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2015 RATEPAYER’S SUPPER

When:  Thursday, April 9, 2015

Where:  Markinch Community Hall

Cocktails: 5:30 p.m.

Supper: 6:30 p.m.

Program 7:15 p.m.  Guest Speaker from STARS

Tickets are $12.00 in advance or $15.00 at the door

 

HEARING CLINIC FEBRUARY 10

Hearing Clinic Planned for R.M. of Cupar, #218 Ratepayers

What animal found on the farm is loud enough to damage your hearing?  Are earmuffs more effective than earplugs?  Do you know how to prevent noise-induced hearing loss?

To offer answers to those questions and much more information, appointments can be made for a Hearing Clinic for Farmers which is being held for the ratepayers of the R.M. of Cupar #218 on Tuesday February 10th, 2015 from 9:30am-4:00pm at the RM office in Cupar, Sk.

The clinic will include a visual inspection of the ear canal and ear drum and a hearing screening with explanation of those results.  Participants will be shown how to insert earplugs and will receive information to take home.  When necessary, referrals are made to the appropriate agency.  Hearing aids are not sold at the clinic.

“On the farm, there are many noises including those from augers, tractors, shotguns and squealing hogs at feeding time that can damage your hearing”, says Kendra Ulmer, Nurse and Program Coordinator for the Agricultural Health and Safety Network, at the Canadian Centre For Health and Safety in Agriculture, University of Saskatchewan.

The clinic is being offered to RM #218 ratepayers because they are members of the Agricultural Health and Safety Network and is co-sponsored by the Canadian Centre for Health and Safety in Agriculture and Saskatchewan Agriculture.

To make an appointment contact Nikki at (306) 723-4726

Call for Nominations

Public notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of:
– Councillor for Division No. 2
– Councillor for Division No. 4
– Councillor for Division No. 6

will be received by the undersigned at the municipal office during normal office hours until Wednesday, September 17th, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. local time.

Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal office.

Dated this 25th day of August, 2014
Nikki Czemeres
Returning Officer

Dust Control Deadline

If you are interested in getting dust control applied in front of your yard, please contact the RM office at (306) 723-4726 by June 10, 2014.  The RM will arrange for the application of Magnesium Chloride and you will be billed for this service.

Ditch Mowing

The Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure reminds producers that hay is available for salvage at no cost in provincial highway ditches.

Before July 8, hay can be cut and baled in ditches by the adjacent landowner. After July 8, this hay can be recovered by anyone without the permission of the adjacent landowner, provided salvage operations haven’t begun.

Hay will need to be cut at a uniform height in the ditches and bales must be placed no less than eight metres away from the shoulder of the highway.  All hay bales need to be removed by Aug. 8 and if any are left in a location deemed to be dangerous to motorists after that date, they may be removed by the Ministry.

The Ministry is once again planning an early mowing program between June 7 and July 15 along heavily-travelled roads. Ministry contractors will mow a four-metre-wide swath along shoulders adjacent to Highways 1, 7, 11, 16 and 39, along with portions of Highways 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10 and 55. During this time, mowing may also be completed near some highway intersections and interchanges, railway crossings and tourism facilities.

The annual mowing program helps control brush and weeds, which maintains sightlines for motorists on curves and intersections. The program also optimizes snow storage in ditches and will reduce drifting on the road surface during the snowy winter months.

Contractors will conduct regular ditch mowing, cutting the width along all four-lane highways between July 15 and the fall months. The four-metre-wide strip will be mowed adjacent to the other highways with additional mowing possible as required for visibility and weed control. Weather and ditch conditions are key factors in hay salvage and the progress of contracted mowers.

 

For more information, contact your nearest Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure office at (306) 787-4911 or emailmailto:[email protected]