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2 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY!<br />
The Town of Nokomis is currently accepting applications for<br />
a casual position of Foreman Assistant. This position offers<br />
competitive wages and training opportunities.<br />
Applicants must possess a valid driver’s license and a willingness to<br />
learn. Must be able to work independently and follow directions.<br />
Duties would include: Grass cutting with mower, snow removal,<br />
tree trimming, whipper snipping and helping the foreman in<br />
general.<br />
Applications will be received until a suitable candidate is hired.<br />
Don’t delay in getting your resume in!<br />
For more detailed information on this posting please contact<br />
the Town of Nokomis. Resumes along with references can be<br />
submitted to:<br />
Town of Nokomis<br />
Box 189, Nokomis, SK. S0G 3R0<br />
306-528-2010 | Fax 306-528-2024<br />
townofnokomis@sasktel.net<br />
or delivered to the Town Office at 101 3rd Avenue West Nokomis<br />
LTE: How do we crack<br />
Putin’s hold?<br />
-FROM GREG RIEMER - RETIRED, Lumsden, SK, Canada<br />
Dear Editor,<br />
22124DA0<br />
On a trip to SE Asia several years ago,<br />
in a small restaurant in Pu Quoc with<br />
Vietnamese, English and Russian<br />
menus, we met a young Russian couple<br />
who spoke very good English. We<br />
chatted before, during and after a real<br />
Vietnamese supper. They were keen to<br />
know about where we were from, how<br />
we lived, and what we did for a living.<br />
All the usual subjects that come up<br />
around the table when conversations<br />
are started. I asked them about Russian<br />
politics, and the young man kind of<br />
rolled his eyes and said, “It’s not really<br />
politics in Russia. It is one way or the<br />
road.” “We tolerate it plain and simple<br />
because life is better now than before.”<br />
“Putin is harmless!” he said; little did<br />
he know. “He is living off the prosperity<br />
that has resulted from the demise of the<br />
Socialist state.” I asked, “But how is that<br />
better for you?” His response was short<br />
and simple, “NOW WE CAN TRAVEL!”<br />
It was a statement that I had all but<br />
forgotten until recently.<br />
Putin has complete control over his media,<br />
and his citizens have blinders on.<br />
If the free world wants to crack Putin’s<br />
hold over his media and his people,<br />
their ability to travel freely is where we,<br />
as free nations, can hit him. I suggest<br />
that Canada and other like-minded<br />
countries create a commercial NO-FLY<br />
ZONE over Russia. Not a military No<br />
Fly Zone a Commercial No Fly Zone.<br />
Lots of Countries around the world<br />
are supporting Putin by allowing their<br />
airlines to fly into Russia or receive<br />
flights from Russian air. Putin’s slaves<br />
think everything is normal. Here is<br />
how it could work, if an airline flies into<br />
Russia, we don’t allow them to fly into<br />
Canada. If a country accepts flights<br />
from Russia, we don’t allow our airlines<br />
to fly into that country. If Canada and<br />
our partner nations in the fight to help<br />
Ukraine join and implement such a policy,<br />
it won’t take long for the countries<br />
that are flying into and out of Russia to<br />
figure out where the money is. No more<br />
sitting on the fence and benefitting<br />
from Russian business and tourism at<br />
the expense of the freedom of Ukraine.<br />
You are with us and Ukraine or against<br />
us.<br />
GREG RIEMER, Retired, Lumsden,<br />
Saskatchewan, Canada<br />
- Idea’s and opinions expressed<br />
here are those of the author<br />
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Horizon’s September 30<br />
Student Enrolment Increased<br />
For Second Consecutive Year<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 13, <strong>2022</strong> - Humboldt, SK – Horizon School Division<br />
has 6,527 students enrolled in PreKindergarten to Grade 12 as of<br />
Sept. 30, <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
This includes 140 home-school students<br />
and two distance education<br />
students not otherwise enrolled in a<br />
Horizon school.<br />
“We are pleased to share that we have<br />
increased enrolment again this year, with<br />
154 more students in Horizon compared<br />
to the fall of 2021,” said Kevin C. Garinger,<br />
Director of Education.<br />
“After the discontinuation of our Learning<br />
From Home program that we offered<br />
during the COVID-<strong>19</strong> pandemic, we are<br />
pleased to welcome those students back to our<br />
school buildings this year.” During the 2021-<br />
22 school year, Learning From Home student<br />
numbers were reflected in the Distance<br />
Learning Centre enrolment (Grades 9 – 12)<br />
and the Learning From Home enrolment<br />
(Grades K – 8).<br />
Horizon schools with an increased enrolment<br />
of 10 per cent or more include Archerwill,<br />
Humboldt Public, Imperial, Lake Lenore,<br />
Lanigan Elementary, Nokomis, Punnichy<br />
Elementary Community, Quill Lake, Three<br />
Lakes, Viscount Central, and Watson schools.<br />
Enrolments, as of September 30, <strong>2022</strong>, have<br />
been reported to the Ministry of Education as<br />
follows:<br />
• Drake School - 53<br />
• Nokomis School - 65<br />
• Raymore School - 222<br />
• William Derby School - 259<br />
• Annaheim School - 85<br />
• Archerwill School - 77<br />
• Bruno School - 146<br />
• Bulyea Elementary - 67<br />
• Cudworth School - 139<br />
• Englefeld School - 88<br />
• Foam Lake Composite High - 120<br />
• Foam Lake Elementary - 148<br />
• George Gordon Education - 202<br />
• Humboldt Collegiate - 384<br />
• Humboldt Public School - 344<br />
• Imperial School - 114<br />
• Ituna School - 211<br />
• Kelvington High School - 110<br />
• Lake Lenore School - 91<br />
• Lakeside Colony School - 21<br />
• Lanigan Central High School - 135<br />
• Lanigan Elementary School - 256<br />
• Leroy School - 113<br />
• Muenster School - 158<br />
• New Horizon Hutterian - 8<br />
• Punnichy Elementary - 92<br />
• Punnichy High School - 150<br />
• Quill Lake School - 154<br />
• Robert Melrose Elementary - 107<br />
• Rose Valley School - 110<br />
• Sask Central Hutterian - 5<br />
• Schell School - 82<br />
• St. Brieux School - 247<br />
• Three Lakes School - 61<br />
• Viscount Central School - 126<br />
• Wadena Composite School - 146<br />
• Wadena Elementary - 183<br />
• Wakaw School - 317<br />
• Watrous Elementary - 236<br />
• Watrous Winston High - <strong>19</strong>0<br />
• Watson School - 140<br />
• Wynyard Composite High - 186<br />
• Wynyard Elementary - 237<br />
• Horizon Distance Learning - 2<br />
• Horizon Home School - 140<br />
Horizon School Division’s Board of Education<br />
consists of 14 publicly-elected trustees<br />
representing as many subdivisions. Horizon<br />
operates 43 schools in communities across<br />
east-central Saskatchewan, supporting staff<br />
and students in their mission to reach foundational<br />
Literacy & Numeracy, Safe & Caring,<br />
and Graduation Rates goals.<br />
Holiday message<br />
from Govan<br />
With the holiday season upon us, may you all have the opportunity to<br />
gather with your loved ones sharing memories of holidays past...<br />
...create special moments in the present, and<br />
prepare for the coming year with strength and<br />
determination to face whatever the future has in<br />
store for us.<br />
As a community, we persevered through the last<br />
three years of “unknowns,” and I am confident<br />
that we can continue to thrive and build upon the<br />
lessons we have all learned.<br />
This season, let us all share thanks for<br />
all the blessings we have been given and<br />
provide support in whatever way we can<br />
for those who are less fortunate.<br />
I would like to recognize the people of<br />
Govan who have selflessly volunteered<br />
their time and resources this past year.<br />
To the Town staff and fellow elected<br />
officials, I thank you for your dedication<br />
and commitment to working together<br />
with our community to make positive<br />
and lasting contributions to the future<br />
of Govan.<br />
On behalf of the Town of Govan, I wish only<br />
the best for you and your families. May the spirit<br />
of Christmas be with you and your loved ones<br />
throughout the holidays, and may the New Year<br />
bring many blessings.<br />
From:<br />
Nokomis<br />
Hotel<br />
Tan & Yang & Staff<br />
Closed: <strong>Dec</strong> 25 & 26<br />
-MAYOR, Nettie Pearce<br />
It may be cold outside, but our hearts are warmed by<br />
thoughts of the many good people we’ve had the<br />
privilege to meet and serve.<br />
Merry Christmas and sincere thanks to all of you.<br />
Melron Service Ltd.<br />
Ron and Staff<br />
306-946-2256 Watrous
4 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Strasbourg’s Christmas on<br />
Main Street<br />
The horse-drawn rides were the star of the show<br />
Happy holidays!<br />
From Carrie & George Flotre<br />
and family<br />
306-725-8292<br />
gjflotre@gmail.com<br />
-BY JENNIFER ARGUE, Local<br />
Journalism Initiative reporter<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 15th, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Because of the frigid weather, the event was<br />
moved to the next day. The change didn’t affect<br />
turnout to the popular event as businesses<br />
were open for late-night shopping and a visit from<br />
Santa himself.<br />
The Last Mountain Valley Business Association (LM-<br />
VBA) puts on the yearly event. Carol Schultz is with<br />
the LMVBA. “It was very good. The horse and wagon<br />
rides were a hit and probably the biggest turnout of<br />
kids we’ve had. Everybody wanted a ride.”<br />
The event was a first for employee Taylor Merkel of<br />
Long Lake Insurance. “It was very Christmas-y.” The<br />
business was open until 8, with 67 people coming<br />
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Seasons Greetings from<br />
Town of Govan &<br />
RM of Last Mountain<br />
Valley No. 250<br />
Holiday Hours:<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>. 26th – CLOSED<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>. 27th – CLOSED<br />
Jan. 2nd – CLOSED<br />
Regular office hours<br />
resume January 3rd<br />
306.484.2011<br />
In the spirit of the<br />
season we offer you<br />
our sincere best<br />
wishes and deepest<br />
gratitude.<br />
Have a joyous Noel!<br />
Village<br />
of Duval<br />
WISHING YOU A<br />
Happy and Joyful<br />
Holiday Season<br />
FROM ALL OF US AT<br />
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HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS<br />
HUMBOLDT: Closed <strong>Dec</strong>ember 23 to January 2<br />
PUNNICHY: Closed <strong>Dec</strong>ember 23 to January 2<br />
WATROUS: Closed <strong>Dec</strong>ember 15 to January 2<br />
WYNYARD: Closed <strong>Dec</strong>ember 23 to January 2<br />
‘TIS<br />
THE<br />
SEASON<br />
TO BE JOLLY<br />
WISHING YOU A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON<br />
FROM<br />
EVERYONE AT<br />
ACTON’S PLUMBING & HEATING LTD.<br />
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
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RCMP Homicide report <strong>2022</strong><br />
Last month Statistics Canada released new homicide<br />
data which has prompted more interest in RCMP<br />
reports. The RCMP reminds us that they have been<br />
releasing these data monthly since this past May. <strong>2022</strong><br />
Here is the latest report up to <strong>Dec</strong>ember 9th <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
Total number of homicide victims:<br />
• 2015: 26 – 17 male, 9 female<br />
• 2016: 35 – 27 male, 8 female<br />
• 2017: 23 – 15 male, 8 female<br />
• 2018: 22 – 14 male, 8 female<br />
• 20<strong>19</strong>: 20 - 14 male, 6 female<br />
• 2020: 31 – 26 male, 5 female<br />
• 2021: 34 – 26 male, 8 female<br />
• <strong>2022</strong> (Jan-<strong>Dec</strong> 9): 39 – 30 male, 9<br />
female<br />
Total number of homicide files:<br />
• 2015: 23<br />
• 2016: 32<br />
• 2017: 23<br />
• 2018: 22<br />
• 20<strong>19</strong>: 20<br />
• 2020: 30<br />
• 2021: 30<br />
• <strong>2022</strong> (Jan-<strong>Dec</strong> 9): 29<br />
“The statistics tell us that while the<br />
number of homicides that occurred<br />
in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction<br />
dropped in 2017 to 20<strong>19</strong>, they increased<br />
again in 2020-2021. In <strong>2022</strong>, we’ve continued<br />
to see an increase in the number<br />
of homicides. The 11 homicides as the<br />
result of the September mass casualty<br />
have certainly added to those increased<br />
numbers. With under a month remaining<br />
in <strong>2022</strong>, we have already surpassed<br />
the number of homicide victims yearover-year<br />
in Saskatchewan RCMP<br />
jurisdiction,” Superintendent Josh<br />
Graham, Officer in Charge of Saskatchewan<br />
RCMP Major Crimes says, “In<br />
terms of trends we are seeing, I can say<br />
we’ve seen an increase in gang-related<br />
or-involved homicides - homicides<br />
that are often complex in nature, have<br />
multiple suspects and are difficult to<br />
investigate. Our Major Crimes investigators<br />
do an outstanding job in balancing<br />
our response to newly reported<br />
and continuing homicide investigations<br />
and preparing them for prosecution in<br />
court; however, the increasing number<br />
of homicides has not been met with<br />
an additional number of investigative<br />
resources. These past three years have<br />
been challenging for our Major Crimes<br />
teams, but it is due to their professionalism,<br />
dedication and extensive<br />
experience that they have continued to<br />
investigate homicides until charges are<br />
laid or all investigative avenues have<br />
been exhausted.”<br />
• Several times within the past two<br />
years an increased number of separate<br />
homicides occurred within a short period<br />
in Saskatchewan RCMP jurisdiction.<br />
Here are several examples:<br />
• There were 5 victims in 4 separate homicide<br />
investigations in the seven-day<br />
time period of August 30-September<br />
5, 2021.<br />
• There were 5 victims in 4 separate<br />
homicide investigations in the six-day<br />
time period of November 25-30, 2021.<br />
On this day in history<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>19</strong><br />
<strong>19</strong>32 – BBC World<br />
Service begins<br />
broadcasting as the BBC<br />
Empire Service.<br />
Nokomis Anglican Church<br />
Service Times: 11:00 in Nokomis<br />
with Rev. Deacon Jack Robson - unless otherwise stated<br />
No Service on the<br />
Last Sunday of each<br />
Month!<br />
COME and WORSHIP with US<br />
St. Andrew’s United Church<br />
115 King St., Lumsden, SK<br />
Worship and Children’s Time<br />
10:00am Sunday mornings<br />
Office: 306-731-2633<br />
st.andrewslumsden@sasktel.net<br />
Everyone is welcome!<br />
Contemporary Christian Worship<br />
Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at<br />
10 Short Street Lumsden<br />
Children’s Ministry Provided<br />
Pastor: Darcy Nafe<br />
Ph: 306-731-2301<br />
rockofthevalleychurch.com<br />
• In <strong>Dec</strong>ember 2021 there were 6 victims<br />
in 5 separate homicide investigations.<br />
• 11 people died as a result of the tragedy<br />
on James Smith Cree Nation and in<br />
Weldon in September <strong>2022</strong>.<br />
• There were 6 separate homicides in<br />
November <strong>2022</strong>:<br />
• Melville, <strong>2022</strong>-11-02<br />
• Waterhen Lake First Nation (Meadow<br />
Lake) <strong>2022</strong>-11-12<br />
• Weyakwin (Waskesiu) <strong>2022</strong>-11-15<br />
• Hatchet Lake FN (Wollaston Lake)<br />
<strong>2022</strong>-11-16<br />
• Keeseekoose FN (Kamsack) <strong>2022</strong>-11-<br />
<strong>19</strong><br />
• One Arrow FN (Wakaw) <strong>2022</strong>-11-29<br />
-SASK. RCMP
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MINISTERIAL MESSAGES<br />
Good News and News<br />
Season’s Greetings<br />
I remember a college professor who would<br />
sometimes start our class with this phrase: “I<br />
have good news and I have news.” Of course,<br />
we understand the good news part, usually<br />
something to do with us getting a break on an<br />
assignment or some such thing. But the ‘news’<br />
part was always bad; he just didn’t use the<br />
word ‘bad’ to introduce it.<br />
We live in a world filled with ‘news’: 2 years<br />
of Covid, a war in Ukraine that is affecting the<br />
entire globe, and growing uncertainty about<br />
many things that we had gotten used to. Yes,<br />
we have lots of ‘news’.<br />
I don’t know if you acknowledge that there<br />
is a God, or that Jesus was sent from Him in<br />
order to help a lost and broken world, but I<br />
How merry is your<br />
Christmas?<br />
More so than last year, I hope. It feels more<br />
normal to me but the flu is here and other<br />
illnesses too so it still feels strange. Pandemic<br />
Christmas stress has made the last two years<br />
feel weird. We are planning limited travel<br />
and some small gatherings finally and that<br />
feels good. But we are still in Saskatchewan<br />
so anything can happen. Thankfully we don’t<br />
have a murderous paranoid Herod on our tail<br />
like the Holy Family in Luke’s gospel! We still<br />
need to be careful out there.<br />
If you are traveling, don’t forget your cell<br />
phone and your shovel. Be yourselves and<br />
welcome the stranger who comes to your door<br />
in need. Make room in the inn. Offer what<br />
you can to each other. Reach out in love and<br />
Look Past<br />
do. . .and I really need Him. I need Him to tell<br />
me that there is more to life than what I see<br />
around me or that I see in the ‘news’. I need<br />
Him to show me that there is a path to peace<br />
and joy that can make all the difference in my<br />
life. He is real and His hope is real too.<br />
A messenger from God spoke this many<br />
years ago: “Do not be afraid. I bring you<br />
good news that will cause great joy for all the<br />
people.” (Luke 2:10) Jesus Christ is this news<br />
and He is offering you exactly the help and<br />
hope that you need. All you need to do is ask<br />
Him. . .<br />
May you live in the good news in this coming<br />
year.<br />
BRIAN TYSDAL, Deeper Life Ministries<br />
compassion. We know we need each other<br />
because our weather can kill the unwary. We<br />
contribute and we care because we know we<br />
need each other. That is who we still are. We<br />
do not stand alone; we stand only together.<br />
Keep the spirit of giving and care alive. Don’t<br />
let the message of greed dominate.<br />
As ever, The Christ comes in the night;<br />
small, weak and vulnerable. But that is the<br />
surface. Beneath appearances, the universe<br />
shifts on its axis at the arrival of the Christ<br />
child. We are not the same. Immanuel, God is<br />
with us! Merry Christmas.<br />
CARLTON LARSEN, Pastor at<br />
Strasbourg and Bulyea<br />
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This is the Season of Christmas trees, tinsel,<br />
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Christmas specials, parties. What is the<br />
meaning of this? What is Christmas all about?<br />
How relevant are the trappings of Christmas<br />
that surround us? I ask you to LOOK PAST...<br />
LOOK PAST, the eight reindeer, Dasher<br />
Dancer, Prancer Vixen, Comet Cupid, Donner<br />
and Blitzen, who are the creations of either<br />
Clement Clarke or Henry Livingston of 1823.<br />
No remote connection to Jesus’ birth.<br />
LOOK PAST...Rudolph the Red-Nosed<br />
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No connection to Jesus’ Birth.<br />
LOOK PAST...Santa Claus, Father Christmas,<br />
Kris Kringle, only legends of kindly men<br />
who give out countless gifts at Christmastime.<br />
No connection to Jesus’ birth.<br />
LOOK PAST. The commercialization and<br />
lure of unwise overspending of the Christmas<br />
rush and gratification. The Wise Men brought<br />
only three gifts. There was no shopping in<br />
Bethlehem on the 1st Christmas.<br />
LOOK PAST...The snowmen, reindeer,<br />
penguins and other figures illuminated on<br />
lawns and in windows. This is not the real<br />
Christmas.<br />
DO NOT LOOK PAST...The angels on the<br />
trees or lawns that represent the Heavenly<br />
Choirs that announced Jesus’ birth on the<br />
Bethlehem hillside. Enjoy the Christmas<br />
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lights that represent the dazzling heavenly<br />
light of that night. Enjoy every manger scene<br />
that represents our first Christmas. Enjoy<br />
every Christmas Carol and Christmas card<br />
that remind us of the Blessed birth. Jesus will<br />
bless every family gathering, and the precious<br />
loving gifts exchanged, but we must remember<br />
why we gather and give gifts. God is love. We<br />
must remember that Christmas is a lifeline<br />
for many businesses, but without Jesus’ birth,<br />
there would be NO CHRISTMAS. Look past<br />
the modern commercialization and look only<br />
at your Savior Jesus, this Christmas and always.<br />
CHRIST IS CHRISTMAS.<br />
JACK ROBSON, Deacon, Last<br />
Mountain Anglican Parish<br />
The Symbols of Christmas<br />
May these symbols bring us the real meaning<br />
of Christmas that seems to be forgotten.<br />
The pure green colour of the stately fir tree<br />
remains green all year round, depicting the<br />
everlasting hope for humankind. All the needles<br />
point Heavenward, making it a symbol of<br />
human thoughts turning toward Heaven. The<br />
star was the Heavenly sign over the manger<br />
of promises long ago. God promised a Saviour<br />
for the world, and the star was the sign of<br />
the fulfillment of God’s promise. The candle<br />
symbolizes that Christ is the light of the<br />
world, and when we see this great light, we are<br />
reminded of He who displaces the darkness.<br />
The wreath symbolizes the real nature of love<br />
Christ showed for us. Real love never ceases.<br />
Love is one continuous round of affection. The<br />
holly plant represents immortality. It represents<br />
the crown of thorns worn by our Saviour.<br />
The red berries represent the blood that<br />
He shed for us. The Gift given was that God<br />
so loved the world that God gave God’s only<br />
Son so that everyone who believes in him shall<br />
have everlasting life. (John 3:16) The wise men<br />
presented Jesus with gifts of gold, frankincense<br />
and myrrh. The candy cane represents<br />
the shepherd’s crook. The crook on the staff<br />
helps to bring strayed sheep back to the flock.<br />
We are our sister and brother’s keeper. It was<br />
the angels that heralded the glorious news of<br />
the Saviour’s birth. The angels sang “Glory to<br />
God in the highest and on earth peace to people<br />
of goodwill. May the peace of Christmas be<br />
with you in the coming year. God’s Blessings<br />
SUBMITTED BY MARY ANNE<br />
GRAND,layperson, Raymore United Church<br />
The start of great things<br />
This Christmas Season, may it enchant you<br />
with feelings of mystery, hope, and wonder.<br />
I wish you peace, love, goodwill, and all the<br />
other blessings of Christmas. As the story of<br />
Jesus teaches us, Christ is the reason for the<br />
season. In our busyness, let us S-L-O-W down<br />
and remember Christmas can be the start of<br />
great things. The promise of the Christ child is<br />
that our God will come again.<br />
I hope there are many great things and<br />
blessings in store for us in the coming years.<br />
God Bless you all.<br />
MURRAY PATZWALD, Quad Parish<br />
(Authorize Lay Minister)<br />
GOVAN, Duval, Quinton and Raymore<br />
Preparing for Christmas<br />
Greetings<br />
of the<br />
Season<br />
How prepared am I? Christmas is coming.<br />
We are celebrating the coming of Jesus. When<br />
someone is coming, we generally prepare for<br />
their coming. We prepare food. We prepare<br />
for overnight stays. We prepare activities. We<br />
certainly do some cleaning and tidying.<br />
Commercialism has certainly prepared a<br />
plan to make sales. Many people have started<br />
preparing for Christmas with decorations,<br />
Christmas lights, shopping for gifts and so<br />
on. These are all external things. How are we<br />
preparing internally, our heart, our mind, our<br />
soul? After all Christmas is about the coming<br />
of Christ, our saviour and redeemer. How are<br />
we preparing for him in our lives? The time<br />
before Christmas is a time to prepare for the<br />
coming of Jesus. How might we prepare our<br />
heart and soul at this time for his coming?<br />
Just as you prepare for a guest coming, you<br />
might prepare food for the soul by doing some<br />
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Merry<br />
Christmas !<br />
From the Council and Staff at the<br />
R.M. of Lumsden<br />
‘Tis covered with snow,<br />
O’er hills and below,<br />
Just in time for the big day.<br />
And hearts are aglow,<br />
Because they all know,<br />
St. Nick’s on his merry way!<br />
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Regular office hours resume Jan. 9th.<br />
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School Holiday art<br />
We didn’t receive any Christmas or Holiday art or letters<br />
before publishing this <strong>issue</strong>. If we recieve any before our next<br />
<strong>issue</strong> in January, we’ll print it there.<br />
Happy Holidays!<br />
R.M. OF MOUNT HOPE NO. 279<br />
RFQ – SUPPLY WEED<br />
MANAGEMENT SERVICES<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
The Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279 (RM 279) will<br />
be accepting quotations for weed management services until<br />
4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, at the office of the<br />
municipality, 1<strong>19</strong> Main Street, Semans, Saskatchewan. Suppliers<br />
shall provide their quotation and supporting documents on or<br />
before the time and date noted.<br />
BASIC SPECIFICATIONS FOR WEED<br />
MANAGEMENT SERVICES<br />
• Vegetation Assessment<br />
• Weed Inspection<br />
• Management Planning<br />
• Pesticide Application<br />
° Costs<br />
° Types of Chemicals Used<br />
° Options to use approved chemicals to ensure rebates can be applied<br />
for at the end of the season<br />
° Scope of inspection and pesticide application abilities (public vs.<br />
private land) – does your company have the ability to inspect and<br />
spray private lands?<br />
• Weed Mapping<br />
• Costs of Employee(s) completing inspections and spraying (hourly)<br />
• Any additional fees that may be charged<br />
• Start and end date for inspection/spraying<br />
CONDITIONS AND WAIVERS OF THIS RFQ<br />
This RFQ is subject to the following conditions and waivers:<br />
• RM 279 shall examine the quotations, options, and the pricing<br />
submitted pursuant to the terms of this RFQ under the strict<br />
assumption that the submissions are the “best and final” quotations,<br />
options, and pricing. Further requests for quotations, options and pricing<br />
requested from beyond the original submitted by suppliers would<br />
only be made by RM 279 for reasons of clarification or as a request for<br />
options or pricing not submitted by suppliers.<br />
• RM 279 reserves the right to base award of tender on additional factors<br />
such as schedule, work force, application methods, availability, and not<br />
award to the lowest bidder.<br />
CONTACT INFORMATION<br />
Primary contact for information or clarification:<br />
• Administrator, Ashley Greenshields – 306-524-2055<br />
QUOTATION INFORMATION<br />
Quotations shall be received on or before 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday,<br />
January 4th, 2023, to the RM 279 municipal office, address and<br />
contact information noted below:<br />
• Rural Municipality of Mount Hope No. 279,<br />
Box <strong>19</strong>0, Semans, Sk., S0A 3S0<br />
• Phone 306-524-2055, Fax 306-524-4526,<br />
e-mail: rm279@sasktel.net<br />
Village of Semans<br />
NOTICE OF CALL FOR<br />
NOMINATIONS<br />
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of Candidates<br />
for the Office of:<br />
Councillor: Village of Semans<br />
Will be received by the undersigned at the Village of Semans office<br />
January 24th to February 8th, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.<br />
Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location:<br />
-<strong>LMT</strong> STAFF<br />
Village of Semans Office – 115 Main Street, Semans, SK<br />
Dated this 8th day of February 2023<br />
–Teresa Marshall, Returning Officer<br />
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spiritual/biblical reading. You might look<br />
inward at the dark areas in your life and ask<br />
forgiveness, all the while working on reconciliation.<br />
This is like doing some internal<br />
cleaning and tidying. You might take time<br />
to be in silence. Silence quiets your heart to<br />
create a restful place for the Lord, Jesus. This<br />
is like prepare a guest room for someone to<br />
stay over. Another thing you might do is to get<br />
involved in helping societies marginalized.<br />
Give to the food bank. Give supplies for the<br />
homeless. Visit those who are sick or alone.<br />
Help a refugee. Do a good deed every day.<br />
Why? Matthew 25:40 says ‘ Truly I tell you,<br />
just as you did it to one of the least of these<br />
who are members of my family, you did it to<br />
me”(NRSV). This is like being prepared to<br />
participate in activities with our guest. And,<br />
of course, prayer for wisdom and guidance to<br />
help you prepare properly for Jesus’ coming.<br />
I am sure you can think of many other ways<br />
to prepare internally. Let’s not get totally<br />
caught up in external preparation and forget<br />
to prepare internally.<br />
Wishing everyone a Merry and Joyous<br />
Christmas.<br />
DEACON NORBERT GAUDET,<br />
RC church Raymore<br />
Accessing Christmas Hope<br />
in <strong>2022</strong><br />
In this Advent Season, friends and people<br />
the world over are worried; anxious to hear a<br />
report of good news.<br />
With Russia’s wholly unjustified aggressive<br />
war in Ukraine killing thousands and creating<br />
millions of new refugees, with increasing<br />
natural disasters taking lives and destroying<br />
property, and with a persistent pandemic<br />
lingering, one could be forgiven for fearing a<br />
bleak future.<br />
But there is Good News to share! Evil can be<br />
undone. The message of hope for peace with<br />
justice is grounded in God’s love and intervention<br />
in the form of a blessed child and saviour<br />
to come.<br />
The Prophet Micah puts it succinctly: But<br />
you, O Bethlehem of Ephrathah, who are one<br />
Come Together for<br />
Christmas<br />
Christmas is a time of gathering and fellowship<br />
that runs contrary to our age. The social<br />
media age is about people living lives of quiet<br />
separation. We think of all the loud posting<br />
and proclamation, yet most of it is done in<br />
conformity to some perceived ideal. What<br />
makes us unique and different from the crowd<br />
is often lost because we dare not post it. This<br />
is driven further by politicians who desire<br />
to separate people rather than pull people<br />
together. Our common foundations, which<br />
make up our culture, are being destroyed.<br />
Christmas used to be one such foundation.<br />
The reminder that God sent His Son into the<br />
world. Jesus, whose birth is what we celebrate.<br />
His birth is interesting since we see<br />
a coming together of different people. Jesus<br />
The Christmas Gift<br />
Merry Christmas!... Right? Does Christmas<br />
still hold the same merriment that it did over<br />
2000 years ago on that first Christmas night?<br />
Some would likely agree, but many would<br />
likely disagree.<br />
Christmas, apart from Christ, can mean a<br />
lot of things to a lot of people. Hurriedness.<br />
Expectations. Gatherings. Enjoying food.<br />
Avoiding food. Enjoying family. Avoiding family.<br />
Excitement. Grief. Gifts. Some embrace it<br />
in a month-long (or longer) marathon of cookies,<br />
music, movies, parties and more. Some do<br />
the bare minimum to avoid being labelled a<br />
Scrooge or Grinch.<br />
Whatever thoughts or feelings come with<br />
the season, apart from the Christ of Christmas,<br />
I just get bogged down and overwhelmed.<br />
I often have to remind myself in<br />
this season that the reason we do this is that<br />
Christmas points to Christ, and Christ leads<br />
of the little clans of Judah, from you shall<br />
come forth for me one who is to rule in Israel,<br />
whose origin is from of old, from ancient<br />
days. And the people shall live secure, for now<br />
he shall be great to the ends of the earth; 5and<br />
he shall be the one of peace. (Matthew 2:1–12)<br />
It is on this promise fulfilled in the form of a<br />
Holy Child, born in a stable and named Jesus,<br />
our hope depends. And by placing our trust<br />
in him, all peoples of goodwill are invited to<br />
participate in transforming the earth.<br />
God’s blessing on you and all your loved<br />
ones in this challenging year. And as the<br />
angels said: “Be not afraid for unto us a Child<br />
is born!”<br />
REV. RAY PURDIE, St. Andrew’s<br />
United Church, Imperial Sk.<br />
had a meagre birth being laid in a manger,<br />
yet received gifts from the magi fit for a king.<br />
He stayed with His family, yet the gifts were<br />
given by strangers from another country. This<br />
reinforces Jesus, who came for all of us, that<br />
we might know God.<br />
Christmas has a focus on Jesus coming into<br />
this world, but it often overlooks that He will<br />
return. What we see in Revelation 7:9 are<br />
people coming together in faith. An enormous<br />
gathering from every tribe, language, nation,<br />
and people; all the basic divisions gathered<br />
together in unity around Jesus. Christmas<br />
should be a time for unity, a time to come together<br />
regardless of differences. People living<br />
lives of joyful community.<br />
REV. RICK SHOTT, Nokomis Baptist Church<br />
to Easter, and Easter is what my faith hinges<br />
on – a loving God, giving Himself because He<br />
loves me. And He loves you.<br />
Just as Christmas now points to Christ, over<br />
2000 years ago, a star pointed to Christ as a<br />
baby. That star guided people who were looking<br />
for something – ultimately, the baby that<br />
would offer freedom to the world. It wasn’t the<br />
freedom that the people of that time expected<br />
or hoped for. It was a freedom that disappointed<br />
some because it wasn’t instant. It was<br />
overwhelming for others because it didn’t<br />
make sense right away. It was followed by<br />
expectations, hurriedness, gatherings, mess,<br />
love, excitement, grief and, at the very end,<br />
the greatest gift one human could ever give<br />
another – the gift of freedom for those who<br />
will just reach out and accept it.<br />
TIM FALK
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through their doors. They<br />
served hot chocolate and<br />
cookies to the smiling faces<br />
as they took time to visit<br />
and warm up. “It was nice<br />
to see everybody and everybody’s<br />
smiling faces.”<br />
Mayor Kelvin Schapansky<br />
said the event was a success<br />
with the tree lighting, a<br />
bonfire and, of course,<br />
the horses, “the kids just<br />
thrived on that. It was<br />
the highlight of the whole<br />
evening.” He remarked<br />
on the participation of<br />
the community as they<br />
decorate for the season,<br />
“We appreciate everything<br />
everyone does.” The Mayor<br />
gave an address to thank<br />
people for shopping locally.<br />
“Because if they don’t, you<br />
lose your local businesses<br />
and your town is gone. I<br />
just really encourage people<br />
to do that, and people are<br />
really good. There was a lot<br />
of poeple going through the<br />
different stores, and different<br />
sales were happening<br />
at different stores. And the<br />
businesses really went all out to attract people<br />
to come in.”<br />
The LMVBA gave out 80 cookie packages and<br />
gingerbread houses and made a draw for ten<br />
separate $25 “business bucks.” Schultz said the<br />
event began years ago to thank people for shopping<br />
locally, and businesses have jumped on<br />
board the event, with each business participating<br />
in different ways. One of the popular events<br />
was a Christmas sale sponsored by the Museum.<br />
Donated items are available for children<br />
to do some Christmas shopping of their own.<br />
The Museum also wraps the items. “It’s huge,<br />
it’s wonderful… Everybody comes together it’s a<br />
great Christmas event.”<br />
22124AA4<br />
Holiday Messages from RM<br />
Last Mountain Valley 250<br />
The holidays are a wonderful time for loved ones to gather and reflect<br />
on the year gone by,<br />
a time to celebrate the coming year<br />
with hope and enthusiasm, give us an<br />
opportunity to cherish and be thankful<br />
for what we have, and support those<br />
who are less fortunate.<br />
This season, let us all reach out a little<br />
further to those around us. Let us thank<br />
the veterans and the volunteers for their<br />
service, the elderly for their examples,<br />
the children who are our future, and<br />
friends and neighbours for making our<br />
community a place we all love to call<br />
home.<br />
I am thankful to our RM staff and<br />
elected officials, all of whom are committed<br />
to working together with the<br />
community to make a positive and lasting<br />
contribution to our future. Together<br />
we can and will make a difference.<br />
On behalf of the RM of Last Mountain<br />
Valley No. 250, I extend my warmest regards<br />
and best wishes to everyone. May<br />
the spirit of this wonderful season be<br />
with you and your loved ones throughout<br />
the holidays, and may the New Year be filled with blessings and abundance for all.<br />
REEVE, Allan Magel<br />
Merry Christmas!<br />
wishing our ratepayers a safe and happy<br />
holiday season on behalf of the<br />
Reeve, Council, & Staff<br />
of<br />
R.M. of Mount Hope No. 279<br />
Season’s Greetings from the<br />
Horizon School Division<br />
Board of Education & staff!<br />
www.horizonsd.ca facebook.com/HorizonSD @horizonsd205
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3 Christmas craft ideas<br />
Are you in the mood for crafting? Here are a few<br />
ideas to help you decorate your home for Christmas.<br />
1. STRING TREE<br />
Cut a triangle out of cardboard and wrap a<br />
string around it until it’s completely covered.<br />
Make sure to glue the string at the beginning<br />
and end to keep it from unrolling. <strong>Dec</strong>orate<br />
your tree with pompoms, sequins or tiny multicoloured<br />
beads to give it a festive look.<br />
3. WINTER LANDSCAPE<br />
Glue a large black circle in the middle of a coloured<br />
piece of cardboard. Glue a white halfmoon<br />
on top to hide the bottom of the circle.<br />
Hol iday quiz:<br />
can you find the<br />
one that<br />
doesn't belong?<br />
Do you love the holiday season? Test your<br />
knowledge about Christmas by correctly<br />
identifying the answer that doesn’t belong.<br />
Good luck!<br />
1. Which of these words<br />
doesn’t mean “ornament”?<br />
A. Goggle<br />
B. Bauble<br />
C. <strong>Dec</strong>oration<br />
2. Which of the following plants<br />
isn’t associated with Christmas?<br />
A. Poinsettia<br />
B. Holly<br />
C. Lilac<br />
2. PAPER SANTA<br />
Paint almost half the surface of a white paper<br />
plate red. Draw the red paint down one side of<br />
the plate, creating a rounded, tapered edge to<br />
form Santa’s hat. Colour everything else beige.<br />
Then, draw Santa’s eyes and nose. For the finishing<br />
touch, glue cotton balls all over the bottom<br />
of Santa’s face and around the edge of the<br />
tuque to make it look like his beard and hair.<br />
Is the ground covered in snow? Are<br />
you looking for some outdoor fun?<br />
Here are five ideas that may inspire<br />
you.<br />
This will create snowy ground and night sky.<br />
Glue two bottle caps on top of each other in the<br />
middle of the landscape to form a snowman.<br />
Draw a face on the bottom of the top cap and<br />
buttons on the lower one. Then, make Christmas<br />
trees out of green and brown cardboard<br />
and glue them to each side of your snowman.<br />
Finally, if you want it to look like it’s snowing,<br />
sprinkle white confetti in the sky.<br />
Now, all you have to do is display your work!<br />
5 ideas for fun in the snow<br />
3. Which of the following isn’t one<br />
of Santa Claus’s reindeer?<br />
A. Cupid<br />
B. Racer<br />
C. Vixen<br />
4. Which of these characters<br />
isn’t part of the Nutcracker ballet?<br />
A. Clara<br />
B. The Mouse King<br />
C. The Ice Queen<br />
5. Which of these trees isn’t used<br />
as a Christmas tree?<br />
A. Spruce<br />
B. Bay laurel<br />
C. Beech<br />
6. Which of these names doesn’t mean<br />
Santa Claus in another language?<br />
A. Samichlaus<br />
B. Babbo natale<br />
C. Selamat natal<br />
7. Which of these rituals isn’t related<br />
to the Christmas holiday?<br />
A. Advent<br />
B. Lent<br />
C. The Nativity<br />
8. Which of the following<br />
isn’t a Christmas movie?<br />
A. Home Alone<br />
B. Forrest Gump<br />
C. Miracle on 34 th Street<br />
1. Snow painting. Mix water and<br />
food colouring in plastic containers<br />
to make your paint. Use a<br />
paintbrush or pour the liquids<br />
into spray bottles to create snow<br />
art.<br />
2. Frosted bubbles. On a very cold<br />
day, blow soap bubbles onto a branch, fence<br />
post or snow and watch them freeze. It’s<br />
beautiful!<br />
3. Scavenger hunt. Make a list of items to collect<br />
outside like pinecones, rocks, twigs,<br />
feathers and dead leaves. If necessary, ask<br />
an adult to help you. Can you find everything<br />
around your house? How long does it take<br />
you?<br />
4. Headless snowman. Make a snowman with<br />
only two snowballs. It should be about shoulder<br />
height. Take turns standing behind it to<br />
make it look like the snowman has your head<br />
and arms. Don’t forget to take silly photos!<br />
5. Hide and seek. Hide and seek is fun, but it<br />
can get cold if you have to stay still for a long<br />
time. Instead, try having one person hide an<br />
object while everyone else races to try and<br />
find it.<br />
Enjoy the joys of winter!<br />
ANSWERS<br />
1-A, 2-C, 3-B, 4-C, 5-C, 6-C, 7-B, 8-B
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Winter quiz<br />
Canadian winters are long and harsh. Some people love<br />
the cold season for the abundance of winter sports, while<br />
others hate it for the treacherous, icy roads. No matter how<br />
you feel about this snow-filled time of year, here’s a fun quiz<br />
to help you learn more about it. Good luck!<br />
1. In what year did the infamous ice storm hit Quebec?<br />
A. <strong>19</strong>88<br />
B. <strong>19</strong>98<br />
C. 2008<br />
2. On February 11, <strong>19</strong>99, Tahtsa Lake, British Columbia,<br />
set a Canadian record for the most snowfall in<br />
a single day. How much snow fell?<br />
A. 145 cm<br />
B. 172 cm<br />
C. 206 cm<br />
3. What’s the lowest temperature<br />
ever recorded on Earth?<br />
A. -77 C<br />
B. -89 C<br />
C. -98 C<br />
4. What’s the name of the cold, thick fog<br />
that forms a thin layer of ice on the ground?<br />
A. Frost<br />
B. Freezing rain<br />
C. Sleet<br />
5. Which of these clothing items won’t keep you<br />
warm?<br />
A. A mitt<br />
B. A muff<br />
C. A mantilla<br />
6. What does the word igloo mean in Inuktitut?<br />
A. House<br />
B. Dome<br />
C. Shelter<br />
3 interesting winter sports<br />
Do you love winter sports like downhill<br />
skiing, ice skating and tubing? If you’re<br />
interested in trying an uncommon<br />
winter sport, here are three you may<br />
want to explore.<br />
1. ICE DIVING<br />
Did you know that scuba diving isn’t<br />
only done in blue waters full of tropical<br />
fish? In fact, with a bit of training, the<br />
right equipment and suitable clothing,<br />
you can also dive under the ice in the<br />
winter.<br />
Ice divers say the calm waters, fascinating<br />
light effects and flurry of air<br />
bubbles that rise and collect on the underside<br />
of the ice make this sport a<br />
truly unique experience. Divers enter<br />
and exit the water through a hole cut in<br />
the ice. For safety, they’re attached to a<br />
rope that connects them to a buddy<br />
above the ice the<br />
entire time. Ingenious,<br />
isn’t it?<br />
2. THE YOONER<br />
The Yooner is a<br />
fun sliding sport<br />
inspired by the paret,<br />
a small wooden<br />
sled that originated<br />
in France.<br />
It’s similar to<br />
downhill skiing,<br />
but you can ride a<br />
Yooner even if you<br />
don’t know how to<br />
ski. A Yooner<br />
consists of a seat<br />
mounted to a<br />
single ski. To improve comfort and reduce<br />
shocks, it has a robust suspension<br />
system. There’s also a brake so<br />
that you can hit the slopes without fear.<br />
Laughter and fun are guaranteed.<br />
3. SNOW KAYAKING<br />
You probably imagine a small boat moving<br />
along a quiet river when you think<br />
of a kayak. How ever, kayaks don’t only<br />
float; they also glide. Therefore, some<br />
people ride down snowy slo pes on<br />
their kayaks. The paddles aren’t used<br />
for rowing. Instead, they help the kayaker<br />
turn. This sport has become increasingly<br />
popular and has had its own<br />
world championship since 2007.<br />
There are many daring winter sports.<br />
Do you know any others?<br />
7. Which of these animals doesn’t hibernate in<br />
winter?<br />
A. Groundhogs<br />
B. Bats<br />
C. Bears<br />
Fascinating facts about snowy owls<br />
Have you ever seen a snowy owl?<br />
It’s one of the largest members of<br />
the owl family. Here are some interesting<br />
facts about this majestic<br />
bird:<br />
ANSWERS<br />
1. B.<br />
2. A.<br />
3. C.<br />
4. A.<br />
5. C. A mantilla is a lace or silk kerchief. Mitt is<br />
short for the word mitten, and a muff is a tube<br />
made of warm material that’s open at both<br />
ends so you can stick your hands inside to<br />
keep them warm.<br />
6. A.<br />
7. C. Bears don’t technically hibernate;<br />
they overwinter. In other words, they spend<br />
the winter resting in their shelter and only<br />
enter<br />
a light sleep state.<br />
• It’s sometimes called a polar owl<br />
or Arctic owl<br />
• It mainly eats lemmings, hares<br />
and ducks<br />
• It’s about 50 centimetres tall<br />
and has a wingspan of nearly<br />
1.5 metres<br />
• Unlike most owls, it hunts during<br />
the day and night<br />
• It has thickly feathered legs that<br />
keep<br />
it warm in temperatures as low as<br />
-50 C<br />
• It has rigid feather disks around<br />
its eyes that reflect sound waves<br />
to its ears<br />
to help it find prey in the dark<br />
• It likes to survey its territory<br />
and spends a lot of time perched<br />
in high places<br />
• Adult male snowy owls are almost<br />
entirely white, while females have<br />
brown spots<br />
The exact number of snowy owls in<br />
the wild is unknown. However, it’s estimated<br />
that fewer than 30,000 adults<br />
remain in North America and fewer<br />
than 200,000 globally.<br />
Snowy owls prefer to live in open<br />
areas with few trees. Consequently,<br />
they’re ty pically spotted in<br />
marshes, grasslands and fields.
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2<br />
3<br />
Glue the page with<br />
the gingerbread<br />
house on a piece<br />
of thin cardboard<br />
(a cereal box would<br />
work great).<br />
With scissors and<br />
adult help,<br />
cut around the<br />
outline of the<br />
gingerbread house.<br />
Fold the various<br />
sections of the<br />
house, and attach<br />
them by gluing the<br />
flaps.
Silton’s Christmas on<br />
the platform<br />
All the Christmas fun<br />
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-BY JENNIFER ARGUE, Local Journalism Initiative reporter<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 15th, <strong>2022</strong><br />
The <strong>Dec</strong>ember 9th<br />
event was held at<br />
the Platform and<br />
the Silton Hall; it was a<br />
first for the Silton Recreation<br />
Committee. The<br />
previous Christmas event<br />
was passed on from another<br />
community group.<br />
Donations were accepted<br />
to the community food<br />
hamper.<br />
The platform is where<br />
Silton’s mailboxes were,<br />
between the store and<br />
the hall. The community<br />
decided to build a wooden<br />
platform which serves<br />
as a community space<br />
throughout the year.<br />
People gathered at the<br />
platform for the tree<br />
lighting, and supplies to build your ice lantern were available. Cranberries,<br />
dried oranges, and other items are placed in a form with water and<br />
are frozen with solar lights creating a magical effect.<br />
The hall hosted hot chocolate, and many craft activities were available<br />
such as sugar cookie decorating, plaster ornaments and tree globes.<br />
Aileen Martin headed up the Silton Recreation Committee and was<br />
very pleased with the turnout of the event. She liked that people could<br />
come out and enjoy themselves even if they were new to the area. She<br />
said Sask lotteries and community donations funded it.<br />
Carla Barry is an area resident and volunteered to take photos. Her<br />
children Emma and Sam had a great time and were very excited.<br />
A karaoke machine was set up, and the kids took full advantage of<br />
it. “They were playing Christmas music and the kids were singing or<br />
screaming,” she laughed, “it was so good because they would go up and<br />
sing in groups or someone would walk by by themselves and pick up the<br />
mic and start singing, and it was all Christmas songs. It was fun.”<br />
There was a photo backdrop for Santa photos and a photo booth. Barry<br />
really liked how the event was family-oriented, with the kids jumping in<br />
to be involved. “The kids helped just as much as the adults and I think<br />
that just says a lot. The girls were wearing little elf aprons, they were<br />
helping with set up, the little kids make stuff and their own stuff. It was<br />
like part of being part of a really big family. Everyone gets along.”<br />
Barry feels lucky to live in the community, “Between Silton and Bulyea<br />
we feel really incredibly blessed. The amont of community activities that<br />
go on and a lot of it is thanks to Aileen with her involvement with the<br />
Prairie Central District for Sport, Culture and Recreation. She knows<br />
how to get the grants and the funding for this. And if you don’t have<br />
somebody that’s in the know we could be missing out on a lot of stuff.”<br />
The winter fun isn’t over for the community, in fact, it’s just beginning.<br />
“There is also an outdoor fireplace. We have an outdoor rink over here<br />
too. And I cannot wait, it’s almost ready,” said Barry.<br />
Glory to God in the highest, and on<br />
earth peace, good will toward men.<br />
Luke 2:14<br />
Merry Christmas to all.<br />
Earl & Marianne Mosewich & Family,<br />
Allan Mosewich, Dave Somers, and Gail<br />
Fotheringham - McDougall Funeral Service
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Classic chocolate truffles<br />
Satisfy everyone’s sweet tooth with<br />
this creamy chocolate dessert.<br />
Servings: 24<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
• 1/2 cup whipping cream<br />
• 225 grams semi-sweet chocolate<br />
• 1 tablespoon butter<br />
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder<br />
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
1. In a medium saucepan, bring the<br />
cream to a boil. Meanwhile, chop<br />
the chocolate into small, uniform<br />
pieces.<br />
2. Once the cream starts to bubble,<br />
turn off the heat and stir in the<br />
chocolate and butter. Whisk in the<br />
chocolate un til it’s completely<br />
melted and smooth. In a large<br />
bowl, pour the mixture and cover it<br />
with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 12<br />
to 24 hours.<br />
3. Using a melon baller, shape 24<br />
small chocolate balls and carefully<br />
put them on a plate. Place them in<br />
the refrigerator for about 15 minutes.<br />
4. In a small bowl, sift together the<br />
cocoa powder and powdered sugar.<br />
Coat each truffle in the mixture.<br />
You can easily modify this recipe to your liking. For example, you could<br />
add a small amount of almond extract, orange zest or your favourite liqueur.<br />
Alternatively, you may want to coat your truffles with slivered nuts,<br />
chopped coconut or even crushed candy canes. Feel free to be creative.<br />
Cranberry-rosemary cocktail<br />
The colour, flavour and<br />
fragrance of this pretty<br />
cocktail makes it an ideal<br />
drink to serve at Christmas.<br />
Servings: 2<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
• 12 ice cubes<br />
• 1/4 cup whole cranberries,<br />
frozen<br />
• 3/4 cup cranberry juice<br />
• 1/4 cup simple syrup<br />
• 1/3 cup vodka<br />
• 3/4 cup soda or tonic<br />
water<br />
• 2 sprigs fresh rosemary<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
1. In each of 2 cocktail<br />
glas ses, place half the ice<br />
cu bes and half the cranberries.<br />
2. In each glass, pour half<br />
the cranberry juice, then<br />
slowly add half the<br />
simple syrup, vodka and<br />
soda or tonic water.<br />
3. Garnish each glass with<br />
a sprig of rosemary.<br />
Candy cane martini<br />
This minty martini is a throwback<br />
to child hood Christmases of yore.<br />
Serve it at a holiday celebration, or<br />
enjoy it with a loved one by a<br />
crackling fire.<br />
Servings: 2<br />
INGREDIENTS<br />
• 6 ice cubes<br />
• 1/4 cup vodka<br />
• 2 tablespoons<br />
white vermouth<br />
• 2 tablespoons<br />
crème de menthe<br />
• 1-1/2 teaspoons<br />
spearmint cream<br />
• 2 candy canes<br />
• 4 red maraschino<br />
cherries<br />
• 2 green maraschino<br />
cherries<br />
DIRECTIONS<br />
1. In a cocktail shaker,<br />
combine the<br />
ice cubes vodka, vermouth, simple<br />
syrup and crème de menthe.<br />
Shake for about 30 seconds or<br />
until well blended.<br />
2. In 2 martini glasses, strain the<br />
candy cane martini mixture (without<br />
the ice cubes).<br />
3. Garnish each glass with a candy<br />
cane pierced with 2 red and 1<br />
green maraschino cherry.
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2nd Annual Nokomis Winter Festival<br />
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Bonfires, hot dogs, Santa, hot chocolate and sleigh rides<br />
- BY JENNIFER ARGUE,<br />
Local Journalism<br />
Initiative Reporter<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 8th, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Family and friends,<br />
some old and new,<br />
came together to<br />
celebrate the season in the<br />
Town of Nokomis. Attendees<br />
kept warm with one of<br />
the many activities at the<br />
popular event.<br />
This was the second year<br />
for the popular event that<br />
started with an idea by<br />
Nokomis Principal Kaylie<br />
Hendry. She envisioned a<br />
way for the community to<br />
come together in a fun and<br />
safe way during COVID<br />
after people sought ways to<br />
gather again. It also gave<br />
the teachers a bit of a break<br />
as the event replaced the<br />
school Christmas concert.<br />
The Town of Nokomis was<br />
happy to jump on board,<br />
collaborating with the<br />
school.<br />
Pre-kindergarten to<br />
grade two children sang<br />
carols, and four bonfires<br />
kept people toasty. To<br />
warm up, there was a hot<br />
dog roast and grades 3-4<br />
were in charge of hot chocolate.<br />
The grades 5-6 kids<br />
set up a fun photo booth<br />
area. And for the hockey<br />
enthusiast, the grades<br />
7-8s set up shinny games.<br />
Horse-drawn sleigh rides<br />
ran all evening, and the<br />
Legion Bus took people on<br />
a sparkle tour of the town.<br />
“Other than the wind<br />
that picked up, it was really<br />
good.” said Hendry. The<br />
event occurred a little earlier<br />
than last year, between<br />
5-7 pm. Hendry said the<br />
horse-drawn sleigh rides<br />
were very popular.<br />
The wood for the fires,<br />
sleigh rides, twinkle tours,<br />
hot chocolate, hot dogs and<br />
buns were all donated.<br />
“Always thanks for all<br />
of the support, it makes<br />
it amazing. For the new<br />
people in the community I<br />
think it was a really good<br />
non-threatening way for<br />
everybody to come out<br />
and meet each other. I was<br />
happy with it again.”<br />
Dennis Simpson, who<br />
contributed all the photos,<br />
said, “I thought it was really<br />
good. It was a little cold<br />
that night. Everybody was<br />
bundled up really good.<br />
Everybody stood around,<br />
visited Santa and also at<br />
the same time have a hot<br />
dog and a hot chocolate if<br />
they wanted to.” Simpson<br />
thought the change in time<br />
was an improvement and<br />
liked that people could<br />
have a hot dog.<br />
Mayor David Mark said<br />
the event was great despite<br />
the -10 temperature with<br />
a wind making it a little<br />
nippy. The additional fire<br />
rings helped keep participants<br />
warm. “This was<br />
a truly Canadian type of<br />
event, everyone standing<br />
out there. It was just fun.”<br />
Mark recognized Principal<br />
Hendry and the school for<br />
creating the event.<br />
Next year there are plans<br />
for a little friendly Christmas<br />
light competition,<br />
“Christmas Light Champion.”<br />
Mark said the addition<br />
of new lights for the trees<br />
helped brighten the dark<br />
hours of winter. “It’s nice to<br />
enjoy eachother’s company.”<br />
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Overheard at the coffee shop<br />
“Police glasses should have Transgression<br />
lenses...”<br />
Home Plan of the Week<br />
Best of the best from <strong>2022</strong><br />
The pick of the litter, the best of the best, the most humorous<br />
quotes, notes, quips and anecdotes from the first six months of<br />
<strong>2022</strong> (the last six months will appear next week):<br />
• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Seattle<br />
experienced its wettest fall in history, with<br />
<strong>19</strong> inches of rain between September and<br />
November. It got so bad, the Seahawks practiced<br />
swimming for a first down.”<br />
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, via Twitter,<br />
on the 6.2 earthquake hit off the Northern<br />
California coast: “To give you an idea how<br />
strong that is, a 6.2 earthquake could shake<br />
a New York Jet into the end zone.”<br />
• Vic Tafur of the Athletic, on the Falcons’<br />
quarterback: “Matt Ryan has somehow led<br />
the Falcons to seven wins this season, but he<br />
is slower than Heinz ketchup.”<br />
• Gene Collier of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,<br />
on an overused hockey phrase: “Cycling<br />
Down Low . . . sounds like a problem in the<br />
lower digestive tract. You wanna go out?<br />
No, I just had some chalupas and I’m, uh,<br />
Cycling Down Low.”<br />
• Blogger Patti Dawn Swansson: “The<br />
American Kennel Club has added<br />
two dogs to its roster. You know,<br />
From<br />
the<br />
Sidelines<br />
BRUCE<br />
PENTON<br />
kind of like what the Edmonton<br />
Oilers have been doing with<br />
their defence every year for<br />
the past 15 seasons.”<br />
• Alex Kaseberg again: “The<br />
Tampa Bay Buccaneers have<br />
officially cut Antonio Brown. He<br />
was released and not put on waivers<br />
because even waivers did not want anything<br />
to do with him.”<br />
• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco Chronicle,<br />
on MLB’s need for robotic umpires to call<br />
balls and strikes: “Human umps were fine<br />
in the old days. So were phone booths and<br />
stage coaches.”<br />
• Greg Cote of the Miami Herald, on the firing<br />
of Dolphins’ coach Brian Flores after two<br />
winning seasons: “Team owner Stephen<br />
Ross might as well have bought a billboard<br />
alongside Interstate 95 that depicts him<br />
wearing a big red Bozo nose and the word<br />
‘INCOMPETENT’ stamped across his forehead.”<br />
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “At the Australian<br />
Open it’s been serve, volley, serve, volley,<br />
serve and volley. And that was just the<br />
Novak Djokovic COVID deportation case.”<br />
• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton,<br />
Va.): “Sitting in front of my TV the other<br />
night, I witnessed the basketball equivalent<br />
of a solar eclipse — an NBA player called for<br />
travelling.”<br />
• Headline at the onion.com: “Lakers fans<br />
frustrated with volatile hot dog prices in<br />
Crypto.Com Arena”<br />
• Hall of Fame linebacker Dick Butkus, who<br />
recently joined Twitter: “Fantasy football is<br />
what guys played after I hit them.”<br />
• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com, on<br />
diva WR Antonio Brown still drawing NFL<br />
interest, apparently this time from Ravens<br />
QB Lamar Jackson: “It’s all part of the<br />
league’s strict superstar policy: ‘17 strikes<br />
and you’re out.’ ”<br />
• Another one from Patti Dawn Swansson, on<br />
effort, or lack thereof, of Jets’ Mark Scheifele:<br />
“Too often Scheifele plays with the getup-and-go<br />
of a guy sitting in an ice fishing<br />
hut at Lockport.”<br />
• Jack Finarelli of sportscurmudgeon.com,<br />
on the new Commanders nickname: “It was<br />
nice touch for the team to name itself after<br />
President Biden’s dog.”<br />
• Bob Molinaro again: “Cross country skiing<br />
isn’t a sport; it’s how Scandinavians go<br />
shopping.”<br />
• Another one from RJ Currie, on the NCAA<br />
approving unlimited snacks for athletes: “Or<br />
as they call it in the CFL, playoff bonuses.”<br />
• Surfer Kelly Slater, 50, to AP, not worried<br />
about any retirement plans: “Everyone who<br />
retires from surfing just goes surfing more.”<br />
• Another one from RJ Currie: “At the Waste<br />
Management Open, Harry Higgs lifted up<br />
his shirt after a two-putt par to get a reaction<br />
from the crowd. Which showed us,<br />
among other things, that Higgs needs better<br />
waist management.”<br />
• Comedy writer Marc Ragovin, on the Russian<br />
figure skater claiming she must have<br />
inadvertently taken her grandfather’s heart<br />
medication: “No wonder her long program<br />
consisted of skating in circles with her turn<br />
signal on.”<br />
• Dwight Perry again: “A cargo ship packed<br />
with luxury cars caught fire and was aimlessly<br />
adrift in the middle of the Atlantic<br />
Ocean. Sort of the nautical equivalent of the<br />
L.A. Lakers.”<br />
• Alex Kaseberg: “The NFL became the first<br />
sports league to drop COVID protocols.<br />
There were never any protocols on the New<br />
York Jets’ wide receivers because they can’t<br />
catch anything.”<br />
• Dwight Perry: “Falcons receiver Calvin<br />
Ridley has been suspended for the <strong>2022</strong><br />
season for betting on NFL games. Evidently<br />
he didn’t get the express written consent of<br />
the NFL’s official betting partners, Caesars,<br />
DraftKings and FanDuel.”<br />
• Headline at fark.com: “Russell Wilson succumbs<br />
to thin Colorado air in record time,<br />
says he hopes to ‘win three, four more Super<br />
Bowls’ for the Broncos.”<br />
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lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
<strong>19</strong><br />
There is an often quoted saying, which states<br />
that the older we get, the faster time flies. There<br />
is definitely truth in this saying as we see <strong>2022</strong><br />
come to a close.<br />
As we near the end of <strong>2022</strong>,<br />
it is a good thing to reflect<br />
back on the happenings of<br />
the year. The Town of Strasbourg has<br />
been busy with numerous activities<br />
in <strong>2022</strong> including a rodeo, regular<br />
barrel racing, exercise classes,<br />
seniors’ days, pancake breakfasts,<br />
car shows, theatre productions, and<br />
golf tournaments to name just a few.<br />
Due to weather conditions, the RCMP<br />
musical ride had to be cancelled but<br />
we are excited to announce that it will<br />
be returning in the summer of 2023.<br />
We are constantly looking at<br />
improving our infrastructure. We<br />
are excited to announce that fibre<br />
optic cable will soon be installed and<br />
this will result in new and improved<br />
Internet speeds for our residents.<br />
Streets received a facelift with either<br />
patching or complete new pavement. A new and safer access approach<br />
was installed at our golf course.<br />
However, the biggest project this year was the revitalization of our<br />
Lions Park. The park will be finalized in the spring of 2023, and it will be<br />
a more age-friendly park with paved walking paths, a new splash park,<br />
seniors exercise equipment, a picnic shelter, on-site washrooms, raised<br />
garden beds, and a beautiful water feature/memorial garden. We invite<br />
everyone to come and visit and enjoy this new facility later in the spring,<br />
as well as the many different shopping opportunities the businesses in<br />
our town have to offer. We would love to have you come to experience our<br />
great town together with us.<br />
The month of <strong>Dec</strong>ember is probably best known for the celebration of<br />
Christmas. This is a wonderful time of year where we can celebrate with<br />
family and friends with great food, gifts, and fun times. This Christmas,<br />
as we gather, I would encourage all of us to take time to remember the<br />
real reason we are gathering. The greatest gift ever given was in the birth<br />
of our Saviour that first Christmas to give us peace, joy, hope, and love<br />
for everything that we experience in life. May your Christmas be a time<br />
of celebration and remembrance, as we gather together throughout the<br />
season.<br />
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone from the Town of<br />
Strasbourg Council and Administration.<br />
Holiday Message,<br />
Nokomis<br />
As we look forward to the Holiday Season with<br />
excitement and hope for the New Year, the Town<br />
of Nokomis would like to wish everyone a Merry<br />
Christmas and a Happy New Year.<br />
DAVID MARK, Mayor, Town of Nokomis<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
In these season’s greetings, we offer<br />
thanks to each and every one here<br />
in Town and the surrounding area<br />
for their support of our community,<br />
businesses and services!<br />
In looking over <strong>2022</strong> we have reached<br />
a few milestones as a community. The<br />
establishment of Fibre Optics in town<br />
in partnership with FlexNetworks and<br />
Red Bird has made Nokomis one of the<br />
most connected small towns in Canada!<br />
We have also seen the final steps in<br />
completing the renewal of our Wellhead<br />
and Waterline project through the<br />
Federal and Provincial support through<br />
the CWWF. We have persevered and<br />
completed this renewal due to the support<br />
of the CWWF and the ratepayers of<br />
Nokomis. Our town is now positioned<br />
to begin the first steps in renewing our<br />
Lagoon in the next few years.<br />
KELVIN SCHAPANSKY, Mayor<br />
We have also galvanized together to<br />
defend our local economy and community<br />
in working with the Last Mountain<br />
Co-Operative Board to reopen our Agro<br />
Centre. The patience and strength we’ve<br />
shown standing up for what we need is<br />
inspiring.<br />
Your support is the most essential<br />
of services and is how we can survive<br />
the challenges we face. In helping each<br />
other, as the Holiday Season asks, our<br />
warm hearts and good cheer help keep<br />
our community healthy and vibrant!<br />
Enjoy the company of your family and<br />
friends over the Holidays and let’s<br />
continue into 2023 with renewed resilience.<br />
Thank you to Council and Administration<br />
for their dedication and hard<br />
work this year.<br />
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays<br />
and have a great New Year!<br />
SINCERELY, David Mark<br />
G S eason's<br />
reeting<br />
In the spirit of peace and joy we wish each and every one of you<br />
a season filled with friendship, love and contentment.<br />
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year<br />
From:<br />
Town of Lumsden<br />
Council & Staff<br />
May the holiday season bring<br />
you joy and happiness!<br />
From our family to yours,<br />
Merry Christmas &<br />
Happy New Year<br />
Travis Keisig, MLA<br />
Last Mountain-Touchwood<br />
306-334-3444<br />
lastmountaintouchwood.mla@sasktel.net<br />
Merry Christmas<br />
and a safe and<br />
Happy New Year!<br />
Hon. Dana Skoropad<br />
MLA for Arm River<br />
306-567-2843<br />
armriver.mla@gmail.com<br />
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RM of McKillop No. 220<br />
INVITING APPLICATIONS<br />
Assistant Administrator/Administrative Assistant<br />
The RM of McKillop No. 220 invites applications for a qualified<br />
Assistant Administrator/Administrative Assistant. This position<br />
provides support to the Chief Administrative Officer while<br />
working as part of a team to support other municipal departments/<br />
positions. The position is based in the RM Administration office,<br />
located in Bulyea, SK.<br />
The RM of McKillop No. 220 is located just 45 minutes driving<br />
distance northwest of the City of Regina. The Rural Municipality<br />
of McKillop No. 220 (RM) is a diverse, scenic community with a<br />
reported 1800 ratepayers. The RM consists of five full townships<br />
and four partial townships along with 945 subdivided residential<br />
lots found in 20 resort communities located along the east shore of<br />
Last Mountain Lake. The 20 resort communities are comprised of<br />
9 Organized Hamlets and 11 Unorganized Hamlets.<br />
THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE THE<br />
FOLLOWING:<br />
• Experience with budgeting, financial operations, assessment, taxation<br />
and general office management<br />
• Knowledge of municipal accounting<br />
• The ability to communicate with and work alongside staff members,<br />
council and the public. This includes experience with both written and<br />
verbal communication<br />
• Strong computer skills including proficient use of Microsoft Word and<br />
Excel • Knowledge of Munisoft computer software<br />
• Leadership, communication and organizational skills.<br />
This position will be scheduled to work 3-4 days per week and<br />
offers a competitive wage, based on experience and qualifications,<br />
and a comprehensive employee benefit plan.<br />
Municipal Government experience including having a Local<br />
Government Administration Certificate or the willingness to work<br />
toward certification will be considered an asset. Some bookkeeping<br />
or accounting experience will be considered a significant asset.<br />
Applications for the above position will be accepted until 4:00<br />
p.m. on January 20, 2023. Your cover letter and resume may be<br />
delivered by email, postal mail or in person to:<br />
Camille Box, CAO(Acting)<br />
R.M. of McKillop No. 220<br />
P. O. Box 220<br />
1<strong>03</strong> Ashley Street<br />
Bulyea, Saskatchewan<br />
S0G 0L0<br />
Email: rm220administrator@rm220.ca<br />
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LIBRA<br />
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ARIES<br />
ARIES<br />
this week. You must clear up a complicated<br />
love affair. At work, you’ll be<br />
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At the very least, your social<br />
week. However, it’s important to<br />
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SCORPIO<br />
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something to avoid confusion.<br />
You’ll work from home more than usual<br />
TAURUS<br />
this TAURUS<br />
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one of them may require your undivided<br />
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expensive to satisfy your luxu<br />
and see things from a different perspective.<br />
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side. You may overspend on<br />
few things with certain people.<br />
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Christmas presents. It’s important<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
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to expend your pentup energy.<br />
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GEMINI<br />
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sible. It’s time to travel, so update<br />
professional and your love life. The<br />
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to solidify your convictions and<br />
your GPS to avoid getting lost.<br />
right people will cross your path and<br />
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values. You may be tempted to take<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
will be a strength.<br />
a pilgrimage.<br />
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You’ll also replace some of your<br />
CANCER<br />
CANCER<br />
furniture and appliances. It’s time to<br />
Change often brings with it strong<br />
You’ll be around a lot of people this<br />
get rid of things cluttering your environment<br />
and your mind.<br />
emotions. You’ll experience something<br />
week. Remember to wash your hands<br />
new that will benefit you. For example,<br />
you may get close to a family<br />
immune system is fragile. Try to get<br />
to avoid catching their germs. Your<br />
AUGUST<br />
member you’ve been in conflict with.<br />
some rest to replenish your strength.<br />
You’ll show initiative in a project. You’ll<br />
take the lead and make sure people<br />
LEO<br />
LEO<br />
understand the direction you want to<br />
At work, you may make a deal that<br />
You’ll be pressed for time. Your obligations<br />
will take precedence over<br />
take. New beginnings are on the horizon<br />
in your personal and professio<br />
will significantly impact your career.<br />
You’ll create a harmonious atmosphere;<br />
your hobbies. You must try to find<br />
nal life.<br />
people trust you, and you’ll guide them<br />
balance in all aspects of your life.<br />
appropriately.<br />
PISCES<br />
VIRGO<br />
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VIRGO<br />
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week. At work, you’ll make changes<br />
you’ll start getting ready. It’s a good<br />
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to improve efficiency. You’ll also enhance<br />
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idea to book a hotel or cottage for<br />
to plan a reunion.<br />
artistic project.<br />
LIBRA<br />
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this week. You must clear up a complicated<br />
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brate or have free time to try some-<br />
finished everything, you’ll cele-<br />
moved by a show of gratitude.<br />
thing new.<br />
SCORPIO<br />
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this week. If you have young children,<br />
one of them may require your undivided<br />
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personal project to reach new heights.<br />
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competitive this week.<br />
some rest to replenish your strength.<br />
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Prepare to be annoyed. You can’t<br />
keep putting things off. Once you’ve<br />
ARIES<br />
finished everything, you’ll celebrate<br />
or have free time to try some-<br />
Your loved ones are expecting you to<br />
prepare everything for the holiday<br />
thing new.<br />
season. Don’t forget to delegate certain<br />
tasks to other family members to<br />
SCORPIO<br />
make things fairer.<br />
You’ll close a deal that will shake up<br />
your career. You’ll work hard on a<br />
TAURUS<br />
personal project to reach new heights.<br />
You’ll have a lot to talk about this<br />
You’re feeling especially bold and<br />
week. You’ll also start wrapping your<br />
competitive this week.<br />
Christmas presents. It may take you a<br />
long time to add your own magical<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
touch to them to impress your loved<br />
You’ll have a lot of work to do, and<br />
ones or kids.<br />
it’ll take a long time to sort out<br />
the details. Try to let go and enjoy<br />
GEMINI<br />
the present moment. You’ll change<br />
You’ll be in the limelight this week because<br />
of a special project. You may<br />
your views on life to align with your<br />
values.<br />
bring your family together for a spontaneous<br />
trip or largescale holiday event.<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
You’ll be in the spotlight this week.<br />
CANCER<br />
You’ll be the only person who can<br />
You’ll be invited to participate in many<br />
accomplish a specific task and receive<br />
some form of recognition from<br />
activities but will decline most. For tunately,<br />
you’ll change your mind at the<br />
upper management.<br />
last minute, especially if it’s a party.<br />
AQUARIUS<br />
LEO<br />
It’s time to switch up your routine<br />
You may find it hard to stay within your<br />
in your personal and romantic life.<br />
Christmas gift budget. You’ll end up<br />
Don’t hesitate to accept invitations<br />
giving your loved ones more expensive<br />
gifts than you bargained for. You<br />
to go out. Your friends will surprise<br />
you, especially if you’re single.<br />
may also show a few loved ones preferential<br />
treatment.<br />
PISCES<br />
If you want to get into real estate,<br />
VIRGO<br />
now’s the time to go for it. You may<br />
Your credit card will be an important<br />
also feel the need to redecorate your<br />
asset this week. You’ll have to choose<br />
home just before Christmas to impress<br />
your family.<br />
whether to buy expensive Christmas<br />
gifts, go out with friends or take a<br />
family trip. You may need to reflect on<br />
your decision for a few days.<br />
LIBRA<br />
Even though the festivities haven’t started<br />
yet, your house is buzzing with<br />
the Christmas spirit. Your young children<br />
have already started arranging<br />
play dates with their friends.<br />
SCORPIO<br />
Although you may feel like you’re missing<br />
out, you’ll get caught up in the<br />
magic of Christmas. You’ll make time<br />
to volunteer and bring happiness to<br />
many people in need.<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
You’ll discover a new gadget that could<br />
You’ll have a lot of work to do, and<br />
help you improve your communication.<br />
This will make you more acces-<br />
the details. Try to let go and enjoy<br />
You’ll get wrapped up in the joy of<br />
it’ll take a long time to sort out<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
sible. It’s time to travel, so update<br />
the present moment. You’ll change<br />
the Christmas season. You can’t wait<br />
your GPS to avoid getting lost.<br />
your views on life to align with your<br />
to celebrate with friends and family.<br />
values.<br />
You’ll be rushing around busy malls<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
What<br />
this week. Take every opportunity to<br />
You’ll spare no expense is a to impress Fire others.<br />
You’ll also based replace some on the of your Firebird, but You’ll it lacks be in the the spotlight decal this week. featuring the<br />
furniture and appliances. It’s time to<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
Am, you ask? Well, CAPRICORN it’s a Trans Am, which is have fun and enjoy yourself.<br />
get rid of things bird cluttering and your the environment<br />
fire. Make sense? accomplish Not a even specific task a bit. and receive<br />
some form it of makes recognition up from for in perfor-getaway. You crave adventure and new<br />
You may think about going on a trip or<br />
What it lacks<br />
and your mind.<br />
fire chicken decals, however,<br />
upper management.<br />
experiences. You may consider working<br />
abroad for a change of scenery.<br />
mance. AUGUST Herb Adams was an engineer at General Motors, specifically the<br />
You’ll show initiative in a project. You’ll<br />
Pontiac division, and he liked racing. He AQUARIUS was responsible for the Ram Air<br />
take the lead and make sure people<br />
It’s time to switch up your routine<br />
AQUARIUS<br />
understand cars, the the direction SD-455 you want to engine, and, in although your personal not and romantic always life. credited for it, Depending on your situation, you may<br />
take. New beginnings are on the horizon<br />
in your personal and professio<br />
to<br />
Don’t hesitate to accept invitations<br />
return to school. You’ll be presented<br />
the WS6 package that was first<br />
go out.<br />
offered<br />
Your friends<br />
on<br />
will<br />
the<br />
surprise<br />
<strong>19</strong>78 Trans Am.<br />
with an excellent opportunity to ease<br />
nal life. That’s a pretty solid resume, you, especially hey? if you’re single.<br />
your financial stress.<br />
PISCES Well, Herb didn’t need PISCES a resume, as he started his own PISCES<br />
Camshaft You’ll feel fatigued company, this week. Make VSE. Short for If you “Very want to Special get into real Equipment,” estate, he set It’s time to get rid of friends and social<br />
connections that no longer serve<br />
Corner sure you slow down and give yourself<br />
now’s the time to go for it. You may<br />
KELLY time KIRK to set new goals. out If you’ve to modify been cars in ways also feel that the need General to redecorate Motors your had no you. You don’t need negative people<br />
neglecting your loved interest ones, it’s time in modifying them, home just offering before Christmas three to impress<br />
your family.<br />
causing<br />
different per-<br />
interfering with your quality of life or<br />
to plan a reunion.<br />
drama.<br />
formance packages and three different ways to get them.<br />
The most interesting thing about the Fire Am, is the lack<br />
of history and documentation. The reason for this is because<br />
of the way they sold the package. The first option was to order a<br />
brand-new car and have it modified at VSE. The second was to take your<br />
existing used car to VSE and have them modify it. The third, and most<br />
popular option, was to order the parts from VSE and do it yourself.<br />
Since there are so many variables and so many kits that were owner-installed,<br />
it’s impossible to document by serial number how many cars were<br />
modified and which cars they actually were. There were three stages of<br />
performance offered: Street, Autocross, and Road Race. What did each<br />
package offer? I haven’t a clue, honestly. I know some models got upgraded<br />
carburetors, intake manifolds, headers, exhaust systems, shocks,<br />
and sway bars, but I don’t know how all of those things were dispersed<br />
amongst the line. I do, however, know that the decal package offered<br />
looked incredibly cool.<br />
Sure, it replaces the iconic chicken decal, but it replaces it with a futuristic<br />
boomerang neon bird-shaped airplane thing, not to mention other<br />
decals and stripes denoting the “Very Special Equipment” hiding under<br />
the car and under the hood. How much is a Fire Am worth today? The<br />
meeting point of how much you’re willing to pay, and how much the seller<br />
is willing to let it go for.<br />
Being the history of these cars is so sparse and scattered, there’s no real<br />
paperwork or authenticity to add any real value, so it is what it is. If you<br />
wish your Trans Am was a Fire Am, that’s not a problem either, as the aftermarket<br />
is full of performance parts, and the decal kits are reproduced.<br />
HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT FOR KELLY?<br />
POST IT AT <strong>LMT</strong>IMES.CA/KIRK<br />
LEO<br />
You may find it hard to stay within your<br />
VIRGO<br />
Coffee Your credit card will be an important Break<br />
VIRGO<br />
asset this week. You’ll have to choose<br />
WEEK OF<br />
HOROSCOPE<br />
DECEMBER whether to buy 18 expensive TO 24, <strong>2022</strong> Christmas<br />
gifts, go out with friends or take a<br />
SCORPIO TAURUS<br />
Although You may you be may asked feel like out you’re by someone<br />
out, you you’ll don’t get know, caught or up your in the part-<br />
missing<br />
magic ner of will Christmas. take you You’ll on a make trip. time There<br />
to are volunteer a lot of and surprises bring happiness store to for<br />
many you people this week. in need.<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
GEMINI<br />
You’ll You’ll get have wrapped a lot to up do in the at work joy of before<br />
Christmas going season. vacation. You can’t Everything wait<br />
the<br />
to will celebrate go according with friends to and plan. family. You’ll<br />
You’ll end be the rushing year with around a sense busy malls of accomplishment.<br />
week. Take every opportunity to<br />
this<br />
have fun and enjoy yourself.<br />
CANCER<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
You’ll finish putting up your Chris t<br />
You mas may decorations think about after going learning on a trip or that<br />
getaway. you’ll You be hosting crave adventure for the and holidays new<br />
experiences. at the last You minute. may consider You’ll want working<br />
to<br />
outdo<br />
abroad<br />
yourself<br />
for a change<br />
and will<br />
of scenery.<br />
do everything<br />
possible to stand out.<br />
AQUARIUS<br />
Depending on your situation, you may<br />
LEO<br />
return to school. You’ll be presented<br />
with<br />
You’ll<br />
an excellent<br />
manage<br />
opportunity<br />
to take time<br />
to<br />
off<br />
ease<br />
and<br />
your<br />
take<br />
financial<br />
care of<br />
stress.<br />
your home and children.<br />
You’ll get involved in a community<br />
event and be recognized<br />
PISCES<br />
It’s for time your to efforts. get rid of friends and social<br />
connections that no longer serve<br />
you. VIRGO You don’t need negative people<br />
interfering You’ll be with outspoken your quality this week. of life You’ll or<br />
causing verbally drama. express what others are<br />
thinking. You may also hear some<br />
gossip, which you must promptly<br />
disprove to avoid trouble.<br />
LIBRA<br />
You still have shopping to do, which<br />
may put you over budget. However,<br />
the gifts will be warmly received.<br />
SCORPIO<br />
You’ll be pressed for time to make<br />
important arrangements at work<br />
or home. At work, you’ll arrive<br />
first and leave last. Upper management<br />
will develop great confidence<br />
in you.<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
Don’t wear yourself out before the<br />
holiday season. Make time to rest<br />
and get rid of a nasty cold you can’t<br />
seem to shake.<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
You may feel stressed out and not<br />
know where to turn. Fortunately,<br />
you’ll figure things out in time for<br />
Christmas.<br />
AQUARIUS<br />
You’ll be highly organized in preparing<br />
for your holiday parties.<br />
You’ll finish everything you need<br />
to do on time and have a worryfree<br />
holiday.<br />
PISCES<br />
Your friends may suggest taking<br />
a group trip. You’ll quickly accept<br />
the invitation. At the very least,<br />
you’ll participate in a cultural celebration<br />
during your vacation.<br />
outdo yourself and will do everything<br />
possible to stand out.<br />
21<br />
LEO<br />
You’ll manage to take time off and<br />
take care of your home and children.<br />
You’ll get involved in a community<br />
event and be recognized<br />
for your efforts.<br />
You’ll be outspoken this week. You’ll<br />
verbally express what others are<br />
thinking. You may also hear some<br />
family trip. You may need to reflect on<br />
<br />
THE LUCKIEST LUCKY SIGNS THIS WEEK: THIS WEEK: SAGITTARIUS, gossip, CAPRICORN which you AND must AQUARIUS promptly<br />
your decision for a few days.<br />
SAGITTARIUS, CAPRICORN AND AQUARIUS<br />
disprove to avoid trouble.<br />
LIBRA<br />
ARIES<br />
Even though the festivities haven’t started<br />
yet, your house is buzzing with<br />
You still have shopping to do, which<br />
LIBRA<br />
You may be looking forward to the<br />
holidays. Entertaining will be very<br />
the Christmas spirit. Your young children<br />
may put you over budget. However,<br />
different<br />
have already<br />
from previous<br />
started<br />
years,<br />
arranging<br />
which<br />
the gifts will be warmly received.<br />
play will dates make with you their feel friends. nostalgic.<br />
SCORPIO<br />
You’ll be pressed for time to make<br />
important arrangements at work<br />
or home. At work, you’ll arrive<br />
first and leave last. Upper management<br />
will develop great confidence<br />
in you.<br />
SAGITTARIUS<br />
Don’t wear yourself out before the<br />
holiday season. Make time to rest<br />
and get rid of a nasty cold you can’t<br />
seem to shake.<br />
CAPRICORN<br />
You may feel stressed out and not<br />
know where to turn. Fortunately,<br />
you’ll figure things out in time for<br />
Christmas.<br />
AQUARIUS<br />
You’ll be highly organized in preparing<br />
for your holiday parties.<br />
You’ll finish everything you need<br />
to do on time and have a worryfree<br />
holiday.<br />
PISCES<br />
Your friends may suggest taking<br />
a group trip. You’ll quickly accept<br />
the invitation. At the very least,<br />
you’ll participate in a cultural celebration<br />
during your vacation.<br />
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ACROSS<br />
1. Cut<br />
4. Healthy resorts<br />
8. Begone!<br />
12. Period in history<br />
13. Speak<br />
14. City vehicle<br />
15. Lingerie item<br />
16. Up for grabs<br />
18. Pays up<br />
20. Was sick<br />
21. Timeworn<br />
22. Desperate<br />
23. Patches of grass<br />
26. Obstacle<br />
sudoku ANSWER IN CLASSIFIED SECTION<br />
27. Raven’s call<br />
30. Proves human<br />
31. Focal point<br />
32. Fictional work<br />
33. Wow!<br />
34. Trendy<br />
35. ____ over<br />
(studied)<br />
36. Exchange<br />
38. Guy’s date<br />
39. Chose<br />
41. Jury’s judgment<br />
45. Classical dancer<br />
47. Surprised shout<br />
48. Had an<br />
obligation<br />
49. Pre-owned<br />
50. Soft metal<br />
51. Results<br />
52. Lowly<br />
53. King Kong, e.g.<br />
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1. Hunting dogs, for<br />
short<br />
2. Grimm heavy<br />
3. Bog product<br />
4. Sheds<br />
5. Surfaced<br />
6. Word of woe<br />
7. ____ lodge<br />
8. Part of a flight<br />
9. San Francisco<br />
attraction:<br />
2 wds.<br />
10. Wheel rod<br />
11. Knotted<br />
17. Cave<br />
<strong>19</strong>. Coal measures<br />
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23. Relay section<br />
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Ringing”<br />
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26. Unopened<br />
flower<br />
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29. Join together<br />
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32. Informed<br />
34. Created<br />
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38. Heredity factors<br />
39. Slender<br />
woodwind<br />
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41. Travel permit<br />
42. Minute<br />
amount<br />
43. Fried potato<br />
snack<br />
44. Sound quality<br />
46. Massage
22 lmtimes.ca • Last Mountain Times • Monday, <strong>Dec</strong>ember <strong>19</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Oft-revisited<br />
theme<br />
Recently I was perusing some online agriculture media sites<br />
just to keep up a little more with the <strong>issue</strong>s of the day, and one<br />
headline popped out and made me smile; ‘Beef breeding must<br />
aim for profitability.’<br />
22124CC0<br />
Ag Notes<br />
CALVIN<br />
DANIELS<br />
The reason for the smile was twofold. For one, it’s hard to imagine anyone who has managed<br />
to survive in the often volatile beef sector who hasn’t long ago realized you have<br />
to work to try and make at least a few dollars at the end of the year. Secondly, the idea<br />
of reinforcing the idea of profitability is far from new and is, in fact, an oft-revisited theme.<br />
The reason is actually not so hard to understand. We, and in this I suggest business in general,<br />
not just farming, can easily be followed by big number revenues, equating a hefty cheque<br />
with profitability.<br />
It is quite understandable, given society always seemed focused on making more dollars<br />
without factoring in the costs associated with achieving a higher cheque at day’s end.<br />
In farming, it is also very much a reality tied to the goal of higher production and equating<br />
that with profit. If an acre of land produces ten more bushels of a crop, it seems obvious it is<br />
more profitable. If a calf weans at 50 pounds heavier, profits have to be higher. Neither the<br />
additional bushels nor added pounds are not necessarily profitable production.<br />
There are costs to production – fertilizer, labour, fuel, crop production products in the case<br />
of crops – and those need to be factored against the production.<br />
One can easily imagine upping input costs, and while getting a positive boost in production,<br />
that boost not offsetting the added input investment costs. However, ‘the system’ of<br />
agriculture largely pushes the idea of maximizing production as the measure of<br />
success.<br />
It might sound good at the coffee shop to brag about big bushel crops, but the<br />
real measure of farm success has to be those bushels generating a net profit. At<br />
present, achieving profits for crops is not as challenging given the high returns<br />
possible from strong markets.<br />
The cattle sector is different right now, with higher feed costs and much tighter<br />
margins to work with, so controlling costs to give the operation a better chance<br />
at being profitable is a must.<br />
If a sharper pencil can help profitability in a tighter price market, it should be a useful and<br />
much-used tool at all times, as net income would seem the most important number in a business<br />
ledger.<br />
- CALVIN DANIELS<br />
Comment on this article at lmtimes.ca/calvin<br />
Disclaimer: opinions expressed are those of the writer.<br />
R.M. of Mount Hope Meeting<br />
Highlights - <strong>Dec</strong>ember 13th, <strong>2022</strong><br />
• The Municipal Office will be closed from <strong>Dec</strong>ember 23rd, <strong>2022</strong> to <strong>Dec</strong>ember 26th, <strong>2022</strong> for<br />
Christmas holidays, as well as January 2nd, 2023, in lieu of New Years’ Day.<br />
• Bylaw No. 7/<strong>2022</strong>, being a Bylaw to amend the Zoning Bylaw has been adopted. This Bylaw<br />
will require the minimum setback for all dugouts, borrow pits, trees, and shrubs to be 148<br />
feet from the centreline of a developed road or provincial highway. If you would like a copy of<br />
this Bylaw, please contact the Municipal Office.<br />
• Various tenders will be put out in the upcoming weeks, which will include the request for<br />
weed inspector services, custom gravelling, gravel crushing, and the supply of a motor grader.<br />
• We are applying for funding through the “Canada Summer Jobs” program hosted by Service<br />
Canada. If funding is granted, we will be hiring two summer students to work in the Public<br />
Works Department for the 2023 season.<br />
• Virtus Group LLP has been appointed as our auditor for the <strong>2022</strong> fiscal year. The annual<br />
audit is scheduled for February 27th, 2023 and will be conducted in person at the Municipal<br />
Office.<br />
• The January Regular Meeting of Council will be held on Tuesday, January 10th, <strong>2022</strong>, at 8:00<br />
a.m. in the Municipal Council Chambers.<br />
-SUBMITTED, RM of Mount Hope
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PENTON - CONTINUES FROM PAGE 18<br />
• Winnipeg Jets fan North End Rick,<br />
on Twitter, following the Jets’ 5-2<br />
home-ice loss to Ottawa: “My dog got<br />
neutered today. I watched the entirety<br />
of that Jets/Senators game. It’s debatable,<br />
but my dog may have had a better<br />
day.”<br />
• Nick Canepa of The San Diego<br />
Union-Tribune, on the Browns giving<br />
QB Deshaun Watson the thumbs-up<br />
despite 22 sexual-assault charges<br />
against him: “Seems Deshaun’s baggage<br />
got lost on its way to Cleveland.”<br />
• Alex Kaseberg again, on word that Tiger<br />
Woods was planning to playing the<br />
Masters: “One word of advice, Tiger:<br />
Uber.”<br />
• Patti Dawn Swansson, on Twitter,<br />
after an animal-rights activist tried to<br />
glue herself to the floor during an NBA<br />
play-in game in Minneapolis: “So, for<br />
those of you who’ve been wondering<br />
all these years, now you know why<br />
they call it Crazy Glue.”<br />
• Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera, on<br />
nearly reaching 3,000 hits in a game<br />
against the Yankees: “A scout from the<br />
Yankees told me, ‘If you make it, it’s<br />
going to be as a pitcher.’ He got fired.”<br />
• Headline at fark.com: “NFL finds it<br />
is impossible to tell if the Cleveland<br />
Browns are tanking on purpose or if<br />
they are simply just being the Cleveland<br />
Browns.”<br />
• Golf writer Eamon Lynch, on the upstart<br />
LIV Golf Tour: “Finally, a reason<br />
to root for the Saudis — they’ll take<br />
Sergio Garcia.”<br />
• Comedy guy Steve Burgess of Vancouver,<br />
on goal announcements in<br />
the NHL playoffs: “Home team goals<br />
are announced like the discovery of insulin,<br />
and visiting team goals like the<br />
disclaimers at the end of anti-depressant<br />
commercials.”<br />
• Alex Kaseberg again: “The New York<br />
Post reported Fox Sports will pay Tom<br />
Brady $375 mil over 10 years to be a<br />
broadcaster. Maybe this will be the<br />
break that finally turns things around<br />
for poor Tom Brady.”<br />
• Another one from Dwight Perry: “Viking<br />
QB Kirk Cousins’ career record as<br />
an NFL starter is 59-59-2. Shouldn’t<br />
that make him the Minneapolis .500?”<br />
• Dwight Perry again: “Kiara Thomas<br />
was arrested and charged with assault<br />
in Laurel, Mississippi, for punching an<br />
umpire at a 12-year-old girls softball<br />
game, WLBT-TV reported. The capper?<br />
In her mugshot, Thomas rocks a<br />
‘Mother of the Year’ T-shirt.”<br />
• Headline at TheBeaverton.com:<br />
“Sportsnet apologizes for interrupting<br />
gambling commercial with hockey.”<br />
• Columnist Norman Chad, on Twitter:<br />
“Was in a Philadelphia supermarket<br />
on Saturday.Bumped into Joel Embiid<br />
in the produce aisle. Store manager<br />
called it a Flagrant 1 and awarded<br />
Embiid two free avocados.”<br />
• Another Dwight Perry offering: “Border-hugging<br />
Aroostook Valley Country<br />
Club is a golf anomaly, with its parking<br />
lot and pro shop in the U.S. (Maine)<br />
and its course and clubhouse in Canada<br />
(New Brunswick). Wouldn’t that<br />
make it a two-country club?”<br />
• Alex Kaseberg again: “Aaron Rodgers’s<br />
new girlfriend identifies as a<br />
witch named Blu of Earth. Has anyone<br />
checked to see if Rodgers’s man bun is<br />
tied way too tight?”<br />
• Dwight Perry: “A bad hop in a Happy<br />
Valley softball game in Encino,<br />
California, sent singer Nick Jonas to<br />
the emergency room. Where did it<br />
hit him? Let’s just say he suddenly<br />
went from the Jonas Brothers to The<br />
Sopranos.”<br />
• Steve Simmons of SunMedia: “The<br />
Maple Leafs didn’t fire the president,<br />
the general manager, or the head<br />
coach after another first-round defeat<br />
but they did fire their goaltending<br />
instructor, Steve Briere. Which is a lot<br />
like blaming the first base coach for a<br />
bad baseball season.”<br />
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “The<br />
governing body for bobsleigh has approved<br />
teams of four being mixed-gender.<br />
It’s believed most sleds will have<br />
one female pilot with three men telling<br />
her how to drive.”<br />
• World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler,<br />
via Golf.com reporter Claire Rogers:<br />
“I don’t know how much money I’ve<br />
made this year, but it’s definitely more<br />
than I deserve for whacking a little<br />
golf ball around.”<br />
• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “Rob<br />
‘Gronk’ Gronkowski has retired from<br />
the NFL for the second time. When<br />
asked if he retired due to his many<br />
concussions, Gronk said, No, I just feel<br />
it is time to stop. And also, I just feel it<br />
is time to stop.’”<br />
• Comedian Kenan Thompson, hosting<br />
the NHL Awards show, after Auston<br />
Matthews was announced as league<br />
MVP: “Congrats ... it’s nice to see the<br />
Leafs winning something in June.”<br />
• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times:<br />
“Major League Baseball will allow its<br />
teams to sell sponsorships to cannabis<br />
companies that market CBD products,<br />
the Sports Business Journal reported.<br />
‘Spahn and Sain and Pray for Rain’ is<br />
about to be supplanted by ‘Cheech and<br />
Chong and Pass the Bong.’”<br />
• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “A British<br />
chef invented the Glamburger, the<br />
world’s most expensive burger at over<br />
$2,000 Canadian. If you’re wondering<br />
about the most expensive hot dog in<br />
history — Deion Sanders.”<br />
• Phil Mushnick of the New York Post,<br />
after a fan was robbed — twice —<br />
while leaving Yankee Stadium: “You<br />
mean he had money left?”<br />
• RJ Currie again: “ABC News recently<br />
reported clowns carrying baseball bats<br />
had been terrorizing people in Bakersfield,<br />
California. The first people I’d be<br />
questioning are the Oakland A’s.”<br />
• Headline from fark.com: “The Royals<br />
finally lead MLB in a statistic — number<br />
of players barred from entry into<br />
Canada.”<br />
• Super 70s Sports, on Twitter, recalling<br />
a line from former Houston Oilers<br />
coach Bum Phillips, after Earl Campbell<br />
failed to complete a one-mile run<br />
in practice: “When it’s first and a mile,<br />
I won’t give it to him.”<br />
• Steph Curry, hosting the ESPYs, on<br />
Tom Brady unretiring from the NFL<br />
at age 44: “He’s the only guy I know<br />
who’d rather get hit by Aaron Donald<br />
than hang out with a supermodel.”<br />
• Hockey Unplugged, on Facebook: “The<br />
reason they built the Hockey Hall of<br />
Fame in Toronto is so that Leafs’ fans<br />
can go see what the Stanley Cup looks<br />
like.”<br />
• Former Mets and Phillies pitcher Tug<br />
McGraw, on whether he preferred<br />
grass or AstroTurf: “ I don’t know. I<br />
never smoked AstroTurf.”<br />
• Jerry Tarde of Golf Digest, in a fictitious<br />
interview with the late Dan<br />
Jenkins, on the LIV golf tour: “I hear<br />
Patrick Reed got $80 million to defect.<br />
The Saudis paid him $20 million, and<br />
the PGA Tour put up the other 60.”<br />
• fark.com headline: “Mike Trout<br />
diagnosed with rare spinal condition<br />
that’s been aggravated by carrying the<br />
Angels for the last 10 years or so.”<br />
• Scott Ostler of the San Francisco<br />
Chronicle, on unvaccinated players:<br />
“As they say in baseball, we’ll shoot<br />
any random stuff into our bodies, as<br />
long as it’s not something that will<br />
help stop a worldwide killer pandemic.”<br />
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• Another one from Dwight Perry: “The<br />
Mariners have released pitcher Daniel<br />
Ponce de Leon. So much for the team’s<br />
hopes of getting younger.”<br />
• Eamon Lynch on Gulfweek.com, on<br />
the LIV lawsuit against the PGA Tour<br />
fracturing friendships: “It’s tough to<br />
remain pals with the roommate who<br />
moved to a sumptuous new mansion<br />
but returned to burglarize and then<br />
torch the house you’re still living in.”<br />
• Marshall Stuart, via Twitter, after the<br />
Tigers’ Derek Law became the first<br />
pitcher to allow a homer, commit an<br />
error, hit a batter and throw a wild<br />
pitch in a single relief appearance: “Is<br />
that the Nuke LaLoosh hat trick?”<br />
• Thomas Carrieri of LostInBoston-<br />
Sports.com, via Twitter, on kids eating<br />
free whenever the Red Sox win: “The<br />
good news about this season is the<br />
Red Sox are single-handedly ending<br />
childhood obesity.”<br />
• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel:<br />
“New (Florida) Gators coach Billy<br />
Napier, a stickler for structure and<br />
discipline, has instructed players they<br />
all must wear white socks at practice.<br />
Hey, you know what the great Grantland<br />
Rice once wrote: ‘It’s not whether<br />
you win or lose, it’s how you match<br />
your socks!’”<br />
• Sam Farmer of the L.A. Times, via<br />
Twitter, on the significance of Aug. 16:<br />
“Elvis, Aretha and Babe Ruth died on<br />
this day. A king, a queen and a sultan.”<br />
• Mark Fox on Twitter, weighing in on<br />
the extremely slow and painfully deliberate<br />
pre-shot routine of the newly<br />
crowned U.S. Amateur champion:<br />
“Things I can do during Sam Bennett’s<br />
pre-shot routine: Make a cup of tea.<br />
Have a shower. Change the tires on my<br />
car. Watch a full tournament without<br />
Sam Bennett. Write a thesis. Travel to<br />
the moon.”<br />
• Reds first baseman Joey Votto, via<br />
Twitter, undergoing season-ending<br />
shoulder surgery after hitting<br />
just .205: “I didn’t know I was hurt.<br />
Thought I just stunk.”<br />
• Adam Herman, on Twitter: “Every<br />
women’s hockey biography is like, ‘she<br />
has a master’s in biochemistry and is a<br />
cancer researcher at Sloan Kettering’<br />
and every men’s bio is like, ‘his favourite<br />
cereal is Fruit Loops.’”<br />
• Another one from Perry: “Pitcher Bartolo<br />
Colon says he’ll finally retire from<br />
professional baseball after pitching<br />
one more season of winter ball in his<br />
native Dominican Republic. Just think<br />
of his farewell tour as One Last Whiff<br />
of Colon.”<br />
• Funny guy Steve Burgess of Vancouver,<br />
on Breaking Bad actor Aaron Paul<br />
serving as TV advertising pitchman<br />
for an online betting company: “I<br />
wish Jesse Pinkman would go back<br />
to a more reputable line of work, like<br />
dealing meth.”<br />
• Ex-LSU football coach Ed Orgeron, to<br />
the Little Rock (Ark.) Touchdown Club,<br />
when told at his firing he’d receive a<br />
$17.1 million buyout: “What time do<br />
you want me to leave and what door do<br />
you want me out of, brother?”<br />
• New York Post reader Lloyd Stone,<br />
during a recent NFL televised game:<br />
“Is there any way to watch this in<br />
black and white? Seattle’s garish green<br />
uniforms should be restricted to prisoners<br />
on trash patrol along the Jersey<br />
Turnpike.”<br />
• RJ Currie again: “The Banjo Bowl<br />
outcome: Blue Bombers 54, the flu-ridden<br />
Roughriders 20. Saskatchewan<br />
QB Cody Fajardo said many Riders<br />
were so ill they couldn’t keep anything<br />
down — including, it seems, the score.”<br />
• Producer Soph, on Twitter: “Can I<br />
make a suggestion? Team Homan/Fleury<br />
= Team Heury. Heury hard.”<br />
• Geoff O’Neil, via Twitter, what a difference<br />
21 years makes: “There were<br />
5,273 Blockbuster video locations in<br />
operation the last time the Mariners<br />
made the playoffs.”<br />
• Dwight Perry: “‘Clean and jerk’ is: a) a<br />
composite of two weightlifting movements;<br />
b) how baseball hard-liners<br />
view the AL and NL season home run<br />
record-holders.”<br />
• From a FakeKenHolland account on<br />
Twitter, in reacting to complaints<br />
of high concession prices at Oilers’<br />
home games: “All hats collected from<br />
Connor’s hat-trick celebration will<br />
be available for sale, with a complimentary<br />
bag of popcorn, at the Rogers<br />
Place concession stand starting at the<br />
low low price of $225.”<br />
• Fark.com headline: “What are you in<br />
for? Bank robbery. You? Murder. You?<br />
Cheating at fishing.”<br />
• Another one from Steve Burgess of<br />
Vancouver, on the pain of love for the<br />
Canucks: “They get in your blood, and<br />
then it’s blood poisoning.”<br />
• Jack Finarelli of sportscurmudgeon.<br />
com, on the recent Broncos-Jaguars<br />
game in London: “The people in the<br />
UK have lost their queen and their<br />
prime minister in the last two months;<br />
the pound sterling has tanked to its<br />
lowest level since WWII; and now the<br />
NFL sends them that game? Haven’t<br />
those people suffered enough?”<br />
• Headline at the Beaverton: “Poll:<br />
Majority of Canadians favour making<br />
sports betting illegal again just to get<br />
rid of the %&$##$ ads”<br />
• Dwight Perry again: “Taylor Swift<br />
made history as the first musical artist<br />
to claim all top 10 spots on the Billboard<br />
Hot 100 list, for the week of Nov.<br />
5. Kind of like Nick Saban on national<br />
signing day.”<br />
• One more from RJ Currie: “Australian<br />
jockey Blake Shinn stood up in a<br />
last-second bid to overtake the leader,<br />
and his pants fell down. Might be the<br />
first time a horse placed while its rider<br />
showed.”<br />
• Phil Mushnick again, on a rumoured<br />
transaction by the New York Giants:<br />
“The Giants reacquire Odell Beckham<br />
Jr.? That would be like paying to have<br />
your kidney stones put back.”<br />
• Vic Tafur of The Athletic, on Raiders’<br />
coach Josh McDaniels losing to newly<br />
hired and inexperienced coach Jeff<br />
Saturday and the Indianapolis Colts in<br />
Saturday’s first game: “That’s like Garry<br />
Kasparov walking into Central Park<br />
and getting checkmated by a guy with<br />
mustard stains on his sweatshirt.”<br />
• Headline at the British newspaper iSport,<br />
after England and the U.S. played<br />
to a 0-0 World Cup tie: “Football 0<br />
Soccer 0”<br />
• Another fark.com offering: “England<br />
vs. U.S.A. World Cup match is serious<br />
business. The loser has to keep James<br />
Corden.”<br />
• Alex Kaseberg again: “The Denver<br />
Broncos are 3-8 since trading the farm<br />
for Russell Wilson. It is the worst trade<br />
since Pete Best left the Beatles to play<br />
drums for the Cockroachers.”<br />
Wishing you our warmest holiday<br />
greetings and all the best in 2023!<br />
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