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Health Centre construction nears completion Construction on the new Biggar and District Health Centre is in the final stage.

Issues with the flooring

have slowed progress, h o w e v e r, H e a r t l a n d Health Region officials say those issues have been resolved. Flooring repairs

are underway and were expected to be complete by the New Year.

Deficiencies that have been noted are also

being completed before the health region takes possession. Final cleaning by the contractors has to be completed after this

work is done.

Once the building is turned over to Heartland, the health region has about four to five weeks of prep work to do to prepare the staff and building for movein. This phase includes hospital cleaning, furniture delivery, stocking, training all staff on the building systems, and then the final move.

Heartland is working on a plan for the final move-in. That final date for move-in has yet to be determined. Heartland was aware of the holiday season past, as well as the well-being of the people to be moved.

Once dates have been finalized, Heartland will be sending notification of tours for the public.

Lean contract to end early

Here’s pie in yer eye . . . Biggar Central School’s Dalton Whiteford is really into pie, December 19, as students and staff had a little fun on the

final day before the Christmas break. See Page 2 for more pictures of the merrymaking. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health is ending its contract with John Black and Associates (JBA) to support the implementation of Lean across the provincial health system.

Collectively, the province’s health regions and health care organizations have acquired sufficient knowledge and training … Lean Contract, pg 15

Province’s books exceptional for 2014 With 2014 at an end, Saskatchewan’s economy will likely set records for population growth, jobs created, manufacturing sales and wholesale trade.

“There were major forces at work in 2014 that impacted economies all over the world,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “In spite of those pressures, several economic indicators surpassed 2013 levels as a result of our diversified and resilient economy.”

Saskatchewan’s population hit a record 1,129,899 on October 1, 2014, up 1.63 per cent over October 2013, which is the second highest growth rate among the provinces.

The unemployment rate in the province remained low at 3.4 per cent in November 2014.

Saskatchewan has had the lowest unemployment rate among the provinces for 24 consecutive months.

In the January-November period, Regina had the lowest unemployment rate (3.4 per cent) among major Canadian cities, while Saskatoon had the second lowest rate (4.1 per cent).

S a s k a t c h e w a n ’s j o b growth remains positive, with November 2014 recording 15,300 new jobs held when compared to November 2013, an increase of 2.8 per cent - more than triple the national average. This was the trend for the year with the first 11 months of 2014 recording an increase in employment of 10,500 people in the province, up 1.9 per cent over the same time period in 2013.

Saskatchewan had the

second fastest rate of job growth among the provinces.

“Job growth continued to be strong in 2014,” Minister responsible for Immigration, Jobs, Skills and Training Jeremy Harrison said. “We made significant investment into Adult Basic Education programming as well as training and apprenticeships to ensure our work force remains strong.”

Manufacturing sales totalled a record $14.0 billion in the first 10 months of 2014, a 5.9 per cent increase over the same period last year.

Wholesale trade totals for the first 10 months of 2014 were a record $21.6 billion, up by 4.0 per cent over the first 10 months of 2013.

“Looking back at 2014, it

was a fairly good year for Saskatchewan,” Boyd said.

“As for 2015, forecasters

predict the price of oil and our economy will bounce back – and we’ll return

as one of the top economic performing provinces in Canada.”

Nats drop one at home, win on road . . . Biggar Nationals Keaton Silvernagle looks to bust around a visiting Eatonia Huskie, January 2. Nats fell 6-3 to the Dogs, but turned it around on the road in Kindersley the following night, dumping the Red Lions 5-3. (Independent Photo by Daryl Hasein)

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Biggar Central School students and staff had some fun, D December 19, competing against each other in feats of strength aand mind, stomach and funny bone. The fun afternoon was a pperfect way to get ready for the holiday break!

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Council Minutes highlights The regular meeting of Biggar Town Council was held December 2, at 7:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Attending the meeting were Mayor Ray Sadler, Aldermen Ron Arnold, Jim Besse, Alan Boyle, Penny McCallum, Eugene Motruk, and Kirk Sherbino.

Council resolved that the General Accounts Paid in the amount of $508,769.28, and the General Accounts Payable in the amount of $53,258.12, be approved.

Council resolved that with respect to the municipal reserve option concerning proposed Lots 11A and 12, Block 68 and Lot 2, Block 76 Residential Subdivision, the Town make a monetary settlement to the dedicated lands account in the amount of $900 which represents 10 per cent of the value of the land to be subdivided.

Council resolved that the Town of Biggar Community Hall Rental Rate Policy C (7), approved Dec. 2, 2008 by resolution number 08-724, be repealed and replaced with the Community Hall Rental Policy C (7), attached hereto and forming part of these minutes, be approved effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Council resolved that the Town of Biggar Garbage Container Rentals and Pickup Fees Policy D (2), approved Aug. 6, 2013 by resolution number 13-384, be repealed and replaced with the Garbage Container Rentals Pick-up Fees Policy E (2), attached hereto and forming part of these minutes, be approved effective Jan. 1, 2015.

Council resolved that the Town of Biggar Waste Collection/ Recycling Policy W (7), approved Feb. 4, 1997 by resolution number 97-88, be repealed and replaced with the Waste Collection/Recycling Policy W (7), attached hereto and forming part of these minutes, be approved Jan. 1, 2015.

Council resolved that the Town of Biggar Waste Collection Policy W (8), approved Sept. 20, 2011 by resolution number 11-527, be repealed and replaced with the Waste Collection Policy W (8),

attached hereto and forming part of these minutes, be approved on Jan. 1, 2015.

Council resolved that the Town of Biggar Waterworks Rate Policy W (9), approved Oct. 16, 2012 by resolution number 12-493, be repealed and replaced with the Waterworks Rate Policy W (9), attached hereto and forming part of these minutes, be approved on Jan. 1, 2015.

Council resolved that the order to remedy untidy/unsightly premises to be issued for the following properties, be reviewed by the Town Solicitor: Lot 4 Block 19 Plan D4770; Lots 7 and 8 Block 22 Plan D4770.

Council resolved that SaskEnergy be approved to relocate the energy services for Lot 11 Block 68 Plan 102029880; Lots 19 and 20 Block 76 Plan G187; Parcel L1 Plan 102029880; and Block TT Plan 94S41131 Town of Biggar. Application: T1096-14S - Our File: 1421044, up to an amount of $4,000.

• Meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m.

Congratulations to our winners! . . . Kiki Park, right, with Biggar Independent’s Advertising Consultant Urla Tyler, was the big winner of our Christmas promotion, pocketing $750 just for

shopping locally! A big tip of the hat to participating businesses, helping us put on this very popular holiday event.

Shelley Trotchie, right, was the $500 winner.

Patsy Polsfut, right, accepting on behalf of Leona Polsfut who took home $200. (Independent Photos by Peggy Hasein)

Comedian to bring one-man show to Majestic Theatre this Sunday Actor, mime, puppeteer, juggler, ventriloquist, stand-up comedian and improvising whirling dervish, Robert Post is a one-man variety show who shares what it means to be wonderfully alive and human in a hugely entertaining show.

Post brings his wildly entertaining show to the Biggar Majestic Theatre, January 11, the third show in the Biggar and

District Arts Council Performance Season.

From meticulously crafted routines to freestyle improvisations, Post keeps audiences riveted on what he’s doing (and wondering how he’s doing it). His extraordinary physical control lets him create different “roles” for different body parts including the sounds that help make the invisible visible.

Robert Post brings his one-man comedy show to the Majestic Theatre this Sunday. (Submitted Photo)

Post has performed throughout the U.S. and in Russia, Japan, Canada, Mexico and the Mediterranean, in countless settings including Broadway’s New Victory Theatre, The Big Break Festival in Moscow, Festival Internacional Chihuahua in Mexico, New York’s Lincoln Center Institute, Young Audiences, Artists-inSchools and many more.

Post has made three appearances on TODAY. His PBS special ‘Robert Post: In Performance’ won the Education Network Award for Best Performance Program.

“With its dry humour, expert mime, versatile acting, skilled juggling, ventriloquism, splendid timing and keen sense of satire and the absurd, ‘The POSTman Delivers,’ has a sophisticated air about it. The Post man of the title is Robert Post, who merits a place on anybody’s all-star team of the goofily gifted,” said the New York Times.

Robert Post comes to the Biggar Majestic

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Weather and trips biggest topics of discussion Happy New Year.

Christmas is a great season to celebrate and in spite of all the complaining everyone enjoys the busyness of the holidays. It is, however, a welcome change to get back to routine.

After discussing the weather, one of the most frequently asked questions is if people are going away and when are they leaving.

There’s something about Saskatchewan people and their love-hate relationship with Mother Nature. In true ingenuity if we can’t live with the temperatures weather-wise we will devise a solution. So, to beat the effects of winter the airports are busy with travellers seeking warmer climes.

Another winter-reliever is to start planning spring planting. The arrival of seed catalogues is a priceless pastime for many gardeners and helps them survive January, February and March.

There are lots of events to while away the hours in January and already the days are starting to get a little longer. It is still daylight at 5:30 p.m. and as the days pass there will be even more welcome daylight hours.

In the mean time plan on taking in some happenings to combat cabin fever. Get out and have a visit with your neighbours.

P.H.

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They MUST be signed, approximately 300 words in length and are subject to editing.

Five trade trends for 2015 and how Canada can take advantage of them Danielle Goldfarb, Associate Director , Global Commerce Centre Despite challenges in the global economy, in 2015, there will be important opportunities available for Canada to grow its international trade. The federal government is opening doors to new markets including the European Union and Korea. With expertise, products, and resources that are in demand in global markets, Canadian companies can position themselves to step through those doors. We have identified five trade trends for 2015, based on Conference Board of Canada research by the Global Commerce Centre.

Trend #1: Services and expertise will represent huge international business opportunities in 2015. They should be central in our thinking, not afterthoughts.

Five of Canada’s top 10 fastest growing exports over the past decade have been services. Canadian leaders need to think beyond selling physical products and resources and consider ways to sell our services and expertise directly into other markets. For businesses, a face-to-face presence with clients is needed, with a deeper engagement than simply a shipping label. For policy-makers, that means paying more attention to moving people and the importance of companies setting up a local presence in global markets. Thus, issues such as access to direct flights and visa requirements are becoming more important than they have been in

the past.

Trend #2: The United States was and will be Canada’s bread and butter market and can be our point of entry into world markets. But Canada has an increasing number of competitors in the U.S. market.

Over the past decade Canada’s exports to the U.S. have flat-lined. Exporters have traditionally focused mainly on the U.S., even though Canada is losing market share there, mainly to China and other emerging markets. The U.S. will remain Canada’s most important future market, but companies have to look for growth elsewhere.

Trend #3: Growth in emerging markets is going to drive Canada’s future trade. Huge opportunities await Canadian businesses that can operate effectively in emerging markets and meet rising demand.

Emerging markets face long-term and serious energy, water, and food challenges. Canada has expertise and products or technologies in all of these areas. For instance, food products are Canada’s second fastest-growing export. In areas such as consumer products, Canada can take advantage of the growing middle class in emerging economies for services and higher-end products.

For example, Canada is now Brazil’s fourth-largest source of cosmetic imports, and Malaysia’s fifthlargest source of pet food imports.

Trend #4: Not all Canadian companies have been nor will be successful in global markets. But those that know their markets well and have the skills to adapt their offerings to specific market needs can do extremely well—in both emerging and traditional markets.

The gap between high-performing Canadian companies and weak performers in global markets is significant, and it is extremely wide in emerging markets in particular. Our research shows clearly that constant innovation is critical to sustaining a presence in international markets. Constant innovation is one of the key ways to protect companies’ intellectual property.

Trend #5: Canada has an aggressive trade agenda to open doors for Canadian companies in global markets. Free trade deals, however, can only do so much. Companies need to understand the opportunities and challenges they face and adapt their offerings to each market.

People often ask which industries win and which lose from trade deals. Some industries will undoubtedly benefit from specific tariff reductions, such as seafood companies under the Canada–EU free trade deal. But overall, the firms that will benefit the most from freer access to global markets are those that do their homework, make deep local connections, and best adapt their products and services to the needs of each market.

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2015

January. The first month of the year.

Typically viewed as a fresh start. The month was named after the Roman god Janus which is also the word for “door”. It is believed that Janus had two faces which gave him the ability to look forwards into the coming year and backwards into the past year. Hence, the Father Time, Baby New Year comparison.

January is the second month of winter and typically the coldest month of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, but in the Southern Hemisphere it is summer (equivalent to our July for those who live in Australia or New Zealand). The Saxons called January the “wolf month” because hungry wolves would come into their towns in search of food.

As with all the months, January has some celebrations. The most celebrated is New Year’s Day but there is also Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Robbie Burns Day. In terms of celebrated “months” it is National Book Month, National Thank You Month, National Eye Care Month, National Volunteer Blood Donor Month and National Soup Month.

But there are some other lesser known days which are celebrated in January.

January 2: Run It Up the Flagpole And See If Anyone Salutes Day. This is an expression which means to toss out an idea and gauge everyone’s reaction. This is a day to be creative.

January 3: Festival of Sleep Day. Or Fruitcake Toss Day. Not sure where either of these two days originated

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 5 but never do, today is the day. If you always wear a hat, pick out a special style and flaunt it.

January 18: Winnie the Pooh Day. Canada’s favourite bear celebrates his special day today.

January 23: National Pie Day. Make sure you eat your favourite pie today.

January 24: Beer Can Appreciation Day. Here’s one for the Rednecks.

Apparently the origin of this day is to celebrate that day in 1935 when beer was first sold in cans. Actually, there is quite a market for beer cans amongst collectors who will go to great lengths to get that special can.

January 27: Chocolate Cake Day. Finally, a day worth celebrating.

Chocolate lovers will rejoice.

January 30: National Inane Answering Message Day. Yeah, that’s right. This day is in honour of all those messages you receive that make no sense, have no meaning or are just prank calls.

from but there it is.

Maybe you want to catch an extra 40 winks (that is if you are not working) or if you are in a cleaning mood you will toss that fruitcake that you were given over the holidays. Some people even make a game of it competing to see who can toss theirs the farthest.

January 8: Bubble Bath Day. Well, this is a fun day -- soothing and relaxing.

January 10: Peculiar People Day. Now here’s one everyone can relate to. Especially after surviving the Christmas shopping season. This day is in honour of “uniquely different people”. Every town has those eccentric, quirky characters. This is their day.

January 15: National Hat Day. If you’re the type that has always wanted to wear a hat

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Financial Advice to make a positive difference purchases an equity product while one leaves the TFSA in cash. An investor who contributed $5,500 to a TFSA last year, fully invested in an exchange-traded fund earning 10 per cent for the year, would have a tax-free profit of $550.

However, the investor who left the contribution in cash generating 1.50 per cent only received $82.50. The difference speaks for itself.

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The views in this column are solely those of the author.

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contributions, can use the refunds to fund TFSA contributions.

The invested refund can grow without fear of taxation either now or in retirement, essentially multiplying the positive impact of the original RRSP contribution.

The key to maximizing TFSAs is choosing the right investments. Data show TFSAs are still primarily made up of cash (60 per cent), followed by mutual funds (25 per cent) and GICs (20 per cent). Using TFSAs for cash and GICs is not making best use of them.

The cash may earn taxfree interest, but that advantage in a low rate environment is minimal.

TFSAs should be used for investments offering better growth potential.

Consider a scenario where one investor

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has never contributed to a TFSA, and has been eligible to do so since 2009, can invest up to $36,500 in 2015.

TFSAs are useful for all types of investors.

They make sense for young people, beginning to save for retirement, who are still in lower income tax brackets and don’t benefit much from the tax deductibility of RRSPs. It makes more sense to accumulate RRSP headroom until their marginal tax rate is higher.

Older investors also gain specific benefits.

Unlike RRSPs, a withdrawal from a TFSA is not considered income and doesn’t affect eligibility for Old Age Security. Seniors can move income-producing investments into TFSAs to prevent or reduce OAS claw-backs.

Families can take advantage of the fact that attribution rules do not generally apply, so individuals can contribute to the TFSAs of other adult family members, effectively splitting income. Such contributions don’t affect individual contribution limits.

Investors in higher income tax brackets, who maximize RRSP

by Kim Inglis, BCom, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP, Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager Canaccord Wealth Management As one year passes and another unfolds, it’s time to make Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA) contributions. They’ve been around since 2009 and yet Canadians still largely misunderstand them.

The annual BMO TFSA Report says 66 per cent claim to be knowledgeable about TFSAs, but only 22 per cent correctly identified the contribution limit and 77 per cent are unfamiliar with the over-contribution penalties. That would explain why one-inten have inadvertently over-contributed in the past, paying an average $412.50 in penalties.

TFSAs are available to Canadian residents 18 years of age or older, who can save up to $5,500 per year in cash and investments.

Unused contribution room can be carried forward indefinitely. Withdrawals can be made anytime in any amount, without being taxed, and can be fully re-contributed the following calendar year. An investor who

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by Bob Mason

1,000 Words!

All the way through history, from the drawings on the walls of Lascaux Cave in France to the crude designs of a child on a frosty window pane, the people of the world have decorated their dwelling places with designs that mean something to them!

I suppose that a person could look and find out exactly why this is (or think they have found out!), for it seems such a necessary thing in our lives!

Even that “Home Sweet Home” plaque that used to hang over the doorway of many Prairie homes is now often degraded and frowned on as not fitting into the modern (ahem!) “decor” of what we live in! It is relegated to the

“relic” room, and often I feel that our whole way of life is lying there with them!

Note: (Often neglected) “Home is where we grumble the most, and are treated the best!”

When our mother was young, her folks lived in Midland, Ontario, on the shores of Georgian Bay, and spent many of her summers with her relatives and friends camping on the nearby 20,000 Islands. So, when she came out to the so called “bald-headed prairies” in the early days, guess what pictures hung on many of our walls?

Like many another person from another part of the world, Mother often looked longingly at those pictures, knowing that

although she couldn’t take her old home countryside with her, she could take her memories!

As Yours Truly sits up here and writes at this old school desk, he often thinks of Great Bend.

How empty any room looks without a few memories hanging on the wall, eh?

Y.T. went down the mine again, a while back, and on the office desk of one of the foremen was a small diorama of a log cabin on the sandy shores of a lake. Y.T. wondered how many times a glance at that small photo had whisked his body up through a half-mile of earth, and away to where a lawn-chair spread out on that lovely beach, was waiting for him!

It has been years since Y.T. has helped anyone put up a sheet of wallpaper (mebbe it has gone out of style like a lot of our generation’s sentiment has, I dunno!), but in what many people called “The Dry Thirties”, it was really rejuvenating to walk from our dried-up flowerbed into the bloom of a newly repapered room (pretty stylish, bit of poetry there, eh?) to find the walls covered with the magnificent blooms of

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roses! How many times were the desperation of those days, turned into ambition by the sight of things like that?

Mebbe Yours Truly is kind of crazy to think of things like that (well, crazier than usual!), but darn it all, in our modern (Y.T. calls it “ratrace”!) “cultural” society seems to to want to get rid of all the sentimental senses that it can!

Right now, most local walls seem bare to him of any kind of feeling!

Mebbe the sentiments that he seems so proud of are changing. Mebbe we should just admit that they are passé, eh, and let it go at that!

When the folks built their new house in the early 1920’s, it was wired for an electricity that, because of the poor years to follow, never came! And while helping Mother paper a room one time, we papered right over where one of her favourite pictures hung, covering a receptacle that Y.T. had never seen before!

A fading dream of a time that might have been, and real evidence of a terrible time that really was!

More than once Y.T. had admired the painted walls in some European houses!

He wondered why they were there and what great event had inspired them. One day, when we were cleaning a busted up Rhineland house during WWII, he slid a painted panel back and found a mother and her two children cowering on the bed that had been built right into the wall!

There must be thousands of places in Europe, where house painters could almost be called professional artists! Some of their wall paintings were so attractive that we almost hesitated to fight our war around them!

And after we got home and had occasion to view some of Count Imhoff’s efforts, we wondered if possibly he had much to do with the ones we see in Canada!

Regardless of what some historians say, in some parts of the old world, where people had lived for years, “family” was valued far more than many great historical happenings.

These paintings of their “good” times were the ones that we mostly saw! It often

NDP condemns plan to change seniors’ homes to government offices The government designed the Moose Jaw hospital to be too small using the controversial John Black Lean program, and has a bloated health administration to house, said the NDP Monday.

As a result, rooms in the seniors residence in Moose Jaw are being left vacant, despite need, so they can be converted to office space when the new hospital opens, they added.

A letter to seniors living at Pioneers Lodge in Moose Jaw from the Five Hills Health Region reads: “We have not been filling the suites because we are thinking about locating some health region staff in that space when we move to the new hospital in June or July next year.”

The letter was signed by

Bert Linklater, Five Hills Health Region senior vice president of operations, and obtained by the media.

“We need more spaces and more choices for seniors, not less,” said NDP Deputy Leader Trent Wotherspoon. “For this government to convert much needed seniors care beds or affordable housing for seniors into office space to allow the continued spread of their bloated health administration is a result of backward priorities running wild.”

The new Moose Jaw hospital, designed using the Lean 3P process, will be 25,000 square feet smaller than the current Moose Jaw Union Hospital, with 27 fewer inpatient beds including a labour and delivery change from 14 rooms to only six.

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seemed to me that instead of carrying them in their pocket books (as we do in Canada!) they painted them on the permanence of their walls, as a record of the life that was meant to be!

Mebbe Y.T. has gotten it all wrong, eh? Unless someone can get the message made by the man with the pitchfork!

Far, far too often has our own creative ability, however crude, been bypassed as we adulate the “works” of the “masters”, even though we know that “doing our own thing” has been the best part of our lives!

When our young people discard their creative efforts as not being the “best”, they are not allowing us to appreciate the real thought that goes with them – out of the Mouths of Babes, eh?

But on those walls should be the nonrenewable past!

The future, as Y.T. sees it, is going to be made up of people who can entertain themselves, instead of relying on others to do it!

They’ll put some of their own thoughts on their own walls!

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“This government has been adding Lean specialists, managers and consultants while the front lines in hospitals are understaffed,” said Wotherspoon. “We should be putting more resources on the front lines and less into management offices.

And if the new Moose Jaw hospital design is still too small to accommodate the staff, they need to look at expanding the hospital before it’s too late - not stealing space from seniors homes.”

Pioneers Lodge has 60 long-term beds and 14 short-term stay beds and Pioneer Housing, a lowincome seniors housing complex with 24 married housing units and 37 single housing units.

“Can you imagine your parent or grandparent being turned away from a space in seniors care in their own community because this government needed that space for yet another administration office?” Wotherspoon asked. “We need more hospital beds and more seniors care beds - not more offices for highly paid health administration.”

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Report from the Legislature

by Randy Weekes, MLA, Biggar (17 December, 2014) Population and job growth continue

Not long ago, Saskatchewan’s population was in decline with many of our young people leaving the province to find work and raise their families elsewhere.

Today, thanks to the hard work and determination of our people, Saskatchewan is strong and has a growing population that’s closing in on 1,130,000 – steady growth of nearly 20,000 people per year since 2007.

The steady growth we’re experiencing creates both opportunities and challenges. Despite recent economic volatility in the price of oil, our government remains on track to deliver another balanced budget. This is in part thanks to a diverse economy and sound fiscal management.

Saskatchewan still enjoys the strongest rate of job creation in the country – three times the national average, and we have enjoyed the country’s lowest unemployment rate for 24 straight months. A growing population and volatility will present us with challenges, however a robust, diverse economy, continued tax relief for families, and ongoing

investments in infrastructure will help us rise to meet these challenges and keep Saskatchewan strong and moving forward.

The Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program is an important part of a strong and growing Saskatchewan. Our province recently received a boost in the number of nominations, bringing our 2014 nomination cap to 4,818 – a 218 per cent increase since 2007. This reflects both our government’s commitment to welcoming newcomers to Saskatchewan as well as the federal government’s recognition of the labour force shortage we face now and in the future. It also reflects the fact that, once the place to be from, Saskatchewan is now the place to be.

We’ve got a strong working relationship with the Government of Canada and we thank them for responding to our needs by increasing allocations and providing more opportunities for immigrants and their families to live, work and invest in our growing province. The nomination cap for 2015 will be increased to 5,500 – a jump of 15 per cent over this year.

Premier’s Service Club Award Recipients There is no doubt that Saskatchewan people are

Saskatchewan’s greatest strength. When I think of the values that built this province, I think of neighbours helping neighbours and even strangers helping strangers, particularly in a time of need.

These acts of kindness are part of who we are and are among the many things that make us proud to be from Saskatchewan.

Some of the greatest contributions to our province are those that come from our many service clubs. Just recently, the first four recipients of the Premier’s new Service Club Award were announced. The Kinsmen and Kinettes (Meadow Lake), Lions Club (Kipling and District), Elks (Balgonie No. 572) and Young Fellows’ (Weyburn) are the inaugural recipients.

New nominations are now being accepted for the award. Volunteer, non-profit service clubs or fraternal organizations that meet to perform charitable work either by hands-on effort or by raising money for other organizations are eligible. The nomination deadline is Tuesday, February 17, 2015. Visit saskatchewan.ca/ premierserviceclubaward to learn more.

If you have a question about this Legislative report or any other matter, just contact Randy.

Outta My Mind – St. Gabriel School

by Rick Garchinski Happy New Year! I thought I would start 2015 penning something that is not too distant from my previous article – both in chronology and theme.

I flipped through the January 2 Independent.

More specifically, I flipped open the first page to see a full-page spread of pictures sharing some visual highlights of our December 18 “Dear Santa” presentation.

“Thank You” to The Independent for the impressive coverage.

In my last article I made reference to the time and energy staff and students were giving in planning, preparation and rehearsals. Their goal, of course, is to put on a quality Christmas program that families will enjoy. It was another excellent production, and I’m sure our 200-plus guests agree with my observation.

Because I am in the building, and am directly

involved as the audio/ visual person, I like to think I have an accurate picture of the magnitude of this endeavour.

Despite my apparent mathematical and recall deficiencies I started to make calculations. This is what it looked like . . . 20: days of rehearsal; 2,000-plus: people hours of planning, creating, designing, rehearsing, set-up, and take-down; one hour, 11 minutes: performance time (x2); eight: hard-working CSCC members and friends hosting our guests; 200-plus: eager guests; 18: trays of dainties; 100: cups of coffee; two: carafes of tea; six: pitchers of juice and finally . . . one: St. Gabriel Christmas Concert . . . priceless!

The second reference to my last article relates to the school year – what is typical of most schools and what was unique to a faith-based school. I want to continue that.

Today it is currently -30°

with the wind chill. That can influence the success of the school day. Cold winter days, particularly in a stretch, can make optimal learning a challenge. Most students don’t mind going outside on an average winter day. Many would go out in -40° weather if we let them, as long as they can go play with their friends. “Inside recess” days are difficult for students – they don’t have the space to burn off their extra energy. Fresh air and sun settles them and brings them positive energy, which reflects in the classroom. We have had a mild winter up to Christmas; our hope that the cold weather (which we will continue to get in the next months) does not manifest itself in long snaps.

Any lengthy stretch can cause other “snaps”, which we would rather not experience.

Despite the preoccupation with winter, we all survive

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and before too long signs of spring show up. The students sense this and relish every opportunity to spend time outside.

Routine has long been re-established after the business of December and the Christmas holiday. New units of study often begin and

the thoughts of March’s Progress Conferences and Reports are not far off – a typical scenario in most Saskatchewan schools.

Adults in the building will also reflect on how much students have grown – both in appearance and academics.

As a faith-based

school we do not quickly forget the experience and lessons of Advent and Christmas. We do, however, look forward to the Season of Lent. For us it begins this year on February 18 with Ash Wednesday.

But that is for another day . . .

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The discretionary use is the construction of a group care facility and the land affected is Parcel A Plan 101863245 Ext 1, 104 - 6th Avenue East.

Further information about the Development Permit Applicatin and the requirements of the Town’s Zoning Bylaw can be obtained at the Biggar Town OfÀce, 202 - 3rd Avenue West.

Written comments with respect to the Development Permit Application will be accepted by the Town until 12:00 noon on Friday, January 16, 2015.

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Farming increasingly a perishable (and vital) skill

by Calvin Daniels

Strange things continue to inspire thoughts of farming for me.

A couple of nights before the old year turned to the new I was watching Jeopardy. It’s a show I have to admit I love, and tape daily, which allows a quick fast forward through the advertisements and boring talks to contestants, turning the show into about 18minutes a day of mind exercise.

I fail mightily on categories about American politics, opera and a host of others, but I manage to get a few

answers daily, and I like the challenge of it.

But back to the particular episode. There were a couple of questions where flowers were the response, the azalea on one occasion, and the other now forgotten. But I managed to pluck both answers from my mind ahead of the contestants, which I have to thank my paternal grandparents for. Both were avid gardeners, both to fill the larder, and for the aesthetics of beautiful flowers.

I had not really thought the gardening gene had made it from their

generation to mine, but at least some of the knowledge stuck it seems.

And, while I am now greying around the temples, largely because most of my hair has long ago fled to greener pastures somewhere, I may be beginning to manifest some gardening interest.

As an example I have long marvelled at bonsai trees, and am thinking that I may take the plunge to try growing one this year.

I also have to say as I was contemplating a topic for this week’s column I was sitting with a coffee in hand looking out the window of the restaurant on a frosty, but bright morning, and my mind somehow settled on how in my youth my parents and grandparents would be anticipating gardening catalogues arriving as

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the new year arrived.

The winter solstice might be the actual signal of lengthening days, and the calendar turning heralds a new year, but the gardening catalogues somehow made those days warmer and spring seem so much closer.

Now as a suite resident there is no garden for me to tend, and I’m not sure I would if there was space.

But I do know I could.

I understand planting, weeding, watering, fertilizing, watching for insect issues, and harvesting.

I might need a quick refresher, but the idea of blanching and freezing vegetables is not foreign to me, nor the basics of canning, although no bean deserves the

indignantly of being canned from what I recall of the texture of the darned things on the plate.

But, I sit here knowing that while my son might be able to read a book and grasp the concepts of preserving food, he has not seen it at the elbow of parents as I did.

There is a loss of the intergenerational transfer of the basic skills of feeding oneself.

I truly wonder if you dropped a dozen chickens at every home in a city like Regina today, how many people would know how to care for them, gather eggs, and butcher them for the table if needed?

And it goes farther than food too.

I profess I might succeed at sewing on a button, but it would be an ugly job.

Darn a hole in a pair of socks? You might as well ask me to operate on a brain.

Somehow we have allowed ourselves to have complete faith in food filling store shelves from now until eternity.

We are more comfortable buying new socks than taking a moment to repair the old.

Such things might be seen as progress I suppose, but I am left wondering what happens should we need once more to garden to fill larders to survive? Or if we were required to do so without the stocked shelves of department stores?

Tax relief for Western livestock producers Livestock producers in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, who faced forage shortfalls due to extreme weather events over the past year, will be allowed to defer tax on their cattle sales for 2014.

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, December 29, released a list of designated regions where tax deferrals have been authorized for 2014.

“Livestock producers in the West have been challenged with extreme weather conditions this

year,” explained Ritz.

“The tax relief offered by this program will provide producers with an additional tool to managing their forage shortfalls, allowing them to redirect money towards restocking next year’s breeding herd.”

The tax deferral allows eligible producers in designated areas to defer income tax on the sale of their breeding livestock for one year in order to help replenish that stock in the following year.

Proceeds from deferred sales are then included

as part of the producer’s income in the next tax year, when those proceeds may be at least partially offset by the cost of replacing their breeding animals.

To defer income, the breeding herd must have been reduced by at least 15 per cent. If this is the case, 30 per cent of income from net sales can then be deferred. In cases where the herd has been reduced by more than 30 per cent, 90 per cent of income from net sales can be deferred.

Eligible producers can request the tax deferral when filing their 2014 income tax returns.

Extreme weather conditions in 2014, which included drought in British Columbia and Alberta, and excess moisture in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, resulted in significant forage shortages for livestock producers across Western Canada. As a result, some producers are reducing their breeding herds.

In addition to the tax deferral, producers have access to assistance through existing Growing Forward 2 Business Risk Management programs, which include AgriInsurance, AgriStability and AgriInvest.

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New Horizons Activities

by Karen Itterman New Horizons is once again a busy place with the 2015 activities beginning again following the Christmas and New Year’s break.

The regular monthly Jam Session was held on December 17 with 50 people in attendance.

Jim Hoult greeted people at the door with Betty Mundt, Grant

Gamble and Emily Liska providing cookies. Emily Liska and Agnes Small worked in the kitchen preparing the coffee and cleaning up. The MC for the afternoon was Geoff Cooke. The next Jam Session will be Jan. 21.

Kaiser was played Dec. 19 with 11 people in attendance.

Joyce Colbert provided the lunch and was the

host for the afternoon.

The scores were Joyce Colbert, first, Pat Turner, second, Ken Pearce, third, and Helen Kanz, fourth.

Cribbage card party was held on Jan. 2 with nine people in attendance.

Marie Roesch was the host with Ann Muc providing the lunch. The scores were Gord Besse, first,

Joanne Kral, second, Don Swyryda, third, and Pat Turner, fourth.

The Monday afternoon Kaiser club scores are as follows: Dec. 15: first Bill Fisher, second Gord Besse, third Reg Turner, fourth Joyce Colbert.

Highest scoring game Bill Fisher and Ron Arnold. Dec. 22: first Helen Kanz, second Joyce Colbert, third Ken

New legislation to govern informal fund raising efforts hearts.”

The Act will make it clear that all money raised is held in trust.

It will also outline the responsibilities of the person spearheading the fund raising effort. By filling out the necessary forms at the outset, that trustee will be offered the fullest protection under the Act. The trustee may state what will happen

Diamond Lodge News

by Karen Kammer Merry Christmas everyone! The residents have been busy celebrating with friends and family over this past week.

Monday morning we exercised and played Blast From the Past in the afternoon. Tuesday morning we caught up on some current events.

After lunch we played jeopardy. Later in the day we had the Air Cadets sing some songs to us. Thank you. We really enjoyed it.

Wednesday was a very busy day. In the morning we started off with a game of Yahtzee. In the

afternoon the Grades 4 to 6 from Biggar Central School came to sing some Christmas carols to us.

You all sounded so great!

Later when it got darker, we took some residents out to see the lights around town. There sure are some nice looking light displays around.

Thursday morning we had our bible study.

Afterwards we prepared for our resident Christmas party. In the afternoon we had our party with music and lots of goodies. Dennis Creddy, Bernard Ochs, and Gary Donahue played for us. Thanks guys!

It’s always a

pleasure to hear you play.

Friday morning we had our breakfast club for 10 residents. They enjoyed bacon, eggs, sausage, toast and pancakes.

For dinner, 10 different residents were treated to a Chinese dinner. In the afternoon we prepared for the family Christmas dinners on the weekend.

Saturday and Sunday we had our family Christmas dinners.

What a great turn out!

The food was fantastic and everyone that helped out did such a great job.

We wish everyone a wonderful and safe holiday!

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Pearce, fourth Wayne McLean and Bill Fisher.

Highest scoring game Geoff Cooke and Helen Kanz. Dec. 28: first place Ken Pearce, second Geoff Cooke, third Wayne McLean. Highest scoring game Reg Turner and Wayne McLean.

Carpet bowling was held on Dec. 16 with both teams tied when the games were completed.

The team members were Marie Roesch, Barb Swyryda, Jean Tweedle and Florence Hammond; and Emily Liska, Pat Turner, Agnes Small and Mildred Henne. Carpet bowling resumed on Jan. 6.

The Christmas Bingo was held on Dec. 18 with 18 people in attendance. The caller for the afternoon was Jim Hoult with Betty

Mundt working the floor and Pat Turner giving out the prizes which included a mystery prize for each game. Lunch was provided by Betty Mundt and Joanne Kral.

The half-n-half winner was Betty Mundt with Barb Swyryda winning the blackout.

The courtesy car made 731 trips during the month of December.

Eighty-one members of the New Horizons used the car. On Dec. 19 the car made 52 trips with Donna Fines as the driver.

As of Jan. 5 the New Horizons currently has a membership of 211 members.

Our Ukrainian New Year’s banquet scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 24 has been totally sold out.

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Chef Dez on cooking

Reduce food waste to save money in 2015

According to the American Heritage Dictionary the phrase “waste not, want not” was first recorded in 1772, but was derived from an earlier version: “wilful waste makes woeful want” recorded in 1576.

In today’s world of credit cards, debit cards, and lines of credit, these terms take on a whole new urgency as bills roll in from our holiday spending sprees. One of the most easily influenced home expenses is our food budgets and a few tips in reducing food waste, and thus saving money, is most appropriate in a January food column.

What if I told you that you could have free vegetable broth?

Currently whenever you work with vegetables (onions, carrots, celery, et cetera) the end trimmings are going into the compost, garburator or garbage.

Dedicate a large food storage bag in the freezer for these end cuts and peelings instead, and keep adding to this frozen mix until the bag is full. Empty the contents into a large pot, cover with cold water to the

top of the vegetables, bring to a boil, and then turn the heat to low and simmer for one hour uncovered.

Strain and season to taste with salt and pepper and you have vegetable stock from ingredients that would have previously been discarded. A great addition to this bag would be fresh herb stems. There is a ton of flavour in the inedible woody stems that will create complexity in your homemade vegetable stock.

Make a soup from scratch with your broth, or pour it into ice cube trays and create a second freezer bag of cubed stock: this is perfect when you need a small amount of broth to make or finish a sauce.

The rinds from hard cheeses also tend to see the garbage bin as their demise, but they can, however, bring extra essence to soups. For example, whenever making Minestrone (Italian vegetable soup) we always toss a chunk of parmesan rind into the broth.

At the end of the cooking process, the rind is simply removed and discarded.

Leftover bacon fat, although not particularly healthy, can also be put to use in the kitchen.

Moderation of this integrated into your diet needs to be practiced here, but on occasion a warm bacon dressing on spinach greens is amazingly delicious.

Add the following to the rendered bacon fat from a half pound (227g) of bacon, but make sure that the bacon fat is not too hot or the fat will splatter when you add these ingredients: three tablespoons apple cider vinegar, one to two tablespoons maple syrup, two teaspoons Dijon or grainy mustard, one half teaspoon dried thyme leaves, and a sprinkle of fresh cracked pepper. Heat over medium heat, while

stirring together, until very warm, and then serve immediately.

Basically what I want you to become is a conscientious cook.

Pay attention to everything that is being discarded in the kitchen and attempt to find new and innovative uses for them. The Internet makes a great resource when investigating ideas and answers any questions you may have about food safety, which also needs to be emphasized here.

Happy new year to you . . . and happy cooking!

Dear Chef Dez: I have a lot of fresh rosemary. Can I freeze it to keep it fresh?

Wilma S. Calgary, Alberta Dear Wilma, Yes, freezing is probably the best option to preserve the essential oils, but try to use it up within three to six months if possible.

Remove the herb from the woody stems and freeze them both, but separately from each other. The thin stems are a great addition to making vegetable broth, but the thicker, hardier stems make great flavour infused skewers for cubes of chicken breast . . . just be sure to soak them in water for a few hours first, to help prevent them from burning up on the grill.

Send your food/cooking questions to dez@chefdez. com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6R4. Chef Dez is a Food Columnist, Culinary Instructor and Cookbook Author. Visit him at chefdez.com.

Songbook 2015: Concert For The Sanchezes Biggar’s own The Group, along with some very special guests, are joining hearts and voices to throw a fund raiser in support of the Sanchez family, as the Sanchezes continue to make a new start in our community after coming here as

refugees from Columbia last September.

This is the second annual ‘Songbook’ concert, following last year’s sold out ‘Mark Kleiner Songbook’ event that raised over $2,500 for the Majestic’s new digital projector.

“The ‘Songbook’ series is based on two things: raising money for a great cause, and enjoying some good music with good friends,” says The Group’s keyboardist, accordion, and spoon player Peggy L’Hoir.

“Our community is com-

mitted to supporting the Sanchez family, and this is a big fund raiser for the cause.”

L’Hoir and The Group hope the event will help the Biggar Refugee Committee fulfil its commitment to financially support the Sanchez family during their first year in Canada. The committee is partnered with the federal government in doing so, and needs to raise $15,000, recently passing the halfway mark in meeting this goal, thanks to the generosity of Biggar’s citizens.

As for the show itself, Songbook 2015 has two different parts.

For the first portion of the evening, The Group showcases original material from four of its songwriters, Garrett de Bussac, Mark Kleiner, Graham Lehnert, and John MacIntyre. If you have heard Garrett and Graham play in their band Czar Bomba, you might have heard a couple of the songs they will be singing, but not the way they will be doing them for this special show, when some will

get stripped down to just guitar and voice; others built up with choral arrangements and additional instrumentation, including violin courtesy of special guest from Saskatoon, SYO violinist Janaya Hunter, as well as percussion from Marcus Schommer. Other songs will have their public debut on this evening, including MacIntyre’s romantic ode “I’m in Love with The Garbageman’s Daughter” (based on the refrain from an old Scouts song), and Kleiner’s new “Bunnyhuggin’”, a fairly self-explanatory number about getting some “wholesome kicks in the 306.”

The second set is called ‘The Groupbox’. What is a Groupbox? Well, it’s like an old style jukebox, but with a real live band.

Patrons of Songbook 2015 receive a list of songs that are available for request, with different prices for each tune. Cough up 20 bucks and you can hear them lay down “Folsom Prison Blues”, or the Beatles’ “All My Loving”.

Pay 30 clams to hear them perform “Mustang

Sally”, and for a few dollars more, singer Terry Epp will sing the song in Jim Morrison-style leather pants. Plus, when you pay money to hear/see your favourite song, you will also receive a tax receipt for your donation, as all this money goes to support the Sanchezes.

The Group also has delegated three slots in the show for ‘wild card’ selections: they will learn any song you request, provided you make $200 donation to the cause and submit your request, with donation, no later than one week before the show (for more info, contact Peggy at 948-5231).

During the Groupbox set, a number of very special guests will be waiting in the wings, including the Big Rose Choir, Mayor Ray Sadler, Gord Besse, and others TBA. Advance tickets are available for $20 ($25 at the door) from the de Moissac Jewellers and Weasie’s Gourmet Blends.

All money raised goes to support the Sanchezes.

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Now that’s a holiday stocking! . . . Annica Evanisky is beaming - and you would too if you won this massive Christmas stocking! The Biggar Shop Easy’s Naomi Van Berkom, left, presented Annica with her holiday bounty, the money raised about $400 - went to the Majestic Theatre. (Independent Photo by Daryl Hasein)

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Obituaries Biggar Museum & Gallery now has a position open for a part-time (15 hours per week) office manager. Computer, office and retail experience an asset.

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Obituaries

Lois Ann Neale May 8, 1956 - January 1, 2015 Lois passed away January 1, 2015 at Diamond Lodge, Biggar, Sask. after a lengthy illness at the age of 58 years.

She is survived by two sisters, Holly (Albert) of Saskatoon, Sask., and Norma (Eddie) of Vancouver, B.C.; one brother, Alan of Cochin, Sask.; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her paents, Gordon and Doreen Neale, and one sister, Sanddra Andrews.

Lois was born in Biggar, Sask. on May 8, 1956 and attended school in Biggar and Perdue, Sask.

She worked in retail in Saskatoon and Banff forseveral years before moving back to Perdue where she lived with and later cared for her mother. She continued to live in Perdue until the spring of 2014. She had resided in Diamond Lodge since May of 2014.

Graveside Funeral Service was held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 2 p.m. from Leney Cemetery, Leney, Sask. with Rev. Joan Brown officiating.

Honourary Bearers are all those who shared in Lois’ life. Tributes may be directed to Leney Cemetery, c/o Kelly Dwyer, Box 188, Perdue, SK, S0K 0M0 Grondin Funeral Service, Biggar entrusted with arrangements, “Our family serving you family since 1963”. gfsc1

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Monika Johanna Baum March 22, 1928 - December 21, 2014 Monika was born on a farm in Millenburg, East Prussia to Martha and Josef Kreidner, the sixth of seven children. During the Second World War Monika endured many hardships when, with her sisters, she fled to a new life in Hammah, West Germany. There she quickly adjusted to her new home and life as an assistant baker. She met Herbert Baum, the town painter, and soon after their wedding in 1951 the young couple set sail across the Atlantic Ocean to join her sister Maria and her husband Joe Poschmann who had already settled in Saskatchewan.

Their first Canadian winter was spent in Cochin, Sask. learning English, making friends, curling and working for their Canadian sponsors. In the fall of 1952 Herbert and Monika move to Biggar where Herb began his painting career and Monika immersed herself in her growing family, church and community.

Mom was an excellent baker, cook and an avid gardener, but what Mom really loved was spending time with her family. Grandchildren and then great-grandchildren filled her with joy and she loved to sew and knit for everyone. The smell of Grandma’s baking welcomed everyone walking into the family home. Mom would mail her home baked goodies to family across western Canada and when her grandson Patrick moved to Germany she would mail him his favourite Christmas cookies. This year when asked what she would like for Christmas, she said “I want all my kids to come home.” Mom got her wish.

Mom was an active member of St. Gabriel’s Parish and the CWL for many years. She volunteered for Meals on Wheels, Donors Choice, the Food Bank and Girl Guides.

Having coffee with her 2nd and then later 6th avenue neighbours sharing local and family stories and current Biggar news was a very important part of her life. Her attention to detail and amazing memory for family birthdays and special events was encyclopedic.

Monika was predeceased by her parents and her siblings, Ida, Rudolf, Erika and Josef; and husband, Herbert, in March 2013. She is survived by her children, Fred (Donna), Dorothea (David Stier), Ursula (Bill Hodgson), Conrad (Hydee), Cathy ( Jeff Polsfut), Gerald (Norma); her grandchildren, Patrick ( Jaclyn), Daniel and Jennifer Baum, Joel Stier and Jesslyn Bhagria (Ajay), Kristin (Madison), Angela (Michael), Annika (Stephen Voelpel) and Catherine Hodgson, Kailey and Cory Baum, Kyle, Erin, and Robyn Polsfut, David, Andrew and Evan Baum; and four great-grandchildren, Hazel Hodgson, Jaya and Nia Bhagria and William Voelpel; sisters, Maria Poschmann, Heta Poschmann; sisters-in-law, Erika Kreidner and Renate Baum; and brother-in-law, Richard Baum; and several nieces and nephews.

Obituaries Prayers were held on Friday, December 26 at 7:00 p.m. and Mass of Christian Burial was on Saturday, December 27, 2014 at 10:30 a.m., both at St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, Biggar, Sask. with Father Michel Bedard as celebrant. Eulogist: Conrad Baum; Pallbearers: Joel Stier, Kristin Hodgson, Patrick Baum, Daniel Baum, Kyle Polsfut, Cory Baum, and David Baum; Offertory Gifts: Robyn and Erin Polsfut, Jennifer and Andrew Baum; Readers: Gerald Baum, Kailey Baum, Catherine and Annika Hodgson, and Margaret Jungwirth; Ushers: Andrew and Alex Scott; Music by St. Gabriel Choir. Interment followed in Biggar Cemetery. Memorial donations in Monika’s name may be made to Biggar & District Health Services Foundation, Box 1003, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0.

Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Grondin Funeral Services, Biggar, “Our family serving your family since 1962”. gfsc1

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SUNDAYS in J A N U A R Y : Presbyterians, Anglicans and Lutherans (PALs) will be worshipping at REDEEMER LUTHERAN Church at 10:30 a.m. January 25, break out your best plaid and help us celebrate Robert Burns and our Presbyterian roots with potluck after service.

Everyone is welcome. For more information or pastoral services, phone Pastor Mark Kleiner at 306-9483731 or 306-9517122.

48/10tfn SUNDAYS… You are invited to the weekly services of Biggar Associated Gospel Church, corner of 8th and Quebec Street @ 10:50 a.m. Worship will be at 10:50 a.m.

Adult Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. The church office number is 306-948-3424, Terry Wicks, Pastor.

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THURSDAYS: FIT & FUN Over Fifty (all ages welcome).

Classes, 11 am. or 5 p.m., January 15 to April 30. Stop in at New U Fitness or call 306-948-2208.

Keep Active and Stay Healthy!

1c3 SATUR DAY, JANUARY 25: Biggar New Horizons Ukrainian New Year’s Banquet, 6 p.m., $25 per person. Tickets sold to New Horizons members until December 31. Tickets sold to the public starting January 1.

Catered by Kate Sagon. Sonia Horner’s Ukrainian Dancers to entertain.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS IN THE ESTATE OF

IN THE ESTATE OF CATHERINE LORENZ, LATE OF THE TOWN/DISTRICT OF BIGGAR, IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN, DECEASED. ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE, duly veriÀed by Statutory Declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held if any, must be sent to the uncdersigned before the 30th day of January, 2015 BUSSE LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers and Solicitors 302 Main Street, Box 669, BIGGAR, Saskatchewan S0K 0M0 SOLICITORS FOR THE EXECUTOR

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Land for Rent Pasture land for rent in R.M. of Eagle Creek.

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DARRYL MARK RIVARD, LATE OF THE VILLAGE/ DISTRICT OF LANDIS, IN THE PROVINCE OF SASKATCHEWAN, DECEASED. ALL CLAIMS AGAINST THE ABOVE ESTATE, duly veriÀed by Statutory Declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held if any, must be sent to the uncdersigned before the 30th day of January, 2015 BUSSE LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers and Solicitors 302 Main Street, Box 669, BIGGAR, Saskatchewan S0K 0M0 SOLICITORS FOR THE EXECUTOR

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Charter/ Sherwood Apartments 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cable TV and satellite systems, laundr y facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwasher s, air conditioning, parking with plugins.

For more information call: Karen/Kevin 948-9115 302 - 8th Ave. W. Biggar

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Call GNG for massive year end herbicide sales: • Guaranteed best prices • All farmers welcome (no memberships) • Delivered to the yard • No deposit on containers • GNG dealers in most areas (new dealers welcome) Products: • Smoke – loaded glyphosate • Clever – one pass cleaver control • Foax – green foxtail and wild oats • Diquash – desiccant • Inject-N – full line of inoculants • Diesel fuel – 30,000+ litre min • 20+ new actives being developed For all details please contact us at 306 477-4007 or info@gng.ag or visit our website at www.gng.ag

Livestock Market hogs sold live or cut and wrapped.

Bacon and deluxe hams available. Quality stock built from top genetics since 1986. Weanlings and sows available. 306778-4042.

Wanted FIREARMS. All types wanted, estates, collections, single items, military. We handle all paperwork and transportation.

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WANTED - All Wild Fur, Shed Antler, Old Traps. Call Brian (306) 278-7756 or (306) 278-2425 or Phil (306) 278-2299

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… Lean contract, that they are now in a position to make the final move toward selfsufficiency and take ownership of this ambitious initiative.

Currently, more than 200 health system staff have received their lean leader certification.

These leaders will take over the role of training other staff and leading continuous improvement events.

“While our relationship with JBA has been very worthwhile in terms of improving health service delivery and reducing costs in our health care system, we feel we have now reached a point where we can move forward on our own and, in doing so, we will be able reduce costs associated with continuing the JBA contract,” Health Minister Dustin Duncan said.

The contract was originally scheduled to conclude in June 2015, with the option for an extension to September 2015.

The Ministry of Health has given notice to end the contract in 90 days, at the end of March 2015.

“We are strongly committed to

continuing our Lean journey throughout the health system,” Duncan said.

“Moving up the end date for the contract will mean that the transition to managing the quality improvement work within our internal capacity will happen more swiftly.”

L e a n management has been transformational for the Saskatchewan health care system – an initiative of this scale has not been undertaken anywhere in the world, Duncan says.

This investment will continue to yield benefits for Saskatchewan residents and patients for many years to come.

S o m e improvement measures to date include: • In Saskatoon Health Region,the time for pediatric cardiology patients from registration to discharge was cut in half.

Appointments that averaged two hours 30 minutes now take one hour 16 minutes.

• In Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region, cancellations of MRI scans have been reduced

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from 12 to one per week, allowing the region to do 650 more scans per year.

• Sunrise Health Region, 100 per cent of severely ill mental health patients get appointments within 24 hours – up from 50 per cent.

• In Five Hills

Health Region, the wait time for patients at its lab was reduced by 76 per cent.

• Previously in Prairie North Health Region, 84 per cent of certain medication orders contained missing information.

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NO LIMIT ON QUANTITIES Changes to Powers of Attorney rules Amendments to Saskatchewan’s powers of attorney legislation will allow for better management of estates, as well as enhanced protection for vulnerable adults.

“Through consultations, we identified gaps in the existing legislation when it came to managing the financial affairs of those who are no longer

capable of doing it themselves,” Justice Minister and Attorney General Gordon Wyant said. “These changes address those issues and better protect vulnerable adults from potential wrongdoing.”

Changes under the Powers of Attorney Amendment Act, 2014 include: • Requiring an attorney to pro-

vide a final accounting when he or she stops acting; • Placing restrictions on what attorneys can charge for managing an estate; • Allowing attorneys to make gifts from an estate if the power of attorney document specifically permits it, or if the attorney has reason to believe the property owner

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would have done so; • Placing limitations on the total value of gifts an attorney can make out of the estate in one year; and • Giving the Public Guardian and Trustee the power to investigate an attorney’s management of an estate.

These changes go into effect January 1, 2015.

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for patients and helps speed up their recovery.

The Ministry of Health and Health Quality Council will provide oversight and guidance to facilitate the transition to self-sufficiency in Quality Improvement.

event these errors have been reduced to zero.

• In Regina Qu’Appelle Health Region, 100 per cent of hip and knee patients now have a onestop shop for non-surgical care, which provides coordinated appointments

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The KAYETTE CLUB of BIGGAR would like to THANK the community of Biggar and surrounding areas for your generous support to the 2014 Secret Santa Project.

Your donations are appreciated very much and allowed our group to assist families which included 49 children.

We recognize the following…

Tim Hammond/Hammond Realty The Majestic Theatre Biggar United Church St. Gabriel School Prairie Branches Enterprises Biggar & District Credit Union Pattern Dance Club

The Red Apple AGI Envirotank Pharmasave Leslie’s Drugstore Royal Bank CIBC

Also, SPECIAL THANKS to each and every individual who donated toys, gifts, monetary donations which were used or will be used by Secret Santa for families within this community. We are proud to live within such a generous and caring community!

A new year and a new set is upon us. Welcome to the Fate Reforged spoiler season!

Fate Reforged is a curious beast as a second set in a block. Up until this point, blocks consisted of three sets, with the second set simply being a point in linear progression from the first set to the third set in the block, both for story and mechanics.

Fate Reforged, however, occupies a transitory point, in multiple senses.

First off, in the big picture, Khans block is simultaneously the last three set block and first two set block. The story of the block spans all three sets, but for the purposes of drafting and Standard rotation, Khans of Tarkir and Fate Reforged are one block, while Dragons of Tarkir and M16 are a separate block.

Fate Reforged is also not a linear advancement of the timeline, unlike other second sets. In this set we follow Sarkhan Vol over one thousand years into the past of Tarkir, before dragons became extinct on the plane, and before the various clans

had solidified their colour identities into wedges.

This gives us a lead up for Dragons of Tarkir to be a divergent timeline, with new destinies for the clans, some of them developing in radically new ways.

This timeline-rewind also gives us the return on a planeswalker players have been wanting to see in print for some time now: Ugin, the Spirit Dragon.

He’s both the second colourless planeswalker in the game, and a foil to Nicol Bolas, with his ultimate being the exact opposite of Nicol Bolas’.

With the return of Ugin comes Manifest, a new mechanic to run alongside Morph.

Manifest is a mechanic mostly invoked by spells, but also sometimes caused by permanents, that causes you to take one (or more) cards off of the top of your library and place them face down on the battlefield under your control.

While these cards are face down, they are treated as 2/2 creatures with no colour, creature type, abilities, or name; in much the same manner as a face down Morph card.

Unlike other Morph cards in Standard, however, the card that is placed face down need not be a creature. It could be a spell, or even a land.

That being said, it can only be turned face up if it is a creature, which you would do by paying it’s mana cost. Much like Morph, this is a special

action that can not be responded to and can be performed whenever you have priority. It is also worth noting that if the card placed into play by Manifest is also a Morph card, you can instead opt to pay it’s Morph cost to turn it face up.

Fate Reforged is also starting to transition the clans to a new set of mechanics, with Abzan and Mardu already having Bolster and Dash respectively, which we will go into more detail once the set is fully available and all instances of said mechanics are at our disposal.

In the mean time, enjoy the spoilers and remember the old adage: “Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.”

/Cari Perih Residential Saleperson (306) 948-7995 Cari.Perih@HammondRealty.ca

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Work up a sweet tooth with all that bowling! . . . Reg Horner was the lucky winner of the five-pound chocolate bar draw at the Biggar Bowl. All draw proceeds went to support the Biggar YBC program and Biggar 5-pin Association.

Congratulations, Reg! (Submitted Photo)

Bowling Scores Biggar Bowl (December 15-19) Monday Mixed League: MHS – Jason Raschke, 247; WHS – Krista Remeshylo, 227; MHT – Jason Rashke, 654; WHT – Krista Remeshylo.

Tuesday New Horizons: MHS – Geoff Cooke, 255; WHS – June Hoppe, 164; MHT – Geoff Cooke, 593;

WHT – June Hoppe, 424.

Thursday Senior’s League: N/A. Y.B.C. Thursday’s, Bowlasaurus: High Score – Everett Danskin, 75.

Pee Wee: High Score – Sawyer Heimbecker, 84; High Double – Sawyer

Heimbecker, 165.

Bantam: High Score – Jayla Boobyer, 137; High Triple, Jayla Boobyer, 333. Juniors: High Score – Hailey Boobyer, 134; High Triple – Hailey Boobyer, 351.