A1 1455 WINNIE STREET MLS® #:SK748306 $249,000 Fantastic revenue opportunity for fi rst-time home buyers! 3 Beds • 2 Baths LEAH BRAGG 306-741-2622 Thursday, October 4, 2018 swbooster.com Serving Southwest Saskatchewan 306-773-7527 royallepage.ca/formula1 Walking For Terry SCOTT ANDERSON/SOUTHWEST BOOSTER There was lots of school spirit on display on September 27 when the staff and students of the Swift Current Comprehensive High School participated in the Terry Fox School Run in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. A2 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY OCTOBER 4, 2018 2 2 COMMUNITY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2018 Living Sky Casino re ects back on impactful rst decade SCOTT ANDERSON SOUTHWEST BOOSTER The Living Sky Casino cele- brated a look back at an impact- contact us ful rst decade while kicked o a ve month long 10th anniver- • Phone: 306-773-9321 sary celebration surrounding • Fax: 306-773-9136 their December 29, 2008 open- • 30 4th Avenue NW ing. Swift Current, SK, S9H 0T5 A 10th anniversary Kick-off Gala was hosted on Septem- • www.swbooster.com ber 28 to both celebrate their achievements over the past advertising sales 10 years, in addition to an an- nouncement of a series of cele- Kara Stephanson, bration events over the coming weeks and months. sales manager, 306-770-2223 A number of the key players [email protected] during the development years of the Living Sky Casino were in Melissa Richardson, sales, attendance in order to be recog- Swift Current Arts Council President Melanie Friesen, Chief Alice Pahtayken from Nekaneet First Nation, 306-770-2226 nized for their e orts in ensur- Tourism Swift Current Executive Director Lee Friesen, Chief Alvin Francis, City of Swift Current Director of [email protected] ing the project ultimately came Business Development Marty Salberg, former Swift Current Mayor Sandy Larson, former Saskatchewan to fruition. Indian Gaming Authority CEO Edmund Bellegarde and former File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council Chief Ron Jerry Butterworth, sales, Tribal Chief Edmund Bel- Crowe were all recognized for their eff orts in helping the Living Sky Casino get off the ground. 306-770-2227 legarde, a former CEO of the [email protected] Saskatchewan Indian Gaming good thing for the community.” ere’s value in getting to know ganizations though 347 spon- Authority, provided some key It has since paid the way of one another. There’s value in sorship partnership, resulted newsroom memories of those early e orts. a multi million investment by peaceful co-existence and being in a $2.9 million impact over 10 He vividly recalls a phone call the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal good neighbours and working years. Scott Anderson, editor, from ‘Wild’ Bill acker in July Council into Swift Current. e together. And that’s what we Their Volunteer Committee 306-770-2224 [email protected] 2001, who politically incorrectly casino was built at a cost of just have here.” was established in 2012, with straight out asked Bellegarde under $36 million. Construc- Living Sky Casino General their employees doing things Steven Mah, sports reporter, “How do I get one of those In- tion of the Home Inn & Suites, Manager Trevor Marion shared that support and do di erent 306-770-2225 dian casinos down here in Swift in partnership with D3H Ho- a series of impressive statistical things in the community to help [email protected] Current?” tels, was an $8.8 million capital milestones they have achieved in other organizations that need it. Bellegarde decided to call then project. ey also built 22 new the past decade. Have contributed an estimated commercial print Tribal Chair Ron Crowe from townhouses to provide a ord- “It’s important for this com- 4,600 volunteers hours over the the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal able accommodations at a cost munity to know…what this team past number of years. Kara Stephanson, Council and the duo ventured to of $4.4 million. has done over the 10 years.” “ e purpose is to be a part 306-770-2223, Swift Current to investigate the “We’ve invested in the City of He points out their 2017 Pow of the community which we [email protected] idea further. Swift Current. We believe that Wow resulted in a $2.3 million live and work and lend a help- “So that one phone call that this is a great place to invest economic impact for Swift Cur- ing hand when needed. We can classi eds didn’t sound very business like, millions and millions of dollars. rent and area in a single week- easily just set up shop and just that didn’t sound very compel- We’ve invested more than $48 end. That event attracted the stay encompassed in the casino. Classifi eds 1-306-773-9321 ling, there was a bit of unknow- million in capital projects since largest local turnout of specta- We could do that, we could have ing…just didn’t know how to 2008.” tors among the previous pow done that, but we’re not going to Fax: 306-773-9136 approach a First Nation organ- He also points out there is wow events they have hosted. do that. We will never do that. As classifi [email protected] ization and maybe some of the additional impact through com- e Living Sky Casino will be part of SIGA we share success.” protocols. He was just straight munity involvement. hosting a 10th anniversary Pow Plus, the casino operations circulation up and straight out.” “It’s starting to not only build Wow at the Stockade on Febru- have had an economic impact, 306-773-9321 “So one phone call led to a $36 a relationship, but it’s starting ary 16 and 17, 2019. with a rough estimate of $160 million development.” to, in the last 10 years, really Casino sponsorships have million in jackpot payouts in the regional He also remembers being in demonstrate that there is value. also made a major impact over past decade. managers Swift Current on plebiscite even- There’s value in relationship. the decade. e Casino and SIGA “One of the funnest things Michael J. Hertz, Senior Vice ing on October 22, 2003 when ere’s value in building bridges. have supported 176 di erent or- about working at the casino is President & Group Publisher the community voted 55 per when somebody wins. And yes cent in support of the casino/ people win here at the casino.” performing arts facility. The ey boast a sta of 185 em- Event Centre added $5.5 million ployees, and over a decade they in capital costs to the overall have paid over $85 million in sal- project, but was integral in the aries to their employees. Funded by the Government of Canada casino moving forward. The Casino also unveiled a “ at was the vision and the special concert series to help compelling nature of the late them celebrate their 10th an- Paul Rezansoff and the Swift niversary. e highlight concert Current Allied Arts Council. He will be a February 23 concert fea- had a vision. He wanted to get turing Wayne Newton, who was out of the High School and the the rst act on the Event Centre temporary chairs. He wanted stage in February 2009. state of the art,” Bellegarde re- A kick o celebration concert Mail Registration Number: 005950104 calls. featuring Colter Wall on Octo- “We believe that this was the ber 10 has already sold out. Also value added to the proposal to unveiled were a performance by The Southwest Booster is that plebiscite question on Octo- Canadian rock icons Trooper on published by Swift Current ber 22, 2003, that made a di er- November 22, and a New Year’s Holdings Ltd. Partnership, an affi liated company to ALTA ence. at compelled some who Eve concert by e Stampeders. Newspaper Group LP were suspicious, apprehensive, Additional ticket information skeptical, that a First Nations Living Sky Casino General Manager Trevor Marion shared some of the is available at www.LivingSky- project like the casino could be a fi nancial impacts of the casino over the past 10 years. Casino.ca/boxo ce. A3 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY OCTOBER 4, 2018 3 ENTERTAINMENT Everly Brothers Experience shares a rock and roll history lesson SCOTT ANDERSON between 1957 to 1962, the SOUTHWEST BOOSTER Everly Brothers produced 35 Billboard top 100 singles, and Concert goers were treated sold more than 35 million re- to a musical rock and roll his- cord. Ironically, it wasn’t all tory lesson during The Everly smooth sailing for the duo, as Brothers Experience, featuring they The Zmed Brothers and The The show was not only a Bird Dogs Band. musical walk down mem- The September 27 concert ory lane, the evening shared was the kick off event for the glimpses into the ups and 2018-2019 Swift Current Arts downs the Everly’s experienced Council’s Stars for Saskatch- during their career. ewan series. The show highlighted the im- The evening mixed nearly portance of the husband and 30 Everly Brothers hits, along wife songwriting duo of Felice with a verbal history of the and Boudreaux Bryant who achievements of the influential wrote a string of successful musical duo during a memor- songs recorded by The Everly able career which peaked be- Brothers, including Bird Dog, tween 1957 to 1962. Devoted To You, Rocky Top The show was headlined by (which became the state song Dylan and Zachary Zmed, who for Tennessee), Take A Mes- were making first tour of Sas- sage To Marry, plus Love Hurts, katchewan.