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Angel Food Cake, a play . . . and a wee angel . . . St. Gabriel School’s Camryn McKinley looks over her shoulder, just to see if her family is really watching, May 15. The kids were performing their play, “Stone Soup”, giving one and all a chance for some great entertainment, a piece of angel food cake, and a relaxing evening. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Grade 10 students from Biggar Central School and Plenty School spent the day witnessing a mock accident and the subsequent consequences - from body-bags and coroners (left pictures), RCMP and arrests (right), extractions (above), and hospital triage (below). The ugly truth of the day hit home, although talking to RCMP, firefighters, EMS and hospital personnel, the real thing is a whole lot uglier, tragic and sad, and completely avoidable. The day showed students how poor choices can lead to a lifetime of regret and lifealtering changes.

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RMs will need to cover cost of CSO program “We all have the same goal. To find a solution in these changing times,” said Sandi Silvernagle at the recent meeting concerning the Community Safety Officer Program.

On May 2, Gavin Nash, Program Manager, Policy and Governance, Ministry of Corrections and Policing, was in Biggar to make a presentation to rural municipalities. Also attending the meeting was MLA Biggar-Sask Valley Randy Weekes.

The rural municipality representatives that attended were in agreement: crime is rising and the lack of police is an issue. There are many reasons why there are fewer RCMP from the fact that the RCMP is having difficulty recruiting officers to the cost factor. The Town of Biggar currently spends $157,000 per year on policing costs.

According to Nash, Community Safety Officers provide a visible

presence in the area.

At present there are 27 officers in the province -- some working as peace officers on First Nations Communities, others work in rural municipalities and with city police services (North Battleford and Prince Albert for example).

Still, there is a cost.

Asked whether there would be money coming from the province, Weekes was doubtful.

“We are committed to balancing the budget in 2019,” he said. So it is unlikely there will be any extra funding available at this time.

Rural municipalities can retain 75 per cent of the fine revenue. Municipalities can also partner with other municipalities to share costs. However, the question then becomes how large can the coverage area be and still be effective?

Weekes also pointed to the task force on rural crime which was chaired

by MLA Herb Cox. From the recommendations of this committee the government announced the creation of a Protection and Response Team.

The PRT is comprised of approximately 258 armed enforcement officers consisting of: 120 police officers from RCMP and municipal police services assigned to the Combined Traffic Services Saskatchewan (CTSS) initiative. This initiative includes 60 police positions currently deployed to CTSS, 30 new police positions to be funded through SGI’s $4.9 million investment and 30 repurposed police positions currently funded by the Ministry. These officers join 40 Ministry of Highways Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Officers (CVEO) with expanded powers and 98 Ministry of Environment Conservation Officers (CO).

Silvernagle confirmed the councillors in the

RM o f Biggar have discussed this matter.

No decision has been made. But, Biggar’s RM, like so many others struggle with bylaws being ignored.

Bylaws which pertain to weight restrictions and fire Gavin Nash, Program Manager, Policy and Governance, Ministry bans. Ignor- of Corrections and Policing (left)and Biggar-Sask Valley MLA ing weight Randy Weekes chat after the presentation on May 2. (Submitted restrictions photo) on roads causes the become necessary to find Some calling it nothing RM more money in the other solutions. but “political window end because the roads People need to be more dressing.” must be fixed. The open minded. As one Others noted that duties of a CSO could person commented, “be times are changing. It include bylaw enforcerealistic about where is no longer possible for ment. Probably somecommunities are going. thing no farmer wants to farmers to leave quonset doors open or leave their Look at alternatives.” hear. keys in vehicles, even Not all in attendance agreed with the program. in their yards. It has

Making Music Together will top the year for local musicians, May 27 Making Music Together will be the perfect theme for a Saskatchewan music teachers concert at the Majestic Theatre this May 27.

The concert, sponsored by the Saskatchewan Registered Music Teachers’ Association - West Central Branch, mirrors a similar and very suc-

cessful concert held last spring in Rosetown and Kindersley. The West Central Branch represents professional music teachers from Biggar, Rosetown, Kindersley, Fiske, Kerrobert, Eston and Elrose, and creates educational and performance events for teachers and students in their

communities.

Music on the afternoon will include everything from classical to country, with local performers including the Lehnert family, Michelle Danychuk on violin, Kolby Zagoruy, Minjun Kim, Emily Goring, Janelle Lechinski’s Singers on Sixth, Michaela, Willow

and Anara Hoppe, and a new group: Spring Fever.

Non-local performers will feature Kindersley’s St. Paul’s United Hand Bells, Dixieland jazz group Kindersley Kombo, Cheryl Pearce and Bernie Wiens, Saskatoon Symphony member and Kerrobert’s Christina Bakenec on cello, piano

ensembles, selections on clarinet, flute, trumpet . . . the list goes on!

A portion of profits from the concert will go to a local charity.

The concert promises to be easy listening and fun, with skill testing ques-

tions thrown in for the audience with, of course, a chance to win prizes!

Making Music Together will be at the Biggar Majestic Theatre, May 27, show time at 3 p.m.

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Moms are the best . . . Biggar Central School students perform for some very important people, May 11. The school opened the gymnasium, creating

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No perfect solution to controlling rural crime Since the meeting for the Community Safety Officer program was held in Biggar I have talked to many people regarding the program -- and received many, many comments.

Some people are dismayed that this is the best option put forward. They feel that only armed officers will be effective in getting rural crime under control. What these people don’t realize is the cost. They think the RCMP simply send officers out which is not true. There is a funding formula that is split between the RCMP, the province and, in this case, the Town of Biggar and the municipalities. At this time, Biggar’s budget is $157,000. That may change as there are talks underway and the funding formula is under review.

Then, there are those that feel this is a viable solution to the issue. They feel that having a visible presence in the area will deter criminals. To some extent this is true. I recall one sergeant in Biggar used to park a police car on Main Street. No officers in it but it was visible. i also recall at the public meeting held in March, that some of those present made the comment there were no government representatives in attendance. Yet, when the MLA cut short his duties in Regina to attend the meeting in May, there were very few RM representatives in attendance. It was a chance to ask questions and get some answers from the government standpoint. It was a chance to clear the air and get the facts.

In the end, there is no perfect solution. No solution that will satisfy everyone. Going forward, it will be necessary to look at the facts, weigh the pros and cons and make a decision.

P.H.

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Focus on trade infrastructure to meet agri-food goals

by Naomi Christensen, Senior Policy Analyst, Canada West Foundation and Carlo Dade, Director of Trade & Investment Centre at the Canada West Foundation Last year, the federal government set a lofty goal of boosting agri-food exports to $75 billion annually by 2025 — a whopping increase of $20 billion in seven years. But unless it takes some serious action quickly, Ottawa is already on track to miss the mark — and that would be a big blow for Canadian producers who are struggling with inadequate trade infrastructure to get their products to market.

The 2018 federal budget hardly mentions agri-food, let alone any measures aimed at increasing exports. If the government is serious about increasing exports, the place to start is trade infrastructure, such as roads, ports, railways, waterways, airports and pipelines. Our problem isn’t inability to produce more crops, it’s our inability to get goods to foreign markets.

It is not much of an exaggeration to say that our government officials responsible for trade promotion in Asia spend half their time working on opening markets and increasing market access and the other half apologizing for delays in delivering products to markets.

To meet our export goals, we must not undermine our own exports. Look

at our rail network, for example. This winter’s cold weather and heavy snow once again affected rail shipments that haul western wheat, canola and barley to ports for export. The resulting backlogs and major delays throughout the system impacted shippers of all products: grain, potash, pulp, chemicals, oil, steelmaking coal — the list goes on. If this sounds familiar, it’s because there were also major bottlenecks in the winter of 2013-14, following a record fall harvest in western Canada. That gridlock alone cost producers about $8 billion.

Yet it seems little has changed since then to address some of the deepseated, structural issues, such as where to invest in more assets and capacity, to sustainably and equitably improve our systems to move goods to and from markets. Although Ottawa recently passed the Transportation Modernization Act (Bill C-49), it remains to be seen whether its measures aimed at improving the shipment of grain by rail will address current problems, or whether these measures will simply pass on bottlenecks to other shippers. Pointing the finger at railway companies is all too easy, but that doesn’t solve the deeper problems.

Another critical but largely ignored issue hampering our trade transportation network is the lack of system-wide data.

these new agreements are multilateral: they have a single set of rules for both the 27 economies of the CETA countries and the 11 economies of the CPTPP countries.

Canadian firms doing the paperwork to clear a good for one market, such as Germany, also get clearance to sell the good into all the other EU countries. If Canadian firms sell a good to a company in a country that is part of a multilateral agreement, that company can use the Canadian input to make things to sell to other countries that are part of the agreement, which makes the Canadian input more attractive. Again, the Americans have none of these advantages and opportunities while we have them all.

Yet we now risk squandering these opportunities and, with them, any hope of meeting the government’s agricultural export targets, if we cannot get our goods reliably to foreign customers — or even if the perception in foreign markets is that, as in the past, we are unable to deliver.

If ever there was a time to get our trade infrastructure house in order, now would be it. If the federal government is serious about meeting its goal of $75 billion by 2025 in agri-food exports — an additional $1.28 billion per year for the next seven years if growth in agricultural exports holds steady at 2.7 percent per year — it needs to act.

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While Canada has good data on the movement of grain, the broader picture, such as how the movement of grain will impact the movement of other goods like timber and televisions, is lacking. The Canada Infrastructure Bank, set up in 2017, could help on this front. So far, however, the federal government seems to be focused on using it to pay for projects like public transit, green infrastructure and transportation corridors. There would be real value to using it as a “logistics knowledge bank” to improve the planning, return on investment, supply and production chain optimization elements of infrastructure planning — something most of our competitors do.

The problems with our trade infrastructure are about to get more costly, in that we now have huge new opportunities but lack the means to make good on them.

Canada recently signed major new trade agreements that open Europe (CETA, the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) and Asia (CPTPP, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership) to Canadian exporters. Our firms have significant advantages in these markets, such as in tariffs and rules of origin, that US exporters, often our biggest competitors, do not. But the biggest advantage for Canadian producers is that

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Myrtle used in royal bridal bouquets a tradition When Harry marries Meghan. The royal wedding is what everyone is interested in these days.

News channels even have a special newsletter on their websites dedicated to all things relating to royal weddings and this one in particular.

For those that are royal watchers and supporters of the monarchy, this is an exciting time. There are so many elements -- the fact that Meghan is an American; the fact that this is a very “modern” couple; the focus on charity; the smaller wedding. It is all so very untraditional and yet very traditional at the same time.

They will be wed in

Windsor Castle, a place where many royal weddings have taken place.

The reception will be hosted by the Queen. The invitation list, although pared down, still has some “must” invites.

Protocol is still being observed.

One fact that caught my attention was the bridal bouquet.

There has been much written about the inclusion of a sprig of myrtle.

Myrtle is an ornamental

which is planted as a shrub in gardens and parks.

The flowers are rather pretty -fragrant, white, fluffy flowers.

The berry is round and purple black in colour.

The leaves are glossy Peggy Hasein and pointed and give off a fragrant aroma when crushed.

On the islands of Sardinia and Corsica, myrtle is used to produce

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a liqueur called Mirto.

Mediterranean pork dishes sometimes use myrtle berries and roasted baby pig is stuffed with myrtle sprigs in the belly cavity. The berries can also be used as a substitute for pepper in sausage.

As for medicinal uses, ancient physicians would prescribe it to treat fever and pain. In Europe and China the plant is used in the cure of sinus infections.

As for the traditional use of myrtle in a wedding bouquet, particularly a royal one, stems from the time of Queen Victoria. Prince Albert’s grandmother gave Queen Victoria a posy of myrtle. The Queen

planted the myrtle against a wall at her new home, Osborne House, and it still grows today.

Queen Victoria’s daughter, who was also named Victoria, used a sprig from the plant in her wedding bouquet.

This started the tradition. Princess Elizabeth, later to be crowned Queen Elizabeth, added a sprig of myrtle to her wedding bouquet of white cattleya, odontoglossum and cypripedium orchids.

The huge waterfall bouquet carried by Lady Diana Spencer has a sprig of myrtle from Osborne House as well as yellow Mountbatten roses in honour of Lord Louis Mountbatten,

Prince Charles’ great uncle.

Kate Middleton also chose to carry on the tradition and myrtle was in her bouquet as well as lilies of the valley, ivy, hyacinths, and sweet william.

Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, placed her wedding bouquet on the grave of the Unknown Warrior to honour her brother Fergus who was killed in World War I. This started another tradition with the bridal bouquet.

The day after the wedding, the subsequent bouquets were sent to the Abbey. The bouquet of the Duchess of Cambridge was placed on a pillow at the memorial.

Biggar Lodge News

by Karen Kammer, Recreation Coordinator Hello everyone, Hope all is going well for our little community.

Last week at Biggar Health Centre, we started with Monday morning exercises. After dinner we played Jeopardy.

Tuesday morning we had current events. We read from The Independent and looked at articles on the iPad. After lunch some of the residents made bird feeders out of seeds, peanut butter and cheerios.

Wednesday morning we had bowling. The residents had three rounds.

The winning resident had 27 points and took home the trophy. After lunch we loaded a bus of residents and took them to Perdue for a drive and ice cream.

Thursday morning was Bible Study. After that we had Residents council. We discussed issues that the residents felt needed addressing. They also praised about how the staff give wonderful care. After lunch we had bingo.

Friday morning was Hymn Sing. At noon we had BBQ Club down Prairie Scape. Then at 2:30 Henry Bleile from Warman was here to enter-

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Saturday morning was Mother’s Day Bingo. After lunch Bob Wiseman was here and sang songs and read poetry.

Sunday morning was a special Mothers Day Breakfast of Belgian waffles. At 10:30 we had a special Mother’s Day Social. For lunch they served a lovely chicken cord en blue dinner. At 2:30 PAL’s were here for church.

Thank you to everyone who comes to the Lodge and spends time with the residents. We are always looking for volunteers and entertainers to help make the days go better.

Please contact myself at the Activity Department if interested at 306-9483323 Ext 2771. Thanks!

Have a great day.

Precaution taken in locomotive fire . . . Biggar fire fighters tend to a CN train, Monday. CN crews made the call to Biggar Fire Department on the Monday morning, making sure the incident didn’t progress to the point of losing the expensive machine or endangering lives or property. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Biggar RCMP begin weekly property crime stats In support of crime reduction through education and awareness, Biggar RCMP will be posting property crime statistics on a weekly basis.

This will include all property crime in one week periods for the entire policing jurisdiction of the Biggar RCMP. “Providing statistics on a routine basis will provide citizens with a better understanding of real-time property crime affecting this area,” Sergeant Colin Sawrenko, Biggar Detachment NCO, explained.

Sgt. Sawrenko pointed out that the vehicles stolen from the jurisdiction

during this week’s time period had keys left in the vehicles.

“It is important to educate the public on the importance of safeguarding their property.

Remove valuables and keys. Lock your doors.

Take away the opportunity.”

Statistics for the week: April 29 to May 5: April 29: Possession of Stolen Property (RM of Biggar) - 2004 Ford

Super Duty stolen out of Alberta (recovered). Still under investigation.

May 1: Other Theft Under $5,000 (Town of Biggar) - Household items; Tenant dispute. Still under investigation.

May 1: Theft of Car (RM of Biggar) - Not stolen; unsubstantiated complaint. Concluded.

May 1: Other Theft Under $5,000 (RM of Biggar) - Chemical tank.

Still under investigation.

May 2: Theft of Truck (RM of Biggar) - 2017 black Dodge Ram 1500 Crew Cab. Still under investigation.

May 2: Theft of Truck (RM of Perdue) - 1983 International Heavy Grain Truck; recovered near Saskatoon. Concluded - no suspects.

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The Book Up from the hazy valley of the North Saskatchewan wound the trail, creepy, lariat-like, across the grassy slopes and between huge boulders that dotted the ancient shelf of the river...

Some people are good athletes, others seem to be able to manage financial enterprises pretty well, while many more have some kind of personal acumen that makes them stand out in any intellectual crowd.

And although Y.T. don’t qualify in any of these categories, all his life he has wanted to write a book!

Mebbe this “I never quite made it” bit is partly his own fault, I dunno.

He likes to blame most of his failures on circumstances! When he was very young, he read a lot of Pauline Johnson, Robert Service and Rudyard Kipling stuff in the family library. He wanted to do something like them.

But no; the plan for those days was to get an education. So he put his shoulder to that wheel!

In the middle of those lessons (which included

studying Kipling, Service and Johnson!) along came “The Great Depression” and the “Plan” changed to just “Getting By”, which, with the help of our parents (Bless them!), we did!

By the time the “Dirty Thirties” were over (in 1939 or so) we had said goodbye to school and moved away to another place. Y.T. had a cozy little room all to himself , and almost felt homefree to write a little bit for his book. But, (and here is that excuse again!) someone changed the “Plan” once more.

War was declared!

Guess what “would be” pen-pusher found himself over in Europe trying to keep some statistics guy from scrawling “The End” in his paybook, eh?

As fate would have it though, Y.T. came home to a rousing welcome, shook the hand of the Governor-General, and despite his feelings of “I’m not good enough for any lady!”, married the nicest girl in the country!

It was about this time that the “According to Plan” phase of his life stopped, and the former “inferior” type became

some sort of “extrovert”, book he planned to write whatever that means! always got set aside.

They tell me that old Then, in a flash, it came soldiers seldom speak to him, voila! That polio much about the war (it may have taken away a was a kind of nervous bit of his physique all thing, I think), but for right, but that old desire years Y.T. talked and to put something down talked... on paper was Forgive still there! me friends He sure I somehow hadn’t enrapture planned in Your sons that way at all, with stirbut now he ring tales felt home-free of “Over to write again.

There”.

So he picked I only up his pen... mean this “For thoutelling to sands of Notable recapture years those The awful slopes had Notes evil of the been there! days that Bob Mason Ever since the were. sheets of the SomeKewatin ice times Y.T. talked so cap had melted back and much I wonder how the run-off water from it come people put up had cut those deep valwith him! And then, just leys. For centuries only about the time that he natives had looked out figured he had the world over that countryside, by the tail (and was a but now the small speck little better than the next of a lonely horseback guy!) along came another rider appeared far down great equalizer - Polio!* the trail.”

This “extrovert” type Like mentioned above, that he had become (and I don’t think that there practically glories in!) was much personal soon found himself lying planning in to what haphelplessly in a hospital pened next! Although the bed and couldn’t do doctors had said that he nothing... would never work again, Any great dreams he Y.T. somehow got his had about writing books strength back and started or doing anything just working much as he had seemed to have flown out before! Actually I think the window!

Y.T. was so darn stubThere must have been born he just had to prove someone who put in the medical men wrong! a good word for me, We got a Massey ‘44 because even though the tractor and front-end medical people claimed loader and started farmit was a long shot, Y.T. ing again - still a little pulled through it all desperate about the book somehow and came he never seemed to have home. He was still kind a chance to write! of run down, mind you, I don’t know where that but that far-back ambitractor is now, but at tion to write a book was one time the whole gas still there! tank was covered with All his former life Y.T. thoughts and verses, had catered to the preset scrawled there as Y.T. “plan” of things working, worked his fields. warring, building and Always away back in trying to make a living his head somewhere and any thought of the had remained that old

ambition to finish that story he had started up in Great Band so many years before.

Again and again over his fields he went, round after boring round, with pencil poised and that gas tank right in front of him. Now was his chance! Except for one thing: most of the stuff he had planned to write about had already happened!

Fiction is okay, I guess, and millions of readers will agree, but suddenly he realized that the themes he intended to write about weren’t fiction at all, and never had been!

Life is mebbe like that a bit, I think. We all plan to do great things someday, not realizing that its real values have been right there with us all along!

“The young rider turned in his saddle and looked back across the land over which he had come. I’m coming back some day, he thought to himself, because there’re so many things I want to do!”

“My Dad’s ambition was full of meaning, Not that he valued wealth so much!

But because, to him, in a wheat field greening Was a bit of Creation that he could touch He raised his arm in a wave half hearted And said “Giddap” to his tired team He looked back once as the horses started Then drove away from a dying dream!

Hopefully some of the sentences Yours Truly was going to put in his book (which isn’t quite finished yet!) are still in the pens of our future young people, mebbe even the reader, eh! * Y.T. had Bulbar Polio!

Sadler to sit once again on WDM board Biggar mayor, Ray Sadler will once again sit on the Western Development Museum Board of Directors.

The announcement came May 14 with His Honour, The Honourable W. Thomas Molloy, Lieutenant Government making the appointment.

The WDM also welcomed two new members

to the Board. Jack Dawes from Saltcoats, and Gwen Beitel from Spring Valley. Dawes has a teaching background and is the former Executive Director of the Prairie Oat Growers Association, musician, broadcaster and history lover. Beitel is the office manager for MP Tom Lukiwski, and serves on the boards of

Briercrest Museum, Providence Place in Moose Jaw, and volunteers with the Sukanen Museum Group.

They join Sadler and Nancy Martin (Regina) as Chair, Susan Lamb (Saskatoon), Diana Ireland (Moose Jaw), and Sharon Mohagen (North Battleford).

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Biggar and District Health Services Foundation 2017 annual report

by Gene Motruk, President 2017 once again has been a productive and successful fund-raising year for the Biggar and District Health Services Foundation.

This is the Foundation’s fifth annual report. The Foundation’s greatest challenge this past year and going forward is to stay in the public eye to attract members, volunteers and donations.

In 2017 the Foundation’s main fundraising activity was the seventh Annual Dine/Dance/ Auction. The Foundation also receives donations in memoriam and through direct contact with individuals, businesses and corporations.

All donations were gratefully accepted.

As per the 2017 Review Engagement Report performed by Close Hauta

Bertoia Blanchette Chartered Professional Accountants, the Foundation had revenue of $75,762 and expenses of $59,638. The revenue included donations of $9,876 and the Dine/ Dance/Auction revenue of $65,886. The Dine/ Dance/Auction expenses of $33,276, donation grants to Heartland Health Region of $22,531, auditor fees of $2,233 and administration expenses $365 and advertising and promotion expenses of $1,234 along with other revenue of $11,010 resulted in an excess of revenue over expenses of $27,134.

The Foundation provided donation grants to Heartland health Region to purchase furniture for the acute care nurses’ staff room, a blanket warmer for acute care, a chair lift with scale for

acute care and a recliner chair for the palliative care room. Over the past two years the Foundation has provided $41,600 in donation grants to Biggar health services.

As of April 1, 2018, the Foundation has paid for all equipment and furnishings commitments related to the construction of the new long-term care facility. The Foundation’s commitment of $136,525 to Heartland to pay for the landscaping around the new facility if all the contingency funds were used up during construction, was not required. Heartland Health Region and the general contractor have satisfactory completed all deficiencies.

The capital project was completed on budget and the municipal contributors even received a small credit.

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The Foundation this past year invested some of its cash assets into different long-term investment to achieve better returns.

The Biggar and District Health Services Foundation is committed to Biggar Health Services for the long-term and will continue to fund raise to ensure physicians and staff have the latest equipment to meet the health needs of the residents of Biggar and District.

The Foundation encourages residents, organizations and businesses to continue to make donations to the foundation.

The CRA Charity agency stipulates BDHS Foundation can only make donations to other charitable organizations.

I would like to express my gratitude to the Foundation’s Directors and to all the volunteers that participated in the Foundation’s fund raising activities throughout 2017.

Without everyone’s contribution the Foundation would not have achieved its fund raising goals.

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Canada and There Europe, but have generthe red tape ally been two of governmotivating ment is factors in the spreading decision to faster than make what clubroot in is a huge canola crops.

Agriculture change.

In Alberta The first has producers been simple are expectCalvin Daniels ing new rules economics.

There are this summer often limited opportuwhich will require them nities for expansion of to have a health and farms in Europe in terms safety plan. of available acres to The rules, which come buy. The acres which do into effect June 1 and come on the market are apply to farms with paid also high cost because of employees, are part of the limited supply. As a the government’s plans result a farmer can often to update the Occupasell there and buy more tional Health and Safety acres here. code.

The second reason I Now having farmers have often heard from following regulations for recent farming immiemployees other indusgrants is a wish to get tries have already been away from the increasdealing with may be seen ing red tape of European as logical, and certainly farming. The rules and fair in terms of employee regulations imposed by safety, but they are addgovernment are seen not ing red tape for farmers just for being restrictive to deal with. in terms of farmer choicAnd on the federal side, es, but of adding addias of Dec. 1, veterinary tional costs to production prescriptions will be

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The new federal legislation means and covers most forms of livestock so whether a bee producer, or hog producer, they will be dealing with the changes.

The new policy covers injectable products, boluses, calf scour treatments, and similar products. Drugs such as tetracycline and penicillin will no longer be available over the counter.

What these changes will mean is significant cost increases. Veterinarians will see these changes as a way to add to their bottom line, and no one can fault them for wanting to be paid for their time.

Still, this is a rule which is a massive change in how livestock producers go about doing their business.

Growing up on a livestock farm, using penicillin to treat a sick animal was something which was done regularly, based on years of experience. The thought of having to pay the vet for a prescription will be hard to understand for producers.

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Lord Asquith School Newsletter

It’s all about Mom (as it should be!) . . . Biggar Central School students took time to recognize and honour their mom, grandmom and any special women in their lives, Friday. The afternoon of enter-

tainment, treats and one-on-one time was a touching recognition of the importance of Moms in our lives.

(Independent Photos by Ana Irvine)

KINDERGARTEN PARENT NIGHT Parents of children five years old before January 1, 2019 are invited to an information night about the 2018 - 2019 Kindergarten programs at BCS2000 and St. Gabriel School.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23RD

by Leanne Gruending Principal’s Message Wow! Only 30ish days left in the 2017/2018 school year (and they are going to be some exciting, activity packed days!).

As we get closer to the end of the school year, we all start thinking about what next year will look like. It is likely, unless something unexpected pops up, our classes will look like: Pre Kindergarten Ms. Mason; Kindergarten Ms. DeCorby; Grade 1 Ms. Goran; Grade 2 Mrs. Robinson; Grade 3/4 Mrs. Addley; Grade 4/5 Mrs. Johnson; Grade 6/7 Ms. Bachmeier; Grade 7/8 Ms. Stack.

All math classes from grades K-10 will be straight graded with only one curriculum being taught.

I will be coming around to classes (that will be split next year) at the end of May to get student feedback and collect sociometrics on the groupings. I hope to have next year’s class lists sent home by early June.

Badminton season finished off at the end of April with Justin Wilson and Brookelyn Grasby advancing to Junior Badminton playoffs for our conferences.

Both played with heart but lost out against some

fantastic competition.

Also, a huge congratulations to our Sr. Badminton players, Sierra Juell and Karson Huber, for advancing to the second round in Mixed Doubles and Kennedy Woodside and Alivia Shule for advancing to the second round for Girls Doubles!

Track season has begun and we had another amazing turn out with over 30 athletes set to compete at Griffiths on May 25. Our Elementary students will also have the chance to show off their track and field skills at the Elementary Track Day on June 8.

Teachers would love if parents can come help out!

A huge “Congratulations” goes out to Kennedy Woodside for getting sixth place in the “Caring for our Watersheds” contest with an award of $500!

The Science 8 Cardboard Boat Races are coming up on June 12. Make sure you wish our Grade 8 designers luck!

We are also excited to host our first Bike Rodeo for Elementary students in early June. Details will soon be sent home once we have a confirmed date!

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Both schools will offer TWO presentations … choose from 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. start times at each school.

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My Mom is the best . . . St. Gabriel School kids pampered their moms and grandmoms, Friday, treating them to an afternoon of treats, entertainment, massages, hand moisturisers . . . everything these special women deserve! These special women and their special kids had a unique and wonderful afternoon prior to Mother’s Day. (Independent Photos by Ana Irvine)

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Paxton, The Big Maple, makes no-hit history There are 18 or 19 weeks to play in the Major League Baseball season but Seattle’s James Paxton won’t forget the first week in May. The Canadian-born (Ladner, British Columbia) pitcher went seven innings and struck out a whopping 16 in a 3-2 Mariners’ loss to

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Oakland on May 2 and — with most observers saying ‘well, he can’t top that’ — he went out and topped it, throwing a no-hitter, in Toronto of all places, on May 8, stopping the Jay 5-0.

He is the first Canadian to pitch a no-hitter on Canadian soil.

A lefthander known as The Big Maple, Paxton is a proud Canadian, sporting a large tattoo of a maple leaf on his right forearm. For him to pitch a no-hitter in Toronto, MLB’s only Canadian city, couldn’t have been more maple-syrupy and

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beaver-tinged. The only other Canadian to pitch a no-hitter was Dick Fowler in 1945, a mere 73 years ago.

No hits by the Blue Jays continued a woeful period of sporting life in Toronto.

Two weeks before, the Maple Leafs were eliminated from the Stanley Cup playoffs in the first round. The night before Paxton’s brilliance, basketball’s Toronto Raptors were eliminated by Cleveland Cavaliers in a four-game sweep after a season of championship chatter in the Big Smoke, costing coach-of-the-year favourite Dwane Casey his job.

Then, the Jays suffer the ignominy of a no-hitter in front of their home fans, but Canadians take solace in the fact that it was one of their own who performed the feat, only the sixth no-hitter in Mariners’ history.

Paxton is no out-of-nowhere phenom. He had a sensational 2017, finishing with a 12-5 record, a 2.98 earnedrun-average and

I have so many to thank for the wonderful journey I have been on. I am thankful for my family and large contingent of fans (the sea of RED) that came to Sweden to support our curling team! I am also so thankful that some of my family stayed home to keep the wheels of our business turning.

I love you with all my heart! ÿ To those that sent texts, Facebook messages and posts while we were in Sweden, they were appreciated and inspired us to curl our best. ÿ To my amazing teammates, Brenda Goertzen, Patty Hersikorn, and Sherry Anderson, we have had so much FUN doing something we love to do! ÿ Since I have been home, the whirlwind has continued . . . . . . from the surprise homecoming at the airport, to another delicious cake at work, to the beautiful bouquets of flowers, to the many phone calls, texts and Facebook messages, and to those that have taken time out of their day to stop into the office to offer their congratulations. It really means a lot!

And to think, my team is fortunate enough to do it all over again next year in Norway!!! It has indeed been a dream come true!

Thanks Everyone! … sincerely, Anita Silvernagle World Gold Senior Curling Champions.

giving up only 113 hits in 136 innings. He also struck out 156, going 7-0 in July and August (1.60 E.R.A.), giving Mariners’ management one less pitching rotation worry in the offseason.

So far, he has exceeded every expectation.

After his no-hitter, Bruce Penton he was fourth in the league in strikeouts with 67 in only 47 innings and has emerged as the Mariners’ No. 1 guy as their former ace, King Felix Hernandez, is on the downside of his career. Reportedly, Paxton has been a Mariners’ fan his whole life and bought an M’s tee-shirt as a youngster, wearing it until it wore out.

Mariners management should do something similar with Paxton and a contract. Sign him to a long-term deal and take advantage of that pitching talent until it wears out.

• NBC’s Jimmy Fallon: “A growing number of people are going to e-sport arenas to watch other people play video games. It

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combines the thrill of going to a live sporting event with the thrill of having an unemployed roommate.”

• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.) “What a relief to know that the Angels’ Albert Pujols received a $3 million bonus for joining the 3,000-hit club. Now he won’t have to scrape by just on his season’s salary of $27 million.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, on Twitter: “The Mets batted out of order in first inning against the Reds today. Their lineup card was immediately turned over to the Mueller investigation.”

• Chad again, on the shooting talents of a Toronto Raptor: “If Jonas Valanciunas dropped an anchor off a boat, it would not hit water.”

• Chad once more, on the over-the-top Tiger Woods coverage: “CBSSports.com bonus Masters coverage online: “Tiger Woods postround ordering coconut cream pie at Perkins Restaurant.”

• Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg: “On ‘Inside the NBA,’ Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal got into a heated exchange. Have not seen Charles this mad since Shaq took the last taco on Taco Tuesday.”

• Late-night funnyman Conan O’Brien:

Wild Dog play hits the Majestic Theatre . . .

Actress Danielle Roy goes through her one-woman play, “The Wild Dog Waits on the Concrete Path”, Saturday at the Biggar Majestic Theatre.

“It’s come out that Red Sox star Mookie Betts is related to soon-to-be royal Meghan Markle.

This means there’s a chance that one day there will be a “King Mookie.”

• Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “Red Sox star Mookie Betts and actress Meghan Markle — who will wed Prince Harry on May 19 at Windsor Castle — could be distant relatives, The Boston Globe reported. Coincidence? Betts’ agent just demanded a trade to the Royals.”

• Mackay Taggart of Global News Toronto, via Twitter, on the NHL telling Brad Marchand to cease and desist licking opponents: “Ripped from the headlines of a kindergarten-class newspaper.”

• Seven-foot 76er Joel Embiid, to reporters, on his Game 4 scuffle with 6-2 Celtic Terry Rozier: “He tried to punch me twice, but too bad he’s so short that he couldn’t get to my face.”

• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com, on sports karma: “Matt Harvey refuses to go to a AAA team. And ends up with the 8-27 Reds.”

• Bob Molinaro again, on the 20-horse field in this year’s Kentucky Derby: “Is it a race or a stampede?”

Care to comment?

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The Theatre Howl production was a story of a young teacher from a big city, transported to a small town. (Independent Photo by Daryl Hasein)

THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018

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OBITUARIES Sharen Jean KUNZ (nee Shepherd) February 20, 1947 - May 8, 2018 Sharen Jean Kunz (née Shepherd) passed away suddenly in her home in Moose Jaw, Sask. on Tuesday, May 8, 2018.

Sharen was born on February 20, 1947 in Biggar, Sask. to Joseph and Kathleen (Kay) Shepherd.

She grew up around movies and working the concession at the family-owned Majestic Theatre in Biggar.

She moved to Saskatoon to attend Saskatoon Business College and met Cyril Kunz. Sharen married Cyril on August 10, 1968 and they moved to Moose Jaw, Sask. She worked as a secretary/administrative assistant for the City of Moose Jaw, ManPower (now Canada Employment Agency), Sacred Heart School, and at Canadian Forces Base Moose Jaw - 15 Wing.

She was predeceased by her parents, Joe and Kay; brother, Barry; and her husband, Cyril. Sharen is survived by her loving sons, Steven (Cheryl Archibald) and Derrick (Shawna); and grandchildren: Kiersten, Sara, Jacob, Annika, and Rebekah.

The Funeral Service was held on Wednesday, May 16, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in Moose Jaw Funeral Home with Deacon Lamont Dyck officiating.

Interment will take place on SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in Biggar Cemetery, Biggar, Sask. with Father Edward Gibney presiding.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Saskatchewan, Unit 26 - 1738 Quebec Ave, Saskatoon, SK S7K 1V9.

Arrangements are entrusted to Moose Jaw Funeral Home, 268 Mulberry Lane.

Calvin Gammel, Funeral Director 306693-4550 www.moosejawfuneralhome. com 20c1

Coming TUESDAY, MAY 22: Eastern Star Soup/ Sandwich lunch and dessert at Biggar New Horizons, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., $8.

Proceeds to local charities. Open to everyone! Consider this your invitation.

20c2 SATURDAY, MAY 26: 1:30 p.m., Biggar Museum & Gallery Adjudication Show, artists from the area have their works on display and will be adjudicated by Anne McElroy from Saskatoon. Come in, make your People’s Choice pick, May 2 - 25, Monday - Friday, 1 - 5 p.m.

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INVITATIONS

COMING EVENTS SUNDAY, MAY 27: 3 p.m., SRMTA Making Music Together, at Biggar Majestic Theatre. Admission $10 adults; $5 student. Collaborative concert musicians from Biggar, Kerrobert, Rosetown, Fiske and Kindersley areas. Sure to enthuse and entertain!

19c2 MONDAY, MAY 28: Groovin’ at the Gazebo, 6 p.m., corner of 3rd and Main.

Ensembles/instrumentals/vocals by Students of Emily Goring, Peggy L’Hoir, Joan Motz, Kolby Zagoruy and friends. Cheer on local young musicians, please bring your own lawn chair 20c2

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90th Birthday Come & Go Tea at St. Martin’s United Church 2617 Clarence Avenue, Saskatoon, Sask.

SATURDAY, JUNE 9TH from 1:30 - 4:00 p.m.

No gifts please!

Your presence is your gift!

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Don and Betty Crozier donate proceeds of $1,165.00 from their 60th Wedding Anniversary celebration held on Sunday, April 29, in lieu of cards and gifts, to Eugene Motruk (centre), President of Biggar & District Health Services Foundation Inc. board. (Submitted Photo)

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The Biggar Masonic Lodge No 100 presented a cheque to Laura Stacey and her son CJ on May 8.

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Sauces for Topping Your Pasta In previous columns I have suggested on several occasions that one should try their hand at making fresh pasta instead of always relying on purchasing it dry from a bag or box.

Congratulations to you if you took my advice and tried your hand at this wonderful culinary skill.

For those of you that did, and for those of you that never will, I want to give you some ideas for sauces to compliment your pasta, be it from fresh or dry.

The most common is the classic tomato sauce. Although chefs will consider it sacrilege to any pasta, a number of people still buy canned or jarred premade tomato sauces to don their pasta. Some will at least get creative by adding extra ingredients like onions or garlic, but nothing can take the place of good rustic homemade batch of tomato sauce.

This does not have to be the style that simmers for hours on end either.

Many great homemade pasta sauces can start out with a little help from canned diced tomatoes and some tomato paste and be done in record time. Reduce it down even further at the end (by simmering some of the water content out) and replenish with some whipping cream and you now have a rosĂŠ sauce for those special occasions when calorie counting is not on your priority list.

Any ground meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey, lamb, et cetera) cooked up at the beginning of the process will magically transform this rustic tomato or rosĂŠ sauce into a hearty meat sauce.

Sausage meat can also be utilized in the same manner by removing it from the casings and cooking the same as ground meat. Italian sausage (mild or hot, depending on your tastes) is wonderful for this.

A bĂŠchamel (white sauce) is a very simple sauce.

Don’t let the fancy French culinary name scare you - it’s just milk thickened with flour and butter. A little seasoning (salt, pepper, and a pinch of ground nutmeg) and you have an incredible sauce that can be a blank canvas for your favorite cheeses to be melted in or tossed with bits of grilled chicken. Add garlic and parmesan and you will basically have alfredo sauce.

Oils infused with flavours and seasonings can be the base of a tasty light pasta coating. Heating olive oil over medium to low heat and letting ingredients like crushed garlic, chillies, herbs, et cetera infuse their way into transforming a ordinary oil into a

savoury enhancement.

These types of sauces are perfect for less filling side dishes or during hot weather when a heavily thickened sauce is not desired.

A batch of Chef Dez seasoned simmered vegetables can also be transformed into a smooth sauce bursting with flavors with the help of a blender, food processor, or hand immersion blender.

We actually do one with ground lamb where it is simmered with a number of vegetables and herbs with some red wine. A few good pulses in a blender, at the end of the cook time, alter it into an amazing pasta sauce.

One of the quickest pasta sauces you will ever make is a browned-butter sauce. It is exactly what the name states it to be - butter that has been browned.

Take a hot pan and place a handful of cold butter cubes into it. Stir, or lift the pan and swirl the melting butter, until the butter foam has just started to brown and then toss with your favorite pasta.

Your favourite fresh delicate herb (basil, oregano, sage, et cetera) can also be added at the time of the cold butter for an incredible infusion of herbal essential oils. Although we have all been taught never to add butter to a hot pan for fear that it will burn, the trick is to stop the cooking process of the “browning� butter before it hits the “burning� stage.

Use salted butter to be more complimentary in taste and less seasoning you will have to do afterwards.

These are merely suggestions as it would be literally impossible to cover every single type of pasta sauce idea here.

What I want this column to be is an invitation for you to blow some dust off your cookbook collection or search recipes from the internet.

Pasta is probably my favorite thing to eat, but I realize with most people that eating is not the problem; it’s the cooking part that feels like a chore sometimes.

Find a way to make it fun.

When I was younger, one thing I always insisted on when cooking pasta was to listen to Pavarotti while doing so. I still do on occasion, but now it is not only Pavarotti, but also Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and other ... and always with a glass of wine.

Happy Cooking!

Chef Dez on cooking

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RCMP looking for truck thief Unity/Wilkie/ Macklin RCMP are currently investigating the theft of a vehicle.

The vehicle was stolen sometime overnight on May 7, and is a burgundy 1998 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 with after-market lights, a lift kit and hood scoop.

The Commanding Officer, Staff and Cadets of #300 Fisher Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron would like to cordially invite you, your family and friends to attend our

75TH ANNUAL CEREMONIAL REVIEW Biggar & District Credit Union Square corner of 3rd Ave. East and Main Street, Biggar, Saskatchewan

26 May 2018 Guests to be seated by 1:45 p.m.

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Refreshment will be served after the ceremony Reviewing Officer, Capt. Tom Lemon Training Office #52 RCACS City of Calgary #300 Biggar RCACS Alumni 1968-1972

The license plate on the truck at the time it was stolen was 364 JJU (Saskatchewan plate).

The RCMP are requesting the public’s assistance in locating the vehicle. If you have seen the vehicle or you do see it please contact your local police service.

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New Horizons Activities

by Joanne Kral Spring has come and it;s good to see signs of greening in our town.

Carpet bowling, 5-pin bowling, jam session and Wednesday Kaiser have wrapped up their seasons, but will return in the fall. The Monday stitching club concludes on May 14, but we hope to see them again when the leaves begin to fall.

Monday Kaiser continues throughout the summer months. On Monday, May 7 there were two tables in play. Linda Vermette and Pat Turner had the highest scoring game with a score of 69. At the close of play, Joanne Kral had the top score with Pat Turner coming

second. Ann Muc scored third, with Vera Halter in fourth place.

The board of directions met on Thursday, May 11 with all 11 members in attendance. They set the date for the annual meeting for Wednesday, June 13 with Gail Herzberg and judy Rickwood as nominating committee. They also decided to hold their annual fund raiser cold plate dinner after the parade on June 2. Once again we will be putting the courtesy car in the parade. Bill Fisher volunteered to search out some new decorations for the car.

We donated our hall to BCS2000 for their annu-

al P.A.R.T.Y. program held on May 10. By all accounts it was a successful day of activities for Biggar and Plenty Grade 10 students.

That same afternoon bingo was held in the downstairs hall with a fail crowd in attendance. It was a good day for Moe Goring who won both the half and half game and the blackout.

We now have a full slate of courtesy car drivers for May and are looking to fill the June calendar. Our volunteer office workers have filled up the May calendar. We can’t say enough about the volunteers who keep us operating smoothly.

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• PALS BBQ, SHOP EASY PARKING LOT, 11:30 TO 1:30 P.M. … PROCEEDS TO FORCE OF THE YOUTH

@ SPORTS COMPLEX

• ST. GABRIEL’S TALENT SHOW, 7 P.M. BIGGAR MAJESTIC THEATRE (DOORS OPEN AT 6:30 P.M., WILL BE DONE IN TIME TO WATCH THE FIREWORKS) … IN SUPPORT OF FRIENDS OF ST. GABRIEL SCHOOL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION

at DUSK FRIDAY (weather permitting -- alternate nights a ) nddday n Sunday) Saturdayy and Sund

CLIP & SAVE

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• Biggar Museum Breakfast, 8 - 10 A.M. @ MUSEUM PARKING LOT, 105 - 3RD AVE. WEST, … $7 per plate, $3 for 10 years and under. Everyone welcome!

• PARADE on MAIN STREET, 10 a.m.

• Bake Sale, 9:30 A.M. BEFORE/AFTER PARADE TIME, FRONT OF CLOCK IN CENTENNIAL PLAZA,

• ‘SINGING WITH SYLVIA’ @ 3rd Avenue Park, 12 NOON,

• Leslie’s Drugstore, PharmaChoice • de Moissac Jewellers • Pharmasave

… SPONSORED BY BIGGAR & DISTRICT CREDIT UNION

• Kids’ Carnival …@ 3RD AVENUE PARK …FISH POND…BOUNCY CASTLE…FACE PAINTING…HORSE RIDES …GOODIES, …AND ALL KINDS OF FUN!

• Hamburgers, Hot Dogs & Pop @ 3rd Avenue Park, 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. BBQ FOR ALL… HOSTED BY THE BIGGAR ASSOCIATED GOSPEL CHURCH. PROCEEDS TO ‘KIDS FOR CAMP’.

COFFEE & DOUGHNUTS… COMPLIMENTS OF E-KAY ENT. AND MAIN STREET MARKET (SUPER A) • MOVIE… “THE MIRACLE SEASON”, 2 P.M. @ MAJESTIC THEATRE

• INTERDENOMINATIONAL CHURCH SERVI ERVICE THE MAJESTIC THEATRE, BIGGAR, 11 A.M. …HOSTED BY BIGGAR MINISTERIAL ASSOCIATION

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• MASONIC LODGE PANCAKE BRUNCH CLIP & SAVE

… BEGINNING 11 A.M. OUTSIDE THE MAJESTIC THEATRE.

• “RIDE FOR DAD” SHOW ‘N’ SHINE, 11A.M - 5 P.M.

PANCAKE BREAKFAST

FUNDRAISER FOR PROSTATE CANCER AND RESEARCH … FOOD … ENTERTAINMENT BY ‘TOUCH OF GRAY’ … BEER GARDENS … RAFFLE … DOOR PRIZES … LOTS OF FUN!

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SPONSORS

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1st Ave. Collision -Biggar-

Biggar Leisure

Honey Bee Septic Services

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MAIN ST. … SPONSORED BY ACACIA CHAPTER NO. 3, ORDER OF EASTERN STAR, PROCEEDS TO CHARITIES • ‘HomeStyle Springrolls’ by Flora… Saturday, 9:30 - 1 P.M., SUNDAY, 10 - 5 P.M. DOWNTOWN CENTENNIAL PLAZA BY GAZEBO, CORNER 3RD AVE & MAIN. • New Horizons Cold Plate Dinner, 11 A.M. - 12:30 P.M., 117 - 3RD AVE. WEST; ADULTS, $12, AGES 5-12, $8; UNDER AGE 5, FREE • Air Cadets Lunch, 11 A.M. - 1 P.M. IN FRONT OF BIGGAR SAUSAGE & MORE, MAIN ST. • ‘Stock Car Racing Fundraiser’, MAIN STREET, … SPONSORED BY BIGGAR ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING • FREE SWIM, 1 - 3 p.m. …SPONSORED BY BIGGAR AND LANDIS INSURANCE SERVICES • MOVIE …“The Miracle Season”, 2 & 8 p.m. @ MAJESTIC THEATRE … SELLING FAIR TREATS OUTSIDE THE THEATRE DURING & AFTER PARADE