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Vol. 112 No. 10

THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2021

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Prairie Art ... Gruesome to some and art to others, if you grew up on the Prairies, you were greeted by bovine skulls. Folklore says the decorative skull is a symbol of lifelong protection from the elements or are ascribed to courage and toughness. (Independent Photo

by Kevin Brautigam)

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With little going on due to the pandemic and having to be “socially distanced” from life, sometimes you have to get out into the country and scream at the top of your lungs, take a few pictures, reset, and go back to work. All better now!

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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NWT institutes dividend policy The Board of Directors of North West Terminal announced March 4 that it will establish a dividend policy.

The policy is made up of an annual dividend to be declared following the fourth quarter each fiscal year and a residual dividend to be announced following the third quarter.

The amount of the annual dividend will be set initially at 15 cents per share. The residual dividend will be variable and operate like a cash sweep, paying out excess working capital to shareholders. NWT’s target for the working capital ratio is 1.10 for 2021, 1.20 for 2022, 1.30 for 2023, 1.40 for 2024 and 1.50

for 2025. The long-term target for working capital ratio is 1.50.1.

“The Board of Directors is pleased to be implementing a dividend policy,” says NWT’ President Brad Sperle, who farms near Unity. “The policy reflects the board’s philosophy to pay regular dividends to shareholders. We feel the new dividend policy will allow the board to strike a balance by returning money to shareholders annually while ensuring that the company has sufficient resources to maintain and grow its operations.”

The payment of dividends is not guaranteed, and the amount and timing of any dividends payable by the company

will be at the discretion of the board, and will be established on the basis of their cash available for distribution, their financial requirements, any restrictions imposed by credit facilities and other factors existing at the time.

NWT is an independent farmer/shareholder owned company, headquartered near Unity.

NWT owns and operates an inland grain terminal and a value-added production facility at its Unity location. NWT is also a minority owner of Alliance Seed Corp in Winnipeg, and Alliance Grain Terminal in Vancouver.

Biggar Fire Department Report The Biggar Fire Department responded to eight calls in the month of February.

One motor vehicle collision, one investigation request, one vehicle fire,

two STARS landings, and three false alarms were handled for the month of February.

Total calls for 2021 so far are: one motor vehicle collision; two STARS

Dreary Day ... Moisture laden air made for some foggy mornings last week, winter’s last gasp before spring arrives. The sky has been putting on show as the sun begins burning off the haze. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

landings; two investigation requests; one structure fire; one vehicle fire; and four false alarms.

That totals 11 calls so far for 2021 for the Biggar Fire Department.

Be very still ... A deer stands motionless, letting its shape blend in with the vegetation, ears perked and listening for danger. As the snow cover melts away, deer are finding it a bit easier to graze. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Hope will be the focus at Sun West public meeting Kevin Cameron, the Executive Director of the North American Centre for Threat Assessment and Trauma Response will be speaking at the annual Sun West Public Meeting on Tuesday, March 16.

Cameron, who is an internationally recognized expert on trauma response, will be discussing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students, families and schools, will deliver a presentation called “Hope.”

“We are excited to have Kevin speak at the public meeting,” stated Sun West Board of Education Chair Karen Itterman. “He is up-to-date and knowledgeable about all developments related

to COVID-19. He is also a personable and entertaining speaker who explains all the complexities around the pandemic in a way that is accessible to lay people.”

Cameron’s presentation will be part of an overall look at Sun West’s Pandemic Response Plan by Sun West Director of Education Randy Emmerson.

Emmerson will put the pandemic in context with the Sun West Educational Plan priorities of achievement, engagement and well-being.

The Public Meeting will also include a presentation by three Sun West teachers entitled Promising Practices for Meaningful Family Engagement. The three teachers

are Pam Grasby Sawatzky from Westberry Elementary School in Kindersley, Amber Thompson from Outlook Elementary School and Carly Robson Gilchrist from Walter Aseltine School in Rosetown. Their presentation will be based on research they did that was recognized in 2020 with the McDowell Foundation Research Award.

The Public Meeting will also provide participants from local schools to discuss how the teachers’ research applies to their own families and schools.

The meeting starts at 7 p.m. and will be held virtually.

Break and Enter to rural residence Biggar RCMP are requesting the publics assistance regarding a break and enter that took place in the early morning of March 6, 2021, on Correction Line Road.

A rural residence was broken into and a items were stolen along with a blue SUV. The SUV was later located damaged off Highway 4 south of Biggar after hitting a power pole. Saskatoon Forensic Identification Services are assisting with the investigation.

Earlier in the night a truck was observed driving past the residence slowly and might be involved.

Biggar RCMP are asking the public to report

any suspicious vehicles and note the make, model and colour in the area.

They would also like to remind the public to lock their residences, vehicles and secure valuables as best they can.

Anyone with information regarding the break and enter or any unsolved crime is asked to contact

the Biggar RCMP at 306948-6600 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or by e-mail. When using crime stoppers you will remain anonymous and you will not have to go to court. If your information leads to an arrest and conviction you will receive a cash reward.

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Biggar’s future is in our hands Biggar Revitalization ... what a great concept!

We, the citizens of Biggar, have this huge opportunity to revitalize our community. But let me put to rest some of the stories that I hear about this project - “This has been tried before” or that this is just another bunch of “pancake and cookies sales” to come up with something that’s going to be “rammed down our throats”.

Let me tell you that this is not the case.

This is a dedicated group of highly trained professionals that are at the top of their game - engineers, builders, planners, fund raisers - that care about this project.

All want to make a difference in our community, and not for the sake of money but for the sake of a couple of folks that want to give back to the community.

What’s next? We need to raise some money.

Yes, it’s a lot of money, $2.5 million to be exact, but we as a community can do this. We have spent more dollars on far less projects. I for one will be donating to this project as I want to leave something behind for my grandkids to enjoy in the years to come.

The citizens of Biggar who live in other parts of the country or who presently live in our great community, have had a say and have been heard. The plan is going to look fantastic, but a few individuals can’t do it themselves! We need the whole community to be involved.

Biggar Revitalization, awesome, let’s get busy!

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Pandemic or not, gov’t must be accountable We do elect governments to make choices and not every choice they make can be make through a referendum that determines what’s most popular.

In fact, the sharpest criticism Premier Scott Moe has received during this pandemic has been for simply following the closed-door advice of Chief Medical Health Officer Dr. Saqib Shahab who has recommended closures and lockdowns.

Murray Mandryk But when it comes to spending public tax dolNo government has lars, there can and should ever been a paragon of be very little compromise virtue when it comes to on accountability.

We all should get that. unaccountable to taxpayEven during this paners.

And during a global pan- demic, you have received demic when governments itemized bills on things have to address deadly you have paid for. And health concerns on very whether or not you can short notice, sometimes come in close physical time-consuming pro- contact with your supplitocols of accountability er, you have maintained the right to be able to ask have been put aside.

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why each item on that bill cost as much as it does.

Politicians get that too.

In fact, politicians get that more than we do because they love to beat their opponents over their heads when accountability doesn’t happen.

That was surely the case when Moe has rightly criticized the federal government and Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not delivering a budget during this pandemic.

But maybe Moe and his current Saskatchewan Party administration need to take a long hard look in the mirror when it comes to their own fiscal accountability during this pandemic - especially, given the history of their party and its promises of accountability.

That commitment came in the form of the Sask.

Party’s biggest 2007 election promise that: “A

Saskatchewan Party Government will provide Saskatchewan people with more transparency and accountability than any previous government.”

There was a reason why the Sask. Party made such a bold, strong commitment.

It was a party that rose from the ashes of the old Progressive Conservative government - undoubtedly, the least accountable government in our province’s history if not the history of the entire country. It didn’t even pass it’s last of nine consecutive deficit budgets that left the province in chaos and on the brink of bankruptcy.

Again, no government has ever been perfectly accountability. It’s worth reminding overly sanctimonious New Democrats that love to remind voters on the history of PC accountability that the

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last NDP government sure had its own penchant for unaccounted – for backroom deals to buy money-losing U.S. dot. com and to deceive the public on the ownership arrangement of Spudco that lost $36 million.

This was also taxpayers’ money.

But this is precisely why we hold legislative sessions and budgets.

The Saskatchewan legislature has sat just eight days - the least in the country - since it passed the 2020-21 budget in mid-July. (And you may recall that the Sask. Party government did try to sneak in a “budget” in March with no revenue projections or deficit figure that turned out to be $2.4 billion.)

Now, the Sask. Party government has set the 2021-22 budget date for April 6 - a month later than usual, meaning

there will be that much legislative scrutiny by the time the assembly’s sitting ends just before the may long weekend.

In the meantime, we will simply be spending money through cabinet decree, including a recent one to increase spending on the pandemic to $322.8 million.

Maybe there’s little nefarious about this, given that it’s extra money for the Safe School Plan ($40 million) the Saskatchewan Health Authority, ($76 million), the Saskatchewan Small Business Emergency Payment Program ($20 million), tourism ($17 million) and Municipal Grants ($14 million).

But it’s still our money and spending needs to be accounted for in the legislature in a thorough way.

Governments should never be allowed to forget that.

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NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF ASSESSMENT ROLL Rural Municipality of Eagle Creek No. 376

Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Rural Municipality of Eagle Creek No. 376 for the year 2021 has been prepared and is open to inspection at the office of the assessor from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following days, Monday to Thursday, March 8th to May 10th, 2021 except all public holidays.

A Bylaw pursuant to Section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal against his or her assessment is required to file his or her notice of appeal by the 10th day of May, 2021 with: The Assessor Rural Municipality of Eagle Creek No 376 Box 278 Asquith, SK S0K 0J0 Dated this 8th day of March, 2021

it impacted the country the most.

Y.T. has gone back to that valley behind that hill, where many a horse were left in the 1930s, and it sure didn’t look right to me.

The pioneers and there horses, sure took a beating back then, eh?

Sometimes I think of Dad and old, slow Jesse, but I’d better forget, eh?

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We were kind of young, but while Walt and I were playing in the yard, we saw Dad coming out of our new house with his big shotgun under his arm, walking toward the stable and disappearing.

“There goes Dad again.

He is going to hunt geese with old Tom Pearson!”

Like mentioned before, we were kind of young and we kept on playing with the big ant hill beside the stable.

We were a bit surprised, I think, when he came back from the stable, leading our old, slow horse, Jesse, toward the

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the end of Jesse, the old, slow horse!

Many books have been written about the Great Depression, mostly from the USA. The most revealing Canadian one, to me, was the Canadian one written by Barry Broadfoot, “Ten Lost Years” which Y.T. read after the war.

Many of the men killed in Europe were from the Canadian Prairie where

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hills.

Again, we were young then and didn’t pay as much attention as we might have if we were older!

But we did stop playing and wondered why he led old Jesse down the old trail towards the hills there were no geese over at those hills, we thought.

Yet Dad kept going slowly up the hills.

“Where is he going?” we thought again as Dad led old Jesse over the nearby hills while Walt and Y.T. kept busy with our ant hill project.

After a few minutes, there came a loud “Bang!” from the hills, and we watched the old trail.

We pretended that we were busy when Dad came slowly walking back. But he never held Jesse, only a halter and his shotgun under his arm.

We didn’t know it then but we had just witnessed

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Woman belonging to alien reptile cult to stay in jail for shooting boyfriend Insane conspiracy theories are usually nothing more than slightly chuckle-worthy light news. But for every funny story, there’s one case where an unhinged person brainwashed into outlandish beliefs does some irreversible damage.

Case in point, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled on February 25 that a woman sentenced to 15-40 years in jail for the murder of her boyfriend should stay behind bars. The reasons for why she shot him are truly bizarre.

Barbara Rogers, 46, was sent to prison in 2019 after she put a bullet through the head of 32-year-old Stephen Mineo. That was because Rogers had been accused of being a reptilian alien creature in disguise.

Both Rogers and her boyfriend were members of a deranged online doomsday cult. They were convinced that an extraterrestrial race of devilworshipping reptilian shapeshifters were looking to install Antichrist himself as the supreme ruler of Earth.

The crime itself took place on July 15, 2017.

On that day, Rogers – an Army veteran discharged for medical reasons – and Mineo were both staying at their shared apartment in Monroe Country, PA. Over the course of the day, the odd couple got into an argument. According to Senior Judge John L. Musmanno, their affiliation with the doomsday had been causing friction in their relationship for quite some time.

“Rogers stated that she and Mineo had recently become upset with the

leader of the cult, who believed that Rogers was actually a reptile,” Musmanno wrote in a court opinion.

As a result of the disagreements, the two were kicked out of the cult, wrote The New Republic (TNR). Mineo, in particular, didn’t take the ouster very well.

Rogers said that her boyfriend had simply lost his will to live with his cult membership. So, he asked Rogers to kill him.

The story goes that Mineo placed a .45 caliber pistol. He pressed the gun against his head and told Rogers to pull the trigger.

And she did. Some 20 minutes after the deed was done, Rogers phoned

911.

“My boyfriend had a gun. He told me to hold it here and press the trigger.

Oh my god, he’s dead!” she said during the call.

Whether Rogers’ story is true, however, is up for debate. After all, the only other person with knowledge of what actually happened took his story to the grave.

Judge Musmanno, for one, is not convinced of the accuracy of Rogers’ account. And no wonder – according to TNR, Rogers has changed her story several times.

The alien cult that Rogers and Shriner belonged to was led by one Sherry Shriner. Some two months before the killing, 1/4 Page Shriner started attacking

PE R B IN SPA W GO E N

How to prepare a garden for spring planting The final weeks of winter, and even the first few weeks of spring, are still chilly in many parts of the world.

Despite those last vestiges of winter chills, late winter is a great time to begin preparing gardens for the coming planting season.

Gardens may have to withstand months of harsh weather each winter, and such conditions can take a toll. Gardeners can consider the following tips as they try to restore their gardens and get them ready for spring planting.

• Disinfect your tools. It’s common to clean tools in late fall or whenever they’re typically placed in storage for the winter. But cleaning and disinfecting are not necessarily the same thing. If tools were not disinfected at the end of the previous gardening season, disinfect them before doing any work on the garden. Doing so can ensure any lingering bacteria or fungi on tool surfaces are killed prior to the beginning of gardening season. According to the University of Minnesota Extension, plant pathogens, including bacteria and viruses, can be transferred to and infect plants through bits of soil and plant debris left

on shovels and pruner blades. Thoroughly disinfecting such tools prior to using them in the spring is a great way to reduce the risk of disease in your garden.

• Clear debris from garden beds. Leaves, twigs, sticks, and other debris may have gathered in the garden over the winter.

Such debris can inhibit the growth of plants and vegetables, so make sure all of it is removed prior to planting. Weeds might even begin to sprout up in late winter and early spring, so remove them before they go to seed.

• Test the soil. Testing the soil prior to planting can help gardeners determine what their gardens will need to thrive in the coming months.

Garden centers and home improvement stores sell home testing kits that are

effective and easy to use.

Once the results are in, speak with a professional at your local garden center about the best time to amend the soil.

• Loosen compacted soil.

Soil can become compacted over winter. If compacted soil is not loosened prior to planting, plants will have a hard time getting the water and nutrients they need to thrive. Loosening the soil also provides another opportunity to inspect the garden for any underlying issues, such as fungi or weed growth, that you may have missed when clearing debris or testing the soil.

Late winter is a good time to assess a garden and address any issues that developed over the winter so plants and vegetables can thrive come the spring planting season.

Gardeners can consider the following tips as they try to restore their gardens and get them ready for spring planting.

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Rogers online.

She insisted that Rogers was in actuality one of the group’s enemies – a reptilian alien devoted to furthering the cause of Satan. Because of her affiliations, Mineo should call off their relationship, Shriner claimed.

According to Rogers, her shooting Mineo wasn’t an act of intentional violence. She argued that she should have a re-trial for involuntary manslaughter in light of her military service and history of mental instability.

She also claimed that she was intoxicated when she shot Mineo. Judge Musmanno, however, ruled that Rogers had been of sound enough mind that her prison sentence should stand.

He also deemed that the judge who gave her the sentence had appropriately considered all the facts of the case.

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Madame Tussaud’s wax figures dine out in New York No matter how badly we want return to norB1 -life B6to - I18 - N38 - 068 malTHISalready, we’reJUNE still WEEKʼS NUMBERS 18 mired in COVID regulations, trying to keep each other safe.

Part of the landscape of the past year has been the reduced capacity for indoor dining in restaurants. During the warmer months, outdoor dining gave us some sense of normalcy, even if there were masks and face shields, and pod-only seatings.

Over the winter, most restaurants were at 25 per cent capacity, only just returning to 35per cent. Keeping diners safe from potential superspreader events leaves a lot of empty tables and a general feeling of weirdness.

In Brooklyn, the Peter Luger Steak House has

taken a novel approach to make things feel less odd. Or odder–but on purpose. They’ve teamed up with Madame Tussauds of celebrity-wax-figure fame to fill their capacity safely.

If you’re dining-in these days, you’re used to the tables on either side being empty to maintain a six-foot distance per COVID regulations. But eat at Peter Luger Steak House, and you might get lucky enough to sit next to Audrey Hepburn, Jimmy Fallon, Al Roker, or Michael Stranahan. All without fear of catching COVID. And, even though bars are still closed to patrons, that hasn’t stopped Jon Hamm from posting up at the bar as Don Draper–complete with a drink in hand. Of course, they’re all going

to be a little light on conversation since they’re made of wax.

You have to admire the creative ways restaurants are trying to roll with the ever-changing guidelines.

Besides filling indoor seats with wax figures and mannequins, they’re employing cute tactics to keep people safe. A German restaurant gave guests hats with six-foot pool noodles attached to encourage distancing.

Many restaurants worldwide installed curbside ordering windows and built individual dining pods and tents with heaters to keep serving outside through the winter.

Any open restaurant is doing takeout these days.

If wax figures and mannequins aren’t your thing, you can always just order a meal to go.

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Spring and optimism reigns

Agriculture Calvin Daniels

by Calvin Daniels Spring, or even the hint that it is just around the corner, is the season of optimism in agriculture.

Farmers ready their equipment, and then head to the field to plant a new crop. As the seed rolls out of the drill every kernel holds the hope of being part of a bumper crop, and producers can dream high prices will be the norm by the time of harvest, five months ahead.

While the magic combo; big crops and high prices, isn’t often realized, spring allows for such hopes.

Of course a lot can happen from seeding to harvest; too much rain, too hot, bugs, weeds, disease, a veritable minefield for a crop to make it through, but from the seat of the tractor in May farmers

can imagine all of them staying at bay.

Ultimately though, the greatest hope of spring for producers is often less recognized.

It is at this time of year researchers see new funds dedicated to their work, and it is the result of farm research that holds the greatest promise for the producer.

For example, the University of Saskatchewan released noted new money coming its way.

“The Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) will invest $3.2 million in a unique bio-manufacturing facility at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) that will use cutting-edge “engineering biology” technologies to accelerate agri-food innovation and help address food security needs,” said a release.

“Developing canola varieties more resistant to climate change, flavourings for the plant-based meat industry, and non-animal enzyme alternatives for the dairy industry are a sample of the innovations to be advanced by the new Engineering Biology Agri-food Innovation Centre within the university’s Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS).”

And research makes strides as a second USask release noted.

“Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) researchers at the University of Saskatchewan (USask) are members of an international consortium of leading academic and commercial seed companies from the USA, Canada, Europe and Israel, that has announced the successful mapping of the canola pan-genome (its entire set of genes).

The International Canola Pan-genome Consortium was established in 2019 to advance the canola agricultural industry by capturing the broad genetic diversity of this crop.”

The mapping of the genome will set the table for greater strides in research moving forward.

That is one of the intriguing things about research, how a discovery today, opens the window for another researcher to see the next step in answering some questions whether yield-related, disease resistance, or how to survive in drier conditions.

Canola is a fine example of what research can achieve, being developed as a crop from rapeseed, and grown in areas today not dreamed of 25 years ago.

That is what makes research so critical and seeing investments made is laying the foundation for the sector tomorrow.

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by Trudy and Dale Buxton We continue our adventures from the city of Saskatoon and we head west on Highway 16 “The Yellowhead” or another part of the “Trans Canada Highway”.

Our first stop is the intersection of Highway 16 and 684, which will take you to the community of Dalmeny.

Dalmeny was first settled in around 1900 with many of the settlers of Mennonite faith. The town site was developed in 1904 with the arrival of the Canadian National Railway which at the time was a main line between Winnipeg and Edmonton.

Dalmeny’s growth was slow until the 1970’s when it became known as a bedroom community for the City of Saskatoon.

The population grew in the next decade (due to building lots sold for only $1) to where it is today with a population of just under 2,000 people.

During the Second World War, few area residents signed up for the forces due to thier pacifist Mennonite beliefs, so instead, some of the young men of the community chose to work in national parks instead of the military.

Dalmeny continues to be a quiet bedroom com-

munity with a friendly atmosphere, while having all ammenities and an active business sector.

Next up we exit on Highway 305 back to Highway 16 and we come upon the community of Langham.

Langham is another community originally settled by the Mennonites.

Langham’s population is around 1,500 people. It offers one of the highest per capita in Canada the number of churches in the community with six active churches. Langham strives to maintain its small town atmosphere while having all of todays technologies and services.

Langham is very strong in cultural arts having performances each fall with a dinner theatre in the first two weeks of November while the Wheatland Library offers children programs throughout the summer.

Langham has a nine hole golf course and groomed

ski trails in the winter and also has a great little museum that is in the the former CNR station.

Next up is the Village of Borden with a population of around 250 people.

Borden is home to the famous “Borden Bridge” which was constructed in 1937 as a make-work project, replacing the ferry service. Labourers at the time were paid 35 cents an hour during the construction, 50 cents if they brought a horse.

Borden has a great little campground along the banks of the North Saskatchewan River and near the bridge.

If you’re hungry, then a stop at the Roadside Inn, Tavern and Saloon is a great little place to rest, eat and drink up some fine beverages. There is lots of homeade deserts to finish off your meal.

Stay tuned for more adventures.

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The official beginning of spring is a highly anticipated day among people who can’t wait to put away their winter coats and soak up some warm sunlight.

But the day of the spring equinox is just as worthy of celebration for its uniqueness as it is for its symbolic connection with the end of winter.

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, on the spring equinox, which is sometimes referred to as the “vernal equinox” or the “March equinox,” the sun crosses the celestial

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equator going south to north.

Equinoxes (there’s another one in September each year) are the only two times a year that the sun rises due east and sets due west for everyone on Earth. As the sun passes overhead on the equinox, the tilt of Earth is zero relative to the sun.

That means that the planet’s axis neither points toward or away from the sun.

Though it’s understandable why so many people appreciate the spring equinox, which ushers in

increasing sunlight hours and later sunsets, the day’s uniqueness makes it even more worthy of celebration.

This year the spring equinox happens on Saturday, March 20 at 5:37 a.m. EDT in the northern hemisphere.

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New exhitbit for Museum and Gallery Donna Langhorne: Common Truths is now at the Biggar Museum and Gallery Organized and toured though OSAC’s Arts on the Move program. This exhibition features 20 paintings hung in five groups of four.

Our historical experience affirms that the plight in Indigenous communities today is rooted in aggressive, hostile actions by the settler community as embodied in state law and policy. This underscored the importance of the painful but necessary Truth-telling process of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission [TRC] in exposing and shedding light on these issues. The TRC “Calls to Action” therefore lay a foundation for the Settler community to atone for these misdeeds. Beyond atonement, however, there is the critical need for the Indigenous community to

move ahead on our own terms, and in ways that strengthen our relationships with all Canadians.

This project began with the recognition that the lived experiences of Indigenous Peoples under colonial dominance have resulted in a set of Common Truths. It occurred to the artist to explore whether they could be confronted through some other Indigenous cultural perspective. She was drawn to the organization of social structure and roles as represented by the clan system and the totems. For purposes of this project she has used the corresponding Anishinaabe/Ojibway term doodem.

Her overall approach was to rely upon the structure of the five classes within Anishinaabe clan structure (using four representative doodem per class), to confront twenty (20) common

truths impacting Indigenous people. References drawn from the TRC, the media, and/or the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, were researched for each of the 20 identified Common Truths.

The underlying principle is the affirmation of family-based clan roots to facilitate healing and recovery and to identify specialized roles for community action to that end.

“Accordingly, the project resulted in the production of 20 paintings. As originally proposed, each of the five groupings use a common shape, although in the final analysis at slight variance from the initial concept,”explained Langhorne This project received funding assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

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Tiger’s new target: Ben Hogan

Penton on sports Bruce Penton

For his entire professional golfing career, Tiger Woods has been chasing the legendary Jack Nicklaus’s majortitle record of 18. Now, he has another immortal to try to emulate - Ben Hogan.

Hogan famously returned to championship-calibre golf after being critically injured in an automobile-bus crash in 1949. Hogan’s injuries sidelined him for close to a year in the prime of his greatness. But Hogan returned to glory, winning six major championships, including the 1950

U.S. Open at Merion 16 months after his brush with death.

Now, Woods faces a similar challenge, although it presents a less likely successful result. Hogan was 36 and in peak physical form at the time of his crash, while Woods, who suffered severe leg and ankle injuries Feb. 23 after his car hit a median, crossed the other lane and left the Los Angeles road, rolling multiple times down an embankment, is 45 and inhabits a body held together thanks to multiple back and knee surgeries.

Woods, likely the most prominent individual athlete in the world, has enjoyed growing global fame since breaking into professional golf in 1996.

A cave dweller in the depths of Mongolia may not know a thing about Tiger Woods, but he’d be in the minority. Have you heard of the Pope? Paul McCartney?

Muhammad Ali? Albert Einstein?

Same fame deal.

Woods was entertain-

ment. People who knew or cared little about golf were likely to turn on their TVs if Woods was in contention in a major tournament. He made millions of dollars for the television networks.

His popularity resulted in skyrocketing purses on the PGA Tour.

He was once the best golfer in the world. He isn’t anymore. He won’t be again.

He was once a great husband, until his aura of a role model came crashing down when he was outed as an adulterer and a philanderer in 2009.

He was a doting son and apparently a great father to his two kids, Samantha and Charlie, but he nearly left them without a dad due to his recklessness.

He has dealt with at least three dangerous driving events - two crashes and a third when he was stopped by police for drugged driving - at the wheel while under the influence of post-surgery pain-killing drugs. Someone as wealthy and vul-

nerable behind the wheel as Tiger Woods should hire someone to transport him safely, day or night.

What Tiger Woods did Feb. 23 in L.A. was no accident. The word ‘accident’ carries with it no culpability. Woods was reportedly speeding and obviously reckless behind the wheel. He is lucky, very lucky, to be alive.

Corporate America will continue to feed him millions, and he’ll recover while bathing in sympathy and well-wishes for successful rehab. But he won’t catch Jack and he won’t equal Hogan’s accomplishment.

But he’s alive and that’s good enough.

• Headline at the onion. com: “Hockey Hall Of Fame Debuts Interactive Exhibit Letting Fans Play With Game-Used Teeth.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “NFL owners are pushing to implement a 17-game schedule for this coming season.

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• Jamison Hensley of ESPN.com, after Ravens coach John Harbaugh paid the entire $2,000plus restaurant bill during a Baltimore charity event: “Harbaugh covered the spread.”

• Phil Mushnick of the New York Post: “In Charles Barkley’s latest commercial endorsement ads, he appears huge, his stomach standing guard over his toes. He’s bigger than a bread box … factory.”

• Comedy writer Brad Dickson of Omaha: “Dish Network and DraftKings just struck a deal that will allow fans to place bets on sporting events from their televisions in the middle of games …

OK, we’re going to need another $1.9 trillion bailout very soon.”

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke. com: “NBA star Joakim Noah announced his retirement, finishing his pro career 0-for-16 in three-pointers. Big surprise: a guy named Noah

preferred his points two by two.”

• Headline at fark.com: “Calgary celebrates 7-3 win over Senators by firing coach.”

• Another fark.com headline: “J.J. Watt has gone from being a saint in Houston to being a Cardinal in Arizona.”

• Dwight Perry again: “Sure sign we’ve been in lockdown too long: The Milwaukee Bucks unveiled a ‘Hand Sanitizer Cam,’ featuring a superimposed bottle ‘squirting’ fans in the stands.”

• Bucs QB Tom Brady, 43, when chubby 42-year-old CBS ‘Late Late Show’ host James Corden asked if Corden could be drafted into the NFL: “You might be able to play for the Jets.”

• Nick Canepa of the San Diego Union-Tribune: “Players hate going to the NBA All-Star Game as they should - and get upset when they’re not invited.”

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Application deadline: April 9, 2021 TOWN OF BIGGAR is now accepting applications for the following seasonal position: Recreation Maintenance - Cemetery: This is a position within the Recreation Department. Most of the time will be spent at the cemetery. It will include grass cutting and trimming, and will also include filling in sunken graves, removal of dead trees, pruning trees, aligning headstones, levelling areas, and other general maintenance. Ability to operate small equipment is an asset.

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She was very proud to purchase her first home in October 2015. She had a few different jobs over the years, but her favourite was the most recent at Wilson’s Lifestyle Center.

Her favourite colours were black and purple. Shayna absolutely adored cats; Skittles (Zuga) and Hildy were her babies. Shayna loved being outdoors, being at the lake, on the farm and camping. She found a love and peace for colouring. Shayna had an infectious sense of humor that brought joy and light to everyone’s day. She was stubborn but honest, selfless and someone you could always rely on.

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Shayna leaves to cherish her memory, her mother Rhonda (Wade); father Derek (Beth); sister Stacey (Chris) their children, Hayden and Chloe; step brothers, Michael and Waylon; Forever the love of her life Nathan, aunty Donna (Owen), uncle Darren (Shauna), aunty Cheryl, aunty Joel, aunty Renee; grandparents Gerry Marchuk, Janice McLean, Lorne & Cathy Gilbertson; step sister Holly (Jesse), uncle Tristan, uncle Mark (Heather), numerous family members and friends.

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Shayna was predeceased by grandpa Elmer Grasdal (2003), uncle Gerry Grasdal (2005), grandma Vi Marchuk (2015), grandma Terry Grasdal (2020), her beloved cat Zuga. Zuga will be laid to rest with Shayna.

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Reflection by Pastor David Baker, DMin BCC Reg. Psychotherapist Biggar and Living Hope Seventh-day Adventist Churches Continual calls for isolation are not easy, with grocery shopping trips being one of the only things many of us look forward to, just to get out of the house, right?

One of the greatest needs that we have is the need to take care of ourselves, not just physically or spiritually but mentally.

Mental health can be maintained or improved with eating a regular balanced diet with lots of fruit and vegetables, and exercise, not necessarily a gym style workout, but walks outside. Go to sleep at regular times. Try to limit the anxietycausing exposure to media. Find time to read and quiet the mind instead of allow-

ing television to take control. Take care of yourself and then you can invest your time in doing something good for both family members and people needing some encouragement.

This week I have been reflecting on the story of Joseph.

It’s hard to imagine anything good coming out of a family that sold their own flesh and blood into slavery. I can’t imagine that kind of dysfunction.

One thing the life of Joseph has taught me is it would be very easy to dwell on the negative and wallow in self-pity.

I think we are all familiar with the story but it has practical applications for today.

The story is found in Genesis Chapters 37 through 45. Pharaoh has a dream in Chapter 41 about a coming crisis, a famine in the land. Joseph interprets the dream and advises Pharaoh that when times are good and the grain is plentiful he needs to store it away.

ognizes the wisdom of this young Hebrew man, and on the spot he promotes him from prisoner to prime minister over all of Egypt. The brothers that earlier had thrown Joseph into a pit and sold him into slavery go to the only place that isn’t suffering from the drought to acquire food.

When we flip ahead a few pages to Genesis 50 and verse 20 there is a conversation that is recorded between Joseph and his brothers.

I think each of us can draw something practical out of it for our own situation and how individuals and circumstances have frustrated us in the past.

Joseph could have easily sought revenge. He was powerful.

He could have had them thrown in prison or even killed. Instead, he tells them, “But as for you, you meant evil against me; but God meant it for good, in order to bring it about as it is this day, to save many people

I believe Joseph understands what the apostle Paul would later say in Romans Chapter 8: 28, “And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose”.

There can be no question that COVID-19 is a bad thing but there are good gifts that God can bring even from this. It’s about all things working together for something good. At the end of the day, it’s about His plan, His purposes, not mine. I don’t have to have all the answers. I don’t have to have everything worked out.

As I think about my own life, and maybe this is true for you, through COVID-19, I have been reminded that I do not have ultimate control over my own life.

Unwelcome events still come into my life, but they only serve to show me that I am utterly and completely dependent on the living God.

If this pandemic helps me or anyone else to stop and recognize that I have to let God resume control that’s a good thing. If it can serve to help me recognize what my intended purpose in life is, to be an instrument of His glory, that’s a good thing.

COVID-19 is bad, it is destructive, but God can bring about some good gifts through this time of uncertainty and loss. I know that this too will pass. It’s just a season, but with God’s help, you and I can grow deeper and wiser, closer, more compassionate and more courageous.

Remember that the central drama of our lives is not what’s happening around us but rather, “Who are we becoming through it?”

When we accept that God has a plan for our lives we can stand in the face of life’s intrusions and boldly say, ‘But as for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good’.

Be safe.

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Beef cattle sector weighs in for federal food processing study

by D.C. Fraser The House of Commons’ standing committee on agriculture will soon be wrapping up its study

into Canada’s processing capacity.

Since November, MPs have heard from more than 50 witnesses on the

matter - including repre- president Dennis Laycraft ern Canada’s federally sentatives from the Cana- testified at a committee inspected packing capacPage Tuesday. dian Cattlemen’s Associa-1/4 meeting ity flirted with full capaction, whose president Bob In the CCA’s accompa- ity even prior to the panLowe and executive vice- nying brief, seven recom- demic. Figures provided mendations on how to show utilization rates at “create an environment eastern packing facilities that will support an opti- being above 90 per cent mal Canadian packing since 2017, and rising system” were provided: each year.

• Establish a Red Meat In 2020, weekly slaughIndustry Export Develop- ter capacity was 12,550 ment Fund; and the use of it was 100 • Support North Ameri- per cent. The year prior, can integration by har- capacity for 13,250 was monizing Canadian and used at 98 per cent.

U.S. shipping require“This resulted in longer ments for beef to South feeding periods, increased Korea; costs and lower prices for Rosetown-Elrose Constituency • Extend livestock set- producers,” read the sub215 Main St., Rosetown aside program availabil- mission. “This capacity ity into 2021-22; shortage has been parMonday-Friday, • Update Canada’s speci- ticularly acute during the 9 - 5 p.m. fied risk material (SRM) fall and winter months removal requirements; where producers are Phone: 306-882-4105 • Implement the recom- experiencing delivery and Toll Free: mendations of the Labour processing delays and a Workforce Action Plan; negative price spread to 1-855-762-2233 • Support automation in other regions.”

Email: jimreitermla@sasktel.net processing plants, and The submission notes • Place vaccination prior- that while Ontario’s packity on agri-food process- ing capacity was “keeping workers. ing pace” during the The CCA made clear pandemic, a December to MPs that about 77-79 2020 closure at Cargill’s per cent of Canada’s total Guelph facility resulted beef processing has taken in an estimated backlog place in Western Canada, of 10,000-15,000 head averaging 56,249 head of cattle during the twoper week, with an 86 per week period. cent utilization rate over A set-aside program put the last five years. in place by the federal COVID-19 seriously government during the screwed that up: last pandemic helped bring spring, “temporary slow- “stability to the market” downs effectively halted but a backlog of 10,000just over two-thirds (70 15,000 head of cattle per cent) of Canadian beef Attention: processing Diane/Cathy capacity over a two-week period and resulted in we thewould first half Once again like to salute the of 2020’s cattle slaughter Agriculture Industry of Saskatchewan being down 11 per cent and Canada contributions compared tofor thetheir same toperiod our community.

This special in 2019.”

A since-processed backsupplement to log Independent out west of will about The be published 130,000 head ensued, Thursday, March 19, 2020 creating millions in feedlot losses.

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“I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you to all our farmers and remind everyon how important it is to practise safety as we head into another busy growing season”

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from last year. Please proof and let me know of any changes by return email.

We have been proudly serving the farmers in Biggar and the surrounding communities since 1949.

We believe that farming is at the heart of our community, and we are committed to working side by side with you, the farmer, to better understand your operations and provide for all your financial needs.

We salute you for your contributions to our community!

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remains, according to the CCA. Across Canada in 2020, Canadian federally inspected slaughter capacity averaged 57,681 head per week with a utilization rate of 89 per cent.

But packing capacity taking place in Canada is becoming more and more concentrated in large facilities. Those big packers are highly efficient competitors that proved capable of enduring the pandemic, the CCA said.

Small- and mediumsized packers in the past 10 years have had difficulty competing, and the CCA contends that’s because of efficiencies of scale and regulatory burden.

“Creating the right conditions for small, medium and large packers is essential to a resilient Canadian beef sector,” the group said. “Additionally, the integration and thinning of the U.S. border for live cattle and meat trade will further build resiliency within the Canadian beef supply chain.”

Testimony on the matter at ag committee meetings last week also came from representatives for Maple Leaf Foods, Novalait, Canards du Lac Brome and Fraser Valley Specialty Poultry.

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A Word or Two from The Mayor of Biggar

by Jim Rickwood When Dale recently asked me if I would be interested in submitting a regular message on my perspective as mayor, I was elated.

We discussed the frequency of submissions and I decided a monthly article would be beneficial. As for a start date, I believe that it is very timely to compose this first message as Farm Safety Week approaches.

As Saskatchewan residents, there are not too many people who can say that they do not have some connection to the agricultural sector either through self, family, friends, neighbours or acquaintances.

We live side by side and rely on each other for the everyday cycles of production and markets, supply, service, and sale on every level imaginable. It is imperative for the survival of these rela-

tionships to foster the understanding of each others functions and grasp the need we have for each other. We meet socially at numerous events and enjoy updating each other with worthy discussion. When a tragedy occurs, we support and assist as we can.

Although we may not live on the same block, section of land or municipality we are still part of a greater community.

On this note, I pass on my regards for not only a successful Farm Safety Week but a Farm Safety Future. As we know, seeding season is nearing and the stress and long hours often create a potential for consequences. It is not just a seasonal concern; safety must be observed throughout the year. Please make sound decisions and be safe, not only for the week but for the entire year and future years. An

injury to one is an injury to all. PLEASE BE SAFE! Your families and community need you!

In the past four months, since being elected to office, I have grown more excited to be a part of our civic scene than I could have imagined. In Biggar, we have a first-rate slate of councillors with a real diversity of backgrounds and staff that any other town would be proud to have. On the very days proceeding election, the abundant snowfall was anything but overwhelming for our crews and roadways were cleared within a short time. I have heard so many times that we have the best snow removal in our province, and it is true!

As prairie people we endure and forge ahead knowing what the seasons can throw at us.

As we should all be aware of by now, the Big-

I would like to salute the farmers and cattlemen of Saskatchewan during Agriculture Safety Week, and wish you continued growth and prosperity in the future.

Randy Weekes, M.L.A.

Biggar -Sask Valley Constituency Phone: 306-948-4880 Toll Free: 1-877-948-4880 Find Randy on

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Once again we would like to salute the Agriculture Industry of Saskatchewan and Canada for their contributions to our community. This special supplement to The Independent will be published Thursday, March 19,Once 2020. again we would like to

salute the Agriculture Industry of Saskatchewan and Canada for their to our community.

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Facebook Live presentations are a great way to keep informed of the project as well as other community happenings.

At a Town Council level, all elected Councillors were asked to bring forward concerns and comments that they heard and were made aware of on the campaign trail last fall. An excellent session was held with discussion on these topics, and we all look forward to accomplishing some amazing projects over the next four years. If you have ideas or concerns, we as your elected officials want to hear them!

Reach out to any of us.

Biggar is a great place, and we want you to help make our future amazing!

I encourage everyone to support local and be vocal about what Biggar has to offer. On the flip side, consider “What can

I offer Biggar?” Support and positivity go a long way to create an environment of strength and positive community relationships. We must look toward the future and plan for the next five, 10, 25 or 50 years.

We proved this during the big ball tournament a couple years ago and compliments were plenty from people who travelled great distances to participate. We need to advance on this concept and develop ourselves into being the place to see and the place to be.

Thanks Dale and the staff of The Independent for creating and publishing this forum of communication. I applaud your place in the communications of our community!

Ag vital to our way of life

by Reeve, Jeanne-Marie DeMoissac Living a farm life conjures images of big skies, backroads and some of the most exquisite sunsets on the planet.

It tells wholesome stories of families working side by side and neighbours helping neighbours.

All of this is true.

There are some things, however, we forget when painting this picture; the hard work that starts with an amazing sunrise and ends long after dark, the agonizing dependency on the sky, the difficulties in negotiating all those family relationships, the heartbreak of losing a calf when you’ve done everything you can. It doesn’t

speak to the satisfaction of putting the spring’s first seed in the ground or the relief of putting the last of the harvest in the bin.

Agriculture is the life blood and beating heart of this province and our community. Without our farmers, dedicating their lives to the land we live on there would be no reason for small town Saskatchewan.

But here we are. A thriving community.

Although I’ve never lived in Biggar, it is my community and one I’m proud to be a part of.

In these strange times of COVID and in the absence of physical gatherings and social events, we have learned the importance

of community.

We have all felt this impact.

But this, like all else, will pass and we will be attending funerals, celebrating weddings and sitting down in the Town Hall to eat with our friends, families and neighbors at the Fall Suppers.

For now we carry on like we always do - carry on together as a community.

In this week that honours Agriculture, I salute our farmers and the communities they belong to.

My wish is for a successful growing season in 2021 with lots of sunshine and timely rains.

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gar Revitalization Project that presented itself over a year ago has been first and foremost in recent discussions around town.

The open house presentation was well attended, and the feedback has been gathered, compiled, and presented to Town Council. I assure everyone that Town Council has heard the concerns that were identified through the process. It is an evolving project, and we are excited for the concept design to be finalized so we can share it with you. I believe this revitalization project is a great way to ensure our future while honouring our past and the philanthropic gesture from the Brownlee’s made this project a great way to celebrate ourselves and come together as a rural and urban community.

We are fortunate to have D’Shae on top of things and of course her regular

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It is time to recognize and celebrate the abundance provided by agriculture.

Have a great 2020 season!

Council and Staff R.M of Biggar #347 Biggar, Saskatchewan 948-2422

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Agriculture in the classroom celebrates 10 years of Canadian Ag Agriculture in the Classroom Saskatchewan (AITC-SK), along with its national and nine other provincial AITC member organizations, is excited to announce its 10th annual Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month (CALM).

Each year in March, CALM encourages thousands of Canadian students from K to 12 to celebrate Canada’s agriculture and food story.

CALM is a hands-on program designed to educate students about the significant affect the agriculture and food sector has on our daily lives.

“This year marks an important milestone for the invaluable work done by AITC,” said the Honourable MarieClaude Bibeau, Minister of Agriculture and AgriFood. “I wholeheartedly support their mission to engage our youth in the great story our farmers have to tell about how our food is made. Hopefully, more Canadians will see the exciting and fulfilling career opportunities in the agriculture sector.

Agriculture in the Classroom is helping to close the gap between urban

and rural, which is more important than ever, and our Government will continue to support them in this vital work.”

Like most events in 2021, CALM activities and events across Canada are going virtual. AITCSK is coordinating virtual classroom visits with local farmers and agriculture professionals for the students to build a personal connection with people involved in producing food in our province. Personal experiences engage students in learning about food and where it comes from, leading to a better understanding and appreciation of agriculture.

“It’s remarkable to reflect on 10 years of Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month and the thousands of meaningful student connections we’ve made with the agri-food sector” says Sara Shymko, Executive Director of AITC-SK. “As this program continues to grow, we are proud to provide volunteers with the opportunity to share their incredible food story! And to commemorate 10 years of CALM, we are excited to launch a new educa-

tional resource!”

Healthy Foods from Healthy Farms is exclusively available for CALM and explores Canada’s new Food Guide through a book, interactive activity, and video series of farms and processing facilities.

Students explore healthy snack stickers and are encouraged to discover and learn about the producers who grew the food and the processors who made the food.

CALM began as Canadian Agriculture Literacy Week in 2012 reaching 1,155 Saskatchewan students in its inaugural year. It has grown to a month-long celebration every March that is observed in classrooms from coast-to-coast. Over the past nine years 42,452 Saskatchewan students have experienced the rich learning opportunity of Canadian Agriculture Literacy Month with help from more than 1,100 volunteers.

CALM would not be possible without the generosity of Cargill, Corteva Agriscience and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

Welcome to the Agriculture Network As an industry leader, we’re committed to working together with our employees and customers to ensure positive health and safety outcomes in the communities where we operate. Because together, we’re stronger, and achieve more.

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A burger is a burger?

by Lesley Kelly Is there a difference between an A&W Teen burger and a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder In terms of taste, texture, convenience and maybe your fond childhood memories, you might think yes, there is a big difference. But in terms of hormones, there isn’t a heck of a lot, unlike what A&W has led you to believe.

I haven’t purchased a Teen Burger or anything from A&W (other than today for demonstration purposes only) since 2013 when their “Better Beef” campaign started.

We all saw the misleading and cheeky ads that their beef was somehow “better” because they didn’t contain any added hormones. In an indirect way, we were led to believe that hormones were bad for us and so was the beef you were eating at places other than A&W. On the other hand, McDonald’s purchases beef from Canadian farmers who use hormones. The beef in the Quarter Pounder has about 3.5 ng of estrogen in it. The beef in the Teen burger, which was “raised without the use of added hormones” and likely sourced from a dif-

ferent country (uhhhh hemmm, flown across the world) has about 2.5 ng of estrogen.

Is that 1 ng of estrogen a huge difference?

Nope, but A&W has you thinking it is. What if I told you that the bun on the burger has about 50,000 ng of estrogen?

Or that as a woman, I produce about 500,000 ng of estrogen daily or even cabbage, of all things has 5,500 ng. That 1 ng of estrogen seems like a pretty slick marketing tactic now with further context.

What A&W and other food companies promoting “raised without the use of added hormones” are not mentioning is that hormones help us farmers be more environmentally sustainable. In Canada and the US, farmers can give their cattle hormones (or growth promotants) early on to help the animal process their food more efficiently into muscle tissue. If we didn’t use these hormones, it would take 12 per cent more cattle, 11 per cent more feed, 10 per cent more land and create 10 per cent more greenhouse gases (aka more manure) to produce the same amount of beef. Those numbers are

far more substantial and important than 1 ng of estrogen.

This isn’t a story to sway you into not supporting your local farmer who decides to raise his/ her cattle based on what they feel is best for their animals and farm. This is to show you that you don’t need to fear your food and there is always more to the story than a label. Ultimately, the food you buy is safe. Us farmers, whether we use hormones or not, are proud to raise and grow safe and affordable food for you and your family.

Now I’m going to enjoy my McDonald’s 100 per cent Canadian-beef burger and throw the Teen Burger to the farm cats.

Continued Success to the farmers of Saskatchewan We encourage our farm families and communities to talk about safety during Canadian Agricultural Week.

It is a great way to raise the awareness of keeping everyone safe and we're honoured to boost their well-being.

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Dig Safely on the Farm

by Robert Gobeil, Canadian Agricultural Safety Association It is important to use the One-Call Service before starting any project on the farm where ground will be broken, regardless of depth.

This applies to all small or large projects such as sod removal for a garden, fencing projects, digging a new well, or putting in a foundation. The OneCall service is free of charge and it only takes a few minutes to submit a utility locate request.

Although many underground infrastructures and utilities are found in urban areas, rural areas also have a number of these services.

Privately owned utilities are the responsibility of the customer. (Examples of this include water lines from a private well, and power lines to a garage or shed past the meter.)

Utility owners do not know the location of these lines. However, the OneCall service will be able to refer a private contractor that can help locate these utilities.

Buried utilities can be just beneath the surface and digging prematurely can put you in harm’s way or cause major damage to a utility line. A property owner or contractor who damages a utility may be charged for repairs. As they say ... know what’s below.

Some of the typical buried utilities that could be in your work area are: Electrical lines; Gas, oil, or petroleum pipes; Communications, fibre-

optic, and cable lines (or conduits); Water pipes; Sewer pipes; Survey markers.

A utility locate request is made by visiting ClickBeforeYouDig.com and following the instructions on the Web site. Select the province in which your project is located, take note of the “Advance Notice” and “Days Valid” information, then identify if the locate request is for a homeowner or contractor. You will then be directed to your provincial One-Call site. You may need to set up an account with a login and password if you have not used the service before.

Follow the instructions to submit your utility locate request. There is also a live chat option (and phone numbers) available on most sites for any help you may need.

If you receive confirmation that the area is all clear of buried utilities, you can start digging.

If the work area does have buried utilities, you will need to identify the work area before the utility locate personnel come to mark out the location of buried utilities. Your work area needs to be clearly identified and it is recommended to use white spray paint. It usually takes three to five days for utility owners to mark the buried utilities.

Once the utilities are marked out, be sure to respect the marks and follow instructions from the utility owners. You will need to dig by hand within one metre of any buried utility.

You can remove any flags or markers once you have completed all digging in your work area.

Please note that a new locate request will need to be completed for a larger project where you need to dig 30 days after the original locate request and for each new project.

Remember, better safe than sorry. No matter the project and no matter the location, take the time to contact the One-Call service. Digging safely will ensure your safety and prevent costly utility repairs and interruption of utility services.

Call: 306-948-1990 Attention: Terry and Management Once again we would like to salute the Agriculture Industry of Saskatchewan and Canada for their contributions to our community.

This special supplement to The Independent will be published Thursday, March 19, 2020.

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Happy 25: North West Terminal nears business milestone

From a dream to reality, to a 25th anniversary, it has been a pretty eventful journey for the North West Terminal in Unity.

Incorporated in February 1993, North West Terminal limited began operations as an inland grain terminal in June 1996 and NWT is celebrating their 25 years in business with a commemorative logo along with events to recognize the milestone.

With a vision of bringing new competition to the area through better service and affording its founders and local growers the opportunity to move up the value chain with their own grain-handling and marketing business with the principles of innovation, economies of scale and leading-edge technology, NWT has grown from its humble beginnings to the impressive facility it is currently, becoming one of the largest employers in the area in its existence.

Along the way, there has been monumental expansions, investments, many triumphs and successes along with a couple fiery set backs and a chapter book of characters and stories.

Over the growing season NWT will be sharing many of these stories of the business and the people who made it happen within the trade area through social media and

traditional media sources.

The braintrust of farmers and the result of the entrepreneurial spirit of the growers that set out to build the business is captured in the company’s motto, “building our future.”

Board chair Brad Sperle has been on the NWT board for most of its existence. He said the growth in a quarter century is almost humbling.

“I don’t know if anyone expected the terminal would get to what it is this quickly,” Sperle said. “I mean you hoped it would, but you couldn’t have expected it.”

Unique in the agricultural industry because NWT is an independent facility with its head office mere metres from the driveway, the profits of NWT stay in the community. They do not go out of province, out of country. They stay in the local community.

There is much to celebrate over the 25 years of its operation, and many factors of the iconic NWT’s success will be documented over the coming weeks and months. Raeanna Kelly and Wanda Gumpinger are the co-chairs of the 25th celebration committee. There are different events and sponsorships to commemorate the milestone some of which are, naturally, contingent

on Covid restrictions.

“We are excited to use this milestone as an opportunity to thank and recognize all of NWT’s key stakeholders; customers, employees, shareholders and community,” Kelly and Gumpinger said.

Stay tuned!

Salute to Farmers

The Board of Directors & Staff of North West Terminal Ltd. would like to thank all the farmers for their strong support and look forward to serving them in the years to come.

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We salute the farmers and ranchers of our community all year and on this week of Canadian Agricultural Safety Week.

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During Agriculture Week, let’s remember the contributions that our farming and ranching community has done to develop this great province of ours, Saskatchewan.

Congratulations on all your past and future endeavours.

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Spring Lawn Equipment: Get Ready for Backyarding in High Style This Year Backyarding is the new trend that’s emerged during the pandemic.

Our backyards are where we eat, work, play, relax and socialize, and the green spaces around our homes have proven to be vibrant places for connection and vital to maintaining mental health.

So how do you get ready for lots of springtime backyarding? You organize your yard and ready your landscaping.

“Take some time to plan out your yard with your family. Once you know the purpose you want it to serve, it’s time to start working with it,” said Kris Kiser, President and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), an international trade association representing outdoor power equipment, small engine, utility vehicle, golf car and personal transport vehicle manufacturers and suppliers.

“A well-cared for lawn and landscape provides the canvas for a yearround backyarding lifestyle. You’ll want to get out there with your outdoor power equipment, like your lawn mower and trimmers, as soon as spring arrives, and you want to do it safely,” said Kiser.

He offered the following tips to get lawn equipment ready for spring: Refresh your knowledge. Read your equipment owner’s manuals and follow all manufacturer’s guidelines. If you find a manual online,

save a digital copy for future reference.

Look over equipment.

Lots can happen in a garage or storage shed over the winter. Check the air filter, oil level and gasoline tank. Watch for loose belts and missing or damaged parts. Replace any parts needed or take your equipment to a qualified service representative. Check you have the appropriate batteries.

Drain fuel tanks. If you didn’t empty the gasoline tank before storing equipment, drain it now. Fuel should never sit in outdoor power equipment for more than 30 days.

Untreated gasoline (without a fuel stabilizer) will deteriorate, which may cause starting or running problems or damage the fuel system.

Protect your power.

Use only E10 or less fuel in gasoline-powered outdoor power equipment.

Most manufacturers recommend a fuel stabilizer be used, especially if you don’t use up all the fuel in the tank right away.

Any fuel containing more than 10 per cent ethanol can damage small engine equipment not designed for it.

Store fuel safely. Label fuel cans with the date of purchase and ethanol content of the fuel. If you don’t know the date of purchase, dispose safely of the fuel and buy fresh gasoline. Always store fuel out of the reach of children or pets and in approved containers.

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• Landis • tery packs. For batterypowered equipment, use only the charger specified by the manufacturer. A charger that is suitable for one type of battery pack may create a risk of fire when used with another. Follow all charging instructions and do not charge the battery pack or tool outside the temperature range specified in the instructions.

Stash batteries safely.

When the battery pack is not in use, keep it away from other metal objects, like paper clips, coins, keys, nails, screws or other small metal objects, that can make a connection from one terminal to another. Shorting the battery terminals together may cause burns or a fire.

Tidy up. Clean equipment will run more efficiently and last longer.

Clean equipment and store it in a dry place.

Remove dirt, oil or grass.

Never store equipment in a place that is damp or wet.

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Horror movie-inspired caterpillar stops tomatoes from screaming for help According to the tagline of the 1979 scifi horror classic Alien, no one can hear you scream in space.

Apparently, that’s also true for gardens.

Did you know that plants are actually able to call for help when they’re being attacked? Indeed, to paraphrase another science fiction bestseller, they have no mouth but they must scream.

Only, the plants’ pleas for aid are not based on sound. Instead, they release a variety of chemicals – depending on the plant – that attract animals to help them or warn other plants around them about the danger.

Researchers have now discovered that a certain species of caterpillar employs a horror movie-inspired method to silence its victim, the tomato. The plant can scream all it wants, but no one will ever hear it – while the caterpillar feasts on its living tissues.

Nature is cruel, in case you hadn’t already noticed.

But the caterpillars actually have a very good

reason to gag the tomato plant. If they didn’t, their life would very soon turn into a horror movie all of its own, the study published in the journal New Phytologist explains.

When a tomato plant finds itself under attack, for example by the caterpillar, it releases what are called herbivore-induced plant volatiles (HIPV). As mentioned, these chemicals are designed to bring in help in some way or form.

In this case, the tomato plant has learned to enlist the caterpillar’s natural enemy to fight the threat.

The HIPVs the tomato emits attract a certain kind of parasitic wasp.

This particular wasp uses live caterpillars in its reproductive cycle. Namely, it lays its eggs inside the caterpillar while it’s still fresh and squirming.

The eggs will eventually hatch inside the still-living caterpillar, and the larvae start consuming their host from the inside out.

Once they’re big enough, they will burst out of the ‘pillar like the offspring of the xenomorph creature from Alien.

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However, the scientists observing the phenomenon noticed that sometimes the wasps just didn’t show up. To their minds, this begged the question: are the caterpillars doing something to bring forth the silence of the tomatoes?

It turns out that they indeed are. The study’s lead author Po-An Lin, from the Department of Entomology at Pennsylvania State University, told Phys.org that the secret to silencing the tomato is in the caterpillar’s saliva.

As the caterpillar starts munching on the tomato’s leaves, it injects its enzyme-laden saliva into the plant. These enzymes prevent the pores in the leaves from opening up as wide as they usually do.

As a result, the tomato can’t emit as much of the wasp-attracting HIPVs. The wasps can’t hear (or smell) the call for aid, and therefore never arrive to help.

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Family Ties - Hudson Bay Distillers begins family tradition

Hello from Hudson Bay Distillers!

My name is Tim Karchut, and I am one of the owners of Hudson Bay Distillers, a familyowned and operated distillery. Today I’d like to talk about who we are and what our company is all about.

Hudson Bay Distillers is a micro-distillery located on a family farm in Landis. The company consists of three main people: me, Kim, and Cavrin. We also get help from Kelli and Joel every chance we can.

We all have different skill sets and bring something unique to the table.

I have an industrial background and have worked in many different food plants and processing facilities as well as industrial sites in the energy sector. When it comes to fun, many hours have been spent hunting, fishing, and trapping. I also enjoy building things and crafting ordinary projects that I can put my

own twist on. I was born into a family that has its roots in Eastern Europe and Scotland, so it seems only natural to have a distillery!

My creativity has been useful within the context of Hudson Bay Distillers because we embrace a ‘built, not bought’ line of thinking. When the opportunity came to build our own distillery and create our own spirits, it was right up my alley. This business has given me a chance to build a facility my way, to design the processes the way I want to have them and, most importantly, to produce spirits that we created from scratch. Of course, I couldn’t accomplish the project without the help of all of the other team members, but for now, I am taking all of the credit because they are not here!

Working every day in the distillery can be tiring, but it’s never dull.

The constant interac-

tion with chemistry and physics, not to mention the millions of variables that go into producing a spirit, keep me plenty entertained. I am very proud to have the title of Distiller and do not take it lightly. Ian Henderson from Edradour Distillery has always been a mentor to me, his love of making great spirits mixed with his meek attitude is inspiring. How many times have I heard him say, “it’s not for me to say ... I’m just a whisky maker.”

Well, I guess I should probably share some information about the rest of the team, shouldn’t I? My wife, Kim, is the “driving force” in the team (that’s the polite way of saying strong-willed and assertive). Kim was raised on the farm that now holds our distillery, and possesses a love of people and animals alike.

She started out in the veterinary industry, she is now on the nursing staff at Kerrobert Hospital, which may seem like an odd twist but to her, it’s all about caring for lives that can’t care for themselves.

Her official title here at the distillery is CFO, but she can also be found working with me in the still room, on the bottling or canning lines, and helping Cavrin with the sales and marketing side of the business. She is everyone’s go-to person and as such gets a steady stream of tasks.

When the chance came to start our own distillery, Kim jumped right in.

This opportunity to build something that we can all work on at home and

someday pass on to our children fit perfectly into Kim’s dreams of our family’s future.

One of Kim’s great loves (besides me, of course) is her love of sled dogs.

I surprised her with her first sled dog when we first got married: a blueeyed Siberian Husky named Lonesome. This started her love affair with raising, training, and racing sled dogs, something that she still does to this day. She has gained an excellent reputation in the world of Siberian Huskies as a renowned breeder in Canada.

Cavrin is the CEO of our company and grew up in Hudson Bay. As a child, he enjoyed sled dogs and hunting. When he finished high school, he went on to become a Red Seal Journeyman Electrician, specializing in industrial builds. He soon gained recognition as someone with great people skills and a keen eye for detail, which is how he got the nickname Mr. Picky Pants.

After travelling all across Western Canada and working away from home, Cavrin jumped at the idea of starting his own company. His skills and life lessons have been a priceless asset to our company as it grew from the initial construction to a full-fledged business.

Like the rest of us, Cavrin has a ‘built, not bought’ attitude and takes great pride in the workmanship that he puts into projects and the things that he creates.

As the head of marketing, Cavrin’s plate is full, and his creative skills are in high demand; mar-

keting products within the budget constraints of a young company is a daunting task, to say the least. Not only does Cavrin help with creating new, one-of-a-kind spirits, he also designs the labels and packaging; it is here that his creative skills really shine. Our product packaging are among the best in the industry and receive constant compliments from customers and retailers. We believe that high-end bottles and labels are only fitting for high-end products. You’ll never see our spirits in plastic bottles, nor will we produce spirits that should be in plastic bottles.

Now the last and youngest piece of the puzzle is our daughter Kelli, her husband Joel, and their kids Octavia and Anders.

Kelli trained as a paramedic and holds a degree in Early Childhood Development, which makes her an incredible asset to the company in case I get injured or if I act like a baby.

She is very creative and uses her talent to help with marketing ideas and promotions. She is always a welcome sight at events, farmer’s markets, and tastings. Her off-thefloor sense of humour often relieves the day-today stress of running a business and is particularly helpful during long nights of bottling or canning.

Her husband, Joel, is a millwright by trade and works in the mill in Hudson Bay. His skills and life experiences are invaluable around the shop, where he builds, fixes, or designs improvements

in the distillery operation process. It is always nice to have a tradesman handy to bounce ideas off of; having a millwright that works for beer and snacks is even better!

Now on to the grandkids. Octavia and her little brother Anders have become a great inspiration to us. Even though they are too small to work in the distillery, they are a constant reminder of our future. Looking at them, we know that someday soon they will be a part of the next generation of distillers. This gives us even more reason to remain true to our goals. Plus, I get to hide in the house and play with the kids, unless Kim has beaten me to it. Can you guess how Kim came up with the name “Anvia” for our new spirit line?

To sum it up, we are a family-run distillery, and like any closely-knit family, we all rely on each other. Each one of us is like a spoke on a wheel.

Every spoke is as important as the next, adding strength and support to the others; remove one, and the whole wheel comes apart.

We are not a company with multiple investors and money-grabbing entities - we are simply a family with a passion for handmade products resulting from hard work, passion, and dedication.

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This special supplement to The Independent rural and urban work together.” serving our farmer friends and neighbors Once again we would like to salute the AgricultureOnce Industry again we we would likelike to salute the Agriculture Once again would to salute the Agriculture I will be published Thursday, March 11, 2020. …

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Salute to theBrad Attention: Farmers OnceRanchers again we would like to salute the Agriculture and and Canada for their contributions to our commun Theof Independent will be published Thursday, Mar our Community.

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Saskatchewan Producers Branded as Environmental Attention: Denise Stewardship Champs Once again we would like to salute the Agriculture

Industry of Saskatchewan Canada for theirlandowners, protecting Saskatchewan Stock turaland Lands (SARPAL) Growers Association fund supports projects a total of 250,000 acres contributions to our community. This special supplement (SSGA) is excited to that are committed to grassland and critical For all to The Independent will be published Thursday,ofMarch announce it has secured engaging the agricultural habit for species at risk in your gift 19, 2020. $840,000 in additional sector to preserve key southwest Saskatchewan. needs, funding from Environ- wildlife habitats today Elford says over the next visit us ment and Climate Change and in the future. three years, Canada (ECCC) to con“We are building on “Our project will focus at…

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Please tinue working with landthe success of SARPAL’s on continuing the grassproof and let me know of any changes by return email. owners to protect Greater first five years. This sec- bank we established in Sage-Grouse critical hab- ond iteration of funding partnership with GNP as Price: $63.00 plus g.s.t.ensures FREE that COLOUR itat in Saskatchewan. we can forge well as investigating the 217 Main Street ECCC’s Species at Risk ahead with the innovative development of producBiggar • 306-948-2452 Partnership on Agricul- work we are doing with er-friendly term conserPlease call or reply by return email, tip@sasktel.net, to Grasslands National Park vation easements,”says 306-948-3344 (GNP),” explained SSGA Elford. Native grassDeadline March 13. President Kelcy Elford lands in these areas are explains. an important forage Thanks for your participation.

“ECCC is working in resource for the cow-calf partnership with the agri- sector and are the last This is to introduce you to a new, and yet ancient way off fighting off disease causing viruses, cultural sector to conserve refuge for many species bacteria and fungi. The remedy is the mineral silver, which has been The used inBiggar healing asIndependent far back and protect biodiversity at risk in the province, in recorded times as 4000 BC. Persian records mention the practice of keeping water in silver in the Canadian Prairies which means these grassvessels. The ancient Babylonian and Greek civilizations were aware of silvers ability to disinfect. and across the country,” lands are valuable from The Romans reported the use of silver compounds for medical treatment. Before the days of states the Honourable ecological, cultural and refrigeration, silverware or a silver coin were kept in the drinking water and milk to delay spoilage.

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Minister of Environment “Five years ago, we surand Climate Change. veyed producers and it “Through the SARPAL was apparent many profund, we are conserv- ducers were not intering important grass and ested in conservation habitat for species at risk easements in perpetuity. like the Greater Sage- However, there were a Grouse.” number of landowners Between 2015 and who did show sincere 2020, SSGA has signed interest in conservation more than 40 conserva- easements that would be tion agreements with developed to meet their

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unique circumstances, but signed only for a fixed term, to support succession planning. We want to interview producers to learn more about their current opinions. That’s one of the reasons we established Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation (SSGF). We needed a committed group to lead that charge.”

“SSGF is a registered charity recognized by Canada Revenue Agency, and approved by Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment as an official conservation easement holder,” said SSGF Board Chair Ray McDougald. “We set up the Foundation to be at an arm’s length from SSGA, so the Foundation would be the holder when conservation easements are signed.”

With the goal of helping the federal government protect 25 per cent of Canada’s ag land, freshwater and oceans by 2025, McDougald and Elford agree that the SSGF will continue to develop programs that support landowners in conserving grasslands and forage while protecting species at risk today and in the future. On top of feeding a growing population amidst climate change and a host of other uncontrollable risk factors, participating in these projects is yet another reason Saskatchewan producers have been branded as environmental stewardship champs.

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