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New store in 

Raymore 

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News Briefs 

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RCMP report 

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From The 

Sidelines 

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Metheral wins 

Page 6 

Sask Volleyball 

Provincial 

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LMBA monthly 

meeting 

Page 6 

Spring in Regina 

Beach 

Page 6 

Ag Notes 

Page 7 

Lumsden 

Historical 

Society 

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Ministerial 

Messages 

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Currie’s Corner 

Page 11 

Valley Views 

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Camshaft Corner 

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Coffee Break 

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Outside 

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Wed :19°C 

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Fri :14°C 

Sat :17°C 

Sun :18°C 

Forecasted high 

temperatures 

LAST MOUNTAIN 

Serving Last Mountain Area Communities of Nokomis, Strasbourg, Drake, Lockwood, Semans, Raymore, Govan, Duval, Bulyea, Earl Grey, Silton, AND NOW Lumsden, Craven, Regina Beach & Southey 

This yelllow-headed blackbird was photographed in Nokomis last week by Wayne Busch, a local birder and photographer who has 

been documenting the return of the songbirds this spring. Some of the other birds spotted or heard this spring include the Meadow 

Larks (which have been around for a week or two) and the Brown Thrashers which were heard showing off their repertoire of bird 

call imitations in Govan last week. See page 2 for an amazing bird photo from Strasbourg. 

In passing... 

Local businessman 

and 

Strasbourg 

Town Councillor 

Lance Cornwell 

passed away 

unexpectedly last 

week, Friday April 

27th. Cornwell 

was a long time 

local businessman, 

having 

operated User Friendly Computer Systems 

out of a large premise in the 400 block of 

Mountain Street for the past many years. 

From March 2007 until November 2011, 

Cornwell and his wife Vicki owned the 

Last Mountain Times weekly newspaper. 

At the time of his death he was serving 

another stint on Strasbourg Town Council, 

and as well was the mayor of the 

resort village of Island View. Cornwell 

also operated a storage compound in 

Strasbourg, worked with the local housing 

authorities in Strasbourg and Govan, and 

drove school bus. He was very involved 

in his community, and he (along with his 

wife Vicki) was an integral member of 

the Last Mountain Theatre Company. He 

was remembered at a memorial service in 

Strasbourg on Friday, May 4th. 

Lumsden memorial fundraiser 

A 

great 

number of people gathered at the Lumsden 

rink on Saturday April 28 for a fundraiser 

memorial celebrating the life of Mark Cross 

and the Humboldt Broncos. 

The special event was composed of a raffle along 

with both a silent and live auction and was hosted by 

the Lumsden Monarchs hockey team. There were a 

number of items that could be either bought or won 

during the raffle and the auctions. Everything from 

signed sports jerseys, gift cards, and a TV and music 

station, to paintings, tools, hockey equipment, and 

clothing. All items and services (including seating, 

refreshment, and entertainment by Regina Band, 

Third Degree Birnz ) were donated to the fundraiser 

by various sponsors. Proceeds made by the fundraiser 

are going to the Mark Cross Sports Memorial Fund. 

Before the auction began there were several speakers 

in attendance who paid tribute to Cross. 

Friend and former teammate of Cross’s, Zek Gorrill, 

spoke about how he remembered Cross, “He was the 

neighbour down the street, someone I looked up to, 

and my best friend. He’s family, and he always will be 

my brother.” Gorrill said. “Not only was Mark a great 

hockey player, he was kind, he was caring, humble, 

smart, had the biggest heart and I’m going to have to 

steal the words from Kevin Garinger - he’s simply the 

best.” 

In attendance at the event was president of the 

Humboldt Broncos, Kevin Garinger, who had also 

spoken at Cross’s Memorial service in Srasbourg on 

April 21. Garinger had a few words to say about Cross, 

talking about how important the Broncos had been 

to him. To the extent that Cross helped to pen what 

Garinger called a “core covenant” or a set of values 

that the team would follow. Garinger described the 

Lance Cornwell. 

May 15, 1967 - April 27, 2018 

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Volume 111, No. 24 Established in 1908 Monday, May 7, 2018 

Various sports Jerseys that were available for auction during the Mark Cross Fundraiser event on April 28 2018 in 

Lumsden. The event attracted a huge crowd from Lumsden and communities from all around Saskatchewan. 

-editor 

covenant saying, “Core Covenant of the Humboldt 

Broncos: the first line says family first. To treat my 

teammates and coworkers with respect. To be thankful 

for the opportunity to wear a Humboldt Broncos 

jersey. To play each game and to practice with passion 

and determination. To conduct ourselves with honesty 

and integrity.” 

In describing Cross, Garinger added, “He was a 

magnet to people. You hear people talk about best 

friends. The reality is, everybody felt as if he was their 

best friend. I felt he was my best friend. Because that’s 

what he did. He just made you feel so good.” 

As a tribute and send off to Cross and the other 

members of the Humboldt Broncos, singer Jay 

Smith, also known as Smitty Kingston, performed a 

live version of a song he wrote for the victims of the 

Humboldt Broncos bus crash, called ‘Stick Out By the 

Door’. The song and it’s title refer to the tribute paid to 

the Humboldt Broncos team that people made by putting 

hockey sticks outside of their doors right after the 

tragic bus accident that took the lives of 16 members 

of the team. The last line of the song attests to this 

saying, “Just promise me one thing, leave the light on, 

and put my stick out by the door.” 

-by Alec Konkel, Reporter / Photographer, 

Last Mountain Times

2 Monday, May 7, 2018 • Last Mountain Times 

LM Music Festival 

The Last Mountain Music Festival 

was held in Raymore April 

23-27 in the Baptist Church. A 

week of beautiful voices and wellplayed 

instruments filled the spectacular 

church . The final concert of the 

festival was held on Sunday afternoon, 

April 29. Thirty young vocalists 

and musicians entertained a full 

church. Awards and scholarships were 

presented throughout the concert. 

Congratulations to all the participants 

in the festival and Raymore looks forward 

to hosting the 2019 Last Mountain 

Music Festival. 

-info and photo from Lynn Gettis 

Last Mountain Music Festival performers at the Raymore Baptist Church. 

New store in Raymore 

Sandra and Terry Fazakas 

have opened a new store 

on 2nd Ave in Raymore 

called This N That. The name 

of the store truly depicts what 

is available inside. There are 

dishes, cards, socks, electronic 

cables, office supplies, toys, 

kitchen gadgets, clothing , party 

supplies and much more. Stephanie 

Orthner and Brittany Focht 

along with Sandra will be there 

to help you find what you need. 

It’s nice to see new businesses 

opening up, and hopefully people 

from the area will support 

them. Shop local! 

Stephanie Orthner, Brittany Focht along with Sandra Fazakas at the new 

This N That variety store in Raymore. 

-submitted by Lynn Gettis 

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Where in the World am I? (part 1) 

My most favourite, alltime 

view of a piece of the 

Qu’Appelle Valley, and some 

environs, is this photo taken 

from space by a favourite 

Canadian, Commander 

Chris Hadfield, during the 

winter of 2013 from the 

International Space Station 

(ISS). Of course, the ISS is 

about 400 km above Earth, 

and an ordinary picture 

from there can cover thousands 

of kilometres, like 

much of Canada. But, we are 

lucky that Chris zoomed in 

on this part of the Qu’Appelle, 

an area about 35 by 25 kilometres in size - big, but still smaller than the RM of Lumsden. Lumsden 

to Craven centre to centre is about 10 kilometres. A friend emailed this photo to me after she had helped 

identify it. (I have it as the wallpaper photo on my desktop computer.) Chris took thousands of photos, and 

one can search Google for the NASA photo library, and other libraries to find amazing images. 

Labels on the photo provide easier orientation. One can easily see Highway #11 between Regina and 

Lumsden. It is harder to see #20 to Craven; our hectarage is just a dot about half way along, but the sig- 

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Joanna Krentz submitted this odd photo of a couple of Turkey Vultures sunning themselves on the roof of a house in 

Strasbourg. They are likely resting from their long spring migration back from Central America.

NEWS BRIEFS 

STA supports mandatory training 

The Saskatchewan Trucking Association (STA) 

says it has been working with SGI to increase the 

training requirements for entry-level drivers since 

early 2017. “The standard curriculum was the first 

step. At the STA Policy Maker-Stakeholder meetings 

last May, SGI announced to the Membership 

that this work was underway and SGI, the STA, 

and the driver training schools have been working 

collectively on it since that point,” STA Executive 

Director Susan Ewart said last week. “The STA 

Membership believes that all roads lead to safety, 

it factors into every initiative we advocate for and 

every discussion we have.” 

Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) 

circulated a bulletin on April 26th, 2018 regarding 

truck driver training in Saskatchewan. SGI, in 

collaboration with the Saskatchewan Government, 

is working towards mandatory Class 1 training in 

Saskatchewan. The mandatory portion of the statement 

explains that drivers will no longer be able to 

challenge a road test without completing training at 

a recognized truck driver training school that will 

follow a specific curriculum. 

Ewart noted that the STA Board collectively 

applauds the direction being taken by SGI. This is 

about safety for both the trucking industry and the 

people it shares its workplace with, which is the 

motoring public across the country. Standardized, 

mandatory training for this occupation is the right 

move for all stakeholders. 

Details on the mandatory portion as well as the 

exact curriculum have yet to be set in stone as SGI 

Driver Development works with the trucking industry 

and training schools to determine the exact 

content of the training and other details. The STA 

has encouraged SGI to look to Ontario, which was 

the first province to introduce mandatory training, 

as a benchmark. With 103.5 hours combined 

of classroom and practical education, the Ontario 

model focuses on occupational competencies that 

are greatly beneficial to individual drivers, trucking 

companies, and the public. 

Energy Forum at St. Peter’s College 

At a recent forum on Renewable Energy at St. 

Peter’s College, in Muenster, SK, Dr. Mark Bigland- 

Pritchard, an applied physicist and energy consultant 

based in Saskatoon, gave a presentation 

Monday, May 7, 2018 • Last Mountain Times 

emphasizing the scientific understanding of climate 

impacts. He told the group that we have to move 

fast to get off fossil fuels to live up to commitments 

of the 2015 Paris Agreement. 

“Generation of renewable electricity needs to 

move faster than other sectors in order to enable a 

shift to such as transport or heating,” the consultant 

said. “A limited carbon budget means that we 

have to leave the dead organic matter in the ground 

- even in the places where we are already extracting 

it. We cannot afford to let the interests of the fossil 

fuel industry determine the speed of the transition 

to efficient and renewable options, many of which 

are now cheaper than fossil fuels. These are getting 

cheaper at a dramatic rate while the fossil fuel options 

increase in price.” 

Citing a view from Germany, Dr. Bigland- 

Pritchard went on to discuss Energy Democracy 

– what is it and how do we get it? He explained that 

Energy Democracy means that, for example, you 

have the right to make and sell your own energy 

and receive a fair price for it. Renewable energy 

resources are public goods and there is no right to 

monopoly. In a democracy, people are citizens first, 

consumers second – energy is more than a mere 

commodity in modern life. 

A second speaker was Stephen Hall from Regina. 

Stephen graduated from Carleton University 

in 1987 with a degree in Industrial Design. He is 

passionately interested in new energy solutions, 

particularly photovoltaic (PV) solar. In 2014, Stephen’s 

family installed solar panels on the roof of 

his studio—a separate building on their property in 

Regina. 

“The total installed cost of the 7.65kW system 

was $28,000, but after receiving a rebate through 

SaskPower’s Net Metering Program, our out-ofpocket 

cost for the 30-panel system was $23,000,” 

Hall explained. “We still purchase some electricity 

from SaskPower but the amount of coal-fired electricity 

we buy has been reduced from over $160 per 

month, to about $20 per month.” 

Mr. Hall believes that, as more people purchase 

PV solar, the infrastructure for a distributed grid 

will develop and grow to the point that will supplant 

the need for large scale power plants. He 

remains very optimistic about the uptake of sustainable 

energy solutions. 

The Energy Forum was sponsored by the Quill 

Plains (Wynyard) Chapter of the Council of Canadians. 

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Canada is a leader, not 

a laggard 

EDITORIALS, LETTERS & OPINIONS 

Mark Cross / Humboldt 

Broncos fundraiser 

Despite misguided claims to the contrary, Canada has an excellent environmental 

record when compared to most of the world’s wealthiest - and 

cleanest - countries. 

A new study published by the Fraser Institute compares and ranks 33 high-income 

countries in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development 

(OECD) on a wide range of measures, including air and water quality, greenhouse 

gases and biodiversity. The study provides an aggregate score (zero to 100) across 

17 indicators to provide an easy way to understand Canada’s performance in comparison 

to other wealthy countries. 

Overall, Canada ranks 10th with a score of 68.5 (out of 100) - well above the 

OECD average (62.9) and only five points behind third-place New Zealand. Sweden 

ranks first with a score of 78.9. 

Unfortunately, previous studies by other organizations used narrow and often 

mistaken methods, which placed Canada near the bottom of OECD countries in 

terms of environmental performance. This unfairly casts Canada in a negative 

light. 

For example, many of these studies failed to connect environmental measures 

to things people value. For instance, a study by the Conference Board of Canada 

used air emissions per person to measure air quality, but ignored the fact that a few 

large industrial operations in some Canadian provinces (the oilsands, for example) 

can skew this measure, painting a distorted picture about the air quality changes 

in urban areas where most people live. 

The Conference Board report also looked at waste generation - without accounting 

for disposal methods. Subsequently, the report ranked equally two countries 

that produced the same amount of waste regardless of where the garbage wound 

up. The way waste is handled - not necessarily how much is produced - is a better 

measure of environmental protection. 

For our study, we started from scratch, using a comprehensive and transparent 

methodology based on an environmental index developed by academics at Yale and 

Columbia universities. It allowed us to compare Canada’s environmental performance 

with other OECD countries on measures that matter most to the health of 

people and the ecosystem. 

Again, our analysis ranks Canada among the cleanest of the clean. 

Canada’s performance on greenhouse gases is a topic of much misunderstanding. 

Using the methodology developed by academics, Canada ranks 31st out of 33 on 

carbon intensity, which measures CO2 emissions relative to the size of the economy. 

Given Canada’s cold climate, large natural resource sector, and long transportation 

distances, this result may not be surprising for many. 

But most of the other OECD countries have milder climates and higher population 

densities, which result in lower daily energy needs. Clearly, the size of a country’s 

land mass drives some of its need for energy and subsequent greenhouse gas 

emissions. What if other countries had to contend with typical Canadian distances? 

If one adjusts for land mass, Canada’s ranking would rise from 31st to second 

place on the greenhouse gas intensity measure. 

Finally, it’s important to note that on a number of measures in our study, almost 

all OECD countries do well. So even if Canada ranks lower on any particular measure, 

there’s often little difference between us and the top performers. For example, 

on reduced sulphur emission intensity, which assesses each country’s progress on 

lowering emissions per unit of economic activity over a decade, Canada ranks 17th 

with a score of 82 - but seventh place Italy is not much higher, with a score of 92. 

Overall, the evidence is clear. Canadians enjoy high levels of environmental quality 

relative to other high-income countries. And in areas where Canada’s ranking 

is low, it’s sometimes unavoidable due to our geography or climate, or because we 

compare ourselves against a peer group where everyone is doing well. 

The reality is most wealthy developed countries have established sound environmental 

protection regimes and Canada - despite what some critics claim - fares 

well when compared to the best performers in the world. That’s something all 

Canadians can celebrate. 

-Ross McKitrick, Elmira Aliakbari and Ashley Stedman are authors of Environmental Ranking 

for Canada and the OECD, published by the Fraser Institute. www.troymedia.com 

Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writers 

Dear Editor: 

I had the opportunity to play a minor 

role in the fundraiser held in Lumsden 

on April 28. This opportunity gave me 

a chance to work with a group of young 

men and women from the area as they 

organized and operated a most successful 

event for a very worthy cause. 

These “20 somethings” came together 

in an effort to do something as a group 

to show their support and respect for 

those who suffered a great loss in the 

bus tragedy. They started with an idea 

for a relatively small project but their 

combined efforts and determination 

led to a hugely successful event that 

included all of the teams of the Highway 

Hockey League. These young people 

combined their support in any manner 

that was needed to make the event 

operate smoothly. There were many 

volunteers needed to make this event a 

work and each person that contributed 

should be proud that they played a role 

in the overwhelming success. As every 

successful team knows, it takes everyone 

contributing to be a winner. 

We so often hear of the “lack of whatever” 

in the younger generation, but I am 

here to say we are in good hands if this 

project is any indication of the strength 

of character of the youth in our communities. 

I can only speak for the citizens of 

Lumsden but I am sure my words would 

be echoed by everyone when I say to the 

organizers and volunteers: “Amazing. 

Congratulations on a job well done and 

Thank You”. 

-Bryan Matheson, 

Mayor Town of Lumsden 

Bill C-75 reforms too little, too 

late to respond to domestic 

violence 

Domestic violence is a national crisis. A woman is killed by her current or former 

partner every six days in Canada. Indigenous women are killed by their intimate 

partners at a rate eight times higher. 

The federal government’s Bill C-75, introduced in March, proposes changes to the 

criminal law response to domestic violence. But the bill will do too little, too late. 

What we need is a comprehensive, integrated strategy to prevent and respond to 

domestic violence, and resources to support women extricating themselves from 

violent relationships. 

What would Bill C-75 do? Bill C-75 reverses the onus for bail. A person charged 

with an offence involving violence against an intimate partner, and who has a record 

of such offences, will now have to show cause why they should not be held in custody. 

This provision is justified by the fact that half of domestic violence offenders 

breach bail, and half of these involve assault, criminal harassment and sometimes 

even murder. This provision is narrow, however, and will not apply to those who lack 

a criminal record for domestic violence, including convicted persons who received 

absolute or conditional discharges. 

Bill C-75 would render assaults involving strangulation a more serious level of 

assault, equivalent to assault causing bodily harm. Strangulation raises the risk of 

intimate femicide seven-fold and is thus a significant warning sign. The provision 

relieves the prosecutor of the burden of proving bodily harm, which is not always 

detectible in spite of the serious risk to life that strangulation poses. The bill would 

also expand the sentencing provision that requires judges to treat as aggravating 

the fact that domestic violence was committed against a spouse, to include dating 

partners as well as former partners. This is particularly important given that women 

are at greatest risk of lethal violence when they leave a relationship. 

Bill C-75 would allow a court to raise a maximum sentence for a domestic violence 

crime for someone with a record of such offences. Unfortunately, this reform misses 

the boat. Canada doesn’t have a problem of low maximum sentences constraining 

judges who want to sentence men harshly. In fact, maximum sentences are rarely 

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Watrous RCMP Detachment update 

SPORTS 

RCMP REPORT 


On April 12th at approximately 0520 am two 

males smashed in the front door window of the 

Co-op gas station in Young, SK. and stole close to 

$5500 worth of Milwaukee power tools, pumps, 

cartons of cigarettes and lottery tickets. They were 

on scene for about three to four minutes before 

leaving in the direction of Saskatoon in a 2004- 

2008 grey Ford F250 extended cab truck with 

running boards, chrome rocker panel trim and a 

5th wheel trailer end gate. 

On April 13th at approximately 0320 am a lone 

male dressed in black and carrying a black back 

pack broke into the Young library via the back door, 

they stole petty cash, left via the back door and proceeded 

to break into the village office by way of the 

back door. They again stole petty cash before leaving 

via the front door, they then proceeded across 

the street to the RM of Morris office where they 

broke in by prying open the front door, nothing 

was stolen from this location. As no vehicles where 

seen entering the village preceding this or after it is 

believed these three break and enters were done by 

a local resident. 

On April 18th at approximately 0530 in the 

morning a 21ft PJ trailer with an attached generator 

was stolen from Hayter Drilling. Later that morning 

Saskatoon RCMP received a tip that the trailer 

had just been dropped off at a residence in Shields 

Saskatchewan. RCMP attended and confirmed the 

trailer was there and secured the scene while awaiting 

a search warrant. The warrant was executed 

and 32 year old Dustin Kusch of Airdrie Alberta, 

36 year old Corey Pelletier of Langham, 32 year old 

Cameron Proferit of Saskatoon, 31 year old Theresa 

Tootoosis of Shields and 27 year old Alicia Weber of 

Shields were all charged with Possession of Stolen 

Property over $5000.00. Numerous other stolen 

items were recovered at the residence and additional 

charges were laid. On April 30th 42 year old Troy 

Schreiner of Humboldt turned himself into Saskatoon 

RCMP and was also charged with Possession 

of Stolen Property over $5000. 

On April 20th at 11:15 pm a traffic stop in 

Watrous resulted in 36 year old Vernon Mosier of 

Young, SK. being charged with impaired driving, 

driving with a blood alcohol level greater than .08 

and obstruction of a peace officer for providing a 

false name. 

ATV operator arrested 

On April 30th at approximately 2:40 p.m. a Big 

River RCMP member on patrol observed an ATV 

being driven on the streets of Big River. Police 

continued to investigate and soon after, just south 

of Big River near highway 55, police located the 

same ATV. It was stopped for further investigation 

and as a result the driver was arrested for impaired 

operation of a motor vehicle. 

Upon further investigation police also discovered 

the ATV had previously been reported stolen. The 

ATV was seized and towed by police. A 24 year old 

male from Big River, Saskatchewan was arrested 

and charged with 3 offences. 

The accused, whose name was not released, will 

be appearing in Provincial Court in Shellbrook on 

June 12th. 

Yorkton area fatal collision 

On April 27, Yorkton RCMP members responded 

to a collision involving a semi and a pick-up truck 5 

miles south of Yorkton on Hwy # 9. A northbound 

semi and a pickup truck driving southbound collided 

head on. The driver of the smaller truck was 

deceased at the scene. The semi-tractor and trailer 

caught fire, but there were no hazardous materials 

involved. 

Is Barkley a gamechanger 

for NY Giants? 

Quarterbacks were all the rage and garnered most 

of the headlines, but the New York Giants wound 

up with arguably the best college player when the 

National Football League divvied up future professionals 

at late April’s annual draft. 

Running back Saquon Barkley went No. 2 overall 

to the Giants, while quarterbacks were chosen at 

No. 1, No. 3, No. 7 and No. 10 — the first time in 

NFL history that four quarterbacks have been chosen 

in the top 10. Baker Mayfield of Oklahoma was 

the first choice, going to the Cleveland Browns. New 

York Jets took Sam Darnold of USC at No. 3. Buffalo 

took Josh Allen of Wyoming at No. 7 and Arizona 

chose Josh Rosen of UCLA at 10. At one time or 

another, all four of those QBs had been pegged as 

potential No. 1 picks. 

Lucky for the Giants that they weren’t quarterback 

needy. They’ll eventually need an upgrade 

from the Eli Manning, but with an improved backfield 

with the addition of Barkley, and a couple of 

key offensive line additions, Manning may turn into 

the NFL’s comeback player of the year in 2018. 

Barkley was the consensus best player available, 

and many scouts suggest a Hall of Fame future 

for him. Said the Giants general manager, Dave 

Gettleman, of Barkley: “It’s like he was touched by 

the hand of God, frankly.’’ The topper? He’s a solid 

citizen, with no history of drugs, arrests or latenight 

‘incidents’. He probably says please and 

thank you with regularity and helps old ladies 

across the street. 

At Penn State, Barkley was Mr. Everything on 

offence. In three years, he ran for nearly 4,000 

yards and was famous for his hurdling over 

defensive lines. He caught passes for about 1,200 

yards and gave fans thrills with his punt and 

kickoff returns. He totalled a school record 53 

touchdowns. Barkley is strong as an ox and fast 

as a cop eyeing a doughnut shop near closing 

FROM THE 

SIDELINES 

BRUCE PENTON 

time. 

Barkley will likely be a firstweek 

starter and give the Giants 

offence a big lift, similar to what 

third-round pick Alvin Kamara 

did for New Orleans last year. 

Goodness knows the Giants need it; their 246 

points scored last year was higher than only one 

team, the Browns. It’s generally accepted that twotime 

Super Bowl champ Manning still has the skill 

to win in the NFL but that he has been surrounded 

recently by B- and C-grade players. 

Barkley changes all that. The Giants could be one 

of the surprise teams of the NFL season and if they 

are, the No. 2 pick will be one of the major reasons 

why. 

• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com: “Kelly 

Kraft missed the cut at RBC Heritage by a stroke after 

a tee-shot hit a bird and landed in water. Kraft’s 

response later ‘I got screwed.’ HE got screwed? 

What about the bird?” 

Care to comment? Email brucepenton2003@ 

yahoo.ca 

- Bruce Penton 

Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer. 

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Metheral wins 

Cliff Metheral, of Nokomis was presented with 

the Senior Overall Big Game Award in Weyburn, 

SK on April 21st at the Provincial Angling and 

Henry Kelsey Big Game Awards presentations 

for 2017. Cliff (show on the left in the photo) won 

with his Typical Mule Deer entry that scored 198 

and one-eighths points. The award was presented 

by Warren Howse, the Henry Kelsey Big Game 

chairman. 

-info submitted 

Sask Volleyball Provincial 

Championships results April 27-29, 2018 

The results for the 14U Men and 16U Women Sask Volleyball Provincial Championships featuring 56 

teams from across the province: the Rouleau Rebels claimed a Provincial title on Sunday after a thrilling 

back and forth 25-20, 23-25, 18-16 win over the Battleford VC Power Purple at the 14U Men Sask Volleyball 

Provincial Championships. And, the Battleford VC Impact defeated the Sask Stealth 25-18, 25-18 on 

Sunday to win the 16U Women Division 1. Watrous VC Wildcats finished 6th in Division 2, Tier 2; Lanigan 

VC finished 7th in Division 3, Tier 1. 

The next action for 14U Men and 16U Women is the Volleyball Canada National Championships May 16th 

thru 22nd at the Expo Centre in Edmonton. This event, featuring nearly 900 male and female club volleyball 

teams from across the country, will be the largest sporting event in Canadian history. 

-Volleyball Sask 

LMBA monthly meeting 

Overheard at the coffee shop 

The executive of the Last Mountain Valley Business 

Association met for its monthly meeting last 

Wednesday evening, May 2nd, at the Lions Den in 

Strasbourg. Treasurer Ross McKee provided a financial 

update, and secretary Carol Schultz provided 

an update on the continuing project of planning 

to launch a ‘Shop Local’ campaign later this year. 

She has obtained a local quotation on 4 x 8 highway 

signage, and has made preliminary contact with a 

potential keynote speaker from Regina who would 

be available for an early November kick-off event. 

The meeting gave her the go-ahead to continue 

down the path of trying to arrange for corporate 

sponsorships to offset the costs of hosting the event. 

It was noted that preparations are continuing for 

the August 11th annual Car Show in Strasbourg. 

Beth Krugal has been provided with handbills to 

distribute at other Saskatchewan car show events in 

order to attract exhibitors, and local and area businesses 

will be approached in the coming months to 

provide donations of prizes and volunteers to help 

out with the event. Last Mountain Times owner 

Dave Degenstien volunteered to print the posters 

for the Car Show, and to donate the People’s Choice 

Award prize for the event. 

The deadline for LMVBA scholarship applications 

for William Derby School grade 12 students 

is fast approaching. May 11th is the final day for 

students to apply. Following that, interviews will be 

conducted with the applicants, and Carol Schultz 

will present the two $500 scholarships at the WDS 

Graduation Ceremony on May 25th. 

The Association agreed to send a condolence 

card to Vicki Cornwell on the recent passing of her 

husband Lance, and to donate $100 in his memory 

to local charities. 

The LMVBA’s next meeting is planned for 

Wednesday, June 6th. 

-editor 

The wife has discovered that her secrets 

are safe with me...I can’t repeat something 

I wasn’t listening to. 

Spring 

activity 

Regina 

Beach 

Another sign of spring in Regina Beach 

is all the ‘For Sale’ signs …lots of them 

going up again. However, with our roads 

crumbling and people’s homes still sinking, 

they might be hard to sell. 

The dog walking group is active again. 

They go out a couple of times a week in 

Kinookimaw so the dogs can frolic. The 

dog walks can take a couple of hours - 

now that the weather is nice. It’s about 

building community - socializing with 

neighbours while getting the dogs socialized 

to other dogs. Watch for a follow-up 

story. 

-Carol Rose Daniels, Regina 

Beach Correspondent


7 

Times are 

changing 

AG NOTES 

CALVIN DANIELS 

If one thing is clear looking toward 

the future, how farmers farm is going to 

change as we move forward. That may 

sound like a statement of the obvious 

since more things we do evolve over time, 

and farming is no different. 

Through the years since farming started on the Canadian 

Prairies we have moved from the horse to machinery that 

exceeds that in the earliest manned space rockets. We have 

evolved from a largely cereal grain cropping base to one that 

today is much more diverse. Cultivation has given way to 

reduced and zero tillage systems to preserve moisture and 

reduce erosion. Farm size has exploded from 160-acre homesteads 

to operations covering thousands of acres. 

The list could go on, but it suffices to illustrate the rather 

dramatic changes. However, in almost every case the changes 

have occurred because farmers have adapted new technologies 

with an eye to greater efficiencies, and greater yields, two 

complimentary aspects of a farm being profitable. 

The changes that seem on the near horizon may be made 

for decidedly different reasons. We are quite obviously in a 

time of significant climate change. That does not mean global 

warming, although there are certainly indications that it is 

occurring. But, we are most certainly seeing more dramatic 

swings in weather, whether that is rainstorms, tornadoes, or 

extended winters. 

When it comes to farming weather is still the most critical 

aspect of production. Without timely rains, crops suffer. A 

late frost in the spring or an early one in the fall, and crops 

suffer. Too much extreme heat and crops suffer. Any change 

to weather that adds to the likelihood of extreme weather may 

well impact crop production. 

There are all sorts of stories out these days about what is 

happening in terms of weather, starting most often with increased 

greenhouse gases leading to polar ice melts which in 

turn are causing weather pattern shifts. To fully understand 

the science of it all one would need more letters of science behind 

their name than this humble scribe, but I can recognize 

what farmers grow, where they grow it, and even how they do 

it, are likely to change in the years ahead. 

Some see the change as a move to more fall-seeded crops 

as a way to alleviate the uncertainty of potentially longer and 

more severe winters. Others see potential for crops which 

require more heat, such as corn, in new areas as summers 

warm. 

Whatever the exact answers prove to be, farmers are going 

to have to be adaptive to farming changes based on a new 

‘norm’ in terms of weather, as that new ‘norm’ itself evolves. 

- Calvin Daniels 

Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer 

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My Gold Chief 

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Service Project 

For my final year as a Ranger, 

I was working on my Gold Chief 

Commissioner Award, that requires 

me to do a service project that helps 

a group. It took over 20 hours to 

complete my project. 

In November, my Leader Bonnie 

Pratchler and I started talking 

about who I wanted to help. This 

took time as I wanted a project that 

would really help someone and 

make a different in their life. Finally 

in February, I decided on Regina 

Transition House, so I wrote them 

a letter asking if I could help them, 

plus along with my Unit who are 

also working on a National Service 

Project, the Action on Poverty 

Badge. The National Service Project 

(NSP) is a nationwide challenge 

focused on providing service and 

giving members an opportunity 

to live out our Mission together of 

making a difference in the world. 

With the help of my unit, we wanted 

to make what we call “Feel good 

bags” We collected items that may 

help women re-gain their self-confidence. 

I would like to help the 

Transition House as I have heard 

that many women need help and I 

would like to make a difference in a 

person’s life. I was thinking of making 

bag full with things like socks, 

underwear, personal toiletries, 

first-aid items, diapers, blankets, in 

re-usable bags. 

Stephanie, the Executive Director 

of Regina Transition House sent 

Girls arrange the items. On left in front- 

Mackenzie Craven and Éabha-Mai Daly in the 

back on the left is Leader Amber Craven, Karisa 

Gorrill and Brianna Yung. 

In the STARS helicopter. Eabha-Mai Daly in the 

front, then Hannah Kozachuk and Brianna Yung 

in the back. 

back an email agreeing to my request. The next part was to ask the community of 

Strasbourg to help! I sent letter to all the churches in Strasbourg asking for help, 

and then with the help of the girls and leader we handed out flyers to all the homes 

in Strasbourg, and then I handed out flyers in Bulyea. 

On April 3, the community dropped their donations at St. Rita church. In the 

afternoon, with help from the girls, Nina Yung, and my other Leader Amber Craven, 

we sorted the items, then I started to fill the bags. With the amazing outpouring 

support of the community we made 45 “Feel Good bags”, plus we had extra stuff that 

we put into bags and plus a few boxes of baby and kid’s items. A few member from 

my church and community give me cash to buy things that the shelter needed the 

most, so I bought clothing for the kids. 

My leader made arrangements for us to take the items to Transition House on 

April 5, so that morning we met at St. Rita church to load all the supplies. It took 

two vehicle to transport us kids to Regina. We met Stephanie at the shelter and gave 

her the bags. She told us all that they will be greatly appreciated by the women in 

the shelter. We then had a talk about healthy relationships. The girls were told that 

this was not just between boys and girls, but them and their parents or sibling. The 

girls made a support tree of who they would call if in trouble. We also talked about 

how being in Girl Guides is a great thing as it gives us another safe place to go, and 

we know our leaders are there for us. 

To finish off our afternoon, we planned a visit the STARS Air Ambulance. We were 

enjoying our visit, when the alarm what off. We were ushered off to side while the 

crew got ready to go. We got to stand by the gate and watch them lift off. This was 

very exciting for us to see! When we went back in the building our Leader talked 

about how great this was for us, but unfortunately it also meant someone was in 

trouble. It is great to know that we have STARS Air Ambulance in this province to 

help get someone to the hospital. As this cut our visit short we headed to Western 

Pizza for supper. 

I am very happy that I finished all my requirements for my Gold Chief Commissioner 

Award. I send a special thank you to the following people for helping me 

achieve this Award: my family, the girls in my unit, the leaders in my unit, and all 

the members of my community who donated items for the Feel Good Bags. 

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Band on tour 

The Horizon Winds Central Band went to the road to 

entertain the students at Nokomis School on Monday 

afternoon, April 30. 

The HZSD Schools Band posing on the 

vintage tractor in the Nokomis School yard. 

HZSD Schools Band performing for 

Nokomis Elementary School students. 

The band is made up of students from around the Horizon School District. They 

meet every Wednesday in Imperial for lessons and practice. 

The idea of holding a concert in other schools is two fold - it is a way of spreading 

the word to other students about the band so they might get interested in possibly 

joining it, and it is a great experience for new band members to play for an audience. 

The Horizon Winds Central Band goes on a tour every spring. This year they are 

going to Drumheller and Calgary. They have a fun weekend touring and playing a 

few concerts. 

-info and photos from Lynn Gettis 

Lumsden Historical Society 

2017 Activity Report and update 

Last year was a very busy 

season for us at the museum, in 

more ways than one. For example, 

we had more than 2,000 

visitors who either took part in 

one of our special days, a group 

tour, or who came on one of our 

regular open days. Our Canadian 

visitors were from British 

Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba 

and Ontario, as well as Saskatchewan. 

Globally, they came 

from Germany, Ireland, USA, 

Switzerland, and Austria. 

Our major public events were 

the Aboriginal Day, Canada 

Day and Fall Windup/Scarecrow/Saskatchewan 

Culture 

Days celebrations, along with 

our community garage sale. 

Attendance at the National 

Aboriginal Day event included 

seven elementary school and 

two pre-school classes, all from 

Lumsden, and the general public. The afternoon’s events started with book readings 

in our large Tipi for the pre-schoolers by a First Nations person. This was followed 

by the demonstration of pow wow/fancy dancing for the elementary students, public 

and pre-schoolers. One of the dancers explained the various routines. The day came 

together thanks to the involvement of the Town’s Community Development Officer, 

the local library, the Lumsden Elementary School and the museum. This is the second 

year the museum has hosted and helped with the management of the event. 

Through our community outreach programming, we engaged with the High 

School Art Club to paint a mural to hang outside our Blacksmith Shop; provided a 

venue for the Lumsden and District Arts Council’s summer painting class for youngsters, 

and had the grade three elementary class help plant our community garden as 

part of their science curriculum. 

On the maintenance side of things, our activities included: constructing three new 

ramp/stair combination structures for three of our heritage buildings; completing 

the outside chinking for our log house; raising our red storage building in order to 

straighten the structure and reinforce its wood frame footing; and putting a tin roof 

on our office/shop building. Grounds maintenance included: removing many dead 

trees from around the perimeter of the museum; planting four young trees as part 

of our grounds rejuvenation project; caring for our community garden, cutting grass 

and looking after the flower beds. 

Current board members are Kent Lynn, Dave Hansen, Penny Schneider, Ethel 

Robinson, Lynda Whiting, Reggie Newkirk, Cheri Kowalyshyn, and Bill King. 

And, just a reminder that the museum’s community garage sale will be held on 

May 26th and, this year, will be at the M U S E U M. Table rentals $20. Lunch 

available. Phone Bill at 731-2434, Lynda at 731-3191 or Kent at 731-3341 if you can 

help us out, or if want to donate an item or two for the museum’s sale tables. Watch 

for ads about upcoming events in the Last Mountain Times community newspaper 

which is now serving our area. 

-submitted by Bill King

The noise is deafening 

Fancy hooch 

Who would ever have imagined that the annual 

announcement of the Nobel prizes could be a source 

of huge controversy. Yes, there has been lots of 

argument over the years about the winners of the 

Peace prize, but Literature? 

If you thought that Hollywood’s Motion Picture 

Academy was a haven of dysfunction, those folks 

don’t hold a patch on the Swedish Academy. On Friday, 

they announced that there would be no winner 

of the Literature prize this year. 

The Nobels are awarded after consideration by 

large and supposedly ‘distinguished’ panels of 

judges from the world of academe. Those judges 

are appointed for life, or until they screw up. Now 

we live in the age of Me Too, and even those brilliant 

Scandinavians are not exempt from ‘inappropriate’ 

behaviour. That is now listed under the 

classy-sounding heading ‘unwanted intimacy’, and 

the result is one of the worst scandals ever. It also 

means that the 2018 Literature prize will be awarded 

in 2019, or so they hope. 

Perhaps the suspicion that all was not well when it 

came to the Nobel Literature prize was evident two 


My old hometown of Winnipeg is receiving tons of 

attention right now as the team known as the Jets 

continue to be very strong in the hunt for the Stanley 

Cup. Did I mention that it has to be the hardest 

championship to win in all of sports? 

The players slog their way through an 82 game 

season, then they hope their bodies will hold together 

long enough to put together 16 wins in four 

rounds of playoffs. Winnipeg has never come close 

to winning it in the modern era. The last time the 

city’s name appeared on the mug was in 1901, not 

long after the death of Queen Victoria. 

The Jets are the kind of Cinderella story that 

everyone loves. They joined the NHL in 1979 after 

winning titles in the old World Hockey Association. 

They only made it to second round once, and in 

1996 the NHL left Winnipeg, presumably never to 

return. 

But 15 years later, a couple of wealthy guys named 

Chipman and Thomson paid a truckload of money 

to move the Atlanta Trashers to Winnipeg. ‘Draft 

and Develop’ became the approach, and it’s working. 

In 2015 the Hockey News 

raised a few eyebrows and 

giggles when they predicted that 

the Jets could be the Stanley 

Cup champs in 2019. The fact 

that it might happen even 

earlier is hard for the locals to 

process. 

Yes, we had a football dynasty 

in Winnipeg when a 

silver-haired genius named 

CURRIE’S 

CORNER 

ROGER CURRIE 

Bud Grant was behind the bench, but that ended 

more than half a century ago. Now with the Jets, 

we have more people standing outside on the street 

than there are in the building, and the noise in both 

places is deafening. Those pictures of the ‘sea of 

white’ are being seen around the world. Will it make 

Winnipeg a destination for investment dollars and 

vacationers? It certainly won’t drive either away. 

In the meantime, let’s just savour the moment, 

however long it might last. 

years ago when they announced Bob Dylan as the 

winner. Many devotees of the written word raised 

serious questions about whether song lyrics really 

qualified for this lofty honour. 

The aging minstrel, who began life as Bobby 

Zimmerman in Hibbing Minnesota, seemed to have 

been offended by the controversy. It was weeks 

before he even acknowledged the announcement, 

and he quickly declared that he wouldn’t be able to 

make it for the fancy awards ceremony. 

Despite all this, they gave him the prize, which 

includes more than a million dollars in cash. What 

has Bob done with that swag? Turns out he’s going 

into the premium whiskey business. He’s calling his 

fancy hooch Heaven’s Door, and it sells for about 

$80 a bottle. There’s also a limited-edition Bootleg 

Series with a price tag of 300 dollars. 

Dylan’s distilling partner says the hardest part 

was decoding what Bob really wanted. Perhaps 

he should pick up the phone and call the Swedish 

Academy. 

- Roger Currie 

Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer. 

11 

MINISTERIAL MESSAGES 

Psalm 23 

God is my shepherd; I shall not want. What are 

we wanting for ourselves, for our loved ones, our 

communities, and our world? I would like to see 

peace for all these questions, both for myself and 

others. Unless I have peace in my heart, how am I 

to reach out to those who need my love, care, and 

support. Not always, even as hard as we try, can we 

be filled with total peace. With faith in our hearts 

and the love of God we can do our best. Peace for 

our loved ones, who each day their lives are filled 

with mountains to climb. Peace for our communities, 

who find themselves in difficulty in providing 

the necessary supports and funding for the needs 

of their residents. Peace for our world where guns, 

missiles and bombs are a way of life in so many 

countries. What a world it would be if only we 

would bury our indifferences, care and have respect 

for those we meet on our journey, love even if we 

disagree. 

God makes me lie down in green pastures. God 

leads me beside still waters. God restores my soul. 

What are our prayers for Earth? for restoration and 

reconciliation? for stillness in the places of chaos? 

As we walk this Mother Earth we must always be 

aware of our everyday habits. How those actions 

effect the soil, the air, the water, has to be high priority. 

Our oceans contain large amounts of plastic, 

which in turn is killing the turtles, the whales, the 

dolphins and whatever other wildlife that encounters 

the garbage. We must learn to walk together 

for the betterment of the earth and the people who 

walk Mother Earth. 

Even though I walk through the shadowed valley, 

I fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and 

your staff – they comfort me. What are the shadows 

across our paths? Where does our comfort 

lie? Shadows are scary and they hide the unknown 

and as humans we tend to want to be in complete 

control. Sometimes we are afraid or don’t take the 

time to take it to God in prayer. God does answer 

prayers, maybe not always the answer we want, or 

at the time we want it. God is a loving God, who 

walks beside us always, guiding and caring for us 

on our journey of life. 

You prepare a table before me in the presence of 

my enemies; you anoint my head with oil, my cup 

overflows. What are our causes for celebration? 

Where can you point to the overflowing cup? We 

live in a country where we have freedom of speech, 

thought, opinion, freedom of religion, belief and 

expression. We live in families and communities 

where we respect and are respected, our cup does 

overflow with goodness. 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow us all the 

days of our lives, and we shall dwell in the house of 

our God our whole life long. 

Amen. 

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from Raymore United Church


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Strasbourg Family Foods May - August Hours: 

Monday to Saturday – 8:30am - 8:00pm. 

Wednesdays – 8:30am - 6:00pm. Closed on 

Sundays. 

Semans Drop-in will hold its annual “Strawberry 

Tea” on May 08, from 2-4. Cake and strawberries 

$6. Door prizes. 24 

SUDOKU PUZZLE SOLUTION 

SPONSORED BY LANIGAN, NOKOMIS & 

STRASBOURG PHARMACIES 

Manz Electric Ltd. Adair Manz. Agricultural, 

Residential, Industrial and Commercial Electrical 

Services. Earl Grey. Call 1-306-726-8117. 

Proudly Local. n 

LIVESTOCK FOR SALE 

Charolais bulls for sale. Yearlings and 2 year 

olds. Layne or Paula Evans. Kenaston. 306- 

252-2246 25 

Large selection of 2 yr. old Black Angus and 

Red Angus Bulls. Semen tested. Board and delivery 

available. Calving ease and Performance 

bloodlines. Contact Nordal Angus, Rob Garner 

Simpson SK. 306.946.7946 30 

FOR RENT 

CRAVEN COMMUNITY HALL, air conditioned, 

seats 200, fully equipped kitchen includes 

dishwasher, cooler & freezer. Call (306) 

731-3452. c 

FOR RENT – REGINA BEACH – Unfurnished 

2 BD, 1,200 s.f. suite –“‘brand new” – All new 

appliances, in-suite laundry. Power and Energy 

incl. in rent. No Smoking, No pets Call FOR- 

STER REALTY INC., (306) 729-2241 

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HOUSING 

Earl Grey Housing Units for Rent contact 306- 

737-0914 or 306-939-2102 for details 26 

WANTED 

Year 2000 and up 18 to 20 foot boat in excellent 

condition, with outboard motor and e-z load 

trailer. Call 306-536-1501 24 

RV FOR SALE 

2003 Kustom Koach 22 foot fifth wheeler, loaded, 

remote control stereo, microwave, excellent 

condition. $7,000 Tel: 306-536-1501 24 

For sale: JAG 2006 Travel Trailer, 21 foot, with 

rear slide-out. Good condition. Call 306-484- 

2278 28 

ITEMS FOR SALE 

Spare tire. 8-bolt black steel rim and tire for 

Ford F250 or F350. Rim code: F2647. General 

Tire Grabber HTS M&S tire, size LT245 

75R/17. Like new. Asking $350. Will consider 

offers. Call 306-528-2020 c 

CARD OF THANKS 

It is with deepest gratitude that we send out 

this huge, heartfelt Thank You for all the support, 

generosity and kindness we have received 

through the devastating loss of our son, Wace 

Lloyd. 

- Craig, Gina and Kenna 

May 17th, Coffee Party and Bake Sale. 9:30- 

11:00 am at St. John Lutheran Church Strasbourg. 

Men and women welcome. 24 

Mother’s Day Tea and Bake Sale, Saturday, 

May 12th at Nokomis Centennial Hall, from 

2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Bring your loonies for the 

Cake Walk at 2:30 PM. Everyone welcome. 

Sponsored by the Nokomis Health Centre Auxiliary. 

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Bedard’s Greenhouse - Opening on May 8th in 

Nokomis (behind Last Mountain Co-op Agro). 

Hanging baskets & bedding plants. Hours: 

Monday - Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday & Sunday 

1pm-5pm. CASH ONLY. Call Jen Bedard 

for more info: 306-528-7376 

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Govan Community Garage Sale June 2 – 9 AM 

to 2 PM. Registration is $10. Lunch available at 

the Govan Skating Rink from 11 AM to 1 PM. 

Call Donna at 484-4687 to register. 27 

ROAST BEEF PIT BARBECUE. Beef, buns, 

salads, dessert and coffee. Saturday June 2nd 

5PM-7PM. Duval Community Hall. Prices: 

Adults $20. Ages 6-12 $10. Ages 5 and under 

FREE. Sponsored by Duval Optimist Club 

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DANCELAND, MANITOU Beach offers entertainment 

for: May 12 - Friends of Danceland 

Fundraiser Gala - Theme ‘70s, ‘80s Live Music 

- Classic Rock. Cocktails 5 p.m.Dinner 

6:30 p.m. Dance 8 p.m. to midnight; May 19 

- Wadena Dixielanders; May 26 - The Decades. 

Buffet before each public dance - 6 to 7:30 p.m. 

Dance - 8 p.m. to midnight. Phone 306-946- 

2743 or 1-800-267-5037 for reservations. www. 

danceland.ca 

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Community Garage Sale, Duval Hall. Saturday, 

May 12th. 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Coffee available. 

Tables still available for $15. Contact Terry 

at 306-725-7610 

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Fighting for Families 5km Walk/Run for Cancer 

on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at the Strasbourg 

Recreation Centre beginning with registration 

from 8:00 - 8:45am. Contact Jill Wiers at (306) 

725-3475 to register ($10.00) and for more information. 

Please register by Wednesday, May 

9, 2018. 24 

Come to the Strasbourg Farmers Market in the 

Wildlife Hall on May 12 from 9:00 to 12 noon. 

Extra Mother’s Day Raffle. Phone Roberta at 

725-4570 to book a table. 24 

Arlington Beach Camp Annual Mother’s Day 

Banquet. 5:00 pm May 13th. Marsala Chicken 

followed by Lemon Lush dessert. $20/adult, 

$10/child (12 and under). Children 3 and under 

free. Meal Catered by Carmen Anderson. Assigned 

seating available. Register by May 9th. 

MORE COMING EVENTS 

Come and Go Tea to celebrate the 80th birthday 

of Clifford Croshaw. Saturday, May 12, 2018, 

1:00 to 4:00 PM at Dew Drop, Lumsden, SK. 

Your presence is your gift. 24 

Valley Art Show & Sale at Lumsden River Park 

Centre. Fri. May 11th at 7pm. Meet our local 

artists Sat. May 12 10am to 4pm. 24 

Strasbourg Recreation Board annual Community 

Garage Sale on Saturday, May 19th from 

10am to 2pm. Watch for the yards registered 

in the sale. Lunch served at St Rita’s Parish, 

Strasbourg. 

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For some strange reason, some business people view 

advertising as an unnecessary ‘expense’ that should be 

minimized, rather than what it really is: an ‘investment’ in 

the current and future success of their business. 

They forget that a slow period is when they SHOULD be 

advertising the most! to attract more customers to their 

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CONTINUED from PAGE 2 

nificant meandering of the Qu’Appelle River is very 

obvious! From Regina, trace Highway #6 north 

going to the Valley, and then crossing it on the way 

to Southey. Just below the Fairy Hill area and East 

is the Piapot First Nation. The natural grooves in 

Mother Earth are the significant evidence carved, 

and re-carved by the immense amount of meltwater 

from the last glacial period about 13,000 years ago, 

and previous ones. These grooves creating ravines/ 

coulees are like the “capillaries and veins” of Earth’s 

circulatory system returning the water and other 

harmful stuff to the oceans. Note Condie Nature 

Refuge, and the various local Creeks in the left half 

of the photo. See some of Valeport Marsh above 

Craven which really is part of another major glacial 

drainage channel - the bottom end of Last Mountain 

Lake. Multiple little side streams/creeks can be 

seen. Near the bottom right and in the top right, see 

the remnants of poplar tree bluffs that haven’t been 

torn down to create more agricultural cropland. 

There is much more that can be interpreted from an 

enlarged, actual photo, or on the computer screen. 

Can you pick out the speck where you live? 

Because they’ve been to space, all astronauts have 

a different perspective on life and living. Check 

these books by two Canadian astronauts: Roberta 

Bondar’s Touching the Earth (1992), and Chris Hadfield’s 

You Are Here (2014). Chris’s photographs are 

also featured in a recent book (2013) by Magic Light 

Publishing of Ottawa called Earth: Spirit of Place. 

However, the classic volume is: Kevin W. Kelley’s 

The Home Planet (1988) published by the Association 

of Space Explorers. By conceiving and editing 

this book, his understandings 

about space changed dramatically. 

His introduction says: 

“… walking on a round 

planet hurtling around the 

sun at 62,000 miles an hour 

[100,000 kilometers per hour/ 

kph], turning at 1,000 miles 

an hour [(1,600 kph] at the 

Equator producing day and 

night. … [being aware] of our 

Sun as the center of the Solar 

System that is moving around 

VALLEY 

VIEWS 

BARRY MITSCHKE 

the Galaxy at more than 500,000 miles an hour 

[800,000 kph], and of the whole Galaxy itself hurtling 

in a direction unknown to me at an unimaginable 

speed through an ever-expanding universe 

populated with billions of other galaxies stretching 

to eternity. I think this sense of wonder at our universe 

and the strangeness of our lives within our 

tiny part of it is important to our sense of ourselves 

and perhaps to our very survival. I hope this book 

will help you see, and will add to your appreciation 

of the great beauty, the incredible wonder, and the 

unfathomable mystery of all this as it unfolds in the 

eternal moment.” 

We don’t feel those speeds, because we are part 

of them because we are part of the Earth - all is 

relative. But we need to appreciate that grandeur, 

that wonder, that beauty, and that incomprehensible 

mystery of where we live as human beings. This 

leads quickly to the spiritual and religious! 

(to be continued next week, in the May 7 issue)


SERVICES DIRECTORY – BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL

An 80’s Buick crossed with a doorstop 

A doorstop wedge can stop a door 

from moving with ease, hence the name. 

An Aston Martin can usually stop me 

dead in my tracks, as most of the time, 

they’re gorgeous. A Buick? I saw a 1960 

model on the highway the other day that 

looked pretty sweet. It was a four door 

sedan, but it still looked great. Past that, 

my love for the Buick brand dips back 

into the fifties a little bit, and forward 

with only a couple of different cars. The 

Riviera and Skylark are pretty timeless. 

The Grand National, although a 

renowned performer, is a pick on paper 

only. What can I say? The Monte Carlo 

was more stylish than the Buick in those 

years. The car in the picture perfectly 

represents what Buick became in the 

eighties, a square-cornered brick with 

more upscale corners on it than a Chevy. 

Sadly, it’s not a Buick at all. It’s an Aston 

Martin Lagonda, and yes, it stops me 

dead in my tracks. No, not in a good way. 

The Aston Martin Lagonda, although 

not a household name, is actually a 

pretty famous car. First of all, it does 

car things. It starts, it stops, it drives 

forward and back, and all while seating 

four people quite comfortably. It’s 

not famous for performance, however, 

as being ugly is what it truly excels at. 

Much like the bearded lady and the dogfaced 

boy, the Lagonda gained it’s fame 

in the most unfortunate of ways. I didn’t 

believe it at first, but the more I looked, 

the more it popped up on lists of ugly 

cars. Not only that, but many reviewers 

even dared touch on the electronic and 

mechanical downfalls of the Lagonda. 

Ruthless! I’m sure people let the dogfaced 

boy slide if he missed his bath a 

time or two. 

Starting in 1976, the Lagonda was 

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changing your mind again and again. 

timid nature. 

15 

GEMINI 

GEMINI 

LIBRA 

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got lots this of week. work to You’ll do. You’ll 

GEMINI 

You’ve 

You’ll either find the right treatment 

for your health problems, or 

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fast results. In any case, you’re on 

all parties review involved time. A in pay order raise to is solve in your 

decide a few to start steps your back own are business. 

the right track to enjoying a better 

all you need 

your not-so-distant financial conundrum. future! 

quality of life. 

to better move forward. 

SCORPIO 

SCORPIO CANCER 

THE LUCKIEST SIGNS THIS WEEK: 



THE 

You 

LUCKIEST CANCER just might 

SIGNS 

experience 

THIS WEEK: 

love at 

CANCER HOROSCOPE 

Delays 

AQUARIUS, PISCES AND ARIES 

TAURUS, GEMINI AND CANCER 

LEO, You’ll and 

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first SAGITTARIUS, At sight work, with you’ll someone CAPRICORN be in who’ll charge turn of an 

Your popularity will skyrocket this 

plague 

THE LUCKY SIGNS THIS trip your or go workweek, 

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GEMINI, 

of 

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AND CANCER 

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week, much to your astonishment. 

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Week of May 6 to 12, 2018 

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you 

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surprised to realize just how many 

channel 

suitors are vying for your attention. 

tive ways, and you’ll be back on 

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track LEO in no ARIES time. 

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There’s a good chance that you’ll 

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friends this week. Lucky for you, 

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that’ll demanding. bring you big The rewards idea of upon 

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the 

some of them will finally manage 

to give back what they owe you 

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on stress. a for whim. your Luckily later your years. ef- 

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before you cut them out of your life. 

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for the weekend? 

forts will pay off down the line. 

you’ll geable. wait on hold; at the store, 

you world undue 

TAURUS 

VIRGO 

VIRGO TAURUS 

CAPRICORN you’ll always end up in the slowest 

You’ll need to figure out a mistake 

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will leave You’ll you accomplish with a lot of something ques- 

that 

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its clearest. crowd. This Your will no-nonsense help you discover attitude 

new will side leave of yourself a profound in addition im- 

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GEMINI 

LIBRA 

rain on your parade. 

taken 

to 

advantage 

fill up quickly 

of. 

this time of year. 

LIBRA 

You’ll be uncharacteristically impatient 

got lots this of week. work to You’ll do. You’ll 

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You’ve GEMINI 

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for your health problems, or 

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and 

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up. Take financial have 

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for yourself: may 

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all parties review involved time. A in pay order raise to solve is in your 

imagination decide whim. At the very least, you’ll finally 

the right track to enjoying a better 

a few to this start week 

steps your to 

back own get everything 

done on the professional front 

get around to painting that wall. 

are business. all you need 

knock 

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situation 

door. 

will 

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your not-so-distant financial conundrum. future! 

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to better move forward. 

finally 

to reconsider 

start to envision 

your plans 

your 

for 

future 

the future, 

without SCORPIO disappointing your family. 

in a positive 

whether 

light. 

professional or otherwise. 

CANCER You’ll come out of it with 

couch-like interiors. The Lagonda had 

SCORPIO CANCER 

You CANCER just might experience love at 

CANCER 

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a bet 

of an 

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needs. 

sharp angles everywhere, Your popularity tight-fitting 

PISCES 

will skyrocket this 

plague trip your or go workweek, on a pilgrimage and you’ll of some 

If the out opportunity to important be your for 

meeting soulmate. a spontaneous 

or A event single that’s 

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and 

all out of this energy, week. and Be you careful: you 

week, much your astonishment. 

find sort, yourself and wondering this will help where you expand to 

trip glance presents 

expected is itself all to it’ll this 

draw take week, 

a big for don’t 

crowd. Don’t 

may find yourself having a hard time 

bumpers contoured properly to the 

both of 

really need to get some rest. You’ll 

If you’re single, you’ll be equally 

start. both You your need personal to slow down. and professional 

horizons. 

each yourself other. 

If you’re 

Try to 

pass you it up. to be realize Distancing 

surprised that yourself 

if you’re suddenly made from for find 

have SCORPIO a eureka keeping moment someone’s that secret. will Whatever 

you in a do, new don’t relationship, 

surprised to realize just how many 

with lots of new clients. 

shape of the car, and an interior that had 

channel your energy in more productive 

ways, and you’ll be back on 

and help Things you make are looking that difficult good for your 

spiritual expect awareness a clear sign — and of commitment maybe 

your regular life will clear your mind 

open your mind to a new let form it slip. of 

suitors are vying for your attention. 

LEO 

SAGITTARIUS 

from 

bank account. 

LEO your partner, who’ll declare 

a real cockpit feel. It even had a digital 

track in no time. 

decision you’ve been avoiding. 

even a whole new lifestyle. 

LEO 

This week’s air will be filled with 

If you’re going to be moving in the 

his or The her time love is for right you to in start a most seriously 

Family will be your main focus all 

tension, and you’ll find yourself in 

next LEO couple of weeks, you have a 

spectacular 

considering 

manner. 

dash! Not only that, it didn’t work, and 

SAGITTARIUS 

moving forward with 

week. Your loved ones will be particularly 

demanding. electrical The idea of 

replacement make great following changes. the You abrupt may even 

started! 

You’ll a situation likely be that called will upon prompt as you a to 

lot of 

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shopping 

of your 

to 

side 

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projects 

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will require 

a real estate transaction. A closer 

it was considered a massive Be 

your 

careful 

constant 

with your 

attention 

words. 

SAGITTARIUS 

this 

look at your finances will reveal a 

moving to a new town might cross 

departure decide of to a co-worker, take a trip causing around the 

Now 

world on a whim. 

c r o s more 

s than ever, to 

w you need to o to 

with 

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surprise. 

underestimate the law of attraction 

when it comes to your ca- 

engineering failure. It your took mind. General Motors 

and Chrysler another VIRGOdecade to fail 

VIRGO 

CAPRICORN 

reach your goals much faster. 

you undue stress. Luckily your efforts 

will pay off down the line. 

think 

all 

before 

sorts 

you 

of delays. 

speak. 

On the phone, r d reer. Positive thinking will help you 

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VIRGO 

you’ll always end up in the slowest 

You’ll feel pushed around this week. 

Your commute will prove particularly 

complicated 

CAPRICORN You’ll need to face an extremely difficult 

decision this week. Take as 

will leave you with a lot of ques- 

CAPRICORN 

Someone 

line. 

will tell you a secret that 

Keep your head down, and you’ll 

at that themselves. Under the hood 

this week, 

was 

ACROSS 

and 

Public speaking has never been 20. Cowboy’s tool 

41. Degree 

60. ____ log manage to tie up all kinds of loose 

communication won’t always be at 

much time as you need to think 

tions. 

VIRGO 

You really need to clean up 

You’ll gain a good dose of selfconfidence 

Football linemen this week. You’ll find 

your forte, but this week you can 

ends. You’ll find it easier than ever to 

a carbureted 5.3L V8 engine. Backed 

1. Baby bed 

22. Painter’s work 

42. For every 

its clearest. Your no-nonsense attitude 

will leave a profound im- 

5. Nest call. Otherwise, you’ll just end up 

it comes to those with outstanding 

yourself in a situation where you’ll 

about it before you make the final 

your circle of friends, especially when 

61. 

expect applause. You have every 

Summer vacation is just around the 

communicate with others — people 

right contents to be proud of your accomplishment; 

amount don’t let your detractors’ ne- 

27. ____-limits (forbidden) planning for it now — things tend 

calls, much to your surprise. 

24. Unit of measurement corner, and 43. you’d Postage be wise item 

by a three-speed automatic, it delivered 

to start 

DOWNwill actually start returning your 

pression on your loved ones. 

changing your mind again and again. 

debts. Don’t let your generosity be 

have an opportunity to shine, and 

9. Total taken advantage 46. of. Stick out 

1. people Bottle are lidsgoing to notice. At the 

acceptable performance for the time, 

gativity rain on your parade. 

to fill up quickly this time of year. 

LIBRA 

12. General’s LIBRA helper 

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very least, you’ll be proud of your 

You’ve got lots of work to do. You’ll 

AQUARIUS And have you 51. thought Realty about parcel a camp 

2. accomplishments. 

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keeping in mind that Money is often the root of trouble. 13. Hawaiian AQUARIUS 

be discreetly party asked to contribute 32. Peeve to 

Getting 

for 

that 

your 

promotion 

kids? 53. Listen at work would 

You’ll feel inspired, and this might 

Don’t be afraid to grab the bull by 

Balancing 

a special 

work 

project 

and home 

that 

life 

may 

is 

have 

no 

3. Resting 

a 


LIBRA 55. Rock’s partner 

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imposed for domestic violence. 

Further, given the prevalence of systemic discrimination, there’s a serious risk 

that this provision will be applied disproportionately to Indigenous and other marginalized 

persons. 

In all, the bill takes some positive steps but continues the piecemeal approach 

to domestic violence by government. Criminal law alone can’t prevent domestic 

violence: it’s an after-the-fact response to violence that has already damaged, and 

sometimes ended, the lives of women and their children. And some aspects of the 

bill may be punitive to women who resist domestic violence with violence. 

So what else should be done? What women urgently need are resources, such as 

safe housing, social welfare and legal advice to escape violence and navigate the 

criminal justice system. They need the family court and child protection systems to 

‘see’ the violence and coercive control that places them at risk. And they need the 

police to respond effectively to keep violent men away from them. 

New Zealand’s Family Violence Death Review Committee has undertaken a major 

study of its “family violence systems,” of which criminal law is only one. The social 

welfare, health, child welfare, housing, education and family law systems all intersect. 

The committee has worked with representatives of these systems to develop an 

integrated family violence safety system. 

Canada could learn from New Zealand. We should consider a permanent, national, 

governmental body dedicated to reviewing each case of domestic homicide, 

capable of securing the confidential records of all agencies, negotiating with them 

on how to prevent such killings and securing an integrated domestic violence safety 

system. And it must be staffed by experts - especially front-line feminists, whose expertise 

and commitment uniquely qualifies them for leadership on violence against 

women. 

Bill C-75 is a small step forward, but stops short of tackling the crisis of intimate 

femicide and domestic violence. We can and must do better. 

-Elizabeth Sheehy is a professor of law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty 

of Law. Isabel Grant is a professor of law at the Peter A. Allard School of 

Law at the University of British Columbia. www.troymedia.com 

Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writers 

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Off to court over carbon tax 

Province challenging federal 

government’s ability to impose a 

carbon tax 

Last Wednesday, the Government of Saskatchewan 

launched a constitutional reference case in the Saskatchewan 

Court of Appeal to challenge the federal 

government’s ability to impose a carbon tax on the province. 

The Sask Party government is asking the Saskatchewan 

Court of Appeal to answer a clear question on the 

constitutionality of the legislation the Liberal federal 

government has introduced to impose the carbon tax. 

The question being put to the Courts is: “The Greenhouse 

Gas Pollution Pricing Act was introduced into 

Parliament on March 28, 2018 as Part 5 of Bill C-74. If 

enacted, will this Act be unconstitutional in whole or in 

part? 

“We do not believe the federal government has the 

constitutional right to impose a carbon tax on Saskatchewan, 

against the wishes of the government and people 

of Saskatchewan,” Premier Scott Moe said. “We have a 

made-in-Saskatchewan plan to reduce emissions and 

fight climate change, and that plan does not include a 

job-killing carbon tax on Saskatchewan families.” 

Justice Minister Don Morgan said the government’s 

constitutional lawyers believe the federal carbon tax 

legislation can be successfully challenged. 

“This runs contrary to the principle of federalism, 

which is one of the bedrocks of our constitutional division 

of powers, because it fails to respect the sovereignty 

and autonomy of the provinces with respect to 

matters under their jurisdiction,” Morgan said. “Simply 

put, we do not believe the federal government has the 

right to impose a tax on one province but not others just 

because they don’t like our climate change plan. Under 

the constitution, each level of government is sovereign 

within its own legislative realm. Provinces are not 

subsidiaries of the federal government. Provincial 

governments have the authority to set policy in areas of 

provincial jurisdiction, and the federal government does 

not have the right to override that provincial authority.” 

The Government of Saskatchewan released its own 

Climate Change Strategy in December 2017. The 

strategy includes the development of sector-specific 

output-based performance standards on large emitting 

facilities; increasing efficiencies in buildings by adopting 

the 2015 National Building Code; creating a freight 

strategy to improve delivery times, reducing fuel and 

increasing efficiency; and developing a climate resiliency 

model to help ensure communities are able to adapt 

and mitigate against the effects of climate change. 

-media release 

Getting ready for garage sale 

season takes planning 

Now that winter is behind us 

and warmer weather is finally on 

its way, we’re entering one of the 

best times of the year in Canada 

— garage sale season. After being 

cooped up through the long, cold 

winter with basements and garages 

packed with stuff, many Canadians 

are eager to do a little spring 

cleaning and make a few dollars at 

the same time by selling furniture, 

clothes and other items cluttering 

up the house that are still too good 

to go to the dump. Garage sales are 

a great way to recycle and reuse 

items by giving them a new life 

in a new home. They’re also great 

entertainment for treasure hunters 

looking to find antiques and other 

items that have been buried away 

for years in an attic or a storage 

room under the stairs.But organizing 

a garage sale isn’t as simple as 

hauling all your stuff to the end of 

the driveway. Here are some tips 

to help make your garage sale is a 

success: 

1. Advertise Early and Clearly 

Getting a buzz around your garage 

sale is important. You can’t just 

put up a sign and hope for the best, not when there are tons 

of free tools to help. Posting online, on Facebook in local buy/ 

sell groups or in local newspaper classifieds early can help 

build buzz. Find out if neighbours are having garage sales 

and try to time everything together so you can appeal to the 

biggest audience. A small amount of quick planning can get 

more people interested and out. Are you selling something 

special or large? Old appliance need to go? Let people know 

beforehand what you’re selling and they might even make the 

special trip. 

2. Be Organized and Priced Properly 

It’s one thing to lay everything out, set tables up and put 

signs on grouped items, but if they’re in a mishmash of piles, 

unorganized and forcing your customers to absent-mindedly 

flip through them, their interest will wane. Put the most 

popular stuff first in your piles, drawing attention and make 

sure the pricing is proper - price according to the goal of the 

garage sale. Is this downsizing? Do you just need to clear 

stuff out? Then you’ll be more successful pricing at points 

where people feel they’re getting a deal. If you want to make 

money, then highlight the value of the items you have for 

sale. However, a garage sale might be less appropriate. Try 

selling on-line if it’s something you think might have value 

but you don’t want anymore. 

3. If it’s broken, don’t sell it. 

You can always put a discount on something with some minor 

cosmetic or exterior damage, as long as it still works. If 

you’re not sure if it’s broken, or if that book has all its pages, 

then put that in a second pile (we’ll get to that pile in Tip 5). 

4. Don’t be afraid to get creative 

People are going to haggle. It’s a garage sale. Unless you’re 

firm about the price, be willing to see a deal when it’s in front 

of you. After all, if your goal is to get rid of stuff, then you’re 

more free to be creative with 2-for-1’s, group bargains and 

more on-the-spot deals. Would you budge on the price of a 

large TV stand, if someone offered to pick it up themselves? 

Would they be willing to pay a little more to have you deliver 

it? Expect some unexpected questions and be flexible. 

5. Know You Won’t Sell Out 

You’re not likely going to get rid of everything in your 

garage sale. Foresight like this can help. Remember that book 

that you have? That old copy of “A Tale of Two Cities” that is 

missing the pages about one of those cities can be put into 

the pile that you know you’ll have to get rid of some other 

way. A removal company can help by picking up everything 

and sorting through the garage sale leftovers, donating 

things that can be donated and used again, recycling that 

which can be recycled and more. But think ahead. Create 

those piles early so that you can be a little less surprised 

about how much is left behind. 

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Be aware 

of abusive 

behavior 

with 

children 

Is it okay to spank 

your child? When 

does spanking become 

physical abuse? What 

rights does a parent 

have? These questions 

can give rise to much 

debate. To my mind, 

however, the answer is 

simple. I have a hard 

time imagining a situation 

in which there 

would be justification 

for using physical force 

against a child. It is 

PSYCHOLOGY 

FOR LIVING 

GWEN 

RANDALL-YOUNG 

one thing to use force to restrain a child. 

If a child is running out into the street, or 

being abusive to a sibling, then, of course a 

parent should use physical intervention to 

protect a child in danger. 

This is completely different from hitting 

a child: using physical force as a punishment, 

to show displeasure, to intimidate a 

child, or to emphasize the inappropriateness 

of a behavior. If a parent hits a child, 

he or she is demonstrating aggressive behavior, 

and teaching the child that if someone 

makes you angry, it is okay to hit. It is 

also confusing to the child, because mom 

and dad are people with whom a child 

should feel safe. When a child feels afraid 

of a parent, there is no safe place. Such a 

child will develop fears, anxieties, distrust 

and may exhibit nail biting, nightmares, 

bed-wetting, or school difficulties. 

Many parents raise children without the 

use of physical force: it is entirely possible 

to do this, even with difficult children. If, 

as a parent, you have fallen into the habit 

of resorting to physical force with your 

child, I urge you to investigate non-violent 

child management methods. Check out the 

library, bookstores, or the internet. If you 

have difficulty changing old patterns, enlist 

the aid of a counselor or psychologist. 

You are not alone, and you will be respected 

for your efforts. 

-Gwen Randall‐Young is an author and 

award‐winning Psychotherapist. 

To obtain books, cds or MP3’s, visit www.gwen.ca

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