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ON-LINE Phone - 698-2271 • Fax - 698-2808 50 years in the priesthood Congratulations to Rev. Fr. Louis Abello who celebrated 50 years in the priesthood on Sun., June 3, along with 4 parishes, Sedley, Vibank, Odessa, Francis, who he so faithfully serves. Fr. Abello was ordained June 2, 1962, along with 4 other priests, by Archbishop O’Neil at the Holy Rosary in Regina and had his first solemn mass June 3, 1962 at Our Lady of Grace, Sedley, Sk. He served in various parishes before returning to his home base, Sedley, and has been serving the 4 parishes for the last few years. The celebration began at 4 pm with a solemn mass (Trinity Sun.) at Sedley with Fr. Abello as celebrant. Bishop Daniel Bohan, app. 47 priests and 375-400 people congregated in the Sedley Church for the very beautiful service. Church banners from each parish were displayed in the church. Yvette Young, Vibank & Dave Wild, Odessa, did the readings. Wayne Lang, Francis, read the intercession and Ron Klein, Sedley, administrated communion. Ray Muhr, Odessa, George Dreher, Francis, Tracy Schaeffer, Vibank, Roxy Helfrick & Cliff Knoll, Francis, were selected from the parishes to take up the collection. Fr. Bauche from Weyburn had some kind words about Fr. Abello during the mass. The choir consisted of 40 members, all members of the 4 parishes which included Rita Nell on the organ, Lorilei Fuchs on piano & Jerome Weiss on guitar. 6 members of the Knights of Columbus, Ernie Gutzke, Martin Kress, Mervyn Klein, Gerry Fisher, John Sydorko, Ron Wormsbecker stood guard when the bishop and priests entered and departed from the church. After mass everyone congregated at the Gym Hall for a very delicious beef supper. Grace was said by Bishop Bohan. 2 beautiful cakes were enjoyed for dessert. Master of Ceremonies for the evening were Tim & Gwen Nell. The head table consisted of the honored guest, Fr. Louis Abello, Your Grace Bishop Daniel Bohan, Fr. Bauche, Fr. Abello’s brother, Tony Abello, sister Jacinta (Toni) Auser, sister-in-law, Blanche Abello, nephew Jim and his wife, Pam, 2 great nieces Brittany & Michelle. Also representing the 4 parishes were Dave Glas, Odessa, Chris Lang, Francis, Mervyn Heisler, Vibank, Sam Connaughty, Sedley, who all in turn spoke a few words praising Fr. Abello, as did Fr. Bauche. Father’s nephew, Jim gave a presentation on behalf of Fr. Abello, who was known to family as Uncle Louie). Jim’s stories and comments were very interesting. Some of his stories of his growing up days with Uncle Louie. Father’s 2 great nieces, Brittany & Michelle, accompanied by their mother, Pam serenaded the crowd of almost 400 with a couple of beautiful songs. Those 2 girls have beautiful voices. Tim Nell read a congratulatory letter from the Prime Minister of Canada. To conclude the evening Rev. Bishop Bohan had a few kind and stimulating words for Fr. Abello and presented him with a framed certificate representing ordination and 50 years of dedication. In return Fr. Abello charmed us all with a few minutes reminiscing a little of his past, when he served in various parishes, incidents that took place in his lifetime as a priest. Last but certainly not least, a video presentation was shown by Lolie Rutten Klein on Father’s life from when he was a youngster growing up on their Lewvan farm with his parents, sister and brothers, to his ordination and after. On behalf of the Odessa community we want to congratulate you again Fr. for the many years you have dedicated yourself to us, for all the help and guidance, spiritually and physically, you extended to our parish. We are so blessed to have such an ambitious, kind, pleasant, frugal, an all around wonderful man as our parish priest and I know I can speak for the 3 other parishes as well. We wish you many more years of good health and hope to have you as our parish priest for all of your days. Fifty years in the priesthood is a great milestone. Congratulations again. Submitted by Eva Hoffman Editor - Melanie Dahlman Administration Office: Box 89, Wolseley, SK S0G 5H0 Week of June 4th, 2012 • E-MAIL - unos@sasktel.net New to Odessa’s park App. 50 people showed up on Sat., especially nice to see our young people June 2 to install a new playground struc- come out to give a helping hand. Thanks ture in the park and paint the existing a bunch. A good job well done. structures. Everyone’s hard work and Submitted by Eva Hoffman expertise was greatly appreciated. It was Crop Report MAY 22 TO 28, 2012 Seventy-four per cent of the 2012 crop has been seeded according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's weekly Crop Report. The five-year (2007-2011) average for this time of year is approximately 70 per cent seeded. Seventy-one per cent of the crop is seeded in the southeast, 80 per cent in the southwest, 59 per cent in the eastcentral area, 73 per cent in the west-central area, 80 per cent in the northeast and 86 per cent in the northwest. A large amount of precipitation across the province has stopped seeding for a couple of days to a week. Precipitation varied from less than one inch to over four inches in some areas. Produc- ers in southern and eastern regions are dealing with very wet soil conditions. Topsoil moisture on cropland is rated as 40 per cent surplus and 60 per cent adequate. Hay and pasture topsoil moisture is 26 per cent surplus, 73 per cent adequate and one per cent short. Seventy-eight per cent of the fall cereals, 52 per cent of the spring cereals, 49 per cent of the oilseeds and 53 per cent of the pulses are at normal stages of development for this time of year. The majority of crops that have emerged are in good to excellent condition. Most crop damage this week is due to excess moisture and frost. Farmers are busy controlling weeds and trying to finish seeding. FULL COLOR QUALITY PRINTING √ full color flyers/brochures √ business cards √ envelopes & letterhead The Wolseley Bulletin Print Shop (306) 698-2271 To place an advertisement in this publication or any other United Newspaper of Saskatchewan paper contact us: Phone (306) 698-2271 or fax: (306) 698-2808 E-Mail: unos@sasktel.net For only $35.00 you can advertise in ALL UNOS papers. See details inside. Page 2 - R Town ON-LINE - Week of June 4th, 2012 So what if it’s not high-brow if kids (especially boys) find it amusing? Study defends scatological children’s literature Books about poop, pee and all things scatological have a place in children’s libraries, says University of Alberta professor Ann Curry. The moms may not always appreciate them, but little boys (and many dads) find scatological topics uproariously funny. Curry argues the books could also have a side benefit: By teaching children the proper names for body parts and functions, they empower their young readers. Curry, now a professor in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Extension, is a former children’s librarian who was intrigued by the fact that little boys were always “absolutely fascinated” by the scatological books that started coming into libraries in the 1980s. She decided to research on the topic - she read literature on childrearing, education and psychology, and did a survey of a representative sample of children’s librarians across the country. She is presenting her findings at the 2012 Congress of the Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences. The librarians told her that there is a distinct gender difference when it comes to scatological topics. Boys were very interested, girls much less so. The librarians attribute that difference to several factors. Several postulated, for example, that for males, bodily functions are more ‘public’ than for females. “When the father goes into the public washroom with his son, it’s a communal experience. It’s not something they hide. What do women do? They drag their little girl into the cubicle and lock the door,” says Curry. While mothers don’t always appreciate the topic, the librarians report that males of all ages often do – so much that reading a scatological book can be a bonding experience between father and son. “Librarians have frequently observed a boy and his father sharing a scatological book in the library and laughing uproariously,” says Curry. “It’s a shared experience.” And she notes that younger parents, those young enough to have grown up with the early scatological books like Walter the Farting Dog, are now seeking out those SASK. FARMS & RANCHES BALGONIE: 90.94 ac.- all alfalfa/clover, well, honey shack, storage shed, green house, 4,000 sq ft bungalow. On Hwy #10! 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Curry says librarians defend the presence of scatological books in libraries on two counts: First, many argue that children have a right to books they like. So what if they are not high-brow? Adults have their joke books and trashy romances. But Curry says librarians also argued that by teaching children proper words for body parts and functions, these books play a role in ‘childproofing’ youngsters, making them more able to resist any adult who might not have designs on them. Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences How Ta Look at the News * In Maryland, authorities caught the man who has been defecating in yards throughout a neighborhood. Kelly James Ervin, 48, is facing charges. Surprisingly, he has only facing a single count of littering or dumping under 100 pounds. He runs every morning and says he just goes wherever he is after two miles. A policeman explained the charges. “The charge for peeing in public would be indecent exposure and you would have to see the genitalia.” Apparently, no one has seen this guy do his business. * There are a lot of Cold War-era Atlas missile silos that were long ago decommissioned. After purchasing one underground silo, developer Larry Hall is building the ultimate gated community with five years of underground food and water in nuke-proof luxury appointments, $2m per condo, cash upfront. Four have been sold. * Brad Dickson reports that an elderly North Carolina couple plans to marry despite speaking different languages. “When you stop and think about it, don’t most married couples speak a different language?” * In Trinity, Tex., Chris Windham, 27, said it was an accident that he snapped cellphone video under the wall of a bathroom stall occupied by a 57-year-old man. He explained that as he was wiping himself, he put one hand on the floor for balance and that hand happened to have a phone in it. Give me a break! Gene Hauta Parenting Tips from Regional KidsFirst Nursery Rhymes for Baby When you try action songs, nursery rhymes or finger plays with baby on your lap and show baby his eyes, nose and mouth Your baby will feel love, enjoy spending time with you and show his feelings by making faces and body movements. Saying nursery rhymes to your baby does so many good things. It stimulates a baby’s language development, shows you love them and enjoy spending time with them. Saying nursery rhymes in rhythmic style, or singing them teaches your baby rhythm, which is a beginning math concept. Very young babies enjoy gentle motion like rocking or gentle touch. The patterned touching and moving that are built into rhymes give them great pleasure and help them get to know their fingers and toes, etc. The touching and eye contact helps to build a connection between you and your baby. ROCK A BYE BABY Rock a bye, baby (Sway child back and forth) On the tree top, when the wind blows (Gently blow on baby) The cradle will rock; (Sway child back and forth) When the bough breaks The cradle will fall And down will come baby Cradle and all. (Gently lower baby) Older babies who can sit up enjoy lap rhymes. These babies love to be bounced with varying degrees of vigor, feeling a safe fall to one side, or between the knees, being patted on the feet or tickled on the tummy, etc. They also love the musical and lively sound of the rhymes and will soon recognize their favorites! DOCTOR FOSTER Doctor Foster went to Gloucester (Bounce on lap) In a shower of rain (Light tickling for rain) He stepped in a puddle Right up to his middle (Drop baby between knees to his middle) And never went there again! (Bring baby up again and hug) MACK AUCTION FARM EQUIPMENT TERRY & BHUPINDER DREGER (306)335-2512 or (306)335-7601 SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 2012 LEMBERG, SASK. DIRECTIONS; FROM WEST SIDE OF LEMBERG GO 4 MILES NORTH & 1.5 MILES WEST SALE STARTS @ 10:00 A.M. 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David MacKenzie by Murray Mandryk want to raise today is the peculiar difficulty that I had in coming to a final decision. Birk was in renal failure, and at the end, was eating very little. I knew that her time had come, and I was unwilling to watch her starve to death. While I knew (Biblically) that I had the authority to make a decision about her life, the truth is I didn’t want the final judgment. I didn’t want to decide, and I definitely didn’t want to follow through. After all, these moments change everything, forever. The day after Birk died, I had a peculiar thought. You wouldn’t think it related, but suddenly I believe I understood something new (to me) about the Second coming of Christ: if God seems to be delaying, maybe it’s because He is. This may come as a shock to some people, but maybe God doesn’t really want the “day of reckoning”. He doesn’t want judgement day. He’d rather delay it; He’d rather avoid it. His heart, after all, is for mercy to triumph over judgement. That’s why He negotiated with Abraham about the city of Sodom (Genesis 18:22+); He would have spared the entire place for ten righteous people within it! This is why He was so insistent that Jonah finish his ministry in Ninevah. This is why the pestilence stopped when Aaron ran into the crowd to intercede (Numbers 16:48). For the very same reason, God relented when he heard Amos cry, “Jacob is so small!” (Amos 7:1-6). For love’s sake, God’s heart is naturally “bent” to relent. Is it, therefore, a shock to realize the Divine power vested in Jesus own words when He says, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”? Would not such a heart as this, listening to the biggest intercessor and mediator of all time, not relent? God knows that when He finally comes for judge- much spending authority and Heppner new portfolio does seems to be little more than a glorified version of the old Government Services office. Speaking of Heppner, she is now arguably the most northern minister in the province with the demotion of Meadow Lake's Harrison out of the cabinet room. And if rural Saskatchewan or the north didn't seem to fare particularly well in this shuffle, smaller cities arguably fared worse with Meadow Lake (Harrison) and Prince Albert (Darryl Hickie) losing their cabinet table representations. Strangely, most of Saskatchewan's smaller cities Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Meadow Lake, Estevan and Yorkton will all be without cabinet representation now - this despite the fact that the Saskatchewan Party controls the majority of seats in every area in the province including all 29 rural Saskatchewan seats. But the thing about cabinet shuffles is that they are complex beasts and often require more than a single glance to full appreciate their scope. And when you do step back and look at the bigger picture, rural Saskatchewan actually came out okay. For starters, 11 of the 18 cabinet ministers (including Swift Current's Brad Wall) are from what are traditionally described as rural seats. Any time you have a comfortable majority in cabinet, your issues will be heard at the cabinet table. Notwithstanding the fact that some rural ministers lost some hefty portfolios (Don McMorris in health and Donna Harpauer in education), Mercy's Sake! I know that, out there, perhaps even among eyes reading this very article, there are those wonderfully pragmatic types who have little to no trouble with some of the tougher choices and realities of life. To their credit, they manage to stick with the facts, sometimes irrespective of the feelings, the relational investment, even the sentiments involved. On some level, I might even envy some of them. But I’m definitely not one of them. This week, I had to “put down” my old cat, Birkenstock. She was eighteen and a half, and had been part of our family since our days in Glenavon, Saskatchewan. In her younger, active years, she was quite something. I once had to rescue her when she’d followed the scent of mice inside the header of a (temporarily) parked combine. She ruined my wife’s first Mother’s Day by becoming sealed inside a neighbour's attic, causing us to miss our restaurant appointment. She was nicknamed the “Nanny Cat” because whenever our young children cried, she was there, at the crib or the baby-carrier, to see what was wrong. During one such episode, I actually watched her try to “size up” my son’s head in an obvious attempt to see whether she could lift him by the neck to safety. We helped him out, instead. I guess that’s what you lose, when an old friend dies. You lose not only the their presence, but a mutual past— a connection to another time that you once experienced together. Yet, the point that I ment, some people, perhaps many people, will find themselves with neither the righteousness fit for heaven, nor the Redeemer to cover their sins. They will be dead and less than dead— fit for little but eternal separation from the love of God. Yet that is not what God would prefer! Sadly, these days, there are a number of hearts, some of them even Christian, who are calling for judgement far more than for mercy. At times, I’ve even been one of them. Maybe it’s because we don’t always ponder the words of Amos (5:18-19), who reminded his listeners: “who would want the day of the Lord… it is like running from a lion, only to be met by a bear”! Let us be frank, and think soberly for at least one moment: if we knew that the power of human life and death was within our authority, would we be as quick to rush to the irrevocable finality of judgement as we think? Or would we, too, delay, for mercy’s sake, for love’s sake— just like I wanted to, for Birk’s sake? There’s a human expression that says that “only the good die young”. Sometimes I’ve wondered whether this expression has, in fact, a splinter of truth. For, in a sense, only the good die young, because only the good can afford to. But for the rest of us, maybe the good Lord says, “I choose to wait for change, for I would rather show mercy than judgement.” Amen Lord! May we all be changed! At first glance, rural Saskatchewan, the smaller cities and the north might appear to be the big loser in Premier Brad Wall's recent cabinet shuffle. Consider the evidence: There are three new (or returning) rural MLAs entering cabinet in new Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart (Thunder Creek), Central Services Minister Nancy Heppner (Rosthern) and Rural and Remote Health Minister Randy Weekes (Biggar). But except for Stewart in agriculture (and one fully expects the minister of agriculture in Saskatchewan to be from the country) these new rural ministers aren’t taking on the larger portfolios. Conversely, new urban cabinet ministers - including Regina Douglas Park's Russ Marchuk in education and Saskatoon Northwest's Gord Wyant in Justice whose portfolio is classified as one of the three super ministries - are immediately taking on bigger roles. One might even suggest the newer rural cabinet ministers have less responsibility than outgoing rural ministers Bob Bjornerud (agriculture), Jeremy Harrison (enterprise) and Yogi Huyghebaert (corrections and public safety). After all, Weekes's new job would seem to be one without rural members are entrenched in nearly all the key cabinet seats. Besides Wall, Ken Krawetz in finance, and June Draude in social services, rural MLAs take on hefty responsibilities like Weyburn-Big Muddy's Dustin Duncan in health (at the unheard of age of 32 years) Harpauer as Crown Investment Corp. Minister, Jim Reiter as Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, and Tim McMillan as Energy Minister. One could certainly add to the list of cabinet heavyweights Stewart in agriculture and perhaps even McMorris in highways, given his additional individual Crown corporation responsibilities. But the minister that surely can't be overlooked is Kindersley's Bill Boyd who, as the new super minister of the economy with McMillan working under him. Similarly, Duncan as health minister will have under him Weekes who will serve in the intriguing new rural and remote health issues portfolio. And it's quite possible that Weekes's portfolio represents the biggest win for rural Saskatchewan depending on what he is able to accomplish. Not since the NDP days of rural development ministers (who usually weren't exactly cabinet heavyweights, anyway) have we seen a Premier assign a minister to deal with what strictly amounts to ruralspecific issues. Perhaps this new posting won't be much of anything, but the potential is certainly there. So, all in all, it might have been a far better cabinet shuffle for rural Saskatchewan than it first seemed. Birkenstock Law’s Cool Blog U NITED N EWSPAPERS OF S ASKATCHEWAN Printing-Advertising-Booklets-PamphletsWeekly publications distributed to North-Central-Southern Saskatchewan Ph. 1-306-698-2271 E-mail: unos@sasktel.net All information is at the web site unos.ca We can TARGET any area in Saskatchewan you wish to get your advertising too. Contact us...we can get your information out there! Move to your right... your other right PLEA’s Weekly Blog Entry It might be cliché, but seconds count. This simple truth always hits me when I am driving and hear the approaching howl of sirens as I, somewhat frantically, scan my surroundings trying to determine what is approaching and from where. Lives may literally be at stake. Sometimes things unfold like clockwork, with drivers quickly yet cautiously pulling over to the right, merging as necessary, and forming one beautifully executed single line on the far right side of the road. Other times the chaos that ensues might almost be comical but for that earlier business of lives being at stake. The correct response for this type of situation can actually be found in The Traffic Safety Act. And it’s easy to remember: If you hear sirens or see emergency lights approaching, immediately pull over as far as possible to the right-hand side of the road and do not proceed through the next intersection until the emergency vehicle or vehicles have passed. Emergency vehicles always have the right of way. Can you imagine driving on our roads without any rules or regulations? And on the other hand, can you imagine all drivers always obeying each and every rule of the road? In terms of road safety, what kind of impact do you think either scenario would have? To join the conversation about this topic, go to plea.org and click on Blog The Public Legal Education Association of Saskatchewan (PLEA) is a non-profit, non-government organization. This article is intended to be general information only. People who need specific advice should see a lawyer or other professional. Page 4 - RTOWN Town ON-LINE - WeekofofJune June4th, 4th,2012 2012 NEWS - Week The Montréal Botanical Garden On June 9, 1931, the Montréal Botanical Garden was founded. Today, this garden, which occupies 75 hectares in the city’s eastern central portion, is one of the largest in the world, containing some 22,000 plant species and cultivars, 10 exhibition greenhouses, about 30 themed gardens and a vast arboretum. The administrative building and part of the entry garden © Nathalie Clerk / Parks Canada, 2006 It was through the initiative of renowned professor and scientist Brother Marie-Victorin that the Montréal Botanical Garden came into being. Born in 1885, Marie-Victorin discovered his passion for botany when he was sent to the countryside to convalesce. He rapidly became a specialist in botany, publishing Flore Laurentienne, a major work on the plants of Quebec, in 1935. In 1930, he helped to found the Association du Jardin botanique de Montréal to lobby for the construction of such a facility in Montréal. Construction on the new garden began in 1932, but was interrupted by the Depression. Although the work stalled, Brother Marie-Victorin began writing to Henry Teuscher, an experienced landscape architect, developing the design of the grounds with him. The two of them determined how the garden was to be laid out so that it could become an “ideal botanical garden” with scientific and educational functions. Construction resumed in 1936 and Marie-Victorin was named scientific director of the Botanical Garden, while Teuscher became chief horticulturalist. The garden officially How Ta Look at the News * The U.S. Justice Department has actually threatened to seize the Gibson guitars from rock stars while they’re onstage this summer. The guitars are made of illegally harvested wood. “After all, they are handmade in Tennessee,” noted Argus Hamilotn, “where making anything legally takes all the fun out of it.” Gene Hauta opened its gates in 1939, and was an immediate success with the public. After Brother Marie-Victorin died in 1944, the garden fell on more difficult times, despite the fact that Henry Teuscher was appointed curator. However, the Garden began to flourish again in the 1970s. Inside a greenhouse © Nathalie Clerk / Parks Canada, 2006 Today, the Botanical Garden, which has contributed to the development of horticulture in Canada, is known around the world. It is one of Montréal’s most famous sites. Hundreds of thousands of visitors come every year to appreciate its beauty and the diversity of its plants. It includes more than 30 themed gardens with special features, such as the Water Garden, First Nations Garden, Rose Garden and Japanese Garden. The greenhouses, with their displays of exotic ecosystems, are open year-round. The Garden also includes a scientific research centre devoted to the study of its diverse plant collections. The Montreal Botanical Garden is one of the world’s most extensive botanical gardens, and was declared a national historic site in 2008. Brother Marie-Victorin has been declared a person of national historic significance in recognition of his achievements in the field of botany. Why Did They Do It? What if China, flush with its new wealth, opened its doors to mass immigration? It would make sense from an economic and social point of view, because its one-child-perfamily policy has produced a young generation far smaller than the one that now does most of the work. China’s population is “ageing” (i.e. its average age is going up) faster than any other country in history, and it could certainly do with some more young people. If it had an immigration policy like that of the United States, it could fill all the gaping holes in the workforce that will open up when the present adult generation retires, and there would be enough people working and paying taxes to support that older generation in its “golden years”. Otherwise, there will be barely one worker for each retiree, and their post-retirement years will be far from golden. So let’s suppose China opens the gates. (Stay with me on this.) The immigrants would come, from all over the world. Probably most would be from south and south-east Asia (India, Pakistan, Burma, Indonesia, the Philippines), but plenty of Russians would come too. So would Arabs from the slums of Cairo, and Congolese from the slums of Kinshasa, and Mexicans fleeing the bloody war on drugs. There would be young Europeans coming too, fleeing the 25-to-50 percent youth unemployment rates of Spain, Italy and Greece. Some Americans would also come, like former automobile workers from RustBelt states hoping that their skills would find employment in what is now the world’s biggest car-maker. China’s politics wouldn’t deter them; they have already tried being free and poor, and some of them would be willing to trade. They would all come, and China would be transformed. In fifty or sixty years it would be one of the world’s most diverse societies. Almost all the new immigrants would learn to speak some Chinese, of course, but their children would be fluent in the language. Indeed, they would think of themselves as Chinese, even though their skins were white, brown or black and their religions Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or Hindu. Some tens of millions of them would already have intermarried with ethnic Chinese, if only because there are tens of millions of young Chinese men who will otherwise remain unmarried. (The Chinese have been killing too many of their baby girls.) And everybody would live more or less happily ever after. I know. It’s never going to happen, because the Chinese would never let it happen. But that’s precisely the point. The Americans have let it happen. Why? by Gwynne Dyer I’m not saying it is a bad thing. Personally, I like it. But it is an extraordinary thing. Sixty years ago the United States was a country whose population was overwhelmingly of white European descent. The only really big minority was the black and mixed-race descendants of African slaves, who accounted for about one-eighth of the population. And then the United States opened the gates very wide. Last month the US Census Bureau revealed that non-white births in the country narrowly exceeded the number of births to white Americans for the first time. There are some curious kinks in the statistics, such as the fact that Spanish-speaking whites are not counted as white, but the message is clear: the next adult generation in the United States will not be majority white. So why did the last two generations of Americans, who were still mostly of European descent, let it happen? Did they welcome and encourage it, as a good thing for the country’s future? Or were they just asleep at the wheel? Some Americans certainly did encourage it, arguing that turning the United States into a microcosm of the whole world was fulfilling its destiny, and that the sheer diversity of its future population would give it a huge competitive advantage in the world. But there were not many people who made that argument, and there is actually little evidence to show that ethnic diversity makes a country more competitive. Nor did this immense change happen while the old white population was just not paying attention. There were debates about immigration policy all the time, there was plenty of information about where the current immigration policy was leading, and Americans simply let it happen. One explanation that sounds plausible is that it was about fairness. As descendants of immigrants themselves, they felt that they could not deny others the same opportunities. Many older white Americans were clearly uneasy about the new social reality that was springing up around them, but most of them remained true to their ideals and never mobilised to stop it. Maybe the last two generations of Americans were a lot less racist than many people – including many Americans – thought. Or perhaps they were all silently aware that only five hundred years ago, none of the births in North America were white. Health Matters Health matters are directly related to you and you have to make the right choices. Your diet and lack of exercise may be important. There is a need for peace on the home front and it all is up to you. You can get out and exercise, getting more oxygen moving into your brain and allows you to finish that important project and think clearly. While communication is needed in all relationships, money matters will become a top priority. Planning the future is more important than ever but loyalty to loved ones is very important. To show your love and support is important and getting together with loved ones takes your mind off your troubles. Break with routine and have some fun with loved ones and a young person is a great source of joy in your life. A friend will surprise you with some delightful news and a creative idea will be beneficial in several ways. Doing these things together is what friendship is all about. It is hard to build health after you are sick, but easy to keep if you if you look after your health today. Submitted by: Raymond Olson, Lumsden, Sask RRTown ON-LINE Page 5 TOWN NEWS -- Week of June 4th, 2012 2012-- Page It Is What It Is by Judy Sorestad my reply. Uncle Junior went on to explain that Dave was there, planning a surprising evening for me - if I was up to it. Since I wasn’t known to turn down a challenge, I agreed to enter this unknown adventure. Uncle Junior instructed me to wear comfortable tennis shoes, old slacks, and a warm sweater. Now, he had really aroused my curiosity. It’s the time of the The next few minutes year that we’ve waited so found me frantically impatiently to experience glimpses of the first signs of spring! Every spring, I await their arrival. I’ve been told that when they proclaim their presence, spring is definitely a reality. They seem to possess an inner clock that knows the exact PUZZLE NO. 610 date - and, not a minute too soon - when they should assemble their choir, and get busy. It’s a real treat to step outside, at night and listen to the frogs croaking. I don’t know why, but their chorus makes everything seem all right. Kind of “springy”! I’ve not heard them, yet, this year, but, they’ll come - in due time. Never do I hear the frogs doing their thing, without thinking of Dave. Ah, yes, Dave - I remember him well - and the frogs. Blonde-haired, blue eyed Dave was a close friend of my Uncle Junior. Therefore, it wasn’t at all uncommon for this attractive bachelor to accompany Uncle Junior on his visits to our house. One Saturday evening, Uncle Junior called, and, surprisingly, asked for me. “Doing anything, tonight?” he inquired. “Nothing special” was How Ta Look at the News *Alex Kaseberg: “Spirit Airlines is now going to charge $100 for a carryon bag; apparently the Spirit in Spirit Airlines is extortion. That’s like paying a guy not to urinate on your shoe. You pay, but then he urinates on your shoe; when you ask why, he says you only paid to protect one shoe.” * An Australian teacher has been charged after allegedly daring his students to hold dry ice in their hands. A number of the students took the 49year-old teacher up on his dare and suffered serious burns as a result. The teacher is charged with causing grievous bodily harm by a negligent act and assaulting a school student causing bodily harm. * Keep reading between the lines… Gene Hauta preparing for my mystery date. Uncle Junior and Dave arrived, as I put finishing touches on my Sunday-best-make-up, contrary to my casual ponytail, and carefully selected “everyday” outfit. If Uncle Junior hadn’t been along, I would’ve wondered what the heck Dave was up to. We drove deeper, and deeper, into the boondocks, before eventually stopping alongside a pond. The air was saturated with an assort- ACROSS 1. Brownie 4. Drops the ball 8. High shoe 12. Mature 15. Crusty dessert 16. Chimney sweep's concern 17. Lofty hairstyle 18. Festive drink 19. Incense 20. Breeze in 21. Stevedores do it 22. Dress up 23. Arum-family plant 25. Servant, in Asia 27. Network 29. Candid 31. Legal matter 33. Person who receives gifts 36. Least meek 39. Social group 41. Unique item, to a Brit ment of woody smells, and the unmistakable roar of croaking frogs. After we got out of the car, they opened the trunk, pulled out coveralls, followed by hip boots. Dave brought out a long contraption - I think he called it a “gig”. Yep, we were going frog hunting! (By the way, my job was to carry the bag for the captured frogs.) A couple of hours, and a heavy bag, later, we were enroute to Uncle Junior’s. Once there, the guys and Copyright © 2012 by Penny Press 42. 43. 45. 47. 48. 50. 52. 53. 55. 57. 62. 64. 66. 67. 70. 72. 74. 75. 77. 79. 81. 83. Excited Have capacity for Peasant "We ____ Family" More honest Gear tooth Sesame seed Brightly colored fish Lamprey Pavilion Art medium Edict Having two feet Electrical unit Sliding or storm Tibetan beast Extreme poverty Monty Hall's transaction ____-bang Repair-shop rentals Coastal eagles Card game 84. Indian princess 85. Has the vapors 87. Soy product 89. Tijuana tabbies 93. Performance 95. Margarine 97. Laborer 99. The self 100. Grievous trouble 101. Spiritual instructor 102. Duck 103. Addition 104. Examine 105. Caspian and Black 106. Horned vipers 107. Visualize DOWN 1. "Beowulf," e.g. 2. Italian currency, once 3. Intuit 4. 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In March 2012 the agency released new federal guidelines that steer wind turbines away from vital habitat and toward land already marked by development. Dear EarthTalk: One of the objections to wind power has been that the turbines can kill birds. Has there been some progress in developing bird-friendly wind power? Marcie Mahoney, Boston, MA Bird collisions have been one of the primary negatives of the recent growth in wind power across the United States and beyond. The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS) estimates that almost a half million birds are killed each year in the U.S. by wind turbines. “Birds can die in collisions with the turbine blades, towers, power lines, or related structures, and can also be impacted through habitat destruction from the siting of turbines, power lines, and access roads,” the non-profit American Bird Conservancy reports. “Some birds, such as sagegrouse, are particularly sensitive to the presence of turbines, and can be scared away from their breeding grounds several miles away from a wind development.” In response to this growing problem, the USFWS released new federal guidelines in March 2012 for land-based wind developers trying to avoid or minimize impacts to birds and their habitats. The guidelines are voluntary at this point, but U.S. wind developers interested in a smoother ride through various permitting processes and the blessing of environmental groups—several were consulted extensively in drawing up the new guidelines—are doing their best to make their designs and implementations comply. The federal government’s 22-member Wind Turbine Guidelines Advisory Committee, which included experts from the National Audubon Society, Nature Conservancy, Defenders of Wildlife, Massachusetts Audubon and Bat Conservation International, developed the guidelines. Committee members report they are optimistic that the new guidelines provide a path to better protection for birds and their habitats. “The guidelines steer wind turbines away from vital habitat…and toward land already marked by development,” says David Yarnold, National Audubon’s President. “They give the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service a place at the table for siting decisions; they help protect sites with high potential risk for birds; and they minimize habitat fragmentation.” He adds that the guidelines are based on the best available science and “provide a roadmap to better bird protections across each of America’s four great flyways.” Audubon pushed to ensure that the guidelines address habitat fragmentation, one of the biggest potential impacts of wind development on birds. Wind developers that cooperate with the guidelines will avoid dividing important habitats like forests and grasslands, thus maintaining their suitability for wildlife. “These first-ever federal guidelines are a gamechanger and big win for both wildlife and clean energy,” says Yarnold. “By collaborating with conservationists instead of slugging it out, the wind power industry gains vital support to expand and create jobs, and wildlife gets the protection crucial for survival.” For its part, the American Bird Conservancy would like to take the voluntary out of the guidelines and instead require wind developers to comply. The group recently filed a petition with the U.S. Depart- ment of the Interior calling for mandatory rules protecting millions of birds from the negative impacts of wind energy and rewarding responsible wind energy development. CONTACTS: National Audubon, www.audubon.org; USFWS “LandBased Wind Energy Guidelines,” www.fws.gov/windenergy/docs/WEG_f inal.pdf; American Bird Conservancy, www.abcbirds.org. EarthTalk® is written and edited by Roddy Scheer and Doug Moss and is a registered trademark of E - The Environmental Magazine ( www.emagazine.com). Send questions to: earthtalk@emagazine.com. Subscribe: www.emagazine.com/subscribe. Free Trial Issue: www.emagazine.com/trial. Honesty in What We Feel in Relationships In order to have a relationship that goes beyond the superficial, there must be some level of honesty. In fact, honesty is sometimes what allows a relationship to go deeper. Regardless of the relationship, be it with a parent, child, partner, colleague or friend, the principles are the same. Sometimes we really need to let another person know what is going on inside of us. This is not an easy thing in our culture. Let's face it: we are masters of looking like everything is fine on the outside, even when we are crumbling within. Hiding what we are really feeling leaves us feeling lonely and isolated. There comes a point when the feeling needs to be expressed, and because we are not practiced in doing this, sometimes it comes out wrong. Then things get worse. So we resolve to bury our feelings even deeper. Now, we feel even more alone, certain that no one, especially those closest to us, really cares how we feel. What is the way out of this dilemma? When we feel hurt, our first instinct is to protect ourselves. We do this either by building a protective wall, or else by attacking. Neither approach gets us what we want and need. Ironically, if we truly show our vulnerability, only the most hardened individuals would shut us out. If we build a wall, and retreat inside, we shut others out. They interpret this as rejection or abandonment, feel hurt, and then themselves choose retreat or attack. Things have begun to escalate. If, on the other hand, we choose to initially attack, we similarly provoke one of those two responses. Clearly, we need an option that would allow us to break out of this cycle. There is one. It demands expanding our view of the situation to WEEKLY BOOK PICK Dear Ellen Hi Amerie and Readers, Last week I wrote about resolving conflict in relationships using avoidance, accommodation, and smoothing over. This week I will cover compromising, competition and integration. Compromising is when you bring your concerns into the open. You meet your partner half-way and try to satisfy both people’s needs. This may allow both people to giveand-take, but there are some issues that cannot be split halfway down the middle. Compromising is a fair way of resolving a conflict, but sometimes it leaves both people feeling dissatisfied (ex: you want to stay home and watch a movie, but your girlfriend wants to go to a party. You agree to watch the first half of the movie and go to the party late). Competition is when one partner uses power to “win” at all costs, including the use of physical and verbal aggression. This technique directly confronts the conflict, and may be useful in some situations. However, it is rarely helpful where there are no clear-cut “good guys” and “bad guys”, like in relationships where both people care for each other. Integration is when partners do not settle for a partially satisfying solution. They work together to find new, creative ways of dealing with the conflict. This requires time and effort and demonstrates your commitment to the relationship. Ex: You and your partner work full time; you are a good cook and homemaker, but you feel like your husband doesn’t help out enough. You decide to cook during the week and he will look after kitchen clean-up. You hire a cleaner to come in twice a month, and you teach your husband how to cook one meal a weekend. I hope that some of these conflict-resolution techniques have helped in your relationship. If you have any questions about healthy relationships and conflict resolution, feel free to contact Envision Counselling and Support Centre in Estevan (1-306637-4004) or Weyburn (1306-842-8821) or visit our website @ envisioncounsellingcentre.com. Ellen encompass the other person's feelings and perceptions. It requires that we take a problem-solving approach, rather than just trying to argue for our own position. It asks that we truly care about the other person as much as we care about ourselves. It further requires that we not judge the other person as wrong for trying to fulfill their needs. It can be helpful if we imagine that the problem in question is between two other people (not 'me' and 'you'), and think how we would approach the issue if we had been called in to mediate. If we approach another person with an attitude of caring and an expressed desire to understand their point of view, it is more likely that they will open up. It is only then that meaningful communication can occur. If both people use this approach, both the relationship and the individuals are transformed. When most of us do it, our world will be transformed. Gwen Randall-Young is an author and awardwinning Psychotherapist. “Another Angel of Love” by Henry Ripplinger Review by Gail Jansen The second in the five-part Angelic Letters Series, Another Angel of Love is a book that is more than able to stand all on its own, as it continues the story of Henry and Jenny and the stories of the people that surround them. This is less a novel that preaches, and more one that shares its knowledge, no matter what your faith or religious beliefs. The lessons on love, human kindness, and life that are expertly interwoven throughout this tale are ones that hold true across the spectrum of humanity. Like a good wine, a good author often takes time to develop to his or her full potential, but Ripplinger, despite his newness to the craft, seems to have avoided many of the pitfalls of new writers, who often leave their readers to struggle through a story with a good premise but poor delivery. Instead, he has somehow managed to combine both the freshness of a new voice with the maturity of great storyteller. While Another Angel of Love is billed as a romance, Ripplinger ’s willingness to tackle so many difficult subject matters including death, infidelity, addiction and more makes this more the self-development book he says he always wanted to write. Yet somehow the core of his pure and simple story of two young lovers torn apart is able to stay true to itself, and you get that ever-hopeful feeling that love will conquer all, that you’d get from any romance. Whether you are a romantic or not, religious or not, Another Angel of Love has the power to make you view the world, with just a little more hope and a little more love. And who couldn’t use more of both? “It’s not the person’s name or who said it or the school of thought that is important, but rather the lesson on life that is taught.” - Mr. Engelmann. Page 8 - RTOWN NEWS - Week of June 4th, 2012 S CIENCE M ATTERS Sports as Seen by Gene * Nik Lidstrom has retired after 20 quietly spectacular seasons in Detroit. It is believed he left a one-year, $6 million contract on the table, but said he knew he was ready to retire when he started his off-season workouts. He won four Stanley Cups and the Norris Trophy seven times. The 42-yearold Swede set an NHL record by playing 1,564 games with a single team. With Lidstrom gone, expect the Wings to make a tough pitch for Predators’ defenceman Ryan Suter. different story in the East as the Rangers had 8 Canadians, 8 Americans and 6 Europeans. The Devils, on the other hand, only have 5 Canadians to go along with 10 Europeans and 7 Americans. “Another way to analyze this is 71 per cent of the players left chasing the Stanley Cup are North Americans (64 out of 90). This again is a reflection of the times as it wasn’t that many years ago when the final four would have had at least 71 per cent of the participants Canadian.” * Several comments from Steve Simmons: “Six of the first-round picks from the famed 2003 NHL draft — Marc-Andre Fleury, Eric Staal, Nathan Horton, Brent Seabrook, Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry — have gone on to win the Stanley Cup. And that number is about to increase by at least two: Zach Parise and Steve Bernier of the Devils and Mike Richards and Jeff Carter of the Kings were all first-round picks that year...(did you notice that 9 of those last 10 names are Canadian?)… Last year, Boston’s David Krejci led the playoffs in scoring. This year, Krecji ended with three points scored, one fewer than Martin Brodeur. With four points in the playoffs, Brodeur has also outscored Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg, Ryan Kesler and Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand and Tyler Seguin. But who’s counting? ... The Kings, by the way, are only a year behind the Leafs in terms of length of Cup drought. The Leafs last won in 1967. The Kings entered the NHL, along with five other teams, the following year.” * ‘Til next week… Gene Hauta by David Suzuki David Suzuki Protests shine spotlight on skewed priorities When I heard about the student protests in Montreal, I swallowed the line that Quebec’s pampered youth pay lower fees than those in other parts of Canada but aren’t aware that education costs money. And then I went to Quebec. There, I heard a different story. After weeks of demonstrations, clearly something more profound is going on. The protesters are forcing us to confront a FACT OR FICTION? Nik Lidstrom * Rob Longley points out that for just the second time ever, the Stanley Cup will be handed to an American captain. I knew Zach Parise was American, although his father, J.P. was from Ontario. There is very little about his mother, or J.P.’s wife, on the net, although one comment said she was American. However, I was disappointed when I found out just last week that Dustin Brown was American. The only other U.S.born captain of a S.C. winner was Derian Hatcher, who hoisted the trophy with Dallas in 1999. * Both the Devils and the Kings were considered low seed long shots. Whichever team wins will become the lowest seed to ever win the Cup, beating out the 1995 Devils, who were No. 5 in the East. The Kings began the playoffs at odds of 27-1 to win the Cup and knocked off the top three seeds in the West in order -- Vancouver, St. Louis and Phoenix. The Devils were No. 6 in the East and at 22-1 before beating No. 3 Florida, No. 5 Philadelphia and the No. 1 Rangers. * Hartley Miller took a closer look at the nationalities in the final four teams in the NHL playoffs. The Coyotes had 16 Canadians, 7 Europeans and only one American (Keith Yandle). The Kings are stocked with 13 Canadians, 6 Americans and just three Euros. It was a Daniels Gloves - Part I What is it like to be on a mission for Jesus? One example is the following story emailed to me a few weeks ago. It was originally written by Pastor Richard Ryan about an encounter he had in 1993. ‘As I sat, with two friends, in a quaint restaurant just off the corner of the townsquare, my attention was drawn outside, across the street. There, walking into town was a man who appeared to be carrying all his worldly goods on his back. He was also carrying, a well-worn sign that read, ‘I will work for food.’ and my heart sank. I brought him to the attention of my friends and noticed that others around us had stopped eating to focus on him. We finished our meal and went our separate ways, but his image lingered in my mind. I had errands to do and after accomplishing them I glanced toward the town square, looking somewhat half-heartedly for the strange visitor. I was fearful, knowing that seeing him again would call for some response. Deep within me, the Spirit of God was speaking to me: ‘Don’t go back to the office until you’ve at least driven once more around the square.’ With some hesitancy, I headed back and as I turned the square’s third corner, I saw him. He was standing on the steps of the storefront church, going through his bag. I stopped, feeling both compelled to speak to him, yet wanting to drive on. The empty parking space on the corner however seemed to be a sign from God: so I pulled in, got out and approached the town’s newest visitor. “Looking for the pastor?” I asked. “Not really,” he replied, “just resting.” “Would you like to have lunch with me?” I tried again. He paused, “Do you have some work I could do for you?” “No work I commute here from the city, but I would like to take you to lunch,” I replied. “Sure,” he answered with a smile, and as he began to gather his things, I asked some basic questions. “Where are you headed? Where are you from? How long have you been walking?” “St. Louis, all over, mostly Florida, and fourteen years” he replied. I knew I had met someone unusual and as we sat across from each other in the same restaurant I had left earlier he spoke with an eloquence and articulation that was startling. His name was Daniel. His eyes were dark yet clear, his face weathered slightly beyond his 38 years, and he removed his jacket to reveal a bright red T-shirt that said, “Jesus is The Never Ending Story.” He had seen rough times in life, made some wrong choices and reaped the consequences. Fourteen years earlier, while backpacking across the country, he had stopped on the beach in Daytona. He tried to hire on with some men who were putting up a large tent and some equipment, a concert, he thought. He was hired, but the tent was for revival services, and in those services he gave his life over to God “Nothing’s been the same since,” he said, “I felt the Lord telling me to keep walking, and so I did, some 14 years now.” “Ever think of stopping?” I asked. “Oh, once in a while,” he replied, “when it seems to get the best of me but God has given me this calling. I give out Bibles. That’s what’s in my bag. I work to buy food and Bibles, and I give them out when His Spirit leads.” I sat amazed. My homeless friend was not homeless. He was on a mission and lived this way by choice. The question burned inside for a moment and then I asked: “What’s it like?” Conclusion next week. Kay Dixon, St Jude Apostolic Anglican Church Reporter The Anglican Coalition in Canada crucial question: What is government for? Governing is about priorities. Students can’t help but notice they aren’t high on the list. Governments all across Canada have no qualms about investing vast amounts of money to exploit “natural resources”, yet they all but ignore the most precious, our children. Young people will take charge long after current leaders are gone, and they’ll also be stuck with the ecological, social, and economic costs of the decisions we make today. The increasing challenge of getting a postsecondary education isn’t the only issue motivating people to take to the streets of Montreal. On April 22, Earth Day, 300,000 went outside to celebrate nature. On May 22, tens of thousands spontaneously mobilized to oppose the draconian measures enacted to stop the student protests. The Montreal protesters are drawing attention to a growing trend: governments often skew decisions in favour of shortterm priorities, often for industrial interests. To promote those priorities, government, industry, and their supporters try to stifle discussion around the real issues and demonize those who press for change or question the status quo. So, because Al Gore lives in a big house (even though he’s worked at being “carbon-neutral”), he’s labelled a hypocrite, leading antienvironmentalists to make the illogical leap that we should therefore ignore or deny the science of climate change. This advancement of logical fallacy reached new lows with a blunder by the Heartland Institute, a U.S. climate change denying organization. The Institute launched a billboard campaign implying that because the Unabomber, Fidel Castro, and Charles Manson believe in climate change, those who agree with the scientific evidence for global warming must also be tyrants, madmen, and murderers. One could as easily, and as wrongly, conclude the opposite on the basis that Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in Norway on July 22, is a climate change denier who referenced Heartland Institute “experts” in his manifesto! Heartland aborted its campaign because of massive public outrage and because funders and sup- porters tried to distance themselves from the organization. But the episode was another demonstration of attempts to deflect rational discussion of important issues such as global warming. And, if even tyrants, madmen, and murderers get it, why don’t our politicians? The Occupy movement also questions priorities, especially those regarding the pro-corporate agendas of many governments. Corporations are not people but they have similar rights and generate vast amounts of money to invest in budding politicians and lobby groups that help sidetrack important discussions. This sidetracking tactic also pops up with the Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline project, especially when it comes to First Nations’ concerns. Many coastal and northern communities are desperate for jobs and economic development. Enbridge is offering incentives, including employment, yet coastal First Nations realize that some things are more important than money. Why aren’t we all getting that? We’re constantly bombarded with the message that jobs and economic growth are government’s highest priority, but the coastal First Nations, Occupy protesters, and Montreal students, among others, tell us the economy and growth are not the end but the means to a better society. A society that values its young people balances industrial and economic development in ways that don’t compromise their future, and makes higher education accessible to all. Many of us have watched with interest the remarkable “Arab Spring” movement. Although protests and demonstrations here may be about “first world” problems as opposed to the more serious struggle for basic democratic rights in the Middle East, they remind us that we can’t be complacent. As Canada’s government axes programs and organizations that inform us about the environment and climate change, guts environmental protection measures, and shovels money to promote fossil fuel interests while wilfully ignoring urgent calls from scientists, students, First Nations, and tens of thousands of citizens, it’s up to all of us to listen and join the conversation. United Newspapers of Saskatchewan tries to provide quality information, but we make no claims, promises or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information. United Newspapers of Saskatchewan accepts no legal liability arising from or connected to the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any material contained in our publications. The opinions expressed in our paper(s) are not necessarily the opinions of our Management and/or Staff. R RTown ON-LINE Page 99 TOWN NEWS -- Week Week of of June June 4th, 4th, 2012 2012-- Page Making News I’ve just seen a most unusual jig-saw puzzle. To begin witht it was black and white. It was a reproduction of the front page of the Toronto Globe from that day in 1901 when they announced the death of Queen Victoria and the long and distinguished Victorian Age came to a close. A headline announced the death of course, but it wasn’t in the huge print we would likely see today. Most the page was taken up by a portrait of the Queen, done in fine lines by the etching process, and that about covered the story. A few words under the picture mentioned the succession. It is quite possible more appeared on subsequent pages but of course I didn’t see those. A vertical column down the left hand side of the page dealt with the stories which would naturally have been classified as front page news. I didn’t count, but there must have been 15 stories in that little-column. They covered things like earthquakes in South America, storms at sea, threats of war in some corner of the British empire, drought or geographical discoveries. I should have written them down, because it was rather interesting, but what really fascinated me was that each of those news stories received two lines in a twoinch column. Can you imagine the tsunami in Japan, the earthquake, in Haiti, or the Syrian crisis receiving two lines in a two-inch column today? No doubt we could find a lot of reasons for such frugality. Perhaps they didn’t like to see paper and ink being wasted. Maybe they paid their writers per word and were saving on salary. It is much more likely that they simply printed all they knew. There was trans-Atlantic cable in 1901, but no cell phones, no planes, no internet. What the editor would have received would have been a wire, stating in twenty words or less that illness had forced a company in Singapore to change management. Just enough to fill a space two inches by half an inch. Despite such practical explanations, I couldn’t help but be amused by the enormous change that has come over society since 1901. Aside from the waste issue, there are all these social and sociological changes. In 1901, they announced a war or a rebellion and left readers to by Kay Parley draw their own conclusions. If they had relatives in the area in question, they would eventually get news by letter, provided that relative had survived. There were no instant fixes then. Nowadays a news item has to be expanded and expanded. More and more on-the-spot news reporters travel and globe, penetrating the hot spots at the risk of their lives, and sending back every scrap of detail they can discover. News stories grow longer and longer, only to be pushed off the front page within hours to make way for something newer, some- thing “fresher.” But the biggest change hasn’t been simply in the area of reporting these longer and longer stories, it has been in the area of analysis. No longer is the reader left to judge the importance or impact of the story for himself. Now learned columnists give us background information, often with acute insights. Panelists get on TV andtoss around the pros and cons and voice opinions. Is there more to think about after all that? Or did two lines in a two-inch column stimulate thinking too? Nobody can argue that we are much better informed now, but it’s also possible that we can be misled. One thing struck me very clearly as I read that old 1901 front page of the Globe. Readers at the end of the Victorian age knew how to think for themselves. So do we. In fact, the more panelists we listen to with variant views, the more thinking we have to do. News comes to us now in quantity and detail that would have swamped the readers of 1901. Are we swamped? Or are we coping? It’s not for nothing they refer to this as “The Information Age.” PUZZLE NO. 350 How Ta Look at the News * A Radio Shack store in Chicago was robbed by a man who tied up the clerks and got away with $17,000 worth of merchandise. Police had few leads until they got the list of stolen items, which included a GPS tracking device. Investigators simply activated the device remotely, went to the indicated location, and arrested Raymond Jefferson, 20, within two hours of the crime. My source, Randy Cassingham quipped, “And authorities will know his exact location for the next 5-9 years.” * Perisho reports experts predict that by 2030, over 40% of the US population will be severely obese. “Were you able to comprehend that data over the crunching of your Pringles?” He continued, “On the plus side, if you’re ever lost in the wilderness you’re much easier to see by satellite.” Gene Hauta ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 350 HOW TO PLAY: Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 through 9 only once. Each 3x3 box is outlined with a darker line. You already have a few numbers to get you started. Remember: You must not repeat the numbers 1 through 9 in the same line, column, or 3x3 box. “Don’t Mind the Mess” Page 10 -ON-LINE RTOWN NEWS June 4th,- Page 201210 R Town - Week -ofWeek June of 4th, 2012 with a jumper may not be perfect, it is never boring. The down side is people like me usually have a regret list a mile long. “I should have thought of that,” is our anthem. Pausers love details. They’re experts at fence sitting. They’ll price check an item for months, and then end up not buying it anyway. A home renovation can take years. Changing a hairstyle, choosing from a menu, or picking a paint colour is treated like a life-changing event. The plus side? If and when things do get done, the result is usually perfect and the pauser revels in it. The down side? Life can often pass them by, and they drive other people completely crazy. Just ask the waitress who has to wait 20 minutes for a pauser to decide if he wants fries with that. And because opposites attract – and God has a sense of humour - jumpers and pausers often end up as couples. The jumper has no problem getting rid of old stuff she doesn’t need. But the pauser will fill the entire basement, garage and yard with things for a rainy day. Either sitting on the fence, or leaping over it When it comes to decision-making, I’ve learned that there are basically two types of people: the jumpers and the pausers. Jumpers make up their minds quickly without considering the consequences. Pausers, on the other hand, over think everything, and can procrastinate forever. Obviously, neither one of these is ideal. The jumper can’t be bothered with pesky little details and just wants to get on with it. This is me. Once I want something, I want it now. You won’t see me hunting for the best deal, or giving an idea even a few weeks to settle in. The concept of “wait and see” is beyond me. The plus side is things get done. And while life 5DOSK*RRGDOH·V5HSRUW 5 D O S K * R R G D O H · V 5 H S R U W A weekly commentary by the Member of Parliament for Wascana (goodale@sasktel.net) THE DISABLED DESERVE MUCH BETTER FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT There is a churlishness about the Harper government that makes it unmistakably petty and small. The good governments in our history have always managed to convey a sense of generosity, inclusion and legitimacy that was larger and more important than themselves. But not the Harper Conservatives. Good governments aren't just about the exercise of raw power and always getting their own way. The manner in which power is exercised is equally important. So too is showing some consideration for other people who have other opinions, needs and aspirations. Fairness, respect and due process actually matter. But not to the Harper Conservatives. For them, public life is nothing more than perpetual electioneering. Endless deeks, dodges and maneuvers. It’s all about tactics, all the time. No trick is too dirty to use. No cause is too good to sully. The end always justifies the means. Here’s a small illustra- tion – in the House of Commons “Question Period” this spring, I’ve asked the government three times if they will fix an unfortunate flaw in the design of Registered Disability Savings Plans (RDSPs). RDSPs are tax-assisted savings plans, much like RRSPs, aimed at helping disabled people to build-up their savings to offset extra future living costs. But to be eligible, you have to be seriously disabled right now. This rule sets up a barrier for people with debilitating conditions like MS. They know they’re likely to become disabled at some point, but they may not be seriously affected right now. So they cannot qualify for an RDSP – until later, after they’re past their best income-earning potential. It doesn’t make any sense. My questions were based on representations from real people. They were asked without gratuitous partisanship. But nasty political “spin” is all that came back from this government in return. It’s a shame that chronic pettiness seems to be Mr. Harper’s defining characteristic. by Lori Penner The jumper wants a new deck. The pauser will carefully design a perfect deck to appease the jumper, but will still be debating about what type of lumber to use long after the building permit runs out. Jumpers focus on the destination, while pausers savour the journey. Jumpers demand promises and results, while pausers demand patience and time. The sweetest relationships in the world have ended over stupid things like unfinished houses and overdrawn bank accounts. I recently read an article that said jumpers and pausers actually share a common fear: they’re both terrified that life won’t give them a second chance. The jumper heedlessly grabs every opportunity, worried that it will never come around again. The pauser won’t commit, fearing that he’ll have to live with each decision for the rest of his life. For jumpers like me, it sometimes takes a few huge mistakes to teach us to stop and think before we leap. Risks become less appealing when we realize that opportunities are endless, and each one has its own sweet advantages. I’m learning that sometimes, it’s perfectly okay to wait for the next train. But I still don’t think I’ll ever be a pauser. As the saying goes, I’m not sure what it would take to light a fire under their butts. Maybe one day, it just starts to get a little lonely up on that fence. Pause for Reflection Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, hold your horses A frog approaches Patricia Whack, a bank teller: "I'd like to get a loan for 30,000 pounds to buy a boat and go on holiday". Patricia looks at the frog in disbelief and asks his name. “Kermit Jagger, Mick Jagger’s my father. He knows the bank manager.” Paddy asks if he has any collateral. The frog says, "Sure. I have this," and produces a tiny pink porcelain elephant. Patty goes to the manager and says, "There's a frog called Kermit Jagger out there who claims to know you and wants to borrow 30 grand. And he wants to use this as collateral." She holds up the tiny pink elephant. "I mean, what the heck is this?" The bank manager replies "It's a knick knack, Patty Whack. Give the frog a loan, his old man's a Rolling Stone." There’s another little rhyme that we learned as children: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John; hold your horses ‘till I get on. Are we ready to get on? Another Easter season has passed and the question arises: have we rekindled the romance of a love that has often fizzled on our part through the passing of time and the circumstances of our lives? Everyone wants romantic love, a love that forever promises to sparkle and replenish. “How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are! You ravish my heart with a single one of your glances” (Song of Songs 4:1, 9) The Song of Songs is a representation of the love story of God and His people – us. Christ, the bridegroom, has given his very life for us, his beloved. We often look very unconvinced of this fact. What would it take to once and for all convince us that Christ has truly risen? To assure us that all he has promised will be fulfilled? Who will roll back the stone of doubt that blurs our vision so frequently? Imagine a jury trial. Witnesses are called like Matthias, who was actually there: “I saw him die. I saw him risen from the dead.” Then see a parade of witnesses, in turn, some of whom we recognize: St Peter, St Paul, Thomas who doubted, the other Matthew, Mark, Luke and John…hold your horses I wonna get on! Eye witness testimony bears weight. Look in the eyes of the witnesses who have seen and heard. Isn’t it time you and I bore witness to what we have seen and heard? The many miracles in our lives and the lives of our fellow Christians? Each of us has a story. My God, the marvels we have seen! Why is it necessary for Pope Benedict to call a Synod this year to devise a new strategy to evangelize our fellow Christians who have forgotten the joy of the Resurrection? Like those first witnesses we need to come forward. Imagine trying to convince a jury without having reliable eyewitnesses? How easy it becomes to win the case when one after another stands and says: “I saw him die; I saw him risen from the dead.” We have seen the crimson line of witnesses over the centuries; the martyrs, the Saints. Our brothers and sisters, parents and grandparents. Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, hold your horses ‘till I get on. Check It Out How Ta Look at the News * A Bogota, N.J., woman asked for her emotionally disturbed 22-year-old son, Kyle, to be taken to the hospital. Bogota Police Officer Regina Tasca was called and, following protocol, requested backup. Her dashboard camera showed two Ridgefield Park officers beating Kyle. All reports indicate Kyle never threatened anyone, did not have a weapon, never resisted, and was not violent. Tasca intervened, prying the punching officer off Kyle. After the incident, Bogota P.D. was swift to act. Tasca was ordered to turn over her weapon and be sent for a fitness for duty exam. The other two were never questioned while she has been suspended. * In Pahoa, Hawaii, local officials on the Big Island have now criminalized dogs’ “incessant barking.” Facing heavy fines, owners have been forced to seek dog counselors and dog Prozac. Gene Hauta by Ken Rolheiser One Garage Sale After Another One thing I can’t seem to pass by is a garage sale. Even though I don’t need anything, there’s something about junk piled up on a driveway that lures me in every time, and I find myself going from one garage sale to another. While at a garage sale a few years ago, looking through a rack of clothes, I found a clown costume I had made for my kids about fifteen years earlier. You just never know what you’ll find.. An elderly woman recalls browsing at a garage sale with her grandson and bought an old Polaroid camera for the boy. When she returned home, she discovered a photograph inside the camera’s cartridge. It was a picture of her son, who had been killed in a car accident twenty years earlier. How weird is that? A family was having a garage sale at their mom’s house and put their youngest brother in charge of placing an ad in the paper. He was twenty, single and thought the receptionist was cute, so he was flirting. He told her all the details, then finished with, “We’re having a barbeque that day too; you should come by.” When the ad ran, it listed all the information followed by “free barbeque”. Although the cute receptionist didn’t show up, a lot of other people did and they made twentyfive hundred dollars. One day a woman noticed one of her neighbors had a lot of stuff out on their front yard, with cars and people everywhere. She wondered why she hadn’t seen any yard sale signs up at the corner, but decided to find some good bargains before everything good was gone. Right about then she noticed her neighbor coming out of the house in handcuffs. That’s when she discovered it wasn’t actually a yard sale. It was a police bust and the people were undercover cops hauling stolen property out of the house. Another yard sale began when a group of young men decided to pull a prank on their friend. One evening they drove around and gathered a few junk items from each other’s homes, like an old barbeque grill, chairs, etc. They made yard sale signs and late that night quietly put all the junk in their buddy’s yard and posted the yard sale signs. The next morning the early birds arrived and woke up their buddy for business. The good news is, he made fifty dollars. And last of all ... here are a few helpful tips when hosting a garage sale. 1. All items are nonrefundable. 2. No, you can’t use the bathroom. 3. Sorry, no change rooms. 4. It worked the last time I used it twenty years ago. 5. We don’t deliver. 6. Please enter our door prize. Winner takes all the leftover junk home. 7. The garage sale saying goes like this ... “If the shoe fits, please buy it”. 8. Your grandkids would love that 10 ft. stuffed bunny. 9. Sorry, there’s no lay-away plan. 10. I don’t barter with customers who arrive in a Porsche. Joan Janzen is a columnist, living in Kindersley, Sask. R Town ON-LINE - Week of June 4th, 2012 - Page 11 RCMP Reports across the province RCMP Cut Knife Theft of Skid Steer Neilburg District On May 29 2012 at 0930hrs the Cut Knife RCMP responded to a theft complaint. A Scat Trac skid steer was stolen from an oil lease site north of Neilburg, SK. Shortly after the RCMP attended the complaint, the skid steer was located. Further investigation proved the same skid steer was used to push a large boulder into the middle of a secondary road in the RM of Hillsdale resulting in a serious motor vehicle collision where a truck was seriously damaged but no injuries were sustained by the driver. The Cut Knife RCMP is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying further information in relation to this incident. The RCMP would also like to remind the public to ensure that all equipment is secured when leaving a work site. Anyone with information about this crime or others occurring in our area is asked to contact the Cut Knife RCMP at (306) 3983500 or to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). RCMP - Swift Current Rural Detachment Tompkins Break and Enter The Swift Current Rural Detachment of the RCMP requests the public's assistance in the following matter. Sometime between 5:30 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 a break and enter occurred at a business on Center street in Tompkins, SK. There were two .22 rifles stolen as well as a tool box. The rifles were bolt action. One was a Marlin and one was a Cooey. If you have information about this or any other crime, please contact your nearest police service or RCMP, or if you wish to remain anonymous Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477. RCMP St. Walburg Update Members of the RCMP Major Crime Unit met with family members of Darren, Hayley, and Cayden WOURMS in both St. Walburg and Assiniboia, SK. Investigators met with family and briefed them fully on all of the circumstances uncovered during the investigation to date. Family also had the opportunity to ask investigators any questions they may have had in regards to this tragic occurrence. As a result of the investigation and autopsies that were conducted on Tuesday, RCMP can confirm that Hayley and Cayden WOURMS deaths have been classified as homicides. The death of Darren WOURMS has been classified as a suicide. As previously stated in an earlier release, there is no indication of any other party being involved in the deaths of these three individuals. It has been determined that the SASK. FARMS & RANCHES BALGONIE: 90.94 ac.- all alfalfa/clover, well, honey shack, storage shed, green house, 4,000 sq ft bungalow. On Hwy #10! ESTEVAN: 159.15 ac.- 116 tame hay, fenced (2x30 ac. & 1x100 ac. paddocks), well, dugout, water pipe to paddock, 1,350 bu. steel grain storage, shed, shelter, tack shed, treed yard site, 1152 sq ft 1 1/2 storey home. INDIAN HEAD: 20.45 ac.- fenced, well, natural spring, small corral system, horse shelter, 760 sq ft bungalow. Valley View! INDIAN HEAD: 1635 ac.- 101 cult. + 1165 tame grass, bal. native grass, perimeter fenced, 2 miles of pasture alleys, cross fenced/grazing paddocks, dugout, deep & shallow buried water lines, cattle/equipment shed, corrals, 2,500 bu. steel bin. SOLD KRONAU: 146.43 ac.- all cult., new/old scale assess. 58,400/5,970, Wascana Creek divides 2 parcels, dugout. Close to City of Regina! LANG: 648 ac.- all cult., avg. old/new scale assess. 5,650/63,225 per 1/4, 5,400 bu. steel grain storage. VIBANK: 158.15 ac.- 110 tame hay, bal. pasture, fenced & cross fenced, wells, dugouts, watering bowls, hydrants, 9,300 bu. steel grain storage, quonset, sheds, barn, double garage, cattle shelter, 1,500 sq ft bungalow. WHITE CITY: 160.04 ac.- 100 brome/alfalfa, 40 native grass pasture, fenced & cross fenced, wells, dugout, watering bowl, barn, horse shelter, garage, fuel tanks, 1,380 sq ft bungalow. Just off Hwy #48 & only 15 min. to Regina! WOLSELEY: 36.28 ac.- creek runs through property. Located in the town of Wolseley! Close to Hwy #1! SOLD WOLSELEY: 104.47 ac.- located within the town of Wolseley. Borders Hwy #1! For all of your buying or selling needs contact: firearm seized from the scene was used in all 3 deaths. A Critical Incident Stress De-briefing was conducted this morning for RCMP members and staff in the community of Turtleford, SK. The de-brief was conducted by the Health Services Unit of the RCMP as well as the Member Employee Assistance Program (MEAP). An incident such as this has a ripple effect across many different communities. The RCMP would like to thank the many community members and victim services personnel in both of these communities who have provided comfort to all of those affected by this tragedy. The family members, who met with RCMP investigators, are asking for everyone to respect their privacy during this difficult time as they grieve the loss of their loved ones. RCMP - Morse MVC Semi vs police car On 2012-06-02 a member from Morse Detachment was southbound, in a marked police car, on Shaw Street in Herbert, Sask and was preparing to cross Highway #1. The member crossed the westbound lanes of the highway after stopping in the center median lane. He was struck by an eastbound semi truck and trailer as he tried to cross the eastbound lanes. The police car suffered extensive damage to the passenger rear quarter panel and the semi was damaged on the front passenger side. The driver of the semi was not injured and the member was treated for minor injuries. Cst Alexander MacLean has been charged with Proceed before safe, after yielding right of way sect 219(8) under the Traffic Safety Act. RCMP - Saskatoon Explosives device located and destroyed On 2012-06-03 at 720 pm, the Saskatoon RCMP detachment was contacted by a local fisherman who had been fishing at the Bright Water Reservoir near Hanley Saskatchewan. The fisherman had caught and pulled out of the water what he thought might be a homemade bomb. Members attended and after a visual inspection cleared and secured the area and contacted the RCMP Explosives Disposal Unit for assistance. The Explosives Disposal unit attended to the scene and examined the device. It was confirmed to be some type of homemade explosive device. The device was neutralized at the scene by the Explosives Disposal unit and the area was declared safe for the public. How the device came to be in the water is still under investigation. This is the first time a device like this has been found in a body or water. RCMP- Esterhazy / Langenburg - Fatal MVC Last night (2012-06-03) at 8:45 pm, members from the Esterhazy and Langenburg detachment responded to a single vehicle rollover three miles south of McNutt on Highway #8. The Langenburg Fire Department also attended to the scene to assist. A SUV traveling south with three occupants had rolled in the east ditch after the driver appeared to lose control. The driver was pronounced dead at the scene and the other two occupants were transported to hospital. An RCMP Collision reconstructionist attended to the scene to take measurement and photos of the crash site to try and determine how this incident occurred. To date it has been determined that all of the occupants were wearing their seatbelts. The name of the deceased will not be released. The collision is still under investigation. CORRECTION: The investigators have determined that there was a mis communication at the scene that has lead to some in accurate information. The deceased person in this MVC was a 77 year old male from the Rocanville area. The deceased was not the driver, but the front passenger. A 30 year old female was driving and a 59 year old female was riding in the back seat. The female driver has a divers licence and was legally operating the vehicle. The mis communication was between emergency responders during a critical incident response and the not the result of any false information intentionally provided. The proper positioning of all persons in the vehicle has been deter- Saskatchewan’s Farm & Ranch Specialists™ Ph: (306) 569-3380 Email: lanerealtycorp@sasktel.net To view full color feature sheets for all of our CURRENT LISTINGS – Visit our website at: www.lanerealty.com pick-up truck went through the intersection northbound and struck the bicycle. The youth was knocked off of the bicycle and suffered cuts and bruises as a result. The youth did not require hospitalization. The vehicle stopped briefly after the collision and then left the scene. The vehicle is described as a black, extended cab, Dodge pickup truck with tinted windows and white "4x4" lettering on the tailgate. It is believed that the vehicle has a chrome bumper. Warman RCMP are seeking public assistance in identifying the vehicle and it's operator. If anyone may have information that can assist they are asked to contact the Warman RCMP at 975-1670 or contact Crime Stoppers. SASK. FARMS AND RANCHES SOLD ABERNETHY: 157.28 ac.- 155 cult., 1.5 yard, old scale assess. 7,070, 10,500 bu. steel grain storage, sheds, telephone adjacent to yard. AYLESBURY: 33.48 ac.- all grass, fence on 2 sides, power along South boundary. Overlooks Arm River Valley! Property borders Hwy #11! AYLESBURY: 157.3 ac.- all grass, fence on 3 sides, Arm River crosses property, power adjacent to rd. allowance on East side. Property corners Hwy #11! BETHUNE: 90.05 ac.- 74 alfalfa/brome, perimeter fencing (cross fenced), corrals, power/nat. gas/water line run along road near property. On Hwy #11! BULYEA: 147.73 ac.- 130 tame grass, 109 fenced, well, power & nat. gas adjacent to property, telephone crosses property. Dissected by Hwy #220 & borders Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park! SOLD BULYEA: 157 ac.- 144 seeded to alfalfa/grass, new scale assess. 43,200. Only 1 mile to Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park & Lake Mountain Lake! DYSART: 1111.12 ac.- 994 cult., wells, 24,200 bu. steel grain storage, quonsets, garage, barn, 2,300 sq ft bungalow. FINDLATER: 19.82 ac.- no bush, some sloughs, nat. gas adjacent to property, power East of property. FORT QU'APPELLE: 76.51 ac.- all hay, well, garage, 952 sq ft bungalow. View of Katepwa Lake & Taylor Beach Cottages! 8 ac. SOLD LIPTON: 2049 ac.- 1600 cult. + 400 tame hay fenced, wells, hydrants, watering bowls, dugouts, 68,000 bu. steel grain storage, work shop, quonset, garage, cattle handling facilities, barn, corrals, 1,700 sq ft split level home. Full line of machinery available! LUMSDEN: 12.85 ac.- 6 ac. tame grass, bal. native grass, fenced & cross fenced, well, barn, hay shelter, 1,800 sq ft 2 storey walkout home. Located between Regina Beach & Lumsden, 5 min. to Last Mountain Lake! LUMSDEN: 19.56 ac.- natural water spring, gas/power/telephone services cross property. View of Qu'Appelle Valley! PILOT BUTTE: 60.02 ac.- 56 alfalfa/brome/crested wheat mix, perimeter fenced, well, shop, garden shed, well treed yard, 1,760 sq ft 2 storey home. SOUTHEY: 39.13 ac.- 15 alfalfa/brome, perimeter fenced, well, dugout, shop, barn, corrals, 1,430 sq ft bungalow, 2nd home - 678 sq ft bungalow. Additional land avail.! Only 35 min. to City of Regina! SOUTHEY: 278.6 ac.- perimeter fenced, 125 cult., 110 alfalfa/brome, power, well. Only 25 min. to City of Regina! Parcels avail. separately! 159.25 ac. SOLD STRASBOURG: 16.19 ac.- well, barn, serviced yard (power/phone/nat. gas), 1 1/2 storey house (older,vacant). Close to Rowans Ravine Provincial Park! STRASBOURG: 80.1 ac.- 63 cult. + 12 seeded to grass (2 paddocks), well, 2 wood grain bins, quonset, 976 sq ft bungalow. On Hwy #220, 7 miles to Rowan's Ravine Provincial Park! STRASBOURG: 305.95 ac.- 266 tame grass, fenced, power crosses one 1/4, dugout, avg. new scale assess. 32,210/160 ac., 1,350 bu. steel grain bin. For all of your buying or selling needs contact: Doug Jensen: (306) 621-9955 Stan Hall: (306) 725-7826 JASON SELINGER: (306) 861-1750 LANE REALTY CORP. mined with during the normal follow up investigation. RCMP - Warman Lost horses found RCMP Warman received three calls of three horses loose by the town office in Martensville. They were located and caught on the north end of Martensville and taken to the OK Corrall in Warman. The owner can contact Raymond Kneeland at 9331018 to retrieve the horses. RCMP Warman Hit and Run Accident, Truck vs. Bicycle On June 4th at approximately 6:00 p.m. a 15 year old male was riding his bicycle at the intersection of 6th Street North and Baycroft Drive in the City of Martensville. The intersection is a 4 way stop. As the cyclist went through the intersection a black 1/2 ton Congratulations Class of 2012! With pride we wish each graduate a happy graduation and a lifetime of success and achievement as you follow your dreams. ___________________________________________ Board of Education and Division Office Staff LANE REALTY CORP. Saskatchewan’s Farm & Ranch Specialists ™ Ph: (306) 569-3380 Email: lanerealtycorp@sasktel.net To view full color feature sheets for all of our CURRENT LISTINGS – Visit our website at: www.lanerealty.com R Town ON-LINE - Week of June 4th, 2012 - Page 12 Classifieds MVC head on with two semis 698-2271 (phone) 698-2808 (fax) unos@sasktel.net (e-mail) Auction Sales Real Estate Acreage Sale for Trudy Yung Saturday, June 16, 2012 @ 9 am CANCEL YOUR TIMESHARE. NO RISK program. STOP Mortgage & Maintenance Payments Today. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Free Consultation. Call us Now. We can Help! 1-888-356-5248 __________________ RARE OPPORTUNITY to acquire a 27- suite apartment property in the growing City of Yorkton. Great location next to the Parkland Mall. Great suite mix, with patios or balconies. Priced to sell at $2,100,000. For further info contact Curtis Shewchuk at Sussex Realty (204) 488-4003, (204)-488-4444 ext. 236 or curtisshewchuk@yahoo.ca Vibank, Sk - Sale 3 kilometers south of Vibank fertilizer bins Includes: 4020 JD tractor w/Leon 707 loader; 730 Case tractor w/loader; 50” Cub Cadet riding lawn mower - zero turn/tilt steering, 22HP Kohler motor (as new); large quantity shop tools and sundries; antique side board w/original mirror; collection of musical globes, household furniture; toys and play equipment; electric wheel chair (new battery & charger) A large detailed sale - far too much to list. For further information check our website: keymauctions.com or phone Dellan Mohrbutter (306) 452-3815 Key "M" Auction Services For Sale Custom made couch, hide-abed, queen size 84” with 4” mattress, like new (Rusty Brick colour), $400. Appliances: Moffat stove (Almond w black door), Maytag Washer, Kelvinator dryer, $200 for all three. Phone (306) 698-9048. Help Wanted Help Wanted!!! Make up to $1000 a week mailing brochures from home! Helping Home-workers since 2001! Genuine Opportunity! No experience required. Start Immediately! www.MailingBrochures.NET Legal Services CRIMINAL RECORD? Money-back guarantee. 100,000+ Record Removals since 1989. A+ BBB Rating. Only $45.50/month - Assures EMPLOYMENT & TRAVEL FREEDOM. Call for FREE INFO BOOKLET 1-8-NOW-PARDON (1-866-972-7366) www.RemoveYourRecord.com Services Alcoholics Anonymous - If you want to drink, that’s your business. If you want to stop, that’s ours. Call Alcoholics Anonymous - 1-306-545-9300. (24 hr. phone line) QUALITY PRINTING √ full color flyers/ brochures √ business Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, We are union school bus drivers for the Prairie Valley School Division, we drive for the Vibank and Sedley Schools. Since the amalgamation of seven school divisions in 2006, union bus drivers have been paid significantly less than our non union counterparts within the division. Currently, union bus drivers continue to be paid 9.8% less on the daily rate, and an additional 10% less on the km rate. It is our opinion that it was the Boards obligation and responsibility to ensure that all levels of bus drivers within the Prairie Valley School Division be paid the same wage, benefits and bonuses. It is almost unbelievable that this has not happened. Over the past 6 years we have lost out on wages and retirement contributions. We have been without a contract since August, 2011. It is time for wage parity for bus drivers and support staff within the division. We feel that because of this discrepancy our work is not valued equally with that of non union workers. What happened to fairness and equality? Question of the day!!!! Do you think the Parkland Livestock Market Around the province, send your article with pictures to cards Leross, Sask. (306) 675-2077 √ envelopes www.parklandlivestockmarket.com unos@ sasktel.net letterhead and it may get featured in our weekly papers that go throughout The Wolseley Bulletin Print Shop Saskatchewan (306) 698-2271 each week. & 2012 SALE SCHEDULE REGULAR SALES Thursday - 10:00 am ~ May 24 ~ ~ June 14 ~ ~ July 19 ~ Market • 675-2077 Brian Murry • 675-4426 Cell • 621-1239 Robert Ross • 795-2988 Cell • 795-7387 Board of Trustees, representing the union schools get paid less than their fellow board members? Monell Cochrane, Gail Long, Bernard Ferner, Eileen McEwen, Trish Ferner, Diane Schaeffer, Jim Fink, Nancy Schaeffer, Ron Herman, Ashley Tompson, Mary Jo Herman, Trish Walter, Harvey Klein, Charity Zeigler, Gloria Klein On June 5, 2012, at 5:30 am the Wynyard Fire Dept and members from the Wynyard RCMP were called a collision involving two semi tractor trailer units. The semis hit head on while traveling on hwy 16, 2 miles west of Elfros just past the 35 hwy and 16 hwy junction. The male driver of one semi and a male and female occupants of the other semi have all have been taken to hospital with what is believed to be serious injuries. One of the semis burst into flames at the scene. An RCMP collision reconstructionist is attending to the scene and the hwy will be blocked for several hours. It will take some time to determine a possible cause of the collision. Traffic was diverted along local grids. MACK AUCTION FARM & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT PETER COZAC 306-727-4889 OR 306-660-7190 FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012 SINTALUTA, SASK. DIRECTIONS; FROM SINTALUTA, GO 2 MILES NORTH, 3 MILES EAST & 1.5 MILES NORTH SALE STARTS @ 10:00 A.M. • WATCH FOR SIGNS TRACTOR JOHN DEERE 4250 2WD TRACTOR & JOHN DEERE 720 FEL; 9600 HOURS, POWER SHIFT, 3PTH, 2 HYDRAULICS, JOYSTICK LOADER CONTROL, GRAPPLE, FORK, NEW 18.4-38, GREENLIGHT IN 2011, SNRW4250P002006-1983 HARVEST EQUIPMENT MASSEY FERGUSSON 750 SP COMBINE; 3803 ENGINE HOURS, DIESEL, PICK-UP HEADER, CHOPPER, SN.15601 INTERNATIONAL 4000 SP SWATHER; 24 FEET, UII PICK-UP REEL, CAB COOLER HAYING EQUIPMENT JOHN DEERE 435 ROUND BALER; 540 PTO, HYDRAULIC TWINE TIE, GATHERING WHEELS, SN.E00435X969878-2000 JOHN DEERE 346 SQUARE BALER; 540 PTO, HYDRAULIC TENSION, SHEDDED, SN.357946E-1976 CASE IH 1590 HAYBINE; 14 FEET, 540 PTO, RUBBER ROLLERS, SN.101579 ALLIED BALE ELEVATOR TRUCKS 1986 FORD LARIAT F- 250 XLT SUPER CAB PICK-UP TRUCK; 6.9L DIESEL, AUTOMATIC, A/C/T, COMPRESSOR FOR AIR OVER HYDRAULIC BRAKES, 131 150 KMS, SN.1FTHX2518KB51355 1971 FORD 500 GRAIN TRUCK; 4&2 TRANSMISSION, STEEL BOX, WOOD FLOOR, 33 000 MILES, SN.F50CCL65647 TRAILERS 2007 NORBERT GOOSENECK TANDEM DUAL AXLE FLAT DECK TRAILER; 32 FT, BEAVER TAIL & RAMPS, 10 000 LBS. AXLES GLENDALE 7 X 22 TANDEM AXLE GOOSENECK STOCK TRAILER; AIR OVER HYDRAULIC BRAKES, DIVIDER GATE, OIL BATH BEARINGS PJ GOOSENECK TANDEM AXLE FLATDECK TRAILER; 26 FEET, RAMPS, SN.4P5GF2626W1019064 LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT HI-HOG MATERNITY PEN POWDER RIVER CALF TIPPING TABLE MORAND SQUEEZE CHUTE HI-HOG GATES 40 BUSHEL CREEP FEEDER RITCHIE WATER BOWLS BRANDING IRON POT WITH TORCH & TANK GROOMING EQUIP (CHUTE, BLOWER, COMBS, ETC) 7 FOOT FENCE POSTS (3-4”) 6 FOOT STEEL FENCE POSTS BUNDLE OF SLABS ROLLS OF BARB WIRE CALF SCALE & APRON PLASTIC & WOOD FEED TROUGHS 1250 GALLON WATER TROUGH ATV & YARD EQUIPMENT 2007 HONDA FOREMAN ATV; 4X4, AUTOMATIC, ELECTRIC WINCH, 945 KMS JOHN DEERE STX LAWN TRACTOR; 38” DECK, MULCHING BLADES JOHN DEERE TRAILFIRE SNOW MACHINE WESTWARD QUAD SPRAYER SNOW SLED TRAILER EXPLORER UTILITY TRAILER MISC EQUIPMENT INLAND 3PTH SNOWBLOWER; 540 PTO, DOUBLE AUGER 225 BUSHEL GRAIN CART INTERNATIONAL 24 FT CULTIVATOR MASSEY FERGUSSON 24 FT CULTIVATOR COCKSHUTT 12 FT CULTIVATOR FLEXI-COIL SYSTEM 82 HARROW PACKERS; 60 FT DANHAUSER 3PTH 8” AUGER BUCKET MOUNTED HYDRAULIC POST HOLE AUGER BRANDT 8” AUGER & NEW 11 HP ENGINE SAKUNDIAK 6 X 37 AUGER & B/S ENGINE BRANDT HYDRAULIC DRILL FILL 8 X 10 GARDEN SHED TEMPORARY GRAIN RINGS WITH TARPS 1250 GALLON POLY WATER TANK 100 GALLON SLIP TANK & HAND PUMP SHOP TOOLS WOLFPAC 270 AC/DC PORTABLE WELDER MONARCH WATER PUMP & MOTOR OTC 25 TON HYDRAULIC SHOP PRESS POULAN CHAIN SAW MAKITA CHOP SAW COLEMAN PORTABLE AIR COMPRESSOR AND MUCH, MUCH MORE Box 831, Estevan, SK S4A 2A7 Ph: (306) 634-9512, (306) 421-2928, (306) 487-7815 Licensed, Bonded & Insured P.L. 311962 www.mackauctioncompany.ca
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