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Soon, a landmark day . . . St. Gabriel School student, Levi Barber cuts a pose last Friday for photographer, Jocelyn Redlick. Sporting the gown and mortar board and some dignified new specs, Levi and his fellow kindergarten classmates are eagerly awaiting that magical grad day!

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Juggling showman, Bob Cates, brought his “Comedy In Motion� show to the Biggar Majestic Theatre, April 12, treating the audience to gravity-defying feats blended with a wry humour, chased down with smoke, lights and crowd interaction. Cates was a highlight to the Biggar and District Arts Council concert season. No doubt many went home with smiles and perhaps, a sense of wonder - and maybe a few broken household items as we all tried our hand at juggling!

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Celtic-rock coming to Biggar for final Arts Council show Fearless front-woman Derina Harvey leads this Alberta-based Celtic-rock act for the final show of the Biggar and District Arts Council concert season, April 28.

The Derina Harvey Band offers an authentic eastcoast experience with a fresh take on traditional tunes as well as their own original jigs and reels.

Their rocky, rhythmic undertow is layered with guitars, fiddle, and topped

by Derina’s powerful voice. These transplanted east-coasters have earned a reputation with their high-energy live show, leaving many an audience out-of-breath and hollering from their seats!

Last year saw the group

expand their touring footprint due to several successful showcases across Western Canada in 2015 and 2016. The band’s first performance in the United States was in October, 2017, at the Arts Northwest Booking Conference in Tacoma, Washington, where they received the award for Best Showcase.

The group has logged over 120 performances in the last two years, with many of these on the performing arts and festival circuits, including tour dates in Western Canada, Newfoundland, and even the Northwest Territories. The band has been featured at George Street Festival (St. John’s) three times, opening for the

North American sold to local entrepreneur North American Lumber’s Biggar store has been sold to Dennis and Kim Martin, the company announced April 17.

The deal comes on the heals when the parent company has been trying to arrange purchase agreements to acquire the business operations of 11 North American Lumber stores in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. A recent deal with the Fastway Group was not completed this past November.

Dennis and Kim Martin will acquire the Main Street Biggar business operations and assets this May 4. North American Lumber will honour any sales, purchase orders and contracts in place before this date.

In a release, North American Lumber states that they have “proudly served the Biggar community since 1921 and is appreciative and tremendously grateful for the support we have received from the citizens of the town. We extend our bet wishes to new owners Dennis and Kim Martin in the opening of this location in Biggar, Saskatchewan.

We know they are looking forward to continuing to serve local customers from the town and surrounding area.”

Newfoundland act Shanneyganock. They have shared the stage with other east-coast favourites including Ron Hynes, Jimmy Rankin, The Irish Descendants, Pogey, and even some rock acts such as The Trews, Kim Mitchell, and Trooper.

The band has two full length recordings to their credit. Their self-titled debut album (2013) has garnered radio airplay across Canada, and their second album Rove and Go (2016) has become even more widespread, being added at over 30 stations across Canada and tracking at no. 65 on CKUA’s top-played albums for 2016. The band was also nominated for an Edmonton Music

The Derina Harvey Band hits the Biggar Majestic Theatre, April 28 for the final show of the Biggar and District Arts Council concert season. (Submitted Photo) Award in 2016 in the “Artist to Watch” category.

The Derina Harvey Band plays the Biggar Majestic

Arts Council concert season are available at de Moissac Jewellers.

2018-19 Budget Keeps Saskatchewan on track The 2018-19 Budget keeps Saskatchewan on track to return to balance next year, with major investments in health care, education, social services and infrastructure, and a steadily improving outlook over the next four years.

“Our government has a plan, and that plan is on track,” Finance Minister Donna Harpauer said last week. “One year ago, we charted a three-year course to reduce Saskatchewan’s dependency on resource revenue and balance the budget by 2019. This year’s budget keeps that plan on track by controlling government spending, making important investments in health care, education and social services, and by keeping our economy strong through investments in infrastructure and new business incentives.”

The 2018-19 Budget invests a record $5.77 billion to improve health

care for all Saskatchewan people, up nearly 2.5 per cent from last year. That includes $3.5 billion for Saskatchewan Health Authority operating funding, up nearly $72 million from total funding last year to the 12 regional authorities. At the same time, $19 million in administration costs are being saved by the amalgamation of the 12 health authorities - savings that are being reinvested in frontline services as part of the $72 million increase in operating funding.

The government will provide an additional $700,000 this year to ensure universal 100 per cent coverage of HIV drugs for Saskatchewan people, and to provide other HIV supports.

More than $520,000 is being invested in a new program to ensure that babies born in Saskatchewan hospitals are screened for hearing loss.

And $2.8 million is being

RCMP looking for suspects in Unity robbery

RCMP are looking for the men in these pictures, wanted for the theft of a debit card. (Submitted Photos)

Theatre this April 28 with show time at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets for the final show of the Biggar and District

The Unity RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying the two male suspects from a robbery this past February.

On February 1, 2018, Unity RCMP received a complaint of a side window broken out of a vehicle parked outside a residence in Unity.

A purse was stolen from the vehicle which included the victim’s debit card.

Investigation has revealed that the stolen debit card was used later that same date in North Battleford to purchase several items

from businesses totalling over $5,000.

Several video images were obtained from the businesses which showed two male suspects purchasing items with the stolen debit card.

If you have information about this or any other crime, please contact the Unity RCMP at (306) 228-6300 or you may call Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222TIPS (8477), text SaskTel at *8477, or submit a tip online at saskcrimestoppers.com.

provided to fulfill the government’s commitment to provide individualized funding for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Initial funding of $4,000 per child under the age of six will be provided this year.

“This budget also fulfills the Premier’s commitment to increase education funding by $30 million,” Harpauer said.

“This will allow school divisions to continue to support students in the classroom by maintaining or hiring up to 400 teachers and other in-school professionals.”

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“In this budget, we are continuing to invest in the priorities of Saskatchewan people - in particular, health care, education and social services,” Harpauer said. “We are able to make all of these investments in this budget with no increases to tax rates. That means all provincial tax rates, including provincial sales tax, income tax and property tax remain the same. … see Budget, pg 16

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Dropping the gloves over pipelines

by Kenneth Green, Senior Director of Natural Resource Studies at the Fraser Institute.

Kinder Morgan’s acknowledgement that doing business in Canada may not be worth the trouble represents a watershed moment in Canadian economic history Earlier this month, pipeline company Kinder Morgan announced it will suspend all “non-essential” activities and “related spending” on the federally-approved Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. In unusually clear language, Kinder Morgan explained that it can’t invest more money into a project that it can’t ensure will see completion.

Kinder Morgan chief executive officer Steven Kean said that “a company cannot litigate its way to an in-service pipeline amidst jurisdictional differences between governments” and that Kinder Morgan can’t expose shareholders to “extraordinary political risks that are completely outside of our control and that could prevent completion of the project.”

The company said that to proceed, it must reach agreement by May 31 with the various stakeholders: the British Columbia government, First Nations, municipalities, etc. Without such an agreement, Kean said it’s difficult to conceive of moving ahead with the project.

The sound of gloves hitting the ice came swiftly after the Kinder Morgan announcement.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley released a sharply-worded statement about B.C.’s continuing obstruction of the pipeline, with overt threats of economic retaliation if such tactics continues.

Federal Natural Resources Minister James Carr also issued a statement in support of the Trans Mountain expansion project, naming and shaming B.C. Premier John Horgan: “The government of Canada calls on Premier Horgan and the B.C. government to end all threats of delay to the Trans Mountain expansion.

His government’s actions stand to harm the entire Canadian economy.”

Given that both Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau have in part justified their climate policies on the basis that this pipeline will be built, the harder language is not surprising. But Horgan is not backing down, insisting that “the federal process failed to consider B.C.’s interests and the risk to our province. We joined the federal challenge, started by others, to make that point.”

The three met for a summit of sorts on Sunday. It resulted in no meaningful progress.

It’s hard (if not impossible) to see the damage that a failure on the Trans Mountain expansion would have on investor confidence in Western Canada (and the rest of Canada, for that matter). In its annual global survey of oil and gas executives, the Fraser Institute has seen steep drops in investment attractiveness in both provinces in recent years. In 2017, B.C. dropped to 76th out of 97 jurisdictions

(from 39th of 96 last year) on our index, which measures how public policies can deter oil and gas investment.

Meanwhile, Alberta – ranked 33rd overall in 2017 – is the second-lowest ranked Canadian jurisdiction after B.C. Alberta’s ranking remains far behind 2014 levels when it placed 14th globally out of 156 jurisdictions. What investor, looking at the train-wreck failure of recent pipeline regulatory processes in Canada, would put their dollars down on Canada when only a few hundred kilometres to the south there are vastly more profitable (and vastly more predictable) investment opportunities.

In the 2017 oil and gas survey, six of

can inspire the confidence they need to come to Canada (or stay in Canada) to help develop our natural resources and get them to world markets that command higher prices.

Both the province of Alberta and the federal government have made the right pronouncements.

Now it’s imperative that Ottawa back up those words with deeds.

Nationalizing the Trans Mountain pipeline is a terrible idea

By Aaron Wudrick, Canadian Taxpayers Federation When Kinder Morgan announced on Apr. 8 that it was suspending all non-essential spending on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley immediately floated the idea of the Alberta government buying an equity stake in the pipeline. Even her political opponent, United Conservative Party leader Jason Kenney, agreed, arguing that a “market failure” justified the use of putting taxpayer money into the project. (Image credit: WhisperToMe/ Wikipedia/Public Domain) Notley soon went further, suggesting that she was prepared to have the province buy the project outright, while the federal government also got into the act by emphasizing the need to “de-risk” Kinder Morgan investors.

By Sunday, following their meeting with B.C. Premier John Horgan—whose request of a court reference has held up the pipeline—both Notley and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confirmed they were in discussions with Kinder Morgan to “eliminate financial risk” for the company.

There’s a strong business case for Trans Mountain to get built, and it would be an economic boon not just to Alberta but the country as a whole. But no matter how you cut it, it’s a terrible idea for the government to bail out—apologies, “invest in”—Trans Mountain for a whole host of reasons.

First, it wouldn’t be cheap. Kinder Morgan has already sunk $1.1 billion into the project, and the total cost is projected to run $7.4 billion. It’s hard to see how Alberta, already running large deficits and piling up debt, could afford such a purchase—one that wasn’t even being considered a week ago.

The Notley government is already on track to triple the province’s debt load in just one term in office. Meanwhile, the Trudeau government will add four times as much debt as it promised in the last election. Bottom line: there’s no spare cash lying around for such an expensive purchase.

Second, the odds of government(s) being able to finish the expansion on budget are, to be charitable, slight. Private companies have a built-in incentive to operate on time and on budget: if they don’t, they can go out of business. When they lose money, it is private investors who are on the hook. Contrast this with governments, which face no such pressure, and can simply pass on cost overruns to taxpayers. Bombardier, which operates more like an extension of government than a private business due to endless taxpayer subsidies, is a classic illustration of how inefficiency and incompetence can persist when a company is shielded from market forces.

Third, even if the Alberta and/or federal government could complete the pipeline extension efficiently, they would then have to make money operating it. Ask yourself: how many crown corporations do you know that turn big profits?

Most years, Canada Post loses money delivering letters even though they have a monopoly on it. Ditto VIA Rail operating trains. Cities across the country seldom break even running

something as simple as a golf course. Why would anyone expect the government to suddenly be able to run something as complicated as a pipeline operation?

Fourth, the benefits to Canada’s economy of a governmentowned pipeline will end up being far less than any current Kinder Morgan projections, for the simple reason that those projections do not account for the additional cost taxpayers would now incur to build it. Since nationalizing the project would cost at least $7.4 billion, that amount would have to first be subtracted from any future revenues in order to calculate the net economic benefit.

Fifth, it sets a terrible precedent for similar projects in the future. Foreign investors will know they can take Canadian governments to the cleaners’ by threatening to pull out of a project, and force Canadian taxpayers to bear the cost.

Indeed, Kinder Morgan is likely already emboldened to ask for “de-risking” because of the long track record our politicians have of caving into demands for corporate welfare.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, is that nationalization will do absolutely nothing to address the fundamental problems that have caused the current crisis: opposition from the British Columbia government and environmental activists. Alberta taking ownership of the pipeline will not change the B.C government’s political calculus, dampen the zeal of hardcore protestors, or deter First Nations groups determined to block it. If anything, it will add an additional layer of political interference, by substituting a political lens for a business one when it comes to building and operation.

Taxpayers should take note that similar arguments for government “investments” in a business were put forward back in 2009 when the federal and Ontario government opted to “invest” in General Motors and Chrysler. A 2015 CTF study found that the two governments lost a combined $3.7 billion through that transaction.

Make no mistake, the delays on the Trans Mountain pipeline are extremely disappointing and need to be addressed.

The federal government needs to show leadership to ensure it gets built and there’s a strong case that it already has the tools it needs to do so, without putting a dime of taxpayers’ money on the table.

The Trans Mountain debacle is not a market failure. It is a political failure—and now our politicians are trying to buy their way out of the very mess they created in the first place

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Winter is making a reluctant exit

Neighbourly News Peggy Hasein

Kin Hubbard said, “Don’t knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn’t start a conversation if it didn’t change once in a while.”

I was going to refrain from writing about the weather. Not that it is to be ignored. However, the weather is the weather and there is really noth-

ing that can be done about it. We must take what we get.

However, we are now into the middle of April and it is not warming up.

Day after day the weather announcers proclaim, “temperatures are below normal.” There is no need to tell people that, they know.

Usually by this time, winter coats have been washed and stored in the closet for next year.

Not so, this year. They are still being worn while the spring coats hang patiently waiting to be taken out and worn.

There doesn’t even seem to be much moaning and groaning about the weather. Just simple sighs and a feeling of resignation -- after all, there is nothing to be done but wait it out.

That’s not to say

people aren’t taking measures regarding the unseasonal temperatures.

Quite the contrary, travel agents are very busy as people are looking for a break and booking trips to warmer weather.

Spring never seems to come when we are ready for it. There are those who like spring to arrive in March. That doesn’t happen very often. But, by the time April arrives it is time for spring coats, warm temperatures and lots of sunshine. No more dark skies, snow or

cold.

As for weather trivia here are some.

The lowest temperature recorded in Canada was -63˚C in 1947 in Snag,

Yukon Territory. It was in February.

Between December 31, 1993 and January 19, 1994, for 20 consecutive days in Yellowknife the minimum temperature was less than or equal to -37˚C.

The Great Blizzard struck parts of the Prairies with heavy snow in 1964. Winds between 50 to 90 km/h and temperatures -34˚C were experienced. Over 1,000 livestock and three people froze to death that December.

This fact goes back, way back. On December 27, 1794 Hudson’s Bay Company employee, Peter Fidler, who was one of the first weather observers in Canada, reported that gin froze solid at -27˚C; English brandy at -32˚C; and rum at -35˚C. Turning our attention to some warmer weather trivia. The warmest year was 1998 at 2.5˚C above normal and the second

warmest was 1981 at 2˚C above normal. So, sometimes the weatherman likes to give warm records not just cold ones.

There is a time for winter to go. One cartoon I saw was a picture of Old Man Winter lounging in a comfy arm chair and the voice in the background was urging him to move on. “Everyone is getting fed up with you.

Now quit loafing around here and hit the road already,” said Mother Nature. That and the following quote sums up the feeling of everyone these days.

“Dear beautiful Spring weather, I miss you. Was it something I said,” Skipper Kim Corbin.

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The government must tailor messages to specific audiences to reach Canadians regardless of where they reside and ensure that new communications approaches are balanced with traditional methods.

In 2015/16 the government’s total media spend was $30.2 million.1 Every week in Canada, over 1,000 community newspapers circulate almost 19 million copies in key metropolitan areas, rural and remote regions, and all areas in between.2 83% of Canadians are local community newspaper readers.3 72% of Canadians want to see advertising for government programs and services in newspapers.4 Canadians trust advertising content in newspapers more than any other media.5 Less than 2% of the government’s total media spend was in community newspapers.1 34% of the government’s total media spend was online.1 24% of Canadians don’t use social media.4 Less than one in five look at any advertising on social media.4 Display ad click through rates in Canada are 0.09%.6 Of the $5.5 billion spent on internet advertising in Canada in 2016, an estimated 72% went to Google and Facebook.7 If there is a genuine will to reach ALL Canadians then there must be an investment in meaningful communication with citizens through community newspapers.

She’s our champ! . . . Anita Silvernagle was honoured at Biggar Agencies for her repeat feat at the Canadian Senior Curling championships in Stratford, Ontario this past March. Silvernagle, lead for the Sherry Anderson rink, will represent Canada this April 21 to 28 in Sweden, then the following year at a still to be announced World Curling Federation site. Folks visited our Biggar champ, wishing her the best on her success, and urging her on to World Championship glory. Go get ‘em, Anita! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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After reading Pierre Burton’s book, The National Dream, Yours Truly (Y.T.) sat back and wondered how in heck we, in Canada, ended up the way we have.

It must be obvious to anyone who has ever read that book that many, if not most, of the transactions made then (legal points and contracts) were negotiated in a manner farm from the democratic one we claim to be so proud of.

Burton’s well researched description of the politics involved in those 1870 actions almost make a person a little hesitant to pick up a $10 bill.

Certainly some of the approaches our Fathers of Confederation used in order to defeat the suggestions of their opponents were far, far from the perfect examples we expect. But, maybe in our young country, things weren’t that perfect.

Having sat in the gallery of our own Legislature in Regina, Y.T. often wonders if procedures

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are that perfect now.

We fool ourselves, I think, when we believe that our representatives know more about our personal problems than we do ourselves.

How can they? After all, except for the vote, there is often very little communication between the MLAs and the people they represent.

Sure the squeaking wheel gets greased, but because of our partisan attitude many of us would rather that our bearings wear out.

It must be plain to everyone though that our democracy is working.

We have a lot of pros and cons alright, but for all our political carryings on, we seem to be doing OK. Much as the abovementioned partisan society always seems to be at loggerheads and in opposition to everything their opponents say or do, as a whole group of sensible people we are all moving in the same judicious direction.

Any congratulations for this enviable condition, Y.T. feels, are not necessarily because of our choice of party so much as it is our choice of people.

Most of us agree on that point. So how come everything doesn’t turn out the way we think it should? When the right person is in the right place at the right time, how come they are never quite as successful as we think they should be.

The answer, of course, (indirectly) is money.

Governments have to cater t0 both the rich and the poor and, I think, do well in trying to please both.

Much as this partisan philosophy seems to divide us, even government opposition seems to have absorbed a bit of The Golden Rule attitude.

Quote from Page 384-85 of The National Dream, “. . . it had become a game, a kind of gay lunacy settled over

the House of Commons . . . The bitterness drained away.�

Every year, huge amounts of money are donated by wealthy concerns toward the betterment of society.

Maybe not as much as we would like, yet ultimately (many of us hope) this kind of considerate thing will lead to the perfect state that we dream about.

The ordeals Bob Mason and trials of our governmental processes over the years has (to us ordinary types anyway) always been a kind of confusing thing. Yet still our representatives do a fairly effectual job of running our country.

Far, far too many of us (including Yours Truly) don’t really grasp the operations of a democracy and (again, I think) many of us would benefit quite a bit if we did.

Maybe the fault about these things is our own.

Maybe it is the faults of our education or because we are not personally involved. I dunno.

What I do know is that often we

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give our representative people their “had� and turn away . . . “Oh, we sometimes proudly say, “ I said. “Hello to the Prime Minister once.� Almost as though Prime Ministers were something special, and they’re not.

What we often take for political ambition should be thought of a political privilege of representing the real ordinary down-to-earth people of Canada.

Somehow we must reeducate our Canadian public (indeed the world) about the way democracy is supposed to work. “Government of the people, by the people, for the people.�

All too often we don’t even try to understand it all (as other interests take over). And not so

much, because we don’t care, but because we don’t know.

The odd glance into the dictionary to find out what the word “democracy� means is not enough.

We have to understand it and more importantly, use it.

People, all of us, make mistakes, recover a bit and often learn from them so over time do governments.

It is because of such well-researched missiles as The National Dream that Y.T. forms the opinions he sends into The Independent. And we can almost understand (after reading it) how come many partisan reps in the House of Commons are seemingly never listened to (four hour speeches of on dry subjects were part of Parliament in the 1870s).

And yet we have to admit the success of their system In 2018, many of us seem more interested in the weather forecast, than we are in politics, possibly feeling that we can’t do much about either of them. (I wonder if the people who lived out here a thousand years ago were any happier).

Maybe Yours Truly is getting a little pessimistic as he gets older, but is our progress so great?

For all its technical know how, is society better off than it was when “where ye gang laddie� was written?

I wonder if future “coffee rows� will debate these things. Or, as some hypodhondriacs might say, “maybe we won’t have a future.�

Adam Smith sure had a few good ideas (so did Karl Marx), yet all through history their opinions about things have had an aura about them that most of us accept as partisan.

I looked that word up in the dictionary and part of its description goes . . . “an unreasonably emotional adherent.�

Building the CPR may have been the utopia of Canadians back in the 1880s, Y.T. often wonders about this other dream.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

Country music coming to Majestic this Sunday

Members of the Cross Country Show Band will be at the Biggar Majestic Theatre this Sunday for a show. Tickets are on sale at Biggar Pharmasave and The Independent. (Submitted Photo) Country music will fill the Majestic Theatre this Sunday, April 22 with the Cross Country Showband.

The Cross Country Showband covers not only a wide generation of country music but also a lot of Western Canada with dedicated and professional musicians spread from West of Calgary to east of Saskatoon.

The band was started with a vision of Keith McConnell, who with a very successful career in music, handpicked friends and fellow musicians together for a band that not only had been fellow band members but also friends who shared the same vision: ethics, volume control, professionalism and onstage dress code. They also let the singers sing and the musicians complement the singers.

Keith McConnell is an accomplished steel guitar

player, dobro, vocals, lead and rhythm guitar and also passes his talent on to other people through instruction.

Karen Blackwell Jones plays keyboards, sings lead and harmonies.

Another versatile player, Chris Studer gives the bass line, lead vocals and harmonies plus the tasteful harmonica can fill in on guitar and keyboards if needed.

Mr. Paul Simister, what can we say - not much adds a great set of lead vocals to the band and also his infectious smile and gets himself into situations that leads to funny stories and to the band. Brad Stratychuk had been holding the band together with his rhythm and timing on the drums. We can’t ask for a more tasteful drummer for volume and timing. The Cross Country Show Band appreciates

the talent of Brad. They say he’s that good that they don’t know he’s on stage!

Adding more tasteful music is Ken Goodman with his smooth multi instrument stylings on guitar, fiddle and banjo.

Kevin Harcourt has a great time being the MC and causing havoc to the fellow band members.

He also does lead vocals, playing rhythm on his 12-string guitar and having a great time.

All the Cross Country Show Band have the same objective, to give the listening public controlled volume, clean show and full value and quality every show.

The Cross Country Showband comes to the Majestic Theatre this Sunday, April 22, show time at 7 p.m. Tickets are available from Biggar Pharmasave and The Independent.

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Biggar & District Arts Council, celebrating 39 years, presents …

The Derina Harvey Band

7:30 p.m.

The Majestic Theatre, Biggar DOOR OPENS @ 7 p.m.

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… presented by Biggar & District Arts Council, Stars for Saskatchewan Series PATRONS… de Moissac Jewellers, Westwinds Motor Hotel, Biggar Leisure AVU-SaskTel, Biggar & Landis Insurance Services, Town of Biggar

SPONSORS…

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DE MOISSAC JEWELLERS… ADULTS/SENIORS… ADVANCE, $20, AT THE DOOR $25; STUDENTS… ADVANCE, $12, AT THE DOOR $15; 12 AND UNDER, $5

Come and Celebrate with Us!

Don & Betty Crozier

along with their family invite you to share in their joy as they celebrate their

60th Wedding Anniversary Sunday, April 29

at Biggar Community Hall 8 p.m. • Social & Dance, “Leon Ochs” 10 p.m. • lunch Dress informal • Cash Bar

Our gift is your attendance!

Please no gifts or cards.

There will be a guest book to sign; and donation jar, if you wish, proceeds to go toward the Biggar & District Health Services Foundation

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Cargill Cares Council is pleased to support different programs focusing on education, food security and nutrition as well as environmental development within our community.

We are now taking applications for donation requests.

The application deadline is April 27, 2018.

Application forms are available from the Prairie Malt Administration Office, Gate 1 Please contact Nicole Eaton at 306-948-1607 if you require further information.

Alberta shut out of Stanley Cup fun There’s no joy in Cowtown this spring as the Stanley Cup playoffs unfold all across North America. As for the City of Champions where the Oilers play? That’s a title right out of Comedy Central.

It wasn’t supposed to be this way in Alberta.

No playoff hockey this spring. And prospects are dim for much of a different story next year.

So what happened?

Calgary Flames made the playoffs last year and even though they went out in the first round against Anaheim Ducks, coach Glen Gulutzan and general manager Brad Treliving did nothing but strengthen the roster in the offseason, adding goalie Mike Smith, getting long in the tooth at 36, and defenceman Travis Harmonic, among others. Sophomore Matthew Tkachuk nearly doubled his goal output, scoring 24 after a 13-goal rookie season.

In Edmonton, Oilers fans were proclaiming their club as a team of the future after a decade languishing in the lower depths of the league and building a supposed powerhouse with a raft of high first-round draft picks. Connor McDavid, the best player in the world, would be the centrepiece of the resurgence but after a playoff appearance and a firstround victory last spring, the Oilers hit the dysfunction button this year and never came close to making the playoffs.

Fans in both cities are calling for changes, but what can anyone expect?

Treliving mortgaged a good chunk of Calgary’s immediate future by trading draft picks in the Smith and Harmonic acquisitions. As a result, Calgary has neither a first- or second-round draft choice this summer. Oilers fans are calling for the head of GM Peter Chiarelli, who two years ago traded an A-list forward, Taylor Hall, to

New Jersey for a B-list defenceman, Adam Larsson. Oilers fans drool at the thought of a neverwill-happen offence led

by McDavid and Hall.

To date, Gulutzan and Edmonton’s Todd McLellan still have their head-coaching jobs, and probably don’t deserve to hit the unemployment line this summer, but you can’t fire the players, right?

Bruce Penton Winnipeg Jets and Toronto Maple Leafs seem to have found the right answers after years of suffering, and there’s no doubt power in the NHL is cyclical, so while the Flames and Oilers look for roster improvement, their fans would be advised tp draft Patience No. 1 if they had a pick.

• RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Danica Patrick said she’s going to the Indy 500 to win it. It could happen. Now excuse me while I go onto Twitter to ask Gal Gadot to marry me.”

• Tim Layden of SI.com, on Masters champ Patrick Reed’s popularity with peers and fans: “If Augusta is a church, Reed is the mischievous little boy in the back, putting food colouring in the Holy Water. And it shows.”

• Brad Rock of the Deseret News, on former Utah Jazz player Trey Lyles unloading on Salt Lake, the Jazz and coach Quin Snyder in a podcast last week. “He went on to list the worst cities in the NBA. ‘Utah should be there,’ he said. Other cities making Lyles’ list: Michigan, Wisconsin, Tennessee and California.”

• Headline in the onion. com: “Dez Bryant could be perfect fit for NFL team lacking lockerroom cancer.”

• Mike Bianchi of the Orlando Sentinel: “The Jacksonville Jaguars

Penton on sports

dumped their longesttenured player — tight end Marcedes Lewis — after 12 seasons earlier this week. Sadly, this is just what happens when your Marcedes gets too many miles on it!”

• RJ Currie again: “Dwight Howard notched the NBA’s first 30-point, 30-rebound game in 36 years. He’s set to tie Wilt Chamberlain’s mark if he can repeat the feat — 123 more times.”

• Conan O’Brien of TBS: “One of the world’s top Donkey Kong players has been stripped of his records for cheating.

He was going to be sentenced to life, but turns out he doesn’t have one.”

• Golfer Dustin Johnson, to the New York Post, on why the specter of a huge wedding with longtime partner Paulina Gretzky don’t faze him: “That bill is going to Wayne.”

• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com, after the Phillies beat the Marlins 20-1: “MLB doesn’t need a pitch clock, it needs a mercy rule.”

• Ex-Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden, 88, on getting old: “(Wife) Ann was going to let me hide my own Easter eggs this year.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Reporter A.J. Bayatpour of Milwaukee’s WITI-TV is off the air — at least temporarily — following his arrest for allegedly punching reporter Ben Jordan of rival station WTMJ three times at a Brewers-Cubs game.

Well, duh — three strikes and you’re out.”

• One more from RJ Currie, on U.S. goldmedal curler Joe Polo naming his daughter Ailsa after the Scottish island that produces the stone for curling rocks: “The kid already feels taken for granite.”

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Winter Woes It is beginning to feel like 2018 may be the year of unending winter.

There is some hope in the forecast that on the Canadian Prairies at least we are inching closer to normal temperatures.

Of course normal in terms of temperature is basically an approximation which happens more years than not, so discounting extremes you sit somewhere in the middle of things. A meteorologist might have a different explanation,

but in general terms normal temperatures are more guideline than expected occurrence.

But even when you factor that into things, this winter is hanging on rather more tenaciously than usual.

According to Saskatoon-based Saskatchewan Research Council climate researcher Virginia Wittrock, March was cold, something which anecdotally most of us are nodding in agreement with.

In a producer.com story Wittrock noted March had 20 days with average daily temperatures below the 30-year norm, based on data recorded between 1981 and 2010.

The first two weeks of

April weren’t much better.

According to Wittrock in the same article, 12 of the first 13 days in April had daily average temperatures below the 1981-2010 average.

Agriculture

The cold weather is not localized to the Canadian Prairies either.

Opening day at Wrigley Field in Chicago was postponed for the Cubs because of snow.

A picture of the famous baseball stadium covered in snow circulated widely on social media.

If you follow the Toronto Blue Jays then you have seen a number of players masked with balaclavas to fend off the cold during games this spring.

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And, there have been 20 postponed baseball games this season already, while last season there was only 26 the whole year.

And this weekend Ontario has been hit by a major storm.

A powerful Colorado low continues to deliver strong winds, ice pellets, freezing rain and heavy rain across southern Ontario, leaving tens of thousands without power, reported theweathernetwork.com “As of 3:30 p.m. local time Sunday, nearly 47,000 Hydro One customers were without power. Meanwhile, more than 700 crashes in the Greater Toronto Area have been reported since the storm began,” according to Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt.

The naysayers will be suggesting the continued cold is showing global warming is a myth, but it more accurately supports that we are undergoing climate change more dramatic than any long term cycles would suggest as normal.

The immediate effect for agriculture on the Prairies will be to delay seeding, how long depending on what weather we experience over the next month.

But seeding will be delayed, along with a number of other activities.

The Fort Qu’Appelle Fish Culture Station is having to keep fish fry alive in tanks longer than normal because ice cover on lakes has delayed stocking.

And golf courses are going to have a shorter play season simply because greens are going to have a late start in terms of being in play condition.

Farmers are going to have a smaller prime seeding window, and if the weather does not improve quickly it will force changes in crop choices, with moves to shorter season crops a must.

It all again reinforces how much of what we do relies on weather over which we have no control.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

MABEL SPECKA HOPPE

Mable is the daughter of Edith and Emil Domes, out of nine children.

They resided in the Cando, Lizard Lake area.

Mable was born October 11, 1930. She grew up and attended Bowmore School and received her Grade 8 education. At the age of 14, she worked at Cando Red and White Store, stocking shelves, et cetera. Then, a little while at the Bellford store, then back to Cando until she turned 17. Then she worked a year at St. Margaret’s Hospital in Biggar (1948).

In 1949, she met the love of her life, George, and was married for 50 years. They lived with the Speckas for 10 years until they got a home of their own in the Lizard Lake District. So three years later, they had two children… Gordie (1952), Linda (1954).

Mable had a very full life of growing a large garden, milking cows, keeping a immaculate house plus all the chores of being a farmer’s wife which she really enjoyed. She had 50 years of marriage with George until 1999.

But she carried on until she married Bill Hoppe in 2001 which she had 17 years until his death in 2017.

Today Mable resides in the Norwest Senior Apartments.

If anyone knows Mable, she’s a very loving caring person. And she loves to talk. She always greets you with a hug and smile, making you feel more than welcome, out would come the coffee and something to eat! Her door has always been open for numerous visitors.

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That’s why we want to honour all the years of her friendship, love and being a good Mom and just being there in our lives.

Love from all your family… Your two children, four grandkids, and five greatgrandkids, your sisters, brother and manyy friends and relatives.

CHRIS CORMIER

St. Gabriel CWL, proudly recognizes Chris Cormier as Mother of the Year.

Chris is a friend to all and never forgets a friend in need. She babysits for her friends, sings in the church choir, takes communion to the parish shut-ins and helps with the CWL projects.

Maria and Amboise Wald welcomed Chris into this world. She was followed

by Joe and Irene. They grew up in Regina, Sask.

On September 7, 1974, Chris married John Cormier. The couple were bless with three daughters…

Marie, Cecile and Suzanne; and six grandchildren.

John and Chris made their first home in Regina, moving to Biggar in 1981. They moved to Alberta and spent the next 10 years living in various communities. When the girls were on their own, Chris and John wanted to come home and moved back to Biggar. In the years to come, John’s health failed and Chris cared for him until his condition required more than she could provide. He moved into Diamond Lodge and passed away in 2016.

Chris holds her Level I Certificate in Early Childhood Care. She is employed at the day care where she is fondly referred to as Grandma Chris.

Congratulations, Chris!

SHEILA MARIE BUSCH

Sheila was born at Macklin on April 5, 1948.

She was the second oldest sibling in a family of 14, born to George and Theodora Gartner.

Sheila took all her schooling at Macklin and then ventured to Edmonton in 1966.

She then completed her hairdressing course at Ruby Sharon’s School of Hair Design in 1967. Sheila then moved to Unity and hairdressed at Downtown Coiffures until May of 1969 where she met and married Barry Joseph Busch of Weyburn on May 17, 1969.

Then then moved to Wainwright as Barry got a signal maintainers helper job on the CNR. Their son, Scott, was born in Wainwright, November 5, 1969.

The next move was back to Unity as Barry went work with the CN gangs at Blue River, B.C. The next move was to Biggar, December 1971 when Barry got a permanent Signal Maintainer’s job on CN at Landis. Then in July 1972, they purchased a mobile home and moved it to Landis. On July 5, 1973, their daughter, Twila-Jo, was born in the old hospital at Biggar.

Barry and Sheila built their own house and still reside in Landis for the past 46 years. They are blessed with five grandchildren and one greatgrandson.

Sheila started working at the Diamond Lodge in Biggar in 1993 and worked in Activities doing the Day Program with the Biggar Group Home at the Lodge. When the Day Program was dropped, she continued in Activities until her retirement in 2013.

Sheila’s hobbies include golfing, oil painting, cake decorating, quilting,

MOTHER OF THE YEAR TEA

gardening and hand sewing Teddy Bears made from old fur coats.

EVA KOWALCHUK

We, Janet Moon and Brian Kowalchuk, would like to honour our mother, Eva Kowalchuk, for Mother of the Year.

She was born on the homestead in the RM of Glenside (Wilson Lake), married John Kowalchuk, and had two children.

She also has three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mom worked on the farm as a farmer’s wife looking after all the chores of the animals and children.

She also was involved in beekeeping. When I, Janet, owned Jama Fabrics store, Mom used to come in and help with whatever needed to be done. Mom also helped by babysitting the grandchildren at anytime.

Mom enjoyed cake decorating and now spends time crocheting, sewing and baking, which she shares with family and friends. She is also an avid gardener, enjoying growing a new seed.

Mom has travelled twice to the Ukraine where she visited family and toured. She also vacationed to the Dominican Republic for her 75th birthday.

Mom always had lots of food for whoever came to visit. You would ungry! never leave hungry! ys Mom enjoys spending timee with family and friends.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

DUPEROW CO-OP ANNUAL MEETING and SUPPER

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25 Springwater Community Hall Springwater, Sask.

Supper • 6 p.m.

Tickets at door $5, RSVP to store by April 18 • • • •

Meeting to follow • 7:30 p.m.

PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR 2017 OFFICERS’ REPORTS ELECTION OF DIRECTORS DISCUSSION OF FUTURE DIRECTIONS

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Asquith supports the Humboldt Broncos . . . Asquith residents hit the streets this past Sunday for a spirited game of shinny. The game was in support of the Humboldt Broncos and the recent accident which has affected a province, a nation, the entire world. Asquith’s got your back, Broncos!

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Everyone needs a good night’s sleep Sleep is restorative and essential for ensuring our minds and bodys operate at peak capacity.

But many kids are not

getting enough sleep.

According to WebMD, bedtimes have gradually become later as children must contend with

social, family and school activities. This is especially true for older children. WebMD says that most 12-year-olds now

go to bed around 9 p.m., getting an average of nine hours of sleep, even though 12 hours is ideal for kids who are 12.

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Biggar boys hit the ice for Allan Cup . . . Biggar hockey players, Jonathan Redlick (bottom picture) of the Bethune Bulldogs, and Patrick Baum (top) of the Rosetown Redwings played in this year’s Senior Hockey National Championship this past April 9-14. Hosted in Rosetown, the pair were part of successful AAA efforts for their individual teams, but it was the Stoney Creek Generals from Ontario who went home with the Canadian championship. Still, we’re mighty proud of the Biggar pair! (Independent Photos by Daryl Hasein)

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY HELP WANTED… experienced cook/waitress/ bartender, seasonal work, reliable transportation. Send resume to Box 1600, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 14p3 Looking for parttime groundskeeper, contract May 15 to October 30, 2018. Resumes to Box 241, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 by May 4. Only successful applicants will be called for interviews. Pay rate, $200/month.

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Heavy duty mechanic required Tools required and experience is an asset. We offer competitive wages, benefits, pension and apprenticeship for heavy duty equipment or trailer technician.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Crop Production Services Biggar, Sask. requires SEASONAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT. Job Requirements: ÷High school diploma or equivalent ÷Valid driver’s license ÷Must complete inhouse WHMIS, TDG and forklift training ÷Must have safety knowledge of application laws and regulation for chemical and fertilizer ÷Safety Sensitive Positions - Drug and Alcohol testing requires.

Duties: ÷Coordinate receiving, storing and shipment of bulk and packaged products ÷Manage inventory and may handle blending of fertilizer ÷Responsible for loading product for customers ÷Ensures all paperwork is complete for product entering and leaving warehouse ÷Maintain facility yard, equipment and cleanliness of warehouse ÷Follow EH&S guidelines, report incidents and/or spills ÷Present positive image of CPS to customers ÷Other duties as assigned.

Please email resume to Tammy.Mihaiu@cpsagu.ca

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Morley SCHMIDT

Albert; her parents, Andreas and Emma Kilbrei; brothers, Rudolph, Fred, Max and Ben; two sons, Wilf and Curt; and two granddaughters, Annaliese and Angela.

The Memorial Service was held on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, 2:30 p.m. at Riverbend Church of God, 306 Saguenay Drive, Saskatoon, Sask. A private interment preceded the service.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Porteous Lodge or Riverbend Church of God. Dalmeny Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements, 306254-2022.

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August 5, 1935 - March 25, 2018 Morley Schmidt passed away peacefully on March 25, 2018. He leaves to mourn his wife, Ruth; his sons, Murray (Kim), and Marvin (Kristi); and his grandchildren, Leah, Megan, Hayley, Kaelee Anna and Monte.

Morley is also survived by his brothers, Lloyd (Sara) and Cliff (Jean); his sisterin-law, Marie, as well as many nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by parents, Herb and Edith; his brothers, Ken, Ron and Floyd; his sister, Erma; and his nephew, Vernon.

Morley was born on the family farm near Sonningdale, Sask. on August 5, 1935. He grew up and went to school in the Sonningdale district. Morley worked on numerous water and sewer projects around the province and was the foreman of the City of Saskatoon Water & Sewer Department for 30 years.

He could fix almost anything, even if he had to make the parts himself. Morley loved horses, the farm and his family.

At Morley’s request, there will be no funeral. The interment will be held at Spinney Hill Cemetery on a sunny summer day.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Central Haven Special Care Home, 1020 Ave I North, Saskatoon SK, S7L 2H7.

Cremation arrangements in care of Mourning Glory Funeral Services, Saskatoon.

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June 16, 1921 - April 13, 2018 Dorothy Bitner (nee Kilbrei) of Saskatoon, Sask., formerly of Biggar, Sask., went to be with her Lord at the age of 96 on April 13, 2018.

She died peacefully surrounded by her family.

Dorothy was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She was known for her boundless energy, laughter, gratitude and faith.

Dorothy was born June 16, 1921 in Rosenberg, Manitoba. After her marriage to Albert Bitner, they farmed in Arborg, Man., before moving to Biggar, Sask. They continued to farm until 1980 then retired to Saskatoon. After Albert passed away, Dorothy enjoyed life with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. In 2016 she moved to Porteous Lodge.

Dorothy was dearly loved by her children, Elmer (Elaine) of Bon Accord, Alta.; Ron of Ottawa, Ont.; Wilfred (Barbara) Campbell River, B.C.; Curt (Sandra) of Calgary, Alta.; Roger (Deanna) of Toronto, Ont.; Lorne (Ruth) of Dalmeny, Sask.; Iris (Dale) Johns of Regina, Sask.; Doug (Brenda) of Saskatoon, Sask.; Dwight of Edmonton, Alta.; Dianne (Dale) Johnson of Edmonton, Alta.; Randy (Roxanne) of Dalmeny, Sask.; Ken (Diana) of Spruce Grove, Alta.; sixteen grandchildren and twenty-two great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband,

Coming APRIL 19, 20, 21: St. Gabriel CWL Clothing Drive, church basement, 111 - 7th Ave. West, Biggar. Drop off: starts Thursday 9 a.m. and continues to Friday 8 p.m. Shopping: Thursday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon. All proceeds go to the Food Bank and KidSport.

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15c2 FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 5 - 9 p.m.; SATURDAY, APRIL 28, 9 - 12 noon… Biggar United Church Garage and Bake Sale.

BBQ, Friday, April 27 @ 4 p.m. & Pancake Breakfast, Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m. All donations gratefully received.

For pickup, call Jim 306-948-2856.

15c3 SATURDAY, APRIL 28: Biggar & District Arts Council presents… “Derina Harvey Band”, 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 12c6 SATURDAY, MAY 5: Dueling Pianos Show, 9:00 p.m. doors open, 7:30; midnight lunch and raffle at Perdue Rec Complex. Tickets available, $40, at Biggar Credit Union Perdue Branch or Perdue Hotel. NO minors. Sponsored

by Perdue Arena Rebuild.

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PALS Garage and Bake Sale at St. Paul’s Anglican Church. St. Paul’s will open Wednesday afternoons from 1 2:30 p.m. for drop offs. If you would like items picked up, phone Cindy Hoppe at 306-948-2947. Funds raised will support youth ministries.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

SATURDAY, MAY 12: Biggar Skating Annual Trade Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Biggar Community Hall. Soup and sandwich lunch available. Tables available, contact Lori Ann 306-951-7188.

17p3 SATURDAY, MAY 12: 7:30 p.m. Biggar Majestic Theatre presents‌ Sask. Production, a one woman Play, “The Wild Dog Waits on the Concrete Pathâ€?, starring Danielle Roy. Advance tickets, $15 at Pharmasave and The Biggar Independent; at the door, $20. ONE NIGHT ONLY! Get your tickets now!!!

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AUCTIONS ONLINE AUCTION APRIL 21-26.

45,000 litre tank, 70x120 Coverall building, pressure washer, compressor, office supplies, Yorkton, SK former Case building. For more info and to view pictures visit: www.ukrainetzauction.com. Karla’s/Ukrainetz Auction.

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 15

AUCTIONS UNRESERVED AUCTION for Darcy Schultz, S AT U R D A Y, APRIL 21 st , Provost, Alberta, 11am. Selling: Diesel Motorhome, Willy’s Jeep, Tractors, Cabins, Wagons, Antiques & more! 780842-5666 www. scribnernet. com.

House and Contents - Estate of Tony and Violet Rohatensky.

121 Good Spirit Cres., Yorkton, SK. 1,188sq. ft., 2 bedroom.

W E D N E S D A Y, APRIL 25 - 4pm.

Karla’s Auction.

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NOTICES

FOR SALE

Notice To Creditors

In the estate of GARRY MITCHELL GRAHAM, late of 319 - 4th Avenue East in Biggar, Saskatchewan, deceased.

All claims against the above estate, duly verified by statutory declaration and with particulars and valuation of security held, if any, must be sent to the undersigned before the 20th day of April, 2018.

Executor’ lawyer The W Law Group, Suite 300, 110-21st Street East, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7K 0B6

COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE: $0.99/each for a box of 180 ($178.20). Also full range of tree, shrub, and berry seedlings. Free shipping most of Canada. Growth guarantee. 1-866873-3846 or TreeTime.ca.

FOR SALE

WANTED

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MAIN STREET GARAGE SALE is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition. Please phone 306-9481773 or 306-9485393.

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VEHICLES LOOKING FOR A BETTER PRE-OWNED VEHICLE BUYING EXPERIENCE? barberspreowned.com

GOT OIL? Free Property Evaluation for Mineral

Rights holders.

Royalties paid on suitable drilling locations!

Call with your land co-ordinates

1-403-291-0005 www.briskenergy.com

WANTED: OLD TUBE AUDIO EQUIPMENT. 40 years or older.

Amplifiers, Stereo, Recording and Theatre Sound Equipment. Hammond Organs, any condition. CALLToll-Free 1-800947-0393

Serving SE Sask. for over 65 years.

Barber Motors

Weyburn, Sk 306-842-6531 1-888-291-3921

AUTO PARTS Wrecking over 250 units... cars and trucks. Lots of trucks... Dodge...

GMC...

Ford...

Imports... 1/2 ton to 3 tons... We ship anywhere...

Call or text 306821-0260. Lloydminster.

SEED & FEED

PEDIGREED SEED

for Spring 2018 Peas: CDC Inca CDC Amarillo Wheat: AAC Brandon Carberry Waskada AC Vesper VB Lentils: CDC Proclaim CL CDC Marble

SEED & FEED Looking for standing hay within 30 mile radius of Perdue; also looking for straw (preferably barley straw) in the fall; also pasture for 50 cow/ calf herd; phone 1-306-221-7595 13c8 HEATED CANOLA WANTED!!

- GREEN CANOLA - SPRING THRASHED - DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!!

- BARLEY, OATS, WHT - LIGHT OR TOUGH - SPRING THRASHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!!

HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

Common Organic Legume Seed for Sale. Tap Root Alfalfa, Single Cut Red Clover and Alsike Clover.

Available in 50 pound bags. 306382-1299 Saskatoon, Sask.

LAND FOR RENT LAND FOR RENT, pasture in R.M. of Eagle Creek. Call for details, 306948-9186. tfn

NAKONECHNY SEEDS Ruthilda, SK

(306) 932-4409 Where Quality Comes First!

WALK IN BATHTUBS SASKATCHEWAN QUALITY CANADIAN MADE

WALK-IN TUBS FOR LESS!

Thousands less than the tubs advertised on TV! ° HELPS SOOTH ARTHRITIC & FIBROMYALGIA PAIN ° AVAILABLE INWARD SWINGING DOOR ° BATHE IN DIGNITY ° HEATED MASSAGE JETS ° INSTALLATION INCLUDED $1000.00 Rebate with this ad!

Call 1-306-536-7660 for details!

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FARMLAND WANTED NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS! PURCHASING: SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK PAYMENT. GREAT References Available A TOTAL OF 590 QUARTER SECTIONS SOLD ACROSS SASKATCHEWAN RENT BACK AVAILABLE Call DOUG 306-716-2671 saskfarms@shaw.ca

HOUSES FOR SALE Yellowhead Modular Home Sales Canadian built by MODULINE Last Chance price Event !

960 sqft 2 bedroom 2 bath $79,900 1216 sqft 3 bedroom 2 bath $91,900 1520 sqft 3 bedroom 2 bath $114,900 Single wide, Multi Sections, Lake House, Motel Units

Custom Orders Welcome We sell & service homes across Western Canada, On Site Consultation.

Weekend calls Personalized Service

306-496-7538

www.yellowheadmodularhomesales.ca HWY #16 West of Yorkton (Sheho, SK.)

VESTA HOMES INC. 306-242-9099 CANADIAN BUILT MODULAR HOMES New In-Stock Homes Starting at $92,500.

Heated Showhomes!

Free Delivery & Insulated Skirting Custom Orders Welcome.

Spring Sale On Now! www.vestamfghomes.com

FARM LAND WANTED

More Farmland Wanted

LAND FOR SALE

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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

16 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

HOUSES FOR RENT

HEALTH & WELLNESS

One bedroom house, close to school and downtown, fridge and stove included.

Available May 1st.

For viewing call 306-948-3674 or 306-948-9517 14tfn

GET UP TO $50,000 from the Government of Canada. Do you or someone you know Have any of these Conditions? ADHD, Anxiety, Arthritis, Asthma, Cancer, COPD, Depression, Diabetes, Difficulty Walking, Fibromyalgia, Irritable Bowels, Overweight, Trouble Dressing... and Hundreds more. ALL Ages & Medical Conditions Qualify. CALL SASKATCHEWAN BENEFITS 1-(800)211-3550

FOR RENT Charter/ Sherwood Apartments 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cableTV and satellite systems, laundr y facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwasher s, air conditioning, parking with plug-ins.

Small pets now welcome with a pet deposit.

For more information call: Nicole or Curtis 306-948-9115 302 - 8th Ave. W. Biggar

$500 - $1000 BONUS PLUS OUR GREAT INCENTIVES! MOVE IN TO YOUR NEW OR RENOVATED SUITE ON OR BEFORE MAY 1ST ° 24-hour customer service ° Pet friendly communities ° Newly renovated suites ° Maintenance guarantee ° On-line account access ° Resident member only events, contests and more!

Visit us in the brandnew Boardwalk Lounge, located in Sasktaoon’s Lawson Heights Mall.

Regina: 306.994.2800 Saskatoon: 306.700.3551 Bwalk.com

SERVICES

LEGION BURGER NIGHT @ The

Legion

118 Main Street, Biggar

Call WELCOME

WAGON at 306-948-3837 Sheila Itterman We have gifts and information www. welcomewagon.ca

Biggar & District ARTS Council are available for bar tending services at your functions/ events. Contact Denise @ 306948-2452 19tfn

corner of 8th Ave.W. and Quebec St., Biggar

Sunday Worship • 10:50 a.m.

FRIDAY, APRIL 27th

CHILDREN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE

~ 6:00 p.m. ~

Pastor Doug Motz, Church office phone, 306-948-3424

“Chase the Ace�

BIGGAR UNITED CHURCH 907 QUEBEC ST. & CORNER TURNBULL AVE., BIGGAR

starting again; Draw at 7 p.m.

‌ 2018 - 19 Budget, If YOU are‌ • NEW to our communities of Biggar/Landis/Perdue • Have a new baby

BIGGAR ASSOCIATED GOSPEL CHURCH

cont. from page 3

And, despite the ongoing threats from the federal government, this budget contains no carbon tax.�

The PST exemption for used light vehicles is being removed effective April 11, aligning Saskatchewan’s tax treatment of used light vehicles with every other jurisdiction in Canada that has a sales tax. The trade-in allowance, to allow a deduction for the value of a trade-in when determining PST, is being reinstated. As a result, PST will only be paid on the difference in price between the trade-in and the purchased vehicle.

PST will not be charged for used vehicles gifted between qualifying family members spouses, parents or legal guardians, children, grandparents, grandchildren and siblings. Unique to Saskatchewan, PST will not be applied to the private sale of used vehicles with a purchase price of up to $5,000.

The PST exemption for Energy Star appliances is also being discontinued. Energy cost savings already provide a strong incentive for consumers to buy these appliances.

A deficit of $365 million is projected for 2018-19.

A return to balance is expected in 2019-20 with a modest projected surplus of $6.0 million. Higher surpluses of $108 million and $212 million respectively are forecast for 2020-21 and 2021-22.

Revenue is forecast at $14.24 billion in this budget, up about $80 million from last year - largely due to higher non-renewable resource revenue, net income from Government Business Enterprises, and other own-source

revenue.

Revenue from taxation is forecast to be lower - largely due to lower personal and corporate income tax revenue, offset by higher revenue from the Provincial Sales Tax. Harpauer noted that non-renewable resource revenue now accounts for just 10 per cent of the province’s total revenue, down from a high of 32 per cent in 2008-09. “One of the main goals of our threeyear budget plan was to reduce Saskatchewan’s reliance on resource revenues, and that plan is on track,�

Harpauer said.

Expense is forecast at $14.61 billion in this budget, down $200 million or 1.4 per cent from last year. “This budget sets the stage for a new decade of growth by keeping Saskatchewan’s finances and our economy on track,� Harpauer said. “The 2018-19 Budget supports our government’s vision to ensure that Saskatchewan is the best place in Canada to live, work, start a business, to get an education and raise a family, and to build a life.�

Sunday Worship Service • 11:00 a.m.

SUNDAY SCHOOL ON FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH SUN. APRIL 22‌ GUEST MINISTER ‌ DALE WORRALL FRI. APRIL 27: 5 - 9 P.M.; SAT. APRIL 28: 9 - 12 NOON GARAGE, BAKE SALE, BBQ (FRI) & PANCAKE BREAKFAST (SAT) Church office phone, 306-948-2280

PALS !02), Worship Services

@ REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH 319 - 7TH AVE. EAST., BIGGAR

Sunday Service • 10:30 a.m.

SUN. APRIL 29‌ POTLUCK FOLLOWING SERVICE MAY 11, 5-8 & MAY 12, 9-2 P.M.‌ GARAGE & BAKE SALE AT ST. PAUL’S For more info or pastoral services, phone 306-9483731 or Pastor Sarah Mowat’s cell, 306-951-7286

ST. GABRIEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 109 - 7th Ave. W, Biggar Father Edward Gibney Parish Phone: 306-948-3330 MASS TIME: 11 a.m.

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MASS TIME: 9 a.m.

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THE BIGGAR INDEPENDENT on NEWSSTANDS @ • Leslie’s Drugstore • Pharmasave • Main Street Market • Shop Easy Food • Fas Gas • Biggar Esso • Weasie’s Gourmet Blends • The Store, Perdue • Central Plains Co-op, Perdue

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 17

THURSDAY,, APRIL 19,, 2018

DENTAL ROOFING

ELECTRICAL

HEALTH/WELLNESS

MADGE ROOFING INC.

BIGGAR ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION SERVICES Commercial and Industrial Electrical Wiring

PHILLIPS ELECTRIC • Residence • Commercial Wiring For free estimates, call…

306-480-6822

Licensed Journeyman Adrian de Haan

306-948-5291

Goldburg Electric Ltd. • Residential • Commercial Contact Matt Craig

Cell: 306-221-6888 Store: 306-948-1773

THIS SPACE

PLUMBING & HEATING

2 INCHES

26-WEEK

PREPAID COMMITMENT (regular price is $20.16 per week = $524.16 plus gst)

306.948.3344

EAVESTROUGHING Danny Pickett Travis Poletz 306-230-4535 306-948-6570 saskwestconstruction@outlook.com

FREE ESTIMATES ɽ Eavestrough ɽ Sof¿t/Fascia ɽ Siding ɽ All other Exterior needs....

PLUMBING HEATING ELECTRICAL

For all your home, business and rural needs Owners/Operators • Travis Young • Dallas Young • Claude Young

Biggar Of¿ce Hours…

Landis Of¿ce Hours:

304 Main St., Biggar Phone: 306-948-2204 Toll Free: 1-855-948-2204

100 - 2nd Ave. W., Landis Phone: 306-658-2044 Toll Free: 1-855-658-2044

Healthy Lifestyle Weight Loss 30-minute Circuit Personal Training Fitness Classes

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BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC 104 - 6th Ave. East, Biggar, Sask.

Southeast entrance of Nova Wood Bldg.

Hours…

Monday - Thursday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

306-948-3408 LEGAL SERVICES

201B - 2nd Ave. West P. O. Box 1480 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

Ph: 306-948-5133

RED APPLE

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES “Administrative Services to

Meet Your Business Needs” ~ One time projects or long term service

For a FREE consultation, call www.redappleadmin.ca www.facebook.com/ redappleadmin

302 Main Street, Biggar, SK

Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO

…serving your community since 1972

INVESTMENTS For all your investment needs, Visit…

Peszko &Watson

Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI

Lyndsey Poole

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

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

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is a full service law office that practices…

Criminal Law Commercial Law Real Estate Law Wills and Estate Law and our lawyers,

Jason Peszko Lisa Watson look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:

306-948-5352 or 306-244-9865

OPTOMETRISTS

BUT NO ONE ELSE DOES!!

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(New Horizons Bldg) Biggar

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LACK OF ADVERTISING is like winking at a pretty girl in the dark…

YOU KNOW what you’re doing,

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Stuart A. Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B.

Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

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.

Ph: 306-948-4430 or 306-948-4460

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors

Biggar, Sask.

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

• Income Tax Returns • Bookkeeping • Payroll • Financial Statements

BUSSE LAW

306.948.2208

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

CAMPBELL ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Cheryl Irvine @

102 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar

306-948-3389

SEEKIN G NE CLIENT W S

306-948-7402

…owned and operated

by Brett Barber

Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Mon., Tues., & Fri., 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wed., 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Thurs., CLOSED

Website: www.biggarinsurance.ca Website: www.landisinsurance.ca Email: biggar@biggarinsurance.ca

Phone:306.882.2123 New Patients Welcome!

306-948-7274

Pamela Eaton

¾ Auto & Home Insurance ¾ Farm & Commercial Insurance ¾ Health & Travel Insurance ¾ Life Insurance & Investments ¾ Farm Succession & Estate Planning ¾ Notary Publics

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

Friday, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Call Making Biggar Smaller!

Box 277, Perdue, SK S0K 3C0

INSURANCE

115 - 1st Avenue West Rosetown, Sask.

Weight Loss Coach Anne G. Livingston 317 Main St., Biggar

Co-Ed Fitness Centre

$161.20 PLUS GST…

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Biggar

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Menno:

ROSETOWN DENTAL

ACCOUNTING

Dr. Kirk Ewen Dr. Michelle Skoretz Doctors of Optometry

In BIGGAR Every Tuesday Biggar Professional Building, 223 Main St., Biggar

For appointments…

1-855-651-3311

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THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2018

18 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

SERVICES REAL ESTATE

AUTOMOTIVE

Shoreline Realty

Cari Perih

SERVICES

M & N REPAIR

www.SoldbyCari.ca homesforsale@soldbycari.ca

Acres of Expertise.

701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar

HEAVY TRUCK Repair AUTO Repair TIRES Repair BOATS & RVs FULL MOBILE MECHANICAL & TIRES SGI Safety INSPECTION

Farm & Acreage Salesperson (306) 948-4478 dave.molberg@hammondrealty.ca HammondRealty.ca

FOR RENT BIGGAR HOUSING AUTHORITY Housing for families and seniors Rent based on income

SERVICE TRUCK FULL MECHANICAL SERVICE -ON &RI s A M P M phone: Chris

306-948-3376 Corner of Main Street & 1st Avenue West, Biggar 1st Ave. West, Biggar

Call: 306-948-2101

• 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 Biggar, Sask.

SEED CLEANING McNULTY’S MOBILE SEED CLEANING Custom Cleaning of H.R.S. & C.P. S. Wheat

Phone: 306-948-5678

WYLIE SEED & PROCESSING INC. Canadian Seed Institute Accredited Pedigree, Commercial & Custom Cleaning FULL line of Cleaning Equipment including Gravity Table

Excellent Quality at a Reasonable Price!

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

306- 948-2807 or 948-5609 948-5394

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

THE

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INDEPENDENT Custom Grain and Fertilizer Hauling Darren Diehl

306-262-5980 Biggar

COURIER

BIGGAR COURIER

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306-948-5699

Custom Embroidery Teams, Corporate and Personal Attire Judy Kahovec‌

Danny Vogelsang

306-882-4313, cell 306-831-7935

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BIGGAR LEISURE CENTRE 216 Main St., Biggar Your authorized

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Serving Perdue and area for the past 10 years

Call today for a FREE estimate!

Biggar, Sask.

Brody Ellis, Sever Ellis, Stetler Heather alloutdrilling@gmail.com

We carry all the Latest Smartphones

Dave Molberg

Rockin D Trucking & Cattle

#LIFF &ORSYTH Phone‌

SaskTel Mobility Dealer

Fax: 306-237-TROY email: tmay@hotmail.ca Super B outfits hauling grain and fertilizer in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Qualilty!

Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic

Office: 306-867-8380 carip@remax.net

TROY MAY, owner/operator

CLEANING

Open Monday-Friday

Cell: 306-948-7995

306.237.7671

A Sign of

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306-948-3996

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306-948-2266 Open Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Biggar Sand & Gravel • trenching • trucking • water & sewer • sand & gravel • excavating Office ‌

306-948-5455

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Start with a blank canvas When was the last bases are perfect lacklustime you unleashed your ter starting points that culinary talents? I don’t can be influenced in so mean many ways cooking with unlimited from ingredient and your idea combinafavoutions. rite The first cookthing is to keep book; it simple. If I am it is beyond talking your desire, about capabilities, or making timeframe, I someam not expectthing ing you to in the make the pizza kitchen or pasta dough comfrom scratch. pletely Simple preChef Dez from made pizza the crusts and ideas in your head and dried pasta is a good following your taste buds enough start. In a pinch along the way. If your I have even created indifirst inclination when vidual pizzas from pita or reading this makes you naan breads. Again, this cringe with stress, I am is not about producing here to help. the canvas, it is about Let’s face it, we all your creativity on the have kitchens and we canvas. Making the canneed food to stay alive, vas is something that you so why not try to bring can pursue later down your cooking ability to the road if desired. new heights every now The next step is to and then? These are investigate what you life skills that will influhave in your refrigeraence your dinner table tor and pantry and start for years to come. Honchoosing some base ing these skills will not only bring some excitement to your regular meal planning, but also increase your confidence in the kitchen.

The easiest way to approach this, is by beginning ingredients to work with. with meal ideas that Maybe something you use a blank canvas as a have an abundance of, starting point. Being a or something you have Chef, people always ask forgotten about. Have a me what my favourite look in your freezer too things to cook are, and while you’re at it. You’ll I usually answer with be amazed at what you “pizza and pasta”. These find to work with.

Although it would be very traditional, with either pizza or pasta, to start with a base tomato sauce and add your selected ingredients to it, I want you to try something different and out of the ordinary. For example, I have made pizzas with a sauce that confor sisted of cream cheese, Doreen’s dates, raw garlic and Discount salt; and just last night Day at I made a lamb rigatoni that used no tomatoes at Leslie’s Drugstore all. If your mind draws Biggar • 306-948-3397 a blank, then it is fine to

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peruse the internet for some ideas to get you started but try not to follow recipes specifically.

This is about improving your personal culinary imagination. A wise man once told me “how can you cut any wood, if you don’t sharpen the saw every now and then?”

Trial and error is the best way to learn. Yes, I did say “error”. You are going to make some mistakes along the way. The important aspect of this is to be okay with making these blunders. This is all about personal growth in the kitchen. These errors will hopefully help you figure what works, and what doesn’t... which in turn will assist you with future escapades in the kitchen.

If you are still at a loss as to where to begin, then go ahead and find a recipe that represents something completely different than what you would normally cook, and make it. What I want you to do then is make notes on the recipe on how you would recreate it to make it your own. What ingredients could you add, take out, or replace?

What do you think will work? Again, there will still be a learning curve to this, but it is a starting point nonetheless. Most importantly: make notes.

It may seem tedious to do, but you will want to recreate dishes that work, and try not to make the same mistakes with the ones that don’t.

We keep a book of blank pages in our kitchen, called our kitchen journal, that we fill with ideas and culinary pathways we have tried. Have fun with it. Everything is perspective.

The added benefit is that every time you choose to cook at home, instead of eating out, you open the door to: saving money, eating healthier, and family team building. Until next time...

Happy Cooking.

Chef Dez is a Chef, Writer, & Host. Visit him at chefdez.com Write to him at dez@chefdez. com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, BC V2T 6R4

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New Horizons report The second week of April got off to a great start with 40 members and friends attending the potluck dinner.

Lou Ketelson, guest of Florence Hammond, won the half-and-half draw for the day. Following the meal, those remaining played a few rounds

of card bingo. Everyone went home with a wee gift.

The board met the morning of April 12 with 11 members in attendance. Joanne reported that the Courtesy Car had logged 592 trips in March, an average of 28 per day. The board was

reminded that the annual card party will take place on Friday, April 20. All the senior clubs in the area have been invited.

The activity committee stayed to plan lunch for the event. President Don is canvassing businesses for prizes we can use in

draws. We hope to have a good turnout.

There was a good turnout for bingo the afternoon of April 12. Vi McCarty won the halfand-half while Willa McIlwain and Evelyn Poletz shared the blackout prize.

Jim Reiter, MLA

Rosetown-Elrose Constituency 215 Main Street, Rosetown Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 5:00 Tel: 306-882-4105 Fax: 306-882-4108 Toll free; 1-855-762-2233 E-mail: jimreitermla@sasktel.net Box 278, Rosetown SK S0L 2V0 Please call with questions or concerns

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