-firmed influenza cases inSaskatchewan betweenSeptember and January 7,with a spike of 175 casesduring the last week ofDecember.

The flu vaccine is rec-ommended for anyone sixmonths and older, and is

especially important forpeople who are most atrisk of serious illness frominfluenza: seniors, chil-dren, pregnant women,and people with chronichealth conditions or com-promised immune sys-tems.

The publicly-funded(free) flu vaccine is avail-able from many pharma-cies across the province,some physician offices,and public health clinics.Pharmacists can only im-munize adults and chil-dren nine years of age andolder who have a validSaskatchewan healthcard. Children under nineneed to be vaccinated at apublic health clinic orphysician office.

For information on pub-lic health clinic schedules:

• Check your health re-gion website

• Call your local publichealth office

• Call HealthLine 811

Esterhazy Pharmasaveand Sapara’s Drug Martin Esterhazy provide freeflu shots as well as Lan-genburg Pharmasave inLangenburg. For those outof the area, check thePharmacy Association ofSaskatchewan website(www.skpharmacists.ca/patients/flu-shots), or in-quire at your local phar-macy.

As of Dec. 31, 2016, anestimated 238,830 flu vac-cine doses were adminis-tered in Saskatchewan –64 per cent by publichealth nurses and otherproviders, and 36 per centby pharmacists.

For more informationon influenza immuniza-tion in Saskatchewan visitwww.saskatchewan.ca/flu. Forinformation on influenzasymptoms or when to seekcare, call HealthLine 811or visit www.healthlineon-line.ca.

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by Brenda MatchettSaskatchewan Trans-

portation Company(STC) once again has ahome base in Esterhazyfor passenger trans-portation and parcel ex-press services.

Since 2010, when TheMiner-Journal gave upthe STC depot, althoughpassengers were stillpicked up and droppedoff, there has been nofreight delivery to Ester-hazy. Customers had totravel to Ilona’s Cafe inStockholm to pick uppackages sent by bus.For customers that usedthe freight service it hadbecome more of a nui-sance than a conven-ience, so many hadstopped using it seekingout courier services thathad Esterhazy deliveryavailable instead. Nowthat freight can be sent

out and is available forpickup in Esterhazyagain, STC hopes thatcustomers will comeback to the trusted af-fordable freight service.

Carey’s Plumbing andHeating and STC havemade arrangements for

bus passengers to pur-chase tickets and for busfreight to be delivered totheir office located at 514Park Avenue, Monday toFriday. Arrival and de-parture times remainthe same. Bus passen-gers to Regina will be

picked up at the addressat 8:47 a.m., Monday,Wednesday and Friday.Passengers arrivingfrom Regina will bedropped off at 9:18 p.m.No service on holidays.

“We are not a desig-nated bus stop,” said Deb

Kulovany, co-owner ofCarey's Plumbing andHeating said. “There willbe no coffee service orwaiting room for dropoffs at night, but therewill be a ticket area andaccess to washrooms inthe building in the morn-

ing and a secure area inthe evening where thebus driver will be able tostore incoming ship-ments.”

Bus schedules andrates are available on-line at www.stcbus.com.

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Cont’d from Page 3Contrary to what some be-

lieve, cougars cannot roar likeother big cats. It can howeverpurr like a house cat and growllike….well a larger house cat!

So now that you know what acougar looks like, what shouldyou do if you see one?

Well, as difficult as this maybe to do, keep calm. If it is at adistance then it should justkeep moving on. If it is a closeencounter, make yourself lookas large as possible and backaway slowly, keeping the cougarin view, and allowing a clear exitfor it. Pick up children andsmall pets immediately. Neverrun or turn your back – as sud-den movements may provoke anattack.

Report all sightings to yourlocal conservation officer. Manytimes we have no idea of cougaractivity because no one reportsit. We would like to come outand investigate it, to either con-firm or quash the sighting inhopes of avoiding panic in thearea.

Have there been attackson domestic livestock? Yes,but very few. Some domestic an-

imal attacks get blamed oncougars even though they hadno involvement. Many timesother predators like coyotes,bears, wolves or even pet dogsare the ones responsible for theattack.

If a cougar is spotted onsomeone’s property, can itbe killed? Landowners do havethe right in Saskatchewan tokill any predator, includingwolves, bears and cougars, ontheir own land if the animal isposing an immediate threat totheir family, property or live-stock.

This means that just becauseyou see a cougar, you cannotsimply shoot it because it isnear your house, or might be aproblem later. Cougars are pro-tected in Saskatchewan and allcougar kills are investigated.

If a cougar is taken under theauthority of a landowner’s right,the local conservation officermust be notified. A permit canbe issued if the landownerwishes to retain the cougar.

Is there any truth to therumour that cougars wereintentionally released intoSaskatchewan? Folks, please

believe me when I say that thegovernment did not implementa plan to release cougars intothe wild to control the deer pop-ulation.

Some residents and landown-ers are convinced of this, eventhough it goes against everywildlife management practiceon the planet. This rumour isfalse.

Why can’t a cougar be cap-tured, removed from an areaand then relocated?

If the cougar is acting and be-having the way it should be,then there should never be anissue.

Problems arise when the ani-mal becomes comfortablearound humans. At this point,re-locating a problem animal issimply moving the problemfrom one area to another.

What should a producerdo when they suspect a pre-dation kill?

When any predator is sus-pected of killing livestock, pro-ducers should contact thenearest Saskatchewan Crop In-surance office to report the inci-dent.

The crop insurance adjuster

will contact a conservation offi-cer to meet on site for the claimand to look at the kill site to de-termine the cause of death.

If there are multiple preda-tion events in one location, CropInsurance has qualified preda-tion management specialistsavailable to help solve the prob-lem by removing the suspectedpredator.

In most cases this is used forcoyote predation on sheep orcattle. The specialist will comein and evaluate the situationand then make suggestions tothe producer and attempt to re-move the predator.

If you have any questions orconcerns about cougars in yourpart of the province, please con-tact your local conservation offi-cer. Please remember to reportall cougar sightings to your localofficer as well.

Finally, with the beginning ofa new year, I would be remiss ifI did not take the time to thankthose of you who reported a vio-lation, an injured animal ortook time to get involved in theprotection of our fish andwildlife. Thank you, to theRCMP officers who assisted

with injured animal calls that aconservation officer was unableto get to; the highway workersfor picking up these animals offthe road; and to the vets andwildlife rehabilitators who as-sessed and treated injured ani-mals brought to them by thepublic.

I would also like to remindeveryone that conservation offi-cers are only a part of a biggerteam including biologists, dis-patch operators and our veryhelpful customer support staffwho assist you at our offices. Onbehalf of each of us, I hope thatyou had a great holiday seasonand that you have a safe andhappy 2017.

Until next time…keep yourrod tip up!

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During AwarenessMonth, we are encouragingpeople to learn the ABC’s ofDementia by visitingABCDementia.ca and be-come familiar with thewarning signs of dementia.By learning the ABC’s ofDementia people can helpempower themselves withan early diagnosis and im-prove their ability to livewell with dementia.

Every 24 hours 10 morepeople in Saskatchewanwill develop Alzheimer’sdisease or a related demen-tia. Dementia is the mostcompelling health risk fac-ing Saskatchewan’s agingpopulation. Yet most peoplecan not identify the warn-ing signs of dementia be-yond loss of memory. The

warning signs of dementiainclude changes in abilities,behaviour or communica-tion.

There are 10 evidence-based warning signs.

Dementia doesn’t dis-criminate and can affectanyone. It’s one of thefastest-growing diseases ofour time. By learning thewarning signs and seekingan early diagnosis peoplecan empower themselves tolive well with dementia.Being informed and proac-tive is critical.

That’s why, as part of ourcampaign, the AlzheimerSociety will be featuring avideo by Darren Dreger, aHockey Insider at TSN tohelp encourage people tobecome better informed

about dementia. His 76-year-old step father, Ervin,who lives in Saskatchewan,was recently diagnosedwith dementia. “This is acause that’s close to myheart and I’m proud to lendmy support to the cam-paign. We need to get overour uneasiness about de-mentia and start to recog-nize and talk about it moreopenly,” says Dreger, whomakes his home in Toronto.The video may be viewed

on youtube ath t t p s : / / y o u t u . b e / o Y 4 -MEV0n2o

ABCDementia.ca is aninitiative of the AlzheimerSociety of Saskatchewanand the Government ofCanada to inform and em-power individuals and fam-

ilies about Alzheimer's dis-ease and other related de-mentias and to reduce thesocial isolation of those af-fected by it.

Background InformationDementia is an umbrella

term for a set of symptomsthat are caused by disor-ders affecting the brain.Symptoms include loss ofmemory, impaired judg-ment, and changes in be-haviour and personality.Dementia is progressive,degenerative and eventu-ally terminal. Its causes arenot fully known. There is nocure or effective treatmentto prevent the disease. Pro-gression varies greatly fromperson to person and canlast between eight to 10years – or longer.

• Over 19,000 people inSaskatchewan haveAlzheimer’s disease or a re-lated dementia.

• Over the next threedecades, that number willgrow to over 28,000.

• Every 24 hours 10 morepeople in our province willdevelop a dementia.

• In 2016 the cost of de-mentia in Saskatchewanwas over $1.3 billion dollars(future values) per year, in-cluding direct health costs,unpaid caregiver opportu-nity costs and indirectcosts. This number willreach $6.2 billion (futurevalues) per year by 2038.

• In 2018 it is estimatedthat informal (unpaid)Saskatchewan caregiverswill spend over 15 million

hours caring for family andfriends affected by demen-tia.

Ten evidence-basedwarning signs that affectabilities, behaviours and/orcommunications

• Memory loss• Change in mood• Change in personality• Disorientation• Difficulty performing

familiar tasks• Loss of initiative• Problem with abstract

thinking• Misplacing things• Poor or decreased judg-

ment• Problem with language

January is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month Learn the ABC’s of Dementia

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Proud to serve the Potashville area CLASSIFIEDS

HELP WANTED

Esterhazy Royal CanadianLegion #249 Dabber Bingoevery Thursday. Earlybirdat 7 p.m. Regular games at7:30 p.m. $1000 jackpot in 54numbers or less. License#CB15-0040. 15:tfc

SUITES FOR RENTApartments for rent at

Richard’s Court. All suitesinclude: fridge, stove, airconditioner, heat & water,laundry facilities. Forinquiries phone Shirley @306-745-6302. 41:tfn

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If you want to drink andcan, that’s your business. Ifyou want to stop and can’t,that’s our business. PhoneAlcoholics Anonymous at745-6750, 783-6951, 745-6301,745-6156. Family affected bysomeone’s drinking? Findhelp at Al-Anon: Mondaysat 1 p.m., Lutheran Churchor Wednesdays at 8 p.m.-Town Office (west door)Phone: 745-6301, 534-4604.

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CAMPERS2005 31.5' Corsair Excella5th Wheel with 2 double

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THUR Jan 19 @ 7pmOPEN MIC @ Whippletree Coffee

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Jan 20, 21 & 22 @ 7:15 p.m.WHYHIM? (14A) Comedy

Jan 26, 27 & 28 @ 7:15 p.m.

Jan. 29 @ 2 & 7:15 p.m. MOANA

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CARD OF THANKSA sincere and grateful

thank you and heartfeltappreciation to Dr. A. VanHeerden, Dr. Wanis, Dr.Okafor, Dr. Oloko,Dr.Lawale, nurses, nursesaides, LPN’s and emer-gency personnel, all youspecial ones in the cafeand all personnel in theYorkton Regional Hospitalfor the care and attentionto our brother, Albert Eck-lin, and to us, his familywho often badgered andquestioned you for all thetime Albert was in yourcare. Grateful thank youand blessings to Dr. Osimeand Dr. Lawale for yourspecial prayers and sup-port reminding us that theLord does sustain us allthe time. Thank you andwe will always be gratefulto the Doctors, manage-ment, all the staff and allyou outstanding personnelin the Langenburg Centen-nial Special Care Home,and the Melody Manor inthe Yorkton and DistrictNursing Home. You allshow a special love andcaring that makes thetransition from family andhome to one’s new “familyand home” a welcomingand steady venture. Theprayers and help of familyand friends, often timesbehind the scenes are notforgotten, and definitelyappreciated. Of specialnote, Marlene andEleanor, your unreservedavailability and help forAnnamae and “buck-up”visits with Albert – always– Thank you. Vern, Kathy,Greg, Marvin – your kind-ness, warm, friendly andprofessional manner andcomplete services inChristie’s Funeral Homeand Crematorium, certain-ly helped make a roughtime more of a celebrationof Albert’s life. Nephews,Brent Nordin and BrianOrloski, your participationwith the Words of Tributeand Eulogy and as UrnBearer, especially appre-ciated for Uncle Albert.Thank you to Rev. TimSheppard for those spe-cial words of comfort andpromise and pianist IngridStumph, thank you forbeing able to ministerwith beautiful music andhymns with such shortnotice. May the Good Lordcontinue to bless each andeveryone. With thankfulhearts.

– Sincerely, Albert Eck-lin’s family 3:1p

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COMING EVENTS

SERVICESUNDER THE COVERS 30 Betts Ave, Yorkton. Specialty

Bras (28-56 Band, A-N Cup), Loungewear, Lingerie (S-6X),Adult Toys, Oils, Lubricants, Novelties. Bra Fittings, HomeParties Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday, 1-4 p.m. Call1-866-585-7982. www.underthecovers.ca.

The Brothers and Sis-ters of Val Pfliger wouldlike to invite you to aCome-and-Go Tea in hon-our of her 70th birthday onFeb. 4, 2017, between 2:30and 4 p.m. in the Chapel atEsterhazy Centennial Spe-cial Care Home. Due tothe size of her room, justcards would be great. 3:3c

1.866.783.6766 | parklandcollege.sk.ca

Are you a newcomer to Canada?Do you want to improve your English?

English as an Additional Language (EAL) classes are now available on weekday evenings at Parkland College in Esterhazy.

FREE classes run until June 15, 2017:Stage 1 (CLB 1-4) - Tuesday / ThursdayStage 2 (CLB 5-8) - Monday / Wednesday

Who is eligible?• Adults 18 and older• Temporary residents, permanent residents, and

Canadian citizens

For more information, please emailk.springford@parklandcollege.sk.ca

or visit the Parkland College EAL website:bit.ly/ParklandEAL

English as an Additional Language

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The Esterhazy Branch Libraryis seeking applicants for the part time branch

librarian position in Esterhazy, Sask. The successful applicant would work approximately

100 hours a month. A Grade 12 diploma andknowledge of computer technology required.

A criminal record check is required.

Anyone interested can send their resume to: The Parkland Regional Library,

P.O. Box 5049, Yorkton, Sask.

S3N 3Z4 Or email: branchsupervisor@parklandlibrary.ca.

Application deadline is Jan. 20, 2017.

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HELP WANTEDLooking for permanent

part-time inside sales help.

Drop off resume:North American Lumber, Esterhazy

Attention: ElmerPhone: 306-745-2600

email: esieben@northamericanlumber.ca

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HELP WANTEDThe Esterhazy District Medical Clinic

is currently accepting applications for aFULL TIME

Receptionist/Clinic Assistant

Please submit resumes and intentions byFeb. 28, 2017 to:

Bonnie at E.D.M.C., PO Box 940 Esterhazy, Sask. S0A 0X0.

Suitable candidates will be contacted for an interview.

HELP WANTED

ENGLISH AS AN ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE

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