issue 17 by The Biggar Independent

Independent receives awards at Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association convention. Page 3

A way of life from our past -- See ‘Celebrating 100 Years’, Page 14-15

Extra funding to help ensure safety in Heartland facilities Heartland Health Region (HHR) has received $1.04 million in new provincial capital funding for equipment purchases and building repairs and upgrades. The health region will spend $300,000 to upgrade medical and diagnostic equipment. Another $740,000 will be used for building repairs and safety equipment, such as upgrading or replacing ﬁre alarm systems, sprinkler systems, standby generators and Occupational Health and Safety items. Building repairs may include replacing windows and roofs, or similar building maintenance. This funding is part of the provincial government’s $133.1 million health system funding commitment announced February 22, for improvements to make the health system safer and more secure for patients and health providers. “Improving the health and safety of patients and longterm care residents is a priority for this government,” said Highways and Infrastructure Minister and MLA for Rosetown-Elrose Jim Reiter. “By addressing long overdue infrastructure improvements, we are

following through on our promise to put the patient ﬁrst.” “This funding will be very helpful to the region as we make improvements to ensure we are able to provide a safe environment for our patients and staff,” said Health Region CEO Greg Cummings. The funding will allow the region to address the most pressing needs for building maintenance and repairs, and safety systems, he added. Heartland Health Region is in the process of reviewing its list of capital priorities, in order to meet the most pressing needs for repairs and equipment.

Egg-cellent art . . . With Easter a few short sleeps away, St. Gabriel School’s Sam Young puts marker to paper for a work of art, Tuesday. Sam and the rest of his classmates

were patiently waiting their turn for graduation pictures. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Wiebe wants to send common-sense to Ottawa by Kevin Brautigam of The Independent

New Democrat candidate Nettie Wiebe would like to see Saskatchewan take a leading role in Canadian affairs, and under an NDP government, Saskatchewan values would be brought to Ottawa. Wiebe, in Biggar last Tuesday, feels the campaign is going very well. “We have lots of new volunteers, lots of young people in the campaign, and it’s high-energy and very

positive, and that’s the kind of campaign I like. I like to run on the things that matter to us and the kinds of ways in which we can reach to make it better. “I like to hear what people are saying and then think about how we are going to go forward.” Doorstep issues, she says, are housing, pensions and health care. “I’ve talked to a lot of people from elsewhere in the country who in part came because Saskatchewan

Biggar’s CIBC celebrates 100 years . . . Biggar CIBC manager Melanie Peiffer, right, holds a celebratory cake as Mayor Ray Sadler prepares to cut, joined by Shelly Silvernagle, left, and CIBC Regional Manager Marilyn Frey, April 15. The Main Street bank hit a milestone with its 100th, and were joined by many customers, former and current employees, well wishers and friends. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

looked like it would offer jobs and the housing would be a little more affordable, and it turns out that the housing isn’t more affordable.” Pensions, particularly amongst seniors, are another big issue. Health care is always an issue, one that Wiebe says won’t go away anytime soon. “It’s one of those issues that a lot of people, rightly think, needs quite a bit of attention, and it needs federal attention.” She’s also hearing about education and safety issues. With more immigrants to the country, Wiebe says she’s finding the issues are more critical this time around than in the last campaign. With a little over two years since voters last went to the polls, Wiebe is adamant that residents really don’t find it much of an issue. She admits people are concerned over the costs associated with another election, but stressed the essential freedoms of a democratic system. “When you’re talking about the expense of an election, think about the privilege and the benefits, and how many people -- our own veterans among them -- who paid a high price for us to have this privilege. “It seems to me it’s

inappropriate for us, at Anderson [Cypress Hillsthis point, to say, ‘Oh, we Grasslands] conducted don’t want himself around the elections any democratic process, more!’ We do has brought the want elections; CWB’s survivability we want good into even greater government question, Wiebe an we want stresses. to secure that If it is a big issue, by the way we the long-gun registry vote.” hasn’t really emerged, The $300 Wiebe said. Nettie Wiebe million for an “I think I’ve gone election, Wiebe adds, was to five doorsteps of the what the Harper government hundreds and hundreds paid for one day of security I’ve been on, ﬁve or maybe at the recent G8 meetings, six, where someone has she stressed. mentioned the long-gun “This [election] is an registry,” she said. “I think expensive project,” Wiebe it’s become clear to everybody asserted. “But, you know, that, actually, they’re [the continuing with the Harper Conservatives] not going to government would be a much do anything real about that, more expensive project.” they’ll just continue to play S h e l i k e n s H a r p e r ’s that one out, it’s like reeling government to a car, ﬁsh at the end of a line.” squeaking and rattling down With Saskatoon-Rosetownthe road. You don’t ignore Biggar a hotly contested the potential for mechanical riding, Wiebe sees it as an grief, and neither should opportunity to bring the we about the current common-sense values of government, she stressed. Saskatchewan to the rest of “This Harper government, Canada. if they keep ‘driving’, they’re “What we have to offer blowing the ‘engine’ of this the country is some real economy.” advocacy from ‘here to On agriculture, Wiebe there’,” as opposed to ‘there says there is concern over to here’, Wiebe explained. what the government will “And I remind people, we do with the Wheat Board. gave them Medicare -- we The last Canadian Wheat have something to say from Board election and how here to there! We just need to Conservative MP David stand up and say it.”

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Rural Wells and your health: Are household treatment systems right for you? by the Public Health Inspectors of Heartland Health Region Have you been noticing more boil water signs at the wells in Heartland in the past few years? Does the well you haul water from say the water is non-potable? What does this mean if there is no potable water source nearby? How do you deﬁne potable water? Potable water means that the water is safe to drink over a lifetime, without any major health risk. You can drink potable water every day without it affecting your health. Potable water is safe for babies, seniors and everyone in between. It is safe to drink, cook and brush teeth with potable water. When a well

is non-potable, it means that there is a risk to your health when you consume the water. Drinking nonpotable water lowers the life expectancy of a community. While individual people may not see any health effect, the overall health of the community declines. People in Heartland Health Region may drink water from shallow wells rather than from a deep well because the taste of shallow well water is more pleasant than deep wells with high mineral content. In some areas of the region, deep water is not available for residents to use and people are hauling water from shallow wells that do not provide a reliable, safe water supply. Where rural

water pipelines and deep well water sources are not available, rural residents should think about a water treatment system to protect their health. Some people choose to buy bottled water for drinking, cooking and brushing teeth. It is important that rural wells be tested regularly and that people take treatment actions to make water safe to use or ﬁnd another water source. Water quality changes over time. A well that was ﬁne in the past may not be safe any longer. If you choose to purchase a water treatment system for your home, have your water tested for bacteria and chemical contaminants. This

data is needed to ﬁgure out what type of system you need. No single system will remove every contaminant. Keep in mind that water quality in shallow wells changes throughout the year. A water test in the winter months will not tell you about the water quality in summer. Public Health Inspectors give advice about household water treatment systems without selling you anything. If you are hauling water from a municipal well for your cistern, the RM Office can provide you with past water quality results. If you see persistent boil water signs at a well that you have been hauling from, treating the water in your home may be an option for

you to consider. The boil water advisories mean that the well is having frequent bacteria contamination. Boil water advisories are not suggestions. It is not hard to treat water if bacteria are the only concern. Water treatment devices have become more affordable in recent years. When you know the type of system you need, take a look at the cost of operating a system. Compare this with the cost of hauling water from farther away or buying bottled water. The volume of water used in your home will inﬂuence which choice you make. Consider any health issues that may be affected by your water source. Children, seniors, people

with prior health issues and pregnant women are at higher risk of serious disease, but poor water quality affects most people who drink it at some point in their lives. A potable water source is very important to maintain your overall health and quality of life. Your Public Health Inspector will help you understand lab results and sort through the pros and cons of each water system. Please call your local public health centre and ask to speak to a Public Health Inspector. Written by the Public Health Inspectors of Heartland Health Region.

2011 Mothers of the Year

Lorraine Falcon I would like to nominate our mother, Lorraine Falcon, for Mother of the Year. Mom was born in 1953 in Biggar, Sask. She married our father at the young age of 18, becoming a mother at the age of 19. Mom was blessed with Åve children in total, Lauri-Ann, Dennis, Brian, Trevor and Heather. Mom and Dad lost Dennis to SIDS at three months of age. Mom stayed home with us full time. She put her needs last and made sure that we had everything that we possibly

needed. When we became involved in Girl Guides and Boy Scouts, Mom did too at the leader level. Mom was and is always sure to let us know how much we are loved and supported. The hugs and words of support were and are a constant in our lives. Our Mom always had open door policy with all of our friends. Our friends were always welcomed in our house, whether it was for a visit, a meal, a sleep-over, or a few months. Many of our friends called her Mom. Mom and Dad never wanted to see someone unhappy, so when a friend of Brian’s needed a place to live during high school, Mom and Dad welcomed him with open arms. Mom treated Wade like another son - making sure he received the same treatment as her other children… including the groundings. Losing Wade was another difÅcult time in her life. Mom has continued her life in the same caring ways; taking in Åve foster children. She has became a mother to Freedom, Summer, Patience, Jasmine and Michael. These Åve children are enjoying the life all children deserve, thanks to our mother. Mom has taught us a great deal in life - how important tradition is, how much we should treasure each other, and most of all how important family is. She is truly a woman who lives by the Golden Rule!

Ethel May (Domes) Berezowski Mom was born Ethel May Domes oon April 27, 1928. She married Peter B Berezowski on April 27, 1948. Yes, she was married on her birthday! w Ethel is the mother of four children, Åve grandchildren and one greatggranddaughter. She was a farmer’s wife for 26 years. They moved into Landis, Sask. in 1974. T Mom was a member of the CWL for M 226 years. There isn’t a better Mom in the w whole world. We all love her with all oour hearts. Mom is an angel on earth.

Mother of the Year Tea Tuesday, May 3 • 2:00 p.m. Biggar Community Hall • Entertainment • Rafﬂe • Door Prizes • • Bake Table • Silver Collection •

Everyone Welcome! Sponsored by Biggar Community Connections and The Biggar Independent

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Photographer cashes in on the Better Newspaper Competition “This award is meaningful because it comes from my fellow dealers in celluloid.” ... Alfred Hitchcock Well, the Saskatchewan We e k l y N e w s p a p e r s (SWNA) did not give out awards for ﬁlm making but rather for excellence in print. Awards which Kevin Brautigam of the Biggar Independent was the recipient. Everyone looks forward to the annual convention and the Better Newspapers Competition because these awards are judged by colleagues and peers from other Canadian regional associations. Biggar’s Kevin Brautigam was once again the recipient of three awards for his photography. • Best Feature Photo. Judge’s comments: “ K e v i n B r a u t i g a m ’s photo epitomizes what photographers should be looking for when it comes to feature photography: split second timing and good expression turned a mundane moment into an award winning memento. • Best Black and White Photo. Judge’s comments: The girl’s look of intense concentration is compelling. The depth

Christopher Montgomery (upper right) ﬁnishes with a flourish, during last year’s noon hour Carol Festival (Best Feature Photo winner).

Jillian Hammond (above) performs at a piano recital (Best Black and White Photo winner). that goes into a community newspaper. Saskatchewan weekly newspapers can be proud to know that we have some of the best in the country,” said Alison Squires, Better Newspapers Competition committee chair. Biggar can be equally proud that we have one of those award winning photographers in our midst.

of ﬁeld draws the reader’s eye to her face. Well lit, well composed. • Second Place, Best Sports Photo. Judge’s comments: Cropping in close enough to capture the rider’s facial expression was fantastic. “The 2011 BNC nominee represent the best of the hard work and passion

Biggar Rodeo barrel racer (above) (Second Place Best Sports Photo).

Prairie Spirit appoints new director l e a r n i n g ,” h e Kuzbik will begin his The Prairie said. He believes duties as director effecSpirit Board that educators tive July 18, 2011. of Education must continue Kuzbik has been a Suapproved the to learn as they perintendent of Schools appointment guide their stuwith Saskatchewan Rivof John Kuzdents. ers School Division in bik as the “We are lead Prince Albert since 2000. new Director learners to supIn his superintendent of Education. port the diverse role, some of his responsiThe anlearning needs of bilities included student nouncement our students,” he support services, new came at Praiexplained. rie Spirit’s John Kuzbik regular meetThieves gas-and-go in Wilkie ing on Monday, April 18. “The board is very The two are wanted in Unity/Wilkie/Macklin pleased to welcome John RCMP are requesting connection with a theft to Prairie Spirit,” said of fuel. The suspects, and the public’s assistance in board chair, Larry Pavidentifying the two males their vehicle, were caught loff. “John brings proven on a surveillance camera in the picture. leadership qualities and committing the thefts. The strongly believes that all suspect truck noted in the students can learn.” pictures is a Chevrolet 4x4. Kuzbik is looking forThe truck is between 1988 ward to joining the Praiand 1998 and has damage rie Spirit learning team. to the driver’s side door. In “My passion is and althe picture, there are two ways has been student

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teacher support, principal staff development and human resources. He started his teaching career in Regina and was a classroom teacher and vice-principal in several high schools before joining the Ministry of Education as an instructional consultant. He became a principal of Carlton

slip tanks on the truck at the time of the theft. The thefts occurred at rural farm in the Wilkie area, in the early morning hours of April 15. Anyone with information about this crime should call Crime stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), or via the Internet at saskcrimestoppers.com.

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Comprehensive High School in Prince Albert in 1993. Kuzbik has presented numerous workshops throughout the prov-

ince. His most recent work has focused on instructional approaches, “Understanding by Design,” and student assessment.

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Opinions The cycle goes on The last week of April. By the time this issue appears on the news stands Easter will be over and we will be eating leftovers of turkey and ham and most definitely chocolate. Everyone looks forward to spring and can hardly wait till it comes but there is that transition period before the greening begins when it’s just dust in the air and dirt on the streets. It’s also the time of year when potholes make their appearance. Despite all these inconveniences we all applaud the beginning of a new season. Perhaps because spring is a new beginning. Gardeners can’t wait to start digging and poking in the soil. Golfers anxiously watch the snow melt so they can hit the fairways. And, farmers test the fields to see if they are dry enough. This year, Easter is later than usual, we have a federal election campaign and the world figure skating championships are on (thankfully after having to find another host city due to the tsunami in Japan). But, one can’t forget the ongoing saga of hockey -- the season of playoffs that just goes on and on. By now everyone has turned their thoughts to summer activities, being outside enjoying the (hopefully) warm weather. With only two long weekends in the summer lake people have already got plans in the works. Soon we will be complaining about a heat wave rather than cool temps. Ahh, life goes on. P.H.

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How GadhaÀ can win by Alex Wilner, Fellow, Macdonald-Laurier Institute NATO’s intervention in Libya isn’t warfare; it’s a bargaining strategy. The coalition isn’t trying to destroy Libya’s military or directly topple Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s regime. Instead, NATO is using limited air strikes to try to convince the regime to comply with its various demands. The strategy is primarily about using air power to inflict sufficient damage to Libyan interests that Gadhafi changes his behaviour on his own volition. What NATO isn’t doing is crushing Libyan forces to the point that Gadhafi is required to change his behaviour because he has no other choice. A subtle but important difference The difference is subtle but important. Like previous strategic air campaigns in Iraq and Kosovo, the Libyan intervention is about coercion: threatening and using limited force to compel an adversary to behave in a certain way. Compared to warfare, coercive air power is a lowcost and low-risk strategy. It’s especially attractive in cases like Libya. Because

NATO isn’t trying to wipe out Libyan forces, it can restrict itself to limited engagement. And because NATO has total air superiority, there’s virtually no risk to its pilots. In theory, coercive air power works by convincing a target country that it has nothing to gain by resisting an opponent’s demands. In practice, coercion requires that we establish a perception within Libya’s leadership that we have the resolve and capability to see our threats through to the end. The campaign’s duration will be partially dictated by the type and nature of NATO’s demands. Originally, our goal was to stop Gadhafi loyalists from snuffing out the revolution and from carrying out a potential massacre of rebel supporters. That objective was achieved on day two. A humanitarian disaster was averted and the rebels survived. Mission accomplished. Now there’s talk that Gadhafi needs “to go” and there’s an expectation that the rebels will defeat him on their own. The problem with coercion, however, is that it’s a twoway street. All bargains involve at least two opposing

players. We can threaten Gadhafi and issue demands, but he has options for countering, circumventing, and weakening those efforts. Coercive success will depend on what Libya is able to do to us, not only on what we are able to do to it. In this regard, Gadhafi has the power of “counter-coercion”. He can challenge NATO and manipulate its demands by targeting its strategy, resolve, and goals. Gadhafi can target NATO’s strategy by raising the costs of the air campaign. The easiest way to do that would be to more effectively target the bombers. Fortunately, Libya doesn’t have the military means to do so. But there are other things Gadhafi can threaten. He’s used terrorism in the past. While it doesn’t seem likely that Libya will again start sponsoring terrorism in the West, no one knows for sure how Gadhafi will react if and when his back is up against the wall. Threatening terrorism will force NATO governments to recalculate the costs and benefits of their engagement. Gadhafi can also hold out

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against NATO and deny rebel advances. He’s already done so for three weeks. What happens after three months? The longer the stalemate, the more likely Gadhafi presses NATO to reevaluate the mission. Already, there’s a heated debate about arming the rebels with concerns that at least a few are former associates of al Qaeda. And everybody has rejected a NATO ground war. By simply surviving, Gadhafi undermines NATO’s air campaign and forces us to contemplate unpalatable alternatives. Gadhafi can also target NATO’s resolve. Even as the mission was being approved, Germany was steadfast against participating. Later, France, Britain, and the U.S. had trouble agreeing on who would take command. Now the coalition is fraying over what comes next. As NATO contemplates further action, other cracks within the coalition will emerge. With any luck, Gadhafi can use coalition uncertainty to fracture its unity. And if he can do that, he’ll significantly diminish NATO’s willingness to continue running costs in

an increasingly unpopular conflict. Placing civilians in harm’s way Finally, Gadhafi can target NATO’s goals. The mission began as a humanitarian intervention. Because saving lives has been the objective, NATO has rightly adhered to strict rules of engagement. We know, for instance, that Canadian pilots have aborted bombing raids because they feared unintentionally killing civilians. If so, Gadhafi’s counter-coercion strategy calls for purposefully placing civilians in harm’s way. By using “human shields” or by parking tanks in urban neighbourhoods, Gadhafi forces NATO to contemplate the humanitarian risks of carrying out its mission. And the fewer strikes NATO conducts, the longer Gadhafi stays in power. Gadhafi is down, but he’s certainly not out. With the right counter-strategy, he can stall and undermine NATO efforts. Alex Wilner, Senior Researcher at the ETHZurich, is a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute in Ottawa.

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“How do you spell preschool -- with a hyphen or without?” asked the ad layout person one afternoon. The editor immediately responded. This is not an unusual conversation in the newsroom. The issue of how to spell a word is an everyday topic, especially in the newspaper industry. The question is whose spelling of the word is the acceptable form. Newspapers operate in the world of Canadian Press and that becomes our bible, our dictionary. But, for the average person the English language is a mystery. Somehow over the years we have forgotten our English roots which favours spelling words like “favour” with a “u”. Our American neighbours choose not to use the “u” in so many words like honour, savour, ﬂavour ... and so on. Now, spellers have another factor to contend with -- texting. There is a whole generation walking around talking acronymically (okay I made up that word) but you know what I mean. An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of other

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words. Words like LOL (laughing out loud) and OMG (oh my God). Of course, when you are texting time, and space, is of the essence so you have to shorten words. We also had a discussion in the newsroom about new words. The editor, being a stickler for using the correct word and spelling, is of the opinion that a new word is only acceptable after Canadian Press approves it. I, on the other hand, tend to agree with the lexicographers at the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). New words are added to their list every year. And the criteria used has changed to conform with the digital age. At one time words would have to be used two or three years before being granted an appearance in the dictionary. Today, with Internet, email, texting, social networking and the such, words “catch on” faster largely due to the wider audience. This year the new words, in addition to the two mentioned above, include IMHO (in my humble opinion), TMI (too much information), BFF (best friends forever). Also, added was

“™ to heart” ... as in I™ New York. Apparently it is pronounced “I heart New York” not “I love New York”. Silly me I always thought the heart was a noun but it has now become a verb. Who ever said you were done learning English when you left school? I now have to admit my English teacher was right. The people at OED spend their working days keeping tabs on what’s new and what’s hot in the language area. They get lots of submissions from people who have invented their own words and want them included in the dictionary. However, only those words that are deemed as having “genuinely entering the language” are even considered. But there are words like wiki, spoof and hobbit which were actually invented and became so popular and were used so widely that they were eventually included. That’s why I will plug on and have complete faith in my word -acronymically. After all, the more of you that use the word, the better chances I have of it being recognized by the OED.

100 years of service marked by Biggar CIBC . . . Manager Melanie Peiffer, above right, addresses a packed branch ofﬁce during an auspicious occasion celebrating 100 years of service to Biggar and district residents, April 15.

Door prizes, door prizes, door prizes! Everyone had a chance, and many signed in, wishing their best to the Biggar CIBC and an incredible milestone. (Independent Photos by Brautigam)

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Another large drop in Employment Insurance beneficiaries The number of Saskatchewan people receiving Employment Insurance (EI) benefits has dropped significantly over the past year, according to the latest report from Statistics Canada. There were 11,150 people receiving regular EI benefits in Saskatchewan in February 2011, a decrease of 1,850, or 14.2 per cent from the same month last year. That marks the second highest percentage decrease among the provinces. As a share of labour force population, Saskatchewan has the lowest number of people receiving EI benefits in Canada, at 1.4 per cent (tied with Alberta). “Employers in every corner of the province are creating opportunities for Saskatchewan people,” Advanced

Education, Employment and Immigration Minister Rob Norris said. “Through our rapid response teams and Career and Employment Services ofﬁces, government is providing key supports to ensure that Saskatchewan workers are able to take full advantage of those opportunities. “At 5.2 per cent, S a s k a t c h e w a n already has the lowest unemployment rate in

the country and we look forward to even more opportunities on the horizon,” Norris said. Norris also noted

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DEADLINE FOR CLASSIFIEDS 5:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY RM #347 - Sealed Tenders will be accepted by Mennonite Trust Ltd. on behalf of the Executors of the Estate of John (Jack) Allen until noon, May 11, 2011, for the following land. 1. SE 22-36-14-W3 2. NW 22-36-14-W3 3. NW 26-36-14-W3 4. NW 35-36-14-W3 5. SE 35-36-14-W3 6. SW 35-36-14-W3 7. SW 2-37-14-W3 #1 contains a personal residence with natural gas to the house, well water, basic utilities and steel grain bins. Interested bidders may contact Mennonite Trust Ltd. to view the house. #3 - #7 is ideal recreational land or has been very good pasture. The purchaser must rely on their own inspection and knowledge of the property and not on the above or any particulars made by the Executors, or Mennonite Trust Ltd. All bids are to include a cheque payable to the estate for 10% of the offered price. Unsuccessful bids will be returned uncashed once the successful bidder(s) are contacted. All bids are subject to Executor and beneÀciary approval, and the highest or any offer may not necessarily be accepted. Possession date will be June 30, 2011. All offers should be addressed to ESTATE OF JOHN (JACK) ALLEN c/o Mennonite Trust Ltd. Box 40 Waldheim, SK S0K 4R0 Phone: 306-945-2080

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Aprilifentimes* by Bob Mason I feel sorry for those people in different parts of the world who never get to know nature’s rebirth every April! Pages and pages have been written about April, songs have been sung, poems have been penned and experiences given. Mebbe December with its Christmas et cetera is up there with it too, but April (especially in our temperate zones) is really a special month! I read a book years ago, that told about some of the people in the far north, who had a big celebration every year, when the sun ﬁrst peeped over the horizon after a long, dark winter. April sure must have meant something to them, eh? 2011 A.D. is no exception, though, and whenever another April comes, YT picks up his pen (thank you Jim Brown) So, YT looked in the old

many things, but then again, a lot of people don’t have to accept things like this. In the book “Guns of Victory” by George Balckburn it sez, Quote: “After the enemy was cleared from the Schelt, both General Eisenhawer and Gen. Montgomery “Yours Truly has seen quite a will say, “The few springs come and go over the end of Nazism years, but he can only remember is in clear view!” a few of them, (his memory isn’t and surely no that good anyway!)” one is unmindful of the terrible L and T (Life and Times) cost in Canadian blood. a kind of diary that I And that, in 38 days have, searched through of merciless struggle for a few happenings of and most appalling the past, discarded a few, conditions, 3rd Canadian and came up with these Division suffered 2,672 ... casulaties and 2nd A (as in April: Antwerp): Division even more, A lot of people wonder 3,364 dead and wounded. why YT is against so It is only ﬁtting to have

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a ceremony to mark the opening of the port of Antwerp. Nineteen ships carrying dignitaries of Belguim, Great Britain and the U.S.A. sail in . . . However, the Canadian National Anthem is not played, for reasons never explained, and no Canadian, from Lt. General Crerar (who planned and led the huge complex operation, down to the levels of men who fought those battles, was invited -- and people wonder why he thinks the way he does! P (as in April, Phyllis left me!) I saw this entry in the old Life and Times for 1948, and as Phyllis and YT have been fairly happily married for 60 some years, kind of wondered what it was all about . . . . read on! For some time after we were married in 1947, we did quite a few things together, but, as of right now (2011) she’s heard all my corny jokes, don’t laugh at them anymore, and I wouldn’t blame her if she did leave me! We were young then, I guess, and mebbe all young couples are like that -- I dunno! Getting ready to plant a big garden that spring we were working some ground by pulling a small scufﬂer behind our W6 tractor, and we had it hitched on by a long logging chain! Phyllis was carefully driving the tractor and YT was guiding the small scufﬂer when, as she turned, the hook

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dragged loose! Of course I yelled for her to stop, but above the noise of the tractor she never heard me, and drove studiously all the way down the plot. YT just sat down and laughed! When she got to the far end and looked back, all that she saw was her darn fool husband just sitting there laughing, and she never thought it was funny at all! You can’t win them all, eh? R (As April, Roy Romanow): I was going to write here “From the Sublime to the Ridiculous”, but for Roy’s sake (and my own!) mebbe I’d better not, eh? Many years ago YT was at a meeting somewhere, when a young political upstart named Roy Roamow was introduced. Roy spoke for a few minutes, but when the MC asked for questions, nobody seemed to have any. The MC (a friend of mine) asked a couple of times and still there were no questions. “If he asks again,” YT thought, “I’ll sure ask one!” He did ask again and YT did jump up. “Yes Bob, sez the MC, kind of relieved that someone had one, “What did you want to know?” (Everybody knows that YT thinks he knows everything, but it was sure polite on the MC’s part!) “Because his name is Romanow,” I replied, “I was going to ask him if he was any relation to Czar Nicolas Romanoff!” Romanow jumped to his feet. “I agree Sir, that I have a regal bearing,” he said, “but when my dad ﬁrst moved to saskatchewan, he worked on the railroad!” Later, the guy sitting beside me asked who Czar Nichols was! “He was the last Czar of Russia,” I told him “ and a cousin of George V of England and Kaiser Bill from Germany!” And, as an afterthought, I said, “I was going to ask if he had an Aunt named

Anastasia!” Of course this drew another blank! (politics are like that!) I (As in April, “Islands on the River): No place in our whole young country side was as unreachable and mysterious to us as were the islands on the river. We climbed the hills, explored the ravines, and boated on the nearby sloughs. But those islands out there, so much a part of our small world, were always so seemingly (ahem!) unexplorable! (Great word, eh?) Because of this swift currents in summer and its poor ice in winter, our parents told us many times not to go near the river. So, often we just stood there and looked at thsoe islands wondering what it would be like to live on one! Imagine that manuscript dispappeared long ago, but at one time Yours Truly tried to make that dream come true by scrawling a few pages about that very thing, and sometimes he still wonders . . . L (as in in April!) Lusk: Aha, ﬁnally we’ve made an acrostic about the month of April! Antwerp, Phyllis, Romanow, Islands and Lusk. I’m not sure where John (Lusk, A107738) came from, but I do remember seeing him the day he got killed in 1945. Years ago YT wrote about Lusk for The Independent (16/4/00), and when I saw his name again in my papers. I jumped on it right away. No amount of “telling” can make up for what John did, for he never hesitiated to give his life for his country! Lusk got hit square-on by an 88 (possibly meant for YT) and because he isn’t here to write a little bit about me, YT hopes that some of our young people read these few lines YT writes about him! *Every item used in this piece is taken from YT’s personal journal Life and Times -- Hence

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Diamond Lodge News this, and it keeps our legs and feet moving. In the afternoon we have our weekly Bingo session. We held our last Breakf a s t C l u b o n Fr i d ay morning, we will miss the smell of bacon wafting through the halls early in the morning. We will be starting Barbecue Club in a couple of weeks, hopefully the snow will be gone by then. Later on in the morning we could smell Hot Cross Buns cooking, as the staff made some buns for Easter. After lunch we enjoyed singing along with Patches, singing some old favorites. On Saturday morning we enjoyed Coffeetime, and tried out some baking that the staff had made. We enjoy the discussions,

and reminiscing. We also like to share our recipes, or favorite foods. In the afternoon we watched a comedy with Abbott and Costello called “Pardon My Sarong”. On Sunday morning, some of the ladies got their nails painted, and some just enjoyed visiting and having coffee. The Biggar United Church conducted our Sunday service. Our tomatoes we planted a few weeks ago are up and doing well. Hopefully we will have a good crop of fruit from them. We enjoyed all the company that stopped by this week, and appreciated all the volunteers that came to help us with some of our activities.

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Agriculture Producers prepare for seeding sprint by Kevin Hursh Way more than the election and even more than grain prices and input costs, the top of mind issue for grain producers these days is water. How much flooding will there be? How much land will I get seeded? And when will fields be dry enough that I can start? The answers vary from one region to another and even one farm to the next. The northwest corner of the Saskatchewan grain belt doesn’t have extensive flooding and producers could be on the field in a reasonably timely manner. In west central regions and in parts of the southwest, it’s much wetter than normal, but that isn’t necessarily bad. Those areas often suffer 11045SS00

from a lack of moisture. The extreme southwest corner of the province had abnormally high snowfall t h r o u g h the winter. Seeding there often starts in mid-April. This year, it will probably be well into May before there’s much ﬁeld activity. The eastern side of Saskatchewan has the biggest worries. Areas with a high percentage of unseeded land last spring are facing the same problem this time around. As of mid-April, there was a lot of snow still to melt and nowhere for the water to go.

We’ve actually been lucky with the weather over the past couple months or the problems could be even worse. Temperatures throughout March were much colder than normal, slowing the snow melt. That has continued into April. The cool weather means a late spring, but it has probably prevented some damage. Precipitation has also been kind to most of the province. Maps published by Agriculture and AgriFood Canada show that over the past month only southern regions of Saskatchewan have received above normal precipitation. The highest precipitation has been southwest of

Swift Current and south of Gravelbourg. The rest of the Saskatchewan grain belt has had below normal precipitation since the middle of March. Saturated areas on the east side of the province could easily have received another one or two inches of moisture and that would have added to the problems. There’s only so much producers can do. Mother Nature bats last. However, many producers have geared up their equipment to take advantage of whatever seeding window is available. In some cases, this has meant bigger tires, extra tires or even tracks for the tractor and drill to reduce the number of times the outﬁt will be stuck in the mud. Some producers purchased larger seeding outﬁts over the winter.

Adding another ten feet to the width of the drill and / or another 200 bushels to the size of the seed and fertilizer tank makes it possible to cover more acres each day. There comes a tipping point where one outfit is hard pressed to cover all the acres of expanding operations. With a late spring and a strong outlook for grain prices, many producers have decided this is the year to add a second or third seeding outfit. There’s also a move to air drills that feature depth control and packing on each individual seeding row. In many instances, these outfits offer superior results in wet conditions. While there has been a 25-year trend to direct seeding and reduced tillage, many producers are planning a tillage

operation to help the soil dry before seeding. Some new tools feature a concept called vertical tillage. More than anything, there’s a heightened urgency following last year’s seeding disaster. When seeding is possible, there’s won’t be any waiting around for drier conditions and warmer soil. Seeding won’t be possible until later than usual and it could easily be disrupted by wet weather. There’s strong potential for proﬁtability if you can grow a decent crop this year. It all starts with getting seed in the ground and producers will be pushing harder than ever to make that happen. Kevin Hursh is a consulting agrologist and farmer based in Saskatoon. He can be reached at kevin@hursh. ca.

Water, water everywhere . . . by Calvin Daniels There were concerns almost from the ﬁrst snowfall moving through the entire winter about the potential for farmland ﬂooding this spring. As the level of snow accumulated those concerns became more acute. The situation was

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worrisome enough that the Saskatchewan government instituted a program with funding to help deal with ﬂooding. That is positive news for communities, although there is little any program can do to prevent ﬂooding of thousands of acres of farmland. In many respects this

year’s thaw has been almost ideal given the situation. Temperatures have been moderate, facilitating a slow snow melt. As temperatures have cooled to freezing most nights it has also allowed the daily build up of water to find an avenue to get away. That has been good news in many communities, such as Yorkton where flooding last July 1, and a subsequent wet fall left soils saturated, and worries riding high that basements could flood if the snows were to melt quickly. However, no matter how slow the overall thaw has been it has not been enough to prevent a build up of water, and we are now seeing rather widespread flooding of roads, ranging from the Number 1 Highway to the Qu’Appelle Valley and other locations across a rather wide area of the province. The situation is one where flooding is being caused by two elements coming together. The

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amount of snow is enough that there is simply a lot of water to get away this spring, and more of it is moving overground because of the saturated state of soil from last year. There is very little capacity for water to soak into the ground this spring. So as we sit at April 20, the ground is soaked, and there remains a lot of water to get away before farmland can begin to dry out for seeding. With each passing day from this point forward the window to plant this year’s crop narrows, and daytime highs still barely into double digits that process will not be a quick one. That will put pressure on farmers, especially those who watched acres sit idle in 2010 due to wet conditions. The situation is already driving canola futures higher since canola is a crop which generally beneﬁts from an early seeding date, something which is unlikely on thousands of acres of farmland this spring. While most will tell you a crop is never lost in April, this year there are certainly some early pressures being put on farmers by a slow, wet spring.

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Confirmed cases of Red Measles in Saskatchewan The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health is warning that two cases of Red Measles have been confirmed in the Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region (RQHR) but there has been potential exposure in other parts of the province. Both cases were in young children who have not been vaccinated. “Red measles is very rare thanks to immunization, but it is a highly contagious virus and can have serious and even fatal complications,” Saskatchewan Deputy Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab said, April 15. People who were in the waiting area the Pasqua ER on April 3 at 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. or April 4 at 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. or April 5, 1 to 3 p.m. are especially cautioned to watch for the appearance of measles. “We have informed parents and caregivers of known contacts in the Regina area, however because Measles can be transmitted several days before the appearance of symptoms it’s important for people to be aware that the disease is in the community,” RQHR Deputy Medical Health Officer Dr. Maurice Hennink said. Children with measles usually have a high fever, cough, runny nose, red eyes and spots in their mouth. The rash starts on the face and spreads to the rest of the body. Because Red Measles

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places until the rash subsides. Parents can also call HealthLine at 1-877-8000002 for advice. If visiting a doctor or emergency room it is recommended that you call in advance

so that the child can be seen in a separate area without exposing others. Parents of children one year and older who are not up to date with immunization are encouraged to call their local

public health ofﬁce to arrange for vaccination. The public is reminded that measles is occurring sporadically in Europe, some parts of the USA, and several cases have also been reported from

Quebec and British Columbia in the past few months. People should ensure they are up to date with all vaccines prior to travel.

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Biggar Wildlife Federation news by Gisela Yaroshko, Secretary-Treasurer The Biggar branch of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation held its April meeting, with 11 members attending. The meeting featured discussion on the recent 35th Annual Awards Banquet and Dance on April 2, 2011. The annual fund raiser was very successful and some details

were discussed for improvement and clariﬁed for next year. The use of steam trays to keep the meat hot was well received and will be again for next year’s event. The date for the 2012 banquet was chosen as Saturday, March 31, to ensure no conﬂict with the Easter week. The photo contest was again a success with

many excellent entries. It is hoped that more junior photo enthusiasts will come forward for next year. M e m b e r s h i p chairman,Wayne Yaroshko, reported that so far this year we have a total of 291 members. Membership salesmen were reminded that memberships must be handed in promptly to ensure

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that members are getting their “Outdoor Edge” magazine and that their insurance is valid. Norm Irvine reported that the bluebird house project is well underway and many new houses have been constructed and have been place. Norm and Morley Ries are hoping to get more houses up soon for spring nesting. Mike Plysiuk of the Bear Hills Gun Range reported that the access road to the range has been ploughed. It was reported that although there will be no Hunter Safety Course provided at the College in Biggar, it is available on-line at saskhuntered. com.

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Due to weather problems last spring, the Wildlife Lands CleanUp day could not go on. Two tentative dates have been discussed and the date will be finalized soon. The 4-H Club has volunteered to help out and any volunteers are welcome. More information will be posted in The Independent.

Meeting was adjourned. This usually the final meeting until fall; however, it was decided to have another meeting on Thursday, June 23 at the Westwinds. Any member wishing to receive e-mail notification of BWF meetings or other information, contact ymva@sasktel.net.

Senior Badminton report Congratulations to the Senior Badminton Team on an excellent showing at Districts held here at BCS 2000 on Saturday, April 16. The day went well with lots of great competition. We entered six athletes and they all did well and represented our school with class. Cheyanne Lehnert and Dylan Haynes ﬁrst Mixed doubles; Anna Danychuck ﬁrst Girls Single; Danton

Hollman second Boys Singles; Mike Muller and Sam Mao second Boys Doubles. These athletes will be competing in Regional Playoffs in Regina on Saturday, May 7. If they ﬁnish in the top two in Regina they qualify to come back to Biggar to take part in provincials. If you see them congratulate them on a job well done!

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Wednesday, May 4, 2011 from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m. OR 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. Students are welcome to explore our Classroom Environment and Kindergarten Program, as well as socialize with like age peers, during either two hour block. Any child born in 2006 is eligible to begin Kindergarten in the Fall of 2011. Please bring along your child’s Birth CertiÀcate.

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Minister of Highways kicks off 2011-12 construction season More than 610 kilometres of improvements and 790 kilometres of repairs to Saskatchewan’s highways and bridges are planned for 2011-12, as heavy construction contractors and ministry crews prepare for an ambitious construction season. “Part of the S a s k a t c h e w a n Advantage is having a safe and efﬁcient transportation network that supports current growth and generates new economic activity,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Jim Reiter said, Thursday. “This construction season, we’ll continue our push to rebuild highways, make safety improvements and build new infrastructure where it’s needed.” This work is made possible through a $556.2 million investment in highways and infrastructure. This investment brings the four-year total to $2.2 billion. The capital budget of $ 285.3 million is the largest in Saskatchewan history. “We want to get started on this heavy schedule soon, but weather conditions will have an impact on timing,” Reiter said. “Last season we were able to complete 86 per cent of our planned construction and maintenance work despite the wet weather and ﬂood damage. We’re hopeful we can complete as much work as possible.” “We are pleased that the province has delivered the second highest budget investment to

date in infrastructure,” Saskatchewan Heavy Construction Association President Shantel Lipp said. “This budget shows the government is serious about their commitment to our province’s infrastructure and to ensuring Saskatchewan highways are safe for the travelling public. We will continue to work with the ministry to ensure project tendering is balanced so that all sectors of the industry are busy this season. Our members make signiﬁcant annual capital investments into their businesses and labour forces in order to continue to meet demand.” Multiyear projects designed to support safety, economic sustainability and growth include: Twinning Highway 11 between Saskatoon and Prince Albert -- Paving and opening new lanes from south of Hague to north of Duck Lake, and north and south of Macdowall; grading roadbeds for new lanes north of Duck Lake to south of Macdowall. The completion of twinning between Saskatoon and Prince Albert is targeted for 2012. Highway 1 in the Regina Region -Commence construction of the new interchange at West Regina Bypass and Highway 1, which will improve access to the Global Transportation Hub; construct three ramps on Highway 1 East of Regina to improve safety and ease trafﬁc congestion; complete and open the Lewvan and Highway 1

interchange. Yorkton truck Bypass (Phase 2) -- Complete construction on a new bypass highway connecting Highway 16 and Grain Millers Drive to Highway 52, as well as turning lanes at the intersection of Highway 52 and the bypass highway. A total of 160 kilometres of rural highway upgrades will be in progress or underway this season to improve safety for commuters, improve tourism routes and increase Saskatchewan’s network of heavy haul corridors, which can result in a 15-50 per cent increase in load capacity for shippers. Highlights include: • Highway 4 near Saskatchewan Landing (truck climbing lanes); • Highway 8 from Langenburg North; • Highway 16 Dalmeny Access Road; • Highway 48 from the Junction of Highway 9 to Kipling; • Highway 55 from Peerless to the Alberta border; • Highway 219 from the Junction of Highway 15 to 26 km north; • Highway 263 (Emma Lake/Murray Point Access); • Highway 305 from Warman to Dalmeny; • Highway 310 from Foam Lake to the Junction of Highway 5 at Kuroki. A total of 400 kilometres of repaving and more than 790 kilometres of maintenance work will be in progress or underway to preserve and repair damage to the highway

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network. Major repaving projects will take place on Highways 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 35, 41, 55 and 106. A total of 25 bridge and culvert replacements or repairs will begin or continue to ensure safety and security on the transportation network. The largest of these projects is the replacement of the 96-

year-old St. Louis bridge off Highway 2. Projects to support economic growth and safety in northern Saskatchewan include continuing the upgrading Highway 155 from the Junction of Highway 965 to 15 kilometres north; continuing grading on the Wollaston Lake Road; repaving Highway 2 from north of the Two

Forks River to south of the Potato Lake Access; as well as multiple bridge improvements. All construction projects are dependant on weather and contractor progress. For more information on construction projects go to highways.gov.sk.ca for a full project list and map.

Alley Katz results by Karen McPherson Monday night mixed league, MHS -- Gerry Devenny, 238; MHT -- Gerry Devenny, 541; LHS -- Cindy Watson, 208; LHT -- Cindy Watson, 531. Wednesday YBC, Juniors HS -- DJay Mallas, 138; HT -- Jessie Mallas, 371. Bantam HS -- Kaleb Carter, 84; HT -- Kaleb Carter, 220. PeeWee HS -- Cassandra Raschke, 130; HD -Cassandra Raschke, 203. Bowlarsaurus HS -- Marissa Carter, 52. Thursday afternoon Mixed Senior League, MHS -- Geoff Cooke, 240; MHT -- Geoff Cooke, 603; LHS -- Pat Phillips, 198; LHT -- Pat

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cies. Many hybrid plants are sterile, and are of no use to pollinators. Grow plants native to Canada to attract them. Here are just a few plants that will be attractive: • cotoneaster • crabapple • crocus • foxglove • hyssop • chives • high bush cranberry • saskatoon berries • raspberry • echinacea • pumpkins and squashes • sunﬂowers • brown eyed susans Flowers that attract butterflies are lilacs,

by Delta Fay Cruickshank, of The Independent Life without bees means life without chocolate! Life without bees means life without coffee! Very scary situation . . . much scarier to me than a bee in the house or in my garden! Pollinators like honey bees, mason bees, leaf cutter bees and butterﬂies pollinate the ﬂowers that bring us about 75 per cent of the food we eat. The flowers of the chocolate and coffee bushes, as well as all our fruit, berries, tomatoes, nuts, need pollinators in order to produce their fruit. For many reasons the honey bees and other bee species are disappearing off the planet. This is startling news

when we think in terms of food production . . . the foods we take for granted everyday of our lives! We can help. We can create a bee friendly garden. What!? Some people are terrified of bees, some are very sensitive to bee stings, so maybe creat“If bees disappear, we’ll all be stung” ~David Suzuki Foundation ing a bee friendly garden would not be a good idea for these. But a pollinators friendly garden can still be achieved. There are many different kinds of bees other than the honey bee. Mason bees are very solitary, do not produce honey and

Bees and other pollinators will love any brightly coloured and fragrant ﬂowers in your garden. The bee balm, monarda didyma (right) will attract hummingbirds as well as butterﬂies and the lunar moth. (photos from Metro-creatives. com) are not as aggressive as a honey bee, so will not sting as much. Leaf cutter bees, orchard bees . . . there is a very long list of different varieties and every one of them are pollinators. Bees and pollinators need food. They like plants that are loaded with nec-

everlasting. Tradition has it that the blooms sprang up where ever drops of Jesus’ sweat fell to the ground during his last hours of sorrow and pain on earth. These ﬂowers can also symbolize purity and grace and embody joy, hope and life, and that Easter is a time of rejoicing and celebration. Another legend is that the Angel Gabriel handed the Virgin Mary a branch of lilies when he came to tell her she would be the mother of the Christ Child. Therefore another symbol for purity. The Easter lily has been a symbol of motherhood

tar and pollen. They will also be attracted to the most colourful plants in your garden. Bees species and pollinators have different tongue lengths, so a variety of flower shapes will benefit several spe(photo from angelsofthebible.info/the-archangelgabriel.htm) The Easter Lily is a symbol of rebirth and purity. In the above painting by Fra Filippo Lippi, the Angel Gabriel is holding a branch of the lilies as he announces to the Virgin Mary she is to become the mother of Christ. The lily is also a symbol of life and hope. goldenrod, cosmos, hollyhocks, and bee balm. Bees need a bath, so do butterflies, ladybugs and predatory wasps (very beneficial critters as they eat aphids by the score!). All these insects play a very important role in pollinating our edible and pretty plants. These creatures need fresh water to drink, but most can’t land in a bird bath or a water feature. What they need are small islands to land on and from here they can sip the water. Use rocks as islands, keep the water fresh and the islands dry, and these very beneficial insects will join you in your garden. They will pollinate the flowers to create the fruit and nuts. Easter is now over, the ham and chocolate eggs are resting on our hips. Did you get an Easter Lily as a gift? This most glamourous and very fragrant plant is often presented at this time of remembrance. Churches will often bank their altars with this lily to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ and hope of life

even before Mary mother of Christ. In Roman mythology the story is that whilst Juno (Queen of the gods) was nursing her son, Hercules, excess milk fell from the sky, creating the Milky Way. The rest that fell to the earth created lilies. The lily we know as the Easter lily is actually a native to Japan. Keep the plant in a fairly cool room with bright light, not direct light. Keep it moist and well drained and it will bloom for weeks. It can be left to die back and then replanted in a shady place in the garden to rebloom, but only if it is a year without frost until October. Forcing it to rebloom in the house may be fruitless, but if you feel like, give it a try. Allow the leaves to die back, and give the bulb a rest in a dark room, and slowly bring it back to a cool, bright room. Feed it with a fertilizer with the middle number higher and let the leaves come and eventually the ﬂower. Good luck, and if it happens, it will truly be a symbol of rejoicing and celebration.

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Health Science wages remain below Western Canadian average: Lingenfelter NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter said last Thursday that by refusing to negotiate a fair contract with specialized health care professionals, the Wall government is putting patient care in the province at serious risk. Lingenfelter said despite claims of a competitive wage offer on the part of the government, 16 out of 26 Health Sciences professions would

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be paid less than the Western Canadian average even after taking into account the wage increases and market rate adjustments currently being proposed. In fact, Emergency Services workers in Saskatchewan will be dead last among Western provinces. Lingenfelter said with wage increases of up to 60 per cent for some health

region CEOs in the province, the Wall government’s double standard as it relates to the salaries of those working in the public health sector in Saskatchewan must stop now. Lingenfelter said understafﬁng of Health Science professionals has already put patient safety at risk and noted that 75 per cent

of the 3,000 Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) members -- professionals such as respiratory therapists, laboratory technicians, psychologists, and paramedics -- say that current stafﬁng levels are inadequate to provide proper health care services to the public. “Babies in Saskatoon were

given the wrong medication last year and even the health region’s Vicepresident concluded that understafﬁng and outdated facilities contributed to those life-threatening mistakes,” Lingenfelter said. “But instead of hiring more hospital pharmacists, health regions have actually cut positions. “Professional, front-line

Health Science workers are valued because of the specialized services they offer and the quality of care they deliver for Saskatchewan families,” Lingenfelter said. “They deserve a fair and competitive offer from the Wall government that will encourage the recruitment and retention of their valuable services.”

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TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011

Celebrating 100 Years!

Looking back at the RM of Biggar Rural Life The fourth in a series by Louise Singer The types of homes for early settlers varied. Most set up tents until they were able to build sod houses. There would be no ﬂooring but hard packed dirt. Sod houses were built because they were warm and cheap. In some areas there was no bush to cut down for logs and early settlers could not afford to buy logs. In later years frame

houses were built. The houses were heated with wood-burning stoves. Wood was used for fuel because coal was scarce and expensive. Some people used buffalo chips for heat. With no bush on the land settlers had to go many miles to fell trees and haul the wood home. Houses would be built so there was a south window. The rest of the lighting came from candles and coal-oil lamps.

Sometimes there were no storm windows so that snow would drift in during a strong wind. A pole and sod barn would be built soon afterwards for the animals. Many pioneers had no farming experience. The land would be broke with a walking plow and a gang plow using horses or oxen. Farming with oxen could be interesting. Whether it was mosquitos, who were awful in the

NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT Rural Municipality of Grandview No. 349 Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll for the R.M. of Grandview No. 349 for the year of 2011 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the ofÀce of the assessor from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 21st to May 21st, 2011. A bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to Àle his or her notice of appeal with: Patti J. Turk, R.M. of Grandview No. 349, Box 39, KelÀeld, SK, S0K 2C0, by the 21st day of May, 2011. Dated this 21st day of April, 2011. Patti J. Turk, Assessor

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early days, or it was just too hot, the oxen would take unscheduled “coffee breaks”. Sometimes a vigorous strapping would work and other times

After the land was broke many rocks had to be picked. Some of the ﬁrst crops were sown by hand. One story was of a farmer standing in the wagon

1909, A.P. Smith of Louvain breaks land with a team of oxen and a walking plow. the oxen would only get up when they felt like it. One farmer said he took a small bundle of grass, laid it by the ox’s back and lit it. When the grass starting burning the ox got up and they went plowing. After that if the ox laid down as soon as the farmer grabbed some grass and laid it beside him he was up before the farmer got a chance to light a match.

full of oats throwing out the seed while another person would drive up

sometimes up to 16-anda-half feet wide for protection. The first winter was usually the hardest on the settlers. They were not familiar with the ways of the climate of the country and were not prepared for a shortage of supplies. The dust storms in the 1930’s were frequent. One had to wipe off the table each time before one could set it because the dust sifted in. In intensely cold weather some women took their bread dough to bed to keep it from freezing. One joke was that the crocuses had to grow furry

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1913, Threshing at Colbert’s in the Oban area. Mrs Simpson and Marilla and Mrs. Godwin with Edna and Eddie come to see the outﬁt. The women always wore long dresses. Notice the grain running into the wagon box which is parked under the spout. (photos from “A Harvest of Memories”)

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and down the field plowing as thinly as the plow would go. With the scarcity of trees there was nothing to shelter the early settlers from the winds and severe blizzards in winter. Many trees were planted around yard sites and shelter belts were planted to help prevent soil drifting in the fields. Prairie fires were a big concern because once they started in the thick prairie wool it was difficult to put them out as they destroyed everything in their path. Settlers plowed fire guards around their holdings

stems to keep themselves warm. There was no running water or plumbing. It was hard to get a good supply of water. Wells had to be dug by hand. Until a good well could be found, snow in the winter and slough water in the summer was the best people could do. With slough water the “wigglers” had to be strained out and then the water boiled before it was ﬁt for use. When digging wells by hand they had to make sure that no one going into the well would . . . R.M. contd on page 15

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011 . . . R.M. contd from page 14 be overcome with gas. The farmer would lower a gas lantern into the hole, if the ﬂame didn’t extinguish the work would continue.

Hank house.

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Water would be drawn by bucket from a well and hauled to the house. Clothes were washed on a scrub board, then a hand-operated wringer washing machine. Many farmers had a milk cow, pigs, turkeys and chickens. This gave them their own eggs, butter and meat. If there was any surplus it was sold for basic necessities such as sugar and fresh fruit. Of course there were always cats and dogs for pets and a large garden for fresh vegetables.

Harvesting would be done with a binder and threshing machine. Summer months were spent working very long hours. During the winter months the home-brew kings and queens would come out of the woodwork and use their skills to make the best and possibly the strongest home brew ever. Listening to the radio, which was called a crystal set was a very enjoyable pastime. Some of these sets had a catwhisker for a dial and earphones. Tuning into Foster Hewitt “Hello Canada and hockey fans of the United States and Newfoundland” on Saturday nights was a big event. To name a few of the other shows The Happy Gang, Amos and Andy, Jack Benny and Fibber McGee and Molly. The trip to Biggar on Saturday was a very special day of the week. Supposedly it was for shopping, however, it took second ﬁddle to the visiting that took place between

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 15 her roof. When the war years came there was no district left untouched by its trauma. Young men were enlisting in the armed forces to defend their right to self-determination with some never to

Canada’s Outdoor Network, representing over 500,000 outdoor enthusiasts across the country, is calling for the release of a long-buried Liberal study on the effectiveness of the controversial long gun registry. In 2004, after admitting there were “flaws” in the long gun registry, former Liberal Prime Minister Paul Martin appointed Cabinet Minister, Albina Guarnieri, to undertake a thorough review of the registry. Guarnieri spent three months criss-crossing the country, talking to stakeholder groups and firearms owners while compiling a document that would support the Prime Minister’s personal promise to firearms groups that changes would be coming. However, Ms. Guarnieri’s full report, much like a previous report by Liberal MP Shaughnessy Cohen in the 1990s, has never been made public. Both reports remain protected by Cabinet confidentiality. As part of their election platform, the Liberal party has included its vision of a “new and improved” long gun registry, hoping to convince Canadians that they have a solution to the ongoing debate over the badly flawed firearms system they created. The acknowledgement that

change is needed, stands in direct contrast to comments made by Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff last fall, when he made it clear that the Liberal policy is “strict and unrelenting gun control.” “Mr. Ignatieff claims he is against secrecy and withholding information from the public,” says Greg Illebrun, ﬁrearms spokesperson for the Outdoor Network, Tuesday. “If this is so, why won’t he release the results of his own party’s study of the long gun registry done by Liberal MPs in 2004? What is he afraid of? Do these reports make it clear how many tens of millions of dollars the Liberals have wasted on a program with no positive results, while effective public safety programs are ignored for political expediency? It’s time Mr. Ignatieff walks his own talk and shows us the report now.” It is the goal of the Outdoor Network, says Illebrun, to make sure all Canadians understand the concerns of outdoor enthusiasts in Canada. Illebrun says the divisive registry debate underlines a lack of tolerance for a lifestyle largely misunderstood in some urban centres. He believes attacks on legitimate gun owners demonstrate a lack of tolerance that is “un-Canadian”.

They gave unselfishly of themselves as they endured the hardships, tragedies and joys. They needed courage, fortitude and determination. Their strong faith carried many through these trials.

Dafoe’s stone house in the Avalon area still stands. neighbours that hadn’t been seen for a while. The arrival of the Eaton’s catalogue was another big event as almost anything could be ordered from it. The pages would be examined over and over until it was outdated. It would then be recycled for reading material in the outhouse. Medical services were few and far between in the rural areas. Most illnesses and injuries were treated at home. Children were usually born right in the homes with the help of a doctor or a midwife. A farmer’s wife’s Ultimate Harvest Tragedy -- a week of wet weather with the threshers under

Outdoor Network requests release of ﬁrearms studies Hidden documents may offer different perspective on long gun registry

return. During the tough years many farms were sold for tax arrears. Many settlers came with the hopes of building a new lifestyle for themselves and their families.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011

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Lord Asquith School newsletter Principal’s Message: Thank you to the School Community Council, the Junior Student Leadership Council, and Mrs. Erhart, Mrs. Campbell, Mrs. Chamberlain, Mrs. Haugrud, and Mrs. Deb Anderson for their support in preparing and hosting the Family Dance held on Thursday, April 7. Our school made just over $350 and we will be using this money to purchase a sound ﬁeld system for the Grade 1 classroom. Our school has been selected as one of the recipients of the Health Nourishing Schools initiative that is sponsored through Saskatoon Regional Health. This three-year initiative allows students a voice in promoting healthy living in ways that are meaningful to them. Our health nurse, Anne Nelson, will be in our school for eight hours a week as a facilitator helping our students build leadership skills while working towards

a school environment that promotes healthy lifestyle decisions. Four of our students, Jared Campbell,Trent McGraw, Brandy Kishayinew and Rockelle Moyer, attended a workshop sponsored by Saskatoon Regional Health and will be meeting regularly to spearhead events in our school and community. Our ﬁrst initiative will be promoting students to participate in “The Bridge City Boogie” on Sunday, June 12. We have already secured funding for 25 students to participate free of charge and we have been given $100 for bus transportation. Breakfast Clubs of Canada has been a tremendous support for our breakfast program the past three years. Every morning, staff and students come together to eat a healthy breakfast. We have the option of renewing our contract with Breakfast Clubs of Canada and will be doing so for another three-year period. Parents of Elementary

children, have you attended a learning journey yet? If not, you should. They are your opportunity to get a sneak peak into the workings of your child’s classroom. Each month we set aside an hourfrom 2:00-3:00 to go and visit other classrooms to see what they are learning. Students from each class get the opportunity to present projects they are proud of. Upcoming Learning Journey days are: April 20 involving Kindergarten, Grade 2 and 4 May 24 involving Kindergarten to Grade 4. Grade 6 fund raising efforts for Japan The grade six class has been very busy organizing various activities in their endeavours to raise funds to aid in the relief efforts following the Japan tsunami. Donations are gratefully accepted in their classroom for their “Bridge of Hope” which is on display in the senior hallway. Recently they

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schedule includes the following events: April 15: Jazz band, the Bassment, Saskatoon; May 10: Jazz band, Delisle Comp; Jazz band, Vanscoy; May 11: Jazz band, Perdue; Jazz band, Asquith; June 1: Final band concert, Langham WW Brown. Their upcoming event, The Bassment, was this Friday, April 15. This is the home of the Saskatoon Jazz Society and they will be hosting the High School Big Band Night. In addition to the Prairie Spirit West Band, there will be students performing from Bishop James Mahoney and Walter Murray schools. This is an exciting evening where our students have an opportunity to perform on Saskatoon’s own professional jazz stage. Senior Boys Basketball news The Sr. Boys Basketball team would like to thank all of our fans who have supported us throughout the year. We had a great year and ultimately ended up with the coveted trip to Provincials.

This year Hoopla was hosted in Moose Jaw and we have never been so glad to be able to drive such a long way. We ﬁnished fourth out of 70 teams in the province and had a ton of amazing fans. They were the best fans at every game and they really motivated us to perform. We were very proud of what we were able to accomplish and we wouldn’t have been able to do so much without such great fans. Our many away games all felt like home games because our cheering section was always louder than our opponents’ section! This show of support was an awesome experience for all of us and really made our year unforgettable. It has been a privilege to represent our school and our community in our many endeavours. A very special thank you must go out to our coaches, Mr. Sean Tyson and Ms. Shannon McHanson. Our success is due in a large part to your outstanding expertise and dedication to the sport of basketball.

NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318 Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318 for the year of 2011 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the ofÀce of the Assessor from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Friday, April 29, 2011 to May 30, 2011. A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to Àle his or her notice of appeal with. The Assessor R.M. of Mountain View No. 318 Box 130 Herschel, Saskatchewan S0L 1L0 by the 30th day of May, 2011 Dated this 26th day of April, 2011 Karen F. Martin, Assessor

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have also held a bake sale in the foyer during the noon lunch hour. They will conclude their fundraising efforts on Wednesday, April 20th, with a “Walk of Hope”. Participating students have been given a pledge sheet and any donation over $10.00 will be eligible for a receipt from the Red Cross. Hot Dog Days are back! Tired of fixing lunches? We have a solution for you! Every Friday the Grade 7 class will be serving hot dogs in the school foyer. All proceeds will go toward needs in our school. Currently we are looking to purchase additional sound field systems. Hot dogs will be sold for $1.50 each and should be preordered. A limited number will available on a first come/ first serve basis. Baking will also be available in the school foyer. Look for forms coming home weekly with your children! Prairie Spirit West Band news The Prairie Spirit West Band students have a very busy itinerary the next few weeks. Their

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COMING EVENTS

Biggar Community Youth Group would like to thank BCS and St. Gabriel schools and staff for the use of their gyms for our youth events. 17p1 A special thank you to the staff at Sunshine Care Home for the loving care given to our Dad, Warren Wood, while he was making his home there. Thank you also to Dr. Muller and the nurses at Biggar hospital for their care and concern during Dad’s ¿nal days. We appreciate the time given by the United Church Choir, the UCW ladies that provided the lunch and especially to Pastor Bev Dyck for of¿ciating at Dad’s service. Lenora, Raymond and Shirley 17gfsc1

SUNDAY, MAY 1: 6:30 P.M., Church of God welcomes all to enjoy “The Long Road Home” country gospel music. Free will offering or donations for missions. Coffee and treats downstairs. 16p2 MONDAY, MAY 2: Family Centre annual general meeting, 7 p.m., Nova Wood Centre. All welcome. 15c3 TUESDAY, MAY 3: 2 p.m., ‘Mother of the Year Tea’ at Biggar Community Hall, sponsored by Biggar Community Connections. Come honour the Mothers of the Year!. Open to everyone. Silver collection. 15c4 WEDNESDAY, MAY 4: 6:15 p.m., St. Gabriel Grade One class is presenting…”The Three Piggy Opera” Dessert Theatre. Cost $1.00/person. 16c3 WEDNESDAY, MAY 11: St. Paul’s Anglican Church Tea and Bake Sale, 2 - 3:30 p.m. at Biggar New Horizons Hall. Truden books will be in attendance. Everyone welcome. 17c3 THURSDAY, MAY 12: 1 - 3 p.m., Biggar Museum Coffee Party, Theme…’Centennial Business Signage’. 17c3 HOCKEY NIGHT in Canada’s Play On! Canada’s Of¿cial Street Hockey Tournament. Anyone can play! Register today! Regina June 11 -12. Saskatoon June 18 19; www.playon.ca. 1-877-9818188.

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NOTICE Families, clubs, churches and businesses are invited to do a Heritage Page to be on permanent display at Biggar Museum. Share your history! Do yours prior to the centennial celebrations! For more information call 948-3451 or visit museum 1 - 5 p.m., Monday Friday. 7tfn This newspaper accepts advertisements in good faith. We advise that it is in your interest to investigate offers personally. Publications by this paper should not be taken as an endorsement of the product or service offered. 31tfn Advertisements and statements contained herein are the sole responsibility of the persons or entities that post the advertisement, and the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association and membership do not make any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or reliability of such advertisements. For greater information on advertising conditions, please consult the Association’s Blanket Advertising Conditions on our website at www.swna.com. tfn

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GENERATOR SETS. Buy direct and save. Oilpatch, farm, cabin or residential. Buy or rent - you’ll get the best deal from DSG. 1-800-667-6879 www.dsgpower. com Coupon # SWANA G1101

More Power Less Fuel for diesel farm equipment. Tractors, combines, sprayers or grain trucks. Find out about safe electronics from DSG. Call today 1-800-667-6879. www. dieselservices.com NEVER SHOCK CHLORINATE AGAIN! New! Continuous Shock Chlorinator. Patent Pending Canada/U.S.A. No mess, effective year round for smell, iron bacteria, slime. Inexpensive. Phone 1-800-BIGIRON; www.bigirondrilling.com.

DO-IT-YOURSELF STEEL BUILDINGS PRICED FOR SPRING CLEARANCE - Ask about FREE DELIVERY to most areas! CALL FOR QUICK QUOTE and FREE BROCHURE - 1-800-668-5111 ext. 170.

WANTED Accepting donations, new and handmade for Biggar & District Arts Council/Museum Centennial Silent Auction on July 1 and 2. Please drop off at the Museum by June 15. 15c10 Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar Land¿ll OR contact Quentin Sittler at 658-2132 3tfn Main Street Garage Sale is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition. Please phone 948-1773 or 9485393. Pickup available. 32tfn

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FOR SALE BY TENDER l. The Rural Municipality of Rosemount No. 378 offers for sale the following property. Property Description: Plan D2700 - Hamlet of Traynor 2. A tender must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked “Property Tender” addressed to the Rural Municipality of Rosemount No. 378, P. O. Box 184, Landis, SK, S0K 2K0 3. Tenders must be received in the municipal ofÀce by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 10th, 2011. 4. Highest, or any tender, not necessarily accepted. 5. Successful bider will have 30 days to provide the full balance of cash to complete the purchase. Dated the 26th day of April, 2011. Kara Kirilenko, Administrator Rural Municipality of Rosemount No. 378

1987 29 ft. Class A motorhome. Must See! Rear bedroom, bathroom, Jenn-set fridge and stove. Call for viewing, 9482423. 16p3 For Sale: 1995 Corsair Excella 26.5 ft. 5th wheel RV, 3 season, heated tanks, boat hitch and RV plug. Excellent condition, stored inside, low mileage. Phone 9482736. 15c4 SAWMILLS - Band/Chainsaw - SPRING SALE - Cut lumber any dimension, anytime. MAKE MONEY and SAVE MONEY in stock ready to ship. Starting at $1,195.00. www. NorwoodSawmills.com/400OT 1-800-566-6899 Ext:400OT.

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LIVESTOCK Polled yearly Charolais bulls, semen tested and delivered. Bull with bred in calving ease, lots of hair and performance. Layne and Paula Evans, Kenaston, Sask., 306-252-2246. 12c8 Wanted...yearlings, calves, culls. Market through Teamauctionsales.com or buy off-farm. Contact Owen, 9482387. 34/09tfn CUSTOM CATTLE PROCESSING & Livestock Equipment Rentals Call Garret for more info 306-948-8057

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TRAVEL

SEED & FEED Standing forage; 100 acres cattlemens mix standing hay and 600 acres of alfalfa. Phone 228-3727 13p6

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1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cable TV and satellite systems, laundry facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwashers, air conditioning, parking with plug-ins. For more information call:

948-3820 302 - 8th Ave. W. • Biggar Brand new 3-bedroom, 3 bath townhouse for rent. All appliances, garage, 1200 sq ft. No smoking, No pets, No parties. Starting at $1100/month. Call Dave 306-221-6888. Available October 1, 2010. 41tfn

For Rent: RM 346, Perdue, Section 01-36-11-W3rd, 400 cultivated acres. 306-237-4773. Leave message. 15c3 RM of Glenside #377, SW 2439-14-W3, assessment 47,400, 97 cultivated acres all in SMF. Priced at 98,000. Contact Duane Neufeldt @ 306-948-8055 RE/ MAX Saskatoon MLS. 15c3

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For Sale…Character home, new kitchen, hardwood Àoors, gas ¿replace, 3 bdrm, 1-1/2 bath, ¿nished basement, garage/ shop, fenced/landscaped yard. For more info call 948-5490 41tfn

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NEW HOUSE FOR SALE… 1120 sq ft. Was bought at auction last year and is not needed. Inside walls and wiring complete. Price $43,516, both taxes Call 948-5262 paid. for viewing.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Start your university education at Lakeland College’ s Lloydminster campus. Bene¿t from small class sizes, approachable faculty, and cutting-edge science labs. Popular transfer routes include Arts, Commerce, Education, General Studies, Science, and Social Work. Lakeland also offers pre-professional studies towards pre-dentistry, pre-medicine, pre-pharmacy, pre-veterinary medicine, and new this year University of Saskatchewan pre-nursing. Grade 11 marks 85% plus? You may receive a scholarship of $1,500 to $3,500. Visit www.lakelandcollege.ca or phone 1 800 661 6490, ext. 5429.

PARTS MANAGER WANTED: Nelson GM a progressive General Motors dealer in Assiniboia, SK is looking to hire a Parts Manager. The position would require the management of two locations. The successful candidate should be experienced in parts with good customer service skills. Please send Applications to c.nelson@ sasktel.net or Fax to 306-6423009.

INLAND CONCRETE is seeking Class 1A or 3A experienced drivers. 2 Immediate Openings. We offer industry leading wages, plus a great bene¿ts plan and pension package Fax resume with Driver’ s Abstract to (306) 373-1225 or email to mibrisson@ lehighcement.com Attn: Leonard Brisson

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Part-time courier driver wanted for one day per week plus extra days during summer. Send resume to Box 1436, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 16c3 Biggar Housing Authority requires a part-time grounds person (four months). Phone 948-2101 for details by April 30, 2011. 15c3 Health Professionals required immediately to complete insurance medicals. Call 1-800665-0020 16p6 Expedia Cruise Ship Centers Regina Now Recruiting. Work from home with a schedule that ¿ts your lifestyle. Call Cathe @ 1-877-551-3272 or coffet@ cruiseshipcenters.com for more information. Oil¿eld Hot Oiler Operator. Full time hours, no experience necessary. Valid 1A & safety tickets required. Fax resume to 306-463-1750.

LAND FOR SALE/RENT

Two serviced lots, side by side in Biggar, 100’x140’, $79,900. Call 717-4681 (cell) 5tfn LAKEVIEW HOMES & Lots Vernon BC. Lake Okanagan. Private Beach. Dock. Trees. Meadows. WildÀowers. Birds. Trails. Reasonably priced custom home construction. Architectural Guidelines. Build now or later. Ten minutes to town-center. Lots from $219,000. Houses from $499,000. Vendor ¿nancing available. Call Scott 250.558.4795 www. AdventureBayVernon.com.

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CONCRETE FINISHERS. Edmonton-based company seeks experienced concrete ¿nishers for work in Edmonton and Northern Alberta. Subsistence and accommodations provided for out of town work; John@ RaidersConcrete.com. Cell 780662-8130 Fax 780-444-7103.

Parts/Service Technician Busy automotive/agriculture parts, tire business looking for self-motivated person for front position. Permanent full time, bene¿ts, salary to experience. Member of Auto Parts Plus, Victor ordering system. Preference given to experienced applicants, will also train. Shellbrook Sales and Service, Shellbrook, SK. Email resume: sss94@sasktel. net. Magna Electric Corporation (MEC) is currently recruiting Individuals with line locating experience to join our company as Underground Facilities Locators. Locators will be based out of various urban and rural locations across Saskatchewan. Successful candidates must possess a valid driver’ s license and working knowledge of telecommunications and utility infrastructure. Please send a cover letter and resume to careers@magnaelectric.com. Check us out online at www. magnaelectric.com.

PRESCHOOL TEACHER Perdue Crafty Critters is now accepting applications for the position of

2011/2012 PRESCHOOL TEACHER Must have CPR/First Aid and Criminal Record Check Please submit your resume to perduepreschool@gmail.com

Attention: Preschool Board Members Posting closes April 30, 2011

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Heartland Health Region Board Meeting

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The next Board meeting will be held Thursday, April 28th, 2011 in Rosetown. Board packages can be obtained from the Regional Corporate Office within one week of the meeting. Please call the office to arrange for printing and pick up. Contact Caron Keens at 306-882-4111 ext 236 or by e-mail caron.keens@hrha.sk.ca

Immunizations

Canadian Wheat Board Bulletin (Dated April 18) At a glance Cool temperatures and precipitation across the Prairies will delay spring seeding by 10 days to three weeks beyond average, according to CWB weather and crop analysts. The weather will prolong overland flooding in many areas and delay fields drying. In more northern Prairie regions, widespread snow cover remains. Seeding on the southern Prairies typically begins by the last week of April. Producers will be looking for warmer and drier conditions in the coming weeks to avoid a risky start for the 2011 crop. Spring flooding has had little impact on Prairie wheat transportation to date, thanks to advance planning that saw grain moved from at-risk elevators before flood waters closed rail lines and highways in southern Manitoba. Wheat required from elevators in the Red River Valley has been successfully transported, including a train loaded Friday, bound for the U.S. through the CNBNSF transfer station at Emerson (expected to close when the province orders the dike closed at Morris). Wheat is now being sourced from alternate locations while flood water rise. Grain movement was delayed several days last week by the closure of CP lines at Carberry, Manitoba, but is now moving again. No line closures affecting grain have been announced in the rest of the Prairies. However, high water levels have slowed train movement, causing a temporary slowdown in the CWB’s overall logistics program for Western Canada. A new video about floodrisk and Prairie weather

has been posted on the CWB’s YouTube channel. The video features CWB weather and crop analyst Stuart McMillan discussing potential ﬂooding implications for Prairie grain producers, and useful tools available on WeatherFarm, the online weather information centre designed exclusively for Western Canadian farmers. The new video is the ﬁrst in a series that will be posted over the coming weeks. Check out cwb.ca/youtube. The chair of the Agriculture Committee of the Doha round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations is expected to release a new draft text or report on April 21. The CWB’s board of directors has grave concerns about the potential for current language to remove Prairie farmers’ right to decide the future of their grain-marketing structure themselves. The board of directors is calling on the Government of Canada to reject WTO language that targets farmers’ single desk and allows competitors to decide how Western Canadian farmers market their grain. A new video about the challenges for grain transportation in the current crop year has been posted on the CWB’s YouTube channel. The video features CWB vice president of logistics, Rick Steinke, discussing the factors that have been affecting grain movement across the Prairies. Check out cwb.ca/youtube. The CWB is providing more frequent grainprice outlooks this spring and summer. The 201011 Pool Return Outlook (PRO) will be issued

monthly until August 2011. This is the first year that old-crop PROs will be released each month to the end of the crop year. Previously, oldcrop PROs were issued bimonthly in the latter portion of the year. The change has been made to provide farmers with more information to help in their grain-marketing decisions, particularly given high levels of market volatility. The next PROs for both oldcrop 2010-11 and newcrop 2011-12 will be issued April 28. CWB offices will be closed for Good Friday on April 22, but open for business as usual on Monday, April 25. Producer Payment Option (PPO) prices will be offered on April 22, but can only be executed through CWB e-Services or by fax on that day. Farmers are reminded they can buy out of a CWB delivery contract for wheat and durum at any point during the crop year, or assign their contracts to another producer. To perform a buyout, a farmer pays a per-tonne fee (assessed daily) and a $25 transaction fee. Per-tonne fees for each class are posted at 3 p.m. CDT each business day at cwb.ca/buyout. The rate reflects the market cost, at time of buyout, associated with the current pools losing tonnage that had been committed to a contract. The deadline to lock in a May 2011 Basis Price Contract (BPC) under the 2010-11 program is April 22 at midnight CDT. Producers with a basis-first BPC can choose to roll their basis to July 2011 prior to the expiry date. Futuresfirst contracts cannot be rolled. May 2011

contracts not priced or rolled by the expiry date will be automatically locked in at that day’s closing value. Farmers with smart phones are invited to check out the new CWB mobile Web site. The site includes some of the most requested on-demand content, including daily PPO prices, the latest Pool Return Outlooks, deadlines dates and announcements. The new mobile site is located at http://m.cwb.ca.

Vaccines are the single most effective disease prevention strategy that we have. They assist us in fighting off many different types of infections and disease. There are numerous types of immunizations. Babies and children do not have the antibodies they need to fight many diseases, so they usually receive the majority of vaccinations. Travelers may be exposed to diseases that are not common at home. We also have the influenza virus that makes an appearance every year. Talk to your doctor or contact the public health office if you have any questions about immunizations. For toll-free health information 24 hours a day. Please call 1-888-425-4444(TTY) if you have hearing or speech difficulties Smokers Helpline 1-877-513-5333 or www.smokefree.ca Questions about Medication? Call 1-800-665-DRUG (3784). Ask questions online www.usask.ca/druginfo Mental Health & Addictions Centralized Intake Line 1-866-269-9139 Monday to Friday 8:00 am—4:30 pm

Heartland Health Region www.hrha.sk.ca

Crown sector performs well in 2010 Saskatchewan’s Crown sector recorded another successful year in 2010, managing the challenges of increasing demands for services while posting positive earnings, and providing both regular and special dividends to the provincial treasury. On a consolidated basis, Crown Investments Corporation (CIC) and its subsidiaries earned a proﬁt of $394.8 million on revenue of $4.5 billion in 2010. The sector’s return on equity was ahead of target at 9.6 per cent. The consolidated debt ratio was 50.4 per cent, also ahead of target. “During 2010, our Crown sector experienced extreme weather conditions, ongoing global economic volatility and unprecedented increases in customer growth,” Minister responsible for Crown Investments Corporation Tim McMillan said. “Our Crowns met these challenges, and ensured that the people of

Saskatchewan have access to secure, reliable services.” In 2010 CIC’s earnings as a holding company, which are recorded as non-consolidated earnings, were $308.7 million, up $132 million from 2009. CIC paid a regular dividend of $266 million, as well as special dividends of $10 million for green initiatives and $195 million for the Children’s Hospital. “Thanks to the ﬁnancial health of the Crown sector, we were able to meet the budgeted dividend with only a 90 per cent payout from all the Crowns, excluding SaskPower, rather than 100 per cent as budgeted,” McMillan said. “In addition, we invested $960 million in the capital program for the necessary infrastructure to support sustainable economic development in the province.” To achieve this capital investment there was an increase in borrowing which resulted in Crown debt increasing by $317 million in 2010. Highlights for CIC and

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the Crown sector in 2010 include: • Capital investment in projects such as Boundary Dam 3 refurbishment at SaskPower; launch of a new cellular wireless network by SaskTel and growth of the natural gas pipeline system and storage capacity at SaskEnergy to support increased customer demand; • SaskPower partnerships for gas and wind power production, SaskEnergy partnerships for waste heat recovery and ﬂare gas capture and processing,all supporting a private sector driven economy; • SaskTel had its best operational year ever; • SaskGaming worked through a labour disruption and a market downturn; • ISC began work on the single window business portal. CIC’s 2010 Annual Report is available online at cicorp.sk.ca.

948-3344

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TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011

Business & Professional … FOR RENT

REAL ESTATE

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Licensed For: • Residential • Acreage • Farm

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The sign you want. The agent you need.

Tim Hammond Realty Licenced for:

Housing for families and seniors Rent based on income

Call: 948-2101

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Bear Hills Rural Development Corporation

HOME IMPROVEMENTS McCARTY CONSTRUCTION • Commercial • Residential • Design Builder • Insurance Claims • Renovations • Drafting Service

“Big or Small -We Do Them All” Licenced Journeyman Carpenters Troy McCarty 948-5627 (H) 948-9280 (C) Mitch McCarty 373-8254 (H) Serving Biggar ... Since 1968

Box 327 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

•Farm •Residential •Commercial •Acreage rd

113 - 3 Ave. W., Biggar

948-5052 (ofﬁce) Cell 948-9168 www.TimHammond.ca www.FarmsofCanada.com

Tim Hammond, BSA, P.Ag., Broker

Proud to handle Biggar’s Real Estate Needs

Kent Dubreuil, E.D.O. Phone: 306-948-2295 Fax: 306-948-5050

GLASS INSTALLATION

Tim Hammond Realty Licenced for: •Residential

9Residential 9Commercial 9Automotive

113 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar

948-5052 (ofﬁce) Cell 948-7995 www.TimHammond.ca http://Cari.TimHammond.ca

Cari McCarty Residential Sales

Biggar’s Top Performing Residential Agent

Tim Hammond Realty

For all your glass needs …owned and operated by Matt Poitras

104 - 2nd Ave. West Biggar

948-4846 MANUFACTURING A Sign of Qualilty!

113 - 3 Ave. W., Biggar

Cell 948-4478 Dave Molberg

www.TimHammond.ca www.FarmsofCanada.com

BSA

FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS… • Selling/Buying • Residental • Farm/Acreage • Commercial • Recreational

ELECTRICAL

Wally Lorenz Sales Associate 1391 - 100th St. North Battleford, SK S9A 0V9 Day or Night

Cell: (306) 843-7898 Bus: (306) 446-8800 znerol.w@sasktel.net

948-5291 PHILLIPS ELECTRIC • Residence • Commercial Wiring For free estimates Ph: 948-5393

Cell: 306-221-6888

948-5699

Bear Hills Rentals & Machine Works • Machine Shop Service • Rentals • MASTER FEEDS dealer • COMMERCIAL SOLUTION Ag Parts dealer • Drive line parts & service • KANE VET supplier

Phone: 948-4844 Fax: 948-4845

ELECTRICAL

BIGGAR ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION SERVICES Authorized Appliance Depot Electrical Wiring Trenching Licensed Journeyman Adrian de Haan

Jerry Muc Phone: 948-2958 Fax:

Exposure, Experience and Effort.

of The Battlefords Independently Owned and Operated

• Wood, metal, plastic signs • Vehicle & window graphics • Banners, stickers and Magnetic signs

MADGE CONTRACTING LTD. PLUMBING HEATING ELECTRICAL

For all your home, business and rural needs Owners/Operators • Travis Young • Dallas Young • Claude Young

Biggar, Sask.

948-3389 Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

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timat Call us for… es • Insurance jobs • Renovations • New home building • Drywall & Painting • Flooring (hardwood, ceramic, etc.) • Residential/Commercial • CertiÀed installer for Logix ICF

PHILLIPS FLOORS & MORE

For all your rooÀng needs… ¬New Construction ¬Metal ¬Torch-on ¬Re-roofs ¬Tile ¬Asphalt ¬All repairs ¬Shakes We offer 10 Workmanship Warranty and Liability/Torch On Insurance Excellent Local References For a FREE estimate please call… 306-948-5453

306-717-2818 www.madgerooÀng.com Biggar, Sask.

SEED CLEANING

948-1773

HANDY JIM SERVICES

available to do…

• painting & Ӿnishing • decks & small buildings • light plumbing • windows & doors • small rooӾng jobs • laminate & hardwood ӿoors • general repairs

Excellent Quality at a Reasonable Price! For all your Cereal and Pulse Cleaning Call: Bill: Dale:

948-2807 or 948-5609 948-5394

Plant located 8 miles south of Biggar on Hwy #4, ¼ mile west on Triumph Rd.

McNULTY’S MOBILE SEED CLEANING

Custom Cleaning of H.R.S. & C.P. S. Wheat

with draper or hydraÁex headers

115 - 1st Ave. W. Rosetown, Sask.

OFFICE HOURS Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone: 882-2123 Emergency (after hours) 882-2006

BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC 104 - 6th Ave. East, Biggar, Sask. Southeast entrance of Nova Wood Bldg. Hours… Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

IT’S ALL INCLUDED! • 5 Year manufacturer’s warranty on all Oticon Hearing Aids • 5 Year supply of batteries • 5 Year premium service plan • Risk-free ZERO MONEY DOWN trial period

CALL NOW:

1-877-979-4543 #16-1945 McKercher Drive, Saskatoon

EYE CARE

Mundt’s Mobile Custom Grain Cleaning

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Michelle Spuzak, R.M.T. (NHPC member) NEW LOCATION… 219 - 4th Ave. E., BIGGAR • ParafÅn Wax • Thai Herbal Massage • ReÆexology • Hot Stone Massage • Engergy Work

HEARING CARE

Wayne Dollansky 306-948-7247

Located in Angie’s Hair Salon 219 Main St., Biggar Call 948-7274 or 948-3696

DR. GLENN RIEKMAN Dentist

SEED CLEANING

Box 917, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

Consultant & Coach Anne G. Livingston •Ideal Protein Weight Loss Clinic •Epicure Selections •Walden Farms Products •Young Living Essential Oils •Beauticontrol Skin Care www.beautipage.ca/annelivingston

Other Services available…

306-948-3408

WTSL MOBILE GRAIN SERVICE

“Annie Things Possible” Health, Beauty & Spa

DENTAL

Call Jim @ 948-3333

Phoenix M4 Mobile Grain cleaning and sizing

HEALTH/ WELLNESS Weight Loss Clinic

Canadian Seed Institute Accredited Pedigree, Commercial & Custom Cleaning FULL line of Cleaning Equipment including Gravity Table

Flooring, Appliances, Custom Cabinets, Electrolux, Paint and supplies 204 Main St. • Biggar

Custom Combining JD9770

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Wylie Farms Ltd.

Phone: 948-5678 FRE

Phone

Licenced for: •Farm •Acreage •Residential

948-5052 (ofﬁce)

Inc.

Helping you Help yourself

SEED CLEANING

~ Gift CertiÅcates ~ Evening, Saturday and in-home appointments available.

948-2548 or 948-9710

Ladies Only 30 min. Workout …owned and operated by Diane Larouche Ellard, Can-Fit-Pro Certi¿ed Personal Trainer

in Nova Wood Centre 104 - 6th Ave. E., Biggar

948-7967 NEW BEGINNINGS WELLNESS CENTRE “Putting PERSONAL back into ﬁtness training!” Wayne Baldwin, W

NO Certiﬁed Fitness Trainer, N Health Consultant, OPE NaturalPhysical Therapy Aide Over 20 years resistance training experience!

• Personalized Fitness/Nutrition Programs • One-on-One PersonalTraining • Injury Prevention and Rehab • Active Isolated Stretching • Limited Memberships to Private Fitness Studio Gift Certiﬁcates available.

Visit us @ 219 - 4th Ave. East, Biggar Where you can feel right at home! Phone… 948-2548 Cell… 948-8048

WINE, BEER, COOLER KITS and SUPPLIES …available at

Grape Moments Kirk Ewen Doctor of Optometry

…located in The Independent, 102 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar • 948-3344 •

9LHZVUHISL YH[LZ For bookings, call Jason

948-2887 VY JLSS 948-6969

In Biggar Every Tuesday. Biggar Professional Building, 223 Main Street, Biggar

For appointments… 1-855-651-3311

LACK OF ADVERTISING is like winking at a pretty girl in the dark…YOU KNOW what you’re doing, BUT NO ONE ELSE DOES!

22 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011

Business & Professional LEGAL SERVICES

ACCOUNTING

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors

223 Main Street Biggar

Stuart A. Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B.

Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO

302 Main Street, Biggar, SK

OPEN: Mon.-Fri. • 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

948-3346 …serving your community since 1972

948-2183

Roe & Company

306-948-5352 or 306-244-9865

Email: ddolack@sasktel.net Website: www.hrblock.ca

INVESTMENTS

FFinancial Plan nning Estate Plann ning Life Insuran nce

220 Main Street 7 306 948 5377 info@twhfinancial.ca www.twhfinancial.ca

M & N REPAIR 301 - 1st Ave. E, Biggar

948-3996 Open Monday-Saturday

SGI Safety Inspection Auto Repair

KRF Automotive Detail Centre 100% handwash “Where we do it all for you!!” • Detailing • Vortex Spray-In Box Liners • Granitex Baked-on Coatings for Decks and Cement Flooring • Auto Accessories • Trailer Rentals

1st Ave. West, Biggar

Your Auto Parts and Accessories Dealer Open: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sat. • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

in Biggar Insurance Bldg.

AUTOMOTIVE

YH Truck, Ag & Auto • Heavy truck parts • Agriculture parts • Automotive parts & accessories www.yhtruckagauto.com

521 Main St., Biggar 948-2109

Rosetown, Sask.

306-882-2289

PHOTOGRAPHY

WERKZ O ART PHOTOGRAPHY

P. O. Box 1480 Biggar, Sask.

Phone: 948-5133

ELMER DOVE

Photos by Jocelyn

Chartered Accountant Credit Union Building 302 Main Street P. O. Box 1750 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

Portraits, Family, Weddings & Sports Photography

This space available for… our 26-week commitment in this directory $ 2.89/week = $75 + g.s.t. (regular price $9.52 per week) One column x 1 inch size Call

948-3344

• Snow Removal • Fences …and much more

Anne G. Livingston

CertiÀed Custom Picture Framer • photographs • paintings • art prints • memorabilia • collages, etc. Call Anne @ 948-7274 greengables2@sasktel.net

• cut trim and removal • post holes • landscaping • cement removal • trenching • holes for piles • driveways • garage pads • basements

•Texas Gates •Spray Foam Insulation •Sandblasting & Painting •Internal Coatings •Rock Guard Coatings g

Mobile Units Ofﬁce: 948-2805 05 Cell: 948-6062 email: northland83@yourlink.ca

CRT WELDING of Biggar, SK > CWB certiﬁed > Portable truck Phone: 306-948-5286 or 306-948-2401 Cell: 306-948-7354 or 306-948-7790 Email: crt_welding@hotmail.com

Biggar, Sask. www.photosbyjocelyn.com

306-948-2814

To fax…stop in at The Independent

Sewing & Embroidery • Jackets • Windsuits • Shirts • Hunting Gear • Bunnyhugs • Caps • Toques • Bags Check out our new website: classicmakings.ca Judy Judy Kahovec: Kahovec… 882-4313, Cellcell 831-7935 306-882-4313, 831-7935 Carey Krchov: 882-3213 Carey Krchov…882-3213

The Country Clipper • All Breed Dog Grooming • Boarding Kennels (Bordetella Mandatory) • Pet Supplies • Saleboard for dog and cat related items

For appointments and inquiries, call Janet at 948-2091

Mon. - Fri., 8 a.m. - 6 pm. 2 mi N on Hwy #4, 2-½ mi E on Golf Course Rd.

Pssst...Did you hear that you can still buy REGAL? Independent Rep

www.sask.shopregal.ca

GEORGE STAHL (306) 948-3776 cell: (306) 260-6503

THUR-O CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Cliff Forsyth Box 736, Biggar

Phone:

948-5600

Your authorized

Panasonic, StarChoice, Bell, Xplornet Internet dealer and Your authorized SaskTel Mobility and High Speed Internet Dealer

BIGGAR LEISURE CENTRE 216 Main St., Biggar

948-3955

109 Main St., Biggar

Phone:

948-2442

Fax: 948-2484

HONEYBEE SEPTIC TANK SERVICE Bob Kobelsky

658-4474, Landis, SK COURIER/HAULING

BIGGAR COURIER • Biggar to Saskatoon • Same day Service • Monday to Friday • 24-hour Answering Service

~Brian and Cathy Fick~

Cell: 306-948-7524

HARRIS TRUCK SERVICES LTD.

Custom Grain Hauling

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306-948-9278

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Residential Commercial Automotive

For FREE estimates or enquiries CALL Wayne or Dorothy at

948-5678 MR. JOHN G. SMITH * Local Handyman/ Drayman plus Independent Sales Consultant for SWEPCO Building Products & Lubricant Phone: (306) 948-3856 Mobile: (306) 948-7896 Email: johngsmith1@ hotmail.com

Sales & Service Call Steven 948-2489

Ph: 237-4777

Email: saskregal@sasktel.net

Ph:

Beadle’s Computer Solutions

Phillips Radio Shop

Contact Nancy Duns

Wood and Steel Buildings Floor & Trusses

SERVICES

Battery Chargers Electric Fencers Repaired/Rebuilt/ Built

NORTHLAND PAINTING and SANDBLASTING

Prairieland Collision

On location portraits…family, groups, individuals, baby & boudoir.

201B-2nd Ave. West

nothing happens!!!

Tree services available…

Let Vortex protect your truck and your investment with the Vortex Seamless Sprayed on Liner System

Call Art Beadle @ 948-2576 for info and bookings.

Chartered Accountant Notary Public

advertising,

Biggar

948-2700

304 Main St., Biggar

• Topsoil • Lawn Care • Leveling • Sod • Patio Blocks

Ivan Young,

222

Phone: 948-2204 or 948-3886

Without

• Driveways • Concrete • Garage Pads • Pruning • Planting

948-3381

948-1722

BIG G AR I N S U RAN C E SERVIC ES

948-2222 or 948-2029

948-2879, evenings 948-7207, daytime Ed Kolenosky

TIRES

Owned & operated by Kevin Fick

INSURANCE

Garry A. Faye

Corner of Main Street & 1st Avenue West, Biggar

227 - 1st Ave. East, Biggar

Phone: 244-7464 for appointment

BIGGAR ACCOUNTING SERVICES

after hours George: 948-7533

Heavy Truck Repair

Optometrists

ACCOUNTING

948-3376

Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic

DR. KRUEGER, KENDALL & WILSON

Anita Silvernagle, Lisa Haynes (Notary Publics) • Home & Agro, Auto & Commerical Insurance • Blue Cross • Motor Licence Issuer Ofﬁce Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday 304 Main Street • Biggar

Service Truck Full Mechanical Service Mon - Fri • 8 a.m.-5 p.m. phone: George

Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial

OPTOMETRISTS

100-128-4th Ave. South, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1M8

SERVICES

Rebel Landscaping

BUSSE LAW

is a full service law ofﬁce that practices… ¾Family and Criminal law ¾Commercial law ¾Real Estate ¾Wills and Estate, and our lawyers, William Roe, Q.C. Jason Peszko, Ian Mokuruk, Treena Sikora look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:

SERVICES

AUTOMOTIVE

MONARCH MEATS Modern Licenced Abbatoir • custom slaughter, cut and wrapping • sausage making, curing and smoking

• sides of Pork & Beef available

948-3384 WINE, BEER, COOLER KITS and SUPPLIES

available at Grape Moments located in The Independent, 102 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar

948-3344

Landis, Sask.

Atkinson Trucking Landis, Sask. …For all your Local Grain Hauling Needs Bailen Atkinson 658-4460 or 948-4450

Rockin D Trucking & Cattle

• Cattle hauling with 21 ft. gooseneck trailer • round and large square bale hauling with step-deck or highboy semi-trailers • also buying and selling straw and forage • also machinery hauling Home • 306-948-2037 Alex • 306-948-7291 Dan • 306-948-7843 Biggar, Sask.

ONLINE

@ biggarindependent.ca

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 23

Asquith News Neil Millard 329-4235 On Monday, April 18 the Seniors held a very entertaining evening. The supper of scalloped potatoes and ham plus a very tasty salad was served. Everyone enjoyed the meal including homemade buns. The entertainment was also exceptional with Sky Sterling and his partner Cathy. They both sang many different types of songs from Johnny Cash to Elvis Presley. They sang love songs during the war years and almost everything in between. It was a very enjoyable evening. They also handed out ďŹ&#x201A;owers to the women. Tip of the Day:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happiness is not a destination. It is the attitude with which you choose to travel.â&#x20AC;? Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t forget the Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Bingo on Friday, April 29 in the Seniors Hall. There is still water in the basements around town but not as deep! Check it out to see if you can collect some water damage. They will have to come and take pictures (Provincial government). Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t also forget the Masonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s supper on Saturday, April 30 in the Seniorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hall on Main Street. The Asquith Fire Department will hold their meeting on

Tuesday, May 3. The Seniors along with the Royal Purple will be catering for a meal for 105 people on Wednesday, May 25.

Deadline for Classifieds is Wednesday 5:00 p.m.

Notice of Preparation of Assessment Roll Village of Landis Notice is hereby given that the Assessment Roll for the Village of Landis for the year of 2011 has been prepared and is open to inspection in the ofĂ&#x20AC;ce of the assessor from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. on the following days: Monday to Thursday, April 26th, 2011 to May 26th, 2011. Please note that the Village of Landis OfĂ&#x20AC;ce will be closed Victoria Day, May 23th, 2011. A bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the Assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to Ă&#x20AC;le his or her notice of appeal with: The Assessor, Sandra Beckett, Village of Landis, Box 153, Landis, SK, S0K 2K0, by the 26th day of May, 2011. Dated this 26th day of April, 2011 Sandra Beckett, Assessor

Perdue New Horizons news Group Three for Perdue New Horizon Activity Centre hosted the month of March, and used the bright greens of shamrocks and garlands, along with pictures to decorate the Centre for March. The potluck noon meal was held for the ďŹ rst

Friday. The regular meeting was held. Two afghans have been donated to help raise funds. Following that, a short skit â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Fidget Familyâ&#x20AC;?, for all to take part in was put on. Birthday cake and coffee brought the afternoon to a close.

Cribbage night, puzzles and various card games are always on hand to help everyone enjoy, or look over some memorabilia books in our library. Come and enjoy coffee and cookies -- that are always on hand.

ASSESSMENT NOTICE Village of Perdue Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Village of Perdue for the year 2011 has been prepared and is open to inspection at the ofĂ&#x20AC;ce of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days, Monday to Friday, April 26th to May 26th, 2011. A Bylaw pursuant to 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required. Any person who wishes to appeal against his/her assessment is required to Ă&#x20AC;le his/her notice of appeal with: The Assessor, Village of Perdue, Box 190, Perdue, SK, S0K 3C0 by the 26th day of May, 2011. Dated this 26th day of April, 2011. Nancy Duns, Assessor

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Rural Municipality of Perdue No. 346 Public notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the ofĂ&#x20AC;ce of:

Councillor for Division No. 3 will be received by the undersigned at the municipal ofĂ&#x20AC;ce during normal ofĂ&#x20AC;ce hours until Monday, May 16, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. local time. Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal ofĂ&#x20AC;ce. Dated this 25th day of April, 2011. Allan Kirzinger, Returning OfĂ&#x20AC;cer

BIGGAR HOTELâ&#x20AC;Ś

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Biggarâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Favourite Meeting Place Since 1909â&#x20AC;?

WEDNESDAYâ&#x20AC;Ś

FRIDAYâ&#x20AC;Ś

Noon Buffet, 12 noon - 1:30 p.m.

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;WING NITEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;

5 - 11 p.m. Kitchen Open 7 days a week Take Out Available

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Loaded BURGER & Poutineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, 5 - 8 p.m.

Happy Happy Hourâ&#x20AC;Ś 5 - 9 p.m. Beer & Liquor $2.75

Always the Hotspot with LIVE Entertainment and Monthly SATURDAYâ&#x20AC;Ś KARAOKE RIB NITE â&#x20AC;˘ 5 - 11 p.m. Paralyzers aralyze ers $6.00

Book your parties and gatherings with us.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We Love to Partyâ&#x20AC;?

948-3641

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dĂ§Â&#x203A;Ă?Â&#x2014;Â&#x192;ĂšÍ&#x2022; Ă&#x192;Â&#x192;Ăš ĎĎŹ BBQ lunch will be served at 12:30 for all participants behind the Credit Union. Everyone will then be assigned to teams, supplied with a map and garbage bags. Gloves supplied or bring your own! The Clean-Up ends by 3pm or when your designated area is done whichever comes Ă&#x20AC;rst . 3lease call -33 2 if you or someone in your business or organization can give us an hour or two!

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all pitch in and clean up our town!

24- THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2011