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Yield for the hawk . . . A hawk takes flight from a faded yield sign near Biggar, perhaps looking for lunch. Summer time heat still hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t withered the beautiful green colours, and for our feathered friends, their browns stand in magnificent contrast. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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The world takes on a different look from the air and with the warmer temperatures and greener landscape, everything is a bit more ethereal. With the calmer weather, water bodies take on a glassy finish, reflecting the clouds and nearby landmarks.

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Town of Biggar Town of Biggar Council Minutes Council Minutes Council Minute highlights The regular meeting of Biggar Town Council was held June 2, at 7:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Attending the meeting were Mayor Ray Sadler, Aldermen Alan Boyle, Penny McCallum, Kevin McNicholls, Kirk Sherbino, Edward Young, and Ivan Young. Council resolved that the minutes of May 19, 2020 Regular Meeting of Council, be accepted as presented. Council resolved that the verbal report presented by Interim Fire Chief Kelly Dorosh, be accepted. Council resolved that the Committee of the Whole Meeting schedule for June 9 and 23, 2020, be cancelled. Council resolved that the Administrator’s Report be accepted as presented by the Chief Administrative Officer, Barb Barteski. Council resolved that the Recreation Director’s Report for the month of May, 2020, be accepted as presented by the Recreation Director, Erin Poitras. Council resolved that the Community Development Officer’s Report for up to June 2, 2020, be accepted as submitted by the Community Development Officer, D’Shae Bussiere. Council resolved that the General Accounts Paid in the amount of $135,774 and the General Accounts Payable in the amount of $25,942.95, be approved. Council resolved that the following correspondence be accepted for Council’s information and filed: SAMA - Certificate of Confirmation; Phase 3 - Work Schedule; SAMA - Non-Contact Inspection; Government of Saskatchewan - 2020-2021 Transit Grant; Fire Department - Payroll; Wheatland Regional Library - Phase 4 Reopen Plan; Saskatchewan Health Authority - Emergency Department Closure Update; PIWIK - May 2020 Monthly Summary. Council resolved that the Town of Biggar enter into an agreement with the Government of Saskatchewan for funding through the Municipal Economic Enhancement Program, and further that Council fully support the following projects: Sidewalk Construction on Eighth Avenue West - $120,000; Solar panels at Jubilee Stadium - $156,000; Lift Truck - $55,000. Council resolved that the correspondence from Kelly Dorosh regarding the ladder truck repairs, be received. Council resolved that Larry Rob be appointed Predator Control Officer for the year 2020. Council resolved that the Town of Biggar enter into an Easement Agreement with Sask Energy for SW 08-3614W3M. Council resolved that the Town of Biggar enter into an Easement Agreement with SaskPower for the following: MB1, Plan 94S48733-2 (Surface Parcel 146414189); MB2, Plan 101926481 (Surface Parcel 163541347); MB1, Plan 102240380 (Surface Parcel 203307993); Parcel AA, Plan 102240380 (Surface Plan 203307971(. Council resolved that the Land Lease Agreement for Parcel W Plan 102122840 to M and N Repair, be ratified for the year 2020-2021. Council resolved that the Town of Biggar enter into an Easement Agreement with SaskPower for SW 8-36-14 W3M and Parcel E, Plan 101484971 in the NW 5-36-14 W3M Ext. 19. Council resolved that the quote from Solid State Renovations Ltd. for work at the Town Office and Library in the amount of $13,382.25, be approved. Council resolved that the correspondence from Leroy Ekman regarding concerns at the landfill, be reviewed. • Meeting adjourned at 9:58 p.m.

Emergency services resume at Biggar Emergency services at the Biggar and District Health Centre have resumed effective June 22, and normal operations are now in place. The Saskatchewan

Health Authority (SHA) is appreciative of the cooperation and support of the community during this temporary disruption of emergency services. The SHA closed emer-

gency services on May 21. Biggar was one of 12 hospitals that will be an “Alternate Level of Care” (ALC) site if the COVID19 cases surge. The closure was used to assess

the safety and readiness, plus train staff and physicians for the possible surge in COVID-19 cases.

No serious injuries at 4 and 14 . . . A westbound van proceeding from the stop sign at the intersection of Highways 4 and 14 finds themselves in the ditch shortly before noon, Tuesday. An alert heavy-haul tow truck driver managed to avoid the van and no one was seriously hurt. Biggar Fire, RCMP and EMS responded to the scene. (Independent Photo by Dale Buxton)

Prairie Malt fire under control . . . A worker dumps some dry ice into a smouldering bin at Prairie Malt. Damp product managed to come alight, and the massive quantity has to be slowly removed. Unfortunately, winds sometimes blow the wrong way making for quite the stench, and Prairie Malt is asking for patience from residents. The incident is well under control. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Biggar RCMP Report

by Cpl. Dereck Crozier, Biggar Detachment, NCO IC There were 61 calls for service this week and with more traffic moving around as we get COVID comfortable. Thirty reminders were given out about the rules of the road. There were 18 other calls for traffic related incidents including suspicious activity that ranged from sleeping in a vehicle in front of the post office, loud ATV’s driving around at 10:30 in the evening, people getting dropped off with flashlights running around town and a mysterious low flying Piper plane over NW 24-34-10. We attended to one assault from a party that went on a little too long and common sense left awhile ago. We also took five calls for feuding neighbours in Biggar, if anyone has any ideas for positive re-enforcement techniques in good behaviour for adults,

please lend a helping hand. Where have all the Unicorns and Rainbows gone? We had two reports of mischief; a mirror broken off a Pontiac Torrent street side on Main Street in Biggar and damaged to tombstones at the St. Michael’s Cemetery in the RM of Glenside. If anyone has any information about these acts of mischief, please give crimestoppers a call. There was one single vehicle collision reported where a Swift Current vehicle missed the stop sign at Highway 4 south and Highway 14 and ended up in the field across the highway. Luckily there was a break in the cross traffic and no injuries were sustained with only minor damage to vehicle and fence. And finally police and the fire department responded to a vehicle fire, all was well except our poor street sweeper did not fair the best.

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Letter to The Editor Dear Editor, The biggest pandemic this world has ever known is not a virus. Nor is it racism. It is stupidity! The world is just waking up that black lives matter. Duh! What crevice did we just crawl out of? Now if those protesters waved a banner that says “CRIMINAL LIVES MATTER”, that would make sense. Floyd George was a criminal with umpteen felony offences. And the cops down there, like ours here, are frustrated and fed up to the hilt having to play this stupid and expensive game of “Catch and Release” over and over. If criminals were properly disciplined and rehabilitated we wouldn’t have this problem we blame racism for, and we could then afford to down-size (defund) policing to some extent. But the underlying problem is not the police. It is our justice system. We need rehab programs that work, and we need to get rid of those who cannot be rehabilitated! If it were up to me there would be mobile gallows rolling into arenas coast to coast. But that’s another story. Ross Hingston Landis, Sask.

Traditional media faces uphill battle by Paz Gómez, Research associate, Frontier Centre for Public Policy Over the years, the legacy press has gone from arrogance to hysteria as social-media firms eat up its advertising lunch. Rather than adjust to modern trends, the oncefeared fourth estate is now begging from the institution it’s supposed to watch. Canadian newspapers have joined global efforts to force Google, Facebook and other platforms to subsidize a moribund business model. This spring, outlets such as the Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, and Winnipeg Free Press penned a letter requesting that federal government impose a fee on social media for displaying news content. The move follows similar measures in France and Australia. More than 250 Canadian news outlets have shut down in the last decade as tech giants have amassed online traffic and digitaladvertising revenue. Local journalism has suffered the largest blow, with 171 media organizations in

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138 communities folding between 2008 and 2017. The pandemic, so far, has driven 50 publications out of business and destroyed 2,000 media jobs. Government aid, though plentiful, has not been able to contain the haemorrhage. As part of its relief package, Ottawa provided struggling newspapers with a 75 per cent wage subsidy for three months. It has also funnelled $30 million through COVID-19 awareness campaigns. In 2019, at the request of the Canadian news industry, Ottawa allocated a $600-million lifeline to media outlets, including refundable tax credits for digital subscriptions and charitable tax incentives for non-profit journalism. Last year, the federal government announced plans to monitor and prevent misinformation on social media. However, in the face of a public backlash, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau backed down in February from a move to regulate news content and require media licenc-

es. The Internet changed everything Arguing that socialmedia platforms profit on content produced by journalists, the letter’s signatories claim the forcible redistribution of the tech giants’ advertising revenue is a fair and “long-term” solution. This view reveals a failure to understand the roots of the problem. Social media account for more than half of advertising revenue not because of news content but because of their superior marketing tools. They reach larger audiences than newspapers and get very precise data from users: demographics, interests, hobbies, political leanings and so on. Businesses and creative agencies value this information, as it allows them to personalize advertising and allocate budgets more efficiently. In particular, Google and Facebook’s competitive advantage relies on the stake they hold on other parts of the digital-media supply chain:

e-mail, search engine, video streaming and instant messaging. Critics point out a lack of antitrust regulation has led to a duopoly. The transformation of advertising predates Google and Facebook, however. If anyone is to blame, it’s the Internet, which has enabled cheap dissemination of information and disrupted other industries such as record labels and postal mail. Google and Facebook have just perfected online marketing by providing solutions to thorny issues such as ad blockers and targeting inaccuracy. Newspapers have lagged behind, betting on the sheer force of their brands, subscription channels, loyal customers and political patronage. Unlike the music industry, which adapted to the disruption of Napster and similar file-sharing platforms, the letter-writing media companies believe society owes them sustenance. One reason tech giants have been able to grow whereas media companies have cratered is dif-

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fering cultural and legal environments. While Silicon Valley fosters experimentation, legacy newsrooms cling to rigid norms and traditions. In Canada, a myriad of regulations, taxes, and subsidies have protected several industries from competition for too long, holding back innovation. The World Economic Forum argues that Canada needs more legal flexibility to foster new technologies and business models. Canada’s news industry, with some exceptions, has yet to reinvent itself in the digital age and find a sustainable path. Piggybacking on social-media platforms is not it. And relying on government as a major source of revenue will only create dependency and undermine the public’s already eroding trust in mainstream journalism. The moment media was waiting for Not all hope is lost. Due to the closure of businesses and events, social-media giants will face annual revenue declines for the first time in their history.

Facebook ad prices are at record lows; on average, they have dropped from 35 to 50 per cent. Google displayed no paid ads for hotels and restaurants in April. Despite their finelytuned tools, social-media platforms have struggled with screening problematic ads such as violent and fraudulent content. Canadian authorities might accelerate content restrictions and impose monitoring burdens on Google, Facebook, and other platforms. If they’re smart, Canadian media-industry leaders can take advantage of the current scenario by emphasizing the calibre of their content. Social media, however, won’t disappear tomorrow. The newspaper industry in Canada has two choices: make a lowly living through continuous government bailouts or take a deep look at its own failures, convince the public they’re worth paying for, and retake their position as valuable observers in civil society.

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Swimming

When we were kids Dad as a matter of fact one of Chef Dez Dezused away the neighbour boys came to tell us now and of sand washing Agriculture from under your feet, was down one day from Sunthen about how well onhiscooking cooking enough to scare the bold- day School and fell in! He father could swim. Even at that, the feeling

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rence Ashton Mason (later known as “Lar”) had been raised near and learned to swim in the Lake Scugog in southern Ontario. This was way way b a c k , m i n d you, just after the Mason’s first came to Canada! Although “ L a r ” had four Bob Mason bro thers who could all swim well, he never learned how until the day they drove him out onto the lake, threw him overboard and let him swim back! At least that’s what Dad said! Apparently this method worked well for him because Dad also told us that one of the first things his father did when he came west was swim across the North Saskatchewan River! In contrast to Lake Scugog (what a name!) Y.T. and his brothers were Bruce Penton raised not too far from that river and were continually warned by their parents (and the RCMP) not to ever go in it! Whenever we did go down to the river the sight of those swirling eddies drifting by on the current, always kept us pretty close to shore where it was only a few feet deep!

estChef of waders. More than Dez once we felt we had gone out too far! Although grandfather may have been able to swim well, we n e w e r f a m ily types d i d n ’ t inherit his waterw i s e genes. Rather, there was s o m e chemical in our y o u n g makeup Bob Mason that reacted to contact with H2O and turned it into some kind of Pb, “Plumbum” or lead! I suppose if our life depended on it, Y.T. could manage to make a few strokes, but swimming was never my long suit! Being boys though, the lure of water really got through to us and we hauled one of Dad’s plank water troughs down to the pasture slough. Every spring that old slough filled up with the runoff and by summer holidays was getKim Inglis ting almost warm. There were lots of big stones in the old slough and we sure didn’t have to worry much about sinking in the mud. Sometimes quite a few of us boys, without swim suits, would be down there splashing in the muddy water and getting gloriously wet . . .

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waded ashore, shaking Calvin Daniels wet, spread his clothes on the hot stones to dry and went back in! I don’t know what he told his folks about our pasture slough escapades, but he never showed up again! I wouldn’t want to claim that we had that water all to ourselves. I knew frogs did, but splashing around one day was the first time I knew that garter snakes could swim! Tracey and Y.T. went back to that spot a few years ago and we could hardly find it! I think I’ve mentioned this before, but many of the folks who lived along theCalvin river in the 1930’s had Daniels fish traps (some mink wire stretched over rake wheels) which the police seemed to take a great joy in finding and cutting the wire anchoring them to the river bank trees. Our neighbour, John, was one of these guys, and when they cut his trap loose he dived into six feet of river to find it. John was a strong swimmer, but he told us that the cross-currents down there were nearly too much for him and he was lucky to get back to the surface for air! In Great Kim Bend, Inglis because of islands, sand-bars and the curve of the river itself, the currents are something awful, and John told us that lying flat in the water was the only way he could come up into the top current. It was reports like this that kept most younger types in the shallows, although every now and

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then someone drowned! I suppose that being a good swimmer might have been an advantage in some military circles, I dunno! But I do know that after crossing the Atlantic Ocean wearing our “Mae West” life preservers in case our ship was torpedoed, a fellow threw his into the harbour at Greenock, Scotland, where it immediately sank like a stone! Personally, at Veen, when we were being mortared one time, Y.T. jumped into a ditchful of water and tried his darndest to stay down but kept floating up! When the war was over and Y.T. finally got back to England, he went to see Walt at Chivenor in West Devonshire, and we went over to Ilfracombeon-sea. Where a great big roller came roaring in from the Irish Sea and darn near threw me for a ten-yard loss! So eventually we got home and married the nicest girl in the country. Phyllis and I spent part of our honeymoon at Manitou Beach at Watrous where we floated around just like we’d been swim-

mers for years. Then back to the farm. We built a dugout and fenced it in so that no one could get into it and swim. We dryland farmed for what we thought was forever but was really the best part of our lives, worked at Cominco for a while and then retired. We did go back to Watrous again on our 50th anniversary, waltzed a bit in “Danceland” and floated in the huge spa they have there now.

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Wife Dumps Abusive Husbands Ashes in the Garbage We never know how we’re going to react when someone dies. The truth of the matter is, we all deal with death differently. For most people, there is a good amount of sadness, some regret, and a lot of wishing they could go back for a second. But, it’s not this way for everyone. In fact, some people don’t mourn at all. And in the case of this abusive husband dying, his wife was not sad or mourning. When this not-so-loved one passed away, the widowed wife took matters into her own hands, literally. After her husband died, Marsha Wid-

ener posted a video, and here are parts of what she shared. Marsha Widener begins the clip by saying, “I know you’re not going to understand why I’m doing this,” then she shows a box filled with ashes to the camera, explaining they are the remains of her late spouse, Don Widener. She states, “His family don’t want him, his brother doesn’t want him around, his kids don’t want him – actually, they want him to go in the gutter or the toilet.” Marsha shares that Don was a garbage man who brought trash from businesses to the landfill. Now it’s her turn to bring

him to the landfill. She begins to untie the garbage bag with his cremains and says, “This is for all the pain and all the turmoil he has caused my children and myself and what he calls his parents. This is his goodbye.” She then starts to pour his ashes into a trash bin, noting as she does, “This is for all the times he kicked me in the head – yup, he put my head through a window.” She spills ashes on the ground and grinds them into the dirt with her foot. She empties the rest into the bin, throws the bag in too and says, “Adios amigo!”

A short while ago I could make the odd strike on my bowling score and a very odd hole-in-one at the golf course, but my accomplishments at the local swimming pool left an awful lot to be desired! As we get older it sometimes seems to me that my life, balancing the books and swimming, are very much the same . . . we can hardly keep our heads above water!

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Chef Dez on Cooking Brine for the Best Barbecued Meats Although men have been assigned the stereotype of working the backyard Barbecue, it is a joy that is shared by most home culinary enthusiasts. It’s a summertime passion. The smoky essence of smoldering charcoal starts my mouth watering as my mind conjures up recollections of flamelicked meats, and fire roasted vegetables. With a few basic tips, you can overcome any barbecuing intimidation you may have. Overcooking lean meats is one of the most common mistakes made. Although it is imperative for poultry to be fully cooked, this does not give you the right to transform it into dry charred remains. Brining can help protect light-meat poultry and lean pork. This is a technique that involves soaking in a salt-water solution for a period of time prior to cooking. Not only does this add moisture to the centre of the meat, but also seasoning, as the salt saturated water is drawn in. A simple brining formula would be: one quarter cup table salt dissolved in 4 cups of water for pieces of poultry or lean

pork. Let the meat sit in the brine for at least one hour in the refrigerator. Remove from the brine, pat them dry, and cook as you normally would. This brining process will provide a moisture protection shield to help keep fully cooked meats juicy. However, this is only a safeguard – overcooking is still possible, but this lessens the chance. The only other consideration you may need to give your recipe is the amount of seasoning. The meat will already be seasoned somewhat from the salt in the brine, so back off on the saltshaker. Try this technique the next time you are barbecuing chicken breasts, pork chops, pork tenderloins or pork loins. You will be impressed with the results. The salt used can be any salt: Kosher, Sea, et cetera. – the important aspect is to ensure that the granules are the same size as table salt. A coarser grind will result in less salt per equal measure as more air trapped between the larger particles. It is important to mention that this is the simplest form of brine: Water and Salt. There are many more complex recipes

available on the Internet that will bring flavour and moisture, but this easy brine is a straightforward starting point. Another essential pointer to bring up is that red meats are typically not brined; marinating is better for red meats, but that’s slated for another column topic. Dear Chef Dez: I love barbecued chicken with the skin on, however it always seems to get burned on the outside well before the center gets cooked. I know many people cook skinless chicken pieces and they have no problem, but I enjoy having the skin on. However, the fat from the skin promotes flare-ups, and thus gets burned. How can I avoid this without losing my enjoyment of having the skin? Tracey S. Abbotsford, B.C.

Dear Tracey: Indirect heat is the way to go to conquer this problem. When u s i n g direct heat (with the flames directly below the meat) the skin will drip fat onto the flames and cause flare-ups, and thus c r e a t e excessive Chef Dez burning. Depending on what type of barbeque you have, setting it up for indirect cooking will be different. Many ceramic charcoal Barbecues will have a ceramic plate for heat diffusion, while gas grills will mostly rely on having a burner turned off under the meat and closing the lid. This will utilize the heat from the other burners to do the job. Chef Dez is a Chef, Writer, and Host. Visit him at www.chefdez.com. Write to him at dez@chefdez. com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6R4.

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Man uses live land mines to decorate front yard

Every neighborhood has that house—the one with garden gnomes, pink flamingos, and new seasonal decorations every month. You either are that house, or you hate that house. Well, in Cambodia, one man’s yard decor was decidedly more incendiary. The unnamed man decorated his front yard with unexploded, live land mines. About thirty of the devices, mixed in with other junk and vintage munitions, hung from a tamarind tree and adorned the man’s front yard. The incredibly lucky man worked as an unauthorized deminer in his neighborhood. It’s illegal for civilians to extract land mines from the rice fields and forests around their homes. But, according to the Associated Press, many villagers will

do the work to make an extra bit of money on the side, which is how the Cambodian man got the live munitions for his front yard. His luck (or skill) is undeniable, and while scolded by authorities, they did not issue a formal punishment for the lawn decor. There are about 4 to 6 million unexploded land mines throughout Cambodia. They’re common along the border with Thailand, where the man lived. A deadly relic left from combat in the 1980s and 1990s between the Cambodian government and the remaining Khmer Rouge insurgents. Land mines are still a deadly reality for Cambodia, who leads the world in casualty rates from the devices. One-third of the victims are children, with an average of 22 people dying each year and 89

more injured. There are seven demining groups at work in Cambodia, but it’s slow and expensive and requires highly trained personnel. Minesniffing dogs suffer from parasites and infections in Cambodia, leading to early retirement. Giant African rats are more useful for minedetecting than dogs or people. They can clear land in 30 minutes that would take a person with a metal detector days. APOPO is a Belgian nonprofit that trains the rats to detect mines. Since 2015 the rats have found almost 6,000 mines in Cambodia and made over 18 million square meters of land safe for civilians. You can adopt one of these HeroRats, so Cambodians don’t have to decorate their front yard with land mines.

Remember the BCS2000 graduate parade this Sunday, June 28, 4 p.m.! Grads will be toured around various streets of town! Noisemakers and signs are welcome!

Florida man fist-fights alligator to save dog A Florida man said he ended up in a fist fight with a 13-foot alligator when the reptile attacked his dog and pulled the canine into the water. Trent Tweddale said he and his 6-year-old dog, Loki, were walking Monday on his Wesley Chapel farm when a 13-foot alligator reached out of the water and grabbed the dog. “I grabbed the dog’s collar to try to pull him back and I ended up in a tugof-war match with this gator and the gator was not letting go,” Tweddale said. “So I let go of

the collar and I got about knee-deep into the water and started pounding on the gator’s head until he eventually let go.” Tweddale said he ended up with only minor scratches, but Loki’s front leg was nearly severed and required emergency surgery. “When I pulled him back up, the bones were out and it looks like the arm was just hanging by a shred,” Tweddale said. “They put metal plates and screws in and were able to reconstruct it that way. We’re hoping that he can regain full use of

his paws after this.” He said a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission trapper helped him set a trap for the gator on his property. “The trapper did not have any bait, so I grabbed one of my roosters and we used him as bait for the trap. We haven’t had any luck yet,” Tweddale said. “We love our dog a lot and I’d fight tooth and nail for him.” Tweddale said he has six more roosters in his freezer that could be used as bait.

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In terms of science it is always fascinating to see where it might take us. Take the hog sector, where dealing with waste is an issue, in particular the phosphorus in manure. Solugen is a Quebec new company with a system that is utilizing some exciting science and technology to come at the problem. The system they are testing extracts 85 per cent of phosphorus found in pig slurry, which in itself is a pretty big step in addressing a perceived issue with large scale hog production. But, the same process also extracts 84 per cent of the water from slurry leaving it so pure it can be drank. No one is going to jump on bottled recycled water from pig manure, but there is every possibility of it being put back through the barn to other pigs. Given that water will become a key resource, even more so than it is today, this too is exciting science. It is an advancement like this that shows just what science may come

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It all began with an introduction… by Delta Fay Cruickshank, of The Biggar Museum and Gallery I had only been in Biggar a short time, maybe two weeks. I was already working, and my colleagues there wanted me to meet a local lady, Alice Ellis. She came in to get some photocopying done for the book she was writing, “The First Ninety Years”. I thought what an optimistic view . . . and then I got to meet her, a very optimistic woman. I was introduced, and she wanted to know where my family came from. I said my mother’s roots were in Meadow Lake. “Oh, what was her name?” After I told her, she was amazed, because as it turned out, her best friend had married my great uncle! Well, from that moment on, Alice

and I connected! Her best friend lived on the farm next door to her parents’ farm in the Bear Hills. The had moved to Meadow Lake to open a store and left the farm in care of the older sons. Because there was no high school in Meadow Lake in the early thirties, her best friend came back to attend high school in Biggar. Alice enjoyed this acquaintance because as she said, except for her mother, her life was full of men . . . my great auntie was a welcome addition. As the years went on, her best friend had to go back to Meadow Lake and there she met my great uncle, my grandmother’s brother. They got married, started a family, and eventually moved to Vancouver Island. Come the 50’s, I came along and

spent many a glorious holiday with my mom’s auntie and uncle and all their kids! Later Alice and I compared pictures we had of Auntie and her family, and it was the same picture, a Christmas card of her and her large family. It is a small world, isn’t it? Alice introduced me to the history of Biggar and area. We drove many kilometres around the area. I drove, she reminisced! She married that handsome young baseball player from Biggar, had three boys she adored, and watched their families grow. She was so proud of her family. She was always so grateful for her life and everyone in it. She took me down grit roads and up and down in the Bear Hills, the place she loved so much.

Anderson Lake, the old homestead, introducing me to the characters in her children’s books. It was enchanting, she brought the history alive in my imagination. I could ‘see’ her mother planting in the garden, the men sitting around the table

waiting for supper, her and her horse working their way over the hills to get to school. Everyone I know got copies of her children’s’ books and her autobiography, First Ninety Years. Eventually she asked me

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preparing for the delivery of fall programming and ensuring that incoming students are retained and supported. The strategies will be implemented in midJune. Specific details are being finalized but the offerings include: • Skills and safety training programs to support critical areas of the labour market – a variety of industry training will be available at the Kindersley, Swift Current and Warman campus locations; a six-week Heavy Equipment Operator (HEO) program will be offered at the Warman campus. • Student Services support to existing and prospective students – intake, assessment and student financial assistance; provision of a limited number of face-to-face appointment opportunities. • Exam invigilation opportunities for students enrolled with external educational institution partners – will be available by appointment at Biggar, Kindersley, Swift Current and Warman locations. “We are very excited to be moving into this next phase of summertime program delivery, student supports and preparing for the upcoming educational year,” said David Keast, president and CEO of Great Plains College. “We are committed to maintain the health and safety of our students, staff, faculty and the general public.” Keast added that additional information regarding the summer re-open plan will be made available as it is finalized. In conjunction with the Ministry of Advanced Education and other provincial post-secondary educational institutions, the college is continuing to finalize the details of fall 2020 program delivery.

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Cool fun . . . With the heat of summer beginning make itself known, the Biggar Fat Cat Splash Park is once again open for the year. With the COVID reopening plan in place, the popular park will be a busy place this summer. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Name: Dylan Churchill Nicknames: Churchy, Dyl Favourite Memory: Fernie trip. Favourite Song: “Too much sauce” by Future Favourite Quote: : “If you ain’t first, you’re last” - Ricky Bobby Future Plans: Attend University of Saskatchewan in the College of Arts and Science

Name: Darren Ray Ferre Favourite Memory: Fireworks in the parking lot. Favourite Song: “Lucid Dreams” by Juice Wrld Favourite Quote: “Never regret anything that made you smile!” Future Plans: Attend Saskatchewan Polytechnic for Automotive Technician Program

Name: Hailey Boobyer Nicknames: Hails Favourite Memory: Art classes. Favourite Song: “Replay” by Sean Kingston Favourite Quote: “Life is like a bowling ball. If you shoot it carefully, you might get a strike.” Future Plans: Taking year off before attending art school.

Splish Splash . . . Ivy Buxton gets a hold of a spray cannon at the Fat Cat Splash Park, the look of joy on her face . . . precious! The park on Third Avenue East’s Buckingham Park is open for the summer and part of the reopen strategy, as are playground spaces around town. (Photo for The Independent by Corine Buxton)

Name: William Diehl Nicknames: Wiggy, Bill, Will Favourite Memory: Winning the Reindeer races with every team I was on. Favourite Song: “Here Comes the Thunder” by Tim Hicks Favourite Quote: “Jakey no likely” -Jacob Miller. Future Plans: Attend Saskatchewan Polytechnic for Integrated Resource Management to become a Wildland Firefighter

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For long-suffering Los Angeles Angels’ fans, this might be the year. If baseball is ever played, that is. Major League Baseball may or may not survive the political battles between owners and players, or the Covid-19 pandemic, but it appears as if an abbreviated schedule comprising 60 or 70 games might eventually be agreed upon, with games played in empty stadiums. But watching on TV will be just as fun for Angels’ fans, who have many reasons for optimism. In fact, this might be the year that the Angels make it back to the World Series for the first time since 2002, finally giving Fall Classic exposure to Mike Trout, the best player in the game today. Trout is 29 years old; baseball historians point to decades worth of statistics to indicate that a player’s prime generally occurs during his 29th year. Already a lock for the Hall of Fame, Trout is not only in the prime of his career, but the Angels’ much improved batting order seems destined to give Trout more opportunity than ever for a sensational offensive season. After finishing 35 games out of first place in the American League West in 2019 with a 72-90 record, the Angels made a huge acquisition in the off-sea-

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son, signing free-agent third baseman Anthony Rendon from the World Series champion Washington Nationals. Rendon, who finished third in MVP voting in the National League, batted .319 last year, with 34 homers and an OPS figure (on-base percentage plus slugging average) of 1.010. Put Rendon in the lineup behind Trout, and opposing pitchers, fearing Rendon’s explosive bat, will suddenly start offering Trout more hittable pitches. Two men don’t make a team, though, and that’s where dual threat Shohei Ohtani comes in. The slugging and pitching Japanese star, the A.L. rookie of the year in 2018, missed more than one-third of last season due to injuries, but he’s healthy again, ready to lead the pitching staff and join Trout, Rendon, Justin Upton and aging veteran Albert Pujols in one of the most potentially explosive lineups in the game. Trout is generally acknowledged as today’s best player. He is a two-time American League MVP, has

bashed 285 home runs in nine seasons and carries a career slash of .305/.419/.581, with 903 runsbattedin. B u t missing from his r e s u mé is a World Series title. While t h a t omiss i o n won’t keep him out of Bruce Penton Cooperstown, it would be a shame if Trout doesn’t at least once get to show the world his skills in October. This could be the year. • Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg on Twitter: “Dallas Cowboy Ezekiel Elliott has contracted the coronavirus. Which is surprising because Elliott usually holds out on contracts.” • Comedy guy Brad Dickson of Omaha: “A driver is retiring because NASCAR is banning Confederate flags. I only hope this news doesn’t harm the image of NASCAR as a sport of sophisticated, worldly, intellectual free thinkers.” • Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Three teams - the Astros, Red

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Sox and Mets - fired their managers in the aftermath of Houston’s signstealing trash-bangers. Or, more precisely, they canned them.” • RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Former Dodger Shawn Green holds the MLB single-game mark of 19 total bases - four homers, a double and a single. The last guy to get past first base so often in one night was Tiger Woods.” • Another one from Currie: “Reuters reports an elephant in the Washington, DC, zoo took up playing the harmonica. Zookeepers nicknamed her CFL because she plays for peanuts.” • Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com: “As hotels are announced for NBA teams at Disney World, I think I speak for all comedy writers in saying it’s a real shame the Knicks aren’t part of this. The jokes just write themselves with ‘Mickey Mouse Organization.’” • Dwight Perry again: “PGA Tour player Harold Varner III took advantage of his time at home during the coronavirus quarantine to install … a septic tank. There wasn’t a dry eye in sight when a fan showed up just as it

was being lowered to yell ‘Get in the hole!’ • Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.): “Social distancing will not interrupt the gluttony and star-spangled grossness of Nathan’s July 4th Hot Dog Eating Contest. Contestants will be at least six foot-longs apart as they set out to determine who will be this year’s wiener.” • Brad Dickson again: “Yesterday (Nebraska coach) Scott Frost said his players are not afraid of coronavirus and that it’s brought the team closer together. Hey,

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OBITUARIES Helen Rose Watson, 86, passed away on June 12th, 2020 at Biggar Hospital. Helen was born on June 15th, 1933 in St.Walburg, Sk. the daughter of William and Maria Beeching. After graduating grade 12, Helen worked various jobs before marrying Larry McNie in 1956. They had two children; Shelly in 1957 and Don in 1958. Helen was predeceased by her husband Larry in 1959. Helen obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Education from the University of Calgary. She taught at Centennial Park School in North Battleford for 25 years and retired as the Principal in 1988. She married Sheldon Watson on July17th, 1981 and moved to Biggar after retirement to live at the farm full time. She enjoyed all aspects of farming including harvest, cattle, and her pet cats and dogs over the years. Helen had a nurturing soul and was known for her kindness and patience. Helen is survived by her husband of 38 years, Sheldon Watson, daughter Shelly Conlon; son Don(JoAnn) McNie; step children, Wes Watson, Sheila (Ken) McMillan, Angel (John) Bisanz, Shelby Watson as well as numerous grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

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In loving memory of a dear brother Elmer, who would have been 80 years young on June 13th. Well Elmer your curse on this earth is finally over. You and I surely were dealt the black cards down here, especially you born on the 13th and me right behind on the 14th. I hope you’re in better hands now and hope to meet you again, as uncle Alec said, in the never never land. Hope you are still playing your sticks to the beat of another band like you did at the Lodge with Bill Haffermehl. Thanks to Bill for always including him when he played there, it meant the world to him when he could play his sticks the last few years, I’m sure it added extra years to his life there and added some joy to his life. Then it was such a nice tribute at Elmer’s funeral for Bill to play at Elmer’s luncheon as it sure was a nice closure. Thanks a lot Bill. May you rest in peace Elmer, sure miss going to Biggar to see you and visit with lots of laughs and memories. Missing you sister, Jan Kurbis … Need to Re-certify? … need your First Aid Course certification? … Don’t have time to leave work or tie-up your weekend!

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GEMINI – May 22/ Jun 21

A busy work schedule may be making things seem more hectic than usual, Gemini. It’s easy to become overwhelmed if you do not find strategies to calm your mind each day.

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A desire to add life to your routine could motivate you to find new activities to explore this week, Libra. Infuse your daily schedule with doses of creativity.

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Homestead Family Restaurant

YH Truck, Ag & Auto 105 Hwy #14 East, Biggar

902 Main Street

306-948-2109

306-948-5656 306-951-7414

Our front door is now open. Please order ahead if you can.

Open 8am - 9pm Daily TAKE OUT ORDERS ONLY!!

If you are coming in, please: - use the hand sanitizer - limit 3 people at a time - touch only what you purchase

PANDEMIC SPECIAL!!!!

Buy 1 pizza or pasta dish and get 2nd one for 1/2 price

Dine in starts June 8th

Check us out on FACEBOOK Everyone Welcome at BIGGAR HOMESTEAD FAMILY RESTAURANT

No cash - no returns at this time - Sorry Thank you for your support & understanding Monday - Friday 8:00am - 5:30pm Saturday 9:00am - 5:00pm

Curbside Pickups and Deliveries

BIGGAR Open Monday to Friday 9:00 am - 3:00 pm or by appointment only!!! “For Drop Offs Only” If you have questions please call

(306) 948-2183

We will call and arrange for signatures and pickups.

Email- biggarshopeasy@sasktel.net or Fax-948-3414 for Curbside and Delivery Next Day Service We are doing curb side and delivery only for people that can not be in a public place at this time, as we are still open for regular shopping. We take credit card or cheque(approved customers) for this service. Fridays have been our busiest days so if customers could avoid that day for curb side that would be appreciated only if it is avoidable.

REMINDER

To minimize the amount of people in the store PLEASE only shop as 1 person, adults with small children are an exception. Please respect the 6 foot social distance while shopping in the store.

Our Store Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30am-7:00pm Thursday 8:30am-8:00pm Saturday 8:30am-6:00pm Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm

Have a Great Week and Stay Safe Everyone!

We Are open Monday - Saturday 11:00am - 8:00pm Sunday 4:00pm - 7:00pm

Drop in and check out our daily specials Curb Side Service and Walk In To order by phone

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Please be advised that we will be open as follows: Monday to Friday from 9:30am 6:00pm People can drop their documents in a bin we have outside our office(inside the New Horizon’s Building). Will see people by appointment only. Please call Rod at 948-4430 or Jen at 948-4460 We can pickup if people have mobility issues

BUSSE LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION WE ARE OPEN BY APPOINTMENT ONLY! For assistance please contact 306-948-3346. Most questions can be answered over the phone. If you do require an appointment, we can set one up remotely or you can visit the office. If an “inoffice” appointment is required we do ask that clients sign a waiver stating that they have not been out of the province or have not been in contact with anyone that has been out of the province in the last 14 days. We continue to practice safe distancing.

Stay safe everyone!!!

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Our constituency office is here to assist with government services and programs. Please contact us by phone or email to maintain social distancing. Call the HealthLine - 811 if you are experiencing symptoms and require medical advice For the latest information on COVID-19 visit www.saskatchewan.ca/COVID19 Public inquiries may be emailed to COVID19@health.gov.sk.ca For general not health-specific inquires related to COVID-19 call 1-855-559-5502 The Business Response Team can be reached at 1-844-800-8688, emailing support for business@gov.sk.ca or by visiting www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-businesses Information on support for workers who have had their employment impacted by the current economic situation is found at www.saskatchewan.ca/covid19-workers

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