issue 35 by The Biggar Independent

Vol. 103 No. 35

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

Biggar, Saskatchewan

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Local athletes compete at Sask. Summer Games How did you spend your year-old put in a fourth games, won a part of the summer? place in her heat in ladies softball contingent. For five athletes, the 4x50m At 16 years, the who live or have medley resoftball player will ties to Biggar, the lay, sixth in have plenty to talk Saskatchewan the 200m about with GrandSummer Games, backstroke, pa and Grandma held this year in a seventh when she comes to Meadow Lake, in the 200m visit! July 29 to August individual Fifteen-year-old Tiara Keith m e d l e y , 4. Blake Pearce, who’s Playing host to eighth in the Nicholas mother, Angela and 1,900 athletes, coahces, 100m backstroke, Garchinski grandparents live managers, officials and mis- ninth in the 400m in Biggar, placed sion staff, the games were freestyle and the 200m free- f i f t h deemed a style, 10th in the 100m i n t h e success, and freestyle, and 13th in the s p r i n t our local ath50m butterfly. medley letes put in Nicholas Garchin- relay fiexcellent perski also did well at the nal, an formances. games, pulling in two e i g h t h Tiara Keith fifth place finishes, one i n t h e came away in a heat 400m, with two race for and a Gabrielle Besse silver med- Rayel Martin the 400m, 13th als and one and anin the 200m. bronze. The 14-year-old other in the Keith, Martin, Garchinswam her way to silver sprint medski, Besse, and Pearce medals in the 4x100 medley l e y r e l a y were all part of the Rivers relay and 4x50 medley re- final. The West team. As an aside lay, adding a bronze medal 16-year-old note, the standings and in the 100 fly. Keith also also nabbed Blake Pearce medal count for all athcompeted in track, placing a 10th in a letes is incomplete - they fifth in the 3,000m and 11th heat for the 200m. may have won even more in the 1,500m. The granddaughter of and placed even higher Rayel Martin put in some Gord and Rita Besse, Gabri- we’ll update as more inforexcellent performances at elle Besse, is now sporting mation comes in! this year’s games. The 12- a bronze medal from the Congratulations!

RCMP kept busy in Biggar Detachment Biggar RCMP responded to a number of incidents over the past months. Between July 28 in the evening and the early morning hours of July 29, three calves were killed on a grid road south of Biggar. RCMP report that, by all appearances, the calves were deliberately killed.

Between the evening of August 16 and the afternoon on August 17, a silver utility trailer was stolen from the 400 block of Seventh Avenue East in Biggar. Between the early evening of August 16 and the morning of August 17, someone broke into the

compound attached to OK Tire and Auto Service/Arctic Cat dealer. One quad was stolen, an orange 2012 Arctic Cat 1,000 cc. If you have information about these or any other crimes, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).

Playing with ﬁre . . . A Circus Gatti performer juggles ﬂaming torches and a blazing hula hoop at the Jubilee Stadium, August 20. The three-ring circus thrilled audiences with two shows on the day. For more, see pages 10 and 11, or check out the biggarindependent.ca this Wednesday for more Web content! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

After school program to beneﬁt Biggar kids

Construction begins on senior villa . . . Crews were doing the initial work at the Third Avenue Park for the future senior friendly condominium project for Biggar. The treed area is to remain untouched while the eastern half of the park area will feature the new facility. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Kids and parents will soon take advantage of an after-school program, to be implemented at the start of the new school year. The Biggar After-School Program will provide childcare services to children in the community. Aimed at ages 6 to 12, the program will run each day from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. held at Biggar Central School 2000. The not-for-proﬁt, board-run committee, was created to provide an option for students that require after school care. The Biggar After-School Program will be on a full-time or drop-in basis, providing the ﬂexibility needed for families. Costs for the program are relatively cheap: a mere $30 annual registration

for the first child in a family, $20 for each additional child (due to the start of the school year). A $3.50 per hour fee is added to the registration fee. The money will be used for supplies, staffing, use of the school’s equipment, insurance, and various additional costs incurred for operating the program. A promotion is currently in place to families that register before September 4, basically dropping the $30 fee to $25 for the first child registered. Registrations can be dropped off at Biggar Central School 2000, St. Gabriel School, or the Biggar and District Daycare. For more information, please contact Tammy at the Biggar and District Daycare.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

planting, pruning & puttering . . . planting by Delta Fay Cruickshank of The Independent

Have you ever eaten fried green tomatoes? They are my August and early September treat! I guess they were invented one day by an imaginative cook who had hungry children to feed and eggs, ﬂour, butter

and bushels of unripened tomatoes! There is a movie called “Fried Green Tomatoes”. Starring Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy and Mary Stuart Masterson. Set in the south of the States, it is a movie about the lifes around the Whistle Stop Cafe. A very good movie, that may put you off eating ribs, yet made

me hungry for fried green tomatoes! How to fry green tomaotes: I prefer to use a green tomato that is just beginning to turn . . . they go from green to a pale yellow/green. My neighbour has promised me some when they are at the peak ‘ripeness’ for frying. I set out two bowls,

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one with eggs whipped together, another with flour (or corn meal) seasoned with salt and pepper. I also have a nice big, hot skillet waiting with melting butter in it. The green tomato is sliced, about a half inch thick, dipped ﬁrst in the ﬂour, then into the egg, and then back into the flour, then into the hot butter and fried until golden brown. Flipped over and browned on the other side. Placed on paper towels to soak up some of the excess butter, served with sour cream on their own, or alongside a barbecued pork chop or whatever! I don’t grow tomatoes. I leave them for those who want to. Personally, I really do not like the smell of the plants at all!

Now, I have grown tomatoes, hundreds of plants that produced bushels and bushels of fruit. I have canned, frozen, sauced, and even made ketchup! And yet, my favourite is a sun-kissed tomato, with pepper and a leaf of basil, on a piece of French bread! Mind you, I do not enjoy the winter tasteless things we find on the shelves at the grocery store in January. I like to say that I will only eat tomatoes that I know personally! In the winter time, the best tomato is a canned one, because they have been picked and processed at their ﬁnest. The tomato has been cultivated for centuries. They came from South America. The Spanish explorer, Cortés brought

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In 1820, an American stood on the steps of a public building in front of a large crowd. He dared to eat a large basket of ripe tomatoes! The crowd watched, and waited for him to drop dead, so sure were they that tomatoes were poisonous! Because he didn’t, the tomato became as popular in the States and Great Britain as they were throughout the world! (Photos from

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them to Spain from Mexico in 1521. Their name ‘tomato’ comes from the Central Mexican word for “plum sized fruit with navel”! Many countries in Europe adapted them to be grown in their climates, and found their way into everyday cooking. And yet, a herbalist in Great Britain, thought them poisonous in the 16th century. For another couple of centuries, Brits and Americans did not eat tomatoes! Not until the 1820’s was it proven that they were not only poisonous, but delicious! The tomato does belong to the deadly nightshade family, and that may be why they were feared to be poisonous. In South America, the tomato is a perennial, that is allowed to be grown as a vine along the ground. Here, in the Northern Hemisphere, more research into greenhouse culture, has created varieties that ripen faster, look perfect and are available all year long. It means we have perfect sized fruit, perfect colour, and yet, not sweet, tasty fruit! Buy the plants in the spring, wait until no fear of frost to set them outside either in pots or in the ground, water them consistently, they do not like to dry out, or being too wet! Plant them in sunshine and let the bees pollinate each flower. There are thousands of varieties; heritage, shapes, small ones, big ones, early ones, late ones, purple, yellow and even tiny ones! If you want to grow tomatoes next summer, ask a tomato grower what they recommend for culture and for variety . . . you just cannot go wrong getting advice from a fellow gardener!

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

Dobchuk Odnokon inducted into Athletic Hall of Fame Carla Dobchuk Odnokon received high honours from the University of Nebraska-Kearney this past September, being inducted into their Athletic Hall of Fame. Dobchuk Odnokon (golf/’01 and MAE’03), living now in Saskatoon, is a former Biggar Central High School grad, and was one of the U of NK Lopers most successful golfer in history. During her career, Odnokon ﬁnished third at the NCAA Division II Tournament as a senior, fourth at the national tournament

as a junior and 13th as a sophomore. Those accomplishments made her a r a r e threetime AllAmerican. In 37 career tournaments for UNK, Odnokon placed in the top ﬁve 33 times. She won 13 tournaments and ﬁnished second in eight tournaments. In

addition, she also earned RMAC All-Academic honours. In UNK annuals, she holds records for career (80.04) and season (78.52) stroke average while also having the lowest 18 hole score (69). After earning a master of arts degree in education and sports administration, Dobchuk Odnokon returned to Canada. She completed a MBA and started working for the City of Saskatoon as a Neighborhood Program consultant. She is the daughter of Ron and Barb Dobchuk of Biggar.

Biggar Health Centre avoids disaster For those of you who contacted the Biggar Health Centre, August 20, they would have noticed that all was not well. Due to a power surge which hit the health centre the main server was put out of action as both the hardware and the software of the system became broken. With the whole computer network now unusable, Doctors Muller, Crane and McKee decided to call in local computer ﬁrm Burnt Orange Solutions, which is based on Main Street in Biggar. After an initial survey of the problem it was obvious to Burnt Orange Solutions owner Gareth McKee that this was, in IT terms, a disaster. “This was truly what we call a disaster,” McKee explained. “A network switch was broken causing connectivity issues, but

more worrying was that the server holding the database with all patient records was not working correctly due to a broken hard drive. To make matters worse still, the database with all the patient records had become corrupt and unusable.” Fortunately, Biggar Health Centre had recently decided to engage Burnt Orange Solutions as their chosen IT support provider. Only the week before a thorough survey had been completed of the network, the servers and the Backup/Disaster Recovery processes. Thanks to the doctors forward planning in ensuring they had the proper backup processes in place the server was able to be recovered fully. “It has always been important to us to ensure we can continue to pro-

vide medical care very quickly should any of our computers die,” said Dr. Anton Muller. “We continued to provide our service throughout the time the server was down but we were unable to book future appointments. Thankfully Gareth was able to work into the evening to ensure we were fully up and running again by the morning, for this we are very grateful.” “Dr. Muller and his team have been very fortunate. Many businesses do not have proper backups in place and a situation like this could easily put them out of business. Everyone at the health centre should have a pat on the back, the server was in fact only down for around ﬁve hours and this is mostly due to the health centre employee’s diligence,” McKee concluded.

Swimmin’ fools . . . The Biggar Aquatic Centre is still a popular place to cool off on a hot summer day, meet a few friends, and a have a whole lot of fun. For most kids, surprisingly, they are looking forward to school. (Independent Photo Kevin Brautigam)

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A day at the beach . . . Six teams vied for beach volleyball supremacy at the Rec Complex, August 18, all looking for bragging rites for the year. Didn’t much matter who won, everyone had a great time and the weather was warm, sunny, gorgeous - the perfect conditions for a perfect game. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

RM of Biggar council minute highlights The regular meeting of the RM of Biggar No. 347 was held July 10 at the municipal office at 8:09 a.m. Attending were Reeve Louise Singer, Councillors Robert Danychuk (Division 2), Kent Dubreuil (Division 3), Dwayne Zagoruy (Division 4), Fred Hydomako (Division 5), and Brad (Division 6). The following are some highlights of the meeting. Council agreed that the accounts for payment be approved and that a list of the cheques in the amount of $63,931.68, month end payroll in the amount of $25,660.12, Mastercard payments of $774, and online payments of $1,645.94 be annexed to and form a part of these minutes. Council agreed that Bylaw 7-2012, a Bylaw Respecting Buildings, be read a third and ﬁnal

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time. Recorded Vote: For – Louise Singer, Kent Dubreuil, Brad Heather, Fred Hydomako, Rob Danychuk, Dwayne Zagoruy. Unanimously carried. Council agreed that Bylaw 9-2012, a Bylaw to Provide for Borrowing by Way of Debenture, be

read a third and final time. Unanimously carried. Council agreed that council give permission to Councillor Rob Danychuk to hire Big Rose Colony to provide road work located E 1/2 9-35-14-W3. • Meeting adjourned at 2:48 p.m.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

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Opinions Dear Editor, Last week the Federal Boundary Commission for Saskatchewan released its proposed map of the future federal riding boundaries. I have not shied away from expressing my disappointment that the Commission has chosen to disregard over 40 years of historic urban/rural blended ridings. These blended ridings have served the residents of Saskatchewan well and uniﬁed our province. Members of Parliament representing blended ridings have the distinct advantage of understanding and representing the issues facing rural, suburban and urban constituents in Ottawa. Being able to represent a more diverse set of interests enables MPs to balance their understanding for the betterment of all Saskatchewanians. One of the comments that Liberal and NDP commentators make to defend the division of our province along urban and rural lines is that the proposed boundaries will group “communities of interest” together. This claim is a laughably thin cover for their partisan ambitions. All Saskatchewan is one wonderful and strong community! As someone who has lived in both rural and urban Saskatchewan no one can convince me that the urban and rural populations of Saskatchewan are not bound by common interests. For example, the University of Saskatchewan and SIAST serve all of Saskatchewan, not just the residents of Saskatoon. Likewise, the farming and mining activity surrounding Saskatoon affects the livelihoods of thousands of Saskatoon residents. Let’s keep our Saskatchewan community uniﬁed. I call on the Boundary Commission to rethink the proposed federal riding boundaries. Sincerely, Kelly Block, MP, Saskatoon-Rosetown-Biggar 904 22nd Street West, Saskatoon, SK S7M 0S1 975-6555

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There is no reason to be concerned about food prices Alarmists should recognize how lucky we are all are before complaining about so-called “rising” food prices by Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Dean - College of Management and Economics, University of Guelph Distributed by Troy Media Inc. www.troymedia. com While markets look at demand rationing in the U.S. for grains, prices for corn, soybeans and other commodities are likely to remain high due to the unprecedented drought Americans are experiencing this summer. But as farmers in that country deal with severe climatic conditions, near-perfect growing conditions in most of Canadian farmland and skyrocketing corn prices mean many farmers in this country are cashing in. And as American consumers brace for higher food prices in coming months, the effect of the infamous U.S. Drought of 2012 in Canada will likely not be signiﬁcant. Corn prices have risen almost 60 per cent since June, and hit an all-time high in recent days.

Other grains such as soybeans, wheat, rough rice are also trading much higher over the past few weeks. But, despite this, the full impact of the commodity price hikes for packaged and processed foods will likely take six to nine months to move through to retail food prices. Nonetheless, distribution efﬁciencies prevent input costs to be symmetrically reﬂected on retail food prices. In fact, increases of 50 per cent may trigger retail prices to increase only slightly. This summer animal protein will likely be affected the most, but most experts do not expect price increases at retail to exceed 4 per cent before April 2013. In fact, we are seeing prices for some meats drop as farmers sell their livestock fearing higher input costs. Other food categories won’t be affected at all. The cost of fruits and vegetables, for example, should not change substantially largely because

the geographic areas they are mainly grown in were not affected by the drought. The Canadian dollar also offers food imports continued buying power. In reality, food prices could go up by no more than 4.5 per cent in Canada next year, a modest increase when comparing food prices to the cost for lodging or energy. Considering that that 38 per cent of all groceries bought in Canada are wasted, consumers can save by adhering to more responsible buying patterns. Indeed, therein lays the real problem in food consumption. As for critics of the so called “ethanol effect” for higher corn prices, these claims are often overstated. First, even if almost 45 per cent of the now-shriveled corn crop was intended for ethanol, the estimated aggregate domestic demand for corn in the U.S. would be down by 1.4 million bushels. Ethanol production in the U.S. has slowed down, even before the beginning

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of the drought. Secondly, farmers need incentives in order to produce, which is exactly what the ethanol mandate achieved. If corn prices were lower, corn production would be lower. It is as simple as that. Finally, not all is lost: about a third of the corn that is processed to make ethanol is subsequently converted into a form of animal feed called dried distillers grain. We ought to accept the fact that climate change is hostile to modern farming practices. Opportunistic farmers are hardly to blame, but more actions to mitigate risks are required. Building better water irrigation systems and promoting the use of weather derivatives are promising solutions for farmers for the future. With the proper tools, farmers can better offset the bitter consequences of unforgiving weather patterns. Conversely, it is high time for the U.S. to consider other, more efﬁcient

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means to produce ethanol, one of those being sugarcane. Producing ethanol from sugarcane takes less land and uses less fossil fuel than corn grown in temperate climes. This is the preferred approach in Brazil, which makes the American ethanol version grotesquely wasteful. Last year’s elimination of import tariffs and tax credits in both the United States and Brazil on ethanol was a signiﬁcant ﬁrst step towards making Ethanol a traded commodity. The two countries, which produce more than 80 per cent of the world’s ethanol, can sell in each other’s backyard at market prices. Of course, to heavily rely on food crops to produce fuel is not a long-lasting sustainable approach to global food security. However, on a global scale, the story is very different. We should recognize that the rest of the developing world will be hit harder by this drought than Canada

and the United States. While Canadian and American consumers, despite a modest rise in cost, will still enjoy access to the most affordable food prices in the world (excluding Singapore). Corn price rallies have brought along other commodities for the ride. For example, the price for rice, a fundamental food staple for more than three billion habitants on the planet, is posing a particular problem. Projections see rice prices climb as much as $30-$40 per metric ton. The fears of embargoes and governmental knee-jerk reactions, like we have seen in the past, can make the situation worse and lead to new food riots. Alarmists in our country should recognize how lucky we are all are before complaining about so-called “rising” food prices. Dr. Sylvain Charlebois is Associate Dean of the College of Management and Economics at the University of Guelph.

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Village of Kinley Notice of Call for Nominations PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the ofﬁces of: MAYOR: Two separate things happened this week that inspired me to write this column. The ﬁrst was a little anecdote on pinterest. “I can hardly wait to tell my kids I was born before the Internet.” The second is a story about my grandson that I will share with you. The grandkids were spending the day with me and when they arrived my grandson brought his game controller with him. He had spent the last three weeks at the lake and didn’t have any opportunity to play his games. He knew he could play his Game Cube at our place (we have three game systems courtesy of another grandson). In he comes, gives Grandma her hug and then proceeds to the basement. About 15 minutes later up he comes and I could see there was a problem. “I can’t get the Game Cube to work,” he says. Okay, I can operate a computer. I have an iPad. I have a Blackberry. I think I am doing pretty well in this technology driven world but ... a techie I am not. So, I go downstairs and push the input button on the remote to make sure he has the right setting which he did. I check to see if it is plugged in the TV properly, which it is. I check to make sure it is plugged in to the

outlet, which it is. That is now the extent of my expertise. We call Grandpa whose response is, “I don’t know what to do either. That happened once before and the only person who could help was Kyle (this is another grandson who is not visiting us at the moment).” Clearly we are in a pickle. I said, “I don’t know how to ﬁx it. You are going to have to ﬁnd something else to do.” Apparently that was not an option. He was tired of playing with his sisters. He spent the “whole” summer at the lake and just wanted to play his game today. There is nothing to do at Grandma’s. He will be bored all day. He thought I knew everything. No one ever told me I would have to know this stuff to be a great Grandma. There should be a course on these things. I think back to my grandmother -- all

we ever did was bake or play cards. Those things I know how to do. But, I didn’t give up and turned to what is fast becoming my new best friend in this new century world. The Internet. I googled (again, I wonder what we ever did without Google) “how to hook up a Game Cube” and the results gave me quite a few options. The ﬁrst site I clicked on described the process step by step, complete with illustrations on how to not only hook up the back of the game but also the back of the TV. A click of the print button and away we went. Success. Once again the Internet saved the day. I was almost dreading asking the girls what they wanted to do. Thankfully, they wanted to paint their ﬁngernails which I knew how to do without even looking it up. It was a great day.

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NoƟce of Call for NominaƟons PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominaƟons of candidates for the oĸce of:

Board Member: Prairie Spirit School Division No. 206 All subdivisions

Randy Weekes, M.L.A. for the Biggar Constituency 1-877-948-4880 OfÀce Hours: Monday - Friday 1 - 5 p.m. Phone: 306-948-4880 106 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar Fax: 306-948-4882 e-mail: randyweekes.mla@accesscomm.ca

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will be received by the undersigned on the 19 th day of September, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Prairie Spirit School Division oĸce at: 121 Klassen Street East, Warman, SK and during regular business hours on August 20, 2012 to September 18, 2012, at Prairie Spirit School Division oĸce, 121 Klassen Street East, Warman, SK. NominaƟon forms may be obtained at the following locaƟon(s): x Prairie Spirit School Division website: www.spiritsd.ca x Schools in the school division x City, Town and Village oĸces in the school division x Prairie Spirit School Division Oĸce Dated this 20th day of August, 2012. Ron Walter, Returning Oĸcer

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COUNCILLOR: Village of Kinley Number to be Elected: 2 will be received by the undersigned on the 19th day of September, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Kinley Hall and during regular business hours on Thursday, August 30 to Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the Kinley Hall. Nomination forms may be obtained at the Kinley Hall. Nomination forms can be obtained at the following location: Kinley Hall Dated this 27th day of August, 2012. E. Lynne Tolley Returning Ofﬁcer

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The Unseen Prairie by Bob Mason It is always kind of nice for a winter to have a list (preferably long!) to fashion a few phrases about when that elusive “muse” pushes a pen into his idle hand. So, when Yours Truly (YT) found a few familiar topics and names in that Saskatchewan Encyclopedia the folks gave him for Christmas, he almost felt that he could mebbe keep that pen going for another year! Over time (and it

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Drugging and Driving You know that drinking and driving is dangerous. You’ve heard it from public service ads, non-profit groups, law enforcement and statistics. Did you also know that driving under the influence of an illegal drug is just as dangerous? Next to alcohol, marijuana is the most common drug used. Marijuana impairs a person’s ability to drive safely. Your attention, tracking ability, reaction time and sight are affected. Drugging and driving is fatal – to the impaired driver, to you and to your loved ones. 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 1-866-268-9139 Monday to Friday 8:00 am—4:30 pm

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seems to him that the last few years have just flown past!), like all penpushing people who have scribbled quite a bit, some kind of writers-block had set in until YT felt that mebbe his writing days were over. Then suddenly - oh, oh, “Eureka” there it was! Thanks, Mr. Claus! YT was just getting ready to write a literary “Swan Song” when, as mentioned above, that Parnassus resident, my - ahem! “muse”, saw that big book and came leaping back with a splash saying: “Look here, you pen-pushing person, pick up your quill and start producing, pronto!” Pronto? - I’ve gotta stop using that alliteration stuff, eh? The first time I saw that book (last year!) it never crossed my mind (a pretty short trip, eh?) that some day we’d be writing a bit about it. And even when I got it, it took me a long time (two or three seconds!) before I picked up my pen! Halcyonia: Yours Truly tried to look that name up in the big dictionary Richard left us, but only find this one word: HALCYON-(HAL’SE A N) N. (< GER.ALKYON KINGFISHER) a legendary bird identified with the Kingfisher, supposed to have a peaceful, calming influence on the sea at the time of the winter solstice, ADJ 1. of the Halcyon 2. Tranquil, happy, idyllic One can readily

TAX ENFORCEMENT LIST Rural Municipality of Rosemount No. 378 Province of Saskatchewan Notice is hereby given under The Tax Enforcement Act that unless the arrears and costs appearing opposite the land and title number described in the following list are fully paid before the 29th day of October, 2012, an interest based on a tax lien will be reigstered against the land. NOTE: A sum for costs in an amount as prescribed in the regulations is included in the amount shown against each parcel (Section 4(3) of The Tax Enforcement Act). DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY Lot Blk Plan Hamlet Title Arrears Ad Total Sec Twp Range Meridian No. Costs Costs 45-48 30 G396 Cando 126842362 $ 150.66 $22.31 $172.97 126842328 126842418 126842430 29-30 35 G396 Cando 131972610 $ 4.56 $22.31 $27.87 131972597 10-17 36 G396 Cando 116562461 $ 11.34 $22.31 $33.65 116562472 116562483 116562494 116562506 116562517 116562528 116562539 NW 23 39 16 W3/Cando 135431265 $ 208.96 $22.31 $231.27 NE 16 38 17 W3 130808505 $ 538.88 $22.31 $561.19 SE 16 38 17 W3 113740219 $ 517.25 $22.31 $539.56 SW 23 38 17 W3 139135226 $ 547.24 $22.31 $569.55 SW 35 38 17 W3 113860683 $ 447.09 $22.31 $469.40 Dated at Landis, Saskatchewan, this 27th day of August, 2012 Kara Kirilenko, Administrator

understand why they named it as they did! Halcyonia District is just north and east of Borden, Saskatchewan, and was first settled and named by a group of Quakers in the late 1890’s. I suppose a fellow could jot a whole lot of Quaker history here, and some of their social objectives, but there must be dozens of pages, written about them scattered all over the world! Let’s just point out that the examples they set have done much to influence the lives of the people all around them. If the things that our folks (Bless them!) said about those people are true, then the residents of Halcyonia were a real asset to any community! As we young people sat in the back seat of the old “Overland”, on the way home from visiting their friends out there, and listened to Mother and Dad as they talked about the absolute honesty and truth expressed by those people, those ideals sure contributed to our outlook for the rest of our lives - they were good times~ Later on, during the Depression,and although, because of those bad years when “nobody had nuthin’,” all seemed well in Halcyonia! In those years, we often attended huge area picnics out there and marveled at the way Halcyonia folks could still seem so happy, when the whole country’s economy was so awful! Mebbe YT is trying to describe a place that just isn’t there anymore, eh? I dunno! But after 70 some years it still has a wonderful place in my memory! Also, I’m not sure that, for all their other qualifications,our present day computers can pass along to our 2,000AD society the feelings that Halcyonia passed along to us. I’m also not sure

that anyone will read this or really care about those feelings! The Halcyonia that YT mentions was not a legendary place. It was there, and did have a way-of-life that we all admired. Sometimes as Yours Truly looks around him, he thinks that the “honesty and truth” of those times, are taking a kind of beating, and wonders if we should even try to pass along some of those ideals to our children! All of us have the makings of what it takes to create a community like that, and it’s up to us, I guess . . . . W.O. Mitchell: Yours Truly has always admired and envied the works of W.O. Mitchell, and tried, in his own way, to interpret some of the things about our Prairie life, as Mitchell had already so successfully done! Compared to the many visual descriptions of mountains, canyons and seashores, so often shown to attract tourists, of course our Prairies just can’t compete. yet far, far too little has been written about the unseen “moods” of the Prairie, that, I think, are far more impressive! For years, as a boy, Mitchell spent many hours wandering across the Prairie of his boyhood home, and when some of those moods were ﬁnally revealed to him, he picked up his pen and wrote! Yours Truly likes to think that all Prairie people living out here, whether they know it or not, in one way or another have experienced some of those moods. The almost (pardon the expression!) anti-claustrophobic feeling that the whole world was created just for them! Many people won’t believe it, but there is a real luxury in being

alone. Mebbe it is just in knowing that one has to think for themselves without anyone else’s opinion to rely on. Don’t feel sorry for them when you meet an old bachelor out on the Prairie, for few people ever find that feeling, and when they do, most people covet it! But it is there, and Mitchell did find it, and because he did, he tells us about it! When he was younger, Mitchell (who was born in 1944), like all of us, was just a Prairie boy who wandered out on to the open lands near his home, seeking what all of us seek (and sometimes never find!) But after he grew up and wrote Who has Seen the Wind? (and became famous), somehow those boyhood visions faded, and the Prairie just didn’t seem the same. It’s a bit of consolation, (I think) that most of us never knew the pressure of being famous, and can still communicate with feelings that we find out there! Many of us have live our whole lives out here and still never found those things that attract us so. And mebbe W.O. Mitchell, having once found them, couldn’t keep them either! He did find them one time though, and he did leave those books to remind us that, for all its outward features of bareness, Saskatchewan does have a secret something that keeps us here! Maybe the days of “being alone” are almost past, eh? Yet hopefully, for generations we’ll keep looking and looking for it, as that book title sez: Who has seen the wind? Mebbe our skies are “living” (as our license plates suggest!) telling tourist, what they want to hear! But to the folks who live out here on the Prairie, there is a

Captain Michelle Scott & #300 Fisher Air Cadet Squadron invite all youth ages 12 - 18 to Cadet Registration/Information Night

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Diamond Lodge News Happy Smile Week from everyone at Diamond Lodge. We made sure everyone had a smile on their face the whole week. Monday, August 13 we had exercises in the morning. We enjoyed playing balloon volleyball. Later that day we played Blast from the Past. Everyone had stories to tell about their themselves and their families. Tuesday we had current events. We mostly read from The Independent. We also checked out the local ﬂyers to learn what is selling these days. At 2:30 we read some jokes to make everyone smile. Then we ended off with Canadian trivia. This tested everyone’s knowledge. We had a Resident Council Meeting on the morning of Wednesday. We talked about things that we liked and things we wanted changed. Everyone that was at the meeting had a chance to voice their concerns. Since Wednesday was such a beautiful day a few of the lady residents went on the Handibus and took a tour of Biggar. The ladies loved looking at the flowers and the changes in the town. We even had to make a stop

and get ice cream. Thursday morning we did exercises again. Bingo was played that day also. There were a few eager children here to see their families. These children even helped play Bingo. Friday we had our weekly barbecue. We enjoyed eating hotdogs and hamburgers that had cheese and a lot of onions on it. To end our week we had Larry the balloon man come. He twisted balloons into all kinds of shapes and animals. Saturday morning and afternoon was very busy. We had two special birthday parties for our residents. A lot of family and friends were around visiting those special birthday

people. Some got to spend the day on the patio and on A and B wing Lounges. The morning the residents played Home Sweet Home Bingo and they watched a movie. Sunday morning a lot of the ladies were treated to the spa. They had their hair and nails done that day. In the afternoon the PALS Redeemer Lutheran Church did our Sunday Service. On Wednesday, Aug. 29th everyone is welcome to meet the residents at the Hospital to celebrate the sod turning for our new Long Term Care Facility. This event will happen at 11 a.m. Hope to see everyone there.

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REGISTRATION: Sunday, Sept. 9

7:00 p.m. at St. Gabriel School Gym …for more information call 306-843-8141 ask for Bev

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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 Forms can be dropped oﬀ at the dance studio 102 6th Ave East (Nova Wood Building) from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, September 4 Oﬀering: • Ballet • Tap • Jazz • Lyrical • Musical Theatre • Hip-Hop • Adult Classes • Recreation Dance for Adult and Youth

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948-2493 NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Rural Municipality of Biggar No. 347 Public Notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the ofÀces of:

REEVE COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 1 COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 3 COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 5 will be received by the undersigned at the municipal ofÀce during normal ofÀce hours from Tuesday, September 4, 2012 until Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal ofÀce. Dated this 27th day of August, 2012. Adrienne Urban Returning OfÀcer

Notice of Call for Nominations Municipal Elections PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the ofﬁces of: MAYOR:

Town of Biggar

COUNCILLOR: Town of Biggar Number to be elected: Six (6) BOARD MEMBER: St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Separate School Division #20 Catholic Board of Education Subdivision 3 Number to be elected: One (1) will be received by the undersigned on the 19th day of September, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Biggar Town Office, 202 3rd Avenue West and during regular business hours on Monday, August 27 to Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the Biggar Town Office. Nomination forms may be obtained at the following locations: Biggar Town Office 202 - 3rd Avenue West St. Gabriel School 105 - 8th Avenue East, Biggar, Saskatchewan

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Agriculture Mixed farming now a missed opportunity? by Calvin Daniels A g r i c u l t u r a l diversiﬁcation has long been an interest of mine, as regular readers will recognize. The idea of creating more options in terms of generating a positive cash ﬂow has always seemed like a very common sense approach for a sector where traditional core production products; wheat, barley, cattle and hogs are given to some pretty large and relatively long-lasting price dips. The farming founders of

Canadahaddiversiﬁcation at the heart of their operations, with mixed farms the norm. It was a built-in insurance plan of sorts. If a barley crop came off in bad condition it could be fed through hopefully higher valued hogs. If bad prices hit the cattle sector, they were still a fertilizer source for cereal crop land. And intertwined within the mixed farm philosophy was a full larder with your own meat in the freezer, veggies in the cellar, and

eggs and milk in the cooler. The concept of mixed farming has all but disappeared today, at least in terms of major farms. Specialization has taken over, and one can argue that is good in terms of management expertise in terms of production. Making the farm proﬁtable is not necessarily made easier in terms of being so specialized. We have seen the effect of extended low prices basically gutting the hog sector in Western

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Rural Municipality of Glenside No. 377 Public Notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the ofÀces of:

REEVE COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. ONE COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. THREE COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. FIVE will be received by the undersigned at the municipal ofÀce during normal ofÀce hours until Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal ofÀce. Dated this 22nd day of August, 2012. Cheryl A Forbes Returning OfÀcer

Canada, yet it was not so many years ago the region was considered nearly perfect in terms of producing pigs. The combination of seemingly long-term low grain prices, abundant room in terms of isolating barn units, and the need for local job creation all seemed to make Saskatchewan ideal for pig barns. But the big barns struggled as grain prices climbed, as did wages, and pork prices stayed low. Of course diversiﬁcation, even as it was basically sanctioned by the province’s agricultural departments proved to be

hit or miss - actually more miss than hit. The list of failures is long, ostrich, emu, fallow deer, seabuckthorn, and to lesser extents borage and ﬁbre hemp and the list goes on. The problems are largely a lack of processing facilities, which never got off the ground because production levels, or market potential never made a facility viable. One shining example of a new sector which arrived, and has managed to grow albeit a slow growth curve over many years, is the bison sector. The big animals have found a niche in a world

where consumers want lean, low fat meat, and bison provides that. Bison also do well on fringe land, that which is not suited for regular cultivation, and crop production, meaning the animals ﬁt with the idea of sustainable farming without impacting land use in terms of producing grain for human consumption. That will be increasingly important to consumers as well. While not a major agricultural commodity compared to beef or pork, bison are an example of diversiﬁcation which has worked, and that sets the sector apart from most.

Village of Perdue Notice of Call for Nominations PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the ofﬁces of: MAYOR:

Village of Perdue

COUNCILLOR: Village of Perdue (four) will be received by the undersigned on the 19th day of September, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Village Office, Perdue and during regular business hours on Monday, August 27 to Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at the Village Office. Nomination forms may be obtained at the Village Office, 1101 - 9th Street, Perdue. Dated this 27th day of August, 2012. Nancy Duns Returning Officer

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Rural Municipality of Perdue No. 346

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Public notice is hereby given that nomination of candidates for the offices of: REEVE COUNCILLOR for DIVISION 1 COUNCILLOR for DIVISION 3 COUNCILLOR for DIVISION 5 will be received by the undersigned at the municipal office during normal office hours until Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal office. Dated this 27th day of August, 2012. Allan Kirzinger, Returning Officer

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300 Fisher Cadets return from a summer of fun and learning A number of cadets from No. 300 Fisher Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron took the opportunity to participate in various training camps held throughout the summer. Summer training ran anywhere from three to seven weeks in duration and occurred in several locations across the Prairies. The summer training camps that were attended by No. 300 Fisher cadets include: General Training ( Pe n h o l d , A l b e r t a ) , Basic Survival (Cold Lake, Alberta), Basic Leadership (Penhold, Alberta), Beginner and Intermediate Pipes and Drums (Rocky Mountain National Summer Training Center), Basic Aviation and Advanced Aviation(Gimli, Manitoba), and Power Pilot Scholarship (Steinbach, Manitoba). No. 300 Fisher is also very proud of a number of our senior cadets who attended summer training in the capacity of staff cadets. This placement requires a willingness to be away from home for seven weeks and includes a high degree of personal commitment and responsibility. The summer training candidates returned with many fond memories, new friends and personal accomplishments to add to their repertoire. Seventeen of 20 cadets in No. 300 Fisher were among those selected to participate in summer training and staff

positions which speaks volumes to the quality of the young people that make up the squadron. The cadets, ofﬁcers and parents share the pride in their accomplishments a n d l o o k f o r wa r d t o another exciting and successful year of training opportunities. The Canadian Cadet Organization is a national program for youth aged 12-18 years. The program is sponsored by the Canadian Forces in partnership with the Navy, Army, and Air Cadet Leagues of Canada. The Aim of the program is to develop in youth the attributes of good leadership and citizenship, promote physical fitness and educate youth on the role

played by the Canadian Fo r c e s. C a d e t s a r e encouraged to be active and responsible members of the their communities. The Cadet Program assists in the development of valuable life skills such as self-confidence, selfesteem and teamwork. Additional benefits may include awarding of high school credits, scholarships and training in public speaking. T o d a y, t h e r e a r e 1,140 cadets corps and squadrons involving more that 55,00 youth throughout Canada making the Cadet program the largest federally funded youth program in the country. (See photos on page 7)

Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority - Liquor Permit Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997 Notice is hereby given that Tartan Golf and Management Company, LLC has applied to the Liquor and Gaming Authority for a Special Use Permit to sell alcohol in premises known as Perdue Oasis Golf Club at S ½ - 1-36-12-W3, Perdue of which the following is a correct legal description: S ½ 1-36-12 W3, Perdue Written objections to the granting of the permit may be ﬁled with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice. Every person ﬁling a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s). Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number. Frivolous, vexatious or competition-based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered, and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing. Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 Regina, SK S4P 3M3

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Rural Municipality of Eagle Creek No. 376 Public Notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the ofÀces of:

REEVE COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 1 COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 3 COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 5 will be received by the undersigned at the municipal ofÀce during normal ofÀce hours until Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal ofÀce. Dated this 27th day of August, 2012. Lloyd Cross Returning OfÀcer

JDL Underground Ltd. Biggar, Sask. • Horizontal/Directional Drilling • Gravel Crushing • Water and Sewer • Pipeline Construction • Excavating • Earth Moving Contact: Ryan

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BIGGAR LONG TERM CARE FACILITY SOD TURNING CEREMONY Ofﬁciated by the Honourable Dustin Duncan, Minister of Health

Wednesday, August 2 11:00 p.m. 501 - 1st Avenue West

The sod turning will be held west of the hospital on the site of the new facility

The Heartland Health Region extends a special invitation for the Sod Turning Ceremoy to all current and former members of the Planning Committees, Friends of the Lodge, Local Municipal Partners and the General Public

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Dreams in Three Rings Circus Gatti came to Biggar last Monday for two shows at the Jubilee Stadium, thrilling young and young at heart with their three ring antics. Feats of daring as performers defy gravity, hanging from the most seemingly delicate of fabrics (top left), then changing pace, playing with Ă&#x20AC;re (left). Defying gravity again, this BMX rider hits the ramp, up and over a suitably surprised clown, Laughing Leo (top right), while another clown precariously spins plates, all the while the crowd awaits a crashing noise that, of course, never came (above). Twisting, bending and balancing, a group of VIP birthday party goers, watches as a contortionist goes through her anything but routine, routine (below).

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Climbing above the trainer, awaiting a treat, this pooch was a show-stopper (above). Even higher, a performer spins and twists without a safety net or harness (left). Laughing Leo got folks into the show, giving a lucky youngster a chance in the limelight (left below), while an unlucky circus goer is the brunt of the joke (left, second from bottom). What’s a show with out a juggler - this one spinning a steel frame box into a blur of motion (right). Laughing Leo just doesn’t seem to know how to keep out of trouble, this time Ànding himself in the ball of death as two motorcycles crisscross, inches from our poor hero and his Áoppy facade (below). One of the death defying motorcyclists acknowledges the audience as the rest of the circus troupe comes out for their Ànal bow (bottom left. (Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Town of Biggar Financial Statement 2011

2011

2010

4,426,157

4,514,304

862,325

823,713

NET FINANCIAL ASSETS

3,563,832

3,690,591

Total Non-Financial Assets

9,377,330

8,465,946

12,941,162

12,156,537

Total Financial Assets

Total Liabilities

Accumulated Surplus (Schedule 8)

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2011 Budget

Surplus (DeÀcit) of capital expenses over expenditures

(1,503,180)

Surplus (DeÀcit) of expenses of other non-Ànancial expenditures Increase/Decrease in Net Financial Assets

Net Financial Assets - End of Year

(687,590)

3,003,001

2010

Total Revenues

3,907,030

4,246,574

3,810,758

Total Expenses

3,167,940

3,515,104

3,187,892

739,090

731,470

622,866

Surplus (Defecit) of Revenues over Expenses

815,590

784,625

1,024,353

Accumultaed Surplus (Defecit), End of Year

12,972,127

12,941,162

12,156,537

Surplus (Defecit) of Revenues over Expenses before Other Capital Contributions

2011 Budget

2011

2010

(922,728)

(820,093)

11,344

(9,597)

(126,759)

194,663

3,563,832

3,690,591

2011

Net cash from (used for) operations

Net cash from (used for) capital

2010

1,392,008

1,212,406

(1,404,310)

( 1,284,230)

Net cash from (used for) investing

(58,411)

Net cash from (used for) Ànancing

(50,112)

623,000

Net cash from (used for) Ànancing

(120,825)

616,810

3,720,052

3,840,877

Cash and Investments - End of Year

65,634

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Asquith News

Perdue News

Neil Millard 329-4235 I still have lots of boxes to unpack but I felt an urge to write to the Biggar Independent! I miss all the gang at the post ofﬁce, but, I have some good fun with the fellow who brings the mail to my condo box during the week (he drives a white Ford mail van, so we get along ﬁne!) My son, Ken, brought an oak table and TV cupboard plus a oak cupboard which looks much better. I also got some chairs and stools to match. As I write this on Thursday, August 16, it is the 35th Anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death. I always enjoyed his hymns. Jennet, Spencer and myself, went to the Miller

Express game against Regina Red Sox. My cheering didn’t help because it was one sided! I was pleased that Regina Red Sox went on to win once again, as they did last year! And That’s a Fact: It is impossible to lick your elbow - try it! A Crocodile can’t stick it’s tongue out. People say “Bless you” when you sneeze because when you sneeze, your heart stops for a millisecond. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. A pregnant goldﬁsh is called a “twit”. Now about Baseball: I plan to attend the Sas-

katchewan Baseball Hall of Fame 28th Annual Induction Ceremonies on Saturday, August 18 at the Alex Dillabough Centre in Battleford. I will probably stop in Asquith to pick up a few “things” that I didn’t bring. The summer is really going by quickly, so get out there and enjoy yourself! Go to a spa for a little pampering, a manicure and pedicure or a massage followed by lunch. You will feel like a new person. P.S. Moose Jaw has a good one! I recently saw the obituaries of the various Biggar families. Please accept my sympathy in the their passing.

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Rural Municipality of Mountain View No. 318 Public Notice is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of: REEVE COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 1 COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 3 COUNCILLOR FOR DIVISION NO. 5 will be received by the undersigned at the municipal office during normal office hours until Wednesday, September 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. local time. Nomination forms may be obtained from the municipal office. Dated this 27th day of August, 2012. Karen F. Martin, Returning Officer

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Congratulations to Jana Sittler (Mason), team player the Carnduff Steelers. The Senior B Ladies Fastball team represented Saskatchewan at the Senior B Western Fastball Canadian Championship tournament in Abbotsford, British Columbia August 16-19, and came home with the gold medal defeating BC North Delta, 2-1 in the ﬁnal game.

News from Audrey Mason Some ‘belated news’ from Audrey Mason, Perdue. It’s been a sad and happy time here. The happy time was Bob and Phil Mason’s 65th Anniversary, celebrated on July 29. It was held at Jim and Janice Mason’s place, in their beautiful yard. There were ﬂowers everywhere, planted by Janice. The pathways and all were Jim’s creation. Birds sang, and wee ones ran happily about, while “oldsters” visited. Julie Lemon was everywhere, snapping pictures. It was a perfect day, weather-wise. All their family were home, plus

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Love to entertain? Need enough space for your family and friends to gather? This beautiful 1,501 square foot home has a unique layout making it the perfect place to host family dinners or barbeques with friends. The main floor features a spacious living room at the front of the house, kitchen and adjoining dining room with garden doors to the deck, four piece bathroom, two regular bedrooms, and a master bedroom with two piece bathroom. The main floor also includes the laundry room with the entrance from the double attached garage, two piece bathroom, and storage area. A sunken family room at the back of the house features a gorgeous brick fireplace and the back door leading to the yard and deck. The basement is partially framed and houses the utility room and a workshop area. Outside is a large deck overlooking the fully fenced backyard. The house is situated on a 75’ x 140’ lot, providing lots of room for kids to play in the yard. Call to view this beautiful home today! Farmland for Sale (MLS) Sapsford Weekes Mercier Investment Yurchuk Silvernagle Brennan Wilkie Corman Park John’s Nursery

RM 346 RM 347 RM 228 RM 351 RM 342 RM 347 RM 246 RM 409 RM 344 RM 491

2,855 ac. 1226 ac. 850 ac. 757 ac. 458 ac. 314 ac. 160 ac. 160 ac. 146 ac. 52 ac.

Acreages for Sale (MLS) MacDonald Clarke McCrea Mann/Clark McCrory Wolfe Rawson Sutherland Denholm

Delisle Rosetown Biggar Harris Biggar Biggar Rosetown Wilkie Riverland

$839,900 $498,900 $490,000 $299,900 $179,000 $160,000 $149,000 $85,000 $14,900

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Bear Hills Rentals Perdue 1018 9th St

Biggar Perdue

$450,000 $41,500

$125,000 $109,000 $79,900 $72,600 $69,900 $40,000 $40,000 $30,000 $22,500

Perdue 819 Ave I Landis 102 3rd Ave E Perdue 909 8th St Wilkie 307 Main St. Perdue 806 7th St. Kinley 8.01 ac. Kinley 12 Lots Perdue Lots 142’ x 120’ Landis Lot*

Sale Pending 403 7th Ave E

$229,000

Recently Sold 307 7th Ave W

$89,000

Thinking of selling your high end home? Now could be your opportunity to profit from today’s strong market! Call to speak to an agent about what you have to gain.

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Perdue, Sask. 2005 F-150 XLT, 4x4, supercrew, 110,000km, SK Tax Pd Pd......................................... d ......................................... $17,900 XL, 4x4 4x4, 55.4L, 76km, 2005 F-150 XL 4L auto, auto only 76km great work truck ............................... $ 8,900 2005 Buick Allure 158,000km, local trade, SK Tax Pd ........................................ $ 7,900 2003 F-150 XLT, 4x4 supercab with matching topper, V8 auto, PW, PL, remote starter, only 112,000km, VG, SK Tax Pd .............. $10,900 2003 Chrysler Intrepid, only 105,000km, on consignment, Estate car .............. $ 5,900 Zero-turn Mowers, 52”, 27HP, ..........................................starting at $ 3,695

SOLD

2006 F-350 crew XL 4x4, diesel, auto, long box, 190km, Great Work Truck!

$14,900 2011 Ford Fusion SE, 4 cyl, auto, only 26,000km .......................................... $16,900 2008 Ford Ranger Sport, V6 auto, only 48,000km, balance of factory warranty, SK Tax Pd .............................................. $12,900 2008 Chev H.D. 3500, 4x4, reg. cab, 6L, auto, 130km ............................................... $17,900 2007 Cadillac CTS, loaded, 72,000km, SK Tax Pd .............................................. $16,900 2007 F-150 4x4 supercab, 5.4 auto, long box, 250,000km Sk Tax Pd ....................... $ 9.900 2006 Ford Freestar SEL, 7 passenger, DVD entertainment centre, 108,000km, SK Tax Pd, VERY GOOD! .................................. $10,900 2005 GMC 3/4 ton Sierra SLE Durmax, auto, ext cab, 190,000km, SK Tax Pd........$18,900

SOLD SOLD SOLD

2007 F-150 Lariat Supercrew only 74,000km, local trade, SK Tax pd

$25,900

$450,000 $275,000

Recently Sold Dixon Kocay Sopotyk Hay/Rec Land Gentes Fick Johnson Kabernack 125 1st Ave W

worked well together. I’ll always remember my brother with a twinkle in his eyes! He teased everyone! My sister and I can relate to that! Also, I recall what a good dancer he was and the fun it was to dance with him in our younger days. I also remember, as some of you may, how good he was on the sax. He was very musical! Many years ago, when money was scarce, he bought and raised two weenling piglets. When grown, they were sold to buy his saxophone. Teaching himself, with some help from Uncle Cecil, who was a good sax player, he got good enough to play in an orchestra for a few dollars each time. He didn’t play too long after marrying Donna. It wasn’t much fun for her. I’d always hoped one of his grandsons might pick up the horn. Maybe young Kyle some day! Anyway, life goes on, and I’m grateful for my siblings still here, as well as family and friends. Also neighbours, and the kindness in a small town. People care about each others here, as they do in little towns. What beautiful harvest weather, we are having! Let’s hope it lasts so the farmers can get this good crop in the bin!

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Homes for Sale in Biggar (MLS) 206 7th Ave W 102 6th Ave E 205 Turnbull Ave 403 7th Ave E 409 6th Ave E 201 King Street 308 6th Ave E 230 2nd Ave E 201 5th Ave E 104 6th Ave E (Lot)

Melody, Ken, Gregg and I. Maureen was at work. Both special people enjoyed it all! Melody and Ken stayed for a couple of days to repair my west deck and do odd jobs. However, they made time to barbecue hamburgers for supper. Maureen arrived soon after for a short stay. She brought food as always and made two delicious suppers. The day after she left for La Ronge, and home. Tanin, my granddaughter, drove up from Regina. It was good to have her! She also did jobs and made suppers before leaving, Saturday, Aug. 4. I have wonderful kids, as you can see, but do appreciate their goodness to me. As you can see, it was non-stop family visitors! The sad part was losing my brother, Murray, on July 31. It was quick and ﬁnal! He phoned me on his birthday, July 10, and said everyone is here! Rhonda had just arrived from Australia, and all were there but Shelley and Grant, who had gone to Waskesiu for a few days. He had ﬁnished the summer fallowing on July 9, the day before. He was doing what he loved - working the land. He was a good farmer! Grant and him

640 ac. RM 346 159 ac. RM 372 159 ac. RM 372 Asquith $795,000 Biggar $169,900 $160,000 Harris $75,900 Elrose $15,000 Biggar *denotes exclusive listing

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OBITUARIES John Yaroshko

MEMORIAMS In Loving Memory of our angel son Corey M. Bachman

on your angelversary (5 years)

Mr. John Yaroshko of Biggar, Sask. passed away on July 28, 2012 at the age of 83 years. John was born September 28, 1928 at Biggar, Sask. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Dianne; daughter, Bonnie-Lou (Peter); daughter, Della (Chris); and extended family. He was predeceased by his parents, Wasyl and Olena; sister, Mary; two brothers, George and Peter. Funeral service was held Wednesday, August 1 at 2 p.m. at the MacPherson Hall. Of¿ciant Pastor Mark Kleiner. Eulogist Della Yaroshko. Honourary casked bearers were all those who shared in John’s life. Tributes can be made to Biggar Wildlife Federation, Box 4, Biggar, Sask., S0K 0M0. Grondin Funeral Services, Biggar entrusted with arrangements, “Our family serving your family since 1963.” gfsc1

We miss you in so many ways We miss the things you used to say, And when old times we do recall, It’s then we miss you most of all Your life was a blessing Your memory a treasure ... You are loved beyond words And missed beyond measure. Thinking of you today and always XOXO

Love you forever and always Mom, Dad, Adriane and Dave and our other angel Brad Born April 20, 1983 Died August 31, 2007

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MEMORIAMS KALUZY:In loving memory of a dear mother and grandmother who passed away August 21, 1986. Sweet are the memories silently kept Of the one we loved dearly and shall not forget. Fondly remembered by the family 35p1 FEDYK: In loving memory of our dearest father, grandfather, great-grandfather Mike who passed away August 31, 1959. He had a smile, a pleasant way, A helping hand to all he knew He was so kind, so generous and true On earth he nobly did his best Grant him Jesus heavenly rest. Forever loved and sadly missed by your only daughter Sophie Fedyk-Kisser and families 35p1

SCHOMMER: In loving memory of David, October 15, 1939August 23, 2011. We cried when you passed away We still cry today Although we loved you dearly We couldn’t make you stay A golden heart stopped beating Hard working hands at rest God broke our heart to prove to us He only takes the best. Love you and miss you dearly Lovingly remembered by Marcella and family 35p1

CARD OF THANKS

The phone calls, cards, gifts and all the congratulations for my graduation were very much appreciated. Kaylee Oesch 35p1 We had such a wonderful day on our 60th wedding anniversary. We would like to thank everyone who came from far and near to help us celebrate with warm wishes. To our children you made this day possible. A special thanks to Peter Ehry for all his assistance. Karen and Amanda for all the little things you did. We love you all Alex and Mary Kammer

COMING EVENTS 35p1 SUNDAYS in August: Presbyterians, Anglicans, Lutherans will be worshipping at St. Paul’s Anglican Church, 10:30 a.m. Everyone Welcome. For more information or pastoral services, phone church at 306948-3731. 48/10tfn SUNDAYS… You are invited to the weekly services of Biggar Associated Gospel Church, corner Quebec St. and 8th Ave. West. Sunday Worship service is at 10:50 a.m. and everyone is welcome. Come and worship with us, Rev. Terry Wicks, Pastor. 23c12 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 2: Missionairies John and Marian Tibberts will be ministering in Word and song in our 10:50 a.m. mornng service. A potluck lunch will follow. Come and join us in welcoming the Tibberts to our service. 34c2

COMING EVENTS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4: Biggar Barracuda Swim Club bottle drive, 5-8 p.m. If you cannot be home, please set your bottles on the front step. Farm families can drop off at 1st Ave. Collision Centre or call 948-3745 for pick up. 35c2 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4-THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, Sask Art Progress Show by the McKenzie Art Gallery in the Credit Union Gallery at the Biggar Museum. 35c3 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5: Tiny Tot Nursery School registration 7 p.m. St. Gabriel’s School. 35c2 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9: Aven Grace, Canadian singer and songwriter will be in concert at Biggar Associated Gospel Church in the morning worship service which begins at 10:50 a.m. All are welcome to come and enjoy her ministry with us. 35c2 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10: 7 p.m. Donor Choice meeting at Hospital Board room. Please have a representative from organizations on our list attend. We NEED your support. 35c3 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14: Biggar & District Arts Council presents…Kevin Fox, 7:30 p.m., Biggar Majestic Theatre. Adults/ Seniors $25 (advance $20); Students, 13 and older $15 (advance $12); children, 12 and under $5. Advance and Season Tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar, 948-2452. 32c6 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27: 7:30 p.m. Ron Klusmeier’s 2012-13 Canada-wide Tour of a Lifetime Concert at Biggar United Church. This is his last tour travelling across Canada. Advance tickets adults $20; 16 years and under $5. 25 per cent of ticket sales donated directly to Canadian Foodgrains Bank -- End Hunger. Tickets available at United Church 948-2280 or deMoissac Jewellers 9482452. Also offering free music workshop 4-6 p.m. Please preregister. 34c6 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14: Perdue United Church Fowl Supper, Perdue Community Complex. Doors open 4:30 p.m.; supper 5 p.m. Adults $10, 6-12 $5; preschoolers Free. 35c5

NOTICE Families, clubs, churches and businesses are invited to do a Heritage Page to be on permanent display at Biggar Museum. Share your history! For more information call 9483451 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. tfn 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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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF AUDREY MAY RENNIE, late of PERDUE, in the Province of SASKATCHEWAN, deceased; ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE, duly veri¿ed by Statutory Declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 1st day of SEPTEMBER, A.D. 2012. ARD LAW OFFICE BARRISTER AND SOLICITOR BOX 1898 KINDERSLEY, SASKATCHEWAN S0L 1S0

MISCELLANEOUS For Sale…china cabinet, excellent condition, $350; one single bed brass heading, $60; 3-piece bedroom suite, (bed, dresser and drawers), $300. Phone 948-2276 33p3 In Biggar; 2-9ftx7ft steelcraft insulated solid white garage doors; very good condition; all hardware included except electric opener; phone 221-9186 or 948-2584 35p1

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STEEL BUILDING HUGE CLEARANCE SALE! 20X24 $4,658. 25X28 $5,295. 30X40 $7,790. 32X54 $10,600. 40X58 $14,895. 47X78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www. pioneersteel.ca. BOSCH 6.5 Qt. Mixer $449 no waiting for a 2nd rise! Vita Mix Blender $539, Grain mills $279 Bunn 3 Min Coffee Makers Call Hometech Regina 1-888-6926724.

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WANTED Wanted… looking to buy old Massey Ferguson discers, model #36. Anyone have them? Call 1-780-920-1215 33p3

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Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar LandÂżll 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 948-5393. Pickup available. 32tfn

MOBILE MEDICAL EXAMINERS: RNs, RPNs, LPNs, Lab Techs. Insurance Services Co. recruiting in Biggar, Shunavon, Eston and surrounding. Venipuncture experience reqd. Contact: careers@watermarkinsurance. com 35p3 Looking for part-time WAITRESS OR WAITER. See Maggie at Snow White Family Restaurant, Biggar 24c18 ALBERTA BASED COMPANY looking for qualiÂżed & experienced: Equipment Operators, Mulcher, Feller Buncher & Processor Operators. Out of town & camp work. Safety tickets & drivers abstract required. Email resume: jobs@ commandequipment.com. Fax 780-488-3002.

CARS & TRUCKS 2005 Pontiac SunÂżre, 4 door, under 19,000 km, 4 speed auto, liquid grey, power windows, doord, remote entry, air cond., interior car warmer, well maintained, records and service reports, good running order, no accidents, original owner and sole driver, good on gas, price: asking $6,500. Please call, must sell 306-948-2577. 34p3 1994 Plymouth Acclaim; A,T,C,; command start; 164,367kms; $300; phone 831-7617 34p3 Guaranteed approval drive away today! We lend money to everyone. Fast approvals, best interest rates. Over 500 vehicles sale priced for immediate delivery OAC. 1-877-796-0514. www.yourapprovedonline.com.

RECREATION 1985 Yamaha Virago, 1,000 cc, new rubber, carbs and forks redone. Phone 948-7521. 36tfn 1985 Hond Goldwing, new rubber, shocks redone this spring, new battery, $3500 obo; phone 948-3344 34tfn 2004 Honda 1300 VTX; 6900 kms; winshield and saddlebags; phone 948-7195 34p3 CJay Trailers located in Moose Jaw offers full line service, repairs and parts for all makes and models of RV trailers. We handle SGI claims for any type of damages including hail and wind damage. Let the experts at CJay Trailers take care of all your RV trailer needs. Call 306691-5474

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REAL ESTATE Two serviced lots, side by side in Biggar, 100â&#x20AC;&#x2122;x140â&#x20AC;&#x2122;, $79,900. Call 717-4681 (cell) 5tfn FOR SALE. WARMAN 55 PLUS ACTIVE ADULT LIFESTYLE Large Ground Level Townhomes 306 241 0123 www.diamondplace.ca

Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Electric Ltd. Meadow Lake, Sk. Full time journeyman or 4th year apprentice. We do residential, commercial, industrial. Apply by: Email daves.elec@sasktel.net or Fax 1-306-236-2390

HOUSES FOR SALE 402 - 7th Ave. East, Biggarâ&#x20AC;Ś well-built, 3-bedroom home, completely renovated, gutted down to framing, custom cabinets, maple hardwood Ă&#x20AC;ooring, energy efÂżcient package and many more up-grades. REDUCED, now $209,000. Must Sell. Call Brenda, 306-3738254. 34p3

RECREATION PROPERTY

FOR RENT Charter/ Sherwood Apartments 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. â&#x20AC;˘ Biggar

HOUSES FOR RENT Three-bedroom home, close to downtown, 3.5 blocks from school. Available August 30. For viewing, call 948-3674 or 9489517 32tfn

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

TH Vac Services, Kindersley SK is now hiring Vac Truck drivers and HydroVac/Combo Vac Truck Drivers. Class 3A or 1A drivers license required. Competitive wages, beneÂżts package, scheduled days off. Tickets an asset. Email resume to thvacs@sasktel.net or fax 306-463-3219. Call Don or Tim @ 306-463-7720.

THIN AND HEALTHYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TOTAL SOLUTION -discover the magic that is working for our members! We provide Weight Loss, Movement and Motivaion 948-2208

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY NEED A HOME PHONE? Cable TV or High Speed Internet? We Can Help. Everyone Approved. Call Today. 1-877-852-1122 Protel Reconnect

CAREER TRAINING LEARN FROM HOME. EARN FROM HOME. Medical Transcriptionists are in demand. Lots of jobs! Enrol today for less than $95 a month. 1-800466-1535 www.canscribe.com admissions@canscribe.com

Coram Construction is hiring Carpenters and concrete Âżnishers to work PCL sites in Saskatchewan. $31.60, Good beneÂżts, 3-5 years experience. Join, Âżt and install formwork. E-mail: iknibbs@coram.ca Fax: 306-525-0990 Mail: 205-845 Broad Street Regina, SK S4R8G9

WORK WANTED Custom Combining with JD 9770 straight cut or pickup. Call 9483450 or 948-7601. Combine can also be rented. 35c3

Quick Stop & Fas Gas Convenience Store Full/part-time CASHIERS needed at Quick Stop. Resumes can be dropped off or mailed to Box 452, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0

Custom RooĂ&#x20AC;ng Inc

HEALTH/ WELLNESS CASH BACK - $10 for every pound you lose. Lose weight quickly and safely and keep it off, results guaranteed! Call Herbal Magic today! 1-800-8545176. GET PAID TO LOSE WEIGHT. $5,000 For Your Success Story. Personal Image TV Show. Call to Qualify: 1.888.771.7607 AVA@mertontv.ca. www. mertontv.ca.

TRAVEL

is seeking full time labourers for work within the Commercial Flat RooĂ&#x20AC;ng Industry. We are offering training and enrollment in the apprenticeship program, with opportunity for advancement within the company. Once an accepted number of hours and experience is fulĂ&#x20AC;lled (approx 4 years), you can become eligible to write a red seal journeymanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s exam and become a Red Seal Ticketed Roofer able to move into a foreman position. Please contact 306-9485453 and ask for Jann or Solana. Starting wage between $15-$18 per hour.

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HEATED CANOLA WANTED!! - GREEN CANOLA - SPRING THRASHED - DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!! - BARLEY, OATS, WHT - LIGHT OR TOUGH - SPRING THRASHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!! HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed d & Grain 1-877-250-5252

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If YOU areâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;˘ Moving â&#x20AC;˘ Expecting a Baby â&#x20AC;˘ Planning a Wedding â&#x20AC;˘ Anticipating Retirement Call WELCOME WAGON at 948-2563 - Lisa Haynes We have gifts and information www.welcomewagon.ca Bob Foster Locksmith Services. Phone 306-831-7633 26tfn

The Town of Rosetown is seeking an experienced business professional to Âżll the newlycreated position of Community and Business Development Manager. Reporting to the Town Administrator, the Community and Business Development Manager plans, organizes, directs, controls and evaluates the business plan and operating resources necessary to implement and evaluate the multi-year strategic plan, as it relates to Community and Business Development, approved by Town Council. A complete job description is available upon request. Salary will be commensurate with education and experience. A comprehensive beneÂżt plan and pension plan is available. Candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, salary expectations and three (3) references to: Steven Piermantier, B.Comm, RMA, Town Administrator, Box 398, Rosetown, SK S0L 2V0. E-mail: a d m i n i s t r a t o r. r o s e t o w n @ sasktel.net Application deadline: Friday, August 31, 2012.

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Licenced for: •Farm •Acreage •Residential • Commercial

113 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar

948-5052 (ofﬁce) Cell 948-4478 Dave Molberg BSA

www.TimHammond.ca www.FarmsofCanada.com

Exposure, Experience and Effort.

of The Battlefords Independently Owned and Operated

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

FOR RENT BIGGAR HOUSING AUTHORITY Housing for families and seniors Rent based on income

Call: 948-2101

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Bear Hills Rural Development Corporation Box 327 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0 Helping you Help yourself

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

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

GLASS INSTALLATION

9Residential 9Commercial 9Automotive 9We tint vehicles too! For all your glass needs,

104 - 2nd Ave. West Biggar

306-948-4846

ADVERTISING is an investment in your business.

…owned and operated by Diane Larouche Ellard

Located in the Nova Wood Centre (back entrance) 104 - 6th Ave. E., Biggar

CPFT, CPTA, CnHc

Specializing in Exclusive Seasonal Personal Training Sessions! …for weight loss,

Tim Hammond Realty 113 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar

30 min. Circuit Gym

“Putting PERSONAL back into ﬁtness training!” Wayne Baldwin,

PLUMBING & HEATING

Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

HOME IMPROVEMENTS HANDY JIM SERVICES

available to do…

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

Call Jim @ 306-948-3333

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

Wood and Steel Buildings Floor & Trusses GEORGE STAHL Ph: cell:

(306) 948-3776 (306) 260-6503

Kirk Ewen Doctor of Optometry

body sculpting, strength training.

Offering… One-on-One Rehab & Therapy Sessions * Limited Memberships available to fully equipped Private Fitness Studio & Cardio Room Gift Certiﬁcates available

Visit us @ 114- 2nd Ave. W., Biggar

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

For appointments… 1-855-651-3311

SEED CLEANING

Wylie Farms Ltd. SEED CLEANING Canadian Seed Institute Accredited Pedigree, Commercial & Custom Cleaning FULL line of Cleaning Equipment including Gravity Table

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.

Where you can feel right at home!

Northland Foaming

Spray Foam 306-948-2805 Cell: 306-948-6062 Email: northland83@yourlink.ca Want to insulate your quonset, farm/commercial buildings, house or cabin? Lower your heating and cooling costs and add strength to your buildings!

NORTHLAND PAINTING and SANDBLASTING •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

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

Cell… 948-8048

WTSL MOBILE GRAIN SERVICE WTS Box 917, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

Michelle Spuzak, R.M.T. (NHPC member) Located @ New Beginnings Wellness Centre, 114 - 2nd Ave. W., BIGGAR

Services available…

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Your Healthy Living

Weight Loss & Wellness Centre

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

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

PHOTOGRAPHY

306-948-2814 BOOKS

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For bookings, call Jason

948-2887 VY JLSS 948-6969 McNULTY’S MOBILE SEED CLEANING Custom Cleaning of H.R.S. & C.P. S. Wheat

Phone: 948-5678

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Evening, Saturday and in-home appointments available.

www.photosbyjocelyn.com

948-3344

Custom Combining JD9770

Mundt’s Mobile Custom Grain Cleaning

Portraits, Family, Weddings & Sports Photography

Place a classified by phone

Wayne Dollansky 306-948-7247

• Shamanic Healing • Psychosomatic Therapy • Massage • Emotional Release Therapy

Photos by Jocelyn

www.madgerooÀng.com Biggar, Sask.

Phoenix M4 Mobile Grain cleaning and sizing

Phone… 948-2548

Insulation

306-717-2818

Please arrange to pick up your photos that have been submitted for publication. .…thanks, The Independent

OPTOMETRISTS

Ladies Only

NEW BEGINNINGS WELLNESS CENTRE

Cell: 306-221-6888

Proud to handle Biggar’s Real Estate Needs

Licenced for: •Residential

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948-2208

www.TimHammond.ca www.FarmsofCanada.com

Tim Hammond,

HEALTH/WELLNESS

Pat Wicks,

Living Books Distributor 205-3rd Ave. East, Biggar Books, gifts, cards. Shop at my home! Call 948-3427 for appts.

NEWSSTANDS @ • Esso • Leslie’s Drugstore • Pharmasave • Quick Stop • Super A Foods • Shop Easy Food • Weasie’s Gourmet Blends • Feudal Co-op, Perdue • The Store, Perdue

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 19

LEGAL SERVICES

ACCOUNTING

BUSSE LAW

BIGGAR ACCOUNTING SERVICES

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors Stuart A. Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B. Bonnie L. Reddekopp, JD 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK

948-3346 …serving your community since 1972

Garry A. Faye Chartered Accountant Notary Public 201B-2nd Ave. West P. O. Box 1480 Biggar, Sask.

Phone: 948-5133

Roe & Company 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 Lisa Watson Sheri Woods look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:

306-948-5352 or 306-244-9865 To advertise in this directory, please call Urla at The Independent

• 948-3344 • This feature will appear Weekly. ASK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL DIRECTORY RATES.

BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC 104 - 6 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. th

223 Main Street Biggar

306-948-3408

Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO

DR. GLENN RIEKMAN Dentist

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

948-2183 Email: ddolack@sasktel.net Website: www.hrblock.ca

INSURANCE BIGGA R I NS URA NCE S E RV I CE S • Notary Publics • Home & Agro Insurance • Auto & Commerical Insurance • Health Insurance • Motor Licence Issuer Ofﬁce Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday 304 Main Street • Biggar

Phone: 948-2204 or 948-3886

INVESTMENTS

AUTOMOTIVE

DENTAL

100% handwash “Where we do it all for you!!”

Biggar

• Detailing • Vortex Spray-In Box Liners • Granitex Baked-on Coatings for Decks and Cement Flooring • Auto Accessories • Trailer Rentals

Tree services available…

Owned & operated by Kevin Fick

227 - 1st Ave. East, Biggar

Do you just want to know if your premiums are fair with the right coverage?

OFFICE HOURS

YH Truck, Ag & Auto

Biggar Sand & Gravel

MACHINERY DEALERS

Phone: 882-2123 Emergency (after hours) 882-2006

222 Main Street 306 948 5377

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

948-3376 after hours George: 948-4042

SERVICES

Corner of Main Street & 1st Avenue West, Biggar

948-2700 Your Auto Parts and Accessories Dealer Open: Mon.-Fri.

MONARCH MEATS

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

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For all your investment needs, Visit…

Prairieland Collision Rosetown, Sask.

306-882-2289 Lyndsey Sacher

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

Mutual Fund Investment Specialist, Wealth Consultant Credential Asset Management Inc.

Pamela Eaton

Robert Hoesgen, CFP

Mutual Fund Investment Specialist Credential Asset Management Inc.

M & N REPAIR 701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar

948-3996 Open Monday-Saturday Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic

Located at the Biggar & District Credit Union 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK • 306-948-3352 Mutual funds are offered through Credential Asset Management Inc., and mutual funds and other securities are offered through Credential Securities Inc. ®Credential is a registered mark owned by Credential Financial Inc. and is used under license.

Heavy Truck Repair SGI Safety Inspection Auto Repair TIRES

WINE, BEER, KITS and SUPPLIES

available at… Grape Moments located in The Independent, 102 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar 948-3344

• custom slaughter, cut and wrapping • sausage making, curing and smoking

• sides of Pork & Beef available

948-3384

8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Sat. • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

ONLINE @

Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI

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Financial Planning Estate Planning Life Insurance

• trenching • trucking • water & sewer • sand & gravel • excavating Call Colin Graham at 948-5455

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Kevin Kurulak Investment Rep Insurance Broker P. 306 948 5200 F. 306 948 5207 Appointments Preferred

948-3381

521 Main St., Biggar 948-2109

Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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

948-1722

• Heavy truck parts • Agriculture parts • Automotive parts & accessories www.yhtruckagauto.com

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

403 Main Street, Biggar

Are you looking for Life, Living Benefits Insurance and/or Investment Strategies?

Ivan Young,

KRF Auto Centre

1st Ave. West, Biggar

Want a truly independent advisor who will find your unique solution?

SERVICES

For FAX service, see us at The Independent, 102 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar

Residential Commercial Automotive

216 Main St., Biggar

948-3955 Battery Chargers Electric Fencers Repaired/Rebuilt/ Built

Phillips Radio Shop 109 Main St., Biggar

Phone:

948-2442

Fax: 948-2484

MANUFACTURING CWB CertiÀed Light Fabrication Mobile Welding

230 - 1st Ave. W., Biggar Phone: 948-7117 email: chase14welding@sasktel.net

The Country Clipper

Qualilty!

• 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.

THUR-O CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Cliff Forsyth

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

Jerry Muc Phone: 948-2958 Fax:

948-5699

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

948-5600

Anne G. Livingston

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

HONEYBEE SEPTIC TANK SERVICE 658-4474, Landis, SK

HARRIS TRUCK SERVICES LTD.

Custom Grain Hauling 306-948-9278 Landis, Sask.

948-5678 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

Rebel Landscaping 948-2879, evenings 948-7207, daytime Ed Kolenosky • Driveways • Concrete • Garage Pads • Pruning • Planting

BIGGAR LEISURE CENTRE

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For FREE estimates or enquiries CALL Wayne or Dorothy at

Bob Kobelsky

LG, Frigidaire, Shaw, Bell, Yamaha AudioDealer; and Your authorized SaskTel Mobility and High Speed Internet Dealer

Box 736, Biggar

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SERVICES

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

• Snow Removal • Fences …and much more

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.

HAULS TO THE DUMP Small moves and deliveries with ½ ton truck

Ph/fax: 948-3856 or cell: 948-7896 Sales Consultant J. G. Smith

MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012

20 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

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