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Melville one of 40 communities to receive cannabis retail permitBy Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

Melville is one of 40 communities eligible to receive a retail permit to sell marijuana, as part of the provincial govern-ment’s plan to address the legalization of canna-bis this summer.

The Saskatchewan Li-quor and Gaming Author-ity (SLGA) announced it would issue 60 cannabis retail permits to private operators in Saskatchewan communities. The initial allocation of permits will go to communities with at least 2,500 people. Larger communities such as Re-gina and Saskatoon will get additional permits.

Municipalities can choose to opt out of having a retail cannabis store. The final number of retail per-mits depends upon the number of community leaders deciding to opt out.

Other area communities eligible for a cannabis li-cence include Esterhazy and Fort Qu’Appelle.

The federal government plans to legalize mari-juana by Sunday, July 1.

All affected communities have until Wednesday, Feb. 28 to determine if they want a cannabis retail outlet, which means Melville city council will discuss the issue during its Jan. 22 meeting, said Mayor Wal-ter Streelasky.

“There are a lot of questions I have and I know there will be a lot of questions that our councillors have,” Streelasky. For example, he is concerned about the minimum age, if police are ready to handle legal cannabis, and if officers are informed about testing drivers impaired by marijuana.

Streelasky is also concerned about compliance is-sues and federal-provincial regulations. Melville will have to develop a zoning bylaw to determine where this new cannabis retailer would reside.

“We do have the option of saying no … ,” he said. “What we’ll have to do is see what council feels about this (and) how does our community feel about this.”

Council will develop a plan during its next two meetings to handle this issue.

“It will be an interesting discussion,” he added. Wholesaling and retailing of cannabis would be

conducted by the private sector, while SLGA would regulate the sales, said the provincial government. Cannabis retailers would be required to establish a stand-alone storefront operation and can operate an online store.

Stores would be limited to selling cannabis, acces-sories and ancillary items. Stores must also have the ability to track and report cannabis inventory to help ensure consumers have access to safe, legal product from regulated wholesalers.

SLGA would recruit an independent third party to assist with selecting retail operators. The first phase would screen for financial capacity and the ability for

proponents to track and report inventory. Phase 2 would be a random selection, or lottery, of

qualified applicants. Successful proponents would be required to meet “good character” criteria as part of the permitting process.

The province said information about application criteria, permit licensing fees, application timelines and other associated details would be finalized soon. A decision on the minimum age for cannabis con-sumption would be made this spring.

However, not everyone is thrilled with the govern-ment’s plans.

Bob Stadnichuk, with the Saskatchewan Govern-ment and General Employees’ Union (SGEU), saidSaskatchewan is the only province to make the pri-vate sector responsible for both wholesaling and re-tailing of cannabis.

“Every other province understands that having some kind of public involvement in the pot business is a good thing for government revenues,” he said. “Thisis money that can fund education and enforcement programs around cannabis use, in addition to other core public services.”

The Saskatchewan NDP thinks the provincial government has left too many questions unanswered,such as how communities can opt out or how licenceswould be awarded.

“SLGA has the experience and the infrastructure to responsibly and effectively handle, at least, the wholesale distribution, but the Sask. Party (has) re-jected that opportunity and blocked our Crown cor-poration from the obvious economic benefits,” said interim leader Nicole Sarauer.

Sarauer believes the Sask. Party is leaving munic-ipalities “high and dry” by not providing additional funding to cover additional costs such as zoning and policing, even as they prepare their annual budgets with fewer financial resources.

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Bangor’s Clara Schaar celebrates 102 years of lifeBy Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

It was Jan. 16, 1916 and the First World War had been raging for 16 months, a loaf of bread was seven cents, the light switch was invented, and a two-pound sirloin steak cost 49 cents.

That was also the day Clara (nee Schell) Schaar was born into the world to George and Barbara Schell on a farm near Reward, Sask., about 27 kilometres (17 miles) from Unity. Clara would be the fourth of eight children — five boys and three girls — born to the Schells and, as of today, is last of the Schell sib-lings still living.

Her last brother died two years in Stettler, Alta.

Recently, friends — including close friend Eliza-beth (Betty) Varga — and relatives from Melville, plus staff at Morris Lodge in Bangor, celebrated her 102nd birthday.

Although confined to a wheelchair due to arthritic knees, Schaar’s memory is still sharp for her to re-flect on her 102 years roaming the Earth.

“Life goes on,” she said. “There are good times and not such good times. But I think my life was pretty good.”

Schaar attended school in Amaranth, Sask., until she was 15 years old. She later helped out on the fam-ily arm until she was 20, before moving to Calgary to perform housework.

She moved to Melville in 1945 and married Paul

Schaar, where the two bought a house at 476 Second Avenue West. Paul painted houses for a living while Clara helped him with janitorial work at St. Henry’s Jr. School until 1961.

Clara later worked in the kitchen at St. Peter’s Hospital under the direction of Sister Claudia.

After Paul died in 1989, Clara stayed in her home until September 2015 at age 99. After breaking her wrist and not being able to walk the stairs anymore, she moved to Morris Lodge in Bangor and took up gardening.

“You live a clean life and have good health,” Schaar said. “You have young friends; they make you feel young.”

Schaar has seen many changes during a century of living. She is most thrilled about having to only

push a button to turn something on or get something to work. She noted everything had to be done using one’s hands decades ago.

“Electricity is the best improvement,” she said. “(But) everything has improved greatly.”

With a laugh, Schaar remarked the washing ma-chine was the other great invention she appreciated, along with homes heated using electricity instead of wood or coal.

Schaar’s secret to longevity is to be happy and spend time with family and friends. She spent time with younger people, who made her feel younger. She doesn’t feel her age, except for some stiffness in her fingers.

She tried one cigarette but never smoked again, while she “just tasted” alcohol but had no trouble staying away from it.

“It’s a good thing to know when to stop and do theright thing,” she added.

Moving to Bangor at age 99 was a change from living independently, said Schaar. She believes it hasmade her a better person since she interacts with other people daily.

“They’re all good friends. I cannot complain,” she said. Morris Lodge employees are also good people.“You get good meals and nice, good entertainment.There’s always something going on.”

Schaar’s advice is to live cleanly, including eating well, exercising, refraining from smoking or drink-ing, and keeping occupied with one’s hands, feetand mind. She watches TV, listens to the radio and spends time with friends, all of which keep her active.

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Housing sales started slowly, finished hot in ’17By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

There were 20 more homes sold in Melville in 2017 than the year before, and while housing sales started slowly, the market picked up steam toward the end of the year.

“It was a big improvement, I’d say,” said Dale Ker-estesh with Century 21 Parkland Realty Ltd.

Sales were slow the first few months since many homes were carried over from 2016. Kerestesh was unable to pinpoint when the housing market picked up in 2017, but noted the final three months were busy.

Many homes valued at less than $100,000 sold well, but there was also some good activity of homes selling for between $150,000 to $200,000, he said. There were many young people purchasing homes in this range, which was encouraging.

“We never run out of young people looking for homes … ,” Kerestesh added. “We hope it continues if there are new jobs in town.”

Over at Re/Max, mother-daughter duo Lisa and Darci Kirkwood sold 20 mores homes last year com-pared to 2016. They had more total listings and sales of properties than Century 21 or other agencies.

“January was the best month we’ve had since

2013,” said Darci.“I don’t really know what would have driven that

(increase) … ,” said Lisa. “So maybe more (people) moving up, or going from renting to purchasing.”

According to the Association of Regina Realtors, it took on average 104 days to sell a home in Melville, with an average sale price of $128,949.

Century 21 and Re/Max sold a combined 72 lots in Melville — 69 residential or condo sales, two vacant lots and one commercial property — while 142 new listings were posted.

The most homes listed for sale was 22 in May, while the most homes sold was 11 in June.

Six homes worth more than $250,000 sold last year, said Kerestesh, while 24 homes valued at $150,000 to $250,000 sold, and 25 homes between $7,500 and $100,000 sold. The most expensive home sold was $449,000 at 252 12th Avenue.

“In Melville, there are not any bad areas,” said Lisa Kirkwood. Homes are smaller from First to Fourth Avenues and sell well, while there are fewer sales on Vanier Drive or Park Boulevard due to price.

There were two modular homes moved into the city but no new homes were built, said city building inspector Tyrone Mogenson. A fourplex apartment

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City council approved a discretion-ary use request for a personal care home to operate in the highway com-mercial district during its Jan. 8 reg-ular meeting, while it also discussed a bigger screen for the HCUC convention centre. Discretionary use request

Council approved a discretionary use request from the Melville Coun-try Inn, at 855 Third Avenue West, to allow for part of the building to be used as a personal care home in the C2 Highway Commercial District.

Council gave second and third read-ing to a bylaw amendment to allow for the discretionary use request at its Nov. 6 meeting. A public hearing date was scheduled for Dec. 18 for council to hear concerns from residents; while the item was omitted from that meeting’s agenda, council was advised it could proceed as if the hearing did happen since no one came forward with con-cerns.

Administration can now inform the inn’s owner he can proceed with his project. Watershed association board

Council has re-appointed Andrew Fahlman, director of public works and

planning services, to the Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association board for a term ending February 2020.

Fahlman was already on the board as an urban member; his term expired this year. The City of Melville is lo-cated on the outer edge of the White-sand River Advisory area, which is part of the overall Assiniboine Water-shed area. Crop insurance request

The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corporation (SCIC) is asking city hall to upgrade the screen at the Horizon Credit Union Centre convention centre.

Shawn Jaques, president/CEO of SCIC, explained the company holds many events during the year at the convention centre. SCIC has expressed its concerns before about the screen size for presentations. SCIC considers the screen fit for only a small board room.

SCIC has rented a larger screen from another business in the past, while it has also moved the event to a different venue to accommodate its needs.

Jaques hoped the municipality would consider buying a larger screen for the convention centre so SCIC can continue to use the area and receive positive feedback.

Chris Bruce, director of community services, noted the city has contacted SCIC about a suitable screen size. This purchase will be a line item in the 2018 budget discussions. Dec. 18 recommendations

Council approved the following rec-ommendations:• To accept the 2018 landfill corrective action plan, with the director of public works and planning services to submit it to the Ministry of Environment for ap-proval

• That council approve the Rodz N’ Rel-ics request to host a Canada Day car show, with the location to be arranged bythe director of community services• That council remove a previously table motion about Rodz N’ Relics from the re-ferred items list• That council bring back to the next committee of the whole meeting the topic of removing Del Killick from the referreditems list and his concern about the city’s insurance broker

The next regular meeting is Jan. 22.

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begun in 2016 was completed in 2017. Melville has some of the most afford-

able homes in Saskatchewan, said Ker-estesh. It’s a good time to be a buyer, since there are many options from which to choose.

“Definitely optimistic for the coming year,” he said, “especially with the ac-tivity we have in the prior few months.”

Kerestesh hopes the demand for residential sales improves, while the Kirkwoods hope the average sale price for a home doesn’t fluctuate too much. Both he and the Kirkwoods would like to see more people and families move into town, since Melville is a safe com-munity in which to raise a family and has good schools.

Through research, Lisa Kirkwood learned 20 new families moved into Melville in 2017.

“That’s exciting, because that’s good for everybody,” she said, as more people contribute to Melville’s economy.

“It has city status, but a small-town atmosphere,” Lisa added.

Besides residential sales, Century 21 also looks after rental properties. As of Jan. 11, 2018, there was a vacancy rate of 25 per cent within its stock of high-end and low-end rental suites. This number fluctuates between 15 per cent and 25 per cent depending upon the building.

“There are times when we get a lot of calls,” said Kerestesh. “Finding good tenants is not easy. That has a bit of a bearing on the vacancy rates as well.”

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Premier’s business is not child’s playShould the next premier of Saskatchewan be cho-

sen by the majority of votes — including members in the reigning political party who have cast their vote at the age of 14?

Political parties have invented a new way to in-crease their voting membership and while the voters, no matter what age, are all voting for the same candi-dates — which makes an equal playing field — what if the new premier has been determined by a few votes cast by young people who are not even eligible to vote in a general election?

The Saskatchewan Party leadership convention is Jan. 27 and an election will be held to replace de-parting party leader Brad Wall. Only members are allowed to vote, which means that the young people aged 14 to 25 years (reportedly 1,800 members) will decide who will be the next leader of the party and the de facto premier of Saskatchewan.

The Saskatchewan NDP is having its leadership vote on March 3, where members as young as 13 will be able to vote.

Getting young people involved in politics and hav-ing them understand the rules and responsibilities of our political leaders is good. Allowing them to vote to determine who the next premier will be, well, in my opinion, that’s not so good.

Young people are the future of our country; accep-tance of their responsibility when it comes to political votes should be no different than any other decision made that affects them, such as the legal age to buy cigarettes or even to acquire a driver’s licence or a social insurance number. Some age determinations are put in place due mainly to the age of maturity of a young person’s mind.

It is personal choice whether a family or a guard-ian wants to involve their children in politics. It is a political party’s responsibility to make sure its can-didates and party officials — especially those in gov-ernment — have policies that result in the best choice being elected as their leader. Someone who has been elected by knowledgeable, not immature minds.

Teach young people how politics affects their daily lives and teach them how an election is held and how the results are determined. Don’t expect them to make decisions that affects everyone in our province when they are still developing the knowledge to be responsible with their vote.

The sad part of all of this is that if more people who are of legal age would become involved in politics at all levels, the political parties would not be push-ing to increase their membership rolls by drawing votes from younger people.

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New premier faces old challengesYou might not think

there are many similar-ities between Saskatche-wan’s last two premiers.

Politically speaking, the views of the NDP’s Lorne Calvert and the Saskatchewan Party’s Brad Wall couldn’t be more different.

However, there are a couple similarities: both have well-earned reputation as pretty nice guys and both had a fond affection for tinkering with engines. Wall’s preference was for the restoration of classic muscle cars and Calvert’s passion was for restoring old buses.

That fond affection for adding life to old vehicles is a talent both seemed to transfer into political life.

For Calvert, the knack for fixing cranky old en-gines perhaps served him well when he was able to add another six years to the life of the then almost 10-year-old NDP government after being elected pre-mier and NDP leader in January 2001.

It’s a great skill to have and it should be quickly be adopted by whoever takes over his office after the Jan. 27 Sask. Party vote.

In political terms, Calvert may have seemed more of the tinkering type. He inherited a government that was not only in a coalition, but also one that was just emerging out of the Channel Lake natural gas land

acquisition scandal into an even bigger scandal we now know as Spudco.

Massaging the political egos of not only his own NDP caucus, but also the two Liberals he needed in keep this coalition together was no easy feat.

Nor was it especially easy to work his way through some tough budgets in the early years of his man-date.

Calvert did manage to hold that coalition until he won a clear NDP majority government in 2003. He was then awarded with a turnaround in the economy in 2004.

One of the ways he was able to do this was finding a way to work through the scandals. His decision to assign career civil servant and his then-deputy min-ister, Dan Perrins, to do an objective report on Spudco (the report that led to the demotion of then-economy minister Eldon Lautermilch) was clearly a wise move.

By contrast, Wall was labelled as a master pitch-man who was as pre-occupied with the bigger picture and the aesthetics of running a government. While some of Wall’s best political moments were instinctive ones, it was his attention to detail that likely devel-oped those instincts.

His 2010 decision to stand in defence of the at-tempted takeover of Potash Corp. by Australian/South African conglomerate BHP Billiton was truly a Saskatchewan moment.

Similarly, his appeal to Saskatchewan people on Facebook to stop racist remarks after Red Pheasant resident Colten Boushie was killed in the farmyard of Gerald Stanley, now charged with murder, speaks volumes to Wall’s instincts to do the right thing.

Wall is not immediately thought of as a de-tail-minded person, but his mastery of government issues was often underrated.

The challenges Wall’s successor faces may ac-tually be most similar to those of his predecessor. Like Lorne Calvert, the new premier will inherit a 10-year-old government. Older governments tend to weaken with age, due to the loss of experienced mem-bers and because of the history that is accumulated.

The premier’s job is ceaseless tinkering — dealing with a never-ending array of problems and issues. Saskatchewan’s new premier should take a lesson from both predecessors on the art of tinkering.

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-proving the sale of land near Highway 10 were just two issues city council dealt with during its Jan. 8 regular meeting.

Council approved the following motions originally -

ing:• City manager Audrey Ulmer has been authorized to contact the office of the privacy commissioner about a breach of confidentiality, inquire about how to proceed in notifying the affected parties, and pro-ceed with the actions as advised by the privacy com-missioner’s office• Upon the privacy commissioner’s advice, Ulmer would contact a city solicitor to deal with the breach of contract with the city’s meeting manager provider

She is contacting the privacy commissioner be-

website due to a “glitch in the system.” Ulmer added, “It’s very unfortunate. We hope there was minimal exposure. But it’s not something we’re very happy about.”

Ulmer has been authorized to sign a temporary -

nance for $100,000 per year, commencing as soon as possible and expiring on Aug. 31

-tion,” said Coun. Ron Wilson, who noted he carefully considered everything discussed in-camera but did not give a reason for his opposition. “I will not sup-port it.”

-ternity leave, said Coun. Vince Thiessen. This is an

end of year reporting and budget coming up. Council approved the motion 5-1, with Wilson op-

posed. Coun. Johan van Zyl was absent.

maternity leave term, but resigned in November. Council “mentor” Kathy Ritchie has worked in this position two days a week. • Council accepts a counteroffer from an interested party in purchasing land.•Chris Bruce, director of community services, has been authorized to sign a four-year lease agreement with the Melville country club

Council approved the motion 4-2, with Wilson and Coun. Todd Brooks opposed; Van Zyl was absent.

The next regular meeting is Jan. 22.

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A good-sized, healthy weed grew beside a road in Huntersville, N.C., all summer. At some time, a

through the hole. In November, someone decorated it as if it were a scrawny Christmas tree and it was dubbed “Cone Weed.” The North Carolina Depart-ment of Transportation didn’t get the word that Cone Weed was a beloved local phenomenon. The tree was wiped out by a mower — decorations and all because it was “too close to the road.” The Hunt-ersville Fire Department rescued what was left and brought Cone Weed back to its station in hopes of keeping it alive. Someone had Cone Weed T-shirts made, and is donating the proceeds to a char-ity to help local families. Randy Cassingham quipped, “And Charlie Brown nods approvingly.”

Jimmy Kimmel reported on a website called Fact

Hoover. “So, they loaded all the speeches into a com-puter, and what their software found is that Presi-dent Trump speaks at a fourth-grade level, lower than any president they’ve ever measured.” Herbert Hoover was at the top, 11th grade level. Obama was in third place with ninth grade. And then, way all the way in the back of the class in the fourth grade, there was Donald Trump. “Remember that show ‘Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader’? He’s not.”

Meanwhile, the “Sage Hill Rock” is in trouble. It is a rock that sits in a parking lot in the Calgary neigh-bourhood of Sage Hill. In one weekend, there were three accidents involving the rock, even though it is surrounded by bright yellow curbs. Plans were made to remove it, sparking protests. It was called a “poor misunderstood rock.” All it does is sit there and drivers should be able to avoid it.

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bec City. The temporary building was left smoky but intact. It is thought that a candle fell on bedding. Thirteen of the hotel’s 14 rooms were occupied when

the hotel did not melt. As there are no windows, the smoke left a strong smell.

$6-million lottery, but promptly (without telling his live-in girlfriend, Denise Robertson) moved out in an obvious attempt to keep her from his lottery win. Robertson argued they had always bought lot-tery tickets together with the intent of sharing the winnings. Thibeault was recently given a cheque for $3 million, four months after buying the lucky ticket. The other half of the jackpot remains in legal limbo, for now.

A hair stylist in Wisconsin apparently wished his

A. Shabani, 46, became annoyed and twisted the

He then snipped the ear with scissors. For good measure, Shabani took electric clippers and ran them down the middle of the customer’s head, “leaving him

Madison Police spokesman Joel DeSpain said, “While it is not a crime to give someone a bad haircut, you will get arrested for intentionally snipping their ear with scissors.” Shabani claims it was all an accident but was nonetheless charged with mayhem and disor-derly conduct while armed.

Road safety is obviously a serious thing, but some-times, unfortunate incidents just cannot be avoided no matter how careful people are. Such a situation happened recently when a female driver in China slammed on the brakes after spying a “red light” as she entered an intersection. She caused a minor acci-dent, and it turned out that the “red light” was actu-ally the butt of a monkey on the overhead wires!

British Columbia’s largest emergency call centre has released its list of nuisance calls for 2017. While some of these idiotic calls seem funny, it has to be remembered that 911 operators are being tied up, and are unavailable for true emergencies.

clocks fell back in the fall; an inquiry about laws prohibiting laundry at 6 a.m.; the dangerousness of raccoons; why a gas station wouldn’t accept coins as payment; the legitimacy of a ‘closed’ sign on a beach washroom; someone parking in an assigned spot; a restaurant serving inedible food; a complaint about a car not moving ahead at the gas pump; and top spot went to the salon patron who called 911 because she was upset the business would not change her nail pol-ish colour.

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MAYOR’S CORNERHappy New Year everyone! It is my sincere hope that our community and

residents will be blessed with prosperity, good health and a year full of most enriching experi-ences.

The recent January rain and ice event was one experience we could have done without. I encourage every-one to take all the necessary precau-tions when moving about outdoors.

To advance both our city opera-tional and management systems, council has initiated a procedural bylaw review and has adopted a new staff management process. With re-spect to the procedural review, we attempt to have our bylaw more fully aligned with the Cities’ Act and also to include procedural “best practices.” The work-shop meeting agenda is available to the public and media, but supporting documents and attachments are considered to be embargoed — meaning that council discussion will occur and that recommen-dations may be made, but a recommendation is merely that. Hence, detailed publication on that recommendation is embargoed. It is the subsequent

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meetings are open to all as we continue to work in the best interests of our citizens and community.

On Jan. 27 2018 the HCUC will be the site of the Skate Melville’s Regional Competitions with skat-ers from surrounding areas coming to compete in our city.

SUMA (Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association) is being held in Regina this year from Feb. 4 to 7. Several council members will be in at-tendance at this conference.

Did you know that because of early 1900 land speculation the railroad chose not to build the Melville town site at mile 286 (present-day Bir-mingham) but pulled back to mile 279, our present location?

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By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

The City of Melville has renewed its membership in a national organization that has provided guidance to admin-istration on asset management and helped the municipality secure funding for a new water pipeline.

City council discussed renewing its membership with the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), along with holding a strategic planning meet-ing in preparation for 2018 budget discussions, during its Jan. 8 regular meeting. National membership renewal

Council agreed to renew the mu-nicipality’s membership with FCM for $867.87, a national organization that supported Melville with grant funding during the last few years.

FCM provided Melville with $30,000 to develop an asset management strat-egy, explained Andrew Fahlman, di-rector of public works and planning services. Three city administrators worked with 12 other Canadian munic-ipalities to learn how they manage their assets, during a conference last year.

“It was an excellent learning oppor-tunity for a community of our size,” Fahlman said. FCM has many grants

for which Melville can apply in the future, such as for clean water at the lagoon and green energy upgrades. “Being part of FCM has seen its bene-

FCM is one of the largest organiza-tions of urban municipalities in Can-ada, said Mayor Walter Streelasky. Its

in being a part of it. FCM helped Mel-ville receive a federal-provincial grant recently for the installation of a water pipeline.

“They are that cross-country voice that speaks on our behalf,” he added.

Besides the base membership re-newal, FCM also offered municipalities the option to opt into a legal defence fund. Coun. Vince Thiessen wondered

-ing that option since he didn’t remem-ber seeing it before.

Ulmer wasn’t sure if this was the

was on FCM’s website. Opting into this legal defence fund is something council could consider in the future.

“It’s meant to be a basket fund for those municipalities who run into trou-ble,” said Streelasky. “I doubt we need that.” Strategic planning meeting

A strategic planning session for the city manager and administration in preparation for the 2018 general op-erating and capital budget has been scheduled for Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Horizon Credit Union Centre board room.

Ulmer explained Melville was hit

to the provincial government’s March 2017 budget. She believes it would be

-tion to discuss strategy for this year’s budget.

As per The Cities Act, the meeting isclosed to the public since it deals with long-range strategic planning.

The next regular meeting is Jan. 22.

By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

The third youth charged in connec-tion with vandalism at Melville Com-munity Works pleaded guilty to several offences and received 12 months’ pro-bation, a sentence similar in length to that of his two accomplices.

The boy, 16, appeared in Melville provincial court on Jan. 15 for sentenc-ing. He can’t be named due to his age.

The teenager pleaded guilty to break and enter at the Pirie Field con-cession stand, break and enter at Mel-ville Community Works (MCW), theft of food from the MCS vending ma-chine, and two counts of possession of

the art club and Melville Air Cadets’ bows and arrows.

The Crown stayed theft, break and

Crown prosecutor Daryl Bode ex-plained the offences occurred on Sept. 9, 2017, when RCMP received a report of a break-in at MCW. The three boys had pried open a side door and gained access. They stole food from the vend-ing machine, and alcohol and meat from the kitchen; the latter for a wed-ding that weekend.

The teens then broke into the Pirie Field canteen.

The RCMP located the teens’ camp-site in the regional park and arrested

most of the stolen items there.

Crown and defence recommended 12 months of probation, Bode said. The 16-year-old must keep the peace and be of good behaviour, report to a youth worker, live with his par-ents, remain inside his residence from 10 p.m.

months of the probation, and not possess or con-sume alcohol or drugs.

Also, the teenage must not be within 20 metres of either MCW or Pirie Field, have no con-tact with the other two boys, perform 30 hours of community service by October, write a letter of apology to the vending machine company, air cadets and Jeann Spilak, and attend school.

The boy is in Grade 10

and lives in Killaly, said legal aid law-yer Josh Seib. He suffers from depres-sion and is on medication. The boy is no longer working and has no criminal youth record.

Pointing to the teenager’s lack of criminal record, his age, and the condi-tions placed upon him, Judge R. Green accepted the submission. Elijah Wesley Gerald Albert

Albert, 21, pleaded guilty to oper-ating a vehicle without a permit, driv-

appear, having a blood alcohol level more than .08, and one failure to com-ply with an appearance notice, and re-

surcharges of $400.He received credit for his three days

in custody for his failures to appear. He was released on an undertaking and will live at the Muskowekwan First Nation. Two other charges will be spoken to on Feb. 6 in Punnichy. He is also prohibited from driving for one year.

The Crown stayed one charge of having open alcohol in a vehicle, im-paired driving, and driving while dis-

RCMP stopped a vehicle near Kel-liher on Sept. 12, 2016 at 11:45 p.m.,

vehicle being driven erratically, said

his breath. He admitted he drank that night and had no licence.

He provided two breath samples to RCMP, which came back at .25 and .24; this was three times the legal limit.

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This is the most growth our province has seen in any 10-year period since the 1920s.

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We are encouraged by new statistics that show Saskatchewan exporters are leading the nation. Our wholesale trade grew 21% last year, the best in Canada. And thanks to our outstanding entrepreneurs, our wholesale trade is up more than 75% over the past 10 years.

The new year brings new incentive for small businesses to hire more workers and invest new capital here in Saskatchewan. Effective January 1, the amount of income up to which small businesses pay tax at the much lower two per cent small business tax rate moved from $500,000 to $600,000.

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Also in 2018, Saskatchewan residents will benefit for an entire calendar year from lower provincial Personal Income Tax rates, which dropped half a percentage point effective July 1, 2017. Saskatchewan Personal Income Tax rates will drop by another half point on July 1, 2019.

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By Connie SchwalmSpecial to Grasslands News

A special event being put on by Grayson School Community Council will provide both an opportunity to celebrate Grayson’s rich musical history and to contribute towards that community’s future.

‘For the Good Times – A Tribute to the Music of Grayson’ will take place in Grayson on Jan. 27, and will feature a supper, show and old-time dance.

Laura Nelson, with Nelson’s Grocery in Grayson, says the event will showcase Grayson’s musical her-itage.

“There has been so much wonderful musical talent that has come out of Grayson” she says. “The band that’s been put together to perform that night will be playing the music that’s been heard in this commu-nity through the years.”

Nelson explains the event will also be a way for residents to help support the community’s future as the money raised by this event will go toward the cost of the improvements and enhancements under-way at Grayson School.

“There is a three-phase project happening at the school. Phase 1 involved turning an old lab into a new student kitchen. That part of the project was gener-ously funded by Good Spirit School Division. As well, four raised garden beds are being constructed at the school. One is already complete. The other three are being funded by various community groups, and will be complete in time for spring planting this year.”

the vision for phases 2 and 3.“As the classroom renovation was being com-

pleted, we decided we wanted to look at making improvements to the outside of the school as well. So, phase 2 involves upgrading the playground with new play structures that are suitable for any age and level of ability. Phase 3 involves constructing an outdoor classroom. It will include adding tables, benches, a gazebo and amphitheatre style seating.”

Nelson says community support will be needed to bring phases 2 and 3 to completion.

“Good Spirit School Division was very gen-erous with its renova-tion budget. But, we are going to need the com-munity’s help to raise the $100,000 needed to complete the outdoor portions of this project, hopefully by the end of 2019.”

Excitement and en-thusiasm for both the upcoming event and the project that it will help to fund is already appar-ent.

“This is going to be a great evening! People will be able to enjoy a prime rib supper and

some fantastic entertainment. The kids themselves are going to be helping out that evening, along with all of the teachers and the families. So, this event will really involve the whole community,” Nelson said.

Those wishing to purchase a corporate table at the event, which includes seating for eight people for supper, two bottles of wine, a bread basket and personal bar service, may do so for a cost of $600. Tickets for the event can be purchased by contactingLaura Nelson at Nelson’s Grocery in Grayson, 306-794-2022.

By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

William Jean Baptist Morin spent the evening drinking with family and friends, but upon return-ing to his sister’s home, became agitated and used a shovel to destroy her oven while nearly injuring her husband.

In Melville provincial court on Jan. 15, Morin, 29, pleaded guilty to mischief under $5,000 and re-ceived six months of probation. He will have two months to pay a victim surcharge of $100. He al-ready replaced the oven.

Morin and other family members went out to so-cialize in Melville on Nov. 5, 2017 before returning to the home of his sister, Jody Yuzicappi, explained Crown prosecutor Daryl Bode. For some reason, Morin became threatened by the presence of his brother-in-law, Michael Redman.

Grabbing a shovel, Morin took a swing at him but missed and smashed the glass door of Yuzicappi’s

oven, Bode continued. RCMP arrested Morin and kept him in custody until he sobered up.

Bode suggested giv-ing Morin a suspended sentence and six months of probation. He should keep the peace and be

possess alcohol or drugs, complete programming for addictions, and have no contact with Redman.

Morin agrees with taking treatment, but doesn’t believe he has an alcohol problem, said legal aid lawyer Josh Seib. Morin works in construction but

Fort Qu’Appelle.Judge R. Greene accepted the Crown’s recom-

mendation and gave Morin six months of probation. Nathan Joseph Grant Starr

Starr, 27, pleaded guilty to four counts of breach-ing an undertaking, one count of possession of property obtained by crime, one count of break and

one count of possessing an illegal substance — hy-dromorphone.

These charges were all adjourned to Fort Qu’Ap-pelle for sentencing on Feb. 26.

Other charges, including break and enter, assault with a weapon, weapon possession, three breaches

were also adjourned to Feb. 26 in Fort Qu’Appelle for pleas and sentencing.

RCMP say most of these charges occurred in Melville, while others happened in Fort Qu’Appelle. The charges occurred between April 28, 2016 andMay 13, 2016.

Melville provincial court is next in session on Jan. 22.

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... youth receives probationContinued from Page 6

Bode noted Albert has no prior criminal record

prohibition. Albert has little work experience, has completed

Grade 10 and lives alone on the reserve, said Seib.

receives $250 from welfare. “He realizes he may need to look at his alcohol

use,” Seib said. Albert has agreed to get treatment for his problem.

Although Albert has no record, Judge Greene noted his blood alcohol levels were high. The judge imposed a penalty of $1,300 plus victim surcharges. For operating an unregistered vehicle and driving

$400. Albert will have to keep the peace and be of good

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By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

By this June, 81.2 per cent of Catholic students are expected to graduate on time, which is 2.8 per-centage points away from the division’s graduation goal for 2018.

Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division’s (CTT) overall goal is for 85 per cent of students to graduate on time by June 2020 and 90 per cent of

extended time. Superintendents Chad Holinaty and Shannon

Hahn presented the current graduation rate num-bers to trustees during a recent board meeting, as well as data on Aboriginal engagement and gradu-ation rates.

Grade 12 within three years of starting Grade 10.

The current percentage of Grade 12s expected to graduate this year is a little less than the previous school year’s 87 per cent, said Holinaty. However, CTT’s current rate is slightly higher than the pro-vincial rate of 81.1 per cent.

“Most likely (81.2 per cent) will stay very similar (by June),” Holinaty said. “That’s been the historic trend. By the end of January, there is a dip in some

sometimes kids may not have completed or been

He added, “We know that every year is going to be a new group with unique needs and supports.”

-dress graduation levels:• Develop a graduation and transition from high school plan for Grade 9s, while establishing a process to maintain those plans through Grade 12;• Develop and support the implementation of guide-lines for a school-based dropout prevention early warning system;

and credit attainment tracking system for Sacred Heart and Dreambuilders high schools;• Develop and implement a student transitional sup-port plan;• Support schools in developing strategies to enhance student perception results in a division survey;

-Graduates symposium and website.

Attending the SaskGraduates symposium in September allowed CTT to meet other high school principals and staff to share ideas and strategies for graduation, said Holinaty. CTT was pleased to learn other divisions are implementing similar strategies to support student success. Graduation numbers

Of students who entered Grade 10 two years ago,

86.4 per cent are expected to graduate on time next year, compared to 85.2 per cent of students provin-cially.

For students entering Grade 10 this year, 100 per cent are expected to graduate in two years’ time, compared to 95.8 per cent provincially.

Of CTT students who entered Grade 10 during the 2013-14 school year, 85.1 per cent are expected to graduate within extended time this year. This is the same number provincially.

Meanwhile, 86 per cent of students who entered Grade 10 in 2014-15 are expected to graduate within extended time this June; provincially, it’s 86.4 per cent.

by 2020, said Holinaty. With roughly 95 students in the Grade 12 cohort this year, even just a few doing poorly can drag down the overall percentage.

“It stresses the importance of working with each individual student … ,” he added. “It does help us

ones.” Aboriginal education

CTT’s goal is by June 2020, there would be an im-proved understanding of First Nations, Metis and Inuit educational needs, targeted support of student achievement and well-being, and improved relation-ships, resulting in an increased on-time, three-year

graduation rate of 70 per cent.CTT hopes to see 62 per cent of its Aboriginal

students graduate this June. -

dents, nine of 15 Grade 2 students are reading at or above grade level, nine of 17 Grade 3 students are at or above grade level, 22 of 27 Grade 4 studentsare at or above grade level and 23 of 28 Grade 5 students are at or above grade level.

These numbers have been consistent the last fewyears, said Holinaty. CTT knows students will im-prove before the spring assessment, so the numbersshould increase.

The positive reading numbers for Grade 5 stu--

sional development and work CTT has contributed,he added. The hard work of teachers, staff and par-ents has also made a difference.

Four actions the division is pursuing includesupporting literacy and numeracy instruction to achieve targets; developing criteria and processes to monitor student attendance; collecting disaggre-gated reading achievement for grades 1 to 9 andcourse completion for grades 10 to 12, and ensuringlearning environments are responsive to studentneeds, including positive relations and shared re-sponsibility.

The next board meeting is in February.

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She wasn’t in a huge hurry to come out and greet the world.

Of course, given the recent weather, who could blame her?

Melville’s New Year’s Baby – Victoria Exelda Neuman – was born about a week later than she was expected, on Jan. 9 at 2:09 p.m. Proud parents Dan and Aden Neuman, big sister Zoey, and grandpar-ents Tim and Darlene Neuman (Prince Albert), Lee Moerike (Carnduff) and Ina Beingessner (Regina)

Aden says that Victoria is wasting no time “catch-ing up.”

“Victoria was 10 lbs 6 oz. when she was born. So, she’s a very strong and healthy baby. She’s eat-

ing regularly. In fact, we think she’s already goingthrough a growth spurt! She’s up to eat pretty well once an hour.”

The Neuman’s older daughter, Zoey, is excited about being able to help Mom and Dad with her new sister.

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By Jason G. AntonioAdvance Reporter

The faith outcomes report from the Catholic school division contains

student improvement, but spiritual growth can’t necessarily be shown with hard numbers, says a division superin-tendent.

“It’s a little different from grad rates or the reading and writing (rates), in terms of not having a percentage as a measure,” said Chad Holinaty, su-perintendent with Christ the Teacher Catholic School Division (CTT). “But (it’s) more along the lines of some of the key actions and events we try to do to support kids in growing their faith journey.”

Holinaty, along with division reli-gion co-ordinator Deanna Pellatt, pre-sented the report during CTT’s recent board meeting. The report summarized the actions taken during the 2016-17 school year to support students’ spir-itual growth and the outcomes from that. However, those actions have been carried over into this school year.

The division collects feedback from parents and students about how they see programs supporting students’ faith journeys, said Holinaty. This an-ecdotal data is used to make decisions more than assessments or tests with percentages.

“Some of those changes may hap-pen, we hope, right away,” he contin-ued. “The opportunity for kids to grow might happen now, or for others it may occur later in their life. But we’re try-

ing to plant the seeds to give a founda-tion for kids to grow at their own pace.”

Five actions the division is tak-ing to address spiritual growth in-clude encouraging schools to become Christ-centred learning communities that permeate all instruction and ac-tivities with Catholic values and vir-tues; developing an annual faith focus with sample resources for schools; sup-porting student and staff spiritual de-velopment; having students and staff engage in community service locally and globally; and developing contin-ued opportunities to support faith com-munities — home, school, parish — in partnership with parish priests, staff and families.

Curriculum changes have occurred recently at the elementary and high school levels, said Holinaty. Those changes in curriculum, course work and teacher supports are important for to know about.

“In addition to the knowledge that we want to hopefully provide for stu-dents,” he continued, “it’s also part of the experience of service (and) of stew-ardship, of ways we help them grow in their application and the ways they live their faith, as well as what they know about it.”

Pellatt and other school religious teachers perform work in that area to ensure the Catholic faith permeates all aspects, Holinaty added, whether in classrooms, assemblies or the way students interact with people in the building. Action outcomes

Some of events or activities CTT

•Administrators working with staff to reinforce opportunities to demonstrate virtues;•Maintenance and updating of prayer table or spaces at each liturgical season by administrators or religion liaisons;•In-services held around new Grade 4 religion curriculum and grades 9 and 10 Catholic Studies curricula;•Revising the criteria in religion classes for grades 2 and 3;•Providing resources such as posters or online materials that focused on the di-

vision theme of Love;•Student retreats and staff faith forma-tion in-services;•Supporting community activities such as food drives and the Terry Fox Run;•Parish priests visiting schools regu-larly;•Inviting students to complete commu-nity service hours at parishes;•Supporting sacrament preparation,

and with support from religious educa-tion programs.

The next board meeting is in Feb-ruary.

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Thirty-three students

Sr. School put on their dancing shoes for a danceathon on Jan. 12 starting at 4:30 p.m. The fundraiser was to support a group of students and staff trav-elling to Ottawa this spring for a historic and cultural trip. The dance-athon raised $330 from the entry fees. By the end, at 10:30 p.m., 25 students were still boo-gying.

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photographer and videographer in his community, he gained valu-able experience that will serve him well as he focuses his lens on promoting Saskatchewan as the best place to live, work and play.

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through videos and photos,” Dunn said. “My goal is to motivate and excite others to try something new, explore their own backyard and witness a side of Saskatche-wan they have not seen before.”

“The Saskatchewanderer brings widespread attention to the many reasons why Saskatchewan is a remarkable place,” said Ste-ven Bonl, minister responsible for Tourism Saskatchewan. “It is a pleasure to welcome Kevin Dunn to his role as the 2018 Saskatche-wanderer, and we all look forward to the discoveries and stories he will share from his journey.”

“The Saskatchewanderer pro-gram continues to exceed expec-tations,” said Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Gene Makowsky. “I trust that the program’s eighth year will be no exception. Each Wanderer has come to the table

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sponsor of the Saskatchewan-derer program, renewing its sup-port annually since the program launched in 2011.

partner of the Saskatchewanderer program since 2017, has also re-newed support for 2018.

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Fund awards at least $24,000 a year to help further the training and education of health care staff in east-central Saskatchewan. The TD Bank Financial Group contributes $12,000 annually to fund 50 per cent of the awards. This year the total of awards granted is $26,990.

This is the 17th consecutive year TD has teamed up with The Health Foundation, making an invest-ment in local health care through this education program. This brings the total contribution of TD Bank Financial Group to $182,000 for the Education

have been 408 awards totalling $377,476. These awards will help the individuals pursue

their education aspirations and improve their clin-ical skills and the knowledge they bring to their job working with patients.”

The recipients of TD Bank Financial Group’s scholarship awards are: • Christine Bermejo, from Yorkton, and currently working at St. Paul Lutheran Home in Melville and at the Yorkton and District Nursing home;• Loretta Erhardt, from Togo, and working in infection prevention and control;• Tori Geddes, from Esterhazy, and working in the Centennial Special Care Home in Esterhazy; • Mackenzie Moore, from Stockholm, and working in the Centennial Special Care Home in Esterhazy;

Peter’s Hospital in Melville; and,• Shelly Watkins, from Foam Lake, working in the Foam Lake Jubilee Home and with Home Care in Foam Lake. The recipients of The Health Foundation’s scholarship awards are: • Dan Wlock, of Yorkton, currently working in the ICU in the Yorkton Regional Hospital and taking the mas-ter of nursing program to become a nurse practitioner; • Emma Kristjanson, of Foam Lake, taking diagnostic

medical sonography;• Shalaine Kelly, from Canora, taking the Geriatric Mini Series - Neurocognitive Disorders and another course on skin and wound care; and • Christina Santo, of Yorkton, taking the Clinical In-structor Nurse Educator Course.

to attend the following workshops: • Melissa Cursons, of Yorkton, taking Pediatric Gait Rehabilitation;

-rodevelopment and Psychopathology;• Jacqueline Gotengo and Christine Molo, both with Cornerstone Therapies in Yorkton are taking a work-

-rological Disability;

The Health Foundation is also purchasing the Pathways Singing program that is designed to work with patients with dementia. The course is being bought for the therapeutic recreation program in Yorkton.

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The SJHL’s Mel-ville Millionaires are on a three-game losing streak, after losing a home-and-home series to the league-leading Ni-pawin Hawks.

The Hawks hosted Melville on Jan. 13 and defeated the Blue and White 4-1. Melville was 0-for-2 on the power play and 4-for-4 on the pen-alty kill. The Mils’ Isaac Embree scored the lone goal while Logan Fos-ter and Dayton Heino picked up assists.

Melville goaltender Colby Entz stopped 28 of 32 shots he faced.

The Mils hosted the Hawks on Jan. 12 at the Horizon Credit Union Centre and lost 2-1. Mel-ville was 0-for-8 on the power play and went 6-for-6 on the penalty kill. Cory Schillo scored the Mils’ only goal while Ryan Warner and Trevor Paradise picked up the assists.

Entz stopped 24 of 26 shots he faced.

Of the penalties called, there was one hit

-ute misconducts, four unsportsmanlike con-ducts, seven for roughing and two for cross-check-ing.

The Millionaires had a Jekyll and Hyde per-formance from Friday to Saturday, said head coach Devin Windle. They played poorly on Friday and couldn’t score during their many chances on the power play. Meanwhile, Mel-ville was the better team on Saturday and

“weathered the storm”

and came right back. “We gave up some bad

goals against and we made some mental er-rors when we shouldn’t have,” he said. The Hawks didn’t do any-thing too impressive or any better; the Mils sim-ply made mistakes upon which Nipawin could capitalize.

One reason for the Mils’ lack of scoring was because Damian Bentz was out of the lineup with a lower-body in-jury, Windle said. Bentz is a dynamic player who makes big contributions on the power play. The team was unable to re-spond with him not play-ing.

Melville had three 3-on-1 rushes on the Hawks’ net but couldn’t score, he added. Bentz is now back in the lineup and ready to play.

Nipawin is the top team in the SJHL, with a 30-5-2-3 record. Win-dle acknowledged the Hawks are a good team and has players who per-form well at all positions.

“They’re gritty, they’re physical, they keep lots of pressure on you,” he explained. “Their goaltender made all the saves he was sup-posed to.”

Windle was the assis-tant coach for the Hawks for two seasons before leaving. He has coached against his former team eight times since and has lost every time. These games do mean more to him, he said, so it’s frus-trating to continually lose to Nipawin.

Having Bentz back in the lineup will help the Mils score more, said Windle. He is one of the

fastest players in the league and is a threat against other teams.

“I think our captain, Clayton Eisler, is argu-ably our best player,” Windle continued. “He shows it every night. He competes as hard as any-body in our league. Do I think all of our other 20-year-olds are at the level? No I don’t.

“But we just got (Trevor) Paradise back from injury from six

games. He’ll get a little better as his timing gets down … I always want more from our 20-year-olds. They have to be our best players every night.”

The Mils host Melfort this Friday, Jan. 19 at 7:30 p.m. at home. Mel-ville then travels to Bal-carres on Jan. 20 to take on North Battleford as part of Cameco Hockey Day in Saskatchewan.

By Grasslands NewsSaskatchewan’s sporting commu-

nity lost a true champion last week.

seasons as an assistant coach with the bantam AA Estevan Bruins and was on his way to hockey practice in Es-tevan from his home in Midale. Police reported that a man pulled his car over to the side of the road, got out, and was struck by a passing semi-trailer just before 6 p.m. Jan. 8.

Sarada graduated from Melville Comprehensive School in 1992. He had summer jobs with grain eleva-tors in Sintaluta, Kelso and Ituna. He began his full-time career with Pioneer in Balgonie, then Winnipeg, Man., set-tling in Estevan with Richardson Pio-

neer as “Grain Merchant Mike” for the past 14 years.

Sarada loved all sports. He played baseball, football and hockey, but hockey was his passion. He played for the junior B Hudson Bay Saints, and the junior A Flin Flon Bombers and Melville Millionaires.

After moving from Melville in his 20s, Sarada ended up in southeast Saskatchewan and carried on his hockey career as a senior player with

Altona Maroons, Bienfait Coalers, and the Midale Mustangs. As a defence-man, Sarada helped Midale to three league championships.

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“Off the ice he cared about his family,” ex-plained Copeland. “His parents, his nieces and nephews, he was just a great family man. I don’t know if Mike had an enemy in the world, sometimes when people pass away you hear sto-ries, but at the end of the day he was top shelf and he’s an irreplaceable human being. Outstand-ing, intelligent, well-edu-cated, very positive, very well though out.”

Michael Sarada was born Jan. 2, 1974 — Mel-ville’s New Year’s baby.

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SJHL League Standings

as of Jan. 16VITERRA DIVISION

Team W L OT/SL Pts.Estevan 23 14 3/1 50Weyburn 22 13 4/0 48Melville 13 24 0/2 28Yorkton 8 27 2/1 19

GLOBAL AG RISK SOLUTIONS DI-VISION

Team W L OT/SL Pts.Battlefords 28 6 2/0 58Notre Dame 22 12 1/3 48Humboldt 21 14 3/2 47Kindersley 16 16 3/2 37

SHERWOOD DIVISIONTeam W L OT/SL Pts.Nipawin 30 5 2/3 65Melfort 27 7 4/1 59Flin Flon 15 19 2/3 35LaRonge 7 29 0/2 16

Melville Millionaires Schedule

Regular SeasonGame time is 7:30 p.m. unless noted

19– Melfort at Melville20– Battlefords at Melville25– Flin Flon at Melville26– Melville at Weyburn31– Melville at Melfort

Melville Millionaires Game Summaries

Nipawin Hawks 2 at Melville Millionaires 1

Jan. 12Nipawin 1 0 1 - 2Melville 0 0 1 - 11st Period: 1, Nipawin, Mikesch 13 (Bosa, Smith) 6:07. Penalties: Grant Nip (tripping) 18:11.2nd Period: No Scoring.Penalties: Doerksen Nip (blow/hit to the head, 10-min. misconduct) 0:19; Lenchyshyn Nip (holding, unsportsman-like conduct) 8:30; Misskey Nip (tripping) 9:36; Adams Nip (unsportsmanlike con-duct, cross checking) 11:44; Arnold Nip (10-min. misconduct) 11:44; Sawatzky Nip (10-min. misconduct) 11:44; Eis-ler Mlv (holding) 12:06; Chapman Mlv (roughing) 13:29; Adams Nip (10-min. misconduct) 19:18; Warner Mlv (holding) 19:18.3rd Period: 6, Yorkton, Bruchkowski 11 (McDonald) 8:54. 7, Yorkton, Bruchkow-ski 12, 13:34.Penalties: Elmy Mlv (hooking) 0:38; McCartney Nip (10-min. misconduct) 9:52; Doerksen Nip (roughing)12:32; Harasymuk Nip (roughing)12:32; Miss-key Nip (roughing)12:32; Foster Mlv (roughing)12:32; Heino Mlv (roughing) 12:32; Embree Mlv (boarding) 16:23; Adams Nip (unsportsmanlike conduct) 18:33; Harasymuk Nip (roughing) 18:33; Embree Mlv (unsportsmanlike conduct)

18:33; Torrens Mlv (slashing) 18:33; Eis-ler Mlv (cross checking) 19:56.Shots on Goal: Nipawin 12-7-7-26Melville 5-10-10-25Power Plays: Melville 2/3 Yorkton 1/3Goalies: Nipawin, Hobbs 12-2-0-1 (23 shots-22 saves); Anthony 17-2-1-2 (2 shots-2 saves). Melville, Entz 10-16-0-2 (26 shots-24 saves).Attendance: 469Referees: Troy MurrayLinesmen: Cole Pedrick Darren Johnson

Melville Millionaires 1 atNipawin Hawks 4

Jan. 13Melville 1 0 0 - 1Nipawin 0 2 2 - 41st Period: 1, Melville, Embree 11 (Heino, Foster) 6:13.Penalties: Lenchyshyn Nip (high stick-ing) 13:02; Gray Mlv (interference)16:42; Schillo Mlv (charging) 19:14.2nd Period: 2, Nipawin, Grant 21 (Trem-blay, Simoneau) 15:20. 3, Nipawin, Mikesch 15 (Bosa, Bisson) 18:25.Penalties: Streit Mlv (hooking) 11:54; Eisler Mlv (unsportsmanlike con-duct)19:16.3rd Period: 4, Nipawin, Simoneau 7 (McDougall, Adams) 7:38. 5, Nipawin, Adams 1, 19:38 (EN).Penalties: Misskey Nip (cross checking) 3:00; Chapman Mlv (slashing) 11:57; Lenchyshyn Nip (high sticking) 11:57.Shots on Goal: Melville 11-12-6-29Nipawin 11-15-7-33Power Plays: Melville 0/2 Nipawin 0/4Goalies: Melville, Entz 10-16-0-2 (32 shots-29 saves). Nipawin, Anthony 17-2-1-2 (29 shots-28 saves).Attendance: 570Referees: Devon Thiessen Aydon BrownLinesmen: Dawson Holm Ridge Brooks

SJHL Power Rankings

1-NIPAWIN HAWKS 28-5-2-2 (1)

2-BATTLEFORDS NORTH STARS 26-5-2-0 (2)Defending champs are unbeaten in eight.3-MELFORT MUSTANGS 24-7-4-1 (3)Addition of Ben Allen gives them the one ingredient they appeared to be missing: a forward who can bust open a game.4-NOTRE DAME HOUNDS 21-11-1-3 (4)Not off to a post-Christmas resounding start, but will give them a pass – for now.5-HUMBOLDT BRONCOS 20-13-3-2 (7)All things being equal, a decent road trip last week.6-ESTEVAN BRUINS 22-13-3-1 (6)Two wins in four games since the break, but a noticeable improvement in goals

against.7-WEYBURN RED WINGS 20-13-4-0 (7)Wings, Bruins, Broncos seem inter-changeable on a weekly basis.8-FLIN FLON BOMBERS 14-18-1-3 (9)

row and the feeling is that had Brenden Newton been healthy all season, they

9-KINDERSLEY KLIPPERS 15-15-2-2 (8)Spinning tires a bit, the focus needs to be on home ice advantage in the Survivor Series.10-MELVILLE MILLIONAIRES 13-22-0-2 (10)

bury Yorkton.11-YORKTON TERRIERS 8-26-2-1 (11)They have moments where the compete level is high. Then there are too many other moments like Friday where they give up 6 goals in a period.12-LA RONGE ICE WOLVES 7-27-0-2 (12)

appear to be possible.

Melville HCUC Schedule

Note: Schedule subject to changeFriday, Jan. 19: 9:30 a.m. SJHL Mils Skate11:40 a.m. MCS Hockey Academy 1:00 p.m. Miller School Skating 4:00 p.m. Prairie Fire Practice 5:15 p.m. IP Practice 7:30 p.m. SJHL Mils vs MelfortSaturday, Jan. 20: 6:30 p.m. Midget Lions vs WeyburnSunday, Jan. 21: 8:30 a.m. IP Practice 9:30 a.m. Midget Lions vs Weyburn12:30 p.m. Prairie Fire vs Swift Current

6:30 p.m. Midget AA vs Weyburn 9:00 p.m. Sunday Rec HockeyMonday, Jan. 22: 9:30 a.m. Parent and Tot Skating 1:30 a.m. SJHL MIls Practice 4:30 p.m. Skate Melville Practice 7:45 p.m. Peewee AA Practice 9:15 p.m. Mens 45+ RecTuesday, Jan. 23: 9:30 a.m. Parent and Tot Skating 1:30 a.m. SJHL MIls Practice 4:00 p.m. Prairie Fire Practice 5:30 p.m. Bantam AA Practice 7:00 p.m. Bantam Prov. Team vs LumsdenWednesday, Jan. 24: 9:30 a.m. Mils Goalie Sessions 1:30 p.m. SJHL MIls Practice 4:00 p.m. Prairie Fire Practice 5:30 p.m. Peewee Bucks 6:45 p.m. Peewee AA Practice 8:00 p.m. Midget AA vs YorktonThursday, Jan. 25: 7:30 a.m. Skate Yorkton Practice 9:30 a.m. SJHL Mils Skate 4:30 p.m. Skate Melville Pratice 7:30 p.m. SJHL Mils vs Flin Flon

Friday, Jan. 26: 9:30 a.m. SJHL MIls Skate

5:30 p.m. Skate Canada

Merv Moore Sportsplex Schedule

Note: Schedule subject to changeFriday, Jan. 19: 1:15 p.m. Afternoon Rec Hockey 4:15 p.m. Novice Practice 5:30 p.m. Skate Melville PracticeSaturday, Jan. 20:Melville Moneymen Rec Tournament11:00 a.m. Moneymen vs Wildcats12:30 p.m. Jedburg/Muggers vs Barley Burners 2:00 p.m. Boom vs Moneymen 3:30 p.m. Piranhas vs Jedburg/Muggers 5:00 p.m. Wildcats vs Boom 5:30 p.m. Barley Burners vs PiranhasSunday, Jan. 21:Melville Moneymen Rec Tournament11:00 a.m. -9:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 22: 4:30 p.m. Speed Skating 6:15 p.m. Atom Practice 7:30 p.m. Midget AA Lions 8:45 p.m. Bantam PracticeTuesday, Jan. 23: 4:30 p.m. Novice Practice 5:45 p.m. Ringette 7:00 p.m. Midget AA Practice 8:30 p.m. Bantam CrushersWednesday, Jan. 24: 4:30 p.m. Skate Melville Practice 7:00 p.m. Speed Skating 9:00 p.m. Bantam PracticeThursday, Jan. 25: 4:30 p.m. Atom Practice 5:45 p.m. Bantam AA Practice 7:15 p.m. Midget AA Practice 8:45 p.m. Bantam CrushersFriday, Jan. 26: 1:15 p.m. Afternoon Rec Hockey 4:15 p.m. Novice Practice 8:00 p.m. Moneybags

Melville Bowl Arena Scores/Standings

MONDAY AMJan. 15

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Average, Gail Holliday, 501, 154.-

age, Alf Timmerman, 247, 691, 178. Team High Single and Triple, Ost-lund, 1311, 3827.Team Pts.Ostlund 44Stuckey 40Dobson 27.5Sastaunik 24.5

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-erage, Brandy Lechner, 548, 208.

-lund, 250. Team High Single and Triple, Splits n Giggles, 1486, 3917.Team Pts.Splits n Giggles 45.5Pin Heads 41Odd Balls 32Blind Chickens 31.5 Professional Amateurs 28

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Average, Pat Brown, 196.

Garry Houston, 221. Team High Single, A Team, 1347. Team High Triple, Gutter Rats, 3771.Team Pts.Gutter Rats 40A Team 36Aces Wild 34Try Hards 33Drifters 33Just 4 Fun 28

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age, Jeannette Heil, 165. Team High Si