Vol. 103 No. 35
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2012
Biggar, Saskatchewan
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Local athletes compete at Sask. Summer Games How did you spend your year-old put in a fourth games, won a part of the summer? place in her heat in ladies softball contingent. For five athletes, the 4x50m At 16 years, the who live or have medley resoftball player will ties to Biggar, the lay, sixth in have plenty to talk Saskatchewan the 200m about with GrandSummer Games, backstroke, pa and Grandma held this year in a seventh when she comes to Meadow Lake, in the 200m visit! July 29 to August individual Fifteen-year-old Tiara Keith m e d l e y , 4. Blake Pearce, who’s Playing host to eighth in the Nicholas mother, Angela and 1,900 athletes, coahces, 100m backstroke, Garchinski grandparents live managers, officials and mis- ninth in the 400m in Biggar, placed sion staff, the games were freestyle and the 200m free- f i f t h deemed a style, 10th in the 100m i n t h e success, and freestyle, and 13th in the s p r i n t our local ath50m butterfly. medley letes put in Nicholas Garchin- relay fiexcellent perski also did well at the nal, an formances. games, pulling in two e i g h t h Tiara Keith fifth place finishes, one i n t h e came away in a heat 400m, with two race for and a Gabrielle Besse silver med- Rayel Martin the 400m, 13th als and one and anin the 200m. bronze. The 14-year-old other in the Keith, Martin, Garchinswam her way to silver sprint medski, Besse, and Pearce medals in the 4x100 medley l e y r e l a y were all part of the Rivers relay and 4x50 medley re- final. The West team. As an aside lay, adding a bronze medal 16-year-old note, the standings and in the 100 fly. Keith also also nabbed Blake Pearce medal count for all athcompeted in track, placing a 10th in a letes is incomplete - they fifth in the 3,000m and 11th heat for the 200m. may have won even more in the 1,500m. The granddaughter of and placed even higher Rayel Martin put in some Gord and Rita Besse, Gabri- we’ll update as more inforexcellent performances at elle Besse, is now sporting mation comes in! this year’s games. The 12- a bronze medal from the Congratulations!
RCMP kept busy in Biggar Detachment Biggar RCMP responded to a number of incidents over the past months. Between July 28 in the evening and the early morning hours of July 29, three calves were killed on a grid road south of Biggar. RCMP report that, by all appearances, the calves were deliberately killed.
Between the evening of August 16 and the afternoon on August 17, a silver utility trailer was stolen from the 400 block of Seventh Avenue East in Biggar. Between the early evening of August 16 and the morning of August 17, someone broke into the
compound attached to OK Tire and Auto Service/Arctic Cat dealer. One quad was stolen, an orange 2012 Arctic Cat 1,000 cc. If you have information about these or any other crimes, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477).
Playing with fire . . . A Circus Gatti performer juggles flaming torches and a blazing hula hoop at the Jubilee Stadium, August 20. The three-ring circus thrilled audiences with two shows on the day. For more, see pages 10 and 11, or check out the biggarindependent.ca this Wednesday for more Web content! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
After school program to benefit Biggar kids
Construction begins on senior villa . . . Crews were doing the initial work at the Third Avenue Park for the future senior friendly condominium project for Biggar. The treed area is to remain untouched while the eastern half of the park area will feature the new facility. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
Kids and parents will soon take advantage of an after-school program, to be implemented at the start of the new school year. The Biggar After-School Program will provide childcare services to children in the community. Aimed at ages 6 to 12, the program will run each day from 3:15 to 5:30 p.m. held at Biggar Central School 2000. The not-for-profit, board-run committee, was created to provide an option for students that require after school care. The Biggar After-School Program will be on a full-time or drop-in basis, providing the flexibility needed for families. Costs for the program are relatively cheap: a mere $30 annual registration
for the first child in a family, $20 for each additional child (due to the start of the school year). A $3.50 per hour fee is added to the registration fee. The money will be used for supplies, staffing, use of the school’s equipment, insurance, and various additional costs incurred for operating the program. A promotion is currently in place to families that register before September 4, basically dropping the $30 fee to $25 for the first child registered. Registrations can be dropped off at Biggar Central School 2000, St. Gabriel School, or the Biggar and District Daycare. For more information, please contact Tammy at the Biggar and District Daycare.