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Volume 103, No 13 Serving The Last Mountain Area Since 1908 Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Publishers Lance and Vicki CornwellBox 340, Nokomis, SK. S0G 3R0Times

Last Mountain

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“On This Day in History”on page 9 this week!

on this day

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It’s the quintessential prairie winter scene... almost a cliché... and somewhat nostalgic: a pick-up hockey game on a dug-out. Members of the Carlton Trail 4-H Horse Club took advantage of the thick ice and cooperative weather on January 17, as they enjoyed their District Winter Fun Day at Mills’ Dug-out. Article on page 3. Photo courtesy of Sue Bernauer

District 43 4-H winter fun day enjoyed

Flip to page 10 for our specialValentine’s Day section.

A business in transition

Owner and General Man-ager Rod Schultz of Moun-tain Motor Products Ltd. in Strasbourg says the business is there to stay, despite the decision by General Motors Canada to limit the number of small-town dealerships across the country, and remove some long-time dealers from its net-work. As of December 31, 2009, Mountain Motor Products Ltd is no longer a General Motors dealer, but Rod Schultz says he will stay in the car business in Strasbourg, and continue to serve his existing customers who have shown him so much loyalty over the past 35 years. “Although this was a tre-mendous shock to me, my family, and my staff, my main concern is for my customers. I really feel for them, because I can no longer provide the GM products and services they have come to expect from me. Having to send them off to other dealerships, or to the city, is a sad situation, especially for my older customers who have come to depend on the conve-

nient, quick local service we provide,” Schultz said. In the larger picture, Schultz says he views the down-sizing actions by General Motors as ‘senseless’, saying there was really no ‘cost’ to GM of having several lower-volume dealerships around the coun-try, as all the dealerships are privately owned. He added that perhaps the senior gov-ernments that provided bail-out money to the car compa-nies should have had more say in how the companies were re-organized.

Looking to the future, Schultz says he will now focus on the used vehicle market, and on providing ongoing top quality service to his existing and new customers. Schultz said he appreciates the loyalty of his staff members, all of whom have decided to stay on with the re-focussed dealer-ship. Rod Schultz has been in the car business since he was 21 years old. His late brother Robert Schultz was also in-volved in Mountain Motor Products Ltd.

February 7-13, 2010 is

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The annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Associa-tion (SUMA) convention was held January 31 through Febru-ary 3 in Regina for mayors and councilors from communities all across the province. The con-vention began Sunday afternoon with workshops on fi nancial statements, environmental liabil-ity, waste management, health care, property development, tax collection and enforcement, ro-dent control, crime prevention and climate change. The func-tion continued on Monday with sessions on challenges facing fi re and police services, effec-tive governance, bylaw develop-ment, and innovative approaches to infrastructure construction and maintenance. Premier Brad Wall told SUMA delegates that Saskatchewan’s cities, towns and villages won’t see additional revenue-sharing money in the budget this spring, citing the recently revealed $1.8 billion shortfall in potash rev-enue. Wall, however, did pledge that his Saskatchewan Party gov-ernment will fully implement the planned new revenue shar-ing agreement in 2011-12. He told delegates that municipalities would receive the same amount of revenue sharing they received last year. According to the 2009-10 budget, urban and rural mu-nicipalities received 90 per cent of one point of the provincial sales tax (PST), which worked out to about $167 million. The new revenue sharing formula that was supposed to begin this spring would have boosted that amount $221 million, based on a full one per cent of the PST. Provincial NDP Deputy Lead-er Deb Higgins said the govern-ment’s decision to push its reve-

SUMA conventionnue sharing promise to next yearwouldn’t have been necessary ifthe government had managed itsbudget projections properly. Shenoted that revenue sharing waslinked to the PST so that cashfor municipalities wouldn’t bedependent on volatile resourcemarkets, yet potash is impactingthe plan anyway. The keynote speaker at thisyear’s convention was Regina-based businessman Gavin Sem-ple, the CEO of the Brandt Groupof Companies, Saskatchewan’slargest privately held company.Semple is also the deputy chairof the provincial government’sEnterprise Saskatchewan orga-nization. Delegates dealt with 16 mainresolutions on issues rangingfrom: inclusion of emergencyresponse and fi re service costsin development fees; allowingrural municipalities to convertto an urban municipality; au-thority for urban municipalitiesto level hotel fees; establishinga sustainable water source forsouth central Saskatchewan; ex-tending Workers’ Compensationbenefi ts to volunteer fi refi ghters;requiring the registration of allterrain vehicles; fi nancial sup-port for maintenance of museumfacilities; cost sharing for powerupgrades to regional parks; ad-equate funding for municipalowned long-term care facilities;and additional funding for level1 and 2 care homes. Locally, SUMA delegatesincluded Mayor Fred Wright,councillors Hazel Eddy, Caro-line Knouse, and administratorJoanne Hamilton from Nokomis;administrator Barb Griffi n, May-or Carol Schultz and councillorLance Cornwell from Stras-bourg.

Many communities in the Last Mountain area continue to dig out from under the approximately 14 inches (35 cm) of snow that covered streets and vehicles after the blizzard of January 22 through January 24. This town maintenance crew in Nokomis has spent the last week cleaning out streets, back lanes and blocked access points in an effort to keep traffi c moving, and to allow for vehicles to park on the streets. This clean up session took place in front of Nokomis School on February 4.

Workers remove the GM sign from the Mountain Motor Products building in Strasbourg.

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While the colour red has long been associated with Valentine’s Day, a new colour is now trying to take over:

green! This year, to please your better half who has the future of our planet at

heart, celebrate February 14 in an eco-friendly way by

following these few simple suggestions. First of all, instead

of buying your partner in life the traditional bunch of red roses, why

not give her a magnificent potted plant? It will help to

beautify your home and could even be planted outside in the springtime.

Many greeting card manufacturers also offer a range of cards made of recycled paper containing actual flower seeds. The

card can literally be planted in your gar-den... and will actually flower!

If you would like to offer your loved one a box of chocolates, choose one pro-

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els from a bygone era at an antique store. Many Canadian fashion de-signers produce clothing made with organic, fair-trade or even recycled fabrics so this type of product would be just the thing if you would like to add to your loved one’s wardrobe. And if you would like to make an even more significant gesture, why not make a donation in your partner’s name to a charitable organization striving towards a better world?

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People in many countries across the world celebrate love and friendship on Feb-ruary 14. Couples exchange loving words, fl owers, chocolates and other gifts, friends give each other to-kens of comradeship and family members celebrate the love which they hold for each other. February 14 has been associated with love since Antiquity. In fact, in the calendar of ancient Greece, the month of Gamelion, which is today equivalent to the period between mid-January and mid-Febru-ary, celebrated the sacred marriage of the King and Queen of the Gods, Zeus and Hera. An actual Valentine’s Day fi rst appears around the year 500. It was then a celebration of three saints with the same fi rst name, Valentine of Rome, Valen-tine of Terni and a North African martyr. After this, it is not until

Love... eternal love!

During the Middle Ages, lovers began to exchange tokens of their love on February 14.

the 14th century, during the Middle Ages, that there is a fi rst mention in England and France of a Valentine’s Day in relation to love. At that time it was believed that February 14 was the day that birds mated. It is at this point in history that lovers began to exchange tokens of their love on Feb-ruary 14. Today, lovers exchange

greeting cards and gifts rather than handwritten po-ems. In fact it has been esti-mated that a billion cards a year are purchased around the world for Valentine’s Day. But even if our way of expressing feelings has changed since the Middle Ages, the feelings them-selves have stayed the same!

Cupid is a mythical creature that has long been associ-ated with the celebration of St. Valentine’s Day. Depicted

as a young winged child armed with a bow and ar-row, Cupid has the power to fi ll people’s hearts with love. But where does Cupid come from? Cupid is none other than the beautiful young son of Venus, the Roman goddess of love. You may

recognize the similarity of their relationship to that of Eros and Aphrodite from Greek my-thology. Legend has it that Venus was jeal-

ous of a beautiful young mortal girl named Psyche (which signifi es “soul”), so she ordered

her son to make her rival fall in love with the most ugly and nasty man on earth. But Cupid fell head over

heels in love with the young mortal and disobeyed his mother. Instead, he took Psyche to a secret palace where he came to court her

each night, on the single condition that she could never see his face. Overcome with curiosity, Psyche lit a lamp one night as her lover slept. He immediately abandoned her to her fate as Venus’ slave. Unable to deny his love for the beautiful Psyche, Cupid eventually returned to claim her as his wife. Jupiter, the king of gods, even granted Psyche immortality. Let’s hope that this year Cupid will remember all of us who are still looking for love and will pierce our hearts with his ar-rows of desire!

The story of Cupid

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, so what better time of year to test your knowledge of Valentine’s Day, love and all things related.

5. Valentine’s Day was based on the annual Roman Lupercales, which was celebrated in honour of spring’s arrival. Who is Lupercus?

a) The god of family and friendshipb) The god of shepherds and flocksc) The god of flowers and treesd) The god of budding love

6. The word ‘passion’ comes from the Latin term “passion.” What does it mean?

a) Bliss b) Sufferingc) Fleshd) Violence

7. Saint Valentine is known for watching over lovers, but he is also the patron saint of another group. What is this group?

a) Doctors b) Postmenc) Paintersd) Bee keepers

8. Chocolate is reputed to be an aphrodisiac. Certain types of shell-fish also share this claim. Which one is not said to be an aphrodisiac?a) Lobsterb) Oystersc) Shrimpd) Crayfish

1. According to medieval beliefs, spotting which bird on the morning of February 14th announced to young girls a happy, but poor marriage?

a) A robinb) A swallowc) A swan d) A sparrow

2. How many Christian Saints were named Valentine, and thus could be the true originator of Saint Valentine’s Day?

a) 3 b) 5 c) 7d) 9

3. Which flower should you give as a first declaration of love?

a) A tulip b) A rosec) A peonyc) A peonyd) A carnationd) A carnation

4. Who said, “There is no 4. Who said, “There is no remedy for love but to love more”?remedy for love but to love more”?

a) Henry David Thoreaua) Henry David Thoreaub) William Shakespeareb) William Shakespearec) D.H. Lawrencec) D.H. Lawrenced) Anaïs Nind) Anaïs Nin

Answers: 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-a, 5-b, 6-b, 7-d, 8-c

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Semans NewsBeth Anderson • 524-4914

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Did we miss reporting on an activity, event or function? Our volunteer community correspondents can’t be ev-erywhere, so we also look for contributions from other com-munity members as well. Please contact us at the Last Mountain Times directly at the above number, or contact us at: 725-3030, 528-2020, [email protected], by fax at 528-2090, or by mail at Box 340, Nokomis. S0G 3R0. Be sure to include your contact information so we can clarify facts if necessary.

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ly at the above number, orcontact us at: 725-3030, 528-2020, [email protected], byfax at 528-2090, or by mailat Box 340, Nokomis. S0G3R0. Be sure to include yourcontact information so wecan clarify facts if necessary.

*****PUBLIC NOTICE*****Please be advised that a three dimensional (3D) seismic exploration program is underway in the Rural Municipalities of Usborne and Wreford.The seismic process involves sending vibrations into the earth and measuring the returning waves. The energy source will be setback from all structures in accordance with Saskatchewan Seismic Exploration Regulations.This regional seismic program is being conducted by Boyd PetroSearch on behalf of BHP Billiton Canada Inc. (formerly BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc.) in order to assess potential potash reserves. Please note that unless you are contacted, your lands are not being entered. No private property will be accessed without prior consent from the landowner.Status of fi eld operations:

Surveying was completed January 8, 2010. Seismic drilling operations were completed January 22, 2010. Recording layout commenced January 5, 2010. Exploration Company: Boyd PetroSearchDate of Operations: ongoing to March 31, 2010Program Name: 2009 Boulder Lake 3D Energy Source: dynamite Boyd PetroSearch File Number: 20091033Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our Landowner Liaison, Beck Duffy at 403-803-8420; or our head offi ce at:Phone: 403-233-2455Fax: 403-262-4344Toll Free: 1-800-663-8943Dani MacLeod – Permit ManagerKevin Bowman – Operations Manager

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Shirley Felton Shirley Margaret Felton passed away peacefully on Friday,January 15, 2010, at Regina General Hospital, at the age of 80years. She was predeceased by her husband, Fred Felton in 1986and her son, Tom Felton in 2006. Shirley will be lovingly remembered by: daughter-in-law, Jan-ice of Semans; son, Terry (Patt) of Calgary; and daughters Deb-bie of Regina and Bonita (Claude) of Calgary. Shirley cherishedher grandchildren: Jennifer (Clark), Scott, Chris (Elena), Jessica(Rob), Cory, Jonathan, Jordan, Jadan, Kyle and Andrew. She es-pecially adored her great-granddaughters, Jaina and Kyla. Shirley was born on April 5, 1929 in Mullingar, SK, andraised on a farm there. She married Fred Felton in 1953 and theyraised their children on the family farm until they moved intoSemans in 1973. Shirley actively worked on the farm, and alongwith Tom and Janice, was a proud recipient of the Century FarmAward in 2005. Shirley was a 4-H leader for 35 years, enjoyingthe presence of young people in her home. She was involved in

4-H on the district, regional and provincial levels and was inducted into the Saskatchewan 4-HHall of Fame. Shirley was an active member of the Semans Legion Auxiliary and the Order ofthe Eastern Star. Shirley was always willing to lend a helping hand. She enjoyed a good game ofcards, especially crib, curling and gardening. A memorial service was held at Semans United Church in Semans, SK, on Thursday, January28 at 10:30 a.m. Offi ciant was Rev. Shirley Kamphuis. Urnbearer was Scott Felton. Register at-tendant was Doris Walker-Tait. Ushers were Ian Saul and Allan Sutton. Eulogy was by JenniferMoebis. Organist was Josephine Richardson. Soloist was Joan Martin. Interment was at SemansCemetery. Lunch followed in the lower level of the church. For those so wishing, donations to the Semans Cemetery would be appreciated. Fotheringham - McDougall Funeral Service of Watrous and Nokomis in care of arrange-ments.

Obituary

Fourth to seventh place winners (left to right) were: 4th place – Lawrence Geber and Ed Lipinski, Cupar; 5th place – Elizabeth Nameth and Mary Chernick, Cupar; 6th place – Er-nie Reisdorf and Murray Koshchuk, Fort Qu’Appelle; 7th place – Pat Zatylny and Garry Zatylny (missing). Also participating in the tournament were the following: Peter Kolody, Rose Kolody, Marj Desfosses, Gladys Petrar, Lil Zech, Keith Hansen, Mary Hansen and Helen Frey, all of Dysart; Alma Tudor, Charlotte Hart, Helen Ermel, Lucille Ermel, Irene Benko, Judy Bailey, James Toth, Joe Lipinski, Helen Lipinski, Mike Lorencz and Linda Lorencz, all of Cupar; and Anne Bradshaw of Fort Qu’Appelle. The hospitality, food and fun time was enjoyed by all.

A cribbage tournament hosted by the Dysart Golden Years Senior Club was held on Saturday, January 30, 2010, in the Dysart Golden Years Club Room with 34 participants – 17 from Cupar, four from Fort Qu’Appelle and 13 from Dysart. Pictured above (left to right) are fi rst to third place winners: 1st place – Ken Thomas and Eugene Scrobe, Dysart; 2nd place – Jack Bradshaw, Fort Qu’Appelle and Larry Frey, Dysart; 3rd place – Joyce Dahroug and Anne Reiss, Cupar.

Submitted by Anne Reiss of Cupar, SK.

Dysart Golden Years Senior Clubcribbage tournament results

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AGRICULTURETUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010 LAST MOUNTAIN TIMES 13

Crop prices continue sliding The fi rst month of 2010 has not been kind to crop prices. On most grains, oilseeds and specialty crops, values have been slipping. On January 12, the United States Depart-ment of Agriculture released a production report that surprised traders. The USDA sig-nifi cantly increased its 2009 production es-timates, especially for American corn. Mar-kets reacted immediately. On January 11, the March futures price for American corn was $4.20 a bushel. By the end of January, the price had dropped to around $3.60. Canadian feed barley sold into the domestic market has been slipping in price, reacting to the drop in American corn. Most Saskatchewan prices have now slipped to the $2.30 a bushel range. At the beginning of the year, the March fu-tures price on canola was over $410 a tonne. It rallied a bit on February 2 to close at $380. The only good news is that the basis, the dif-ference between the futures price and the cash price, has narrowed. Still, producers selling their canola these days are lucky to realize much more than $8 a bushel. New crop prices for delivery in the fall are in a similar range. By compari-son, new crop canola prices of around $10 a bushel could have been locked in earlier in the winter. The price pressure is also evident in the Canadian Wheat Board’s price estimates for the current crop year. The Pool Return Out-looks for both wheat and durum were down in the estimate released on January 28. The durum PRO dropped by as much as

$15 a tonne, leaving the expected Saskatche-wan farm gate price at around $4.00 a bushel for No. 1 durum with 12.5 per cent protein. Last crop year, durum was over $8.50 a bushel and the year before that it was nearly $12.50. You have to go all the way back to 2005-06, to fi nd a lower price than the one expect-ed this crop year. Delivery opportunities are also restricted on durum. The CWB is likely to buy only 60 to 70 per cent of the durum that producers want to market. While spring wheat delivery opportuni-ties will be much better, the price isn’t good. Wheat dropped by up to $5 a tonne in the most recent PRO. The expected Saskatch-ewan price for No. 1 with 12.5 per cent pro-tein is about $4.50 a bushel. Last year was $6.50 and the year before that was nearly $8.50 a bushel. Malting barley was unchanged in the latest PRO, but at $3.14 a bushel, it’s depressed too. A year ago, producers could lock in a malting barley price of around $5 a bushel through the CashPlus program. So far this year, no companies seem to be offering CashPlus contracts at any price. Later in February, the CWB will come out with its fi rst PRO for the new crop year. The way the cereal market has been going, it’s hard to imagine those 2010-11 PROs being attractive. In fact, there isn’t much that is attractive when it comes to the upcoming crop. New crop lentils can be locked in at around 22 cents a pound, but that’s a huge drop from current prices which have been sitting at 35 to 38. Even though 22 cents is a profi table price given a decent yield, producers have been reluctant to sign when there’s such a big dif-ference between old crop and new. It’s premature to say that we’re heading back into the bad old days of ugly grain pric-es and limited crop profi tability, but market optimism is sure taking a beating. It’s a far cry from 2008 when you could pencil in a profi t margin on virtually every crop. Kevin Hursh is a consulting agrologist and farmer based in Saskatoon. He can be reached at [email protected].

Disclaimer: the opinions expressedare those of the writer.

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In my practice I work with many foster children, and so have had the plea-sure of coming to know the couples who have un-dertaken to care for these children, in most cases they have children of their own, at various stages of development. I am well aware of the challenges involved in parenting one’s own chil-dren. We brought them into the world, and so we are responsible for their care. There may be days when we wonder what we are doing, how much more we can cope with, and why we got into this in the fi rst place. When that darling little bundle that you car-ried lovingly home from

the hospital hits adolescence, it is not always the unfolding of the same dream we carried through pregnancy. It may even be a nightmare. But the child is ours, we love it, and so we carry on. And we dream of the future, when they are stable and secure, have a good job and a nice family. We have the sense that it will all be worth it in the end. But think of these foster parents. They have the same full lives as the rest of us, with the same joys and struggles. Yet they open their hearts and their homes to another soul (or two or three). Often they know very little about the child coming into care, but know that they are likely com-ing out of a traumatic experi-ence. They welcome them, often sight unseen, and enter into the process of adjustment which affects not only the fos-ter child but the entire family. Often these children require extra time, attention and pa-tience, over and above the necessary medical and dental care, school appointments, and so forth. And so the foster parents

give willingly, often not knowing how long the child will be with them. And certainly each child in care brings his or her own gifts to the family in the form of love, and often learning for everyone. But then there is also the loss, when the child they have come to love, may have to move on. And while I know that all foster parents are not the same, the ones I have known are pretty awesome. They’ve taken on a 24 hour a day commitment, caring for very special children who are often emotionally fragile. I believe that as adults we are responsible in the largest sense for caring for all of the children on the planet. Foster parents have chosen to work at the front lines. Let’s give them all the support, encouragement and thanks that we can.

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Correction: Thinking of Lynda, the Shawn and Shane Wolfe families who recently lost Les Wolfe (a dad) and a mother and grandmother Mary Wolfe of Drake and Rosthern within seven days of each other. January 26, the Drake Ca-nuck Pee Wees played Long Lake Lightning in the Drake Sportsplex and lost 11-5. January 28, Wynyard Pee-Wees were here to play the Drake PeeWees and Drake lost again. Also on January 28, the Kelvington Wheat Kings were hosted by the Drake Canuck Midgets with Drake pulling off a win 4-2. Scor-ing for our team were Conner Mutch, Tyler Blair (2) and Nolan Blair. Dustin Blair and Bran Bergen had two assists, Read Smith, Tyler Blair, Brad Krause and Conner Mutch had one assist each. Penalties evened out. In the Long Lake Hockey League, the Drake Canucks battled to a 6-3 win with the Nokomis Chiefs in the Nokomis Rec Centre Janu-ary 16. January 19, at the Nokomis Rec Centre the Drake/Nokomis Canucks played Kenaston Blizzards and skat-ed to a 10-6 win. By the way,

pictures on the front page of Last Mountain Times, January 26 edition, are Adam Hendry, Nokomis Chiefs goalie Jaret Pieper and Drake’s Evan Folden. There are more pic-tures of all three teams shown on the centrefold of the Last Mountain Times. Does anyone know sailor David Simpson of Nokomis? He trained as a navigational and communications techni-cian. He has served in many places in our world. Simpson is the leading sailor aboard the Canadian Naval ship HMCS Athabaska, now in Haiti. Simpson and crew are working ashore. Since the 7.0 earthquake January 12 and 49 aftershocks of 4.5 or greater early Wednesday, January 20 there was another major earthquake of 6.1 felt by ev-eryone. Get well wishes to Brenda, daughter of Doreen Snider, Dustin Bartel, Earl Schmidt and Lynda who visits him at Nokomis Health Centre, Mary Warkentin and Glenal-da, a relative of Nancy Fri-esen in Morinville, Alta. February 1, a meeting was held at the Manor. Resi-dents attending from the Villa and the Manor were Mary Schmidt, Mary Ann Bartel, Marj Bartel, Doreen

Snider, Agnes Ewert, Flor-ence Boechler, Edna Miekle and Dorothy Wolter. Cof-fee, cake, strawberries and ice cream were served cour-tesy of Mary Schmidt, Edna Miekle and Doreen Snider. The 90th birthday of Har-vey Bartel was celebrated in the Drake Silver Sages on January 31. Guests present were sons Daryl and Laurie and Keli who is a Prince Al-bert resident; grandchildren Jan and Adam Mierke, Bryce Bartel and fi ancée Danica Krysa and Cori Bartel of Prince Albert; great grand-children Hannah and Sa-mantha Mierke; sisters Mary Schmidt and Emma and Or-ren Bartel of Regina and Iris Driediger of Calgary. Also attending were sister-in-law Lorena Bartel and a neph-ew from Christopher Lake, Wayne Bartel and cousins Roy and Florence Bartel and Pastor Emily Toews of Drake North Star Mennonite Church.

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This parable is from Some-thing’s Wrong Somewhere: Glo-balization, Community and the Moral Economy of the Farm Crisis by Christopher Lind. Used with permission. (Used with permission.) The village of Tomorrow, in a country called Next Year, was poor but not destitute. The peo-ple’s security was a large herd of cattle they owned. Both sides of the road into the village were bound by fences that kept cattle behind them. One day a village mayor from a rich southern country came to visit. He was part of a government-sponsored program to build trad-ing links between the two na-tions. He observed their fences and said: “We are very rich in my country because we let the cattle run free. It makes for better tasting meat and more effi cient use of grassland.” The local mayor took this ad-vice and declared all fences tak-en down, so that everyone could become rich. The old people murmured, but could not openly oppose their mayor. The fences were removed for the cattle to roam, and the people waited to

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become rich. When ten year old Justice was trampled to death by a charging bull, the children were warned about playing outside. “Jus-tice was a silly boy,” they were told, and each promised not to be so foolish. When Mercy was crushed against the village well during a stampede, the young women were reprimanded for carelessness in drawing water during the daytime. “Mercy was a silly girl,” they all agreed, and from then on they only drew wa-ter at night. One evening the mayor and his family were killed when the cattle pushed over the shed they slept in. “That was a silly place to sleep,” said Progress. “He should have known better.” The women all nodded, each in her turn. Finally, after a long silence, old widow Wisdom said, “We should all have known better. Since we took down the fences, the cattle have more freedom and we less. We spend the day indoors tending children, and work at night when it is hard to see. We wait to become rich, but we all grow more tired and cry

more tears. Progress protested, “It’s not our fault these people died. That visiting mayor told us his country was rich and his cattle ran free!” Wisdom addressed Progress di-rectly. “When I was a child,” she said, “I lived in that village you speak of – a rich village only for some like the mayor and his family who live in a walled com-pound that cannot be damaged by cattle. The work is done by foreign laborers not as rich as our southern neighbors. No matter that foreigners are trampled by cattle, for there are always more to replace them. Everyone in the village was silent in the face of Wisdom.” The next day, the village began rebuilding fences and making roads safe for people. They nev-er became rich, but the sadness was past. In honor of the widow, the new fences were named after her. To this day, they are called the ‘fences of wisdom’.

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The Government of Saskatch-ewan announced February 3 that it is withdrawing its $5.2 million funding from First Nations Uni-versity effective April 1, 2010. The University has struggled over the past number of years as allegations of fi nancial mis-management have plagued the administration of the facility which has approximately 1,200 students. “Our government has lost confi dence in the governance and management of First Na-tions University,” Advanced Education, Employment and Labour Minister Rob Norris said. “It is our duty as govern-ment to protect our province’s students and taxpayers. Sadly, it has become clear that we can no longer protect their interests by

Province withdraws FNU fundingcontinuing to support First Na-tions University.” Norris said the government will begin working immediately with post-secondary partner in-stitutions to determine the best way to support students already enrolled in FNUniv classes through August 31, 2010. “This is a regrettable, but nec-essary decision,” Norris said. “It is time for politicians to step back and the academic leader-ship to step forward. I encourage the University of Regina to work with relevant parties in identify-ing future directions for these student and their programs.” “Supporting the students of First Nations University is our fi rst priority,” Norris said. “We have established Student Sup-port Teams and they will begin

work shortly, meeting with stu-dents in Regina, Saskatoon andPrince Albert to answer theirquestions and help them preparefor the coming academic year.” In May 1976, the Federationof Saskatchewan Indian Nationsentered into a federation agree-ment with the University ofRegina, creating the Saskatch-ewan Indian Federated College(SIFC). The Agreement provid-ed for an independently admin-istered university-college, themission of which is to serve theacademic, cultural and spiritualneeds of First Nations’ students.On June 21, 2003, the Saskatch-ewan Indian Federated Collegeoffi cially changed its name tothe First Nations University ofCanada.

Local Jansen resident, Mor-gan Ilg is a busy young lady. In the past, she has success-fully achieved in two 4-H clubs in two different species (beef and horse). Last year, Mor-gan showed her horse in the Wynyard Treads and Tracks 4-H Light Horse Club, and also showed a steer in the Car-lton Trail Beef Club based in Nokomis/Drake. She (and her family) put a lot of miles on go-ing to monthly meetings, doing two speeches, and attending two achievement days. Morgan loves horses and she loves cattle, and showing each of them respectively brings her joy. But, the travel and com-mitments caused her to be very busy and as a result, caused her to challenge herself as to which club she could drop. She could not let go of either project, so she came up with a plan. She asked her local riding coach to be her 4-H horse proj-ect leader within the closer club so she did not have to travel as far or as much. The plan was in motion and the Beef Club transformed into a larger multi-club which now, besides, beef and clothing, also involved 4-H Small Engine (her younger brother’s idea) and 4-H Horse. The fi rst meeting was excit-ing, confusing and noisy! The Horse members had quickly grown from one member to 10! The Small Engine had fi ve members meeting (all in one room), and Morgan was trying her best to focus on the horse meeting while the Beef people

were still chatting nearby, after her beef meeting was complete. After the meeting Morgan was thrilled that the club was so large, yet she also said it was challenging to do two things at once. This set her horse project leader in motion to fi nd out what it would take for the horse group to have its own independent club close by. Good news, thanks to

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a chat over coffee with CherylGuenther, there already ‘was’ aCarlton Trail 4-H Light HorseClub and it still had an accountwith the local bank. So, with one thing leading toanother, the area is now home totwo independent Carlton Trail4-H clubs – Carlton Trail 4-HBeef Club (based in Nokomis/Drake), and Carlton Trail 4-HHorse Club (based in Jansen/Termuende Farm). Each clubholds its own respective meet-ings, public speaking competi-tion and achievement day. Pub-lic Speaking winners from eachclubs’ different age groups willmove on to district level compe-tition. Little did Morgan know thather small idea would turn intosomething so wonderful for ourlocal and nearby communities.Thanks to Morgan who sharedher idea, and the Thomsonswho started the Leroy 4-H LightHorse Club in their area, manyyoung people and families willenjoy the benefi ts of having a4-H club available to them.

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UNDERSTANDING AL-ZHEIMER’S DISEASE, Thursday, February 11, 7:30 p.m., Strasbourg Community Hall Lions Den. Presenter: Bobbi Krushkowski, Public Education Coordinator, Al-zheimer Society of Saskatch-ewan. Public presentation with information on warning signs, diagnosis, treatment, coping and communication. Learn about Alzheimer So-ciety programs and services, and ways to keep your brain healthy. For further infor-mation contact: Alan Butz 725-3320. 13c

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February is here at last so we should be on the downhill side of winter. Hopefully the last big dump of snow and cold weather is behind us. We should all feel very fortunate to live in such a great country with few problems, however, we do tend to complain about what the weather man of-fers us! Last weekend the town of Bulyea was busy with curling bonspiels and hockey tourna-ments. During the winter there

is never a dull moment in these small towns, if there is, it is your own fault as the action is there, you just have to get involved. It is great fun and the winter passes quickly. The Bulyea Annual Bonspiel fi nished on Sunday, January 31 with the ‘A’ Event fi nals being played by the Keith Flavel rink and the Gary Nordal rink. The Flavel rink won the ‘A’ Event. The ‘B’ Event fi nals were played by the Larry Uhl rink and the Pe-ter Barry rink. The Larry Uhl rink won the ‘B’ Event. Both games were exciting to watch with some tense moments for those involved and especially for the skips. There was also a hockey tournament at the skating rink so the town was bustling with vehi-cles, snow machines and people all enjoying the activities. The month of February will be gone before we know it, with the Govan Seniors Bonspiel this week, the Strasbourg Ladies on the weekend and then Nokomis Seniors Spiel the following week. The Bulyea Curling Club decided rather than a Ladies Bonspiel they would try a Co-ed Fun Day for a weekend later in February. Already there are four rinks signed up to participate in the day’s activities. The Bulyea Lions Club were to host the Annual District Curl-ing on Sunday, January 24. How-

ever, due to the blizzard, the event was cancelled and re-scheduled for February 21. It has been sev-eral years since we have seen the town of Bulyea so blown in with

snow. According to several re-ports the streets were impassible and the employees had to dig their way into the Co-op.

- Mae Clarke

A fox squirrel found the bird feeder and was making sure he got his tummy full before the blizzard.

This squirrel ate for over three hours once he man-aged to break the food from the feeder and left the metal ring swinging from the plant hook.

‘A’ Event winners at the Bulyea Annual Bonspiel (left to right): Keith Flavel, Tracy Flavel, Mae Clarke and Deena Ottenbreit.

Winning the ‘B’ Event was the Larry Uhl (left) rink, Bob Sikma, Dick Clarke and Rob Cooper.

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Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the Resort Village of Glen Harbour for the year of 2010 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the offi ce of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on the following day: Mondays, February 15 to March 12.

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Dated this 4th day of February 2010.

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Provincial news briefs

The January 9 issue of Rural Roots, published by the Prince Albert Daily Herald, had some sound advice about the impor-tance of making a will to ensure there will be no haggling or ill-feeling when the time comes to dispose of the accumulated possessions of a lifetime. I’ve seen what happens if there is no will, when an elderly aunt of my husband’s died. My daughter had been promised a cedar chest. She got it anyway, probably because the trustee believed we were honest, since we had previously admitted to having no claim on some other items he’d shown us. But he wouldn’t let us have the one thing we re-ally wanted – a photo album of family pictures. It would go to auction, and end up with some-one for whom it had no meaning. We could have tried bidding for it at the auc-tion, but that would have meant another trip across the country, which we couldn’t afford. We had to pick up the ce-dar chest in a warehouse, and while we were there the trustee showed us a houseful of pos-sessions belonging to a couple who had died intestate, leaving several children. Everything would be converted to cash, and the children would have not one heirloom or memento to re-mind them of their parents. There’s another way to make sure family treasures go to the

persons who will appreciate them, and that is to give them away while you’re still alive. A lot of older people nowadays

downsize when they move into seniors’ housing. By the time I took that step I’d al-ready downsized several times and had very little left

of any value – certainly noth-ing my kids would fi ght over. And when I visit them I see the treasures I no longer have room for adorning their walls or dis-played in their china cabinet or just adding a touch of old fash-ioned interest to the décor. The only thing they will have to fi ght over is who gets stuck with the job of clearing out the clutter of useless stuff that’s left!

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Semi driver survives A 57-year-old man from Guernsey, SK, escaped with-out injury when his semi-trailer unit slid into a CP Rail train in the Yorkton area on Tuesday evening, February 2. RCMP said the accident happened at a railway cross-ing on Highway 16, about two kilometres south of Bredenbury, which is about 50 kilometres south of York-ton. The driver’s name was not released. RCMP said that slippery roads and poor visibility due to heavy snow were factors in the accident. The semi-trailer truck was northbound when the driver came upon another vehicle stopped at the level crossing. The driv-er of the truck swerved into the ditch to avoid hitting the car, and struck the train. The truck, hauling two trailers of fertilizer, caught fi re and fi re fi ghters from Yorkton and Bredenbury were called to put out the fi re.

Reports on losses tabled The most recent quarterly reports on losses of public money within government ministries and Crown cor-porations have been tabled with their respective legisla-tive committees. Three par-ticular instances of misuse of public money were high-lighted. An employee of the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority was fi red after us-ing a corporate credit card to make personal purchases worth $5,000. Some of the money was recovered. And two separate instances of the wrongful use of Central Vehicle Agency fuel credit card numbers were reported. Approximately $12,000 was lost when the credit card numbers were used by an un-known individual, possibly a service station attendant or other third party. Police are continuing their investigation into all three incidents.

Government to legislatemunicipal terms to four years On February 2 Municipal Affairs Minister Jeremy Har-rison said that the provincial government plans to length-en the term of offi ce for ur-

ban, northern municipal and school board offi cials. “Amendments to The Lo-cal Government Election Actwill be introduced in the fall of 2010 and will lengthen the term of offi ce from three years to four in the 2012 mu-nicipal and school board elec-tions. We have consulted with various stakeholders and feel this is an innovative way of helping municipal offi cials,” Harrison said. “Taxpayers will benefi t from cost savings from holding fewer elections and there will now be longer periods for municipal coun-cils to plan and implement programs and longer term goals.” The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) convention passed a resolution in 2008 to extend the term of offi ce from three to four years. The Ministry of Municipal Affairs consulted with the education sector as school board elections are held concurrent with mu-nicipal elections. The move would not affect rural munic-

ipalities. Rural municipalities prefer the two-year term of offi ce under which they cur-rently operate, but say they do not object to a four year term for other local govern-ments.

The move would see Sas-katchewan join seven other provinces which have four year terms (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba). British Columbia

and Alberta have three yearterms, as well as the Yukon.

SaskTel to expand Maxservices SaskTel has announced itwill make a capital invest-ment of $22 million to ex-pand Max entertainment ser-vices to 14 more communitiesover the next two years. Theproject will also offer higherinternet speeds to those 14communities by the end of2011. The tentative scheduleis to expand Max to six com-munities in 2010 (Humboldt,Lloydminster, Martensville,Melfort, Melville, Warman)and eight more communi-ties in 2011 (Canora, Ester-hazy, Kamsack, Kindersley,Meadow Lake, Nipawin,Rosetown,Tisdale). The expansion will also al-low SaskTel to offer higherspeed internet options in thosecommunities with the launchof High Speed Internet Ex-treme (up to 10 Mbps down-load speeds) as well as HighSpeed Internet Ultra (up to 25Mbps download speeds).

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Nokomis Legion Branch #290 regular meeting to be held on Thursday, Febru-ary 11 at 7:30 p.m. – Legion Hall. 13c

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Successful schools are made up of more than just teachers, principals and students. Successful schools also rely on parents and communiti es to help them be the best they can be.

WHAT IS A SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL? The School Community Council is the new school-level council that will provide an opportunity for input into school improvement. Legislated by the provincial government to be in every school, School Community Councils give you an op-portunity to make a diff erence in your school.WHO ARE SCHOOL COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEMBERS? • Dedicated volunteers • Principals, teachers, students, parents and community members interested in working with others • Those able to provide a two-year commitment to the work of the Council

Make a diff erence!Run for School Community Council

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Midwest Agro representatives Jack Pritchard (right) and Dave Jacklin (left) presented a cheque in the amount of $10,000 to the Nokomis & District Fire Department on Friday, January 29. Accepting the cheque was fi re chief, Rick Shott (behind). This donation is from the Imperial Oil Farm Community Growth Fund, to which Imperial Oil con-tributes up to a penny per litre for every litre of delivered fuel sold between planting and harvest. Funds are then donated to approved community projects, up to a maxi-mum of $10,000 per project. “Midwest Agro is very thank-ful to customers in the surrounding area for their business which permits us to provide support to such worthwhile local endeavours,” Jack Pritchard said.

Nokomis & District FireDepartment receives donation

Principal’s Message Semester exams are over, report cards are out for Grades 6-12, and a set of new courses have begun for the high school. There are a number of SRC activities upcoming. Ski trips and drama trips are planned. Badminton and track and fi eld seasons are closing in. Hockey season is continuing. Class work is always a given. All of which keep many people busy as we head into the second half of the school year.

- Mr. Koenig

Kindergarten, Grade 1 and2 News In the Kindergarten room, we just wrapped up a mini unit on groundhogs and Groundhogs Day. We are also at the end of our Math unit on Exploring Numbers. We have started some Valentine’s Day stuff and con-tinue to work on our sounds and letters. The Grade 1 and 2 room is equally as busy. Both grades are going to be fi nishing up the cur-rent Math unit. We continue to look at Body Systems in Health and it is a defi nite favorite. The students are learning the basics of curling from Carolyn Knouse and they are loving it!

- Mrs. Hendry

Grade 3, 4, and 5 News In keeping with the Olympic

Spirit, each student has selected a participating country and will be responsible for keeping track of medals won and for what sport. We have discussed the signifi cance of the fi ve Olympic rings and colors represented in each ring and look forward to some exciting and interesting classroom activities as the days progress. Carolyn Knouse has gener-ously offered her time and ex-pertise in teaching the Grade 3-8 Phys.Ed. class the sport of curl-ing. The students have truly en-joyed the learning experience.

- Mrs. Koenig

Grade 6, 7, and 8 News We started the month with a potluck lunch. It was fun to see what everyone decided to bring. and there was a superb variety of delicious food. Ty and Savanna are learn-ing about and measuring angles in triangles and quadrilaterals. They will soon be starting a unit on fractions. Sydney is learning how to add and subtract frac-tions, and all the divisibility rules. Adam, Cara, Cylus and Daniel are also starting their new unit on fractions. We are going to be doing some Olympic themed activi-ties in Math and Social. We are studying myths and legends in ELA and are even writing some of our own. In Art we are learn-

Nokomis School news

Stephen ShalapataNovember 6, 1929 – January 30, 2010

It is with sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of our brother and uncle, Stephen (Steve) Shalapata, at the age of 80 years. Born at Nokomis, SK, Steve left home early, trying his hand at different careers in British Columbia, Manitoba and Ontario, before settling in Alberta to work as a carpenter in Calgary. Steve was predeceased by: his father, Alexander; mother, Anastazya; three brothers, Joseph, Michael and Roy; and two sisters, Tilly Skelly and Julie Glenn. Steve is survived by: sis-ters, Maria Mickalyk, Anne Henshall, Irene Destree and Patricia Shalapata; brother, Paul; sister-in-law, Evelyn; numerous nieces and nephews, plus two more newer generations. A funeral service and reception was held at Leyden’s Chapel of Remembrance (corner of 17th Avenue & 2nd Street SW, Cal-gary) on Friday, February 5, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. In lieu of fl owers, donations may be made directly to your local Public Library System or to the Heart and Stroke Founda-tion of Canada. Arrangements entrusted to Leyden’s Funeral Home, Recep-tion & Cremation Centre. Tel: 403-228-4422.

Obituary

In 4-H we have been hav-ing a lot of fun. We had a New Year’s party on January 3 at Carol and Eugene Mc-Symytz’s Triple Whammy toboggan hill. We went tobog-ganing and we also had a fi re with hamburgers, hot dogs, juice boxes and hot chocolate. Instead of walking up the hill, we had Sue and Neil Bernauer pull us up in sleighs behind snowmobiles. The things we used for tobogganing were crazy carpets, tire tubes, calf sleds, GT racers and super saucers. We think Craig Mills went the furthest down the hill in his calf sled! Then we went back to the house for cake and ice cream. It was Laurie Mc-Symytz’ birthday! We had an awesome time! On January 17 we had a dis-trict winter fun day at Mills’ dugout. We skated and played hockey and had fun. It was a nice day to be outside hav-ing fun with your family and friends. We had a fi re and we had snacks and hot chocolate. The ice was sloped so if you stood still on one side of the dugout you would glide down to the middle! Everyone had a fun time. Some of us did not want to leave! So that was our winter district fun day!

Carlton Trail 4-H horse club report for January

Carlton Trail 4-H members pictured are: (back row, leftto right) Skylar Johnston, Morgan Ilg, Tayler Johnston,Tuff and Coltin Antypovich, Jenna Bernauer, Kolby Anty-povich; (front row, left to right) Reilly Mackay, Haven Millsand Nikki Weisbeck with 4-H winter projects.

Photos bySue Bernauer.

On January 23 we madesaddle stands. Some otherpeople made bridle racks. Wealso used a tool and carvedpictures and names on ourbridle racks and saddle stands.John and Shani Antypovichand Craig Mills cut our woodpieces. Afterwards we had ameeting and a potluck dinner.We all met in Termuende’sheated barn to make our win-ter projects. They turned outto be awesome. During ourmeeting, we elected somenew people. Kloey and JaecyBells and Jenna Schmidt quitthe club. We are all very sadnow. We have a new secre-tary, Kolby Antypovich. Thenew money police are HavenMills, Reilly Mackay andNikki Weisbeck. The newreporters are Jenna Bernauerand Tayler Johnston. Our next coming event willbe at the Jansen Hall for ourpublic speaking. So feel freeto ask anybody interested tocome and listen to our mem-bers do their speeches. Every-one is invited!

Jenna Bernauerand Tayler Johnston

ing about some famous artists, and are trying out some of their techniques.

- Mrs. Tait

Greetings from Mrs. Stratton The Grade 11s are begin-ning Media Studies 20, which is viewing and deconstructing mass media and the role it plays in our lives. ELA B10 begins with the unit of equality, and looking at essays and short sto-ries dealing with the issue of equality. History 30 students are beginning research for a debate activity dealing with the execu-tion of Louis Riel, while Social 9 students are continuing work on their new unit called Causal-ity. CPT 10/20/30 students are working on video Swedes of movies – a re-make of movies in a two minute version.

- Mrs. Stratton

Telemiracle PancakeBreakfast The SRC will be holding aPancake Breakfast this month.All proceeds will be donated toKinsmen Telemiracle.

Greetings from the SchoolCommunity Council Just a reminder that it is onceagain the time of year wherethe SCC will be holding its an-nual meeting and school councilelections. The council is madeup of both parents of children inschool and community memberswithout children in the school soanyone can put forth their nameto come onto council.

- Dale Knouse,SCC Chairperson

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The annual meeting of Nokomis District Museum and Heritage Co-operative was held January 27 at the home of Lawrence and Linda Beeler. Chairperson was Karen Lee, recording secretary was Shirley Emmons. Earle Mansell retired from the board of directors where he held the position of vice-president. Earle was thanked for his many years of service and contribu-tions he has made for the better-ment of the museum. Estelle Grajczyk was ap-pointed, and Merle Williams was reappointed, to the board of directors. Other members of the board include: Karen Lee (presi-dent), Kathy Metheral (vice-president), Shirley Emmons (secretary), Lawrence Beeler (treasurer), Shelly Gauley, Le-land Greenfi eld, Bev Hulan, Sharon Isherwood, Wes Kirk and Graham Thomson. Those in attendance at the meeting received copies of the annual report which was then reviewed and discussed. The museum was open from June 1 to Labour Day. Crystal Magnes worked in the mu-seum for the month of June. High school students Jennifer Tran and Melissa Styles were the summer staff for July and August. This was the fi rst year working at the museum for all three employees. Vanessa Richter, who has worked at the museum for several years in the past, assisted in training the new staff. Sharon Isherwood was the volunteer co-ordinator. The vol-unteers came every weekend to assist the staff in maintaining the museum. A Volunteer Apprecia-tion Afternoon was held to show gratitude to the many volunteers who continually assist with maintenance and other vital pro-cedures that keep the museum running smoothly. Experienced volunteers spoke of their experi-ences and encouraged others to

Nokomis District Museum annual meetingvolunteer as well. When a group visited from Central Parkland Lodge, Lanigan, volunteers helped with the tour by push-ing wheelchairs and answering questions. Area business owners and their staff were invited to tour the museum and enjoy coffee, goodies and socializing during a Business Appreciation Evening. The annual Museum Day is held on the fourth Monday of June. In 2009 the noon lunch was followed by a program which highlighted the 40th an-niversary of the local library being affi liated with Wheatland Regional Library. In recognition of the museum’s music theme, a sing-song of old songs was held to the accompaniment of Lorna Mansell on piano. Two Grade Two classes, teachers and parent chaper-ones from Watrous Elementary School toured the museum in June. Volunteer tour guides were located in various rooms to greet the children and they contributed to the overall enjoyment of the students’ museum experience. Several Kids Days were held during the summer months. Children attending were intro-duced to the museum through fun activities. A special event was held for children of people who were in attendance at the Govan Fiddle Festival being held at the Nokomis Recreation Centre. The summer staff entered a fl oat in the Nokomis Agricul-tural Society annual parade. Children wore old baseball uni-forms and held antique bats and gloves. They warmed up their arms and tossed candy through-out the parade route. Attendance was down from the previous year with a total of 572 people visiting the museum in 2009. This total is broken down as follows: visitors from Nokomis and area – 202; Sas-katchewan – 237; Alberta – 60; British Columbia – 28; Mani-

toba – 11; Ontario – 21; Quebec – 1; Nova Scotia – 1; Northwest Territories – 1; California – 3; Vietnam – 2; Germany – 2; Tai-wan – 1; Costa Rica – 1; Philip-pines – 1. The museum participated in the Kellogg’s Adventure Tour promotion. Admission discount coupons were printed on Kel-log’s cereal boxes. The Nokomis District Museum was listed on the Kellogg’s Adventure Tour website. Nokomis District Museum had a booth at the Watrous Trade Show in the spring. The display consisted of photos of Nokomis bands from days gone by. The Govan Fiddle Festival (2009), which was being held in Nokomis, was also promoted. The Music Exhibit continues to expand as more historical information is received. In addi-tion to highlighting the musical careers of individuals from our community, photographs and lists of music teachers, students, bands, choirs, etc. have been on display. Local organizations will be the focus of upcoming exhibits. A good amount of information is already contained in the bind-ers but it is hoped that additional photographs and information will be received from individu-als who have been involved with the various local groups. The museum resources are often used for family, business and organization enquiries. The obituary, business and or-ganization binders are updated with news clippings collected throughout the year. Updates to the family history collection are encouraged. The computer system was updated with assistance from Lance Cornwell of User Friend-ly Computer Systems. A total of 9,970 artifacts have been catalogued and entered into the computer database. Visitors to the museum din-ing room will have noticed the

shelves and china cabinet were freshly painted and artifacts on display were rearranged. More painting took place out-side with the completion of the dark green trim. In the agricul-tural equipment area the water wagon received a coat of paint. The front of the museum has a cleaner appearance with the replacement of the offi ce win-dows which was carried out by Kirk’s Construction. Fundraising activities in-cluded the Museum Day lunch, a table at the Fall Fair and the Community Calendar. The mu-seum receives funding from Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund in addition to local dona-tions. The museum operated at a defi cit in 2009. The museum is a member of Museums Association of Sas-katchewan, East Central Tour-ism and Saskatchewan Tourism.

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born at 3:40 a.m., weighed 6 lbs. 4 ozs. and 19” long.Aiden Lane, born at 4:07 a.m., weighed 6 lbs. 7 ozs.

and 19” long. Proud Grandparents are Ed and LindaSpitzer of Island View, Elinor Belcourt and

Roger Hamel, and the late Lane Belcourt, andGreat-Grandma Christal Hey, all of Strasbourg.

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It was a great time in the ole town tonight! That’s ex-actly how the people who attended the Ficor Family Dance are still talking a week later! On the evening of Friday, January 29, the Strasbourg Recreation Board sponsored the Ficor Family, Dennis and his son Cory, to come out and sing and play good old time music at the Strasbourg Me-morial Hall. “The music was absolutely fantastic!” That was just one of the many comments from some who attended. Whether you just wanted to sit back and listen to some favourites and get up and move a little or a lot, there was something

for everyone. Many had a hard time taking a break from the dance fl oor as the next song came on and, oh, just one more dance! Those attending, a little over 50 in number, enjoyed a lovely lunch supplied by the Rec Board. Comments were made that people would like to see this happen more of-ten, but they would also like to see more support and peo-ple attending. It truly is such an enjoyable time. The Strasbourg Recreation Board continues to provide opportunities for people to get out and enjoy all types of activities in the community, whether it be culture, recre-ation or sports activities.

Ficor Family in Strasbourganother great night of music

DID YOU KNOW?There is a familiar ‘male’

face at the ScottiesTournament of Heartsthis year. Brian Kelln,son of Alvina Kelln,is the coach of the

Sharon Cormier rinkrepresenting the

Northwest Territories /Yukon.

North America’s furry fore-casters brought bad news on February 2, Groundhog Day, when they emerged to see their shadows. Traditionally, a groundhog shadow means six more weeks of winter. In Wiarton, ON, Canada’s best-known weather prognos-ticating groundhog, Wiarton Willie, delivered his forecast to a disappointed crowd. Folk-lore has it that if a groundhog sees his shadow on Ground-hog Day he’ll fl ee to his bur-row, heralding six more weeks of winter – if he doesn’t, it means an early spring. Fortu-nately, Groundhog Day falls midway between the start of winter and the beginning of spring, so even a forecast of six more weeks of winter is a forecast for an early Spring in some areas of the country.

Groundhogs bring bad news The eastern groundhog pre-dictions were unanimous thisyear: Nova Scotia’s Shubena-cadie Sam and PunxsutawneyPhil in Pennsylvania also sawtheir shadows. However, theirwestern counterparts had adifferent opinion: ManitobaMerv failed to see his shadow,as did Alberta’s Balzac Billy. A more traditional, and sur-prisingly reliable source ofweather information is theOld Farmer’s Almanac. The2010 edition predicts that theprairie region will see coolertemperatures in early Feb-ruary, milder temperaturesmid-month, and then coldertemperatures at Februarymonth-end. It also predicts amilder period in early March,but very cold temperatures bymid-March.

A Calgary woman is threat-ening to sue the Saskatchewan corrections system after it put out an erroneous news release saying she had been released from jail by mistake. Karrie Casper was released from Prince Albert’s Pine Grove Correctional Centre on January 21 after serving 40 days for uttering a forged document and other offences. On Sunday, 10 days after her release, the Corrections, Pub-lic Safety and Policing Minis-try sent out a news release and mug shot, saying she had been let go by mistake and still had

Wrongful releasenotice was wrong

two months remaining on hersentence. Later in the day, theministry issued a second newsrelease saying Casper hadbeen located and was beingreturned to jail. However, the whole epi-sode was an error: Casperhad served her time and hadbeen offi cially and legallyreleased. The provincial Min-istry of Corrections admits itmade a mistake and says a let-ter of apology will be sent toCasper. It also says there willbe a review of the public no-tifi cation process in prisonerrelease cases.

The job market con-tinuously demands more expertise. Workers feel the need to update their knowledge. Education be-comes essential for those who want career advance-ment or better work con-ditions. Distance educa-tion can be an in-teresting option when you consider the work schedules of some people. You can also resort to this method of learning to avoid travel limits. In fact, distance learning elimi-nates the need to travel to take courses. This particu-larly fl exible study method allows you to study at the time and rhythm that suit you. It allows you to con-ciliate study, work, family, leisure, and personal time. Distance education of-fers a vast array of cours-es and resources that are available to anyone who wants to complete a study program. You can register for this type of individual training at any time. In addition, the schedule and length of the courses are not pre-determined. Every class includes dead-lines, but this method’s fl exibility can accommo-date unforeseen events. It allows you to manage your classes yourself. In addition to assistance

An open door on knowledgeDistance education

from a tutor and instruction materials, including printed documents, and audio and video cassettes and soft-ware, distance education also takes advantage of the connectivity of the commu-nication methods offered by new technologies and the Internet. Some courses include group discussions between students through telephone conferencing. Students can also increase their interactions by visit-ing discussion forums.

New technologies facilitate distance education.

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Show your appreciation!or place to learn how to read, write and count makes us realize just how vital these educators are. Teaching is not just lim-ited to the three Rs, how-ever. It also involves pro-viding youth with the basic concepts that will help them develop their ability to learn. Teachers have always played a key role in every individu-al’s development and evolu-tion. They take care of our kids and give them the skills that they need to succeed in

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life. With their experience, they achieve miracles with students who have trouble learning, while helping the more talented ones develop to their full potential. Teach-ing is about giving students a desire to learn from a very young age as well as the motivation to excel in later academic years. Teachers constantly raise the bar for college and university stu-dents, empowering them to push themselves further. To be a teacher, it takes not only a healthy amount of imagination and patience, but also a keen ability to motivate and capture the in-terest of students. The best teachers are those who see their role not as a job, but as a calling.

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There are more than 12,000 teachers work-ing in the publicly funded school system in Saskatchewan, providing services to more than 159,800 students across the province. The teachers work for 29 school divisions. In addition to the K to 12 system, there are two universities, one in Regina, one in Saskatoon, with a combined staff and student

population of more than 20,000. In addition, there are teachers and educators working in various other technical institutions, trade schools, and community colleges. The University of Saskatchewan was established in 1907 and celebrated its centennial in 2007. The fi rst classes began in 1909 with a registration of 70 students. These classes were held in the Drinkle Building in downtown Saskatoon. The University of Regina has its roots in Regina College, a small residential high school established by the Methodist church in 1911. Starting with only 27 students, Regina College developed into a junior college and then a second campus of the University of Saskatch-ewan. It became an independent degree-granting institution in 1974. Organized education services began in the North West Territories in 1885 with the North West Territorial Schools Districts. One-room school houses replaced trading post school-ing, missionary schools and private schooling. Moose Jaw School District #1 was formally established December 5, 1884 under the new Board of Education. Since the Province of Saskatchewan was offi cially established in 1905, the Legislature has continued a model of locally elected public and separate school boards which originated prior to 1905, as well as to create and/or regulate universities, colleges, technical institutions and other educational forms and institutions.

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Thanks to the Tiger Woods’ soap opera, lefty Phil Mickel-son has taken over as the PGA Tour’s No. 1 guy, the face of the tour, the most beloved, by default. So it’s mystifying as to why he’d go out of his way to blacken his name, to cause fellow pros to use the word ‘cheat’ in the same sentence as Mickelson. Golf is the only pro sport that is self-policing. Golfers talk about, and revere, the game’s honour. Players have withdrawn from tournaments after realizing they had violat-ed an obscure rule in an earlier round. So why on earth would Mickelson risk his good name by squeaking through a legal loophole to use a wedge with square grooves, which have been banned as of January 1, 2010? The rule, after all, was enacted with the belief that all golfers would be using the same equipment specs, swing-ing from the same level play-ing fi eld. The loophole relates to a lawsuit fi led in the early 1990s by club manufacturer Ping against the United States Golf Association and the PGA Tour. In the fi ne print of the settle-ment, the two parties agreed that square-grooved clubs, which allow skilled golfers to put enough spin on the ball out of the rough to make it stop quickly near the hole, would be deemed legal only if they were manufactured before 1990. When the U-groove ban became offi cial on January 1 of this year, Mickelson, John Daly, Hunter Mahan, Dean Wilson and a couple of oth-ers found 20-year-old wedges whose grooves do not con-form to current Tour rules, but are ‘legal’ thanks to the fi ne print of the 1993 lawsuit settlement. “It’s cheating, and I’m ap-palled Phil has put (the grand-fathered club) into play,” Scott McCarron, a three-time Tour winner, told the San Francis-co Chronicle. “All those guys

Mickelson, fellow pros notin the same groove

should be ashamed of them-selves for doing that. As one of our premier players, (Mickel-son) should be one of the guys who steps up and says this is wrong.” A ‘tweet’ by ‘Ben from Se-attle’ on Geoff Shackelford’s pro golf website had the follow-ing advice for Philly Mick: “If club is both ‘non-conforming’ and ‘approved for play’, you have a choice: You can stick an old wedge in the bag because it’s ‘legal’ or you can act like a golfer and a sportsman and say ‘Not for me’.” Mickelson hinted he was con-sidering legal action after being ‘publicly slandered’. If he were to win with the ‘illegal-legal’ club in his bag, Lefty’s approval rating with his fellow professionals would be about the same as that of Tiger’s with the general public. • Mike Bianchi, Orlando Sen-tinel: “Mark McGwire admits to steroid use? That’s almost as shocking as Tiger Woods admit-ting he likes girls... And I can’t wait to hear McGwire in his new role as a hitting coach for the St. Louis Cardinals. I can just hear him telling a young prospect, ‘I want you to use this 32-ounce bat and this two-ounce syringe’.” • Bianchi again, after Cardi-nals fans gave McGwire a stand-ing ovation just days after he ad-mitting using steroids: “Sports fans are incredible. They’d cheer for the shark in ‘Jaws’ to eat the skinny-dipping girl if the shark were wearing their uniform.” • R.J. Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Tennessee Volunteer fans rioted, defaced property and set things on fi re when Lane Kif-fi n announced he was leaving to coach USC. Wouldn’t it have been enough just to slap his two faces?” • Comedy writer Jerry Per-isho: “Former major leaguer and current manager Jose Of-ferman threw a punch while arguing with an umpire in the Dominican Republic. Offerman will pay a fi ne and attend anger management classes at the Lou Piniella Institute.” • Reggie Hayes of the Fort

Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel, on the reported Derek Jeter-Minka Kelly nuptials: “De-tails are yet to be fi nalized on when his fi ancee will conduct the ceremonial deleting of his cellphone contact list.” • Rick Morrissey of the Chi-cago Sun-Times, after catcher Geovany Soto showed up at the Cubs Convention fanfest 40 pounds lighter: “A good thing for the Cubs, but a bad development for Frito-Lay.” • Cam Hutchinson in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix: “Body scanners were used for the fi rst time at Pearson Inter-national Airport in Toronto this week. Among the discoveries was Vesa Toskala’s fi ve-hole is bigger than fi rst feared.” • Patrick Smith of The Aus-tralian, disputing tennis star Serena Williams’ listed weight of 150 pounds: “They should weigh her other thigh next time.” • Comedy writer Alan Ray, on why minor-leaguer Grant Desme would choose the priesthood over a future with the Oakland A’s: “In church, he will have a prayer.” • Seattle Times reader Bill Littlejohn, on reports that Ti-ger Woods is rehabbing at a Hattiesburg, Miss., sex clinic: “So his confessionals to Elin will start with ‘One-Mississip-pi, two-Mississippi...’” • Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Ser-ena Williams, buttering up the Aussies, says of the Australian Open: “It’s one of my favourite slams.” That sense of humor is why Serena is one of my fa-vourite Williams sisters.”

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Hockey StandingsHighway

Hockey LeagueStandings as of February 1, 2010TEAM W L OTL PTSRaymore 13 2 1 27Wynyard 13 3 1 27Southey 11 5 1 23Avonlea 10 5 1 21Cupar 8 6 3 19Lumsden 5 10 2 12Bethune 4 13 1 9Semans 3 13 0 6

SCORING LEADERSNAME TEAM GP G A PTSRyan Bahan Cup 17 18 27 45Tyler Stewart Cup 16 20 21 41Derek Halldorson Sou 17 8 27 35Ryan Cruse Ray 16 8 26 34Ryan Peterson Wyn 17 13 19 32Dallas Thiessen Ray 15 3 29 32Chad Mazurak Sou 15 18 13 31Kyle Ermel Sou 17 12 18 30Josh Belair Ray 14 19 10 29Todd MacMurchy Ray 15 16 13 29

GOAL TENDERSNAME TEAM GA MP AVGNathan Fischl Ray 46 940.3 2.94Adam Jordan Wyn 47 899 3.14Justin Mrazek Avon 51 969 3.16Tyler Kifferling AP Sou 11 174.2 3.79Warren Niekamp Cup 38 591 3.86Ryan Rankin Lum 16 238.5 4.03Jordan Kaczmar Sou 60 795.5 4.53Brett Thomas Cup 33 423 4.68Gaston Sirois Lum 64 782 4.91Ryan Seibel AP Beth 76 852.8 5.35

Barry HermanH.H.L. Stats

Last Mountain Minor

Hockey LeagueStandings as of February 1, 2010

ATOMTEAM G W L T PTSHumboldt 2 11 10 0 1 21Strasbourg 10 7 3 0 14Imp/Wat 9 6 3 0 12Humboldt 3 8 5 2 1 11Wynyard 10 5 5 0 10Lanigan 11 4 7 0 8Raymore 10 1 9 0 2ViCo 11 1 10 0 2

PEE WEETEAM G W L T PTSWynyard 13 13 0 0 26Strasbourg 10 8 2 0 16Lanigan 10 7 2 1 15Humboldt 11 6 4 1 13ViCo 13 5 6 2 12Watrous 14 6 8 0 12Raymore 10 4 4 2 10Long Lake 12 1 11 0 2Drake 13 0 13 0 0

BANTAMTEAM G W L T PTSLanigan 13 11 1 1 23Drake 12 6 5 1 13Watrous 10 6 4 0 12Kenaston 10 5 4 1 11Humboldt 11 2 8 1 5Wynyard 12 2 10 0 4

MIDGETTEAM G W L T PTSDrake 13 11 1 1 23Davidson 13 10 2 1 21Lake Lenore/Mu 12 9 2 1 19Humboldt 11 7 4 0 14Watrous 12 4 7 1 9Wynyard 10 3 5 2 8Kenaston 13 3 8 2 8Viscount 13 1 10 2 4Lanigan 11 1 10 0 2

Barry HermanLMMHL Stats

Long LakeHockey League

Standings as of February 3, 2010TEAM G W L O/TL PTSLanigan 22 19 3 0 38Drake 22 15 6 0 31Davidson 22 12 7 1 27LeRoy 22 11 10 0 23Nokomis 22 10 11 1 21Watrous 23 10 13 0 20Strasbourg 23 1 21 1 3

SCORING LEADERSNAME TEAM GP G A PTSJosh Sim Dav 22 28 37 65Dean Beuker Lan 22 22 37 59Derek Allan Dav 21 29 29 58Justin Popadynec Nok 18 31 21 52Darren Murton Nok 20 34 14 48Brent Twordik Lan 19 22 19 41Jordan Schindel Drk 22 20 21 41Josh Richardson Dav 19 21 15 36Adam Hendry Nok 22 12 23 35Evan Bryksa Lan 20 24 8 32

GOAL TENDERSNAME TEAM M/P GA AvgMark Brenner Lan 874 34 2.33Dave Spooner Drk 807 39 2.90Sharrod Failler Lan 440 22 3.00Brady Willner Dav 625 42 4.03Ryan Friesen Drk 458 31 4.06

On Friday, January 22, the Strasbourg Pee Wee Maroons and a caravan of vehicles head-ed southwest to Hodgeville for Game 1, Round 1 of Provincial C hockey against the Gravel-bourg/Hodgeville Stars. Players, coaches and family alike were all excited for the road trip. Un-fortunately, the wind and snow made for some poor road con-ditions along the way, and the drive a little longer. Gravelbourg scored fi rst in the game and Strasbourg answered back. The Stars quickly scored again. Strasbourg hit the twine again and the game was tied. Going into the third period, the Maroons knew they would have to dig in, and really fi ght hard, and they did. Our boys scored twice giving us a two goal lead. Gravelbourg scored late in the third, but the boys hung on, mak-ing it a 4-3 win for Strasbourg, and a one goal lead in the two game total goal series. It was a very physical, well fought game on a small ice surface. Gravelbourg/Hodgeville re-turned to the home of the Ma-

roons in Strasbourg, on Satur-day, January 30. A large crowd turned out to cheer on the home-town boys. Strasbourg opened the scoring with three goals. The play went up and down the ice with both teams seeing their goaltenders make some heroic stops. Until midway through the third, it appeared the Maroons were well on their way to win-ning the game with a 3-1 lead. However, the Stars battled back to tie up the game at three. With many nervous fans watching on, Strasbourg scored an empty-net goal late in the game to secure the win, a series win! Strasbourg 8, Gravelbourg Stars 6. The Strasbourg Pee Wee Ma-roons entered Round 2 in their provincial quest taking on Es-ton/Eatonia. Game 1 was held Thursday, February 4 in Eatonia, where the Maroons came out on top with a score of 8-4. Game 2 will be in Strasbourg this week-end. Come out and cheer the boys on to a victory! See you at the rink!

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Pee Wee Maroons on their Provincial C quest

Former Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Don Narcisse has been named as an inductee into the Cana-dian Football Hall of Fame. Narcisse, now 44, joined the Roughriders in 1987 and spent his entire football ca-reer with the club, retiring 13 seasons later with an all-time team record of 919 catches. Narcisse also worked with a community program, Catch For Kids, which raises money to help youngsters participate in organized sports. Narcisse now lives in Manvel, Texas. Narcisse and four other in-ductees – players Tracy Ham, Bob Cameron, Elfrid Payton and builder Joe Pistilli – will be inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of fame, located in Hamilton, ON, in Septem-ber.

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It is that time of year when the natural ice is in at the BGS rink in Bulyea. You can fi nd the rink fi lled with chil-dren every Wednesday after-noon after school, ready and waiting to take their turn for skating lessons from Deena Slough. The school has also set a ‘standing date’ every Friday at lunch hour at the rink, for a hot lunch if you like, and a good workout of fun on the ice. For some children, this is

Photos courtesy ofCorri Gorrill.

Every child loves the food at the rink.

The children had a great time seeing how far they couldget before someone fell off.

Using the rink comes with the responsibility of cleaning theice. Mr. Hassman gives the children their instructions.

The kids do a good job getting the loose snow off the ice.

their only chance to take part in skating. There is public skating on Sunday afternoons, and you also can’t forget the outdoor rink at Silton, for those days when the sun is shining and it isn’t forty be-low. For some, there are great memories of growing up out on the outdoor rinks – there’s just something about skating at night under the big fl ood light. You also can’t forget the Bandit and the Pylon hockey

Lots of activity at BGS rink in Bulyeateams who also get some ice time. Since the rink in Strasbourg gets booked up, the overfl ow games then get moved to Bulyea, so you just never know who you will fi nd on the ice in Bulyea. So if you should fi nd yourself driving

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