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GLVSOD\LQJVRPHRIKHUDUWZRUNLQWKH a conference room that is still being 7UDYHOOLQJ DUW VKRZV ZHUH GLV- RIÀFHKHUH ÀQLVKHG SOD\HGRQDFXUYHGZDOOLQWKHOLEUDU\ ´6KRUWO\DIWHUP\FRQWDFWZLWK-DF- Continued on page 24 SANGEAN TOUGH BOX Glasser’s RADIO RUGGED CONSTRUCTION 14-BB100 • REG: $179.9999 TV Service $159 OPEN MONDAY TO SATURDAY 9 A.M. TO 5:30 P.M. • MOOSOMIN, SK • (306) 435-3040 • WWW.GLASSERSTV.COM • WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/GLASSERSTV 22 The World-Spectator - Moosomin, Sask. Monday, August 7, 2017 Brooks Laich makes cover of People magazine Barta and their children; Making the cover of Peo- ObituariesGerald Barta; sister Mary ple magazine is something Sanderson, her children; that happens to a select and many nieces and neph- few, but Wawota’s Brooks ews. Laich was front and centre Jim was predeceased by on the magazine’s July 24 his mother Vilma, father cover after marrying Danc- James and step-mother ing With the Stars judge Clara also several aunts Julianne Hough on July 8. and uncles. Laich and Hough were Jim spent many years as married in an outdoor a farm machinery and au- wedding on Lake Coeur tomotive mechanic. First in d’Alene, Idaho, where their own business in Ken- Hough spent summer holi- nedy (Barta Farm Equip- days as a child. ment); then a move to The couple announced Moosomin in 1966 where their engagement in Au- JAMES W. BARTA he worked for Gillis Mo- gust 2015 after dating for a JUNE 13, 2017 tors, Bradley’s and lastly year and a half. Jim passed away peace- at Celebration Ford until Laich grew up in Wawota fully surrounded by his retirement. and is a professional hock- family on June 13, 2017 at Jim enjoyed spending ey player. Laich played 11:45 pm. time with his family and with the NHL’s Ottawa He will be sadly missed having visitors. He loved 6HQDWRUV EULHÁ\ EHIRUH EH- by his loving wife Betty music and singing and ing picked up by the Wash- and their children Cindy, was crazy for game shows ington Capitals—a team he Jim (Iris) Barta and Tracey on the television. When he played with for 12 years. (Brian) Raymond: grand- was a young man he al- He has also played for the children Matthew (Mat- ways drove a great car, and Toronto Maple Leafs, and thew Myers), Amy (Evan had a motorcycle that was is currently an unrestricted Graham) and Samantha. his pride and joy. free agent. Also survived by his A private interment will Hough is a professional brothers Richard (Doris) be held at a later date. dancer, singer and actress. She is a two-time profes- sional champion of ABC’s receptionist and she would Dancing with the Stars. In return home to the farm to September 2014, Hough begin her second shift as joined Dancing with the ‘the farmer’s wife’. Marilyn Stars as a permanent loved life on the farm. She fourth judge. She has also was keen to be involved in released a number of songs the farming operation and and has acted in a number helped out with the nu- of movies. merous jobs that go with Family and friends were farm living. There was no on hand at the wedding in job that she was not will- Idaho. People magazine ing to tackle. Both she featured the wedding with and Carl loved wildlife, a number of exclusive pho- especially birds, so they tos in the July 24 issue. planted many trees to cre- Laich also received na- ate a sanctuary for the wide tional media attention The July 24 cover of People magazine featuring Julianne Hough and variety of birds who took when he stopped to help Brooks Laich, who were married on July 8 at Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. MARILYN JOYCE JACOBI shelter there. Marilyn had two stranded Capitals fans AUGUST 4, 1940– a special fondness for ani- FKDQJH WKHLU ÁDW WLUH DIWHU apologized for the club’s AUGUST 1, 2017 mals–she especially loved a Game 7 loss in the 2010 early loss in the playoffs. Marilyn Joyce Jacobi was her horse Velvet, and any playoffs. When he came Laich was hockey analyst born on August 4, 1940 in stray cat who wandered across the woman and her Michael Farber’s nominee Moosomin, Saskatchewan. into their yard was sure to teenaged daughter strand- for the 2010 Sports Illus- She was the only child of be well fed. ed on the Theodore Roos- trated Sportsman of the Steed and Ethel Archbould 0DULO\QORYHGKHUÁRZHU evelt Bridge, Laich stopped Year that year. (nee Mills). Marilyn is pre- gardens and took pride in to install their spare and deceased by her daughter KHUPDQ\ÁRZHUEHGV6KH Denise, parents Steed and was known for her green Ethel, grandson Clayton thumb, a trait she inherited Pollock, daughter-in-law from her father. Together Melissa Tippett, and her Carl and Marilyn spent husband Carl Jacobi. numerous hours mowing Left to cherish her mem- grass in their large yard. ory are sons Doug Tippet, In the fall Marilyn would Ken (Mary), Bill (Trudy), be busy making jam and Terry (Paula) Jacobi, and preserving fruit. There was daughters Carolynn (Jim) always more than enough Pollock, Lorna (Garth) food put away to last them Woods, Shannon (Rona) Ja- through the winter. cobi and seventeen grand- Marilyn’s last years were children and fourteen spent dealing with the de- great-grandchildren. bilitating effects of Parkin- Marilyn married Keith son’s disease. She passed Tippett in 1961 and togeth- away peacefully in her er they had two beautiful sleep on August 1, 2017. children, Denise and Doug. Funeral service was held Following their divorce from Bethel United Church Above: Brooks Laich and Julianne Hough Marilyn worked tirelessly on Saturday, August 5th at surrounded by family as they say their vows. to provide for her two chil- 10 am with Reverend Joan Right: The couple kissing after cutting their dren. In August of 1981 De- 5HQQLH/DLQJ RIÀFLDWLQJ nise was tragically killed in Interment was at Moo- wedding cake. a car accident. This was a somin South Cemetery . sorrow that Marilyn lived She will be greatly missed with for her the rest of by those who loved her. If her days. She found hap- friends so desire, memorial Are you new to Moosomin? piness in April 1984 when tributes may be made to she married Carl Jacobi the Parkinson’s Society in Do you have a new baby? who brought with him a memory of Marilyn. ready-made family of six “May thoughts of you not children. Marilyn was em- grow dim, Local businesses have a package for ployed full time at Mooso- May your memory live in YOU to welcome you to town, min Union Hospital as the the prairie wind.” or to welcome your new baby! The package includes: Obituaries can be emailed to gifts, offers, giftcards and promotional items from local businesses [email protected] Contact [email protected] for your Welcome to Moosomin Gift! Monday, August 7, 2017 The World-Spectator - Moosomin, Sask. 23 Pakistan: A mistake? It was never my plan to tell Pakistanis their country ans. had been a mistake. I was 19 years old at the time, in If the Hindu majority haven’t massacred the 190 mil- Pakistan for the summer with 40 other young Canadian lion Muslims of today’s India, then how were they go- university students on a trip to foster international un- ing to massacre the 530 million Muslims of an undivided derstanding. I had already realized that this was a com- Gwynne Dyer India? An estimated 10,000 people have been killed in pletely pointless exercise, but it was a free trip and I had Hindu-Muslim communal violence in India since 1950, never been out of North America before.