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Split the D . . . Biggar Senior Blazer, Landen Boisvert goes for the hoop, cutting through the Kindersley Kobra defence, March 10. Biggar was hosting Conference playoffs and, unfortunately for the Blazers, the season came to a close with a 64-53 loss to Kindersley.

Check out biggarindependent.ca this Friday under our “Photo Galleries� section for more pictures. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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The Rock ‘n’ Roll 1950s were swingin’ the Jubilee Stadium, March 9 as the Biggar Figure Skating Club held their homage to the romantic comedy film, Grease. Showcasing all they’ve learned over the past year, the kids put on a show worthy of the famous film. Proud parents and grandparents witnessed the talents of these athletes as they wrapped up another fantastic year of competition and learning.

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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No embarrassment in being scammed!

Credit Union wants residents to arm themselves with knowledge

The Biggar Credit Union is reminding residents that scams and scoundrels continue to bilk many of their hardearned cash, and with March labelled ‘Fraud Prevention Month’, they’re hoping people take a more pro-active approach to combating thieves.

Diane Larouche Ellard, Marketing Coordinator of the Biggar and District Credit Union, is hoping people report fraud when it occurs, and that they never feel embarrassed.

We live in an increasingly online world, and equipping ourselves with knowledge is often the best defence against financial predators.

“We don’t understand how much fraud there is out there, and how easy it is for the criminals,” Larouche Ellard explains.

Financial institutions can save you from losing your hard-earned money, but in some cases they only go so far.

Arming yourselves with knowledge is key, she adds.

“There are tools we are developing and implementing that are great, and we wish people

would use them more,” Larouche Ellard says, pointing to Credit Union specific products like “Alerts”, an online guard against account fraud, or “Lock’N’Block”, an anti-fraud tool for your Member Card which allows you to - through your smartphone - lock or halt all activity on your account. Many banking institutions have similar tools, and like the Credit Union, they monitor accounts for suspicious activity.

In most cases, the sooner you act the better, she says, adding that many are embarrassed by “being had” when they shouldn’t be ashamed.

“There should be no shame because it’s not their fault. It’s so prevalent. The more people report it, the better. Sometimes there are ways we can recover the money,” Larouche Ellard says. “If you have a question, whether you are a member of the Credit Union or not, if this doesn’t seem or does seem like a valid offer, come and see us because we’ve seen it all and we will run it through our ‘sniff test’.”

MP makes Spring Tour stop in Biggar . . .

Carlton Trail-Eagle Creek MP, Kelly Block makes a tour stop in Biggar, March 13, talking to constituents, listening to concerns and generally just saying hello Scams are constantly evolving, but Larouche Ellard says you still see the “old classics” - the Grandma scam, the Nigerian Prince - taking peoples hard earned cash. She adds that of thousands of phone calls a crook makes, it only takes one successful call to make their scam profitable.

“They are trolling out a hundred thousand [scams]. If one per cent respond - or less than one per cent! - they’re still

making money,” she says.

“Fraudsters will only do what works . . . they have no conscience.”

Larouche Ellard says there are things to look for: typos, poor grammar, incorrect or odd referencing of a person. Generally, if it seems strange, it is probably a scam. To be sure, bring it in to the Credit Union, contact the police - do whatever it takes to protect yourself and your money. If it is legit, the added

Manitoban pop group ‘Sweet Alibi’ at the Majestic, March 22 You will be musically swept away by pop trio Sweet Alibi this Thursday, March 22 as the Biggar Arts Council presents their sixth show of the season.

Hailing from what has been described as the music capital of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba’s WCMA award winners Sweet Alibi (Jess Rae Ayre, Amber Rose and Michelle Anderson) have captivated audiences since 2009 with their charming and personal performances.

With three releases, over 360 shows across Canada, 33 plus festival performances, numerous radio performances and interviews, Sweet Alibi is fast becoming a well-known Roots/Pop group.

Tom Power of CBC Radio 2 describes Sweet Alibi as this, “If Mumford and Sons and the Supremes had a love child it would be named Sweet Alibi.” A fitting characterization for a group that blends soulful and powerful vocal harmonies with the sincerity of folk and the foot stomping energy of roots.

Sweet Alibis’ career began with their first release in 2011, self-titled and produced by Mitch Dorge (Crash Test Dummies) which sent them on their first tour across Canada. With local and college radio play, Sweet Alibi fans demanded a second album.

In 2013 Sweet Alibi teamed with producer Rusty Matyas (Imaginary Cities) together they created their

second album “We’ve Got To”. Inspired by a very tumultuous year, We’ve Got To, reflects the personal woes of the group and the title track “I’ll Wait” hit the heartstrings of many listeners. The song reveals the struggles of cancer and battling death, of which many can relate.

“We’ve Got To” garnered national accolades, awards and major radio airplay, reaching no. 5 on CBC Radio 2’s chart.

“Walking In The Dark”, released in November 2015, is a wonderful follow up to “We’ve Got To”. The album touches on the subjects of love, death and addiction. It features the two lead vocals of Jess Rae Ayre and Amber Rose.

Alongside Jess, and Amber’s songful framework, when you add the vocal harmony, banjo and guitar talents of Michelle Anderson, you end up with the unmistakable sound that has left audiences adoring this Winnipeg group, as they’ve relentlessly toured North America over the last several years .

Sweet Alibi hits the Majestic Theatre, March 22, show time at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available from de Moissac Jewellers.

to familiar and new faces. Block’s whirlwind tour made her stop at Weasie’s and continued on a busy schedule of further stops. (Independent Photo Kevin Brautigam)

attention and diligence will be understandable to legitimate organizations or government departments.

“You can give anything 24 hours. Sleep on it. Go and talk to somebody, a relative, a financial institution - doesn’t have to be us, but we welcome coming in whether they are our members or not. Talk to the RCMP. [Scams] impacts our whole community. Yes, it may be embarrassing to ask. It’s a whole lot worse if something has happened to you.

“There is no harm in

just asking,” Larouche Ellard stresses.

If it’s too good to be true - or too bad to be true - then it probably is. Trust your instincts, then back it up with solid information from your bank or police.

“We encourage people to just stop, take a breath, and get some advice,” Larouche Ellard encourages.

An “Identity Theft and Fraud Prevention” session will be held April 10 at the Lionel Jones Library at the Town Office from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

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Letter to the Editor …

Dear Editor: I commend Constables Colin and Greg for a fine job speaking to the crowd that gathered at the town hall meeting last night, March 5.

It was very informative with charts, graphs, stories, advice proving what we knew anyway -- that the RCMP are an amazing team doing a fine job (in spite of having to play that time-consuming game of “catch and release”).

Because they can’t be everywhere at once, they advised us to avoid confrontation if possible. My take was that we’re not to even shoot in the air unless we’ve been shot at first.

I would have got a failing grade for my action last August, 2016. I came home just before dark and the dog was telling me something was in the trees and I saw a man dressed in black, hood, balaclava, and rifle.

I ran to the house and called the cops. I smelled marijuana outside the kitchen window which told me he planned to get a clear shot through the window later that night. I got out my Winchester and headed out to find him in the trees. It’s dark now, but I could hear him.

I was determined to hold him till the police arrived, which they did,

five hours later. But they didn’t even arrest him, they just did a report, walked towards the trees, then left.

I asked to borrow a vest but, they didn’t have one.

I didn’t feel safe in the house and my wife wasn’t home at the time, so I spent the night out in the trees, rifle aimed where I thought he was. I was waiting for him to shoot first, then I’d know exactly where to shoot, but fortunately no shots were fired, the sun was breaking and I went home.

Not so long ago it was a legal and moral obligation for a man to keep a gun handy to protect his home, family and village. Horse thieves would hang at high noon. But thieves are the least of our worries. Many, knowing history repeats itself, know there is a much darker and sinister reason coming, that we may need to be armed. I liked the bumper sticker that says . . . “God, Guns and Guts made America-free -- We Need Them Again”.

There is an old saying, “for evil to prevail . . . good men need do nothing.”

Perhaps PM Justin was right . . . “we can and must do better.” (See NFA. ca) Ross Hingston, Landis, Sask.

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Four ways Canada can own the artificial intelligence century

by Danielle Goldfarb, Senior Fellow, Global Commerce Centre and Candice Faktor, Founder, Faktory Ventures In January 2018, both Microsoft’s and Alibaba’s deep-learning software did better than humans on reading and comprehension tests, opening the door to artificial intelligence (AI) based customer service, medical inquiries, and many other applications. Research and investments in AI have exploded globally in the past year and this is just one example.

Canada is at the forefront of these developments. Canada pioneered research in neural networks and has the world’s third largest AI talent pool, according to consultancy Element AI. The pace of AI development is fast. And, the global potential is huge and growing rapidly, estimated at $US2.4 billion in 2017, close to double what it was in 2016. Now is the time for Canada to advance its AI technologies and businesses in global markets.

Canada is a relatively small, open

economy with social and economic stability. Canada can build on its foundational AI research to lead the development of AI best practises that advance economic and social interests.

Here are four ways Canada can and is advancing responsible AI development: 1. Develop locally, think globally The image of Canada as mainly producing commodities and manufactured goods is out of date. Canada is actively attracting and developing cutting edge AI, blockchain, and quantum machine learning technologies and quickly becoming a leading hub for scientific talent. New institutions are supporting them, such as the Vector Institute, the Creative Destruction Lab, and Canada. ai. Canadian-grown startups are tapping into global opportunities in the U.S. and Europe, as well as those in developing markets that are investing hugely in AI—such as China. Canadian AI companies are already gaining from selling into these markets.

international AI policies, leveraging its position as a respected promoter of rules, stability and openness. By being at the global table, Canada has a chance to advance AI policies that improve living standards, promote inclusivity, and advocate for transparent data collection and unbiased algorithms.

4. Welcome people, ideas, capital, and trade As the U.S. threatens to turn increasingly inwards, Canada is open to entrepreneurs, individuals, technologies, and investments from outside our borders. Canada has a window to attract talent, companies and and foreign investment across a range of AI verticals.

Canada has a unique opportunity to leverage its AI moment globally to shape AI’s future.

Danielle Goldfarb is a Senior Fellow at The Conference Board of Canada. Candice Faktor runs Faktory Ventures, a seed stage microfund investing in exponential technologies like AI and the blockchain.

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2. Address fears head-on Studies show that AI and new technologies will lead to job losses, though no analysis agrees on how widespread these will be. What is clear is that the phenomenal pace of change will be very disruptive and the benefits of these new technologies will not automatically be shared broadly. Rather than protecting Canadians from technological change, governments, businesses, and educators should actively prepare citizens across all industries to learn how to leverage technology’s benefits rather than fear them. Sweden has adopted one approach putting in place policies that do not protect certain types of jobs, but instead protect and invest in workers to leverage these technologies.

3. Shape the rules for the global AI economy China has ambitious plans to be the world’s AI leader by 2030 and the U.S. and Russia have also embraced these technologies. Canada can advance leading-edge domestic and

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JR shooting had everyone talking It was in March of 1980 that the season finale of Dallas aired. At the end of this famous episode one of the characters was shot and the viewers were left scratching their heads and asking who did it until the next season opener in September.

Yes, it’s the famous “Who shot J.R.?” episode.

The final scene has J.R. Ewing hearing a noise outside his office.

He walks out to look and is shot twice. Viewers did not see the assailant (of course).

Between the months of March to September CBS created a public relations campaign that promoted the series and built up the speculation. J.R. was not the most beloved character and there were a number of suspects -- Sue Ellen (the wife); Kristin (the mistress); Dusty Farlow (Sue Ellen’s lover); Bobby (J.R.’s brother); Cliff Barnes (business rival).

Thus, began the marketing campaign of the

century. T-shirts printed with “Who Shot J.R.?” and “I Shot J.R.” flew off the store shelves. There were contests in other media.

Even politicians got into the act. The year 1980 was a presidential election and Republicans distributed campaign Peggy Hasein buttons saying, “A Democrat Shot J.R.” Jimmy Carter, on the other hand, joked that he would have no problem financing his campaign if only he knew who shot J.R. Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother was a big fan. She even tried to pry out of Larry Hagman (J.R. Ewing) who did it but Hagman had to admit he didn’t know.

When Hagman appeared at the Royal Ascot many in the crowd yelled, “J.R., J.R.” Odds makers had a heyday taking bets as to which one of the suspects actually pulled the trigger. The Baron Knights, a comedy pop group, recorded a song “We

Neighbourly News

Know Who Done It.” Meanwhile the writers were busy penning the revealing episode. The opening of the show was delayed eight weeks due to contract talks with Hagman and viewers had to settle for reruns of Dallas. Finally, production began but the sneaky writers had a surprise up their sleeve. Several endings were shot so not even the stars themselves knew who really shot J.R. The Who Done It episode was the highest rated television episode in U. S. history with 83 million people watching the episode, more than the number of voters in that year’s presidential election. It was rated as the Number One cliff hanger of all time with popularity stretching across the globe. The Turkish parliament suspended a session to allow legislators a chance to get home in time to view the conclusion. That was 1980. In 1983 the final episode of MASH surpassed the record.

There were a number of firsts. The success of the cliff hanger approach helped popularize the practise of ending a television season in suspense.

The episode inspired a novelty record by Gary Burbank, a radio personality. It is also credited

with helping CNN get off the ground.

Viewers had to wait for the reveal. All summer and it wasn’t until the fourth episode that the suspect was revealed.

In the end, it was Kristin Shepard, Sue Ellen’s sister and J.R.’s mistress who shot him in a fit of anger.

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TOWN OF BIGGAR, SASKATCHEWAN

PUBLIC NOTICE ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Biggar intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 15-763 known as The Zoning Bylaw.

INTENT & REASON The proposed bylaw will exempt Public Works from site development regulations in the FUD - Future Urban Development District.

PUBLIC INSPECTION Any bylaw may be inspected by any person at the Town Office in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Copies of the bylaw are available to persons at a cost of $2.00.

PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing on the 3rd day of April A.D., 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Town Office in Biggar, Saskatchewan to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw. Council will also consider written comments delivered to the undersigned at the Town Office before 12:00 noon on the 29th day of March A.D., 2018.

Issued at Biggar, Saskatchewan this 15th day of March, A.D., 2018.

Barb Barteski, Chief Administrative Officer

She stumped you all this month

March What’s It? Can she stump the public again this month? Come in and identify the two objects for our What’s It? (Photo by Delta Fay Cruickshank)

by Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery There was no winner for February What’s It. Nobody could correctly identify what our What’s It lady put out for you all to guess.

She stumped you all this month. No one went home with a bag of Biggar goodies.

So, she has removed those items and set out two more items -- will she stump you all again this month? The challenge is one -- come into the museum -- come see our new art show, our new

exhibit in the museum, check out the gift shop, play a tune on the old 1914 piano in our lobby -- everyone is always welcome. Identify this month’s What’s It and go home with a bag of Biggar goodies.

There is always something happening at the Biggar Museum and Gallery and March has been no exception. We have a new art show, Uncommon Landscapes by Sharon Olsen and Kent Tate.

Have you ever wondered what earth would sound like from space? We have videos, soundtracks and paintings for you to see here in the Credit Union Gallery.

There has been some confusion to the public, and we apologize for this confusion. When I write about the Credit Union Gallery, I mean here in the museum. The room where we have the art, Christmas Magic and Valentine’s Tea and Pie Sale, etcetera. We call it the Credit Union Gallery because the Biggar and District Credit Union

sponsor us every year.

The art that is hanging in the Biggar and District Credit Union this month is Cindy Hoppe’s work.

You can see her art in the halls, community room and back wall of the Credit Union. She is so talented, she “paints” with her sewing machine, using dyes for the fabric of her landscapes, she captures the landscape around here so well.

We have had our Annual General Meeting. Our Chairperson of the Board and Executive Director wrote messages to the public and to the board.

I am sharing these messages with you now:

by Marie-Helene Debert, chair of the Biggar Museum and Gallery Another year has gone by and we are proud to say that we continue to enjoy growth and success at the Biggar Museum and Gallery.

The harmony and the dedication of our hard working Board, our faithful volunteers and our knowledgeable staff keep Continued on page 15

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ANNUAL INFORMATION MEETING Perdue Rec Complex Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Supper at 6:00 pm, meeting to follow

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Biggar Community Hall Wednesday, March 21, 2018

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The Builder

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“I’m not sure who the first person was who said, “Busy people are happy people.”

But, if their philosophy is correct, Y.T. must have spent most of his life laughing.

If I remember right even when we were young (like every other young people) we were always building something. Not great big important stuff, mind you, but little things that we were interested in.

Like many other young people, we built fine tree houses out in Dad’s huge shelterbelt (and even fell out of some of them).

We tied old ropes (which sometimes broke) from branch to branch and pretended we were “Tarzan of the Apes”. (Jane didn’t show up for a few years yet).

We helped Dad and Bill build a big poplar pole structure, which they threshed with a strawpile into in order to make a home for our many hogs.

Work, work, work, work.

We built little model towns, roads, corrals and small airfields out in the trees north of the house, and stocked them with trucks, boats and airplanes that we had carved from the dry, straight

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stove wood.

As the old farm yard is now a large gravel pit, I imagine that all those things are under a huge pile of earth. (A hundred years from now, some archaeological type will dig them up and wonder what that ancient civilization of 1928 used them for).

We didn’t have much money, that’s true enough, but we sure had a lot of imagination about building. But those bad years of The Depression brought an end to all that boyhood stuff.

Yours Truly was never up on all that technical architectural approach anyway, and during those few years after the “crash” of 1929, figured that 10 storey buildings were built for CEOs to jump out of.

In 1936, trying to get away from this desperation of things, we moved south across the river to a fine farm community north of Tessier where, up until that time, things had been pretty good.

Yet, everything had a place, and everything was where it should be -- and there wasn’t very much for ust to do.

The year 1937 (historically the worst one of them all) was just ahead though, and while the economy of the whole prairies had been gauged to good times, almost everybody had to put up with complete crop failures. And adjust what we did. Aha something to do.

First of all we fashioned some scrap wooden eavestroughs onto the big stable so we could funnel what raid did fall out onto the parched garden.

Dad cut some metal

straps from an old bed that we had, bolted them behind the cutter bar of the five foot mower and drove his team of horses up and down the fields leaving piles of Russian thistle here and there.

We put up dozens of rackloads of the stuff, and built them in huge long stacks and fed them to our animals to try and keep them alive.

Even at that, we sold most of our cattle to eastern buyers for about 1¢ per pound. Bill went to Manitoba to help them harvest some, while Walt and Y.T. worked for $5 per month.

We didn’t make much money, that’s true but here seventy some years later Y.T. remembers those machines that we built.

When Walt and Y.T. went overseas during WWII, Bill rigged up the old “Holt” pull type combine so that he could operate it from the tractor. And when we got home and settled down a bit, started building places of our own, almost like we had never stopped.

We got a bit of ground through the VLA (Veterans Land ACt), renovated some old buildings, dug wells and fixed up around the place, always interested in putting things together, even a sod henhouse.

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Then polio.

It took a few years of doing nothing (what an ambition), we moved up near Perdue and somehow Y.T. got his health back.

Then we started building all over again.

We planned, dug a basement, laid concrete blocks, poured cement and with the help of famBob Mason ily and friends finally established our home (Pt NE 31, 35, 11 W3rd).

Despite their name, Mason people have never been noted as great engineers (maybe at “making do” but not as professional planning types).

When Tracy and Y.T. poured the foundation for our shop we used a water filled garden hose to level it, and old railroad ties set in concrete for door posts. We spliced a lot of scrap 2x4s for the frame, scrounged some shingles for the roof, painted some siding left over from the house and ended up with a fine looking garage, now what?

We used that fine heated garage to start a couple of hobbies. We built a few small wooden boats, cut up a lot of cans to make tin flowers and got a little bored. Then Eureka.

We had salvaged a whole bunch of 14 foot, knot free joists, cut a few hundred pieces from them (on Jim’s radial arm saw) and built a big gazebo for our back lawn.

Then just about the time Y.T. was “hitting his stride” (building wise), his family convinced him that he was to “old” (a three letter swear word) to climb ladders and change storm windows anymore, bought him a set of nice golf clubs and said, “go to it.”

Hopefully Y.T.’s constructing career isn’t over yet although his chances of building a reputation as a great golfer aren’t that good either.

After he hung up his hammer, he has tried scribbling a bit, but it’s anybody’s guess how successful he’ll be building a reputation at that either.

“If at first you don’t succeed . . . “

Erixon rewarded with Redlick Memorial . . .

Biggar Minor Hockey player, Tysen Erixon accepts the Ernie Redlick Memorial Award from Daryle Redlick. The honour is handed out annually to a Novice Division player who is selected as the most underrated with dedication to their team. Congratulations Tyson! (Photo for The Independent by Jocelyn Redlick)

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The Builder

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“I’m not sure who the first person was who said, “Busy people are happy people.”

But, if their philosophy is correct, Y.T. must have spent most of his life laughing.

If I remember right even when we were young (like every other young people) we were always building something. Not great big important stuff, mind you, but little things that we were interested in.

Like many other young people, we built fine tree houses out in Dad’s huge shelterbelt (and even fell out of some of them).

We tied old ropes (which sometimes broke) from branch to branch and pretended we were “Tarzan of the Apes”. (Jane didn’t show up for a few years yet).

We helped Dad and Bill build a big poplar pole structure, which they threshed with a strawpile into in order to make a home for our many hogs.

Work, work, work, work.

We built little model towns, roads, corrals and small airfields out in the trees north of the house, and stocked them with trucks, boats and airplanes that we had carved from the dry, straight

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stove wood.

As the old farm yard is now a large gravel pit, I imagine that all those things are under a huge pile of earth. (A hundred years from now, some archaeological type will dig them up and wonder what that ancient civilization of 1928 used them for).

We didn’t have much money, that’s true enough, but we sure had a lot of imagination about building. But those bad years of The Depression brought an end to all that boyhood stuff.

Yours Truly was never up on all that technical architectural approach anyway, and during those few years after the “crash” of 1929, figured that 10 storey buildings were built for CEOs to jump out of.

In 1936, trying to get away from this desperation of things, we moved south across the river to a fine farm community north of Tessier where, up until that time, things had been pretty good.

Yet, everything had a place, and everything was where it should be -- and there wasn’t very much for ust to do.

The year 1937 (historically the worst one of them all) was just ahead though, and while the economy of the whole prairies had been gauged to good times, almost everybody had to put up with complete crop failures. And adjust what we did. Aha something to do.

First of all we fashioned some scrap wooden eavestroughs onto the big stable so we could funnel what raid did fall out onto the parched garden.

Dad cut some metal

straps from an old bed that we had, bolted them behind the cutter bar of the five foot mower and drove his team of horses up and down the fields leaving piles of Russian thistle here and there.

We put up dozens of rackloads of the stuff, and built them in huge long stacks and fed them to our animals to try and keep them alive.

Even at that, we sold most of our cattle to eastern buyers for about 1¢ per pound. Bill went to Manitoba to help them harvest some, while Walt and Y.T. worked for $5 per month.

We didn’t make much money, that’s true but here seventy some years later Y.T. remembers those machines that we built.

When Walt and Y.T. went overseas during WWII, Bill rigged up the old “Holt” pull type combine so that he could operate it from the tractor. And when we got home and settled down a bit, started building places of our own, almost like we had never stopped.

We got a bit of ground through the VLA (Veterans Land ACt), renovated some old buildings, dug wells and fixed up around the place, always interested in putting things together, even a sod henhouse.

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Then polio.

It took a few years of doing nothing (what an ambition), we moved up near Perdue and somehow Y.T. got his health back.

Then we started building all over again.

We planned, dug a basement, laid concrete blocks, poured cement and with the help of famBob Mason ily and friends finally established our home (Pt NE 31, 35, 11 W3rd).

Despite their name, Mason people have never been noted as great engineers (maybe at “making do” but not as professional planning types).

When Tracy and Y.T. poured the foundation for our shop we used a water filled garden hose to level it, and old railroad ties set in concrete for door posts. We spliced a lot of scrap 2x4s for the frame, scrounged some shingles for the roof, painted some siding left over from the house and ended up with a fine looking garage, now what?

We used that fine heated garage to start a couple of hobbies. We built a few small wooden boats, cut up a lot of cans to make tin flowers and got a little bored. Then Eureka.

We had salvaged a whole bunch of 14 foot, knot free joists, cut a few hundred pieces from them (on Jim’s radial arm saw) and built a big gazebo for our back lawn.

Then just about the time Y.T. was “hitting his stride” (building wise), his family convinced him that he was to “old” (a three letter swear word) to climb ladders and change storm windows anymore, bought him a set of nice golf clubs and said, “go to it.”

Hopefully Y.T.’s constructing career isn’t over yet although his chances of building a reputation as a great golfer aren’t that good either.

After he hung up his hammer, he has tried scribbling a bit, but it’s anybody’s guess how successful he’ll be building a reputation at that either.

“If at first you don’t succeed . . . “

Erixon rewarded with Redlick Memorial . . .

Biggar Minor Hockey player, Tysen Erixon accepts the Ernie Redlick Memorial Award from Daryle Redlick. The honour is handed out annually to a Novice Division player who is selected as the most underrated with dedication to their team. Congratulations Tyson! (Photo for The Independent by Jocelyn Redlick)

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THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2018

Spring spotlight on Ohtani, Angels

Avian head banger . . . A yellow crested woodpecker gets to work earlier this week, looking for meal.

Spring may be around the corner and the feathered residents are once again, making their appearance.

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

a pitcher-slugger to perform in the Major Leagues since Ruth did it for a couple of seasons (1918-19) before some wise judge of talent decided Ruth would be better off as a full time slugger.

Turned out to be a good decision.

So here we are, about 100 years later, and Ohtani is a Japances phenom who rewarded the Los Angeles Angels with his signature on a contract and this spring has been a full blown Phtani circus in suburban Phoenix.

No one yet knows whether Ohtani can suceed as a potential 20-game winner/30homer guy, but the Angels will give him at least one season to try.

One of the demands the Ohtani management team made of MLB suitos was that he be given a chance to do both.

So, for the time being, Ohtani will be one of rive in the Angels starting rotation and will serve as designated hitter in perhaps three of the four games between his

pitching starts. The baseball world watches and awaits the results.

The jury was still out after the two weeks of spring training. Ohtani was batting .091 (1-for11) and his pitching stats were equally lame (1-1, 6.75 ERA) but the sample sizes were too small to matter. (By comparison, his superstar teammates, Albert Pujols and Mike Trout, were battting .167 and .071 at the same juncture.)

At age 23, Ohtani has the goods, scouts say, to succeed both on the mound and at the plate.

A variety of variables exist, though. Japances baseball is not quite as good as the MLB. Ohtani will not only have to contend with the best major league pitching has to offer, but also unprecedented media attention.

An army of Japanese journalists and broadcast teams will be following his every move and if he thinks Hollywood is Sleepytown, U.S.A., he’s in for a rude awakening. Just wait until April 27-29, when Aaron Judge, Giancarlo Stanton

and the Yankees arrive in Anaheim for a threegame set.

Now that will be mustsee TV. Continued on page 12

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY E-Kay Enterprises Ltd., Biggar, Sask. is accepting applications for a

BOOKKEEPER/PAYROLL ADMINISTRATOR. PART-TIME, 15-25 HOURS PER WEEK DUTIES will include: •Answering phones and taking messages as necessary •Processing payroll for all employees, processing and submitting all payroll remittances, track and manage employee benefit billing •Entering accounts payable invoices, reconciling AP statements from vendors, preparing AP payments as necessary.

•Daily invoicing, receiving payments, recording deposits, bank reconciliation, processing customer month-end statements.

•Entering journal entries, assisting with year-end inventory adjustments and preparation for year-end financial adjustments.

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES: •Must have prior experience with Intuit QuickBooks. A proficiency is an advantage and an asset.

•Prior knowledge of the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel experience.

•Must have full cycle accounting experience/knowledge.

Candidates must be detail orientated, demonstrate good math skills, be a team player, and demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills.

Please email a resume to accounting@e-kay.ca or phone 306-948-2544 and speak to Joan or Dakota.

Only those candidate who meet the requirements will be contacted for an interview.

MEMORIAMS Currently accepting applications for CROP HAIL ADJUSTERS for the 2018 hail season.

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Employers have work-at-home positions available. Get online training you need from an employertrusted program.

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ANNOUNCEMENT FARM STRESS LINE IF YOU ARE EXPERIENCING SYMPTOMS OF STRESS, THE FARM STRESS LINE IS AVAILABLE 24/7 AT

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We are currently looking to add both Owner Operators and Company Class 1 Drivers to help service our expanded customer base hauling bulk liquid products throughout MB, SK, AB and the Northern United States.

We offer dedicated dispatch, well maintained equipment, on-site wash + service facility with qualified technicians, in house training, and a very competitive compensation package.

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Contact our Recruiting Dept for more informantion or to submit your resume: Phone: 204.571.0187 Email: recruiting@renaissancetrans.ca Fax: 204.727.6651 Or submit an online application @ www.renaissancetrans.ca

MEMORIAMS LONG, Jason: In loving memory of a special nephew who passed away March 1985.

“God knew that he was suffering, That the hills were hard to climb, So He closed his weary eyelids And whispered Peace be thine.

Away in the beautiful hills of God, By the valley of rest so fair, Some time, some day, we know not when, We will meet our loved one there.”

Lovingly remembered by aunts and uncles 11p1

KURBIS, Adolf: In loving memory, who passed away March 1976.

“We often sit and think of him when we are all alone.

For memory is the only friend that grief can call its own; Like ivy on the withered oak, when all other things decay, Our love for him will still keep green and never fade away.”

Lovingly remembered by Jan and rest of family 11p1 KURBIS, Adolf: In loving memory of a special Dad who passed away March 1976 “Peacefully sleeping, resting at last, The world’s weary troubles and trials are past, In silence he suffered, in patience he bore, Till God called him home to suffer no more.”

Lovingly remembered by son, Elmer 11p1

OBITUARIES Leo Michael VETTER February 16, 1957 - February 23, 2018 It is with great sorrow that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved son and brother, Leo Michael Vetter, at his home in Landis, Saskatchewan at the age of 61 years.

Leo is survived by his mother, Regina; his siblings, Elaine, Patrick (Cynthia), Daniel, Joseph, Joan, William, Leonard, and Christine; his nieces and nephews, Sarah, Tyler, Samantha, James, Blaise, Daniel, Alex, Eva and Ariella; and great-niece, Chloe.

He was predeceased by his father, Balzar Vetter; sister-in-law, Sherry Vetter, brother-in-law, Richard Marcotte; and niece, Ashley Hagley.

Leo was the eldest of nine children, born and raised in the farming community of Denzil, Sask. He worked in Saskatchewan elevators all of his career, going where ever he was needed and making many friends along the way. He finally settled in Landis several years ago.

Leo was a quiet man but did love to tell stories to anyone who would listen.

His favourite thing to do was spend time with his family, especially his nieces and nephews, whom he doted on and was so proud of, “I wouldn’t trade them for the world”, he would say. Leo was always a dependable help to the whole family, whether it was a household repair for Mom or helping on the farm, we all knew we could count on him.

Psalm 34:18… “The Lord is close to the broken-hearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.”

Donations may be made to the Heart & Stroke Foundation, 279 - 3rd Ave. North, Saskatoon, SK, S7K 2H8 or Kinsmen Telemiracle, 2217C Hanselman Court, Saskatoon, SK, S7L 6A8 11p1

Coming FRIDAYS until MAR. 23: Last five Fridays in Lent, Interdenominational services at 12:05 p.m. followed by lunch at Biggar New Horizons. Sponsored by Biggar and District Ministerial. Everyone Welcome.

7c6 WEDNESDAYS, MARCH 28: 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s Anglican Church… PALS Lenten Services, Private Confession and Absolution, and Silent Prayer in the Sanctuary. (No service on March 21.)

8c4 THURSDAY, MARCH 22: Biggar & District Arts Council presents…

“SWEET ALIBI”, 7:30 p.m., The Majestic Theatre, Biggar Adults/Seniors $25 (advance $20); Students, 13 and older, $15 (advance $12); children 12 and under, $5. Advance tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar, 306-9482452 or online www.ticketpro.ca 7c6

Coming FRIDAY, MARCH 23: 7:30 p.m., SATURDAY, MARCH 24: 2:00 & 7:30 p.m.; SUNDAY, MARCH 25: 2:00 p.m.…

New Creation Community Players presents “The New Mel Brooks Musical, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN” at Biggar Majestic Theatre. Reserved seating tickets on Sale at The Biggar Independent, 122 Main Street, Biggar or phone 306-948-3344. $20 per person, Visa and M/C accepted. Warning: Suggestive Themes, Adult Content and Language.

5c8 SUNDAY, MARCH 25: Northwest Regional 4H Speeches, 1:00 p.m. at Perdue Recreation Complex 11c2 MONDAY, MARCH 26: Annual Meeting of the Biggar & District Community Foundation at 5 p.m. at the Biggar Town Office. The report of the auditor will be presented and remarks from the Board of Directors. All interested persons are invited to attend.

10c3 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28: starting at noon, Biggar New Horizons Easter Bake Sale at Pharmasave. Donations of baking gratefully accepted.

10c3 FRIDAY, APRIL 6: 7:00 p.m., Biggar Associated Gospel Church, presents…

“Gus Olsthoorn” of Creation Ministries International. For more info, 306948-3424. It’s Youth night but ALL are welcome!

11c4 THURSDAY, APRIL 12: Biggar & District Arts Council presents… “Comedy in Motion with BOB CATES”, 7:30 p.m., The Majestic Theatre, Biggar Adults/Seniors $25 (advance $20); Students, 13 and older, $15 (advance $12); children 12 and under, $5. Advance tickets available at de Moissac OR ALE Jewellers, Biggar, 306-948-2452 or Advertisements online www.tick- and statements etpro.ca contained here10c6 in are the sole responsibility of UCTIONS the persons or Coin Collectors entities that post Auction Sat., the advertisement, March 17th 10 and the SaskatchWeekly am, Legion Hall, ewan Newspaper Asso197 Company Ave, ciation and memFort Qu’appelle, SK. Provincial and bership do not Canadian Coins, make any warranty 1948 Silver Dollar, as to the accuraProof Like Sets, cy, completeness, or Shinplasters, one truthfulness reliability of such to one thousand dollar bills, 450 advertisements. items, Complete For greater inforlisting www.dou- mation on adverbleRauctions.net, tising conditions, consult Robert 306-795- please the Association’s 7387 PL#334142 Blanket Advertising Conditions www.biggarindeon our website at pendent.ca www.swna.com.

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‌ Spring spotlight on Ohtani, Angels, cont. from pg 9

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Sunday Worship • 10:50 a.m.

CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE Pastor Doug Motz, Church office phone, 306-948-3424

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SUN. MARCH 18‌ GUEST MINISTER, AURORA COULTHARD SUNDAY SCHOOL ON FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Church office phone, 306-948-2280

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For Major League Baseball, though, the Ohtani pehnomenon is a grand slam. The sport has never received this much spring training attention, a spotlight that will carry on through most of the summer as baseball fans watch closely to see if the second coming of Babe Ruth emerges from the Ohtani uniform. • Steve Simmons of Postmedia: “You’re Jason Botterill. You dream your whole life about getting a GM job in the NHL. You get one. And then you wake up and realize you’ve got the Buffalo Sabres.â€? • RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Winnipeg Jets foward Nikolaj Ehlers told TSN: ‘It always feels good scroing.’ ‘We’ll take your word for it,’ said the Buffalo Sabres.â€? • Comic Torben Rolfsen, on the PGA’s U.S. Open switching from an 18-hole playoff to a two-hole playoff: “If they’re still tied after that, they’ll settle it with a long-drive competition.â€? • Reader Peter Zeller of Delmar, N.Y., with a question to columnist Norman Chad of the Washington Post: “Is it true taht the president will invite people from Norway to move to America to improve our Olympic medal count?â€? • Brad Rock of the Desert News: “NFL commissioner Roger Goodell allegedly ran a 5.41 int he 40 to raise funds for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Sources insist it had nothing to do with Goodell hustling to avoid Jerry Jones in the hall.â€? • Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Texas Wesleyan baseball coach Mike Jeffcoat nixed a recruit from Colorado becasue that state’s ‘liberal politicians’ legalize marijuana use, so the school fired him. Or as eye-for-eye advocates prefer to frame it, he weeded himself out.â€? • Comedy writier Jerry Perisho, on this year’s Oscars telecast: “Michael Strahan is to red carpet interviews what Ryan Seacrest is to rushing the quarterback.â€? • Dwight Perry again: “Nearly every passenger vomited on a turbulent flight from Charlottesville, VA, to Washington, D.C. That’s what they get for making the Browns’ 2017 highlight video the in-flight mocie.â€? • NBC’s Jimmy Fallon, on the U.S. gold-meal

Leaning into it . . . Nathan Hawkins presses in, making a pass, March 7 as the Biggar Senior Blazers hosted the Wilkie Broncs. The Green and Gold rolled on to a 44-36 win. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam) women’s hockey team visiting his show: “They’ll be out in a few minutes, but until then, they’re downsatirs in the 30 Rock ice rink slamming tourists into the boards.â€? • Comedy writer Tim Hunter, after the Cavaliers suspended J.R. Smith for throwing a bowl of soup at a coach: “They told him

it was MMM-MMM-bad.â€? • RJ Currie finishes with a zinger: “The Canadian men’s and women’s curling teams failed to win an Olympic medal.

Move over Justin Bieber, Canada has a new national embarrassment.�

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Museum news Continued from page 5

us current, interesting and visible in the community.

The majority of our fund raisers have been running in excess of 10 years.

Each event, like Christmas Magic and the Valentine Pie Tea for example, should have run their course by now. Instead, we find the community not only supporting these events, but becoming engaged in and looking forward to them. We could not be more appreciative.

Our executive director and office manager keep us current by actively involving the museum on social media, taking many of the online courses offered by MAS, creating imaginative programs for school tours. Both teachers and students leave the museum energized, educated and happy.

Educating our work education students, summer students and volunteer students is also a part of the job. Delta Fay has achieved this in spades by making these young

people feel challenged and validated. They will be the future of the museum, as she is fond of saying.

The Gallery at the BMG has many purposes that benefit us greatly. Besides displaying art of professionals and amateurs, welcoming the public to tea parties or recognition celebrations, it is also rented out. By renting the space, we not only increase our income, we also give people who may never otherwise come to the museum, an opportunity to see what we have to offer.

The Board of Directors would be happy to invite new members. Fresh ideas and new friend are always welcome. Join us, and you will soon be as proud as we are of the extraordinary Biggar Museum and Gallery.

by Delta Fay Cruickshank, Executive Director Biggar Museum and Gallery The Vision Statement for the Biggar Museum and Gallery is “Bringing

Biggar to the World”.

The year 2017 was the year to really bring Biggar to the World. We have embarked on two projects.

One is the continuing of digitizing our photo inventory. Our collection is now available to anyone in the world from the SCAA web site. The other project is to input our artifact collection on the saskmuseums.org database.

We hired on contract, a student, Rachel Diehl, to do the inputting. A grant from the Biggar and District Community Foundation will ensure another year of doing the inputting and hiring another student.

In 2017, it was Canada’s 150 Year Celebration, and the Biggar Museum participated in the celebrations enjoyed by the community. With a grant from the Young Canada Workers Building Careers in Heritage, we were able to hire Lauren de Bussac.

It was her task to create a timeline depicting 150 years in Biggar’s history.

Three hundred and thirtysix people signed the book after viewing this exhibit.

A book of all the information was also published, in a limited edition, and we sold out.

Our Culture Day event, “The Many Faces of Biggar” had eight countries being represented. People who came from these countries to make Biggar their home manned these tables and shared culture, stories and food from their home countries. A grant from Culture Days, SaskCulture made this popular event possible.

Our success is due to the combination of many things. The generosity from the various granting bodies, a dedicated staff and a Board who will roll up their shirt sleeves and participate in our fund raising events. The Biggar Museum and Gallery understands that we are here not only to preserve the history of Biggar, but also a service to our

community. The support received is indicative of the community’s appreciation.

Would you consider being a part of this team, this team that is bringing Biggar to the World?

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ASSESSMENT NOTICE FOR

TOWN OF ASQUITH Notice is hereby given that the assessment roll of the Town of Asquith for 2018 has been prepared and is open to inspection at the office of the Administrator of the municipality until the time for lodging appeals has expired, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday to Friday on the following days: March 16, 2018 to April 18, 2018 A Bylaw pursuant to section 214 of The Municipalities Act has been passed and the assessment notices have been sent as required.

Any person who wishes to appeal his/her assessment to the District Board of Revision is required to file his/her complaint(s) in the prescribed form with a $200.00 fee to: The Assessor, Town of Asquith Box 160 Asquith, Saskatchewan S0K 0J0

by April 18, 2018 Dated at Asquith, Saskatchewan, March 16, 2018.

Holly Cross, Assessor

Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority - Liquor Permit Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997 Notice is hereby given that Timothy Karchut, Cavrin Karchut and Kimberly Karchut has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Manufacturer Micro Distillery Permit to sell alcohol in premises known as Hudson Bay Distillers at NE 15-36-18-W3 Grandview (RM), SK S0K 2K0 Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

Every person filing a written objection with SLGA shall state their name, address and telephone number in printed form, as well as the grounds for the objection(s).

Petitions must name a contact person, state grounds and be legible. Each signatory to the petition and the contact person must provide an address and telephone number.

Frivolous, vexatious or competition based objections within the beverage alcohol industry may not be considered, and may be rejected by the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Licensing Commission, who may refuse to hold a hearing.

Looking for the pass . . . Biggar Senior Blazer, McKenna Mair looks around a Wilkie Bronc to make the pass, March 7. The Blazers took a solid 49-38 win over the visiting Broncs. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 Regina, SK S4P 3M3 Pursuant to Section 62 of The Alcohol and Gaming Authority

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by Joanne Kral Eight inches of snow did not deter our intrepid Kaiser players. Eight of them showed up on Monday, March 5.

At the close of play, Ann Muc was declared first place winner with Marie Roesch coming second, and Pat Turner, third. Reg Turner came

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New Horizons report fourth. He and Ken Pearce had the highest scoring game of the day.

There was a single carpet in play for carpet bowling on Tuesday, March 6. At the close of play Emily Liska, Gail Herzberg and Agnes Small defeated the team of Pat Turner, Marie Roesch and Dinah Kegler

to claim this week’s bragging rights.

Wednesday evening Kaiser saw two tables in play on March 7. Linda Vermette claimed first place honours, while Pat Tuner was second, and Reg Turner, third.

When the board of directors arrived the morning of Thursday,

March 8, they found that the parking lot at the back had been cleared by a kindly volunteer.

During the meeting Gail Herzberg and Pat Turner volunteered to go to the senior apartments on April 3 to sell the yearly membership. The activity committee set the date for the annual Spring

Fling card party for Friday, April 20. They will be sending invitations to senior clubs in the area to join them at that time.

The Thursday afternoon bingo was well attended with Ann Muc calling and Marlene Flasch and Dinah Kegler looking after the cash and the floor. Pat Turn-

er’s had a lucky week, winning both the half and half and the blackout as well as placing in both Kaiser tourneys.

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