News INSIDE: June AG-EXperience Provincial Educational Display Debuts in Prince Albert

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1 June 2009 The letter of Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies and Exhibitions INSIDE: AG-EXperience in Prince Albert Page 1 President s Message Page 2 AG-EXperience continued from page 1 Page 3 SaskPower Announces Clean Team Expansion Page 4 SAASE Convention a Big Success Page 5 SAASE Convention continued Page 6 Fair Industry says Goodbye to a Friend Page 6 SAASE Wraps up Regional Meetings Page 7 Calendar of Events Page 8 Get a colour PDF version of SAASE online at: AG-EXperience Provincial Educational Display Debuts in Prince Albert SAASE s new provincial educational display was unveiled in Prince Albert at the Prince Albert Exhibition s Agricultural Education Program from April During the two days over 500 grade 4 children visited the program put on by the Prince Albert Exhibition. In addition to the AG-EXperience display there were live animal displays including a dairy cow, cow/calf pair, llama, chicken and chicks, pigs as well as heavy and light horse. The AG-EXperience was showcased at the SAASE convention in Prince Albert on March and got a lot of interest from various Ag. Societies. Prince Albert as well as using the AG-EXperience display, also used the It s a Pizza signage to enhance their Ag. Days. The Prince Albert Exhibition received a great deal of support from not only the community but also the volunteers who helped out by bringing in the animals, and manning the displays, as well the volunteers from the Prince Albert Exhibition Board of Directors who helped move the children along. Dave Young Continued on page 3

2 President s Message: Don Kunkel I hope that everyone has had a great spring, and that you are finally getting the opportunity to get your seeding done. I would like to take a minute to thank everyone who came out and supported this year s SAASE convention in Prince Albert. Thanks to Dave Young and his staff, board and volunteers for putting on a first class show. We are all reliant on the funding that we get through SaskLotteries, and on behalf of SAASE and it s members I would like to thank Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport and SaskLotteries for theic continued and future support of the Saskatchewan fair industry. As I write my first president s message, we are currently working with the Ministry of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport on finalizing a new three year agreement. Our current agreement was to expire the end of March, but has since been extended to the end of June to give enough time to get the new deal finished. Saskatchewan Exhibition Associations and Ag. Societies are doing some absolutely great work within our communities with not only our events, but also with assisting in community development. The problem is that sometimes we are not real good at telling our story and relating all the successes that we have. As we go forward it is important that you help not only yourselves, but also SAASE by contacting your MLA and telling him or her about what your local initiatives do to help drive tourism into your area and how your events help drive your local economy and that you appreciate and count on the dollars that are granted through Sask Lotteries. Talk to your MLA s and tell them your success stories. Going forward into the future think about your competition. Have you considered how many dollars are being spent on entertainment for large events in the bigger urban centers, as well as in rural Saskatchewan? I know that it s hard to compete against some of these major events, but remember there are only so many entertainment dollars for every family to spend. If you haven t started doing some long range planning then it is something that you certainly need to take a look at. Here s some food for thought. Have you thought about your fair, festival or event and where you want to be in 2, 3, 5 and 10 years? I know your plans will change but at least you ve got a road map to run on. Have you done surveys with your patrons to find out what they would like to see in the future? Have you looked at all kinds of what if scenarios and found answers for them? Have you thought about getting together with other communities and forming a partnership to host regional events? What is your plan to compete? Saskatchewan is booming and we re just starting. With the boom comes the challenges and we have to be ready to meet these challenges by taking the time to lay down some short and long range plans. SAASE will continue to do it s part for Sasktchewan s ag societies and exhibitions but we re counting on you to do your part. We can accomplish lots but it takes a voice to get it started. Make sure that your voice is heard. I learned a long time ago that there are three types of people in this world those who make it happen those who wish it would happen and those who wonder why it happened? Where are you? I hope you all have a great summer show season and that the sun shines on your events and you re blessed with record attendance. Let s make it happen. Don The letter of Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies and Exhibitions Inc. Executive Director: Glen Duck Box 31025, Regina SK S4R 8R6 Phone: Fax: website: gduck.saase@sasktel.net Officers and Directors President: Don Kunkel Yorkton Vice President: Dave Young Prince Albert Director At Large: Moe Neault Saskatoon Past President: Donna Sagin Swift Current Directors Brenda Patton Teri Borowski Rob O Connor Mike Pylypchuk Mark Frison Ron Locke Lyal Fox Jr. Lisa Haynes Ag. Canada Glenavon Regina Evraz Place Ministry of Agriculture Great Plains College Swift Current Mortlach Lloydminster Biggar SAASE letter is printed quarterly and mailed on the last day of February, May, August and November. Additional copies are available from SAASE Office. Contributions to SAASE letter are welcome and will be included as space allows. SAASE OFFICE The SAASE Office is located in the Canada Centre complex on the Evraz Place (Regina Exhibition Park) grounds, next door to the Saskatchewan Livestock Association office on the 2nd floor. Visitors are always welcome give Glen a call at and drop in. 2 June 2009

3 AG-EXperience AG-EXperience continued from page 1 Here is a listing of where the AG-EXperience display has been booked this summer. For more information take a look on the newly upgraded SAASE web site - AG-EXperience on Tour June 5-7 June 13 June June July 7-13 July July July 25 Aug. 1-2 Aug Oct. 2-3 Biggar Ag. Alameda Moose Jaw Exhibition Swift Current Exhibition Lloydminster Exhibition Ogema Ag. Melfort Ag. Perdue Ag. Turtleford Ag. Battlefords Ag. Unity Ag. - Prince Albert Exhibition manager and his staff - did a great job of organising the display for the kids, and getting some great coverage from the media, with radio, the newspaper and CTV all giving the event some coverage. The AG-EXperience display is available to all of SAASE s Ag. Societies for use. The display includes pop up booths, lap top computers with 4 games, signage that goes with the display, and coloring /activity books for the kids. A hosting manual is just being completed that will be sent along with the display to help the Ag. out. The thing that made the Prince Albert school tours run smoothly and with very few problems, were the number of volunteers that helped out. This will be important to all Ag. Societies which use the Ag. Experience. The AG-EXperience display has already been booked into 11 Ag. Societies and Exhibitions this summer. You will fi nd the schedule with the dates and locations below. SAASE would like to send out a big thank you to Saskatoon Prairieland Park for partnering on the project, and to Ag. Canada and the Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan for helping out with funding for the project. If your Ag. is interested in hosting the display give the SAASE office a call and book the display. There is no cost to our Ag. Societies for booking it. 3 June 2009

4 SaskPower Clean Team SaskPower Announces Clean Team Expansion Nadine Wilson - MLA for Saskatchewan Rivers announced SaskPower s expansion of the SaskPower/ SAASE Clean Team Program. The announcement was made at the SAASE Annual Convention in Prince Albert on March 28. Seven new communities were added to the list of 20 communities already involved in the program. The communities will environmentally and economically benefit thanks to an ongoing partnership between SaskPower and SAASE for the SaskPower Clean Team. In addition to the existing 20 Ag. Societies, Ogema, Glenavon, Mortlach, Nokomis, Carnduff, Lloydminster and Unity have been added. SaskPower increased funding for the Clean Team for 2009 by a total of $56,500. The Clean Team involves youth groups and rural communities working together to reduce waste and collect recyclables at local events and exhibitions throughout the year. Funds collected from the refund of the recyclables goes back to the local non-profit group. It s a win-win situation, says Gary Wilkinson, vice-president, Planning, Environment and Regulatory Affairs for SaskPower. Community groups and the environment benefit from this unique partnership. SaskPower is proud to continue to sponsor the program and help it to expand to reach all areas of the province was a great year for the Clean Team. Here are some statistics from the SaskPower Clean Team: 275 garbage barrels and 150 recycling bins continue to be well used around the province. With SaskPower s commitment in 2009, an additional 175 recycling barrels will be added this year. More that 36 community organisations were part of the Clean Team in Since the Clean Team s inception over 130 youth and community groups have been supported through the program. Including SaskPower s commitment of $56,500 in 2009, over $265,000 has been donated by SaskPower as a commitment to the Clean Team program since In 2008 almost 27,000 bags of garbage were collected, with 3,400 bags of recyclables being collected. Since 2002, 128,000 bags of garbage have been collected, with 15,000 bags of recyclables being collected Clean Team Dates June Biggar Fair June Meadowlake Stampede Week June 14 - Bengough Fair June Estevan Fair June Moose Jaw Hometown Fair Nadine Wilson-MLA for Saskatchewan Rivers-announces the SaskPower Clean Team expansion June Swift Current Exhibition June Weyburn Fair July Yorkton Exhibition July 4 - Mortlach Saskatoon Festival July Lloydminster Colonial Days July 11 - Ogema Summer Fair July Nipawin Exhibition July Melfort Exhibition July 18 - Creelman Summer Fair July 24 - Abernethy Agricultural Fair July 25 - Glenavon Fair and Sports Day July Bruno Cherry Festival July Prince Albert Summer Fair Aug 1 - Nokomis Annual Fair Aug Turtleford Agricultural Fair Aug Rosthern Fair Aug Radisson Annual Fair Aug Battlefords Territorial Days Aug 12 - Shand Fair Sept Carnduff True Grit Roping and Barrel Racing Sept Melville Fair Oct Unity Trade Show and Fair 4 June 2009

5 Convention SAASE Convention in Prince Albert a Big Success The SAASE Annual Convention and annual general meeting took place in Prince Albert on March 27 and 28. The convention was hosted by the Prince Albert Exhibition and was a great success. The convention opened on the Friday night with registration and pickup of the Clean Team T-shirts and hand sanitizing dispensers and product. Moe Neault did a quick presentation on the Saskatoon AG-EXperience project, which in turn led to a presentation on the SAASE AG-EXperience provincial educational display. The display was set up, and those in attendance had an opportunity to take a walk through it and try it out. The silent auction opened and was outstanding. The Prince Albert Exhibition and their volunteers did a tremendous job of rounding up some great items. The evening concluded with the Prince Albert Exhibition host evening which included performances by HOJA and Keegano. Saturday got underway very early, as it was going to be a very full day. Wynn McLean - Manager of the Camrose Regional Exhibition - did a presentation on event planning and community partnerships. The presentation went very well with many questions and followup requests for copies of Wynn s presentation. Ron Locke - Mayor of Mortlach and Mortlach Ag. president - then did a presentation on the Mortlach Saskatoon Berry Festival. Ron discussed the challenges, as well as how the town of Mortlach mobilized to put on the Saskatoon Berry Festival. He also talked about the part the festival has played in the overall community development of Mortlach. Judy Riou from ACAAFs finished off the morning with a presentation on leadership. She talked about the importance of leadership within communities, and how leadership is essential to community events and community development. The Annual Awards luncheon then took place. Barry Swanson - President of the Prince Albert Exhibition - brought greetings from the Prince Albert Exhibition, with Mayor Jim Scarrow also bringing greetings from the City of Prince Albert. Nadine Wilson who is the MLA from Saskatchewan Rivers not only brought greetings from the provincial government, but also made the announcement regarding the expansion of the SaskPower Clean Team. From there we moved into the awards part of the luncheon. SAASE board member Mike Pylypchuk handled the awards ceremony, with Nadine Wilson making the presentations. Below is a listing of this year s award winners: Anniversary Award Melville & District Agri-Park - 25 Years Volunteers of the Year Elizabeth McMahon - Perdue Ag. John Eberle - Battlefords Ag. Honorary Life Memberships Freda Longman - Maryfield Ag. Archie Shaver - Bengough Ag. Doug Dunlop - Battlefords Ag. Millie Gibson - Perdue Ag. Achievement of the Year Battlefords Ag. Congratulations to all those who received awards. MLA for Saskatchewan Rivers - Nadine Wilson presents Jamie McDonald of Melville and District Agri-Park the 25 Year Anniversary Certificate Continued on page June 2009

6 Convention continued from page 5 Kim Chadsey from the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions fi nished off the workshop component of the convention with a couple of presentations. The first one was on the results of the CAFE Fair survey that was done last year. Kim fi nished up with a presentation on the how to write fundraising and grant proposals. The convention finished up with the Annual General Meeting. Donna Sagin did a brief presentation on the new SAASE website. Elections were held and the new SAASE board is as follows: Executive President - Don Kunkel - Yorkton Vice President - Dave Young - PA Member at Large - Moe Neault Past President - Donna Sagin Board Members Ron Locke - Mortlach Teri Borowski - Glenavon Lyal Fox - Lloydminster Lisa Haynes - Biggar Rob O Connor - Regina Mark Frison - Great Plains College Advisors Brenda Patton - Ag. Canada Mike Pylypchuk - Ministry of Ag. A big thanks goes out to our retiring board members Vern Featherstone from Perdue and Monique Pulvermacher from Bruno. Money from the 50/50 draws and the silent auction goes towards the Clark and Anne Lewis scholarship, and this year over $3,000 was raised. Thanks to everyone who donated items, as well as thanks to those who supported the silent auction by buying items. Finally a very big thanks to Dave Young, his staff and the board of directors and volunteers who did a great job on the convention. They helped SAASE out in a pinch by hosting the convention at the last minute and did a great job. Next year s Convention Prince Albert Mayor Jim Scarrow addresses SAASE delegates convention will be held in Moose Jaw. The dates are yet to be determined, but we know the Moose Exhibition will do a great job - see you in Moose Jaw. Saskatchewan Fair Industry Says Goodbye to a Friend The Saskatchewan Fair Industry lost a great friend at the SAASE convention. Lorne Boles passed away suddenly while attending the convention. Joyce Walter from Western Canada Fairs has written the following article in honour of Lorne: The Western Canada Fairs conventions in the future just won t be the same. Missing from those conventions will be Lorne Boles of Estevan, the man who collected meal tickets and supervised the decorum of delegates at those conventions for the past 24 years. Lorne died suddenly March 28 in hospital in Saskatoon. He had accompanied George Poage from Estevan to attend the SAASE convention March in Prince Albert and after being taken to hospital in Prince Albert, was transferred to Saskatoon. Lorne is survived by his wife, Angie; children, Cheryl, John, Douglas and Stacey; grandchildren, Rebecca, Alanna, Warren, Shane, Jacob, Desiree, Schuyler and Kaleb; great grandson, Karter; and brother, Harvey. He is also survived by numerous friends throughout the fair industry. Fairs and exhibitions intrigued and lured Lorne from an early age, and one of his many enterprises was his own midway operation which gave him fine insights into the industry as it developed and changed over the years. No one was able to put one over on Lorne for he had lived the life. Even after selling the family s operation, he maintained his interest through membership in the Estevan Exhibition Association, Western Canada Fairs, Saskatchewan Association of Agricultural Societies and Exhibitions and the Canadian Association of Fairs and Exhibitions. When midway operators pulled into the Estevan fair grounds, Lorne was the first person they saw, and often the last person to wave them farewell after the midway closed. He was always eager to get the grounds prepared for the fair and had a secret recipe that was designed to remove intruding gophers. He did not share that recipe with anyone, his family noted, when asked to share its contents. Lorne served as sergeant-at-arms for Western Canada Fairs and was known for his diligence in keeping interlopers away from the buffet tables. You don t eat if you don t have a ticket, was Lorne s motto, and that meant no one not even special guests such as the Lieutenant-Governor or invited politicians. He was looking forward to his 25th anniversary in the position at the 2009 convention, and said he figured there should be a retirement party in his honour. We all doubted be would be retiring, but we did have plans to recognize that milestone in his life. Lorne might not be in attendance in October but there will still be an acknowledgement of his service, although posthumously. Lorne was very proud of two awards being made a life member of the Estevan Exhibition Association and an honorary life member of the Western Canada Fairs Association. In the midway of life, Lorne was in the top car of the ferris wheel. Ride in peace, dear friend. 6 June 2009

7 The winter of 2008/09 saw SAASE and it s member Ag. societies partnering with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture on a series of regional farm management meetings across the province. The two workshops that were offered to Ag. Societies were the Cost of Production and Farm Succession Planning workshops. 11 Succession Planning workshops were held in the following locations - Meadow Lake, Mortlach, Ituna, Watrous, Biggar, North Battlefords, Nokomis, Bruno, Glenavon, Bengough and Nipawin. A total of 238 agricultural producers took part in the workshops. In addition to the Succession Planning workshops two Targets for Success - Cost of Production workshops were held in North Battleford and Mortlach. The Succession Planning workshops assisted farm families with the step by step process in developing a farm succession plan. It discussed gathering the required information and the critical issues to be addressed before a family s succession plan can be developed. A Farm Business Management Specialist from the Ministry of Agriculture spent the morning with the participants, and David Owen of the Discovery Financial Group from Wynyard went into more detail on the actual succession planning in the afternoon. The Targets for Success - Cost of Production workshops assisted producers in completing an Enterprise Analysis and calculating their individual Cost of Production for all the commodities produced on their farms. The workshop concluded with a discussion of a number of management decisions that can be considered once the production numbers are calculated. As well as the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture and SAASE, financial support for the Succession Planning workshops was provided by the Agricultural Council of Saskatchewan through the Advancing Regional Meetings SAASE Regional Meetings a Big Hit Succession planning workshop Farm Business Planning A workshop to help farm families plan for intergenerational transfer. Guest Speaker David Owen of Discovery Financial Group Canadian Agriculture and Agri-Food Saskatchewan (ACAAFS) program. Funding for the ACAAFS program is provided by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. SAASE will be working with the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture over the next few months in developing workshop programs for the fall of 2009, as well as the winter of 2009/10. The WEDNESDAY MARCH 18TH 10AM - 3PM GLENAVON GLENAVON COMMUNITY HALL $10/PERSON - $15/COUPLE LUNCH INCLUDED HOSTED BY GLENAVON AG SOCIETY TO REGISTER CONTACT TERI workshops that have been held over the last number of years have been very well received by the agricultural producers taking part in the workshops as well as the Ag. Societies hosting them. When SAASE and the Ministry of Agriculture announce the new set of workshops all of SAASE s Ag. Societies are encouraged to host one of the workshops. Information on the workshops will be sent out over the summer months. 7 June 2009

8 Coming Events Events June Kerrobert Regional 4 H Beef Show and Sale Kerrobert 5 Biggar Kids Cabaret Biggar 5-7 Biggar Town and Country Fair Biggar 5 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 5-7 Yorkton CPCA Chuckwagon Races Yorkton 5-7 Saskatchewan Arab Horse Association Show Moose Jaw 7 Battlefords 4 H Regional Show and Sale Battlefords 7 Maple Creek 4 H Local Fair Maple Creek 8-12 Meadow Lake Stampede Week Meadow Lake 8-9 Spiritwood 4 H Regional Show and Sale Spiritwood 10 Maple Creek 4 H Regional Fair Maple Creek 12 Fairmede Ag. s 117th Fair Fairmede 12 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 13 Alameda Summer Fair & 4 H Regional Show Alameda 13 Whitewood 4 H Regional Show and Sale Whitewood 13 Estevan Rumble Cabaret Estevan 14 Bengough Fair Estevan Fair Estevan Western Canada Farm Progress Show Regina EVRAZ Place Moose Jaw Hometown Fair Moose Jaw 19 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton Frontier Days Fair & Rodeo Swift Current 26 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 27 Arcola Fair Arcola Prince Albert Centennial Light Horse Show Prince Albert 28 Melville 4 H Local Achievement Day Melville 28 Weyburn Ranch Rodeo/4 H Light Horse Show Weyburn 29-1 Weyburn Ag. s 101st Exhibition Weyburn July Grenfell Quilt Show Grenfell 1-4 Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair Yorkton 2-3 Estevan 4 H Show and Achievement Days Estevan 2-4 Estevan Rodeo Estevan 3 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 4-5 Stoughton Daze Stoughton 4 Maple Creek Ranch Rodeo Maple Creek 4 Mortlach Saskatoon Berry Festival Mortlach 5 Estevan Ranch Rodeo Estevan 5-6 Melfort 4 H Regional Show and Sale Melfort 8-11 Lloydminster Colonial Days Fair Lloydminster 10 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 11 Ogema Ag. Summer Fair Ogema Nipawin Exhibition Nipawin Melfort Exhibition Melfort Prince Albert Sask Team Penning Finals Prince Albert 17 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 18 Creelman Annual Agricultural Fair Creelman St. Walburg Annual Fair Days St. Walburg 23 Maryfield Agricultural Fair Maryfield 24 Abernethy Agricultural Exhibition Abernethy Connaught Ag. Societies 94th Annual Fair Connaught 24 Perdue Agricultural Fair Perdue 24 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton Bruno Cherry Festival Bruno 25 Glenavon Annual Fair and Sports Day Glenavon 28-1 Prince Albert 125th Summer Fair Prince Albert 29-2 Regina Buffalo Days Exhibition Regina EVRAZ Place 30 Broadview Farmers Market Broadview 30 Broadview Flower and Garden Show Broadview 31 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton August Nokomis Ag. Annual Fair Nokomis 1-2 Kelvington Ag. Fair and Race Meet Kelvington 1-2 Regina Buffalo Days Exhibition Regina 1 Prince Albert Summer Fair Prince Albert 1-2 Turtleford Agricultural Fair Turtleford 2-3 Rosthern Fair Rosthern 4-9 Saskatoon Exhibition Saskatoon 7-9 Radisson 88th Annual Fair Radisson 7-9 SCHA Cutting Show Moose Jaw 7 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 8 Golburn 68th Annual Fair Golburn 8-9 Invermay Fair and Horticultural Show Invermay 8-9 Melville Lonespur Cowboy Gathering Melville 8-9 Shaunavon Horse Show Shaunavon 8-9 Weyburn CCA Rodeo Weyburn 10 Alameda Flower Show Alameda Battlefords Northwest Territorial Days Battleford 12 Shand Fair Shand 13 Stoughton Fall Horticultural Show Stoughton AQHA Versatility Ranch Horse Competition Moose Jaw Melville Provincial 4 H Light Horse Show Melville 14 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton Maple Creek Light Horse Show Maple Creek 15 Moosomin Fall Fair Moosomin 15 Vanscoy Summer Fair Vanscoy International Barrel Racing Futurity & Derby Melville Prince Albert 7th Annual Polkafest Prince Albert 21 Yorkton Exhibition Racing Yorkton 22 Maple Creek Border Country Rodeo Maple Creek 23 Maple Creek Rope and Stroke Maple Creek Moose Jaw Western Canadian Dairy Classic Moose Jaw 28 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton September Moose Jaw Harvest Gold AQHA/SQHA Show Moose Jaw 4-7 Prince Albert Chuckwagon Finals Prince Albert 4 Yorkton Exhibition Harness Racing Yorkton 5-6 CAS True Grit Team Roping and Barrel Racing Carnduff SRCHA Cowhorse Futurity and Derby Moose Jaw 12 Maple Creek Ranch Country Horse Sale Maple Creek Melville Fair Melville Melville Parimutual Horse Racing Melville Saskatchewan Arabian Horse Assoc. Show Moose Jaw 19 Maple Creek Chriiba Sale Maple Creek Melville Parimutual Horse Racing Melville Prince Albert Mud Mania Prince Albert 25 Broadview Fall Fair Broadview Saskatchewan Paint Horse Assoc. Show Moose Jaw 26 Grenfell Fall Fair Grenfell 26 Grenfell Trade and Craft Sale Grenfell 26 Lloydminster Rare and Exotic Fall Sale Lloydminster 26 Yorkton Fall Flea Market Yorkton 27 Swift Current Ranchmen s Ridin and Recitin Swift Current If you have any events you would like to add to our list, please contact the SAASE office at or gduck.saase@sasktel.net 8 June 2009