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Rookie volunteers with the Melville Fire Department spent Oct. 6 learning the tricks of the trade at an exercise north of the city. The recruits set an old farmhouse a blaze and learned how the fire consumes different materials in its path, and how they need to respond to changing circumstances. Here, a water cannon mounted on the fire truck helps to control the blaze. It took less than two hours for the building to be razed by fire. Photo by George Brown

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New fire truck to cost more due to U.S. politicsBy Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

Politics between the United States and Can-ada is having an effect on the type of new fire truck the City of Melville is able to purchase.

Earlier this year, U.S. President Donald Trump slapped tariffs of 25 per cent and 10 per cent on all imports of Canadian steel and aluminum, re-spectively, to encourage American companies to use homegrown raw ma-terials.

City administration had hoped recent rene-gotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) — now the United States-Mexico-Cana-da-Agreement (USMCA) — might eliminate those tariffs, but that did not happen and they are still in effect.

“I do not have high hopes (the tariffs will change),” said Chris Bruce, director of com-munity services. “That does play into what we do strategically.

“Do we delay and hope that politics revert these tariffs? One downside is inflation will go on and increase the cost of this vehicle. It is a vehicle we need no matter what.”

Funding the fire truck

During its regular meeting on Oct. 1, coun-cil voted to purchase a new fire pumper appa-ratus from Fort Garry Fire Trucks for $344,985 and trade in the old fire truck for $20,000. That would lower the cost to $324,985, which would be funded from the fire truck reserve account.

There is $312,000 within the fire truck re-serve to purchase this

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Speaker uses humour to disarm audience

Motivational speaker Chris Koch talks to students from Miller and Davison schools on Oct. 5 about never quitting and overcoming

let that stop him from travelling the world or speaking to large crowds. Photo by Jason G. Antonio

By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

Physical limitations have never stopped motivational speaker Chris Koch from participating in some amaz-ing adventures, such as climbing the mountains of Nepal, bungee jumping from a bridge or hitchhiking across Canada.

Koch, 39, from Nanton, Alta., was born without legs or hands and gets around on a long board. He brought his message of perseverance to Melville on Oct. 5 when he spoke to students from Miller and Davison schools as part of his worldwide “If I Can” presentation.

More information can be found at www.ifican.ca.

It is enjoyable speaking to kids, Koch said, but he sometimes worries he is speaking either over their heads or beneath them. However, he has fun answering their questions since they ask him things adults wouldn’t.

The questions Melville students asked him were if he plays video games (yes, but he would rather play outside); if he skates or plays hockey (no, but he tried while wearing skates on his ar-tificial legs and wasn’t very good, and he plays mini-stick hockey); if he can do skateboard tricks (no, but he can do handstands and backflips on a tram-

poline); if he can open a water bottle (yes, with his teeth); if he can use a shovel (yes, and can dig a hole better than anyone); and if he can play soccer (not very well).

“If you can’t laugh at life, what can you laugh at?” he said. “I tell people I have a disarming personality or I am my brother’s half-brother. It keeps things light, especially on the more challenging days.”

Koch has some connection to Mel-ville, as he is related to former SJHL Melville Millionaires player Mitch Tor-rens, and is friends with residents Erin and Shane Sawley.

“We joked he forgot to put on snow tires (on his skateboard),” said Mrs. Sawley, as snow fell outside.

“I refuse to put on snow tires,” Koch replied. “I’ll just go where there is no snow instead.”

Koch’s message to adults is to man-age what life gives them. Many people face challenges, so him lacking limbs is no different than someone facing de-pression.

People have two options: they can make excuses or they can alter their approach to life and move forward.

“It has nothing to do with your phys-ical ability or capability,” Koch said.

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Pre-incident plans could better help firefighters battle blazesBy Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

The Melville Fire De-partment should have a better idea of the challenges it could face during a blaze at the museum, after firefight-ing students created a pre-incident plan show-ing available assets and potential obstacles.

Six Parkland College students visited the Mel-ville Heritage Museum on Oct. 4 with writing pads, pens, cameras and measuring tape in hand to review the building from top to bottom.

They found where the nearest fire hydrants are and the size of hose needed to connect, while they took pictures of the building and surround-ing area.

Inside, the students used graph paper to re-cord the exits, hazards in each room, water shutoffs, flammable or explosive artifacts, and what was behind every door.

Besides the museum, other groups of students visited Home Hardware, the Co-op Home Centre and Canadian Tire to create similar pre-inci-dent fire plans for those businesses.

Putting together an emergency plan for the museum is positive, said museum board member Joe Kirwan. The stu-dents learn as part of their program, while a detailed plan is created

for the museum and fire department for possible disasters.

The Museums Asso-ciation of Saskatchewan encourages every mu-seum to have a disaster recovery plan, including a pre-plan for fires.

“This would be an ex-tremely difficult build-ing to fight a fire in,” said Kirwan, a retired volunteer firefighter.

He pointed to how wide open the building is and how little fire sep-aration exists between wings and floors. He also pointed to the building’s stairwell, which is as vertical as a chimney and would funnel smoke and fire.

Kirwan thought it is beneficial for the mu-seum to have skilled peo-ple review the building’s fire load, determine how firefighters would attack a fire in certain rooms, and plan how to protect the adjacent St. Paul Lu-theran Home.

“I don’t see a down-side in it for anybody …,” he added. “This is a win-win.”

It will take students four days to create de-tailed pre-fire plans, explained instructor Curtis Brooks. They can use Google maps or Goo-gle satellite images to add to the report.

This is the first such plan created for the museum, Brooks said. Based on their investiga-tions, students will learn

if there is enough water available to fight a fire. If there is not enough water in the area, fire-fighters would have to fight a defensive battle and protect surrounding structures.

The students discov-ered that three of four hydrants nearby are usable: one near St. Pe-ter’s Hospital, one in the home’s parking lot, and one adjacent to the new water treatment plant.

Brooks recalled a sim-ilar study fire students conducted in 2008 at a former casket business west of Melville. They discovered there was very little water nearby, which meant the fire department would have had to run hoses across Highway 10 to the near-est hydrant.

“It would be horrible (to lose the museum),” said Kirwan, since there are many unique items. He believes the fire de-partment might need to use every piece of equip-ment to battle a fire there.

If it couldn’t save the building, the department would have to ensure the west wall doesn’t topple onto the adjacent seniors home, he added.

Inside the museum, the trainees began in the basement. In the Aborig-inal/RCMP room, they determined the glass cases and rock arrow-heads might explode in a fire.

There is plenty of walking space in each room, with most objects against the walls, which would make it easier for firefighters, said student Jesse Berthelette. He and others also deter-mined where fire extin-guishers and fire exits were located.

Firefighters will also know, for example, what to expect on the third floor so there are no surprises, he continued. They will also know no one should be in the mu-seum late at night.

“The less surprises they have to deal with,” added Berthelette, “the smoother it goes for ev-erybody.”

Melville renews relationship with ChinaBy Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

The distance from Shanghai, China to Melville might be 9,895 kilometres, but recruitment efforts are underway in the Empire to encourage students to study in the east-central Saskatchewan rail hub.

During its Oct. 1 workshop meeting, city coun-cil approved a recommendation to appoint Yan Fen Huang to represent Melville in the Communist coun-try for recruitment purposes from 2018 to 2021.

This is a partnership that has been ongoing since 1993, explained Chris Bruce, director of community services. Patrick Ho with CLC International Edu-cation (Canada) Inc., has represented Melville in China as he works with Parkland College to bring over students to participate in classroom programs.

Students participate in six months of class work and then four months in work placement positions.

In an email to city administration in August, Ho suggested Huang be appointed to represent Melville. With this particular contract, the company wants to set up a one-year bridging program to provide train-ing to students in China to meet admission require-ments for the college’s business certificate program.

The program will focus mostly on English train-ing, but will also have some introductory business courses, Bruce said. The recruiters hope to attract between 15 and 20 students, give them training in China, and then have them come to Melville to study in the college’s business certificate program.

“I do think it is a benefit to the City of Melville, as it could result in new residents coming to town and potentially new business owners going through a business certificate program,” he added.

Debt limitAt the end of 2015, city council made a motion to

loan the medical clinic committee up to $5,000 for a legal survey to determine if a piece of land was suit-able to build a new medical clinic.

That committee used $2,100 of the loan, which is sitting as a loan receivable in the municipality’s fi-nancial statements.

“To the city’s knowledge, the medical clinic com-mittee is no longer (meeting). Therefore it has been deemed that the loan is no longer collectable,” said Lynsey Swanson, director of finance. The Physician Recruitment and Retention Committee, however, is still operational.

She recommended that the loan be deemed uncol-lectable and the $2,100 be expensed to the city’s 2018 financial statements.

Mayor Walter Streelasky and councillors Johan van Zyl and Joe Kirwan excused themselves from the meeting since they were or are involved with the medical clinic committee and the doctor recruitment committee, putting them in a conflict of interest.

Deputy mayor Andy Rondeau asked for one of the three remaining councillors to put forward the recommendation that Swanson suggested. No one stepped forward, so the issue was defeated by de-fault.

The loan is still on the city’s books, but adminis-tration is unsure if it can be fully collected.

Revisions to reserve policyCouncil approved a recommendation to revise the

A80 reserve policy and add two additional surplus accounts to the policy.

The first surplus account is for the Melville Golf and Country Club, said Swanson. The municipality already has an agreement with the regional park and the curling club for a joint account to make re-pairs to the country club.

The surplus account outlines the agreement in place and that the municipality will match any funds that the other two organizations deposit into the fund every year, up to a maximum of $5,000, she continued.

The second surplus account is for the perpetual care of the columbarium at the cemetery. All sales of columbarium niches would go into this account to fund future capital purchases of more columbarium structures.

The next workshop meeting is Oct. 15.

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new vehicle, said Bruce. There is also $50,000 being allocated to this reserve at the end of 2018 that will go toward the truck’s purchase.

Three other manufacturing compa-nies also submitted bids for the tender.

A new pumper truck is required since it has failed its pump testing and is no longer nationally certified. This means it will not produce constant water pressure for firefighters battling a fire.

The quote proposal was sent to 11 manufacturers across North America, containing the baseline needs of the Melville Fire Department with op-tional improvements.

Insurance issuesOne of the major issues that led to

the disqualification of several man-ufacturers was the required height and length of the new fire truck, said Bruce. Equipment size continues to grow every year, but the height of the fire hall ceiling and doors does not. Many trucks are now larger than what the fire hall can handle.

Operating the existing pumper truck runs up against insurance is-sues, noted Coun. Andy Rondeau. He wondered what the effect would be if the fire department operated without proper insurance.

If the truck does not meet national standards, and firefighters use the vehicle and it doesn’t provide the cor-rect water pressure, that would affect personal liability coverage for the mu-nicipality and lead to less community service, said Bruce.

“(Increased costs) could fall to the residents of Melville if the insurance rating were to change,” he added.

Buy new, don’t replaceIt is not advisable to replace or re-

build the pumper mechanism since it would be $30,000, he continued. It would be easier to buy a new fire truck and certify than to re-certify a 25-year-old truck.

The fire department is using pumper truck No. 2 as its main pumper unit and the No. 1 unit as a backup. Bruce preferred not to use the No. 1 unit if possible, since the department would be using an uncertified truck during a fire.

“We are asking firefighters to use a truck that we are unsure if it will meet their needs,” he added.

The cost of re-certification is $25,000, which is what council thought it might do if it didn’t replace the

pumper truck, said Coun. Ron Wilson. He wondered if the municipality was receiving a fair value on the trade-in since someone could re-sell the truck for more than $20,000.

“I know that businesses are in it to make a profit and I’m not sure what market they have for fire trucks … ,” Wilson said, “Are we going the best path?”

Certification costs are more than $25,000, said Bruce. He was unable to guarantee what the market value of a trade-in would be since costs fluctuate.

It is unlikely the pumper truck would go to a large fire department that would renew its national certifica-tion, he continued. It’s possible someone could get more for the truck than for the amount Melville sells it. The best idea is to put the vehicle on the market quickly and watch what happens.

Timeline to buy truckCoun. Joe Kirwan wondered if it

was possible to discern the increase in costs, including how much could be at-tributed to normal inflation rates and tariffs on steel. He was not optimistic the latter would be removed anytime soon.

The market for fire trucks has shifted recently, which is surprising, said Bruce. The automotive industry recently saw comparable cost increases, with inflation increasing 7.8 per cent. There will be tariffs on new vehicles as well.

Coun. Vince Thiessen pointed out it took city council six months to pur-chase a new street sweeper. He thought it was likely council wouldn’t have the same experience in purchasing a new fire truck.

“I’m definitely less confident in light of our (NAFTA) negotiations,” said Bruce. “I do fear the risk of … infla-tion going through to next year. That’s a guarantee. We will see that baseline cost go up.”

Rondeau wondered if there was any value in holding onto the extra pumper unit once a new unit had been pur-chased, especially if the fire depart-ment faced two structure fires. Bruce replied there is no space to store an extra vehicle, while he didn’t see a need for a third backup unit in town.

“My concern is the liability of this,” said Mayor Walter Streelasky. “If we use this machine that is not up to code, that would be a dangerous option for the city to pursue.”

The next regular council meeting is Oct. 15.

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“It is dangerous tobe right when the

government is wrong.” Voltaire

Newspapers miss the pointDear editor:

I lost the use of my right hand for the last few months due to un-successful carpal tunnel surgery, so don’t think I’ve suddenly become complacent. The events of the last quarter would make an Eskimo’s blood boil.

The editorial by Elaine Ashfield last week extolling the vir-tues of newspapers needs some addressing. The kind of newspapers she refers to haven’t existed since the Sixties. There hasn’t been any balance to printed reporting for a long time. The Post chain of papers has become lit-tle more than another wing of the Conservative party, especially once Conrad Black got hold of them. His successors have taken it even fur-ther.

She’s right about the advertising power of pa-pers, but that seems to be the only focus. Publish-ers have put informing the public and presenting both sides of the story to the back burner, and seem to feel they have to adopt their advertisers’ blinkered views.

It’s your circulation that makes you an at-tractive platform for advertising. Agitating against the interests of your readers to kiss your advertisers’ butts has led to a huge loss of readers and led them to other sources or turned them off completely. This is why papers are going under all over Canada.

The people who bought papers were largely working class, lots of union members, and public employees. They got tired of reading the constant deluge of right wing crap from phoney, self-titled “think tanks” like the Fraser Institute, and the Frontier Centre for Public Policy which recently got its knuck-les rapped for trying to paint a rosy picture of residential schools.

These “institutes” are self-ordained and are lit-

tler more than corporate financed propaganda mills stocked with hired pens who spew forth whatever is demanded for so many cents a word. There’s never been a shortage of people will-ing to prostitute them-selves for the coin of the realm.

Even in our local rag, articles from these bi-ased and phoney entities are printed unquestion-ingly. This community is totally dependent on unionized paycheques from railroaders, teach-ers, health care and government workers, yet this paper continu-ally prints anti-union, anti-public tripe. You’ve read the demographic wrong; as long as blin-

kered, biased oafs like John Gormley and Mur-ray Mandryk dominate the editorial page, reader numbers will dwindle, and with it, the appeal to advertisers.

Stalin’s propaganda minister, Ilya Ehren-burg, came up with con-cept of “The Big Lie.” His premise was that if you repeated something often enough and loud enough, sooner or later it would be accepted as fact. Nazi Josef Goebbels adopted this idea, and so has U.S President Don-ald Trump.

Far too many of our supposed news outlets seem to be following suit.

Bill Neill,Melville

Saskatchewan gov’t should protect jobsNo govern-

ment should ever be con-demned for fo-cusing on jobs.

Jobs repre-sent the well being of their const ituents , which should be the foremost concern of an elected offi-cial. But jobs are also something that falls within the jurisdiction of local politicians and sticking to what is in your purview is an important and often over-looked aspect of governance.

If you think about it, this is why global warming initiatives are failing. By defini-tion, global warming is a “global issue” — not an issue for local or provincial or even federal politicians to handle.

Maybe this is precisely why we are strug-gling mightily to get a handle on the matter.

So it isn’t surprising that the Saskatch-ewan Party government is prioritizing good-paying jobs in its fight against the federal carbon tax. Of course, there is also the Sask. Party argument that the federal government’s carbon tax isn’t actually an effective way of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, anyway.

We remain a resource-based economy where the burning of fossil fuel is a ne-cessity— be it for farming, mining, manu-facturing or the oil sector. Pricing carbon

might not change our way of life, but it will surely make it more expensive — something that the federal government doesn’t seem to get.

Irritating to many in this sparsely popu-lated, rural, agrarian part of the country is the fact it’s not simply a case of using more public transportation to reduce our fossil fuel consumption. We still need fuel for the very machinery that drives our economy.

A big part of that economy is also fossil fuel itself.

Finally, our source of electricity is mostly fuelled by coal.

Sure, there have been efforts to move away from coal, which is a good thing. One such initiative toward less GHG emission output is SaskPower’s 350-megawatt natu-ral gas Chinook Power Station near Swift Current. Such initiatives even demonstrate how there are may be a few other jobs to found in the economy other than the tradi-tional work in this province.

But all this takes us back to the job ques-tion, and perhaps the need for the Sask. Party government to take a look at job is-sues from a more fulsome perspective.

Let’s accept that the carbon tax fight is about preserving jobs — with, of course, a little politics thrown in, as was evident in the recent visit by Ontario Progressive Con-servative Premier Doug Ford.

Let’s also accept this is an important fight, as the monthly job statistics for the province seem to indicate. The latest Sas-

katchewan job statistics for September show a slight increase by 3,300 more people working from September 2017.

However, that good news was tempered by an increase in unemployment as well, the notion that Alberta seems to recovering more quickly, and that the economists for RBC are describing Saskatchewan’s job re-covering as “surprisingly weak.”

Given this situation, the Sask. Party government is obligated to do what it can to ensure good-paying jobs are available to workers in this province. But consider this in the context of NDP Opposition concerns that most of the 640 construction workers at the Swift Current Chinook work site seem to be from out of province.

“The procurement process is not working as it should,” said NDP Leader Ryan Meili.

Interprovincial trade agreements such as the New West Partnership make it more dif-ficult for provinces to place restrictions on out-of-province contractors. But remember: A year ago this Sask. Party was eager to tax out-of-province license plates at Saskatche-wan job sites in retaliation of unproven al-legations that the Alberta government was engaging in similar favouritism.

Shouldn’t the Saskatchewan government be as vigilant about protecting existing jobs as it is about losing future jobs to a carbon tax?

After all, that’s what provincial politi-cians are supposed to do.

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In 2015, Richard Salamon was promoted to City Manager of Sunrise City, Fla.. He pledged to stay out of the news, but recently he tried to use a coupon to get a $3.99 mini Bundt cake for free at a bakery. When told that the coupon had expired, he got nasty with the staff, demanding a free cake. City Com-

-ministration a black eye and Coun. Mark Douglas agreed, and has called for Salamon, who is paid $204,000 per year, to re-

coupon has got us here

Fors, now 58, a U.S.

in Worcester, Mass., was caught stealing packages of stamps sent to the post

He then made a bundle by selling them online at a discount. It is esti-mated that Fors stole nearly $100,000 in stamps, and he pleaded guilty in exchange for $82,445 in restitu-tion, two years of probation, “a period of home con-

Hillman accepted the guilty plea, but refuses to be bound by the plea bargain, saying Fors is subject to

Being in touch with nature is one thing, but gar-dening au naturel is quite another for some neigh-bours of a Florida man who’s been doing yard work in

that as long as the man is not touching himself inap-propriately, he is not breaking the law because he is

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of peace. He says authorities will begin taking state-

the neighbourhood.’”

stealing another woman’s identity -ure job as a human resources manager has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Cindy White, 41, could see her sentence climb to 20 years under the state’s multiple offender law. White lifted the re-sume of an unsuspecting woman with a similar name on the networking site LinkedIn. After being hired, White started at a salary of $95,000 per year and

-sources director at $105,000. Once this latest case came to the forefront, a few other companies said they had been scammed by her, as well. She did not get

her undoing.

property after a man suspected of being on meth threw bricks from a roof in Winnipeg. -

throwing rocks from a chimney into the street. Be-

in crisis negotiators, tactical support and the Win-

Robert Baron, 40, has been charged with six counts

and three counts of assault with a weapon.

has been smoking 40 cigarettes a day and his

the pint-sized puffer quit. Pamungka picked up the habit by grabbing discarded butts. Older kids would then light him up and that led to a full-blown addic-

them for smokes, which some apparently found quite hilarious. His mother buys him two packs a day but

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liceman quickly spotted the bottle of bourbon in his passenger seat, his slurred speech, and the smell of alcohol. Stevens argued that he clearly was not drinking while driving. He only drank “when he

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do with that six inches of space between your ears.”

During his presen-tation, Koch explained

-thing other people can, but it takes him a little longer or he adjusts his approach to situations.

Koch used artifi-cial legs as a child, but abandoned them after he bought a skateboard

Florida since boarding was easier.

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wearing them and uses his elbows to manipulate a smartphone, a remote control, or play mini hockey. He joked it looks as if he is kissing his phone when he uses it.

me,” Koch said about not

wasn’t always easy. I had to work a little harder.”

His parents let him do things for himself as a child so he could learn how to function. He noted if teachers did

the children wouldn’t learn, grow, or be inde-pendent.

Students need to work

hard, not be afraid to try and fail, and not quit, since they could accom-plish great things in life, Koch said. It’s similar to getting back on a bike or skateboard after falling

off. “If you’re worried

about how you look, you’re cheating yourself out of an opportunity,” he noted.

If someone looks dif-

ferent or has a disability, Koch reminded the stu-dents it’s not OK to laugh or stare. It is OK to ask what happened if done respectfully.


get rid of all those bags of trash, appliances, tree branches and shingles piling up in their backyards.

During its Oct. 1 regular meeting, city council

-nity,” said Andrew Fahlman, director of public works

Last year, council discussed the concern about

only and enforcing that stipulation, said Coun. Ron Wilson.

He pointed out there are many people in the area -

Fahlman was comfortable with the work the con-tractor was doing, adding he reinforced the impor-tance to the contractor of checking licences and IDs

was not open on that weekend since it was the Victo-ria Day long weekend, said Coun. Andy Rondeau. He

-ends during the free tipping in the fall.

since that is a week before, said Fahlman. Admin-istration hopes to work around any stat holidays in the future and ensure residents are able to clean out


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Children’s author helping build students’ writing skills

Sigmund Brouwer, the writer-in-residence for Good Spirit School Division, gets students and staff at Davison School to perform hand actions to a song during a recent presentation. Photo by Jason G. Antonio


Children’s author Sig-mund Brouwer is using his Story Ninja program and rock ‘n’ roll literacy presentations to moti-vate students within the Good Spirit School Divi-sion to be better writers.

Brouwer — who has written more than 100 books — spoke to schools within the division throughout September, while he spoke to all teachers from grades 1 to 6 in August before the school year began.

Good Spirit School Division (GSSD) has contracted Brouwer to be the division writer in residence for the 2018-19 school year, trustees heard during their Oc-tober board meeting. He will be available to work with classes on any writing topic, by visiting them online via Skype.

Brouwer worked with Preeceville School last year and published an-thologies of students’ work. Other schools within GSSD are also considering publishing anthologies this year.

“I’ve heard great things about him,” said board chair Lois Sman-dych.

Director of education Quintin Robertson high-lighted Brouwer’s work during his report about the division’s support for students’ writing.

Writing planAccording to baseline

data from spring 2018, 58 per cent of GSSD students in grades 4, 7 and 9 were writing at or above grade level, with 94 per cent of students approaching grade level or above.

“We’re very close to having a large majority of students at or above grade level,” Robertson said. “When we start

taking assessment data for literacy, we were right around the same level.”

Writing data is col-lected and submitted in June for all students in those grades using the Ministry of Education’s holistic writing rubrics.

Robertson pointed out GSSD has historically assessed more students than the provincial aver-age. About 92 per cent of Grade 1 students’ liter-acy is regularly assessed, versus the provincial av-erage in the high 60s.

Besides the writing rubrics, the ministry has also developed supple-mentary documents that include a writing contin-uum, which provides an overview of the writing skills, text forms and strategies to help stu-dents in grades 1 to 12.

“Teachers are working on creating a writing cul-ture in their classrooms to motivate students to write authentically for real audiences,” Robert-son said.

Robertson joked that she hasn’t written any-thing about him yet, but it could happen.

The goal of the ELA writing program is to have students view themselves as real writ-ers whose stories and messages are important to tell, continued Robert-son. This is where Brou-wer plays a part.

Teachers from grades 4, 7 and 9 met last May to calibrate their scor-ing of writing samples and share best practice ideas. Literacy coaches have also provided pro-fessional development support with supper ses-sions held around the di-vision.

Band trip Trustees approved a

request from Grayson School to allow its band

students to attend a trip to Orlando, Fla., from May 16 to 20, 2019.

These students in grades 7 to 9 will travel with band students and chaperones from Melville Comprehensive School (MCS), since Richelle Matthews is the band teacher at both schools.

GSSD trustees ap-proved the trip request from MCS in May.

“We’re excited,” said Robertson. He added the board approves inter-

only within the North American continent.

Trustees decided nearly two years ago to deny overseas trips re-quests due to terrorist attacks, along with in-creased insurance costs.

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Some students at Da-vison School have been challenged to read 40 books by June as a way to develop lifelong read-ing habits and to choose books they may not nor-mally consider.

Meanwhile, several classrooms are also par-ticipating in the world-wide project, Global Read Aloud. Each classroom reads a certain number of pages a week for six weeks from a particu-lar book and then goes online to discuss the content with other inter-national classrooms.

This year’s Global Read Aloud book for grades 5 and 6 is Refu-gee by Alan Gratz, which looks at three characters from different eras: Nazi Germany, 1990s Cuba and today’s Syria. Forty-book challenge

and didn’t realize they like,” said teacher Brandy Lechner, whose Grade 5/6 class is participating in the second annual 40-book challenge, along with teacher Dan Coomber’s Grade 6 class next door.

Last year’s inaugural book challenge went well, she said. Not every student read that many books — to be expected based on reading levels — but they all put in effort.

Students can pick different genres based on a handout, while they can also choose to read whatever they want. The goal is to get students to read more in school and at home.

For half the books students read, they have to pro-vide a written response called Critic’s Corner. They have to write a book summary, develop a comprehen-sion strategy to help them understand the book, and then give a rating.

Students will share their book reviews with class-mates as a way to provide recommendations for oth-ers.

Lechner’s class began the book challenge in September. She noted some of the books her students are reading are hefty in size and under-standing. So far, nine students have read three or more books. Three books at once

Grade 5 student Shelby Robertson is reading three books si-multaneously — The Babysitter’s Club No. 8, Haunted Canada 8, and Nature Attacks — with

She doesn’t know why she decided to do that, saying simply that read-ing is fun.

“(Reading) gives you something to do and there’s always a cliff-hanger,” she said. “I’m not the best reader in the class, so it’s kind of scary for me. My best friend is a really good reader.”

Reading three books is

since she sometimes for-gets what’s happening in one book. This forces her to re-read a few pages. So far the Haunted Canada book is the most exciting since she enjoys scary books.

Attached to the wall outside both classrooms is a space where photo-copies of book covers can be attached, allowing

students to give their thumbs-up for titles they’ve read.

Lechner’s class hadn’t yet posted any book titles it has enjoyed so far. However, there are nearly 10 ti-

Reading competition — or notThere is also poster showing how many books

Coomber and Lechner have each read; Coomber was

Oct. 4. With a chuckle, Lechner acknowledged she is slightly behind.

“I read often (every night), but not quite as quickly I guess,” Lechner said, explaining she reads regu-larly throughout the summer.

since Lechner is reading adult-level books while

the competition between the two teachers — well, almost.

“It’s not a competition,” said Coomber with an up-roarious laugh. “It is not a competition at all.”

books because he never read them — or hardly any-thing — as a youth. He can’t recommend a book if he

hasn’t read it himself, so he is playing catchup. Coomber is letting his students choose to read

what they want, since the fun of reading can be sucked away for some students who are told what to read. Some of his students who would never read poetry or prose are now doing so since the content focuses on sports, for example.

“It’s relaxing,” he added about why he enjoys read-ing. “It makes me have time for myself. It gets me to learn whole different perspectives.”

While some students may not read 40 books by June, Lechner noted the real reward is helping stu-

“As long as they’re reading,” she added, “they’re growing as readers … This shows reading is for life. They can take it into adulthood and enjoy.”


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Book challenge fosters lifelong love of reading

Davison School students Kael Gabel, Shelby Robertson and Ava Loveridge display some of the books they have read or are reading as part of the 40-book challenge in their Grade 5/6 classroom. Photos by Jason G. Antonio

Grade 6 teacher Dan Coomber reads the book Refugee to his students as part of the Global Read Aloud project. Classes from across the world read the same pages every week and then go online to discuss what they read.


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2018 Service Award RecipientsEach year, Parkland College recognizes its employees for their service and dedication to the organization. Parkland College extends its thanks and congratulations to the 2018 honourees.

Mandi Kobylko5 years

Lonny Kopan5 years

Wayne Ferguson5 years

Terri-Lynn Moore3 years

Joe Tomolak3 years

ALSO RECOGNIZED:

Kami DePape15 years

Sandra Hnatuik, Alison Dubreuil, Christine Virostek,

Sheldon Kostyshyn, Linda Jansen, Katherine Trebish,

Katherine Springford, Phyllis Strelioff10 years

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Jean Dales7 years

Krista Montbriand, Bernice Shul5 years

Venessa Brouillard, Dwayne Reeve, Destiny Reader, Herb Lacroix, Jeffrey Just,

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Neil Kerr, Eleonora Usenkova, Robert Nordin3 years

Darrell Landels, Bradley NagyRetirees

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Rachel Martinuik, Tyler SlowskiAwards of Excellence recipients

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More Grade 3 students experience reading successSubmitted

The number of Grade 3 students reading at or above grade level contin-ues to rise province-wide.

School division data from 2018 shows 75 per cent of Grade 3 students now reading at or above grade level, compared to 65 per cent in 2013.

This increase represents approxi-mately 1,200 more Saskatchewan stu-dents reading at or above grade level

“A commitment to early literacy is important as it is a strong indicator of future academic success,” said Ed-ucation Minister Gordon Wyant. “It is encouraging to see our collaborative ef-

forts paying off so that more students continue to form this essential founda-tion for all future learning.”

Research suggests that students who read at grade level by Grade 3 are more likely to continue reading at grade level and more likely to gradu-ate from high school, which ultimately contributes to our shared goal of im-proving student engagement and grad-uation rates in the province.

The education sector has been jointly focused through the Educa-tion Sector Strategic Plan (ESSP) on increasing student success in several areas including reading.

Extensive work has been put into

supporting this ESSP goal in class-rooms. The provincial resources Sas-katchewan Reads and Saskatchewan Reads for Administrators were devel-oped to support teachers and to help administrators offer leadership in lit-eracy development at school and divi-sion levels.

These resources are available in English at www.saskatchewanreads.wordpress.com and in French at www.lasaskatchewanlit.wordpress.com.

“We know how crucial reading is for student success and that’s why it has been an important focus of the ESSP,” said Saskatchewan School Boards As-sociation president Dr. Shawn David-

son. “We are pleased there has been

progress and we also know there is

all Saskatchewan students.”

wider educational community comes together to support their needs,” said Don Rempel, North East School Di-vision director of education and the leader of the ESSP Reading, Writing and Math outcome.

-porting our provincial reading goals at every level, so we are very pleased to see such positive results for our stu-dents.”


Catholic division pleased with learning achievement resultsBy Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division (CTT) is encouraged by the results of learning outcomes

educational goals will be met by 2020. During their recent board meeting, trustees re-

viewed data about how well kindergarten students performed in November 2017 and May 2018 evalua-tions, whether students in grades 1 to 4 were read-ing at or above grade level, and how well students in grades 4, 7 and 9 could write.

“Lots of great work continues to happen in our schools, and our teachers are doing a great job of meeting each kid where they’re at,” said Shannon Hahn, supervisor of instruction and learning. “And we’re excited by the results. We know that those are going to continue, so we’re looking forward to those 2020 targets.”Early Learning

CTT’s goal for June 2020 is that 90 per cent of stu-dents exiting kindergarten are ready for the primary grades, as measured by the early years evaluation (EYE).

Based on two evaluations during the 2017-18 school year, 83 per cent of kindergarten students met the division target.

EYE looks at how students perform with gross -

proaches to learning, awareness of self, language and communication, and cognitive skills.

CTT is pleased with the EYE results, said Hahn.

opportunity to see what kids know and can do. There -

tion to the second one in May. This is a combination of several things, Hahn said.

Students are more engaged in the classroom, while teachers are providing rich learning opportunities and skills development. There is also positive sup-port from parents, who provide additional help at home.

All of these things ensure students are ready for primary grades.

The EYE assessment is indicative of where kids could be by Grade 3 in their reading, Hahn contin-ued. The Ministry of Education wants these assess-

ments conducted so it can predict future needs. “What we do know, is that the more students that

were able to reach that percentage that we’re try-ing to hit, the less students that will need support in reading,” she added. Reading results good

CTT’s goal for June 2020 is for 80 per cent of stu-dents in grades 1 to 4 to be reading at or above grade level.

By June 2018, 89 per cent of students were reading at or above grade level. Broken down, 93 per cent of Grade 1 stu-dents, 88 per cent of Grade 2 students, 83 per cent of Grade 3 students, and 92 per cent of Grade 4 students were at or above grade level.

English students in grades 1 to 4 were evaluated three times throughout the year, while French immersion students in grades 2 to 4

were also evaluated three times. Students read a se-

the text while answering questions that test their comprehension.

“We’re very pleased with those results,” said Hahn. “Our goal (for 2018) was 88 per cent, so 89 per cent is even better.”

Since the division has small numbers in the earlygrades — 463 English and French immersion stu-dents in grades 1 to 4 were assessed — struggling students can have a larger effect on the overall per-centage, she added. Writing and math

writing results from grades 4, 7 and 9. Those num-bers will be used as baseline data.

From the data, 74 per cent of all students in Grade 4, 68.2 per cent of English students in Grade 7 and73.5 per cent of English students in Grade 9 were ator above grade level. The division’s 2020 goal is 80per cent.

Hahn noted while these numbers are low, they arestill higher than the provincial average. Yet, division administration would still like to see those percent-ages increase.

It is the schools and not the division that collect math results, said Hahn. However, the divisionhopes to collect some numbers this year.

The next board meeting is Oct. 15.

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Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division released data showing how well students in grades 1 to 4 were reading by the end of last June. The data looks at total reading of grades 1 to 4 (left), data for English students (middle)and data for French immersion students (right).

Shannon Hahn, supervisor of instruction and learning


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Take care of your mental healthSubmitted

With school back in session, parents and teachers are helping students learn and stay safe from physi-cal injuries and illnesses.

However, a safety topic that too often goes over-looked is mental health, according to the Canada Safety Council (CSC).

The topic of mental health is being treated more and more in the context of safety, but the subject mat-ter is excluded from safety discussions by caregivers too often, due to uncertainty in how to address it or unfamiliarity with mental health, says Lewis Smith, the manager of national projects for the CSC.

This makes its place in the discussion that much more crucial — not only does mental illness affect a child’s performance in school, but also by putting themselves or others in physical danger or harm. It’s

and caregiver.As the Canada Safety Council celebrates 100

years in safety, its focus continues to be preventing avoidable injuries and fatalities. In the context of Na-tional School Safety Week, Oct. 17 to 23, it is society’s responsibility to ensure everyone — including school-aged children — have access to the mental health resources.

According to the Canadian Mental Health Asso-ciation, children who have mental health illnesses

with mental health issues seek medical help. Due to lack of awareness and education, many

myths about mental health and its effect on children also contribute to misinformation and misunder-standing. Here are a few pervasive myths and the truths behind them:Myth 1: Mental health illnesses are not real

Mental health is just as real as getting a cold, breaking a leg, or any other illness/injury. Physical illnesses and injuries have varied ranges of severity, duration and frequency. This is the same as mental health illnesses.

Mental health is the state of one’s psychological and emotional wellbeing. Mental health covers many

-order (ADHD), obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder.

These illnesses vary in degree of severity, and can all be controlled through medication and/or therapy. However, when these illnesses are not diagnosed or managed through treatment, those who are ill may possibly harm others or themselves.Myth 2: They will grow out of it

Children will grow out of habits, clothing and “phases,” but mental health stays with people for the

duration of their lives. When we use the term “grow out of,” it commonly refers to a temporary growing pain.

This is a dangerous term to use about mental health because it attempts to negate the fact mental health illnesses are not valid, preferring instead to treat it as an attention-getting mechanism, perhaps, or a quirk to be disregarded.

According to a study by the Government of Can-ada, 70 per cent of adults who suffer with a mental health illness showed signs of illness as a child or adolescent. A number of long-term illnesses can be treated successfully when treatment is sought early.Myth 3: Bad parenting causes mental health illnesses

There is no perfect recipe for parenting, and as a parent, you shouldn’t see it as a failure if your child does have a mental health illness. Due to the variety of mental health illnesses, it is easy to miss the signs completely.

Bad parenting does not cause it, however. Parents with children who have a mental illness sometimes feel guilty because they feel responsible for missing the signs, or their child tried to express their pain and the parent minimized the situation.

Cases similar to these reinforce the need for addi-tional discussion of mental health issues since they are rooted not in malice, but a lack of understanding.

Children’s biochemistry and their environment are often responsible for the development of men-tal health illnesses. A few factors that can develop a mental health illness include stressful situations and/or exposure to harmful substances in infancy.

This can disrupt the brain’s chemistry, while some may be more prone to the effects due to their genet-ics. If you are concerned that your child may be at risk, there are ways to address concerns before they become more pronounced. Start by seeking out your local mental health association, school counsellor, or doctor for more information. Myth 4: Seeking treatment makes the child worse

Parents are often hesitant to consult medical help for fear their child will receive unnecessary medica-tion or waste time in therapy. It is important to re-

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Millionaires ball club in financial rebuildBy George BrownGrasslands News

The Melville Millionaires baseball club is going through a rebuild.

For most teams, in most sports, the rebuild would focus on player development; for the

While the 2018 edition of the Western Major Baseball League (WMBL) Mils was a

of the ups and downs of oper-ating a sports team.

The financial difficulties -

guered club president Darren Wandy to swallow. The team had a small core of committed volunteers but needed many more to lighten the load. Sev-eral executive directors quit or didn’t walk the talk.

“When I jumped on the bandwagon, others jumped off,” he told team supporters at the club’s annual general meeting Oct. 3. “It was dis-heartening.”

Wandy said the business-people and true baseball fans who have stepped forward to take executive positions with the club are a “breath of air pumped into the lungs of the organization.”

As the AGM drew near, Wandy grew more apprehen-sive. He made no bones about it: without a strong executive, ready to roll up its shirtsleeves and get to work at saving the franchise, he would not com-mit to being president for the coming season.

One person approached him.

“I didn’t know who was

going to show up.”But a strong core of volun-

teers will form the nucleus of the group that must now satisfy the WMBL board of governors, the team’s list of creditors, and baseball fans in Melville and beyond.

“I was actually pleasantly surprised when I left the meeting,” he said. “Million-aires baseball is down, but

WMBL governors to decide team’s fate

The board of governors will meet at the end of the month to determine the fate of the Melville Millionaires, York-ton Cardinals and the Brooks Bombers. All are deep in debt to the league and to busi-nesses in their communities.

-itive team season, and all saw fans stay away in droves.

Wandy explained that the board could vote to accept one of the following actions:

1) Grant Melville full fran-chise rights for 2019 and will be included in the 2019 sched-ule.

2) Grant a one-year leave of absence to provide a dedicated group time to build a stronger model and re-enter the WMBL for 2020.

3) Approval to relocate the franchise to another commu-nity for the 2019 season.

4) Revocation of the Mel-ville Millionaires franchise in the WMBL due to non-com-pliance with requests of the league including non-payment of franchise commitments to the league.

The Millionaires owe

$12,218 in overdue franchise fees and the league insists that account be settled.

-dle and after that, being able to show what our long-term plan is, getting ourselves sta-ble and back on our feet is going to be the selling point of the group (to the governors).”

Wandy and his executive

and long-term business plan for the governors’ consider-ation at the league meetings.

“They want long-term lon-gevity,” he said. “They want a

year? No.“Can we fix it in three

years? I think we can drasti-cally reduce our overall (debt).

to stabilize its franchise after experiencing similar issues.

Businesspeople step upWandy said a group of busi-

nessmen have stepped forward to sign a note at the bank and help the Millionaires clear up debts to the league, billet fam-ilies and “creditors that have been waiting for a long time.”

“The bridge financing is being put up by a group of people who believe in what we

are trying to do and they want baseball to stay here.”

The balance summary pre-sented at the Oct. 3 meeting shows the team more than $100,000 in debt. Half of that debt was accrued in 2018.

Undeclared back debts sur-faced not long after the 2018

$75,000 in the hole and we hadn’t thrown a pitch.”

Other creditors include the team’s bus charter, Melville Regional Park, the City of Mel-ville, radio and print media, the team’s uniform supplier, and individuals — including Wandy himself.

New directors at the meet-ing last week determined they would arrange to reimburse Wandy for the $6,500 owed to him. The Terry Puhl Founda-tion Batting Cages group de-cided the president “shouldn’t be out of pocket” for the ex-penses he incurred trying to

The draft budget presents

in revenue. Wandy said the Millionaires need enough rev-

season and to chip away at the accumulated debt. “I want to see the creditors paid back. It’s just the right thing to do.”

Lottery key to

Small fundraising efforts haven’t helped the team

Wandy said. “We need a large injection of cash, let’s be hon-est.

“The big one is the lottery,” he said. It is budgeted to make

for the team on $427,500 ingross sales.

The rejuvenated executivealso hopes to create a buzzin the community about the team, making Pirie Field a summer attraction for fami-lies and long-time supporters of the game. The team wants to offer more game day promo-tions and special events at theballpark to make an evening or afternoon a special occa-sion.

“I would love to see 300 season ticket holders. I don’t think it’s astronomical. I don’tthink it’s out of the question,”Wandy said.

More bleacher bums meansmore fans wearing Million-aires merchandise, while more sales in the canteen and thebeer garden all contribute toa healthier bottom line. “Cre-ating the atmosphere that makes people want to come to games is key.”

Wandy has met with thechamber of commerce andbusinesspeople individually

-array” the team is in and it’spromise to pay its debts.

The Millionaires and their rivals spend tens of thou-sands of dollars in Melville very summer, generating eco-nomic spinoffs and keepingstaff employed, he said. “If welose the ball club that’s a lot of money that won’t be spent in

other.” Anyone who would like to

pitch in and help the Million-aires become a stable franchiseagain is invited to call DarrenWandy at 306-521-0429.


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Melville Millionaires Schedule

OCTOBER:12– Melville at Battlefords13– Melville at Kindersley19– Humboldt at Melville20– Melville at Humboldt23– Melville at Notre Dame26– Nipawin at Melville30– Melville at Notre Dame

Melville HCUC Schedule

Note: Schedule subject to changeFriday, Oct. 12: 7:30 a.m. Prairie Fire Practice 11:40 a.m. Hockey Academy 4:30 p.m. Sledge Hockey 5:30 p.m. Peewee Practice 6:45 p.m. Peewee Female Practice 7:45 p.m. Bantam FemaleSaturday, Oct. 13: 8:30 a.m. Little Mils Practice12:30 p.m. Midget AA vs Notre Dame

6:30 p.m. Bantam AA vs WeyburnSunday, Oct. 14: 8:30 a.m. IP Practice

3:30 p.m. Midget AA vs Prairie Storm 6:30 p.m. Midget AA Female vs Notre DameMonday, Oct. 15:10:00 a.m. SJHL Mils Practice 4:30 p.m. Skate Melville 7:45 p.m. Peewee AA PracticesTuesday, Oct. 16: 7:30 a.m. Prairie Fire Practice 9:30 a.m. SJHL Mils Practice11:40 a.m. Hockey Academy 1:00 p.m. Parent & Tot Skating 4:30 p.m. IP Practice 5:45 p.m. Bantam AA 7:15 p.m. Midget AA 8:45 p.m. Midget AA FemaleWednesday, Oct. 17: 7:30 a.m. Prairie Fire Practice10:00 a.m. SJHL Mils Practice 4:15 p.m. Novice Practice 5:30 p.m. Atom AA Practice 6:30 p.m. Peewee AA Practices 7:45 p.m. Bantam Female 8:45 p.m. Bantam PracticeThursday, Oct. 18: 7:30 a.m. Prairie Fire Practice 9:30 a.m. SJHL Mils Practice11:40 a.m. Hockey Academy 2:00 p.m. Parent & Tot Skating 4:30 p.m. Skate Melville 7:15 p.m. Skate Melville 8:45 p.m. Midget ChiefsFriday, Oct. 19: 9:30 a.m. SJHL Mils Morning Skate 4:30 p.m. Sledge Hockey 5:30 p.m. Peewee Practice 7:30 p.m. SJHL Mils vs Humboldt

Merv Moore Sportsplex Schedule

Note: Schedule subject to changeFriday, Oct. 12: 4:15 p.m. Novice Practice 5:30 p.m. Skate Melville 8:00 p.m. Moneybags HockeySaturday, Oct. 13:12:30 p.m. Peewee Female vs Estevan 3:00 p.m. Atom AA vs Estevan 5:30 p.m. Bantam Female vs Regina 8:00 p.m. Bantam PracticeSunday, Oct. 14:12:30 p.m. Peewee Female vs Swift C. 3:00 p.m. Bantam Female vs Swift C.Monday, Oct. 15: 4:30 p.m. Speed Skating 6:15 p.m. Atom AA Practice 7:45 p.m. Bantam Female 8:45 p.m. Bantam PracticeTuesday, Oct. 16: 4:30 p.m. Atom Practice 5:45 p.m. Ringette 6:45 p.m. Peewee Female Practice 8:00 p.m. Peewee Practice 9:15 p.m. MoneymenWednesday, Oct. 17: 4:30 p.m. Skate Melville 7:00 p.m. Speed Skating 9:00 p.m. Midget Chiefs PracticeThursday, Oct. 18: 4:15 p.m. Atom Practice 5:45 p.m. Bantam AA Practice 7:15 p.m. Midget AA Practice 8:45 p.m. Midget AA Female PracticeFriday, Oct. 19: 4:15 p.m. Novice Practice 6:45 p.m. Moneybags Hockey 8:00 p.m. Peewee Female Practice 9:15 p.m. Mugger Rec Hockey

Melville Bowl Arena Scores/Standings

MONDAY 55+Oct. 8

L -age, Margo Jordens, 231, 577, 181.

-age, Don Jordens, 247, 662, 194. Team High Single and Triple, Sas-taunik, 1096, 3022.Team Pts.Ostlund 13Sastaunik 12Stuckey 9Dobson 6

MONDAY COMMERCIALOct. 8

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Brandy Lechner, 635, 209.

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Team High Single, Professional Amateurs, 1308. Team High Triple, Pin Heads, 3838.Team Pts.Professional Amateurs 13

Blind Chickens 11Odd Balls 9Pin Heads 8.5

Oct. 2 L -age, Pat Brown,237, 576 202.

Mark Stradeski, 646, 220.

Rats, 1345, 3816.Team Pts.Just 4 Fun 9A Team 9Aces Wild 9Drifters 8

Try Hards 6WEDNESDAY LADIES

Oct. 3 L -age, Jeannette Heil, 248, 646, 185. Team High Single, Cheveldae, 1274. Team High Triple, Heil, 3764.Team Pts.Hack 7Cheveldae 7Janiskevich 5.5Heil 4.5

WEDNESDAY COMMERCIALOct. 3

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Average, Sam Peet, 191.

Randy Ostlund, 858, 274. Team High Single, Hellions, 1360. Team High Triple, 5 Alive, 3760.Team Pts.High Rollers 12Hellions 95 Alive 8Terminions 3

RURAL LEAGUEOct. 4

L -age, Crystal Schofer, 220, 541, 187.

High Triple, Landon Litzenberger, 650. Team High Single and Triple, Mess-ner, 1356, 3891.Team Pts.Messner 11Miller 8Schmirler 7.5Ward 5.5

GRAYSON LEAGUEOct. 5

L

Beth Hoedel, 159.-

age, Dennis Hoedel, 235, 623, 201.

1945, 3065.Team Pts.

Hoedel 13Welke 11Brisebois 10Hughes 8Cooper 3

TUESDAY YBCOct. 2

Boys High Single and Triple, Caden Zwirsky, 201, 495. Boys High Double, Calum Hall, 224. Team High Single and Triple, Zwirsky, 910, 2518.Team Pts.Lechner 11Stott 10Zwirsky 8Lavergne 5Hall 3Curylo 3

THURSDAY YBCOct. 4

331. Boys High Single and Triple, Destin Kohlenberg, 187, 516. Team High Single and Triple, Thompson, 871, 2493.Team Pts.Hahn 12Hollinger 11Lamb 8Koval 8Thompson 5Bjorgan 4

SATURDAY YBCOct. 6

Emmi Hollinger, 142. Boys High Single and Triple, Ralph Cambay, 190, 518. Boys High Double, Reid Morgan, 157. Team High Single and Triple, Cam-bay, 872, 2566.Team Pts.Cambay 14

Thompson 6Hollinger 3

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Every morning, after I’ve scraped the drool off my cheek and wiped the remnants of sleep from my eyes,

is check out the news.

There are few days when I’m not reading something on the tab-let or my phone about an international event or something in the sporting world, and recently, this caught my eye: Silent September.

A number of folks probably have knowledge of this initiative that has been carried out for the previous month in the Carolinas at children’s soc-cer games. It seems that the parents of the kids playing the sport have become so out of hand with their incredible thirst for victory that they’ve had to institute a “no cheering, no jeering” rule.

Apparently, the back and forth banter from the teams and the parents’ abuse of referees has got-ten so bad that they’ve had to take these steps. I don’t understand why parents of kids as young as eight or nine years feel the need to yell at referees or players on the other team.

It’s never been a good look on parents to be unhinged and hurling insults and profanity at

“adults” must have taken it to a new, higher level. I’m pretty sure it’s never been all right to threaten a referee with violence or tell him or her to leave

-dren’s soccer.

Now, I’m not going to pretend that I’m some

a loud or profane manner, but I’ve certainly never done it at a game where 10-year-olds and teenage referees were involved.

Part of the reason for that is I never had a child quite so invested in sports that I thought they were making the college ranks in the United States or that they’d eventually get their shot at the big leagues.

In my family, there was a catcher, who I’m con-vinced enjoyed softball as much for playing the games as she did for getting to wear the tools of

-merized with some stones on the base path that

I don’t pretend to know a lot about soccer, but it seems to me the entire idea of it is to get young-sters outside in the fresh air, away from their phones, tablets and video games for awhile, not necessarily to develop the next Pele, Neymar or even Christine Sinclair.

Seriously, what do you need to play the sport? You don’t have to go into debt the way hockey moms and dads do in Canada, to purchase a pair of running shoes and a water bottle. The reason

probably that parents can feel out if their child is going to try something else and they can discover that with little to no expense.

That parents needed to be shushed over a game where the kids enjoy the ice cream afterward more than the sport is utterly ridiculous and verges on shameful.

Trust me, I’m not the guy who believes in par-ticipation ribbons or playing hockey with a puck for every child, but screeching on the sidelines isn’t going to win anyone parent of the year.

When children play sports, it’s our duty, as par-ents, to respect the game and the process enough to know that everyone on the ice or in this case, the pitch, is doing their best.

That includes the referees, the coaches and the children.

games, but not in front of kids who would just as soon run around outside and laugh and make friends when they play, because after all, that’s what they’re doing — playing.

It’s important to set the rules for children and set up pylons or goal nets or what have you, but the most important thing you can set for your off-spring is an example.

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Parents must respect the game,

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Millionaires fall into last placeBy Darcy GrossSpecial to Grasslands News

The Melville Million-aires were looking to tighten up the Viterra Division standings in a recent contest with the Yorkton Terriers, but instead, they have been relegated to the SJHL basement.

The Mils hooked up with the Terriers in their only game last week, and came away 5-2 losers on Oct. 6 to their Highway 10 rivals.

The teams were sup-posed to play at the Hori-zon Credit Union Centre the previous night, but due to ice plant issues that game has been re-scheduled for Oct. 27.

The Terriers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the opening frame, thanks to goals from their two top players, Chantz Petruic and Jared Legien.

Whatever was said between periods seemed to in-spire the Millionaires, who roared out of the gate in the middle stanza with a couple of quick markers to knot the contest 2-2.

Montana Streit scored his third goal of the year while former Terrier Shane Sherban notched his

four-minute mark of the period.That was all the offence the Mils could muster,

to complete the scoring.The Millionaires outshot the Terriers 37-34 with

Colby Entz being saddled with the loss for Melville

while Ben Laidlaw collected the victory.

the Mils in the Viterra standings as the Mils plum-meted to last overall in the league with a paltry four points in 10 games.

Neither team did much with the man advantage with Melville going 0-for-5 and the Terriers 0-for-4 with the power play.

The Mils were on home ice to the Weyburn Red Wings on Oct. 10 with their next game being a road tilt with the Battlefords North Stars on Oct. 12, fol-lowed by another tough matchup versus the Klippers in Kindersley on Oct. 13.

Melville’s next game on home ice is on Oct. 19 when they’ll face off with the Humboldt Broncos in a 7:30 p.m. matchup at the HCUC.

The Millionaires hooked up with the Yorkton Terriers in their only game last week, and came away5-2 losers on Oct. 6 to their Highway 10 rivals. The two will play a makeup game Oct. 27 at the HCUC. File photo


Senior boys v’ball team has hot start to seasonBy Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

A hot start to the volleyball season has the Melville Comprehensive School senior boys volleyball team thinking it has a good shot to win provincial gold in November.

The Melville is hosting 4A provin-cials this November, and with how the team is playing, it has a good shot of winning gold on home court.

The Saskatchewan High School Athletics Association 4A senior boys provincials are Nov. 23 and 24 in the newly refurbished MCS gym. Melville is the host for the south region and will face off against Esterhazy, Yorkton Sa-cred Heart, Balcarres and Carlyle.

Fans should support the team since it’s attempting to win a gold medal at home, said head coach Nolan Mat-thews. This support would instill con-

know they can succeed. “It’s good volleyball too,” he said.

“We’re playing really well right now. If they come out, they’ll see some pretty high level high school volleyball.”

The senior boys placed third at last year’s provincials. Matthews noted the team spent most of last season playing at a high level — it didn’t win any tour-

most times — and had a good run at provincials.

The team graduated only one player, which means it still has a solid nucleus of players with plenty of experience, Matthews said. He believes the team has a good shot of winning provincial gold this year if it trusts and follows the process that’s been laid down.

“We have been on a two-year plan to

win provincials at home (since) we host it,” he said. “Having that third-place finish last year hopefully instilled

is something within our grasp if we buckle down and work hard.”

2018 performanceThe next regular season tourna-

ment for the senior boys is on Oct. 12 and 13 at home, when they host seven teams.

The team was in Langenburg on the Sept. 29 weekend and defeated six other teams to win the tournament. The Cobras defeated Sacred Heart in

The Cobras spent the two weeks be-forehand practising with determined focus, Matthews said. The players worked on receiving the ball, along with serving, which all paid off in Lan-genburg.

“The guys improved tremendously in their serve-receive,” Matthews chuckled. “It showed. We ran plays off serve-receive. The guys were trying new stuff, running new stuff.”

One of the goals during the last couple of years has been to use tourna-ments as another way to work on the fundamentals while practising new plays, he continued. The team wants to practice as much as possible — in-cluding during tournaments — since it’s hosting provincials.

This goal worked well, along with the other goals Matthews encouraged

more advanced plays and techniques at a high level, which Matthews be-lieves bodes well for the future.

Matthews was impressed with his players’ mental fortitude during the

tournament. They didn’t get down on themselves when they were losing. They knew to trust what they’d been

-sults.

The second tournament of the sea-son saw Melville participate in a Re-gina tournament from Sept. 14 and 15, where it placed fourth out of 20 teams.

“That was really good. That was the best we’ve done in three years since I took over the team … ,” said Matthews. “We played some really good defence and had good services. We were con-sistent.”

The Regina tournament — a 5A event — had several good teams thatprovided solid competition. The othertop teams included powerhouses Re-gina LeBoldus, Balgonie and Estevan.

Matthews pointed out while Mel-ville sees Estevan regularly, it plays5A teams only during tournaments.The Cobras usually take on teams in2A and 3A tournaments and playoffs.

season was in Yorkton on Sept. 7 and 8, where it placed second to Sacred Heart. Matthews thought that was apromising start to the season.

The senior boys Cobras volleyball team hopes to hoist more trophies as it hosts a tournament this weekend and provincials next month. Submitted photo

Singing golden oldies today a tribute to past“There is no account-

ing for taste when it comes to music; what is a golden oldie for me, may be a song that should have died years ago for you,” I told Ed last week.

I had been listening to the Broadway musi-cal show by Fats Waller, “Ain’t Misbehavin.” It showcased some songs from the 1920s and ’30s. It was a walk in the past for me. Ed was sure there would be no songs that he had ever heard of in that musical.

I grew up listening to the radio instead of watching television, which meant I tended to absorb what I heard especially in songs that were popular over the years. I told Ed that there are others also who could quote many words of four of the songs I named from the musical:

“Ain’t misberhavin’ saving my love for you.”

“I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter.”

“I can’t give you any-thing but love.”

“Be sure, it’s true when you say, I love you. It’s a sin to tell a lie.”

My old neighbour had heard of all four of those songs, which proves these old songs

were recorded again in following decades. In the church year, we often re-turn to old hymns that reflect the birth, life, death, resurrection, as-cension, and the return of Christ. There is a joy in those old hymns that are familiar and comfort-able to those in the pew. Music does give many folks gladness in church and in their lives.

No matter what hymn or song we sing we need to be sure that when we sing or say that we love God that it is true. It is a sin to tell a lie. How much do we love God? Is it as much as we love money or our own opin-ions? Like, the Israel-ites who followed Moses toward the Promised Land, it is easy to harden our hearts and ignore the love of God shown towards us. Saying that we love God may not be true. Sometimes we are more concerned with the music at church than

with hearing and obey-ing God’s voice in His word read and preached there.

As the angel pro-claimed from heaven, we are to: “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come.” God calls us to himself so that we would not spend our lives in love with money and never satisfied with our income. His word speaks the truth: “Naked, a man, comes from his mother’s womb, so as he comes, so he de-parts. He takes nothing from his labours that he can carry in his hand.”

God sent Jesus to Earth to give us His love. Being love, God did not give us anything but love. Our Father saw how we dream and

without him. Sadly, we

hope rather than raise our hands up in prayer and trust to God. Jesus was and is God’s living love letter among us. His loving obedience to his Father was so it could cover our own lack of love and obedience to God.

Jesus Christ as our loving Saviour and Lord is music to our ears.

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Councillor, RM of McLeod No. 185, Division 1Councillor, RM of McLeod No. 185, Division 4

no voting for the said

Andrew Waldbauer - Councillor Division 1Stuart Sies - Councillor Division 4

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NOTICE of POLLRM of Stanley No. 215

(Section 81 of the Act) Whereas a poll is required pursuant to The Local Government Election Act, 2015

Division 2 Councillor for theRural Municipality of Stanley No. 215

PUBLIC NOTICE

Wednesday, October 24, 2018,9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

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Dawn Oehler

NOTICE of ABANDONMENT

of POLLRM of Stanley No. 215

(Section 82 of the Act)

Whereas a poll is not required pursuant to The Local Government Election Act, 2015

Division 3 Councillor for theRural Municipality of Stanley No. 215

Councillor Division 3 Brent Ulmer

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