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Biggar youth nabbed in child porn dragnet A 1 7 - y e a r- o l d B i g g a r resident faces charges following a multi-agency investigation targeting online child pornography.

The youth, who can’t be named, was charged with possession of child pornography and making child pornography available. The youth was nabbed in what police call ‘Operation Snapshot’, the RCMP’s Canadian Police Centre for Missing and Exploited Children lead, multi-agency investigative operation.

As part of Operation Snapshot, one child was rescued in addition to 30 investigations with charges that include: Indecent Exposure, Invitation to Sexual Touching, Accessing Child Pornography, Possession of Child Pornography, Distribution of Child Pornography, Making Child Pornography, Internet luring, and Breach of Court Order.

Over 100 computers and hard drives were seized along with hundreds of thousands of images.

Policing partners on Operation Snapshot include: Alberta Law Enforcement Response Team (ALERT) northern and southern ICE teams, Saskatchewan ICE unit, Saskatoon Police Service, Regina Police Service, P r i n c e A l b e r t Po l i c e Service, F Division RCMP (Saskatchewan), Winnipeg Police Service, D Division RCMP (Manitoba), G Division RCMP (Northwest Te r r i t o r i e s ) a n d V Division RCMP (Nunavut Territory).

“I am very proud of the professionalism and quality of service of the men and women on this team” said Commissioner Bob Paulson. “These types of investigations are very demanding and stressful for the officers involved, but through this operation we are sending a clear message to individuals who are engaged in this exploitive and destructive behaviour: we will find you and prosecute you.”

As of last Thursday, 21

people were arrested.

Thirteen investigations in Saskatchewan resulted in charges against: • Anthony Boyle, 24, Saskatoon - Possession of child pornography.

• Nicholas Boyle, 20, Saskatoon - Possession of child pornography.

• S e a n Wa r d , 5 9 , Saskatoon - Possession of child pornography.

• K elvin Burns, 43, Regina - Possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

• Sheldon Desmonie, 47, Prince Albert - Possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

• Curtis Juhnke, 27, Saskatoon - Possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

• Daryl Kroeker, 42, Swift Current - Possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

Myles to go . . . Singer/songwriter, David Myles hit the Majestic Theatre stage for the second show of the Biggar Arts Council performance season, October 13. Myles’ blend of warm, folksy pop-laden music had the audience

in a groove. Check out biggarindependent.ca for more of Myles and his October 13 performance. (Independent Photo

• Brandon McKay, 21, Prince Albert - Possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

• (Name withheld to protect identity of

• (Youth) 17, Biggar Po s s e s s i o n o f ch i l d pornography and making child pornography available.

Operation Snapshot which began in June had

victim), 37, Saskatoon Sexual assault, sexual interference, indecent exposure, possession of child pornography and making child pornography available.

by Kevin Brautigam)

one main priority: identify high-risk offenders that are in possession of and distributing child abuse images across peer-to-peer file sharing networks and to charge these individuals.

Wall releases the “Saskatchewan Plan for Growth” S a s k a t c h e w a n P r e m i e r B r a d Wa l l , Tuesday, released the “Saskatchewan Plan for Growth”, setting a goal of 1.2 million people living in Saskatchewan by 2020, outlining his government’s roadmap for getting there, and emphasizing that

improved quality of life in Saskatchewan is the purpose of growth.

“Over the past five years, Saskatchewan people have seen the benefits of a growing province - more jobs, more opportunities and more revenue to deal with the challenges of

growth,” Wall said. “Those benefits are why we seek growth - so we can improve our health system and shorten surgical wait times, so we can do more for the most vulnerable people in our province, so we can balance the budget and pay down debt, so

Blazers go into playoffs on high note . . . Biggar Central School Blazer, Shawn Howard, carries against the visiting Unity Warriors, October 12 at the Rec Complex.

Blazers dominated the Warriors, holding them off the scoreboard in the first half, 24-0, winding up the contest with a convincing 40-8 win. Blazers played their first playoff this past Saturday, October 20. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

we can have more career opportunities for our young people. That’s why growth is important and why we want it to continue.”

Wall said the six core activities the government can undertake to foster continued growth are: Investing in infrastructure; Developing a skilled workforce; Ensuring competitiveness; Increasing export trade; Advancing the province’s natural resource strengths through innovation; and Maintaining sound fiscal management.

Wall said the government will invest at least $2.5 billion in infrastructure over the next three provincial budgets and also announced an immediate infrastructure commitment of $150 million from the province’s Growth and Financial Security Fund.

“This is on top of the $50 million announced earlier this month for a number of priority highway projects,” Wall said. “This further $150 million will be used to establish the

new SaskBuilds Fund and will leverage hundreds of millions of dollars more through financing innovation like publicprivate partnerships.”

SaskBuilds is a new government organization designed to drive innovation in infrastructure financing, design and delivery.

“This new funding will be used to develop partnerships with other levels of government and the private sector,” Wall said. “Our government will work with Saskatchewan municipalities to develop a municipal infrastructure program funded through SaskBuilds. When used as a base for P3s, this initial $150 million will leverage hundreds of millions more for SaskBuilds infrastructure projects.”

Wall said the $150 million commitment to SaskBuilds will leave just over $500 million in the Growth and Financial Security Fund (GFSF) to manage any unforeseen events that affect the province’s …Growth, cont. pg 6

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RM of Biggar council minute highlights The regular meeting of the RM of Biggar No. 347 was held September 11 at the municipal office at 8 a.m. Attending were Reeve Louise Singer, Councillors Brian Fick (Division 1 - arrived at 8:45 a.m.), Kent Dubreuil (Division 3), Fred Hydomako (Division 5), and Brad Heather (Division 6).

The following are some highlights of the meeting.

Council agreed that the accounts for payment be approved and that a list of the cheques in the amount of $159.909.11, month end payroll in the amount of $27,827.91, MasterCard payments of $665.80 and online payments of $1,254.58 be annexed to and form a part of these minutes.

Council agreed that council declare the road allowance between sections 16 and 17-34-16W3, and sections 20 and 21-34-16-W3 no longer needed for the travelling public.

Council agreed that Bylaw 10-2012, a Bylaw to Provide for the Closing and Leasing of a Municipal Road or Street, be read a third and final time (Unanimously Carried).

Council agreed that c o u n c i l h i r e Ta m m y Knutilla as the relief Administrator for Adrienne Urban’s maternity leave effective November 2012.

Council agreed that council approve the subdivision request for Section 30-36-15-W3 for a grain terminal location.

Council agreed that council approve the building permit from Big Rose Colony for a honey plant and storage building located at SE 15-34-15-W3.

Council agreed that the following people be appointed as election officials for the 2012 Election: Deputy Returning Officer – Isla Solanik; Poll Clerk – Janet Taylor.

Council agreed that Bylaw 11-2012, A Bylaw to Repeal a Previous Bylaw, be read a third and final time (Unanimously Carried).

Council agreed that Bylaw 12-2012, A Bylaw Respecting Buildings, be read a third and final time (Unanimously Carried).

Council agreed that council hire Gareth McKee with Burnt Orange Solutions to implement a new backup system.

Council agreed that council agree to provide dust control application for ratepayers at a rate of $3/foot which covers material, labour and equipment 2013.

Council agreed that council increase the annual gravel allotment to a maximum of 2,000 yards per division.

• Meeting adjourned at 12:26 p.m.

Riches of the season . . . The Perdue Rec Complex was full as the Perdue United Church held their annual Fowl Supper, October 14. No one went hungry, and the conversation and fellowship were top-notch as

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by Kevin Brautigam)

Sask Party’s recycled ideas are for a select few, say NDP The Sask Party’s latest booklet of recycled ideas has little for Saskatchewan families, says NDP leader John Nilson, Tuesday.

Responding to a document the Sask Party released at a private business luncheon, Nilson said the booklet offered very little to make life better for Saskatchewan families.

“This is a new booklet of old tricks,” said Nilson.

“The Sask Party wants to put Saskatchewan further into debt and deficit, with no plan to start saving until 2060. Their pamphlet is a return to

the very ideological Sask Party of 2003, pushing privatization at all costs.”

The booklet, Nilson says, outlines a debt repayment plan that, if achieved, will not see the debt paid off until 2060, with no plan to paying off the much higher Crown debt.

The proposed heritage fund – an idea the NDP raised and is in support of – wouldn’t begin for another 48 years.

“Every household knows, you don’t wait until the mortgage is paid off before you start saving for your children’s tuition fund,” said Nilson.

Speed Control hits Majestic, November 2

Speed Control

the season’s bounty was on display for those hungry from the labours of the past year. (Independent Photo

The third concert of the Biggar and District Art Council performance season takes place Friday, November 2 at the Majestic Theatre.

Straight out of the University of Toronto’s Jazz Performance Program, Graeme Peters teamed up with brother Jody Peters combining their love of rhythm and energy to create the fundamental chemistry that is Speed Control.

With the added solid power of Ian March on drums, the group uses their knowledge of music, stemming from their childhood to the present, to power their music forward.

Branded as “real rock”, Speed Control takes

control of the stage with a power that will make you jump up and dance while knocking your breath away, leaving you saying, “What just happened!?”

Speed Control’s school and community performance, From Rags to Rock, showcases the evolution of pop/rock music from 1898 to the present in a musical romp through history while showing the influence of jazz on popular music.

Speed Control also offers jazz and rock residencies, From Rags to Rock: The Camp.

Speed Control plays the Majestic Theatre this Friday, November 2. Show time is at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available from de Moissac Jewellers.

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New Democrats do not support the idea of SaskBuilds, a $150 million allocation to an already tried and failed project.

“SaskBuilds is a do-over on the P3 Secretariat.

That venture was muchheralded, but then failed and abandoned by the Sask Party,” said Nilson.

The NDP also noted that the expensive corporate tax cut won’t benefit most of Saskatchewan’s employers, which are small businesses.

Many points in the booklet are previously announced or recycled items, he adds.

Among them is the

re-announcement of infrastructure funding, already budgeted and already proving too little.

Other initiatives have no plan attached, such as the brief reference to First Nations unemployment, which has grown steadily under the Sask Party’s watch, now at an all-time high of 21.3 per cent, Nilson added.

“There is no plan for First Nations and Métis unemployment, nor on the abysmal record of high school graduation rates,” said Nilson. “The people of Saskatchewan – who recognize the problems this will cause …see rycyled, cont pg. 21

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Opinions Don’t forget to vote This Wednesday is voting day for municipal elections.

In Biggar there is an election for Mayor with two candidates vying for the job.

Both have put their positions forward and now it is up to you to decide. Make sure you do.

Those who pay their taxes to the separate school division also have a chance to mark their ballot for a school board representative. Two candidates have put their names forward and now it is up to the voters to choose.

Likewise for the RM of Biggar. There are two candidates who are running for the Reeve. Again, those taxpayers who are eligible to vote should be sure to drop in and vote.

Make sure you check your rural municipality to see if there is an election happening. In some areas the previous council was acclaimed making it unnecessary for an election to be held. So, check with your municipality to find out.

Voting in municipal elections is just as important as choosing a Premier or a Prime Minister. In fact, choosing who will represent you at the local level may be even more important. After all, these reps are making decisions about your water treatments, sewer, garbage pickup, snow removal -- all the little things that are so important to everyday living. Those little conveniences that we like to take for granted without even thinking a lot about them.

Make your choice and then vote. Your town depends on you.

P.H.

Breaking the silence about cancer and the environment There are limitations to a strictly personal approach to cancer prevention

by Sandra Steinbrager, Author, Living Downstream Distributed by Troy Media, www.troymedia.com My mother and I recently walked together along a corridor that connects the parking garage to the main elevators of St. Francis Hospital in Peoria, Illinois. It’s an ordinary walkway, and yet it holds extraordinary memories for each of us.

My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 44. When her cancer recurred, she walked this route to her radiation treatments and chemotherapy appointments. It was 1976. She was told not to expect too much.

She remembers the walkway as a lonely place. During the years she made her weekly visits, she cannot recall ever seeing another person in there. On some days, the elevator seemed to recede endlessly before her like an unattainable mirage.

I walked this path to visit my mother during her hospitalizations, ferrying my homework back and forth over its tiled surface.

I remember the walkway as a place of bad lighting.

My scared teenage face stared back at me from

the windows’ black mirrors.

Three years later I was diagnosed with cancer myself - bladder cancer and whatever discussion I might have had with my mom about the curiously depressing aspects of the parking garage walkway yielded to graver concerns. These were mostly unvoiced.

After I became a cancer patient, mom and I became mute around each other. I stopped asking about her health and rebuffed her inquiries about mine. And yet, there seemed little else to talk about.

My mother and I gradually found a language to speak about our shared experience of cancer - but the prerequisite for that dialogue was years of good check-ups for both of us.

And the birth of a social movement.

In the early 1990s, the women’s breast cancer movement succeeded in breaking the silence around a disease that had been shrouded in whispers. Cancer survivors began to speak out frankly about their treatments, their altered bodies, and their fears and hopes for the future. They told their stories. In so doing, they

opened up a space for conversations of all kinds even those between mothers and daughters.

Cancer activists also began asking questions about possible environmental links to cancer.

Why were increasing numbers of children and young adults developing cancer? Why were cancer rates higher in some communities than others?

How does exposure to pollutants affect cancer risk?

What about pesticides used on lawns and gardens?

Emerging scientific research shows us that these questions are important ones. Over the last decade, we’ve learned a lot about the role of the environment in the story of cancer.

We know that small amounts of chemical contaminants can sometimes be harmful - especially when exposures occur in early life and especially when chemical agents mimic our hormones. We know that mixtures of pollutants can have magnified effects. The cumulative impact of multiple exposures over a lifetime seems to matter.

In other words, the genes that we’ve inherited - a

the

focus of cancer research in 20th century - don’t operate in isolation. Indeed, as we now know, heredity and environment dance together. This insight has particular resonance for my mother and me. While mom and I have much in common - we’re both tall, thin, left-handed biologists - a family history is not among the things we share.

I am her adopted daughter.

Upon hearing that environmental factors can influence cancer risk, many people ask What can I give up? (meat? swimming? tap water?) or what can I buy? (bottled water? air filters? vitamins?)

They aspire to become the ecological equivalent of the boy in the bubble. But there are limitations to a strictly personal approach to cancer prevention.

Consider that breathing, not drinking, constitutes our main route of exposure to pollutants in tap water. This is because most of them easily evaporate. Step into the shower for ten minutes and you receive the exposure equivalent of drinking a half-gallon of tap water. In short, we are all obligated to protect public drinking

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water, with which we enjoy the most intimate of relationships, whether we drink it or not.

Rather attempting to turn our homes and bodies into fortresses against toxic invasion, we can demand an end to the invasion. And on this topic, silence is also beginning to break. For years, for example, the people of Peoria allowed a private company to dump hazardous chemicals - including known carcinogens above the drinking water aquifer there. But when the company applied for a permit to expand, the citizenry spoke out. Leading the opposition were local physicians. During this battle, a group of them, including breast surgeons and pediatricians, invited me to St. Francis to lecture on the environmental links to cancer.

And the hospital lecture hall was, in fact, where I was headed with my mother when we found ourselves, so many years later, in the parking garage walkway. Mom and I discovered that night that we both suffered from faulty memories. The walkway is a bustling, well-lit place.

As the passage to the main entrance, it could

not have been entirely deserted for the three years my mother made her appointed rounds. And, at 4 pm - when I paid my after-school visits here - it could not have been dark.

The sun would have been streaming in.

What is probably already obvious to you finally dawned on me: it’s the experience of cancer itself, not the building architecture, that creates a tunnel of isolation and darkness.

It is a tunnel I fervently hope my own daughter or my son - never has to walk. My motherly need to keep my children safe inspires my work, as a biologist and a cancer survivor, to preserve the abiding ecology of this planet, on which their lives depends.

What we love we must protect. That’s what love means.

Sandra Steingraber is the author of Living Downstream: An Ecologist’s Personal Investigation of Cancer and the Environment, recently published in second edition by Da Capo Press to coincide with the release of the Canadian documentary film adaptation. Produced by The People’s Picture Company, the film is currently screening in select North American cities and will be available on Home Video DVD this fall. www.livingdownstream.com

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 5

Manufacturing increases more than triple the national rate My friend was the recipient of a Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal and invited me to attend as one of her guests. What a distinct pleasure it was.

As you can imagine any ceremony with the Queen’s name attached is full of pomp and protocol. In this case it was the Lieutenant-Governor of Saskatchewan that presented the medals.

The recipients were “piped” in by a bag piper and there was a reception after.

This year’s commemorative medal marks the 2012 60th anniversary of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne. The Diamond Jubilee Medal is being presented to 60,000 Canadians across the country so you might know of a neighbour or relative from your community that was honoured.

Or, maybe you were honoured.

There is not a lot of eligibility criteria other than you must be a Canadian citizen and have made a significant contribution to life within Canada. Which means that you have worked hard and put in lots of volunteer hours.

There were people who had made all sorts of contributions in their communities.

Some were veterans and others were still active in the services.

Others had worked tirelessly to help others by volunteering. Age did not seem to matter

as there were young and more mature alike.

Some were recognized for their work in the sports field, others for their contributions to the arts. There were fire chiefs, military personnel, decorated veterans and ordinary citizens.

The medal was designed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority. If you don’t know who that is, well ... neither did I. This group grants new arms, flags and badges and native symbols. It registers existing arms, flags and badges as well as any genealogical information related to them. It is big on “heraldry” raising it to an art form. So, they designed the medal.

It is made of nickel silver with a proof finish. The Royal Canadian Mint manufactured the medals at the Ottawa plant. A crowned image of Queen Elizabeth II is depicted on the obverse side. The reverse side shows a central diamond shape by the background composed of a pattern of diamonds and the two dates.

Above the letters EIIR (Elizabeth II Regina) is the Royal Crown. The maple leaves reference Canada and the motto “Vivat Regina” means “long live the Queen”.

Many of you may remember hearing or reading about the inaugural presentation ceremony that was held at Rideau Hall in Ottawa last February. At that time 60 Canadians representative of Canada were honoured.

One of them was Alexandre Bilodeau from Montreal for his contribution to sports.

Those who watch the Olympics will remember Bilodeau and his gold medal win at the Vancouver games.

Another well known recipient was Brett Wilson, an entrepreneur from Calgary.

What struck me most about all of the participants besides the countless hours of giving back was the commitment to their individual communities.

They believe that the community, province and country is the best place to live.

The next day I was talking with another person who had attended the ceremony. She put it this way: “They are all so different and get involved in different areas but they hold us all together.”

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Saskatchewan’s August manufacturing shipment figures were released October 16 by Statistics Canada showing Saskatchewan’s shipments were up 11.3 per cent over last August.

That represents the second highest percentage increase among the provinces and more than triple the national increase of 3.2 per cent.

“Saskatchewan manufacturing companies

are noted for the quality of products that leave our province for destinations around the globe,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said Tuesday. “Our products are in high-demand, and the rise in manufacturing shipments in today’s report shows that these companies are ready and able to meet that demand in a highly competitive global market.”

Manufacturingshipments totalled $1.2 billion in August 2012, ahead of the

$1.1 billion in sales last August. Wood products increased by 76 per cent, machinery manufacturing by 34 per cent and chemical manufacturing shipments rose by 25 per cent over August 2011.

“The manufacturing sector is a cornerstone of our economy, and the innovative and business savvy companies in this sector are helping to drive our economic success,” Boyd said.

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by Bob Mason “I think of Acksel when I think of War, Acksel, who knew so well what he was dying for!”

Acksel Hansen was an army friend of mine for only a few short months where, as an enemy alien (who weren’t allowed in the forces) and a conscientious objector (who didn’t like killing anyway) he somehow became one of the Argyll’s most valued stretcher bearers (SB).

SBs not being immune to shrapnel, Acksel got killed on the Aue Creek road, north of the Kusten Kanal, April 21, 1945.

Acksel’s folks, who lived in Denmark, probably never even heard of his fate, and that their fine young son of the 1920’s took his last steps while going to the aid of a wounded comrade!

After we captured the small village we were attacking, YT went back down that road to where Acksel had been killed, only to find that a tank had run over his lifeless body . . .

“Someone’s son!” I thought!

This is an old ex soldierseye-view of things as they often were during WWII, and believe me, sometimes they weren’t very nice! It doesn’t mention those glowing promises of the time, like “Join the Army and see the world”, so much as it does tell about someone’s son, lying grotesquely sprawled by some far-off European road!

Mebbe (for securities sake), a fellow shouldn’t write about things this way! But darn-it-all, the reality of war isn’t told about very often!

Most of us are led to think that it is a sort of dramatic thing, full of

Bob Mason brave soldiers and pretty girls - sorry. It is the real, down-to-earth truth we seek, as seen through the eye of someone who was there - read on!

Despite all kinds of opinions about its mystery (some even worth listening to!) in the long run, they all lead to make “Postwar” statements like: “Mon Dieu, Quelle Vache de guerre!”

And always a little too late, eh?

It would be nice to write about how the world will never have another “all out” war, but (sorry again) often “all out” wars are caused by a lethargic society (that’s us again), finding out that “war” just isn’t worth it!

As of right now (2012), a couple of generations have passed since society has had any firsthand armageddon-type experiences, and our lethargy is building up again - so here goes!

Mebbe The Independent people won’t like it, as Yours Truly tells of this other, more revolting side of war! After all, it is usually someone else’s unknown son that gets killed. Not one of our own familiar clear-eyed children!

Lieutenants Hall and

MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2012

Davidson: In January 1945, our new General ordered us to go in and capture a place on the very coldest part of the year. Two of us were crouching mighty low in our shallow slit trenches ...

“What are those two snow-covered lumps on that road over there?” I asked.

“Oh,” replied my partner (Sid Webb B41202). “Those are the bodies of Lieutenants Hall and Davidson. They didn’t make it up to that machine gun that they tried to capture last night!”

Lts. Hall and Davidson were killed at Kapelsche Veer, January 29, 1945.

The Regimental history book sez on page 541, a bit by Captain Sam Chapman: “One of the things that I remember about Jimmy Hall is that he always wore a very large, valuable ring and when we brought in his body, that finger was missing!”

When the place was finally taken (after six horribly cold winter days!) we picked up the bodies of Lieutenants Hall and Davidson, along with many, many other men (some in pale blue uniforms). Yet every one of them was someone’s son!

Captain Norman Donaldson: I was going to write here that Captain Donaldson was a good guy, but darn it all, they were all good guys! We all remember him though, tall, good looking very affable, intelligent fellow.

YT went into action with him many times and was always proud to his signaller.

Yours Truly likes to remember that Captain Donaldson always treated his men as equals. In the

Liska honoured for volunteer spirit . . . Ethel Liska, right, was honoured before the David Myles concert, October 13, by the Biggar and District Arts Board. Here, board member Mary Ann Nostbakken explains the many and varied contributions Ethel has made to the arts and to various organizations in our community. Thank you so much, Ethel, for your spirit, grace, and sense of community spirit! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

winter of 1944-45, we shivered together even sang together, went into the Rhineland together . . . and darn near died together.

Mebbe YT sounds a little here as though he was an important guy, eh? But that is the way Donaldson was, he always made a fellow seem more needed than he really was! YT’s fondest memory of him was when we harmonized: “I want a gal, just like the gal that married dear old Dad,” for a crowd of guys in Waalwijk. And my most despairing one is of kneeling beside him when he was hit, trying desperately to prevent a fate that just couldn’t be stopped.

Days later, when the ML and BU (Mobile Laundry and Bath Unit) finally caught up to us, as the shower water was washing the dark red grime from my arms, one of the men hollered: “hey Mason, what’s wrong with your arms, have you been hit?”

As the dark-red swirl washed away through the floorboards of that makeshift shower, I told him: “That is the blood of one of the best men I have ever met - someone’s son, who died for his country!”

It seems a little hypocritical for Yours Truly to keep mentioning officers all the time, but in defense of that seeming hypocrisy, he has to point out that most of the men he signalled for were officers! And most enemy snipers shot at them first! As a matter-offact, over 10 per cent on the Argyll KA (Killed in Action) casualty list were commissioned men!

We all know that there were many “other ranks” who were killed too - but so what? As you look into the unseeing eyes of KA, men of any rank (the same smiling eyes that their proud parents looked into) you begin to wonder about the futility of war!

Should a fellow mention all these other men who died? Colonel Fred Wigle, OBE (Order of the British Empire), DSO (Distinguished Service Order), or Lieutenant Gene Clerous, who, being left behind, snuck aboard a plane full of guys so that he could land with the paratroops on the morning of D-Day. Or even little, unimportant Acksel Hansen, whose qualifications are at the start of this article.

They were all good Canadians, and they all deserved a better fate than what they got. More

importantly, they were all someone’s sons!

Like all other parents, Phyllis and YT think, of our family. Are we doing the right thing by portraying the violence we are all capable of? Or

Growth . . .

should we tell them to turn the other cheek . . .

Should we, or even can we set an example of the peace we all crave, or, in the future, do we have to kneel by someone else’s son again?

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finances.

“The foundation of our growth plan will continue to be sound financial management, balanced budgets and debt reduction,” Wall said. “Our government will work to maintain a target amount of $500 million in the GFSF, with any excess amount used to invest in infrastructure and reduce debt.”

The Saskatchewan Plan for Growth sets a goal of reducing the debt by another $400 million by 2017, which means the debt will have been cut in half - from $6.8 billion to $3.4 billion - in the 10 years since the current government took office in 2007.

Wall also announced the Saskatchewan Heritage Initiative, to be headed by former University of Saskatchewan President Peter MacKinnon.

MacKinnon will identify options and provide advice on how to best utilize Saskatchewan’s non-renewable resource revenue once the province’s debt has been retired.

“The most lasting legacy we can leave our children and grandchildren is a debt-free province,” Wall said. “Once that is achieved, we need to look ahead to ensure that our resource revenues continue to benefit future generations.”

Wall said Saskatchewan’s business tax structure must be competitive with neighbouring provinces in order to sustain economic growth.

“Our government delivered significant reductions in personal income tax, education property tax and the small business tax in our first term,” Wall said. “The Saskatchewan Plan for Growth will see the corporate business tax rate lowered to 10 per cent - the same rate levied in British Columbia and Alberta by 2015.”

Wall said Saskatchewan must also ensure it has a well-trained workforce to meet labour demands now and in the future.

“If we are going to grow to 1.2 million people by 2020, that

means at least 60,000 more people working in Saskatchewan by then,” Wall said.

“These workers will need to come from a number of places,” Wall said. “We will work to encourage more career planning and development initiatives in high schools. We will increase training seats at SIAST for trades like carpenters, electricians and welders, occupations where we have shortages. We will work with First Nations and Métis organizations to improve educational outcomes and increase employment. We will work with the federal government to increase the annual cap on the immigrant nominee program by 50 per cent from 4,000 to 6,000. And we will continue to assist private sector employers in their efforts to recruit the skilled workers they need from other provinces and other countries.”

Wall said his government will continue to work with Saskatchewan businesses to aggressively pursue its strategy of international engagement and increase Saskatchewan exports.

“Much of our growth is being driven by a tremendous increase in our export markets around the world,” Wall said. “Saskatchewan has what the world needs and our goal is to double export sales by 2020.”

Wall said the goal of The Saskatchewan Plan for Growth is to ensure that a growing province and a growing economy improves the quality of life for everyone in Saskatchewan.

“I think Saskatchewan people appreciate growth because we have seen the benefits of growth, and we have also seen the alternative,” Wall said.

“Growth is more than just a path to economic progress. It is the path to building the kind of province we desire for all Saskatchewan people.

“Our plan will keep our province growing, improve our quality of life and continue to make Saskatchewan the best place in Canada.”

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

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BCS2000 Principal’s report Pr

by Kim Fick Our school community had a great chance to come together last Thursday at the BCS School Showcase.

As last week was E d u c a t i o n We e k , i t seemed fitting to celebrate the many activities that happen in and around our school. Our staff and several students worked hard to create displays to show community members, parents, and students the many activities, both curricular a n d e x t r a c u r r i c u l a r, that our school offers our students. Interested parents also learned about Parent Portal, a great communication tool that allows parents to see their child’s grades and attendance from home.

It is awesome to see all of these things come together! One of the many supports we offer to our students in Grades 7-12 is the SUPPORT room, which operates each day at lunch hour.

The SUPPORT room is an excellent way for students that need extra assistance, or need some time and encouragement

to complete missing assignments or missed exams, to be able to do so with the assistance of teachers. If you would like your child to access the SUPPORT program, please contact the school anytime.

O u r b u s d r i v e r s, caretakers, librarians, secretaries, and librarians participated in a Professional Development day on Fr i d ay. Pa r t o f t h e teacher’s day included learning about Parentt e a c h e r- s t u d e n t t r i conferences. Before we know it, our first set of interviews will be upon us. The dates for the conferences are the evenings of November 14 and 15. We will be focusing t h i s y e a r o n h av i n g students participate in the conferences more than in the past. Watch for more information in the coming weeks!

Has your child demonstrated they are trustworthy lately? If t h e y h av e, l e t t h e m know!

Have a great week everybody!

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BCS2000 News

by Taylor Darroch and Sabrina Yurchak Well, what a busy couple of weeks our sports team have had!

Last Friday our Blazer football boys wrapped up their regular season with a home game win, beating Macklin 40-8. Right now the boys are sitting at five wins to one loss.

That’s awesome! This past Saturday they will

be playing Unity here in Biggar so we hope you stopped by to cheer them on!

Last weekend we sent off our senior Crosscountry runners to Echo Valley Provincial Park where they brought home the bronze medal. Our school is so proud of them and their great season!

The Sr. girls’ volleyball team made their way to

Diamond Lodge News What a busy and rewarding week we’ve had here at Diamond Lodge.

Keep on reading to find out what we did.

Monday was Thanksgiving Day so the residents spent the day going away with family or visitors came to celebrate the holiday with them.

Tuesday we got up to date with current events.

We had a volunteer come and read the news to us.

At 2:30 we played “Beat the Dice.” We played two games of this. It is hard to end the game when we roll numbers and we don’t have the cards in

our hands.

Wednesday morning we played Wheel of Fortune using autumn as the theme. This made us think hard. We had ice cream cart that afternoon too. It is very popular for everyone that came out.

Thursday was a very busy day as it was our Biannual Tea and Bake Sale. It was a huge success and appreciate all the donations, help and attendees. A lot of volunteers and staff came and helped us. This event could not have been done without all the extra help.

Warriors in the six-man match-up. (Independent Photo

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Friday was our weekly Barbecue Club. We are barbecueing till the snow is on the ground. Then we will be having Breakfast Club. Then later we had sing along and sang to PATCH. A singing video that happen to show people we knew in our community.

Saturday we played Jack Pot Bingo. In the afternoon our residents gathered in the TV room and watched the Roughrider game on TV. It is the season to watch football.

Sunday we did 1-1’s in the morning. Some

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At 2:30 we had church with the Redeemer Lutheran’s.

We had a great week and appreciate everyone that came out for all of our events. Take care and talk to you soon!

Kindersley last weekend and played great!

The senior boys’ volleyball played in Beechy and will be heading to Unity this weekend for another tournament.

Thursday, October 18 is our BCS Showcase night when parents have the opportunity to come check out the curriculum,

extracurricular activities and meet the teachers.

You will also get a hotdog and hot chocolate so make sure you stop by!

This Friday our teachers have an inservice day so students will have no school.

Enjoy your long weekend students!

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Agriculture Farms, and the folks who work them, recognized this October

by Calvin Daniels Less and less people have a tie to farming, but as a sector agriculture remains an important one not just on the Canadian Prairies, but around the world.

There may be less farmers but they still till the same amount of soil, and ultimately produce the food we all eat.

We may be at a point in our history where too many people think food just comes from the supermarket, and are

little aware the milk in the carton on the table at breakfast comes from a cow on a farm, but that does not change the importance of the cow, or the farmer.

So it is a good thing when we try to raise awareness a bit by pausing to say thank you to farmers in some small way, Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart recently proclaimed October as Agriculture Month in

the province.

It is not a new initiative to mark the month, but it remains a worthwhile endeavour.

It is too easy for those of us not involved directly with farming to forget just how difficult the business is.

Farming is one of those occupations where you can do everything perfectly and Mother Nature still ultimately determines how successful the crop will be.

No amount of fertilizer can boost production without rain.

Nothing a farmer can do can protect a crop from an early fall frost.

So farmers roll the dice with every crop. They invest large amounts of money in seed, fuel, fertilizer and other inputs and then hope nature cooperates.

And even if nature cooperates farmers take what they produce to a market where they have little control of the price

they take for the crop grown.

It is a multi-million dollar business today, where a single tractor or combine can cost $500,000, or more. For comparison that is like two new entry level homes in a city such as Yorkton, with a few dollars left over to start furnishing.

The scale of farming today is something that is hard even for those w o r k i n g with farmers regularly to get their heads around.

The average Prairie farm will have a far greater capital investment than most retail businesses in the towns and cities which dot the map.

The annual operating costs of a farm will be higher than those same businesses.

To the credit of the Brad Wall government it is taking a lead in trying to re-inform the broader public about the importance of farming.

Agriculture Minister Stewart and Farm Credit Canada President Greg Stewart recently signed a partnership agreement recognizing Saskatchewan as the

first province to become an official partner on Agriculture More Than Ever.

“Partners of the initiative will work to promote the contributions made by farmers, ranchers and the industry to the economy, environment and health of people around the world.

T h r o u g h Agriculture M o r e Than Ever, producers, stakeholders, i n d u s t r y leaders and others involved in agriculture provide information, dispel myths, and tell success stories to improve public understanding of the industry,” detailed a Saskatchewan government release.

It will be a major undertaking in an era fewer and fewer people have ridden a tractor around a field, or helped move cattle to pasture.

But because farmers ultimately feed us all it is critical we better understand and appreciate what they do so that we have continued confidence in the food we eat, and how it was produced at the farm level.

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August new motor vehicle sales show large increase Saskatchewan motor vehicles sales continued to see strong increases in August according to a report released by Statistics Canada, last week.

On a monthly basis, new motor vehicle sales

were up 6.4 per cent between July 2012 and August 2012, the highest percentage increase among the provinces and well ahead of the 0.7 per cent rise nationally.

“A n e w c a r o r n e w t r u ck p u r ch a s e i s a

major investment for consumers,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said. “This shows Saskatchewan consumers have confidence in the economy, which is also supported by the overall growth we are seeing in

the province.”

On an annual basis, new motor vehicle sales were up 11.4 per cent in August 2012 over August 2011, the secondhighest percentage rise among the provinces.

There were 5,400 vehicles

sold in Saskatchewan in August 2012, compared to 4,847 in August of 2011. Nationally, sales were up 6.2 per cent.

“Saskatchewan continues to show

ATTENTION…

Autumn Leaf Clean-Up The autumn foliage can be beautiful to admire. However, once the trees are past their peak and begin to drop their leaves, autumn can mean lots of yard work for homeowners.

A mature tree can have more than 200,000 leaves, most of which will fall to the ground when the cooler weather arrives.

Multiply that amount by the number of trees on the property, and one can see what a task removing leaves can be.

Depending on the size of a person’s property, leaf removal can be an all-day project. However, when done right, one ensures the lawn underneath the leaves continues to thrive and will be in a better position to ride out the winter.

For most, a human-

powered rake is the best tool for removing leaves. While blowers might seem quicker, they can simply disperse the leaves instead of congregate them for easier disposal. What’s more, blowers can be noisy and distribute fuel emissions into the air.

It is important to rake deep enough to disturb the thatch or dried up grass and other debris that can form in the lawn.

This helps prevent the lawn from suffocation or discoloration.

Leaves can be gathered and packed into biodegradeable bags and brought to the local recycling center. They also can be broken down and used in compost. Leaves on their own do not make ideal organic material, so it’s best if they’re mixed

economic leadership on a national front,” Boyd said. “Today’s numbers are another indicator that confirms our economy is a standout in comparison to other provinces.”

Ratepayers of the Rural Municipality of Biggar

I look forward to working with council to manage the resources and infrastructure of the Rural Municipality of Biggar.

Come the cooler weather, leaf removal becomes a chore for homeowners. Learn the ways to make the work go more smoothly. into a compost pile to generate that “black gold” plants love.

If there are not many leaves on the property, a lawnmower can be pushed over the leaves to break them up into food for the lawn. However, large quantities of leaves should be raked and removed.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

Report from the Legislature

by Randy Weekes, MLA, Biggar (17 October, 2012) Saskatchewan Plan for Growth Without question, the last five years have been good ones for Saskatchewan.

We are leading the nation in economic growth. Our population is at a new record high.

This growth has meant we could afford to cut income, property and business taxes, reduce s u r g i c a l wa i t t i m e s and help people with disabilities. The question now is: do we want this growth to continue?

The answer MLAs heard when they consulted with constituents this summer was a resounding yes.

But you also want your government to address the challenges arising from growth and ensure the benefits are shared with everyone. To that end, Premier Brad Wall has announced The Growth Plan for Saskatchewan: Vision 2020 and Beyond.

The Growth Plan begins with a goal – that Saskatchewan will be a province of 1.2 million people by 2020.

There are six components to the Growth Plan.

The first component is infrastructure. In order to address that challenge, we have created SaskBuilds – a new government organization to drive infrastructure

innovation, financing, design and delivery. Our focus over the next two years will be on renewing roads, water systems, health care facilities and schools.

The second component of our growth plan is keeping the Saskatchewan economy competitive.

Our government will lower the business tax rate from 12 to 10 per cent by 2015. This fall, we will introduce the Saskatchewan Employment Act, which will clearly outline the rights and responsibilities of employers, employees and unions in the workplace.

The third component of The Growth Plan for Saskatchewan is fiscal responsibility. Over the next five years, we will pay down another $400 million on the provincial debt - meaning we will have cut the government’s debt in half since 2007.

And we will balance the budget each and every year.

The fourth component of the growth plan is education and training. In addition to continuing to invest in post-secondary education, we will also add 300 more apprenticeship spaces and create more apprenticeship training opportunities for high school students. We will work to increase high school completion rates.

We will ask businesses to invest more in training.

The fifth component of the plan is innovation.

We w i l l c o n t i n u e t o support world leading research in agriculture and energy. Our goal is that by 2020 we will increase crop production by 10-million tonnes and increase exports of agrifood products by 50 per cent - to $15 billion.

The sixth component of the growth plan is strengthening Saskatchewan’s role on the world stage. Our government will appoint a Premier’s Advisory Committee on Asia, as part of our strategy to double Saskatchewan’s exports by 2020. We will work to develop new markets in Central and South America. Under the new “Saskatchewan International Future” scholarship, 20 students a year will study business at an international institution with government support. In return, they will agree to live and work in Saskatchewan for five years after they graduate.

The Growth Plan for Saskatchewan: Vision 202 and Beyond also includes targets. Those targets include: By the end of 2014, no one will wait longer than three months for surgery; By 2017, no one will wait to receive

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emergency room care; By 2020, Saskatchewan will have the highest Grade 12 graduation rate in the country.

The Saskatchewan economy is being propelled by our natural resource wealth. There’s been a lot of debate about what we should do with royalty revenues once the debt has been paid off.

Premier Wall has asked former University of Saskatchewan president Pe t e r M a c K i n n o n t o look at that question, by leading the Saskatchewan Heritage I n i t i a t i v e. P r o f e s s o r MacKinnon will develop and recommend options on what Saskatchewan should do with its resource revenues after we pay off the provincial debt.

After years of stagnation,

Saskatchewan is growing.

But we need to do the right things to sustain growth, to deal with challenges of growth, so our children and their children can build a good life right here. We need

a plan.

This government has one.

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

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Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced the creation of two committees tasked with establishing wheat and barley commissions in Saskatchewan.

“Industry asked our government to help start this process, to bring together key partners and work with them to put together a plan for the future of wheat and barley levies in our province,” Stewart said, October 12.

“I am pleased the industry is coming together to help move this initiative forward.”

Previously, wheat and barley check-offs were collected by the Canadian Wheat Board. With new market freedom, Saskatchewan producers will have an opportunity to direct how check-offs from the sale of wheat and barley grown in Saskatchewan will be used

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“Saskatchewan is a leader in wheat and barley production and these commissions will help direct research to keep producers at the forefront

of the industry,” Stewart said.

The two committees will work with the ministry, the Agri-Food Council and a private consultant to help establish the commissions. These interim committees will remain

in place only until elections are held for the boards of directors to run the respective commissions. It is expected that the wheat and barley commissions will be in place and operational by August 2013.

Government programs to benefit small business A government program that provides small businesses with loans has disbursed more than $2.45 million in the 2011-12 fiscal year, benefiting 224 successful applicants in Saskatchewan.

The Small Business Loans Association (SBLA) has increased its loan limit from $15,000 to $20,000 effective July this year.

“As we celebrate small businesses this week, I would like to highlight the SBLA program that has been supporting small business in the province with loans for the past 23 years,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said, October 17. “We’ve recently increased the

loan ceiling to encourage entrepreneurs interested in starting a small business to contact SBLA and contribute toward Saskatchewan’s economic growth.”

The province is also collaborating with business infosource, a government organization that provides free information to Saskatchewan entrepreneurs to help them start or grow their business.

“For almost two decades business infosource has provided a single window information service to entrepreneurs and potential entrepreneurs right across Saskatchewan,” business infosource manager Elaine Unrau said. “We’ve seen many

changes in the way we deliver information over the past 18 years, but what hasn’t changed is our commitment to service excellence. It’s been key to our success.”

The SBLA program is designed to provide loans to small businesses that may have difficulty obtaining financing from banks and other traditional lending institutions. The funds may go towards starting or expanding a small business. The SBLA program is available to Saskatchewan businesses. Funds are disbursed through 183 SBLAs that have been set up in communities across the province.

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planting, pruning & puttering . . . planting

by Delta Fay Cruickshank of The Independent

I was asked - now that the gardens are finished for the winter, what will I write about?

Well, we may be in the big deep freeze for the next few months, but in the rest of the world, plants continue to grow, be tended and to be harvested.

The harvest from these plants are so much a part of our lives, it is easy to take them for granted.

Plants still produce the crops, and people still need to tend them to create the ideal environment to keep the harvests coming.

In a worst case scenario, for some reason trucks could not bring us produce.

Looking at this as a food security issue, what could our local Saskatchewan producers provide for us to eat? What could they not produce? What would you miss the most if we had to depend only on Saskatchewan products?

I, for one, would miss my daily banana. I have yet to see a banana plantation during my visits in West Central Saskatchewan. Could there be some banana trees in a greenhouse somewhere in our province? Come to think of it, do bananas grow on trees, or on shrubs? How far do our bananas travel to get to our fruit bowls?

We l l , a c t u a l l y t h e banana plant is not a tree! It belongs to the Musaceae family, and is considered a herb!

This herbaceous plant grows 10-26 feet tall. At the top of this plant, the fruit grows in clusters, looking upside down. Each cluster contains from 50 to 150 bananas with individual fruits grouped in bunches, known as ‘hands’, containing 10 to 25 bananas. The plant has large broad leaves, so large in fact, they can be used as umbrellas in the tropics. The fruit is green, and turns yellow as it ripens.

The leaves can be used as serving dishes and plates. Steaming foods wrapped in banana leaf is commonplace in the tropics.

Bananas are grown in at least 107 tropical countries in the world!

Native to South and

Southeast Asia, they were first cultivated for domestic use in Papua New Guinea centuries ago. In some circles they are considered the oldest cultivated fruit!

The banana plant grows from a corm*. Each corm produces one plant and one bunch or ‘banana stem’ of bananas. After this one crop, the plant dies, and yet, like many corms (crocuses grow from corms), offshoots from the original corm will produce another plant.

When the fruit is pale green, they are harvested by hand. The clusters are chopped down with a curved knife. Sometimes, the plant has to be cut to allow the clusters to bend down to the harvesters.

From this point on, the clusters are treated with the best of care. Bruising will damage the cluster, too much light will quicken the ripening. A labour intensive job, in some cases helicopters have to be used to lift the clusters out of the plantations!

Bananas are a great source of potassium.

This essential mineral maintains normal blood pressure and heart function! They also have about 27 per cent of the daily B6 recommendation!

Maybe it should be said, “A banana a day keeps the doctor away!”

Eaten raw in most cases, the banana is sweeter when allowed to ripen

A banana flower (above). (Photos from google/images. com)

A banana tree, really isn’t a tree at all! It is a herbaceous plant that grows from a corm, produces the flower, then the flowers become the fruit! This potassium rich fruit has been grown for centuries.

Native to South and Southeast Asia, now over a hundred countries grow bananas to ship to the our stores. Eaten raw, or added to muffins, pies, pancakes, puddings, cakes, et cetera, this is one versatile fruit! until there are brown spots on the yellow peel.

Overripe bananas make wonderful additions to muffins, breads and pudding recipes. As they don’t get eaten, and are looking a little too brown, they can then be put in the freezer, and used later.

At our home, later doesn’t always come. We have a

freezer full of frozen black bananas, time to make muffins! The aroma of baking banana muffins in the kitchen whilst the wind blows and the snow falls, could transport me to the tropics - for a little while! * ( a r o u n d e d underground storage organ)

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And Bronze Makes Six!

Provincial 2A Bronze Medal Champions (left to right) Nicholas Garchinski, Edyn Keith, Tiara Keith, Jaeda Hoppe, Jenna Boisvert, Czarina Catambing, Bailey Seidl (Missing: Liam Boyle).

The 2012 cross country season came to an exciting end Saturday, October 13.

Eight BSC2000 athletes participated in the Saskatchewan High School Provincial Championship held at Echo Valley near Balgonie.

The +12° weather was pleasant for both athletes and spectators and the course was fast.

Even though Biggar sent their smallest provincial team in many years, the athletes wanted to continue their winning ways - in the past five years they have brought home four gold and one silver 2A Team Championship medals. And they did, reaching the podium as the 2012 Provincial Bronze 2A Team champions with a score of 99 behind Esterhazy High School and Caronport. Congratulations!

The Biggar Blazing Saints Cross Country team consisted of 44 athletes from both St. Gabriel and BCS2000. The age range was from Grade 1 to 12.

Coaches were Teresa Newton, Sharon Hollman, and Rick Garchinski. The club competed in meets at Unity, Langham, Outlook, Biggar, Eston, as well as the provincial championship at Echo Valley. This year was the final season for several athletes. Edyn Keith has spent six seasons with the team; Jenna

Boisvert and Bailey Seidl eight. These athletes have consistently set a positive example for their younger team members.

Their commitment to hard work, their dedication, and sportsmanship is greatly responsible for the continued success of the team. Well done girls!

Provincial results are as follows: Midget Girls (3K) - Tiara Keith, 20th (13:26); Jaeda Hoppe, 27th (13:36). Jr. Boys (5K) - Liam Boyle, 23rd (19:38). Sr. Girls (4K) - Edyn Keith, 29th (17:43); Jenna Boisvert, 53rd (18:48); Bailey Seidl, 70th (19:41);, Czarina Catambing, 106th (25:15). Sr. Boys (6K) - Nicholas Garchinski, 34th (24:34).

(Photos for The Independent by Rick Garchinski)

Ice is in . . .

The Jubilee Stadium, once again, becomes a home away from home as the season’s hockey and skating began last week.

Practices were in full swing, and soon most families will see more of the Jubilee than their own homes! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Hair raising . . . Biggar Central School student Mallory McCarty, left, has an electrifying experience, October 18 as pals Taylor Darroch and Sabrina Yurchak, right, laugh on. The school held a showcase evening,

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The number of people waiting more than six months as of August 31, 2012 was 4,695, down 56 per cent since November 2007.

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Saskatchewan led the country in non-residential construction growth with an increase of 28.4 per cent for the third quarter of 2012 over the same period last year, the highest growth rate among provinces according to Statistics Canada.

S a s k a t ch e wa n ’s i n crease was more than 14 times that of the 2.0 per cent national average.

With a total of $467 million in construction, this was Saskatchewan’s best quarter since tracking began in 1997.

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minister Bill Boyd said, Wednesday. “This means significant investment in infrastructure projects that are important as we set out our goals to grow the Saskatchewan economy.”

Saskatoon had the highest increase among Canadian cities at 34.6 per cent, far outstripping the 3.9 per cent average for major centres. Regina also exceeded the average, showing a 13.5 per cent increase.

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“This is a win-win situation with Saskatchewan businesses benefiting and creating more jobs,” Boyd said. “It also means local economies benefit from having high-skilled workers that are in the province for extended periods of time.”

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by Karen McPherson Tuesday mixed league, October 9 MHS -- Jason Rascke, 255; LHS -- Donna Foster, 226; MHT -- Jason Rascke, 642; LHT -Donna Foster, 544.

New Horizons, Oct. 9, MHS -- Glenn Shockey, 222; LHS -- Barb Archibald, 220; MHM -- Glenn Shockey, 566; LHM -- Barb Archibald, 515.

YBC, Wednesday, Oct. 3 Bowlasaurus High Score -- Sawyer Heimbecker, 30; PeeWee High Score -- Tyson Danskin, 72; Bantam High Score -Tristan Cirrico, 99; Junior High Score -- N/A. Thursday Senior league Oct. 11, MHS -- Jack Eckhart, 227; LHS -- Donna Eckhart, 209; MHT -- Glenn Shockey, 669; LHT -Donna Eckhart, 569.

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Perdue Bowl report Club 55: MHS, Tom Davies, 256; LHS, Kay Munro, 187; MHT, Tom Davies, 670; LHT, Kay Munro, 493; THS, BeeGees, 1,127; THT, BeeGees, 3,149; MHA, Tom Davies, 191; LHA, Kay Munro, 169.

Ladies: LHS, Marilyn Moon, 208; LHT, Dorrie Laberswieler, 538; THS, Bleepers, 1,106; THT, Dolls with Balls, 3,168; LHA, Dorrie Laberswieler, 184.

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Taylor receives Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal ...

Above photo: Jean Taylor, centre, was honoured for her contributions to Perdue and district, October 14 during the annual fowl supper. Saskatoon-RosetownBiggar MP Kelly Block and Perdue Mayor Dave Miller.

Jean is one of those very special people, who volunteer, contribute, are fans of their community, and are the silent ones behind the scenes that make life in our community so very special.

Congratulations, Jean! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Perdue recognizes Dwyer, Tomchek . . .

Perdue Mayor Dave Miller took time during the annual fowl supper, October 14 to honour two very special individuals who have given of their time and abilities.

The community came together to honour Kelly Dwyer, centre, for her years as a councillor (1985-1997), and as mayor (2000-2009), and Faye Tomchek for her service as a councillor (2009-2012). Public office is a thankless job, one of long days, little accolade, plenty of “raspberries” - Kelly and Faye deserve a big pat on the back for their contributions to Perdue and area! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Artificial Movie Blood • bottle of dark or light corn syrup • red food colouring • blue food colouring • green food colouring • cornstarch • water Pour out about 1/8 cup of the corn syrup into a bowl that you don’t mind staining. Add 1/4 cup of cornstarch and 1/4 cup of water to the syrup. Mix well so that you have a realistic consistency. Blood that is too runny or too thick will not seem real.

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Blood is fairly dark and red-brown when exposed to oxygen, therefore it should not be bright red in colour.

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Because this recipe is made from food products, it is edible and safe for use around the mouth.

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Halloween fun can mean channeling your inner horror movie special effect artist.

Halloween superstitions Many different superstitions abound, some of which are tailor made for Halloween haunting.

• If a candle goes out on its own on Halloween, it is thought a ghost has come to call.

• A burning candle inside of a Jack-o-lantern on Halloween keeps evil spirts at bay.

• You invite bad luck into your home if you allow a fire to burn out on Halloween.

• A person born on Halloween can both see and talk to spirits.

• Seeing a spider on Halloween could be the

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• Carry a lump of bread in your pocket when walking in the dark to serve as an offering to ghosts.

• Don’t look at your shadow in moonlight on Halloween night.

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• When a person lived a good life, flowers will grow on his grave. If he was evil, weeds will

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• Never slam a door; otherwise, you could hurt a ghost and risk haunting.

• Holding your breath while driving by a cemetery keeps evil spirits from entering your body.

• If a bat flies around a house three times, it is a death omen.

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• Knock on wood to keep bad luck away.

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

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Lord Asquith School newsletter Principal’s Message

by Donna McTavish We are looking forward to meeting all of you during Education Week, October 15-19.

All families and community members were invited to “Meet the Staff night” barbecue on Thursday, Oct. 18. From 6-7 p.m. parents were invited to visit their child(ren)’s classrooms.

What’s new this month?

Our Kindergarten class has been divided and Ms. Jenn Mason, our Kindergarten teacher will be

working full time at LAS for the rest of the school year. We would like to say good-bye to Mrs. Stacey Burks and thank her for sharing her passion and expertise with our students and staff. We will miss all of the family and wish them all the best in Moose Jaw. Students and staff are planning activities in the school and community to support the Me to We program (a guide for socially conscious Canadians) and Character Education. Both of these initiatives support servant

leadership and respect.

We would like to thank the SCC for their commitment and support in making our school a safe place to be.

The Ministry of Education’s curriculum renewal is ongoing. In 2012-13: • The new ELA 20 (Grade 11) curriculum is being implemented and 2012-13 is the first year of implementation for level 30 curricula (Foundations 30, Pre-Calculus 30 and Workplace and Apprenticeship 30).

• Wellness 10 is being piloted this fall with imple-

mentation for Term 2 of the 2012-13 school year.

• Grades 1-5 and 6-9 LIVE arts Education broadcasts to support curriculum are offered via the live.edonline. sk.ca Web site commencing this month.

• Construction Carpentry 10, 20, 30; Photography 10, 20, 30; Welding 20, 30A. 30B; Graphic 20,30; and Communication Media 20 are now completed.

• Many other curricula are still under development.

Prairie Spirit School

Saskatchewan provincial parks on track to set new attendance record for 2012 The 2012 park season is expected to be another record year for Saskatchewan provincial parks with an early estimate of 3.56 million visits, a 5.7 per cent increase over the 3.37 million visits recorded across the park system in 2011, and the fall camping season is still underway.

The new online reservation system had a successful year with more than 60,000 reservations, double the amount in 2011. For the first time, visitors were able to check campsite availability, make changes or cancel a reservation by visiting the Web site.

Visitors were also able to see what’s going on at the park en route on their mobile device by using the new mobile Web site.

“It is great to see that we have an increase in visitors to our parks with

just the first season of the online reservation system in place,” Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Kevin Doherty said, Thursday. “Our parks are an extraordinary asset to our quality of life and as our province continues to grow and prosper, our government will continue to look for ways to enhance our parks and improve on the experience for our visitors.”

The Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport will be reviewing the camping program and making improvements to the online booking system in response to feedback from customers. Camp-

ing reservations for the 2013 camping season will start in the spring. The exact date will be made available on the Web site at saskparks.net early in 2013.

Throughout the summer, park visitors enjoyed a diverse range of park programs including geocaching, astronomy, canoeing, hiking and performances by Saskatchewan Express. Government will continue to make improvements and enhancements to public programs to ensure parks continue to provide high-quality visitor experiences.

Government has invested $33 million to

Healthy Workplaces

Randy Weekes, M.L.A. for the Biggar Constituency 1-877-948-4880 OfÀce Hours: Monday - Friday 1 - 5 p.m.

Phone: 306-948-4880 106 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar Fax: 306-948-4882 e-mail:

Promoting healthy workplaces not only benefits employees on an individual level, but also the organization with increased productivity, less absenteeism and positive morale. Encourage good physical health by providing healthy snack choices and physical activity breaks at meetings.

Create environments where management and staff work together to boost team spirit. Offer flexible hours to help balance work and family life. It can be as effortless as a ‘thank you’ or ‘good job’ to a co-worker.

Simple plans can reap big rewards!

For toll-free health information 24 hours a day.

Please call 1-888-425-4444(TTY) if you have hearing or speech difficulties Smokers Helpline 1-877-513-5333 or www.smokefree.ca Questions about Medication? Call 1-800-665-DRUG (3784). Ask questions online www.usask.ca/druginfo Mental Health & Addictions Centralized Intake Line 1-866-268-9139 Monday to Friday 8:00 am—4:30 pm

randyweekes.mla@accesscomm.ca

Web site: www.randyweekes.ca P. O. Box 1413 Biggar, SK. S0K 0M0

Heartland Health Region www.hrha.sk.ca

improve Saskatchewan’s provincial parks from 2008 to 2012.

Government is continuing to improve Saskatchewan’s provincial parks by investing, over and above base capital funding, an additional $10 million in park upgrades from 2012 to 2016.

Division’s “Learning for Life” Literacy and Numeracy Framework from Kindergarten to Grade 9 is focussing on all areas in math and reading comprehension. Specific data in each grade level will be collected twice a year-fall 2012 and spring 2013.

The test scores will support staff as they develop reading and math intervention plan to support all students’ learning.

Pay it Forward: Science proves that it feels good to give and receive. People are more likely to do something nice for someone else when they have experienced someone doing a good turn for them. How can each one of us pay it

forward?

Donate a book to a school, hospital, crisis centre; let someone in a rush go ahead of you; help someone with a heavy parcel if you’re going the same way; shovel your neighbours driveway; take the time to ask someone how they are and really listen; take clothing to a used clothing depot; Recycle, Recycle, Recycle; surprise a sick friend with soup; send a homemade card to someone and let them know you appreciate them refuse to laugh with a bully or even crack a smile; carpool to save energy and the environment; volunteer your time; be a mentor; give a hug.

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MEMORIAMS

MEMORIAMS

HICKSON: In loving memory of Rich, husband, father and grandfather, who passed away October 24, 2011.

“A page in our book of memories is gently turned today Like falling leaves, the years slip by But precious memories never die.

Just as you were, you will always be Loved and cherished in our memory.”

Always loved and sadly missed by wife, Jean; daughters, Marnee and family, Shannon and family 43p1 PEIFFER: In memory of Elaine who passed away October 28, 2008.

“We thought of you with love today but that is nothing new We thought about you yesterday and days before that too, We think of you in silence and often speak your name All we have are memories and your picture in a frame Your memory is our keepsake of which we’ll never part God has you in His keeping and we have you in our hearts.”

Lovingly remembered by…

Garnet; children, Kyle, Melanie, Lisa and their families 43c1

CARRUTHERS, Roy: October 2003; CARRUTHERS, Alan: November 2002 “ We hold our tears when we hear your name Life without you is just not the same.

We all know the sorrow we share Family gatherings won’t be the same without you there.

As long as life and memories last We’ll always treasure the past.”

Your loving family, Enid; Darrell, Lawrence, Wayne, Faye, Lorraine, Jim, Thanaso and Marika 43p1

CARD OF THANKS

“Thank You” hardly seems adequate enough for the honour I recently received in the presentation of the Diamond Jubilee Medal in commemoration of the Sixtieth Anniversary of Her Majesty Accession to the Throne and in recognition of my contribution over the years as a volunteer. It has been rewarding and great being a volunteer for our community.

Jean Taylor, Perdue 43nc1

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

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

CARD OF THANKS

COMING EVENTS

We want to thank all our family for the great Saturday celebration for our 70th Wedding Anniversary.

Florence and Vernon Hammond 43p1

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2: Biggar & District Arts Council presents… Speed Control, 7:30 p.m., Biggar Majestic Theatre.

Adults/Seniors $25 (advance $20); Students, 13 and older $15 (advance $12); children, 12 and under $5. Advance and Season Tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar, 948-2452.

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COMING EVENTS SUNDAYS in October: Presbyterians, Anglicans, Lutherans will be worshipping at St. Paul’s Anglican Church at 10:30 a.m. Everyone Welcome.

No potluck on October 28; come to the Fall Supper at the Community Hall instead.

For pastoral services or more information, phone Pastor Mark Kleiner at 306-951-7122.

48/10tfn SUNDAYS… You are invited to the weekly services of Biggar Associated Gospel Church, corner Quebec St. and 8th Ave. West. Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.; Worship Service at 10:50 a.m.; and Ladies Bible Study at 9:45 a.m. on Tuesday mornings.

Everyone is welcome to join us. Contact our church of¿ce 948-3424, Tuesday through Thursday.

36c9 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26: Landis Fun Tyme Dance Club season begins with “The Hamps” in attendance. Dancing from 8 p.m. - 12 midnight with lunch to follow in the Landis Community Complex. Season membership (¿ve dances): $75 per couple.

Guests: $25 per couple per dance. Everyone welcome!

42p2 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26 and SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27: St. Gabriel CWL Clothing Drive at St. Gabriel Church, 7th Ave. West, Biggar. Drop off: Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 to 11 a.m. SALES: Friday, 1 - 5 p.m. and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. Proceeds go to the Food Bank and KidSport. Please note this is not a garage sale.

42c2 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27: Perdue Market Place at Perdue Community Complex, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission, $2. Table Rental, $20. Contact Elizabeth at 237-4737 or Tamara at 2374396.

41c3 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27: Hallowe’en Howler Costume Dance @ Perdue Recreation Complex. Cocktails, 8 p.m., dance, 9 p.m.. - 2 a.m., music by ‘Touch of Grey’. Tickets $15/person @ door. Fun. food, prizes.

42p2 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28: Anglican Church Fall Supper, 5- 7 p.m. at Biggar Community Hall. Turkey and ham. Adults, $12, children 12 and under, $6.

Take outs, $12. Phone 948-3688 by 5 p.m. Saturday, October 27.

41p3 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28: 6:30 p.m., Gospel Music by Country Cousins at Biggar Church of God, 620-6th Ave. East. Silver collection for missions. Everyone welcome. Coffee and squares to follow.

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3: Landis Fall Supper, 5 - 7 p.m. @ Landis Complex. Adults, $12; 6 yrs to 12 yrs, $7; 5 and under FREE. Take-out meals available, please phone 6582155 or the day of the fall supper at 658-2124.

42c3 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3: Sunshine Gals Bazaar (formerly Royal Purple), 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Biggar New Horizons. Tables, $15, phone Doreen 948-3428.

Lunch available. Admission, $1.

Proceeds to local charities.

40c5 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4: Biggar Central School 2000 staff and students invite you to the 2012 Teale Awards Ceremony, 2 p.m. in the main gym. “Celebrating Academic Excellence”.

43c2 SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 4: 18th Annual Arelee Music Night at Arelee Community Hall.

Donations for Perdue ‘Secret Santa’ and/or Saskatoon Food Bank.

42c3 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6: Kayette Craft Show at Biggar Community Hall. Craft Show and Tea Room open @ 11 a.m.

- 8 p.m. Cost $2 at the door.

Everyone welcome.

43c2 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7: 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Biggar Museum soup and sandwich luncheon at the Fall Garage Sale, Biggar Community Hall.

43c2 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13: 7 p.m. at Biggar New Horizons, PALS will host Ted and Gloria Engel’s excellent adventure in Guatemala. Come out to hear what the community’s support helped accomplish. Coffee and hospitality to follow.

42c4 Plan to join us July 18-21, 2013 to help Shaunavon Celebrate its 100th Birthday! See shaunavon. com for registration details and contact information.

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Featuring a complete dispersal for Corner Brook Farms including: 7 Massey Ferguson MFWD Tractors, pickup and Àatbed trucks, trailers, custom built sprayers, AG equipment, recreational vehicles and much more! Call 1-800-491-4494 or visit rbauction.com.

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NOTICE Biggar Museum and Gallery invites you to donate any new or handmade gifts, toys, certi¿cates or food items for the annual “Christmas Magic” fundraiser event. Any donation that sells for $10 or more is issued a tax receipt. Call 948-3451 by Friday, October 26. Thank you for your support.

42c3 I am interested in communicating with friends or relatives of William Ross and Ethel Jamieson or their children Myrtle, Art, Bert, Stewart, Eva, William or Laura Ross. I believe they were possibly in Biggar, Qu’Appelle and Indian Head areas of Saskatchewan.

Contact Derwyn Ross. Der1@ shaw.ca or 1-778-433-6598 41p3 Families, clubs, churches and businesses are invited to do a Heritage Page to be on permanent display at Biggar Museum. Share your history!

For more information call 9483451 or visit museum 1 - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday.

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For greater information on advertising conditions, please consult the Association’s Blanket Advertising Conditions on our website at www.swna.com. tfn FOR SALE…HD ladder rack with removable support bars and window guard, $80; set of 4 new 14 inch tires on cast rims for Pontiac or Chev, $180, or $100 a pair. WANTED… two dozen straw bales (small); used 2 inch lumber; snow fence. Call 306658-4629.

43p3 BOSCH Mixer 800watt $459, VITAMIX Blenders $549, Yogurt makers, Apple Peelers, Pasta makers, Lefse Grills & more call Hometech Regina 1-888-6926724

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LAND for SALE LAND FOR SALE… SW 20-3719-W3rd (approx 155 acres), includes 1290 sq. ft. bungalow built in 1981, and all buildings in yard; Part of NE-17-37-19W3rd (approx 25 acres), must be purchased with above. Bins sold separately. Mail bids to: Matt Huber, Box 596, Wilkie, SK, S0K 4W0. For more info contact Matt @ 306-658-4403 or Bryan @ 306-441-7599 or Bryan email: bshuber@sasktel. net Bids accepted to November 15, 2012.

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HOUSES FOR SALE LOWEST PRICES on SRI homes in SASKATCHEWAN.....

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Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar Land¿ll OR contact Quentin Sittler at 658-2132 3tfn Main Street Garage Sale is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition.

Please phone 948-1773 or 9485393. Pickup available.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Biggar Community Connections supports individuals with physical and/or mental challenges, in their residence and in their community.

1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cable TV and satellite systems, laundry facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwashers, air conditioning, parking with plug-ins.

Casual 12 hour shifts, nights and days are available. Starting wage is $13.21 per hour and beneÀts when eligible. Training will be provided.

Interested applicants may apply online to bcgh@sasktel. net or fax to 948-3426 or mail to Box 1690, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0. Contact Michelle at 948-3402 for more information.

For more information call:

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Wells Construction, Biggar looking for carpenters and labourers.

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CARETAKER WANTED… Caretaker wanted for the Leney Cemetery for the 2013 season.

Duties include mowing the grass, caring for the Àowers, and trimming the hedge. Equipment supplied. Wages are negotiable.

Applications close October 24, 2012. Send your application to John Dennis, Box 213, Perdue, SK, S0K 3C0 For more information phone John Dennis, 306-237-4348 or Kelly Dwyer, 306-237-4327.

41p3 Coram Construction is hiring Carpenters and concrete ¿nishers to work PCL sites in Saskatchewan. $32.55, Good bene¿ts, 3-5 years experience.

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T.J. LOGGING of Whitecourt, Alberta is accepting resumes for experienced heavy duty operators, hoe, dozer, skidder, buncher, processor, delimber for immediate employment. Fax resume 780-778-2428.

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Saskatchewan’s population broke the one-million mark under the previous NDP government, Nilson claims, and New Democrats believe that population growth can, and should, benefit everyone.

The NDP also raised grave concerns over what is absent from the booklet.

“There was no advance warning from the Sask

Party when it added three more politicians, gutted the film industry or began the process to privatize the information Crown, ISC,” said Nilson.

“Those surprises are not what Saskatchewan people voted for.”

DEADLINE for Classified, ads and news will now be

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306-948-4846 BOOKS Pat Wicks,

Living Books Distributor 205-3rd Ave. East, Biggar Books, gifts, cards.

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Call 948-3427 for appts.

Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

HOME IMPROVEMENTS McCARTY CONSTRUCTION • Commercial • Residential • Design Builder • Insurance Claims • Renovations • Drafting Service

“Big or Small -We Do Them All” Licenced Journeyman Carpenters Troy McCarty 948-5627 (H) 948-9280 (C) Mitch McCarty 373-8254 (H) Serving Biggar ... Since 1968

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

306-717-2818 www.madgerooÀng.com Biggar, Sask.

BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC

Services available…

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

~ Gift CertiÅcates ~ Evening, Saturday and in-home appointments available.

104 - 6th Ave. East, Biggar, Sask.

Southeast entrance of Nova Wood Bldg.

Hours…

Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

306-948-3408 DR. GLENN RIEKMAN Dentist

- together with -

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

OFFICE HOURS Ladies Only Wood and Steel Buildings Floor & Trusses

30 min.

Circuit Gym

GEORGE STAHL

…owned and operated by Diane Larouche Ellard

(306) 948-3776 cell: (306) 260-6503 Ph:

HANDY JIM SERVICES

available to do…

Licenced for: •Farm •Acreage •Residential • Commercial

DENTAL

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

948-2548 or 948-9710

for all your electrical needs

Tim Hammond Realty

Dave Molberg

FRE E Es timat Call us for… es • Insurance jobs • Renovations • New home building • Drywall & Painting • Flooring (hardwood, ceramic, etc.)

• Residential/Commercial • CertiÀed installer for Logix ICF

DMH ELECTRIC

Biggar’s Top Performing Residential Agent

Cell 948-4478

Inc.

HEALTH/WELLNESS

Cell: 306-221-6888

Residential Sales

948-5052 (office)

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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

Call Jim @ 306-948-3333

NCM Home Maintenance

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Wylie Farms Ltd.

948-2208

SEED CLEANING

Consultant & Coach Anne G. Livingston •Ideal Protein Weight Loss Clinic •Epicure Selections •Walden Farms Products •Young Living Essential Oils •Beauticontrol Skin Care www.beautipage.ca/annelivingston

“Putting PERSONAL back into fitness training!”

Wayne Baldwin, CPFT, CPTA, CnHc

Specializing in Exclusive Seasonal Personal Training Sessions! …for weight loss, body sculpting, strength training.

Visit us @ 114- 2nd Ave. W., Biggar Where you can feel right at home!

Phone… 948-2548 Cell… 948-8048

Contact 948-3344 to have your business listed here, ask for special rates and sizes

Excellent Quality at a Reasonable Price!

For all your Cereal and Pulse Cleaning Call: Bill: Dale:

948-2807 or 948-5609 948-5394

Plant located 8 miles south of Biggar on Hwy #4, ¼ mile west on Triumph Rd.

Phoenix M4 Mobile Grain cleaning and sizing

OPTOMETRISTS

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

Wayne Dollansky 306-948-7247

Kirk Ewen Doctor of Optometry

In Biggar Every Tuesday.

Biggar Professional Building, 223 Main Street, Biggar

For appointments…

1-855-651-3311

PHOTOGRAPHY

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

Canadian Seed Institute Accredited Pedigree, Commercial & Custom Cleaning FULL line of Cleaning Equipment including Gravity Table

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

HEALTH/WELLNESS NEW BEGINNINGS WELLNESS CENTRE

SEED CLEANING

Your Healthy Living

Weight Loss & Wellness Centre

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Call Nick Maguire 948-3325 948-4558 or 716-4021 cell

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

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

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

Custom Combining JD9770 with draper or hydraÁex headers

Mundt’s Mobile Custom Grain Cleaning ^PSS JSLHU ^OLH[ IHY SL` K\Y\T *7: ^OLH[ VH[Z WLHZ HUK SLU[PSZ

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948-2887 VY JLSS 948-6969 McNULTY’S MOBILE SEED CLEANING

Photos by Jocelyn Portraits, Family, Weddings & Sports Photography Biggar, Sask.

www.photosbyjocelyn.com

306-948-2814

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

Custom Cleaning of H.R.S. & C.P. S. Wheat

Phone: 948-5678

ADVERTISING is an investment in your business.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2012

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 23

LEGAL SERVICES

ACCOUNTING

BUSSE LAW

BIGGAR ACCOUNTING SERVICES

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

948-3346 …serving your community since 1972

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

Phone: 948-5133

AUTOMOTIVE

948-3376 after hours George: 948-4042 Corner of Main Street & 1st Avenue West, Biggar

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

• 948-3344 • This feature will appear Weekly.

ASK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL DIRECTORY RATES.

Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO

OPEN: Mon.-Fri. • 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

Saturday • 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Your Auto Parts and Accessories Dealer Open: Mon.-Fri. 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Sat. • 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

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

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

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

Monday to Friday 304 Main Street • Biggar

Phone: 948-2204 or 948-3886

INVESTMENTS

Prairieland Collision Rosetown, Sask.

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

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

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

222 Main Street 306 948 5377

info@twhÀnancial.ca www.twhÀnancial.ca

Cell: 306-948-7524

HARRIS TRUCK SERVICES LTD.

Custom Grain Hauling 306-948-9278

Rockin D Trucking & Cattle

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

Heavy Truck Repair

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

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

227 - 1 Ave. East, Biggar

ONLINE @

biggarindependent.ca

For all your investment needs, Visit…

948-1722

YH Truck, Ag & Auto

• Cattle hauling with 21 ft. gooseneck trailer • round and large square bale hauling with step-deck or highboy semi-trailers • also buying and selling straw and forage • also machinery hauling Home • 306-948-2037 Alex • 306-948-7291 Dan • 306-948-7843

Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI

Lyndsey Sacher

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

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

Pamela Eaton

Robert Hoesgen, CFP

Mutual Fund Investment Specialist Credential Asset Management Inc.

Mutual Fund Investment Specialist Credential Asset Management Inc.

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

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

MANUFACTURING CWB CertiÀed Light Fabrication Mobile Welding

WINE, BEER, KITS and SUPPLIES

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

or email

tip@sasktel.net

216 Main St., Biggar

948-3955

• All Breed Dog Grooming • Boarding Kennels (Bordetella Mandatory) • Pet Supplies • Saleboard for dog and cat related items

For appointments and inquiries, call Janet at 948-2091

Mon. - Fri., 8 a.m. - 6 pm.

2 mi N on Hwy #4, 2-½ mi E on Golf Course Rd. Anne G. Livingston

CertiÀed Custom Picture Framer • photographs • paintings • art prints • memorabilia • collages, etc.

Call Anne @ 948-7274 greengables2@sasktel.net

chase14welding@sasktel.net

Biggar Tree services available…

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

948-3381

Qualilty!

MONARCH MEATS

Modern Licenced Abbatoir • custom slaughter, cut and wrapping • sausage making, curing and smoking

• sides of Beef available

948-3384

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Residential Commercial Automotive

For FREE estimates or enquiries CALL Wayne or Dorothy at

948-5678 Sewing & Embroidery • Jackets • Windsuits • Shirts • Hunting Gear • Bunnyhugs • Caps • Toques • Bags Check out our new website: classicmakings.ca Judy Judy Kahovec: Kahovec…

882-4313, Cellcell 831-7935 306-882-4313, 831-7935 Carey Krchov: 882-3213 Carey Krchov…882-3213

948-5600

Battery Chargers Electric Fencers Repaired/Rebuilt/ Built

Phillips Radio Shop 109 Main St., Biggar

Phone: A Sign of

• Snow Removal • Fences …and much more

Ivan Young,

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Box 736, Biggar

Phone: 948-7117 email:

Fax:

948-3344

BIGGAR LEISURE CENTRE

Phone:

Jerry Muc Phone: 948-2958

Place a classified by phone

SaskTel Mobility and High Speed Internet Dealer

Cliff Forsyth

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

Mutual funds are offered through Credential Asset Management Inc., and mutual funds and other securities are offered through Credential Securities Inc. ®Credential is a registered mark owned

by Credential Financial Inc. and is used under license.

and Your authorized

THUR-O CARPET & UPHOLSTERY CLEANING

521 Main St., Biggar 948-2109

Located at the Biggar & District Credit Union 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK • 306-948-3352

LG, Frigidaire, Shaw, Yamaha Audio Dealer;

Biggar, Sask.

230 - 1st Ave. W., Biggar • Heavy truck parts • Agriculture parts • Automotive parts & accessories www.yhtruckagauto.com

Panasonic, Samsung,

The Country Clipper

Owned & operated by Kevin Fick

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

~Brian and Cathy Fick~

M & N REPAIR

TIRES

Financial Planning Estate Planning Life Insurance

• Biggar to Saskatoon • Same day Service • Monday to Friday • 24-hour Answering Service

Landis, Sask.

SGI Safety Inspection Auto Repair 403 Main Street, Biggar

BIGGAR COURIER

306-882-2289

701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar

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

Your authorized

COURIER/HAULING

948-2700

Rebel Landscaping

• Driveways • Concrete • Garage Pads • Pruning • Planting

1st Ave. West, Biggar

223 Main Street Biggar

SERVICES

SERVICES

948-2879, evenings 948-7207, daytime Ed Kolenosky

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

Roe & Company is a full service law office that practices… ¾Family and Criminal law ¾Commercial law ¾Real Estate ¾Wills and Estate, and our lawyers, William Roe, Q.C. Jason Peszko Ian Mokuruk Lisa Watson Sheri Woods look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:

MACHINERY DEALERS

948-2442

Fax: 948-2484

HONEYBEE SEPTIC TANK SERVICE Bob Kobelsky

658-4474, Landis, SK

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

“Your complete decal and signage shop”

t Delivery Ask Abou

306-948-3312 sales@gvsigns.ca

• Esso • Leslie’s Drugstore • Pharmasave • Quick Stop • Super A Foods • Shop Easy Food

• Weasie’s Gourmet Blends • Feudal Co-op, Perdue • The Store, Perdue

948-5699

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505 Hwy. 7 West, Rosetown, SK

1.877.979.7999 www.rosetownmainline.net

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OPEN: Monday - Wednesday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Thursday and Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

CLOSED: Sundays