Carlyle Observer: Dec. 12, 2014

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Lampman School Drama Club

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Sask. Women’sCurling Tour

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Cornerstone Theatre presents“A CommmunityChristmas Carol”

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Hockey scholarship for Daria O’Neill

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By Lynne Bell The 12 edition of Carlyle’s annual Dickens Village Festival on Dec. 5 and 6 was a resounding success, according to Dickens Com-mittee chair, Shelley Slykhuis. “We all appreciated the weather, especially after last year,” she said. “And this year, we had visitors from across Canada, from Van-couver to Toronto and even from New York, sign our guest book.” “Someone fi lled in a survey comment card that said: ‘First time here, think it’s a fabulous concept. Great way to kick off the Christ-mas season.’” The town was once again transformed into a Victorian wonder-land, marking the start of Carlyle’s Christmas season as businesses, service clubs, schools, churches and individuals dressed and deco-rated for the occasion. “Almost every church in town is involved,” says Slykhuis. “As well as the schools, the Lions, the Knights of Columbus, Rusty Relics Museum, the fi re department, Cornerstone Family and Youth, local businesses and many, many individuals all come together to make the Dickens Village Festival a success that continues year after year.” “We couldn’t do it without our volunteers,” adds Slykhuis. “I used to say it was 99 percent volunteers. Now, I’d say it’s 99.9 per-cent. We just couldn’t do it without them.”

Carlyle’s 12th Annual Dickens Fest one of the best

(L-R) Dennis Coffey, Linda Coffey and Leona Hirtle, all of Carlyle, personify the spirit of Carlyle’s annual Dickens Vil-lage Festival, held on Dec. 5 and 6.

The Home Hardware fl oat which won 1st place in the parade on Saturday, Dec. 6, was one of 21 fl oats that made up the evening parades, held both nights of the festival.

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As in years past, the festival’s offerings included food, drink and free entertainment at Fezziwigs Family Pub in the Carlyle Memorial Hall, High Tea and a bake sale at the United Church, Tiny Tim’s Taster Tour hosted by 11 local businesses, four markets, free horse and car-riage rides, Cornerstone Family and Youth’s Festival of Trees, Breakfast with Santa, a lighted parade of 21 en-tries, food vendors and an original adaptation of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Cornerstone Theatre Company. This year’s play was an adaptation written by Mackenzie Easton, and ‘A Community Christmas Carol’ was packed for all three performances. Entertainment throughout the weekend also included harpist Sharon Elliot at high tea, a children’s version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ written by Barb Haddow, and musical performances at Fezziwigs Family Pub by Katherine Miller and Kathy Travis, Ken Hamm, Chris Henderson, the Happy Wanderers, Southern Country and magician Patrick Roth. Slykhuis says 150 people were served at high tea on Friday and 220 attended on Saturday. “We also had Breakfast with Santa served by the RCMP and their fam-ilies and so many other great food options. The Knights of Columbus built a warming station on Main Street and served chili. The Catholic Church does chowder, the fi re department does smoked turkey legs, which sold out Friday night. Shockwave Youth Group did smokies on a stick, One Church did rice pudding, the Lions did baked potatoes and the Grade 12 class did desserts.” Along with Dickens-themed events at Main Street merchants, shoppers perused four different markets. Dickens vendor representative, Sandra Dyer says, “It’s awesome. The response has been great.” Vendor Amanda Dickie of Stoughton says, “It’s my fi rst time here in Carlyle for the Dickens Festival and I love it. I want to come back next year and buy a dress just for this event. I love it. Everyone is in the real Christmas spirit. It’s real. It’s family and fun and getting together, not pushing and shoving in a mall.” Local visual artist Karla Pearson agrees. “It’s been great. For me, I’ve had the opportunity to showcase my work with people from the area in a really relaxed, fun atmosphere.” Stephanie Klemp of Pense brought her sons, fi ve-year-old Landon and two-year-old Rhett to the Dickens festival for the fi rst time. “We all loved the parade and of course, the boys loved Santa. It’s been a really fun weekend.” Dickens enthusiast Marilyn Carter says that visi-tors are delighted by the town’s transformation and that everyone can easily play a part in ensuring the unique atmosphere of the festival. “The expressions on the faces of visitors are price-less,” she says. “It’s not hard to ‘dress Dickens.’ For men, it’s as simple as a top hat, and those are in stores every Halloween. For women, a long skirt, a shawl and a fl oppy hat are all it takes. That’s enough. It’s really that simple.” Town councillor Jenn Sedor says, “The town pulls out all the stops for Dickens. I’d like to thank everyone for showing off our wonderful town.” “It’s one of the biggest, most successful Dickens I’ve attended. The weather, the town crew, the Dickens committee and everyone in town did a great job.” Slykhuis says that this year’s Dickens Village Festival “was one of our best yet. It’s early, but our high tea had our best attendance ever and the play was a sell-out.” “We’ve already got a start on next year’s festival, so stay tuned!” 2014 Dickens Decorating Competition and Float Award Winners

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Cadence and Peyton H. of Manor had a visit with Santa Claus during Saturday morning’s Fezziwigs Breakfast with Santa in the Carlyle Memorial Hall. Members of the Carlyle RCMP detachment and their families acted as Santa’s helpers by cooking breakfast.

Fezziwigs Family Pub was a popular gathering spot for lunch during the Carlyle Dickens Festival. Lunch was courtesty of the Rusty Relics Museum Committee and musical entertainment included Katherine Miller, Southern Country, Ken Hamm, Chris Henderson, and the Happy Wanderers.

Best Decorated Business, Traditional: King’s De-partment Store Best Decorated Business, Victorian: New Dimen-sion Hair Studio Best Decorated Business, Novelty: Carlyle Car Wash Best Decorated Residential: Traditional: Brian and Michelle Romaniuk Best Decorated Residential: Victorian: Doug and Marian Waldner

Best Decorated Residential: Novelty: Rilla Dunn Best Decorated Residential: Apartment/Condo: Leslie Moore Honourable Mentions: William Wyatt, Lloyd McConnell, Ronert and Vicky Clark, Wilma and Ray Lothian Parade, Friday: First Place: Full Gospel Church; Second Place: Town of Carlyle; Third Place: Home Hardware Parade, Saturday: First Place: Home Hardware; Second Place: Full Gospel Church; Third Place: Carlyle Bakery.

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By Kelly Running Lampman School con-sistently produces high quality theatre produc-tions. Although this year’s fall production was a little smaller in size than usual, the students were still able to deliver two memorable performances on Dec. 4, 5, and 6. The first play, titled “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon Marigolds,” was an ex-tremely powerful piece about mental illness and the struggle of a family to live. Beatrice, a divorcee, mother of two and alco-holic, was played by Sam Paxman. She is unhappy with her life and has faced many diffi culties over the years. Facing failures in her life, she does remain to hold onto dreams, her most recent one being to own a tea house. As the story unfolds we are introduced to Tillie, played by Cassidy Roy, who is extremely intel-ligent. Beatrice’s youngest daughter, Tillie, focuses on her school work and goes on to win a science fair focused on the effects of radiation on marigolds. Beatrice has diffi cul-ties accepting the accom-plishments of her daughter and when Ruth, played by Adrianna Raynard, Bea-trice’s eldest, snaps at her mother for not allowing Ruth to accompany Bea-trice and Tillie to the com-petition. This brings up the cruel nickname, Betty the Loon, from high school, which sets Beatrice off. She sends the girls to the competition and de-cides to get her house ready to turn into a tea house. Beatrice calmly cleans off tables and prepares the house. Looking to her daughter’s rabbit, Peter, she had threatened numer-ous times to kill, she goes through with it in the end because it’s unsanitary to have a rabbit in a tea house. Her daughters come home and are told of the changes in the house. Ruth is told to look in her room for Peter and he is found wrapped in a towel to be buried in the morning. It is devastating to Ruth, while Tillie is also affected she handles the news of her beloved rabbit vowing to bury Peter in the morning, as Beatrice simply contin-ues readying the home to open as a tea house. “I try to teach the kids acting techniques,” Chris-tine Thornton, Lampman

Lampman School drama club small but mightySchool’s drama teacher explained. “I’ve had these ones for five years and we’ve performed some challenging pieces, not the usual fair pieces that you’d have.” “This one was a Pulit-zer prize-winning play; it’s a diffi cult piece to perform because of the subject mat-ter. We actually re-blocked scenes the other day, just before performing the scene where Beatrice is putting table cloths down at the end. Sam used to play that with anger, but we decided that it should be a calmer, more introspective than anger, that Beatrice needs her next dream or she wouldn’t be able to survive.” This production also saw Carley Greening per-form the role of Nanny, an elderly woman Beatrice is taking care of, and an ap-pearance by Morgan Jones who played Janice Vickery, a competitor in the science competition. The second perfor-mance of the night gave Greening and Jones larger roles. Greening took to the stage as Gail and Jones as Margie in “Drivers’ Test,” a hysterical comedy that had the crowd laughing through the entire performance. Gail, a sophomore in high school, meets Margie, the driver instructor. Margie and Gail bond quickly in the car, named George, and begin the examination. Along the way Margie teaches Gail important life lessons and if Gail doesn’t agree, Margie sprays her with a bottle of water. At one point Margie simulates a real life situa-tion, pretending to be two young children bickering and fi ghting in the car. Mar-gie pushes Gail to speed along the highway, gar-nering the attention of the police, who then chase the pair. Gail eludes them, but frets about her future and about going to jail because of her driving. As they continue the test after Gail’s short melt-down, Margie eventually convinces Gail to parallel park with her eyes closed. At fi rst Gail refuses, but is fi nally convinced that after trying four times and failing to park with eyes open she closed them. As inspiring music plays, the audience was hopeful for Gail, until the sounds of cars crunch-ing confi rmed, driving with your eyes closed is a bad idea. They run from the scene and arrive back to SGI. Having done every-

thing Margie asked, Gail is sure she has passed. Her mark, however, was four percent; Gail had failed every stage of the test with notes of the instructor stat-ing that she was able to be negatively influenced by other people in the vehicle, Gail would have to retake the test. The two very different performances were both extremely well performed and enjoyed. Thornton explained: “They’re expected to act as professionally as they can and these guys do. Kids will rise to the expectations you set out for them; they always do.” This was Thornton’s 17th show directed in Lampman. Usually the fall performance has students from Oxbow and Estevan join in, though this year it remained a small produc-tion. The spring production is also a smaller production, limited to students of Lamp-man. Thornton not only encourages the actors on stage, but was also very complimentary of the crew including students and com-munity volunteers. The crew included Dar-ian Freeden (Stage Manager and Lighting for both pro-ductions), K’Lyn Dutten-hoffer (Sound Design/Op-erator for both productions and Social Media/Multi Media for the first one), Taylor Grimes (Costume Manager for both), Hannah Stinson (Props/Backstage Manager for both), Ashley Kerslake (Props Builder for the fi rst production), Angel Smith (Make-up for the fi rst production), and Stan and Marilyn Zimmerman (Sets for both) with Dale and Daniel Kelly (Sets for the fi rst production). In the spring, Thornton also told The Observer in the spring she is excited for Paxman to direct one of the productions they will compete with. Though un-sure of the pieces they will be using, Thornton is very confi dent in the abilities of her students. Thornton was extreme-ly pleased with her students and explained that it is nice to have a receptive audi-ence, but that as long as the kids do well that’s most important: “Not everyone in the audience or adjudicators will always see the perfor-mance the same way we do and might not like it, but the kids know themselves if they’ve done a good job and that’s more important in theatre.”

Beatrice (Sam P.) gives Nanny (Carley G.) a spoon with a fl ourish in “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds.” A dramatic performance, which brought forth issues surrounding mental health and the diffi culties of overcoming life’s challenges.

Ruth (Adrianna R.) asks Beatrice (Sam P.) why she is refusing to be happy for Tillie (Cassidy R. - far right) for being a fi nalist for a prestigious science competition, while Nanny (Carley G.) sips her hot water and honey.

An unorthodox driving instructor simulating real-life experiences, Margie (Morgan J.), blares an air horn as young driver, Gail (Carley G.), attempts to parallel park the car.

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It was November 1998 and my husband and I were in Romania. It had been nine years since the nation had undergone a

dramatic and violent revolution. On December 16, 1989 in the city of Timosaoara a series of riots and protests began against dictator Nicolai Ceausescu that soon spread throughout the country. From December 16-22 protestors took to the streets to express their outrage over an austerity program that had resulted in a painfully reduced standard of living for Romanian citizens while the dictator embarked on a series of mega projects including the construction of the biggest palace in the world for he and his family. Massive protests had taken place in Bucharest, the country’s capital, and as we walked those streets nine years later we saw white crosses marking the places where some of the 1, 104 people died, as well as evidence of rounds of gunfi re that hit the surrounding structures. Following the shooting in the Parliament buildings in Ottawa there was discussion as to whether or not the bullet holes should be left to tell the story of October 22, 2014 or if repairs should occur to cover over what had taken place. Strong cases could be made for either approach. I have a mark under my chin that came as a result of a fall from a fence when I was a little girl. Unless you knew it was there it would go unnoticed. The same could be said of many of the scars we carry. Others meanwhile can’t help but be seen. Regardless, we all have them--we all have scars. The difference is in how we choose to wear them. We employ differing philosophies when pondering our scars. Some may intentionally try to hide them while others may be okay with letting us see. Sometimes we work to point out other people’s scars to detract attention from our own, or we work to make our scars visible and then can’t understand why people don’t see them. Some wounds run deep and take a long time to heal. Some may appear to only scratch the surface but the hurt is exposed nonetheless. The wounds we experience can originate from a vast array of sources but in the end it doesn’t really matter where they began. Focussing on the origin detracts from the work of healing and moving forward. Fixing the wound on my chin required a hospital visit and some stitches. Casts, tensors or bandages are often employed to heal the wounds that happen to our bones, muscles or fl esh, and if we follow medical advice we can anticipate recovering in a matter of days or weeks. But the hurts to our pride, dreams, expectations or relationships can’t be restored in quite the same way. A cast can’t renew the damage to our spirit any more than a bandaid can heal the ache of a broken heart. There are no ointments, drops or quick fi xes to speed up those recoveries. It takes effort to develop an attitude of reconciliation and an acceptance of the circumstances we may fi nd ourselves in. To attempt to cover the wounds so the world won’t see may mean missing out on the very people who can help in the healing process. Yet allowing the wounds to lead the way makes a statement that all we want to be about is the hurt. We need to fi nd a way to honour our scars without allowing the wounds to be overwhelming. Permitting the bullet holes to remain as they were can serve as a reminder of past history that we must work to ensure doesn’t get repeated. Covering up the bullet holes doesn’t take away the reality of what occurred but it allows people to focus on readying themselves for the future. Both allow for a necessary acknowledgement of what was, but also a healthy embrace of what needs to come. We all carry wounds--just like those buildings will always carry those bullet holes, whether they are covered over or not. Restoring the construction provides new beginnings while honouring the past, just as renewing the soul respects the scars and provides hope for the future. That’s my outlook.

I’ve always enjoyed the arts. When I was in university I had

a friend in the drama program and she had to take in so many theatre productions a year and write on them. I never personally took a drama course, it’s not my forte, but I volunteered to go with her to nearly all of them. In fact, it was her wish to go to New York City which led us to the Big Apple to take in a few Broadway shows. Though we specifi cally bought tickets and went to Wicked, we also took in Guys and Dolls, The Lion King, and The Little Mermaid. It’s amazing to see skilled people with that kind of talent, but after watching two productions this past weekend, I would have to say you don’t have to travel that far. Yes the stages in bigger centres come with more bells and whistles, but the smaller ones here make do and showcase the actors. Friday night I was able to go to the Dickens performance, “A Community Christmas Carol.” It was fantastic. There are some amazing singers in town and I was pleased to discover there were some people who hadn’t had solos these last couple of years that I’ve been here, who are extremely talented. The play itself was based

on Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol, but was reworked and written by Mackenzie Easton, Lane and Colleen’s daughter. It was funny and brought together plays that Cornerstone Theatre has done in the past with characters even resurfacing. I very much enjoyed it. They do a spectacular job every year and I always look forward to their productions. When someone told me they were thinking about coming for a visit in the New Year, I told them immediately I would fi nd out when the spring Dinner Theatre would be. The Cornerstone Theatre group is extremely talented, but I was also impressed over the weekend with the productions which took place in Lampman. On Saturday, Dec. 6, I made my way down to Lampman School where they put on two productions which were absolutely amazing. The fi rst one blew me away. It was a piece about mental illness, alcoholism, and how some people are simply trying to survive. Within the fi rst fi ve minutes, I was impressed by the actors and their abilities. There were only fi ve actors in this play and the lead, played by Sam Paxman was extremely well done. She played a distant mother, one who could show compassion and love to her children on occasion, but usually the weight of the world meant anger. The spectrum of emotion

Paxman was able to access was phenomenal, but the others in the play, particularly the two other main characters played by Cassidy Roy and Adrianna Raynard, were also able to convey emotion extremely well. By the end of the play they had succeeded in making me feel like there was a pit in my stomach. They had simply done so well at relaying the emotions of their characters that I had empathized and was 100 percent with them. The two with more minor parts in that play then took to the stage in a very funny piece, which was literally just the two of them and a prop car. Their facial expressions and abilities to deliver their lines were fantastic. I was laughing extremely hard throughout. The prop car didn’t actually have doors but at one point the two chase each other around the car and one opens the imaginary door, letting the other run into it. Not only was the acting perfect in this case, but the sounds of the individual running into the door or just of the vehicle in general: doors closing, accelerating, the horn, and more it was extremely creative and very well done. It just goes to show that even though the productions don’t have as much money to put into them as a Broadway show, the people in them and the ways that they make use of what they have is extremely impressive.

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The Pope calls a meeting of all the cardi-nals: “I have some really fantastic news and some very bad news.” The cardinals are all ears, so the Pope tells them, “Jesus Christ has returned to the world. The time of judgement is at hand, and our faith in his existence is justifi ed.” One of the cardinals asks, “What’s the bad news?” The Pope replies, “He was calling from Salt Lake City.” We may smile at that surprising prospect, but when Jesus came, he did not arrive in Salt Lake City. In fact, we are entering the season in our church liturgies: “…when the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law” (Galatians 4:4). Recently I heard a homilist talking about Revelations and the end times. He spoke about the end times when Christ came to redeem us and to be present in our world. It struck me with some sense of joy that, yes, Jesus is with us. We need to act like we are temples

of the Holy Spirit and God is present in our lives. Saint Paul says “…when the times had run their course to the end: that he would bring everything together under Christ, as head, everything in the heavens and everything on earth” (Ephesians 1:10). How can we pretend we are still waiting for Christ to come? Even Satan was fooled and didn’t “get it”. “None of the rulers of this age understood it,” Paul wrote, “For if they had they would not have crucifi ed the Lord of Glo-ry” (1 Corinthians 2:8). In “The End Times A Bible Study” Jack Kelley says: “‘Rulers of this age’ is a reference to Satan, whom Paul called ‘the god of this age’ in 2 Corinthians 4:4. If Satan had known that his efforts to defeat the Lord by killing Him would result in his own total defeat, he would have done everything he could to prevent it.” Kelley says: “There is no precedent condition, nothing that must happen first, except that if you want to be included you have to give your heart to Him who’s coming before the trumpet call sounds.

Better do it right away, for if you listen carefully you can almost hear the footsteps of the Messiah.” We must prepare for the day God calls us from this earth for our particular judgement: “Therefore keep watch, because you do not know on what day your Lord will come…the Son of Man will come at an hour when you do not expect him.” (Matthew 24:42-44). Jack Kelley says, “The enormity of God’s Gift of Grace, made avail-able to Jew and Gentile alike and sealed with the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, is some-thing so unbelievable that neither Paul nor any other Apostle was ever able to adequately describe it. “The best Paul could do was to borrow a pas-sage from Isaiah, ‘No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love Him’” (1 Corinthians 2:9). Our lives need to re-fl ect the joy that the com-ing of Christ has brought to this world. “Blest are they who are called to the wedding feast of the Lamb” Revelations 19:9.

By Linda Wegner Unless you are far more wealthy than I, fi nding the perfect gift is one thing but purchasing it might be quite another matter. As the mother of two wonderful sons, daughters-in-law and three perfect (well, almost) granddaughters, I’d love to pay off their mortgages, buy the car or the boat of their dreams and send them all on exotic vacations but it’s the B word that prohibits any such action. I’m talking about Budget. Contrary to the messages of retailers, credit card companies and our internal or maternal urges, sometimes the best gift we can give (at least to ourselves and our households) is to be

ruthless in our adherence to a budget. Nights of worry can be avoided by judicious spending so years ago I adopted the habit of putting away small amounts during the year to take the edge off restricted spending for gifts (Christmas, birthday, graduation or whatever). The monthly pension income is off limits. Staying within self-imposed spending limits can sometimes be made easier with consultation. Since opposites attract, a spouse or partner may be able to serve that purpose; I’ve also found that taking a trusted friend along helps me think things through before fl ashing that colourful plastic rewards card.

This is also a good place to reference another list, this time a list of priorities. Will this lovely but very expensive gift affect my ability to give to those less fortunate? Will it mean substituting the holiday turkey with bologna? For some of us senior citizens, we dare not forget the costs that accompany aging. Because value isn’t restricted to a bank account, giving way to impulsive buying can incur costs we neglected to calculate. “Whoever has no rule over his own spirit is like a city broken down, without walls…Without counsel, plans go awry….” (Proverbs 15:22; 25:28).Amen.

Dear Ellen,I would like to know if there really is such a thing as a verbally abusive relationship. Wondering

Dear Wondering,Listen to your inner voice and trust yourself. If it doesn’t feel right - it’s not. Yes emotional and verbal abuse exists. Words can kill, they assault your self esteem and curse your future and stamp a lethal label on your life. If words pierced your heart as a child or wounded your marriage you may be a victim of verbal abuse. Verbal and emotional abuse are called “invisible” because they do not leave scars others can see. The scars are felt deep within you. You begin to doubt yourself, feel unworthy, guilty, ashamed and as if you are a failure. All of this damages your self-esteem, which is the core of good emotional health. I would suggest that you talk to a counsellor who can help you gain back your self esteem. Ellen

*****For more information about the services we offer, please call the Envision Counselling and Support Centre in Weyburn at 842-8821 or Estevan 637-4004 or call our Abuse/Sexual Assault Line at 1-800-214-7083. You can also write a confi dential question to a counsellor on website at envisioncounsel-lingcentre.com. If you would like to ask Ellen a question you may write to her at Box 1056 Weyburn, SK. S4H 2L3.

As the holidays are approaching for another year, take time to spend with your children and make some fun Christmas gifts. Homemade gifts are gifts from the heart and mean the world to whomever receives them. Spending time with your child doing crafts will show them that gifts do not need dollar amounts, but simply time and care. Take some time from your busy schedules to do something creative and fun with your children. This will remind them that even though it is a busy rushed time of year, they still matter. Children are the light of our lives, and shine so very brightly during the holiday season. Take this opportunity to get messy! Bring out the glitter, colored paper, paints and glue! Even though doing crafts with small children can be a task, it gets them involved and lets them be creative. If a large mess pursues after the crafts are complete, have your little ones help you clean up. As you make crafts with your child you can be asking them things like what makes them happy. This will show your child that their needs are supported and they will become more inclined to be sharing their feelings with you. Homemade gifts can be given to family members, school bus drivers, day care workers, teachers and friends – or whomever your child chooses.



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By Kelly Running The Merit Ford Sales Saskatchewan Women’s Curling Tour (SWCT) Bonspiel held in Carlyle from Friday, Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 7, saw Penny Barker’s team take fi rst place and earn a SWCT provincial berth. A total of 16 teams attended including teams Barker, Despins, Eberle, Englot, Fleming, Hanson, Inglis, Peterson, Selzer, Tisdale, Vey, and Williamson. Competition began on Friday at 6 p.m. and continued for the weekend with the fi nal hosted on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. The fi nal saw Team Williamson and Team Barker, both went undefeated through the draw into the fi nal. This match saw Team Barker take a quick lead in the second end with two points. Team Williamson clawed back with one

Team Barker earns first at Merit Ford Sales Sask. Women’s Curling Tourpoint in the third and fourth ends. Team Barker took the lead once again earning two in the fi fth end, while Team Williamson again fought back with a single point earned in each the sixth and seventh ends. Going into the eighth and fi nal end, the score was tied. Diffi cult shots were made throughout the day and Williamson’s fi nal throw was just shy of the button, leaving Team Barker to win by one with a score of fi ve to four. Team Barker celebrated their win, which came with a provincial berth. Happy with the overall weekend, Team Barker explained they were not only pleased with the Carlyle Curling Club, but with the town overall. “It was really great,” Amanda Craigie said. “The town was really good, we got to take in some of Dickens, and the hosts here, Kristen (Mitchell) and Natalie (Bloomfi eld)

did a nice job putting this all together. Hopefully next year they’ll host again.” Penny Barker added, “It was a great weekend, the ice was good, and the town was really great.” One of the organizers, Mitchell, said that she was happy with how the weekend went and had a lot of positive reviews from those attending. “I thought it went really good,” Mitchell said. “The curlers had lots of fun and they loved Dickens weekend. The ladies have already said they would like us to host again and to possibly host play down events.” “I think the city teams were surprised with the amount there is to do in our small town. There was good shopping, great restaurants, the Dickens festival, and nice hotels which all helped. It was a huge success and I think we’ll be able to do it again next year.”

Kristen Mitchell throws a rock during the Merit Ford Sales Saskatchewan Women’s Curling Tour Bonspiel held in Carlyle from Friday, Dec. 5, to Sunday, Dec. 7.

Alyssa Despins, skip, tries to sweep a rock thrown by Team Vey through the house.


Team Barker of Moose Jaw took fi rst place at the Merit Ford Sales Saskatchewan Women’s Curling Tour Bonspiel and earned a spot in provincial’s. From left to right: Penny Barker, Deanna Doig, Amanda Craigie, and Danielle Sincinski.

Danielle BenjaminSports Contributor

This past weekend, the Novice Wade Cougars participated in the Estevan Novice 2 day tournament and were one of the 22 teams that entered. Our team played 2 games and won both on Sat-urday, December 6, 2014. Our fi rst game was against the Estevan Stars and the fi nal score was 20-0. Our second game was against

Novice Wade Cougars undefeated at Estevan tournament

the Weyburn Flyers and the fi nal score was 12-2. After the games, most of the team enjoyed their free swim at the Leisure Center. On Sunday, December 7th, we played another two games with 2 more wins! We played against the Cros-by Comets with a fi nal score of 26-0, and then our fi nal game against the Redvers Brian Rockets with a fi nal score of 11-3. The Novice Wade Cou-gars were undefeated at the

tournament and showed ex-cellent team work, passing, scoring, defensive play, goaltending, and most of all had a lot of fun!! Next hockey action is scheduled for Saturday, December 13th, when they face off against Arcola at the Carlyle Sports Arena at 11 am. Come on out and show your support for the team and the rink! There are new items on the rink kitchen menu this year to try out!

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By Lynne Bell Former Carlyle resident Daria O’Neill is stickhan-dling her way to success. The 17-year-old, who currently plays defence for her school’s hockey team, the Edge Mountaineers, has been shortlisted for 2015’s Team Al-berta and has also earned a four-year scholarship to the University of Vermont, where she will begin classes this fall. The Cochrane, Alberta resident is currently com-pleting her high school studies at the Edge School for Athletes near Calgary, and says, “Now that I have that process of knowing where I will be going to school and playing hockey next year over with, I feel like I can actually take a deep breath.” “My future has been decided, so now I can go out and enjoy playing with the Edge Mountaineers and my fi nal year of studies here before I move down south,” she adds. O’Neill signed her letter of intent with the Universi-ty of Vermont’s womens’ hockey team, the Catamounts, on Nov. 17. She had numerous offers from the National Col-legiate Athletic Association (NCAA) programs to play hockey in the United States. However, after visiting the University of Vermont campus, O’Neill’s decision was made. “[The Catamounts] have become a much stronger team over the last few seasons in their conference and I wanted to be part of that,” says O’Neill. “The campus is amazing as well and there is such an amazing atmo-sphere when you walk around the university.” A student at the Edge since 2012, team captain O’Neill describes herself as a “stay-at-home defence-man.” Last season, she achieved a career high when she ended the season with a total of 33 points (13 goals and 20 assists). “Daria’s a solid hockey player who does the little things right,” says Carla MacLeod, head coach of the Mountaineers. “It’s great to see her efforts rewarded and to have the chance to play for a school in the United States.” “It’s a long-term goal for our players to fi nd a place to play hockey but also, to further their education. For Daria to know where she’s going already is a testament to her hard work,” adds Macleod. O’Neill-who plans on studying business- intends to work hard on both the athletic and academic fronts dur-ing her four years in Vermont. “In the NCAA, you have to earn your ice time dur-ing every practice and every game,” she says. “My plan is to go in with a strong mindset and be ready to get to work as soon as I arrive on campus.”

Stickhandling to success: Daria O’Neill plays her way to the USA, shortlisted for Team Alberta

Daria O’Neill, formerly of Carlyle, has been awarded a four-year scholarship from the Uni-versity of Vermont. O’Neill currently lives in Cochrane, Alberta, and attends the Edge School for Athletes, where she plays defence for the Edge Mountaineers hockey team. Mountaineers head coach Carla MacLeod says, “Daria’s a solid hock-ey player who does the little things right. It’s great to see her efforts being rewarded and to have the chance to play for a school in the United States.”

Former Carlyle resident, Daria O’Neill, will be pursuing the puck and her business degree at the University of Vermont. O’Neill received a hockey scholarship to the school, which will have her playing defence for the Uni-versity of Vermont Catamounts. Here, O’Neill is pictured playing defence for Team Alberta at last year’s Under-18 Canadian Women’s Championships in Calgary. On December 2, O’Neill was once again shortlisted for Team Al-berta, representing the province at the 2015 Canada Winter Games in Prince George, B.C.

Hockey player Daria O’Neill of Cochrane, Alberta has received a four-year, full schol-arship at the Uni-versity of Vermont. The former Carlyle resident is pictured here at last year’s Under-18 Canadian Women’s Champion-ships in Calgary, play-ing defence for Team Alberta. With O’Neill on the team, the Al-berta squad received a bronze medal during the championship; their fi rst medal.


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8:00 p.m. FS1 Auto Racing FIA Formula E Champi-onship: Punta del Este. (Taped)

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6:30 p.m. TSN NBA Bas-ketball Indiana Pacers at Toronto Raptors.

8:30 p.m. NBA NBA Basket-ball Los Angeles Lakers at San Antonio Spurs.

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5:00 p.m. TSN College Bas-ketball Oklahoma State at Memphis.

9:00 p.m. TSN College Bas-ketball Gonzaga at UCLA.

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1:00 p.m. FS1 College Basketball Temple at Vil-lanova.

2:00 p.m. NBA Euroleague Basketball Unicaja Mal-aga vs. CSKA Moscow. (Taped)

3:00 p.m. FS1 College Bas-ketball Illinois State at DePaul.

4:00 p.m. NBA NBA D-League Basketball (Taped)

6:30 p.m. TSN2 NBA Bas-ketball Toronto Raptors at New York Knicks.

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6:30 p.m. TSN2 NBA Bas-ketball Orlando Magic at Toronto Raptors.

Tuesday 6:00 p.m. TSN2 NBA Bas-

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8:00 p.m. FS1 College Bas-ketball Arizona State at Marquette.

Wednesday 7:00 p.m. TSN NBA Bas-

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Thursday 7:00 p.m. TSN2 NBA Bas-

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7:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Austra-lian PGA Championship, Third Round.

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7:00 p.m. GOLF Golf Austra-lian PGA Championship, Final Round. (HD)

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1:30 p.m. NHL NHL Hockey Winnipeg Jets at Colorado Avalanche. (Taped)

6:00 p.m. SPONET NHL Hockey Calgary Flames at Pittsburgh Penguins.

8:30 p.m. SPONET NHL Hockey Anaheim Ducks at Edmonton Oilers.TSN2 College Hockey North Dakota at Denver.

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Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings. (Taped)

1:30 p.m. NHL NHL Hockey Anaheim Ducks at Edmon-ton Oilers. (Taped)

6:00 p.m. CBC NHL Hockey Detroit Red Wings at To-ronto Maple Leafs.SPONET NHL Hockey Chi-cago Blackhawks at New York Islanders.

9:00 p.m. CBC NHL Hockey New York Rangers at Van-couver Canucks.

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1:30 p.m. NHL NHL Hockey Nashville Predators at San Jose Sharks. (Taped)

8:30 p.m. SPONET NHL Hockey New York Rangers at Edmonton Oilers.

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8:00 p.m. SPONET NHL Hockey Edmonton Oilers at Arizona Coyotes.

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1:30 p.m. NHL NHL Hockey Buffalo Sabres at Winnipeg Jets. (Taped)

6:00 p.m. SPONET NHL Hockey Ottawa Senators at New Jersey Devils.

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9:00 p.m. SPONET Curling The Canadian Open: Men’s& Women’s Semi Finals.

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5:00 p.m. SPONET Curling The Canadian Open: Wom-en’s Final.

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1) The Curse of the Bambino was said to be on the Boston Red Sox after their 1918 sale of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees. In what year was it lifted with a World Series title?

2) A local tavern owner was asked to leave a Chicago Cubs World Series game in 1945 due to his pet’s odor, thus giving rise to what curse?

3) The Madden Curse tends to afflict what NFL players?

4) What NASCAR racetrack is thought to be under a Native American shaman’s curse?

5) What curse supposedly do skier Jill Kinmont, football’s Tony Mandarich, Pete Rose and the XFL have in common?

6) What is the Par 3 Curse?

7) The Curse of Coogan’s Bluff supposedly is to blame for what franchise’s 53-year championship drought?

8) Fans of the Pottsville (Pa.) Maroons allegedly placed a curse on what NFL franchise after a controversial decision stripped their team of the 1925 championship?

1) 2004

2) The Curse of the Billy Goat

3) Those who appear on the cover of “Madden NFL” video games

4) Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama

5) The Sports Illustrated Cover Jinx

6) No winner of the par-3 competition preceding the Masters has ever gone on to win that year’s tournament.

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It’s a great time to be a hockey fan in Canada. If the National Hockey League season had ended at the one-third pole, all but one of the Canadian-based teams would be part of the Stanley Cup playoff picture, a stark difference from 2013-14, when only Montreal carried Canada’s colours in the post-season. Last year, our country’s Western Conference teams were dismal, occupying spots 11, 12, 13 and 14 in the 14-team conference. Toronto and Ottawa were 11th and 12th in the East. It’s a whole different story this year. The Ca-nadiens have been near the top of the league all season, and one of the Westen Con-ference surprising success stories — besides coach Willie Desjardins’ Canucks moving from 12th last year to No. 1 this season — has been that of the resurgent Calgary Flames. At last look, the Flames were nipping at the heels of Anaheim, St. Louis, Nashville and Vancouver for top spot in the West, making general manager Brad Trevliving and coach Bob Hartley favourites for season-end awards. The h igh-scor ing (third in offence) Flames haven’t added any super-stars, but they’re getting outstanding point produc-tion from blueliners Mark Giordano (the team leader), T.J. Brodie and Dennis Wideman. Last year’s top rookie, Sean Monahan, the team leader in goals, is one year older (and one year better) and the addition of the slick Johnny Gaudreau (aka Johnny Hockey) from the U.S. college ranks, has given the team a huge offensive spark.. And the worry that goaltending would be a long-term prob-lem after the retirement of Mikka Kiprusoff has been mitigated by the great play

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of former Duck Jonas Hiller and backup Karri Ramo . “Being close and giv-ing it the old try, it’s not good enough anymore,” Treliving told Kristen Od-land of the Calgary Herald. “We want to have success.”There’s no telling how much higher in the stand-ings the Flames would be had Mason Raymond, who scored fi ve goals in his fi rst 10 games with Calgary af-ter signing as a free agent, not suffered a shoulder injury. Also sidelined have been Joe Colborne, Mikael Backlund and Matt Stajan. The minor league callups to replace those players — Michael Ferland, Sven Baertschi, Josh Jooris and Markus Granlund — might have decimated the farm team, Adirondak Flames, but they continue to roll, too, recently reeling off nine wins in a row. Simply put, the Flames, like their name implies, are hot!• Notsportscenter, on Twit-ter: “The #Jets have an-nounced that Geno Smith will be starting interception thrower for Monday’s game against the #Dolphins.• Luke Tasker ’s father Steve, a former NFL re-ceiver, on Hamilton Tiger-Cats speedster Brandon Banks: “I have carry-ons that weigh more than him (143 pounds). This guy’s so small you could stick him in an overhead compartment and he’d dance around the luggage.”• Comedy writer Tim Hunt-er: “Drew Brees is on his way to becoming only the third quarterback to beat all 32 NFL teams. It’s kind of like blackout Bingo, with the Oakland Raiders being the free space.”• Golfer Martin Kaymer, to AP, on why he’s looking forward to seeing a white Christmas in his native Germany after spending the past seven at his Ari-zona home: “It’s so weird when they put lights on the cactus.”• Comedy writer Steve Bur-gess of The Tyee, after the 9-9 B.C. Lions fired their coach: “Coach Mike Benevides was fired, but only after team lawyers explained that prison time was not an option.”• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle, af-ter 49ers owner Jed York tweeted an apology for the

team’s poor play in a 19-3 Thanksgiving loss to the Seahawks: “The message has been sent to his 49ers: I’m with you guys through thick and semi-thick. The players and coaches now know York’s got their back — with a knife.”• Ostler again, about many fans leaving the stadium at halftime during the poor 49ers showing: “The fans seemed to be saying to the 49ers’ wide receivers, ‘We’ll show you how to run a ‘go’ route’.”• Brad Dickson of the Oma-ha World-Herald: “There’s speculation the (Nebraska) Huskers could play in the Foster Farms Bowl, which I was pretty sure was a cow chip throwing event.”• TC in BC: “Redskins owner Dan Snyder in an attempt to gain support for the name debate, sat with Navajo Chief Ben Skelly and his wife at the Phoenix game. Not to be outdone, new Buffalo owner Terry Pegula invited 20 guys named Bill into his private box yesterday.”• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “CFL commissioner Mark Cohon unveiled a Canadian Northern charter jet with team logos on the sides. Fittingly, the west side has the Blue Bombers at the rear.”• Janice Hough of leftcoast-sportsbabe.com: “Pablo Sandoval on leaving San Francisco. ‘I need a new challenge.’ Well, if Panda wanted a real challenge, why didn’t he sign with the Cubs?”• CBS’s David Letterman, on the spectacular one-handed grab by the Giants’ Odell Beckham Jr.: “It’s be-ing called the greatest catch in NFL history, not counting Gisele Bundchen.” Care to comment? Email [email protected]

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Carlyle’s Alice Savill is one of the many local volun-teers who help to make the town’s annual Dickens Village Festival a success. The festival is currently in its 12th year.

Herman Fornwald and Edna Whitrow of Estevan’s Wagons and Weddings offered horse and carriage rides throughout Carlyle. The festival features nu-merous fun and free events, as Carlyle transforms itself into a Dickensian-themed winter wonderland.

(l-r) Norm Riddell and United Church minister, Rev. Sung Shim get into the Dickens spirit as they pause for a picture. The United Church hosted a High Tea on Friday and Saturday, which hosted a bus of out-of-town visitors as well as numerous enthusiastic locals.

(l-r) Katherine Miller of Esterhazy and Kathy Travis of Churchbridge were one of the many musical acts performing at Carlyle Memorial Hall during the weekend. Here, they entertain those who who enjoyed the lunch hosted by the Rusty Relics Mu-seum Committee.

(l-r) Shirley Bryant and Doreen Humphries fi tted hundreds of heads for hats during two days of High Tea at the Carlyle United Church. Although she was unable to attend the Dickens Festival this year, Irene Doty of Carlyle loans her collection of elegant and extravagant hats, allowing guests at the afternoon tea to fully partake in the Dickens experience.

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By Kelly Running As always one of the main events people enjoy attend-ing during the Dickens Village Festival is the Cornerstone Theatre’s numerous renditions of the classic, “A Christmas Carol.” This year a second generation Cornerstone Theatre alumni, Mackenzie Easton, wrote the play which sees a woman, a director of the local Christmas play, cancel their annual Dickens Festival. It was a very Carlyle-esque twist to the classic with Easton taking inspiration from and cre-ating humour surrounding the idea of a town performing the same play every year. “In a fi t of exasperation, she (the director) cancels the traditional play, which leads to a familiar situation...” the playbill reads. “Centre stage is the fabulous music from all eras, as the actors from plays past return with old favorites and new classics.” The performance was sold out for Saturday, Dec. 6, and nearly sold out both Friday and Sunday as well to crowds which laughed and applauded throughout. Following Evangaline (Dianne Twietmeyer) as the Scrooge character the play runs into old favourites like the Cratchitt’s (David Slykhuis, Leola Hirtle, Bryanne Forcier, Braden Hill, Kyle Bye, Sydney Flynn, and Emma Pelletier as Tiny Tina) and the three ghosts, though this time they were of Christmas plays past (Craig Savill), present (Denise Singleton), and future (Lane Easton). True to Dickens the play follows Evangaline on a journey, which softens her hardened heart and shows her the true meaning of Christmas. The audience was struck by the impressive talents of the cast. The musical talents of Dianne Twietmeyer, Paul Twietmeyer, Lane Easton, Megan McAuley, Bryanne Forcier, Naomi Twietmeyer, and Nicole Gervais. The crowd thoroughly enjoyed themselves, especially those who had attended the past productions as there were throwback songs and characters recognized in this year’s production. The band of Michele Amy, Ben Dubois, Terry Fraser, Claude Poirer, Harvey Rounce, and Wendy Rounce did a wonderful job on diffi cult mash-ups of songs. Direction for the play came from Doug Waldner and Colleen Easton, while vocal direction was led by Lane Easton and Dianne Twietmeyer. Through admission from the weekend and bar sales Cornerstone Theatre group was able to acquire enough funds to do kitchen renovations at Memorial Hall. Member of Cornerstone Theatre, Don Carter, ex-plained, “Right after we fi nished on Sunday, we emptied the cupboards and they will be ripped out and the kitchen gutted. New cupboards and a new kitchen design will be made. In about a week to ten days, they should be close to done.”

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By Kelly Running The Carlyle Detach-ment of the RCMP re-sponded to 40 calls to ser-vice between Friday, Nov. 28, and Thursday, Dec. 4.911 calls There were four 911 calls during this time. Two from Redvers were deter-mined to be misdials, one from Carlyle was a non-emergency and possibly an issue with the telephone lines, while the fourth in-volved an 18-year-old fe-male in the Carlyle area who called 911 for a ride home. She was charged for frivolous use of 911, be-ing intoxicated in a public place, and being a minor consuming alcohol.Abandoned vehicles Abandoned vehicles were reported: one was in the Carlyle area which wasn’t located, another was a vehicle near Manor that was towed, and the other one was reported near Kisbey as being a hazard on the roadway so it was towed.Animal call A report of horses on Hwy 13 near the Casino were reported. Members attended but were unable to locate the animals.Assaults Two assaults are cur-rently under investigation in Carlyle. An assault with a weapon has led to charges against an individual out-side of the Carlyle area af-ter Carlyle RCMP assisted Fillmore detachment in re-lation to the matter.Erratic drivers There was an erratic driver reported along Hwy 13. Members attended, but were unable to locate the vehicle and the com-plainant refused to pursue charges. An erratic driver near Redvers was also not lo-cated and no licence plate number was obtained either. A second erratic driver was reported in Redvers; no licence plate number was obtained and the complainant declined to pursue charges. Near Forget a com-plaint of an erratic driver originated, but the vehicle was not located.Assistance A total of four peo-ple had their fi ngerprints taken by Carlyle RCMP. One had failed to appear, two were for criminal re-cord checks, and the fi nal

Weekly RCMP reportone was for the Carnduff detachment regarding a criminal record check. Eight criminal record checks were requested be-tween Nov. 28 and Dec. 4. An information re-quest regarding peace bonds was addressed by members. RCMP were asked to locate an individual. The mother had been looking for her child who was with the father; there were no is-sues.Alcohol related calls Walking near along Hwy 9 was an intoxi-cated individual who was charged with being intoxi-cated in a public place and with resisting arrest. A loud party was re-ported in the Carlyle area with intoxicated individu-als, two of which were ar-rested and lodged in cells until the morning, the com-plainant declined charges be laid. A vehicle along Hwy 9 was reported for being all over the road. RCMP were unable to locate the vehicle. Also reported during this time was a possibly impaired driver in the Car-lyle area. Members did not locate the driver.Suspicious activity In Manor a suspicious person was reported. The complainant noticed suspi-cious footprints around a vehicle.Thefts There was a theft of a fl at deck trailer with the Saskatchewan licence number 844 JCF. A motor vehicle from Kisbey had been taken and was later recovered in Manitoba. Currently under inves-tigation is a report of theft at a store in Arcola. Also in Arcola thefts from vehicles were report-ed. A total of fi ve vehicles were reportedly entered and property taken from them or looked through. Items taken include hock-ey equipment and a Canon camera. This matter is cur-rently under investigation.Vehicle collisions There was a traffi c collision in Carlyle where minor injuries resulted after a vehicle stopped at the railway tracks and was then rear-ended by another vehicle. At Kenosee Lake a ve-hicle hauling a trailer jack-

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED LOCAL IMPROVEMENT TO BE PUBLISHEDPursuant to Clause 15 (1) (b) of The Local Improvements Act, 1993.

NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT:

1. The Council of the Town of Lampman proposes to pass a Bylaw to undertake the following as a Local

Improvement:

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2014-2 Paving Spring 2015 SE Railway Ave. Lot 12, Block 12,

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and proposes to specially assess all of the cost against the lands benefitted by this local improvement.

2. The estimated cost, and rate of Special Assessment chargeable for , the proposed Local Improvement are:

ESTIMATED COST AND RATE OF LOCAL IMPROVEMENT

Number Total Estimated Cost

Estimated Municipal Cost

Estimated Owners' Cost

Estimated Rate and Basis of Special Assessment

2014-2 $100,000.00 $20,000.00 $80,000.00 Per Metre of Frontage

The special assessment levied for the proposed local improvement may be based on the actual cost. The special

assessment will be payable at a prepaid rate of $441.79 per metre or at $107.74 per metre to be paid in five (5)

installments over a five (5) year period.

3. Owners of land to be specially assessed may petition against the proposed local improvement. The petition

must be submitted to the Administrator of the municipality not later than 4 p.m., on the 14th day of January,

2015.

To be successful, the petition must be signed by a majority in number of owners of lands to be specially

assessed for the proposed local improvement, representing at least one-half of the assessed value in

the most recent assessment roll of these lands. Advice on preparing the petition to ensure its validity is

available from the municipal administrator.

4. The Council proposes to meet to consider a Bylaw respecting this matter on the 12th day of February, 2015

at 7:30 0'clock p.m. at the Town Office, 215 Main Street, Lampman, Saskatchewan.

5. Project has received approval from Saskachewan Municipal Board.

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By Kelly Running Regens Disposal wants to switch Carlyle to stream line recycling Regens Disposal wants to switch from the way they are currently re-cycling in Carlyle to a sin-gle stream recycling which would mean all recyclable items could be placed in one bin. There would be 26 pickups annually and instead of residents wor-rying about whether it is blue or green bin day, they would simply have to re-member garbage day and recycling day. Though this is some-thing that made council excited the concern with accepting the proposed switch comes with a $1.50 increase to each address per month. Recycling costs in Carlyle only re-cently went up and the Town is unsure if they should raise costs again. If this is accepted Re-gens hopes to begin single stream recycling in June. The questions the town is currently pondering are if they should do it and if they do switch then do they subsidize the added cost or increase rates.Airport update Council has been in contact with Duncan Brown who updated them on the airport. Currently work is almost fi nished. It has been extended, lines have been painted, and lights have been put in to the end of the runway. Additionally he gave feed-back on the draft of the airport sign to be created after it was decided the airport would be named after Ted Brady.

Fire Board Response: SGI call rates A letter from SUMA addressed SGI call rates regarding municipal fi re department response to “non-productive” calls. Currently SGI does not pay municipal fi re depart-ments for these calls which may include a false call where the fi re truck was dispatched or if conducting traffi c control. The general consensus was to support SUMA in approaching SGI for increased call rates because calls considered “non-productive” still uti-lize manpower and would create wear and tear on the fi re department’s vehicles.Signage on Main St. Discussion surround-ing free standing signage on Main St. possibly being required to be attached to the building it is in front of and not propped up. There is concern the signs are a hazard as they could fall over onto someone. This topic has been tabled until January. R.M. of Moose Mountain inquires about options of remaining in Civic Cen-tre Lyle Brown the Reeve of the R.M. of Moose Mountain came to speak with council. Currently they are renting a portion of the Civic Centre from the Town of Carlyle. They are considering continuing to rent, possibly building new in another area, and Brown wanted to ask if the R.M. could possibly invest a certain percentage to be-come an owner of their current location. The town agreed they would look at numbers and

get back to the R.M. with them, so the three possible situations could be dis-cussed by the municipal-ity’s council. Brown and the Town of Carlyle council both agreed that they like be-ing neighbours and that it works out very well to have the two entities work-ing side by side.Pedestrian crosswalk costs Iles Electric respond-ed to Carlyle’s question about pedestrian crosswalk signs across Main St. at Souris Ave. The cost was $61,000 and then an ad-ditional amount would be needed for bringing power to the signs. Town did not simply dismiss the idea, but decided to see if they could fi nd another business that does this type of work.Transit Van Raymond Young wrote to council about us-ing the Transit Van. Cur-rently it has been parked as only one individual was using it, which made it dif-fi cult to fi nd and keep driv-ers. Young’s request was to drive a single Moose Mountain Lodge resident to and from church on Sun-days. Since this is what the Transit Van is for Council agreed to allow him to do so and if more people be-come interested in utilizing the service they will look for a driver as needed.Paving two avenues The Local Improve-ment Report was brought up under New Business. The town is looking to im-prove Stockton Ave. and Mountain Ave. by paving the two roads. As this is quite, expensive the town is looking at how they will handle each bill as Stock-ton Ave. alone is estimated to cost $650,000. The Gas Tax credit Carlyle received will be going towards this work, residents will have to pay a certain amount over 10 years, and the town will as well. Before the town

moves forward with any-thing they are going to ap-proach residents along the avenues fi rst. The improve-ments will bring not only pavement to cut down on dust, but a curb and gutter to help direct spring runoff and heavy rains away from the area. Often these two roads are full of potholes and can become quite muddy, which the residents are un-happy about. The town believes it might be in their best in-terest, due to costs of the projects, to possibly do one street next year and one the year after. This discussion has also been tabled until the new year.

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Pictured here with her family, Bear Claw Casino server Jasmine Tumulak has headed home to the Philippines with her husband and two preschool boys to spend Christmas with her father who is very ill in the hospital there. Casino management and staff held a fundraiser for Tumulak at the casino on Nov. 28, to help her alleviate the cost of lost wages and the cost of airfare. Food and beverage manager Sean Choo-Foo says, “She’s a dynamite girl...We’d like to thank everybody who did come out and braved the harsh weather for Jasmine and her family.” To make a contribution, please contact Sean Choo-Foo at (306)-577-4577 Ext. 4263.

ried, with two little boys. When she came to ask for a month’s leave of absence to go to the Philippines be-cause her dad is very, very sick in the hospital there, myself, my chefs, manage-ment and our staff wanted to help alleviate the cost a little bit.” “We came up with ‘Bannock Blueberry Sur-prise’, which is a different way to prepare bannock, I guess. We sold it at the

casino on November 28 and made about $1,300. We put the fundraiser together pretty quickly on Facebook and with a few posters.” “Jasmine’s dad has been in the hospital for about a month, and he’s still in the hospital. His condition is marginal,” says Choo-Foo. “Jasmine and her husband have had to each take a month off work and the cost of taking the whole family one-way

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By Calvin Daniels Canadian farmers have tried to diversify in a list of ways, both in terms of fi eld crops, and livestock.Most have been largely unsuccessful, as those producers trying to make a dollar with emu, ostrich, fallow deer, lupins and seabuckthorn could attest.So it is always with more than a passing interest I follow the bison sector. The reason for my interest is because the sector has hung in through the years and has reached a point where, while still very much a niche, it is a sector likely to stay.Like every sector in agriculture, bison farmers have seen their share of ups and downs. The issue though is with niche elements of farming, an extended downturn can literally kill the entire sector. Bison production though comes with some size-able investment in pasture fencing and animal handling facilities, which I suspect has kept producers hanging on through downturns.

The good news is the sector seems on an upward bounce at present. At least that would be the indication of a report on the recent bison sale at Canadian Western Agribition in Regina. “Average prices were up over last year with two-year-old bulls averaging $8,612 compared to $2,913 last year. Yearling bulls averaged $5,787, up from $2,150, and bred two-year-old females averaged $5,200 com-pared to $4,086,” reported the Western Producer. “Yearling female average prices more than doubled over last year to $3,242 from $1,543.” There is only one thing which gets producers paying more money for breeding stock, and that is optimism for at least the short term future of the sector. Optimism for farmers comes from good prices.Considering the beef sector is experiencing record high prices, it stands to reason bison producers would also be in line for good prices. The meat sector is inter-related in terms of prices.

There can only be so much spread between the various commodities before consumers switch what they take home for supper, so if beef prices are at all times high, all meats have to be trailing at least somewhat higher too. Terry Kremeniuk, executive director of the Cana-dian Bison Association in the same Producer story, said the prices refl ect producers’ optimism. “We’ve had pretty stable prices over the last three and four years, and I think that bodes well for the in-dustry in attracting new people and additional capital,” he said after the 32 lots sold Nov. 25 for a total of $154,200.Finished bulls are selling for about $4.55 a pound hot hanging weight, with females back 10 or 20 cents from that.It is good to see at least some diversifi cation efforts made over the year for farmers have been successful for more than a blip in the annuals of farming.

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The Grain Growers of Canada (GGC) announced that President Gary Stan-ford has been re-elected to lead the organization. Mr. Stanford, who was fi rst elected to the position in Dec. 2013, represents the Alberta Wheat Com-mission on the Board of Directors. Each member organi-zation appoints a farmer di-rector to the Grain Growers Board, from which a fi ve person executive is elected. The Grain Growers’ execu-tive for 2014/2015 is:• President – Gary Stanford (Alberta Wheat Commis-sion)• Vice President – Irmi Critcher (British Columbia Grain Producers Associa-

Grain Growers of Canada elects President and Vice Presidenttion)• Executive – Michael Delaney (Atlantic Grains Council)• Executive – Art Enns (Prairie Oat Growers As-sociation)• Executive – Jack Froese (Canadian Canola Growers Association) “I am honored to be re-elected as president of the Grain Growers for the upcoming year,” said Gary Stanford, a farmer from Magrath, Alta. “It has been my privilege to lead this excellent Board and I look forward to what the future holds.” “Farmers have always played a central role in the Canadian economy,” said Irmi Critcher, newly-

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CoCoRaHS – Canada (Saskatchewan) is hosting a series of information and training seminars in Sas-katchewan from December 16-20, 2014 to recruit and train ‘citizen scientists” from across the province. “CoCoRaHS” (which stands for “Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network”) is a unique, non-profit, com-munity-based network of volunteers of all ages and backgrounds working to-gether to measure and map precipitation across Canada. By using low-cost mea-surement tools, stressing training and education, and utilizing an interactive web-site, CoCoRaHS provides the highest quality data for natural resource, education and research applications. CoCoRaHS operates in ev-ery State in the U.S. and in the Canadian provinces of

Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labra-dor, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Que-bec, Saskatchewan and soon in the NTW. Seminars are scheduled across the province from December 16-20, 2014 to assist and support current volunteers and to encour-age and provide additional information to those inter-ested in joining this unique, non-profit, community-based network of volunteer weather watchers. Tuesday, December 16, 2014 10:30 am - noon Moose Jaw Public Library Moose Jaw, SK Tuesday, December 16, 2014 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Days Inn Swift Current, SK Wednesday, December 17, 2014 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm Saskatoon Public Li-brary Cliff Wright Branch

Saskatoon, SK Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:00 pm -2:30 pm Tisdale RecPlex Tisdale, SK Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:00 pm -1:30 pm Regina Public Library George Bothwell Branch (Southland Mall) Regina, Sk The CoCoRaHS Cana-da network began in Mani-toba in December 2011 following a massive fl ood experienced in Manitoba and parts of Saskatchewan. CoCoRaHS Canada cur-rently has over 500 volun-teer ‘Citizen Scientists’ and expects to be country-wide in the coming years. Precipitation mea-surements are essential for public safety, agriculture, forestry, and flood moni-toring, just to name a few. CoCoRaHS Canada data is used by a wide variety

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DeGEER: Lorne, December 6, 2013.As we loved you, so we miss youIn our memory you are nearLoved, remembered, longed for alwaysBringing many a silent tear.Lois and family

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Eric Sydney John Van DresarAugust 13th, 1990 to Decem-ber 8th, 2011.We hide our tearsWhen we say your name, but the pain in our hearts, Is still the same .Although we smile and seem carefreeThere is no one who misses you more than us.God broke our hearts to prove to us he only takes the best.Love and miss you everydayMom, Dad, Brittany, Jackie, Kori and Brody

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PARKER: Tracey Dawn, June 8, 1984 - Dec. 1, 2009.Feel no guilt in laughter, she knows how much you careFeel no sorrow in a smile that she’s not here to shareYou cannot grieve forever, she would not want you toShe’d hope that you can carry on, the way you always do.So talk about the good times and the ways you showed you cared,The days you spent together, all the happiness you shared.Let memories surround you.A word someone may sayWil l suddenly recapture a time, an hour, a dayThat brings her back as clear-ly as though she were stil l hereAnd fills you with the feelings that she is always nearFor if you keep these mo-ments, you will never be apartAnd she wi l l l i ve forever locked safe within our heart.Missing you, Mom (Debbie Sibley/Parker), Tamara and families

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Roy was born at Huntoon, Sask. to Edson and Mary Olmstead on January 25, 1941. He left this earth to go to his nal reward on October 31, 2014 at Weyburn General Hospital. Roy was predeceased by his parents; brothers Clarence, Harry and Larry; sister Esther Marlowe; brothers-in-law, Sandy Duncan, George Marlowe; father-in-law, Robert Brehaut; nephews, Anthony Ereth, Barry Duncan. Roy will always be remembered by his wife Karen; daughter Kerri (Collin) Keith; granddaughters, Kristen, Chelan and Rachel; sister, Alice (Garnet)

Kerr; sisters-in-law, Sheila Olmstead, Bev (Bruce) Leippi, Carlie Anton; brothers-in-law, Brian Brehaut, Garry (Ruth) Brehaut; mother-in-law, Myrtle Brehaut; several nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.Roy attended the Olmstead country school as well as Macoun and Midale schools. He met Karen (Brehaut) in 1960 and they married August 5, 1964.Roy started working for the Town of Carlyle October 1, 1973 and retired as Superintendent of Public Works September 30, 2002. It was a job he took great pride in and so enjoyed serving the local people. Roy received a Meritorious Service Award at SUMA convention in February 2003 for serving 35 years in Municipal Employment. He was involved in many volunteer jobs over the years such as Rusty Relics Museum, swimming pool, skating rink, Red Coat Mutual Aid, church boards and was director on South East Transportation Planning Committee. He also sat on Town Council for 8 years until his passing. A celebration of Roy’s life was held on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at Onechurch.ca, Carlyle with Pastor Louis Halbgewachs of ciating. Pastor Bryan Keough from Weyburn read scripture and shared about Roy’s last days in Weyburn hospital. Also sharing memories of Roy from various stages of his life were Emry, Manny and Louis Halbgewachs; Shawn Orsted and Tara Akins-Paul. The eulogy was delivered by Collin Keith. Thanks to everyone at Onechurch.ca who served lunch after Roy’s Celebration service. Interment was in Hillside Cemetery, Weyburn, with Pastor Bryan Keough of ciating, arrangements in care of Orsted Funeral Home.

Thank you Words certainly cannot express how awesome it has been over the last couple months to live in the community of Carlyle. It truly has helped at this time of great loss to hear what others appreciated about knowing Roy over the years. The gifts of food, owers, visits, cards, hugs, taxi service and phone calls meant so much at this time. Thanks to everyone who has been walking through this time with me. Thanks to Pastor Louis, Pastor Bryan and Percy and Esther Keith for sharing musically at Roy’s service and for all who shared their memories of Roy’s life. Now, life must go on and I will try and continue Roy’s love for being a “part of your story.”

Karen, Kerri, Collin, Kristen, Chelan and Rachel

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453-6297Carlyle, Sask.

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Arcola Alliance Church

Growing Families in Christ

Building Community for Christ

Worship 10:30 a.m.Phone 455-2335

Church

Carlyle United Church202-2nd St. W.Sunday Worship

10:30 a.m.Bible Study Wed. at 9:30Choir Practice Thurs. at 7

Rev. Sung ShimPhone 453-6136Home: 453-0032

OneChurch.caCorner of Railway & 6th

St. WestWorship Service - 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Pastors Louis & Jenny Halbgewachs

453-6061

Worship Hours at the Church of Your ChoiceChurch of Our Lady,

CarlyleRev. Fr. Yodel Cereno

453-6200Carlyle - 11 a.m. SundayForget: Phone 457-3119

for scheduleKenosee Lake -Sunday, 9 a.m.

For more information call Pauline Rutten

453-2846

Free Methodist Church

Hwy 48 • WawotaWorship, 11 a.m.

Contact739-2405 or

739-2748

Full Gospel ChurchWelcomes YouService Schedule:

Sunday morning Service10:30 a.m.

Jesus Still Heals TodayWed. evening Bible Study,

7:30 p.m.Fri. evening Youth Alive,

7:30 p.m.Pastor Carl Rushton,

453-2512

Arcola-KisbeyUnited ChurchWorship Times:

Kisbey, 9:30 a.m.Arcola, 11 a.m. Please join us for worship

Anglican Church ManorContact Rev. Michelle More

448-4913 11:00 Oct.-May

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Manor (June-Sept.)

2nd Sunday HC, 1 p.m.4th Sunday MP, 1 p.m.

Moose Mountain Church of Christ1 Christina St., Kenosee Lake

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• Full Time Car Wash Manager

• Part Time Car Wash Attendant

Start date: Beginning of February 2015Please call Jeff for more details:

(306)577-8171

Or Email: [email protected]

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Room AttendantRamada Carlyle Hotel

We are looking for an energetic and friendly individual to join our team

Employer Name: Ramada Carlyle HotelWage: $12.50 per hourWork Location: 110 Turriff Ave. East., Carlyle SK S0C 0R0# of Vacancy: 2Employment Terms: Full -TimeEmployment Length: PermanentHow to Apply: Fax resume or E-mail resume

Requirement:Effective communication skillsGood interpersonal skillsDemonstrates willingness to learnActive team player

Will provide training

Duties:Sweep, mop, wash, wax and polish oorsDust furniture and vacuum carpet, area rugs, draperyMake beds, change sheets and distribute clean towels and toiletriesClean, disinfect and polish kitchen and bathroom xtures and appliancesWash windows, walls and ceilingsReport and store lost and found itemsMay provide basic information on facilitiesMay handle complaints

Please send resume in con dence to

Ramada Carlyle Hotel110 Turriff Ave. East., Carlyle SK S0C 0R0Contact Name: Eric Park/General ManagerContact Phone Number: (306)453-2686Contact Fax: (866)657-7128Contact email: [email protected] 41-4

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Requires ImmediatelyLube Technician

Journeyman or ApprenticeAutomotive Technician

By joining our growing service team you can expect:• Exceptional factory on the job training

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Our community boasts an abundance of activity with camping, boating, and golfing recreation areas within 15 minutes. We offer

top wages and bonus packages. Relocation and signing bonuses are available to successful candidates. Medical and

dental benefits are provided to employees.

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Maple Leaf Agri-Farms is seeking individuals to join our team. We are one of Canada’s industry-leading Agribusinesses providing long-term value, quality, research-based products, services and information in an environmentally responsible manner. As a member of Maple Leaf Foods Inc., we offer excellent opportunities for career-minded individuals.

PORK PRODUCTION TECHNICIAN Employment Type: Full TimeLocation: Gateway Farms Sow - Fairlight, Saskatchewan

POSITION SUMMARY:The Pork Production Technician works directly with the Specialist, Manufacturing and is responsible for carrying out the day-to-day activities in the barn. This position requires the person to be part of a team working towards specific production goals.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:The successful applicant will be responsible for assisting with all areas of production including the feeding and general care of pigs, maintaining herd health and environment for pigs, pressure washing and preparing rooms as well as general maintenance and cleaning.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION:

tasks simultaneously.

package, company pension plan, and provide opportunity for growth and advancement in an engaged environment.

Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is an equal opportunity employer that embraces diversity in the workplace and encourages applications from qualified women, men,

applications from all interested individuals; however only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYAdministrator

Required for White Bear Lake Resort Inc.

• Good organizational and interpersonal skills required

• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs, Quickbooks Accounting and Payroll

• Preparation of Financial statements and Budgets

• Strong desire to work positively in a team environment

• High school diploma and accounting experience is necessary

Deadline for resume is Dec. 22, 2014Send resume to:White Bear Lake Resort Inc.Box 520, Carlyle, SK S0C 0R0Phone: 306-577-4896Fax: 306-577-2409 Email: [email protected]

We thank all applicants; however only those selected for an interview will be contacted

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MaryfieldSunrise VillaNews Over 40 visitors at-tended the Craft Sale held at the Villa. The raffl e winners were as follows: Quilt: Linda Birnie, Wa-wota; Bird House: Ber-nice Sweeting, Villa; Embroidered cloth: Ma-rie Lemieux, Villa; Dorr Prize: Helen Aulie, Mary-fi eld. Thank you to the Craft Leader, Gloria Oli-ver, for her ideas, inspira-tion and help. Once again the Villa Guild served a tasty lunch. The members of the United Church hosted the annual Villa Christ-mas Party; complete with 45 Grades 1-6 Students from Maryfi eld School. They sang two carols, and two exuberant action songs. Congratulations to their teachers: Sherry Retzlaff, Sandra Stewart, April Dorksen and Ja-net Thiessen. Santa came to meet the children and had a card and small gift for each of the residents. Among the visitors were: Heather Thomas, visiting Mary Hartlin; Eileen Dun-ham, Sharon Adair, Freda Longman, Fran Balls and Beelah Russell. Charlotte Kovach and Ruth Gray led the program. Joyce Kaye and her grand-daughter and children, Kelsey Heu-delbourck, Jackson and Gannon. June Thompson had four of her grandchil-dren in the choir. Other St. Andrews members helped with the tea. Thank you to Francis “Feed the birds” Sheard. We spend daily time watching our feathered friends.Do you remember “Twas the night before Christ-mas, and All through the house?” Marilyn Hill could put all the ends of the lines, with appropri-ate gestures, to the begin-nings.


The Weyburn Livestock Exchange is looking for part

time YARD STAFF for the fall run season. Experience

is an asset, but we are willing to train.

Candidates will be expected to work with cattle on a

daily basis. Must be able to work full time hours and

weekends when necessary to complete an auction

sale.

If interested in this opportunity, please apply to:

[email protected] with resume

or fax 306-842-3610

HELP WANTED

Nalco Champion, an Ecolab company, offers a singular focus on provid-ing specialty chemistry programs and related services for upstream, mid-stream and downstream oil and gas operations. Through onsite problem solving and the application of innovative technologies, we deliver sustain-able solutions to overcome complex challenges in the world’s toughest energy frontiers. Together, we’re taking energy further.

Nalco Champion, an Ecolab Company, has an immediate need for Account Managers in both Carlyle and Estevan, SK. This is your opportunity to join a large growing company offering competitive base salary and benefits. This role is primarily responsible for maintaining established accounts, as well as to identify and develop new market opportunities. This position would provide an excellent opportunity to learn all facets of oil and gas production as well as the opportunity to enhance and display communication skills through every level of the key customer’s personnel. This is a safety sensitive position and qualified candidates are required to complete drug and alcohol testing.

Develop and maintain sales relationships

with customers, which may include daily

interaction with production operations staff

as well as purchasing, research, technical

service and regulatory.

Maintain current sales levels and

increase sales volumes and profit margins

(through relationship building, cold calls, etc.).

Engage in prospecting activities to create

opportunities for sales.

A Busy Gas Station with Convenience Store in Carlyle, SK is hiring a Shift Supervisor

• Completion of high school is required

• At least one year of supervisory or retail sales experiences is required.

• Must be able to work flexible shifts including evening & weekend shift

• Wage: $16-18 per hour depending on qualifications

• Job duties:

• Plan direct and evaluate daily operation of gas station and convenience• Supervise train new staff, assign duties and evaluate their performances• Determine merchandise to be sold• Authorize the return of merchandise• Prepare sales reports for the management

• Working hours: 37.5 hours per week, full-time

Send your resume to [email protected]

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Saskatchewan Heritage Property Review Board, Public Hearing Concerning the Notice of Intention to Designate (per The Heritage Property Act) the GRAIN ELEVATOR in the RM of Tecumseh no. 65, Saskatchewan

The public is invited to attend.

Friday, January 9, 2015 at 7:00 pm

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Any person wishing to present a written submission to the

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Kyle R. Franz, SecretarySaskatchewan Heritage Property Review BoardFirst Floor – 3211 Albert StreetRegina, SK S4S 5W6(306) 787-4188

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Mother Nature has provided a beautiful Mon-day morning for us, what more can we ask for at this time of the year. A number of talented folks throughout the coun-tryside also provided excel-lent entertainment this past week and it is especially nice to hear and see the talent our little community supplied Christmas con-certs, that were enjoyed by numerous people—Eli Barsi and Stephen Maguire Friday and Saturday eve-nings in Kennedy, Blake Berglund entertained to an attentive gathering for supper and concert held at Club 19 on Saturday. The Cornerstone Theatre Carlyle with a community Christmas Carol by Mack-enzie Easton and company (fi rst performance on Fri-day, Saturday and Sunday) a full house for each per-formance, two of our local actors taking part Lane Easton and Denise Sin-gleton, Colleen Easton as stage direction with Doug Waldner. The Kelly family from Rocanville had a very good evening at Wawota on Sunday evening with Mrs. Kelly her three sons, and six grandchildren entertain-ing with Christmas songs. Back to the Dickens production at Carlyle—I wonder how many hats provided by the committee for both women and men

are stored from year to year, far more than any store I am sure—a couple of great afternoon tea parties. Ger ry and Hal ina Hourd were recent visitors at Foam Lake celebrating Halina’s father, Walter Swi-atynski 85th birthday with all of his immediate family in attendance including his youngest great grand child who is 14 months, this made him very happy. Dec. 3 Jean Dickson was very pleased to have family members and friends from Wawota, Langbank and Kennedy gather in the common room at the 6 unit Senior housing when the family had an 85th birthday celebration for her. Sympathy is extended to the Blaise relatives on the passing of Phyllis Dec. 6th. She was in the home at Grenfell after spending a number of years in Mary-fi eld. Audrey McVicar and Margaret Debenham had visited with Phyllis a couple of days prior to her death, they also had a good visit with Jenny Kent who want-ed to be remembered to all her friends in the Kipling and Kennedy area. At 102 years of age she is doing very well. The turkey bingo held at the community hall sponsored by the Cred-it Union staff was well attended. Winners were

Raelyn Fargo, Derinda Cummins, Alice Cox, Mia Wyporowich,Cathy Dew, Lorna Dorrance, Jean Dick-son, Irene Dorrance, Joe Barsi, Anna Wagner. Jill Lowe won the pot of gold and returned $100.00 back to the fund which was raised in the amount of $800.00 for Kennedy share to the Kipling Hospital. Door prize winners donated by

the Credit Union girls were Tim Dew, Marlene Penney, Raelyn Fargo, Ava Ruthven, Sheila Margetts and lunch was also supplied. Thanks to all who organized and helped with the evening and especially to those who sup-ported the event, which you are reminded- a Christmas supper will be held on Sun-day, Dec. 14th at the hall for another share of Kennedy’s funding for the hospital.





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Home sweet home, after spending the past two weeks in Regina, it is great to be home. Everything is slowly getting back normal and into a routine that fi ts us all. Appreciate all the enquiries and well wishes we received. Reg and Elaine Peet (Auburnton) are pleased to welcome their great-grand-daughter, Payton Elaine Brown (infant daughter of Rebecca Scheerschmidt) who was born August 24, 2014. Best wishes and Con-

gratulations to the new baby, parents, grandparents and great-grandparents. The Alida community extends their condolences to the following families and their family members who have recently lost a love one: 1) Lucille and Louis Gervais on the death of her brother Emile Frecon (Redvers) on November 10, 2014; 2) The family of Bob Kyle (formally of Nottingham) on his death on November 15, 2014 in Calgary; 3) The family of

Emil Dangstorp (Redvers) who passed away Novem-ber 20, 2014. 4) The family of Vera Arthur who passed away on November 21, 2014 at Wawota; 5) Jeanne Lemieux and Robin Wilcott who received word of the passing of their brother-in-law, Robert Powell (Lilyan) of Victoria, BC who had passed away at the end of November 2014. The Alida Lions held their annual senior supper on Thursday, November 13 at the Alida Hall. The usual

delicious food was served to a smaller but enthusiastic crowd of approximately 45 as well as the Lion members and their signifi cant others. Much appreciation goes out to the Lions club for hon-ouring the past and present seniors of our community. Keep up your good work fellas. On Sunday, November 16 Alida held their Craft & Trade Show with 20 tables beginning rented out for participants to display their wares. Despite the cool miserable weather there was a nice steady crowd that came to see the different tables on display and pos-sibly do some early Christ-mas shopping. A delicious lunch of homemade soup, sandwiches and dessert was served by the Glen Ewen Trailbrazer 4-H Club. Pro-ceeds from the show will go to the Alida Rec. Board for their fund towards the fl ood damaged rink. Appreciation to all who supported this event and hopefully we’ll see everyone again next year. The Alida Community wishes to welcome the El-liot family to Alida. They are residing in the former Ross home (ex Peterson house). Three of their chil-dren are attending school in Oxbow. Welcome folks – hope you enjoy living in Alida. Shelly Cowan and daughter Ainsley spent from November 26-30 in Minot visiting with the Nilsen family and cele-brating Thanksgiving with them, and of course doing some shopping as well. We hope that our American family and friends had a Happy Thanksgiving on November 27. Act One Productions held a meeting on Dec. 4 where the final positions for their up-coming drama

event were fi lled and one hopes that when and if you are contacted to help out somewhere you will be willing to do so once again. This will be their 22nd pro-duction to be held in March. The Alida Rec. Board held their 2nd Annual Christmas Fundraiser on Saturday, December 6 at the Alida Hall. The evening began with a Happy Hour and Appetizers, followed by a very delicious and super great supper with many different salads and all the special trimmings including a great dessert. Entertain-ment for the evening was Andrew Albert and friend, two great comedians from Calgary. Throughout the evening one would keep track of the many Silent Auction items, hoping to be the top silent bidder. Many items were on display where one purchased tickets and hoped to be a lucky winner for the items they had chosen to drop their ticket at. One of the large auction items - a large TV was won by Chelsy (Car-riere) Minshull of Pierson, MB and Dennis Seymore (Glen Ewen) got the Bar-beque. Winner of the raffl e tickets for a Refreshment basket was Jim Boettcher (Alida). Two very generous presentations were made by Newalta and PetroLama to the Alida Rec. Board. All in all - it was a very successful evening with proceeds going towards the Flood Damage Rink. Much appreciation goes out to all those who donated, purchased and attended this fundraising event, without your continued support this event would not have been so successful. LOST - Has anyone seen the BIG GREEN CHRISTMAS GRINCH roaming the streets of Al-ida? It had made its home

on the lawn of the MLA offi ce then suddenly it dis-appeared. Only to be found across the street on the steps of the RM Office. So BEWARE the Christ-mas Grinch may stop on your door step (or yard) as he makes his tour around town. But please just send him back home to Jean. Tim, Shelly and Ains-ley Cowan spent December 7 and 8 in Brandon where they had an optometrist appointment and enjoyed a day of shopping. The Alida commu-nity is keeping busy with all sorts of pre-Christmas events. Their next event will be the Old Fashioned Christmas Concert on De-cember 19 at Alida Hall. What a great way to put yourself into the Christmas spirit and mood as you lis-ten to and watch the great talent that can be found in our area. A donation to-wards our local food bank would be greatly appreci-ated when you attend this event. Once again watch for the coming event ad for more info. Hope to see you there. Yeah – curling was on television this past week with the fi nals on the week-end – The Canada Cup. It was great to see curling once again and I for one will be enjoying the up-coming games. I believe the next big event will be The Continental Cup. Cheer hard for your favor-ite team. Please remember to give me a call (306-443-2496 or 306-485-8561) with your news or send me an e-mail ([email protected]). I appreciate your assistance, as I can’t have my eyes and ears in all places at the same time. Until next time – Keep smiling – Drive safely and Take


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Sympathy to Joyce Lincoln and her family on the passing of her son-in-law, Paul Labroissere of Regina. He was the late Brenda Lincoln’s husband. He passed away on Nov. 26 at the age of 73 years. Several family members travelled to Regina on Fri-day to attend his funeral service. Sympathy also to Joe and Jean Brisbois on the passing of her Aunt Verna Percy of Fairlight. She was a resident at Deer View Lodge . Her funeral service was in Maryfi eld on Satur-day, December 6th. Happy birthday to Phil Linder who celebrated his 80th birthday recently.

Family and friends joined him for a supper and social evening. On Nov. 16, the Town of Kennedy organized a farewell for George and Eleanor Hodgins. They were long time residents of Wawota before moving to Kennedy . Their next move will be to Niverville, MB We wish them well in their new home. Raise the Rafters group ‘s latest fund raiser was to have the Kelly Family from Moosomin entertain at the United Church on Sunday evening past. It was an en-joyed by all who attended. The many RTR fund raisers are not only fund raisers but also an opportunity for the town to attend and enjoy

various events and musical groups. The Wawota Business Enhancement Group are also to be commended on the great Winter Fun Festi-val they organized for Dec. 5. This included free skat-ing, snacks, horse drawn sleighs, crafts, a hot dog supper, a visit from Santa and pictures with Santa and a movie. These events were all free and supervision was provided for the young-sters freeing the adults to be shop at the local busi-nesses that remained open for the evening. The SCC, Daycare, WBEG, Conexus, graduation class and the United Church were all involved in presenting this great evening!!

Kenosee Lake Coffee Drinkers at the Four Sea-sons have been responding in big numbers as Saturday brought out 15 drinkers on December 2nd, Thursday, December 4 was down to six going for coffee (down because it was the same day for the Christmas Supper) then back to 15 on Saturday, December 6. It’s a square round table with fun and frivolity involved! The Christmas Supper at Four Seasons Thursday, December 4 began with a time for wine or other choice of drink at 6:00 pm. Marg Gustafson and Helen Humphries, members of the Needlecraft Guild, sold

the fi nal tickets on the 2014 quilt, afghan and pillow, and the quilted foot warmer for the bottom of the bed. Just before the meal at 6:30 pm new President of the Four Seasons Community Cen-ter Jeanie Arndt had Fred Easton say grace. Workers for this Four Seasons Christmas Pot Luck were Cathy Hoffort, Lois Gilliss, Irene Dor-rance and Debbie Sorenson. Many delicious choices were available including turkey, ham, cabbage rolls and perogies plus more outstanding other dishes. At the end of the meal two Christmas puddings were brought out; light and dark

with sauces and toppings of ice cream – your choice. There were other dessert dishes as well. Oh it was a pure delight from begin-ning to end with about 40 people. President Jeanie oversaw the drawing for the needlecraft members; Helen and Marg. The win-ner of the quilt was Joyce Farrow whose name was drawn first. The second draw winner was Lillian Bax and she won the af-ghan and a matching pil-low. The third draw winner was Phillip Easton and he won a foot quilt that goes on the foot of the bed for warmth plus two matching pillows.

The Mosaic Meal (Pot-luck) will again be held on the last day before the break, Monday, December 22. Each student is asked to bring enough food for 5 - 6 people according to the grade’s category (see below). The food is to be brought on Monday, Dec. 22, between 11:30 AM and 11:55 AM. Warming up the food at school is not possible, so please bring

it ready to serve. The meal starts at noon. The catego-ries are: Grade 7, Chinese food; Grade 8, Mexican food; Grade 9, Italian food; Grade 10, Ukrainian food; Grade 11, appetizers; Grade 12, desserts. Please remem-ber that our school is “nut free.” Food Bank donations have also started to come in. The class which brings in the most food items, eats first at the Mosaic Meal. The students have already

brought in over 1400 items for the Foodbank. Anyone interested in coaching junior or senior curling at the school, please contact Mr. Birch. The school has some old teacher desks to give away. If you’re interested, please call the school. (306) 453-2500. The next School Com-munity Council Meeting is January 14, 2015. It will be held in the GFK library. All are welcome to attend. The last day of classes before winter break is Mon-day, December 22. The fi rst day of classes in 2015 is Monday, January 5. Anyone who is in-terested in advertising on the school’s virtual signs should contact Mr. Howe at the school. Check out the school’s new website. Miss Broberg has put to-gether a site that has a monthly newsletter, impor-tant dates and much more. To view this, go to the school division’s website (www.cornerstonesd.ca) and about half way down the page you will see a “School” tab. Locate GFK and you are there! For all of your Gordon F. Kells news and updates, check out the virtual signs or visit our school blog at gfkells.wordpress.com!





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Carlyle Observer: Dec. 12, 2014