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When you have a song in your heart . . . Tiny Tot Nursery grad, Abbey Donahue does a wee dance, May 17, no doubt dancing to the beat of a different drummer but happy to celebrate her achievement. See Page 2 for more Tiny Tot Nursery graduation photos!

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Some pretty happy students celebrated the first milestone in their learning lives as Tiny Tot Nursery held their graduation ceremonies, Thursday. Teacher Demonda Evanisky (bottom right picture) and her 3 and 4 year old students showed off what they’ve learned in song and dance, waving to parents, grandparents and anyone who came to celebrate their landmark achievement. Justifiably proud, these grads are well on their way to a life of learning!

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Seeding catches; exceeds yearly average Thanks to good seeding conditions, Saskatchewan producers made up the time lost in previous weeks, according to the weekly crop report for May 8 to 14.

Thirty-five per cent of the crop is now in the ground, just ahead of the five-year (2013-2017) seeding average of 32 per cent for this time of year. Crops are starting to emerge.

Seeding is furthest advanced in the southeast, where 49 per cent of the crop is in the ground. Forty-five per cent is seeded in the southwest, 28 per cent in the northeast, 26 per cent in the west central region and 24 per cent in the east-central and northwestern regions.

Rain showers were reported throughout the province, particularly in the southwestern and west central regions. The Gull Lake area received 18 millimetres of rain, the most in the province.

There have been mul-

tiple reports of grass and stubble fires due to the dry conditions and rain would be welcomed to help alleviate dry field conditions and concerns.

Thirty-three per cent of the spring wheat, 26 per cent of the canola, 57 per cent of the lentils and 63 per cent of the field peas have been seeded to date. Little rain, warm That gets your heart pumping! . . . St. Gabriel School money for live-saving research. A fun way to promote temperatures teacher Bonita Elliott, left, gets the ropes moving as kids a healthy lifestyle, Jump Rope also teaches the imporand strong take their turn jumping rope, Tuesday. The school was tance of social responsibility and helping others. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam) and warm jumping for healthy hearts, all in support of the Heart and winds have Stroke Foundations’ annual Jump Rope for Heart, raising caused topsoil farm-related incidents are rated as 57 per cent SaskPower reports 46 moisture conditions to adequate, 43 per cent happen during seedcases of farm machindecline. Hay and pasture adequate, 35 per cent short and 17 per cent ing. SaskPower reminds short and eight per cent ery contacting electrical growth is slow due to very short. producers to be aware of very short. Hay land and equipment in the last little rainfall. ProvinProducers are busy their surroundings at all pasture topsoil moisture week, bringing the total cially, topsoil moisture seeding, controlling times and to plan ahead. is rated as 40 per cent for May to 73.

Most conditions on cropland weeds and moving cattle.

Silvernagle; Rousell named Sask Sport Athletes of the Month More honours for Anita Silvernagle as the Sherry Anderson curling team was announced as the Sask. Sport Athlete of the Month for April, May 17.

The members of the team are: Sherry Anderson (skip), Patricia Hersikorn (third), Brenda Goertzen (second), Anita Silvernagle (lead) and Bill Tschirhart (coach).

The team was nominated

by CurlSask.

The team defeated the U.S. by a score of 5-3 to win the World Seniors

Curling Championship.

The team advanced to the playoffs thanks to a 10-6 victory over Finland and 7-5 victory over Switzerland in the semi-final. The team also claimed the 2018 Canadian title, which means they will be headed back to the World Championships to defend their title next year.

Asquith’s Ryan Rousell was also nominated for the honour.

Rousell won gold in the

wheelchair sabre event at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) Fencing World Cup in Montreal. He competed in the Men’s A Sabre competition, where he defeated a former world medalist from France in the semifinal and then defeated a Japanese athlete 15-4 in the final. This was Canada’s first gold medal in a World Cup competition.

The other outstanding

nominees were: Ian Frattinger of Martensville for racquetball; Lillian Pinay, Regina, wrestling, Adrea Propp, Regina, athletics, and the Notre Dame Midget AAA Hounds, Wilcox, hockey.

Frattinger won gold in the boy’s 16-andunder singles division and silver in the boy’s 16-and-under doubles division at the Canadian Junior Racquetball Championships in Calgary, qualifying to represent Canada at the 2018 World Junior Racquetball Championships in Mexico.

Pinay won gold medals in the freestyle and greco events at the U19 Women’s National Championships in Edmonton, finishing first in her weight class at the Saskatchewan Amateur Wrestling Association (SAWA) Provincial Competition.

Propp won bronze at the Oregon State University High Performance Meet – Invitational 800 Pony up for charity (and soup!) . . . Margaret Wheaton, left, plunks her cash metre, tying her down for the Eastern Star Soup and Sandwich fund raiser at the Biggar New own Saskatchewan Horizons, Tuesday. The tasty noon hour meal raised $332.75 for local charities. record. She is now (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

ranked fourth in Canada in the 800m.

The Notre Dame Midget AAA Hounds won gold at the Telus Cup in Ontario, completing a perfect 20-0 post-season. It’s

the team’s fifth national midget championship.

Individual awards went to Brad Morrissey (most sportsmanlike), Quinn Schmiemann (top defenceman) and Luke Mylymok (top scorer).

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THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2018

Many are cheering with the passing of Bill C-49 Everyone is applauding the passing of Bill C-49, the Transportation Modernization Act, which has passed in the House and the Senate and will soon become law. This bill is designed to improve -- and fix -- Canada’s rail transportation system.

What it boils down to is more grain cars hauling grain on the railways.

Getting grain to market and preventing grain backlogs on the Prairies.

Anyone who is in doubt that grain cars are not being seen on the tracks simply has to sit at a crossing waiting for a train to pass. This is no problem in Biggar and residents are used to it but as we sat waiting for the train a couple of days ago, there wasn’t one grain car to be found.

The entire long, long train was oil.

This, despite, claims by CN that an average of 5,756 grain cars per week were spotted on their tracks in March. CN also promised to “take immediate action” and hire new train crew members, buy and lease additional locomotives, build new track all in the efforts of improving the movement of grain. The company even apologized to farmers for being behind in delivering.

There was no response from CP who is just as guilty.

Premier Moe said the backlog is due to a lack of pipeline capacity, a statement confirmed by think tanks such as Fraser Institute and pipeline companies. Enbridge issued a warning that its pipelines were near maximum capacity.

Saskatchewan is a land locked province and its products must get to market, both oil and grain. One shouldn’t be sacrificed over another. Yet that is what is happening. Hopefully this recent bill will provide a solution.

P.H.

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Trans Mountain—socializing costs is not the answer

by Kenneth P. Green, Senior Director, Centre for Natural Resource Studies, Fraser Institute Last week, the Trudeau government did what innumerable governments do when they become frustrated over failure to achieve a political aspiration— they throw money at it.

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau (pictured above) announced, with little detail, that Ottawa will backstop any “financial loss that derives from [B.C.] Premier Horgan’s attempts to delay or obstruct the [Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain expansion] project.”

The same undefined “indemnification” would also be offered to anyone else who agreed to build the pipeline, if Kinder Morgan pulls out in light of the looming May 31 deadline.

Premier Rachel Notley has already offered up Alberta taxpayers as the next possible source for pipelineconstruction funding if private investors won’t finance the project. Clearly, socializing the cost and risk of building the pipeline is most troubling.

“Indemnification” offers some bene-

fits to Kinder Morgan investors should the company decide to stay in the project—after all, having governments give you “free money” and indemnify you against risk is rarely unwelcome.

But this benefit comes with more than a few risks. The first risk is (naturally) to Canadian taxpayers who will underwrite the risk-indemnification.

Rather than having private investors take on risks they find acceptable in exchange for investment returns they find worthy of that risk, average Canadians will have that investment decision made for them by governments, provincial or federal.

Another serious risk implicit in the Morneau plan is the potential precedent. What business, seeking to carry out a major energy or infrastructure project, will not seek similar pledges of indemnification in the future? If the federal government basically stipulates that provincial (or even municipal) governments can tie federally-approved projects up in knots for years, how could any potential investor responsibly forego such indemnification? And what incentive does this

by activists, Aboriginals, frivolous law suits, redundant regulatory processes, redundant science inquiries or other actions by non-politicians? We don’t know.

Canada stands to gain some eyepopping economic benefits from the Trans Mountain expansion pipeline including $7.4 billion in direct spending in Canada’s economy. Ten times that in earnings over 20 years. Government revenues estimated at nearly $50 billion over that same time. More than 50,000 jobs created in Canada’s economy predicted per year of operation. It’s a project well worth doing.

But the answer is not socializing the cost of building the project. That unfairly transfers risk to taxpayers and creates a bad precedent for future infrastructure projects. It would be far better for Canada (and the prime minister) to steadfastly stand by the regulatory system that has served the country well over the years, including the project approval process practiced, in the case of Trans Mountain, by the National Energy Board and approved by the federal cabinet.

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have on regulatory processes? If investors will be indemnified against losses, why would regulatory agencies feel any pressure to improve the efficiency of the permitting process? They wouldn’t.

There are other undisclosed details to the indemnification process that are also potentially problematic. For example, is there any compensation in the deal for the federal government (and thus taxpayers) taking on this risk, and if so, what will the government’s cut of profits be from operating the pipeline?

How will taxpayers recoup any costs incurred in the pipeline, if at all?

The minister clarified that the indemnification will not cost taxpayers anything, but it’s hard to see how that can be true. If the government must cover costs of political delays, it will either be taxpayers who provide the money or private-sector companies who repay it after the fact. Either way, the value of the indemnification comes out of somebody’s pocket.

Another undefined element seems to be what constitutes “political delays?”

Only decisions or actions of politicians, or does it include delays caused

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Lily of the valley steeped in tradition It is the birth flower for the month of May. Generally associated with planting so just one more column on flowers. This week lily of the valley which is the May flower.

It is one of my favourites but one I do not plant because it grows and grows and grows.

There is no way to keep it under control, at least none that are effective enough for me.

As with most flowers lily of the valley has many meanings and is steeped in tradition and folklore. The Bible says lilies of the valley grew from the spot where Mary’s tears hit the ground at the foot of the cross. Thus, this plant is sometimes called Mary’s tears. Other names are May Bells and Our Lady’s Tears.

Despite its scent and beautiful flowers, make

no mistake, this plant is highly poisonous so don’t be fooled by its appearance. Even the red berries are dangerous if ingested.

The plant can cause abdominal pain, vomitting, reduced heart rate, blurred vision and Peggy Hasein red skin rashes.

All in all, about 38 cardiac glycosides can be found in the plant. Still, herbalists use this plant in small amounts as remedies.

Because it is highly fragrant perfume companies use lilies of the valley as a base for fragrances. Christian Dior’s favourite flower was lily of the valley and the company produced a fragrance simulating the plant in 1956 called Diorissimo. It has been reformulated in the years following but it is still a classic. Other perfumes

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using the flower are Muguet de Bois by Henri Roberts, En Passant by Olivia Giacobetti and Lily of the Valley by Penhaligon.

In France it is a tradition on international labour day (May 1) to sell lilies of the valley.

Labour organizations and private persons do not pay sales taxes on that day only as a symbol of spring.

May 8 is Flora Day in the United Kingdom community of Cornwall.

On this day lily of the valley is worn to celebrate the coming of “the May-o” and the summer.

In the pubs, the song Lily of the Valley is sung.

This song came from the Jubilee Singers at Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee. It is unclear how the tune made the way across the pond but it is sung faithfully every May 8.

There are some connections to royal weddings with this flower as well.

The bridal bouquet of the Duchess of Cambridge featured lily of the valley. Princess Grace of Monaco also used the expensive flower in her wedding bouquet.

Lily of the valley was the floral emblem of Yugoslavia and the national flower of Finland. Lunner in Norway has a lily of the valley on its coat of arms. In the language of flowers, lily of the valley signifies the return of happiness.

According to legend the nightingale does not appear in the woods until the lily of the valley blooms in May. And, as mentioned previously, it is the birth flower for May. It represents humility, chastity, sweetness and purity.

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Sand I never thought that I’d stoop to quoting the old L&T again, but having looked through those battered books a bit (pretty good alliteration, eh?) and having had a few entries catch my enthusiastic eye, here I am once more, boring the public a whole lot of private happenings that mebbe shouldn’t be told at all!

Mebbe Y.T. has a legitimate excuse in that for all his reticent carrying on, he is really an egotist of the first water - also he is running out of things to write about and has to resort to something!

All his life Y.T. has hung back and envied the seemingly more exciting ones of other people, while living his own “Shucks, did I do all that?” And yet (like mentioned above) in his egoistical way, always liking to see his stuff in print!

Enough of this far out pseudo Freudian stuff, eh?

Possibly our first contact with “sand” was when we were children and some “Sandy” Claus guy (who loves up north), snuck into our home every Christmas and left some gifts on the table!

Much, much later I met a relation of his who was

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a P.O.W. we took at Veen (well, he said his name was Klaus!), but I completely forgot to ask him about Uncle Alexander!

When we were kids we lived not too far from the edge of the sand hills of Great Band - a considerable wasteland off to the east of “Springwell Farm”, and where our country school was.

Every spring the fresh smells of nature’s awakening greeted us as we drove past on the way to our lessons.

Mebbe we didn’t learn much in that old school, but I sure feel sorry for the students of today, who, always riding on busses, seldom have time to stop and “smell the roses!”

All our young lives we wandered through those hills, and though later on far more exciting things happened to us. The peace and quiet of those places and times are far more memorable!

Parts of our Saskatchewan countryside have

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Nomination forms may be obtained at the folowing location: Asquith Town Office Dated this 28th day of May, 2018 Holly Cross, Returning Officer

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been almost pure sand for centuries, and in a way this is good (I think) for the ever spoiling hand of man hasn’t changed it that much.

Phyllis and Y.T. travelled into the “Great Sandhills” country a few years ago and found much of our prairie wildlife still there as I remember it. Depleted quite a bit, mind you, but the “makings” (naturalists call it “habitat”) still there: flowers, birds, animals, cactus, ground, cedar and poplar trees and sand.

In our stormy winters, many rural roads become impressable as deep drift of snow pile over them, but in those dry windy summers of the 1930’s many couldn’t be driven down even in the middle of July. Huge drifts of blow sand covered them from side to side.

For years afterwards, many Saskatchewan fence lines were almost buried with that ever moving soil of the 1930’s.

With the monstrous earth moving implements of today many of them have been leveled out. But in some places in our countryside a fellow can still find some of those monuments of that terrible time!

Mebbe “sandy” isn’t the right term to use for all that dusty stuff that went sailing past our noses during those years.

Mebbe some of it was our own fault, I dunno.

Hundreds of reasons have been given, and

may suggestions made about the “why” of the “Great Depression”, but I do know that if it was our own fault, thousands of folks made the same mistake!

Although often he wonders why Y.T. has always associated the nickname “Sandy” with military men!

Mebbe it was Bob Mason because one of our neighbours (also named “Sandy”!) explained to us as children that “Sandy” was a common name for almost anyone during WWI! Of course anyone named “Alexander” was immediately named “Sandy”, which along with “Mac” and “Hey you” included everybody!

Mebbe we were kind of innocent back then, and thought the “Great War,” (just past) had been a necessary thing in which brave men had died for their country and its beliefs.

But now, having witnessed quite a few costly military mistakes himself, Y.T. has his doubts - and knows that there must be a better way!

Like mentioned above, we were kind of young back then in the 1920’s and 30’s, and didn’t really grasp how horrible WWI had been!

We met “Sandy” Millard walking to town and wondered where his other leg was. We saw “Sandy” Scott choking for no apparent reason, until Dad told us that

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he had been gassed at Ypres. We sat across the table from Jimmy “Sandy” Finlay and wondered if that silver plate Dad told us he had in his head, made his one eye look that way. But in our uninformed way, we really didn’t know!

All these people finally disappeared though and over the years we eventually forgot.

I don’t know exactly how come the following piece got into my list about sand, possibly because its name.

Because when looking through the Life and Times index under “sand” there was the following: Ham and Jam Sandwich: When Y.T. first got to England with the Canadian Army, he happened to go to the “Maple Leaf” Club in London, where, as a young eccentric, he ordered a “Ham and Jam” sandwich.

The pretty young waitress said she’s never heard of such a sandwich, but made one up and sat down to watch me eat it.

Of course Y.T. made short work of it and left, almost gloating away because she seemed so interested she forgot to charge me for it!

Sometime later, while on my way home, with the F.E.F. (Far East Force!) I called in at that club again and when Y.T. went to pay for his meal, was informed that al meals at the Maple Leaf Club were free to army men!

Things like that are yet to put a fellow off his feed, eh?

I think a fellow could write all day about the things he finds in then old L&T, but mebbe the same stuff is somewhere in your own diary of memories, eh?

Under the provisions of The Alcohol and Gaming Regulations Act, 1997 Notice is hereby given that Carl Johnson has applied to the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) for a Restaurant Permit to sell alcohol in the premises known as Oasis Golf Resort & Restaurant at S 1/2 1-36-12 W3, RM of Perdue, SK S0K 3C0 Written objections to the granting of the permit may be filed with SLGA not more than two weeks from the date of publication of this notice.

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

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

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

Write to: Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority Box 5054 Regina, SK S4P 3M3

Biggar Property Crime stats (for the week of May 6-12) May 6: Mischief - Damage (Town of Biggar) Back window on truck smashed out and key marks on the sides of vehicle. Still under investigation.

May 8: Break and Enter (RM of Rosemount) Suspect vehicle on property and suspect was seen dismantling machinery and taking parts; not

called into police until two hours later. Concluded; unsolved.

May 9: Theft of Truck (RM of Perdue) - Abandoned vehicle; stolen out of Saskatoon and subse-

quently recovered. Still under investigation.

May 9: Theft of Truck (RM of Biggar) - Vehicle seen matching description of a recently stolen vehicle. Unfounded.

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Every little bit becomes a part of the whole

by Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery The Biggar Museum and Gallery is a small cog in the great wheel of Heritage Institutions in Canada.

The 2017 report on the Government of Canada Survey of Heritage Institutions just came out with some very interesting results.

Museums and other heritage institutions in Canada generate over $2.5 billion in revenue. The Biggar Museum does not charge an entrance fee,

other than a signature.

And yet, people are so very generous with donations. Our gift shop has all kinds of great souvenirs in it, as well as clothing so one can wear their Biggar pride!

Attendance to all heritage institutions reaches a record of 75.3 million in 2015. That’s more than twice Canada’s population! In 2017 we had over 3,000 visits to the museum and gallery. Hopefully this year, we will have twice the population of Biggar (2,100) visits to the museum.

There are over 203 million online visits to heritage institutions in Canada in 2015. Our Biggar Museum has a web site: biggarmuseum.webs. com. If you ever need to know what’s going on, or what’s been, it’s on our web site. We are also on Facebook, almost daily, letting people know that there is always something happening at the Biggar Museum and Gallery.

The heritage sector employs more than 36,300 people. Here in Biggar we employ four people and a summer stu-

Students on the steps of the Biggar Public School in 1912. Want to learn more about the history of schools, churches and hospitals throughout the one hundred and 10 years Biggar has been growing? We run a very well done 12 minute video in our Majestic Theatre exhibit for all our visitors! This video is a collection of photos of all the schools, churches and hospitals Biggar has had. After the May long weekend the museum will be open on Saturdays!

The Biggar Museum seeks to preserve and present the history of Biggar and district …. The Mission Statement of the museum. We are in the process of digitalizing the collection of photographs in our archives. Here is a picture taken during the Confederation Day celebrations on Main Street in 1927. (Photos courtesy of Biggar Museum and Gallery)

dent. We also mentor students from BCS throughout the school year.

Over 115,650 volunteers contributed over 6.6 million volunteer hours in 2015 (the equivalent of 3,200 full time positions): We have nine active board members (all volunteers), and over 50 people who volunteer for our fundraisers baking pies and cookies! There are many others who vol-

unteer their time to help us for fund raisers and maintenance. For these thousands of hours of volunteer hours per year we are very grateful.

The heritage workforce is made up of more females (66%) than males (34%): Well, what can I say, we have two men on our board, and four men who regularly help us for fund raisers and maintenance issues. The

rest are busy women. The students we have mentored are boys, hopefully, one day they will become employees in a Canadian Heritage Institution, and change these statistics.

Here in Biggar, our museum contributed to this survey. Our museum is part of these statistics.

We are open year round, and there is always something happening at the museum!

Special Resolution Meeting & Vote For Biggar and District Credit Union and Landis Credit Union Limited to Merge June 4, 2018 At the Landis Community Complex

Meeting at 7:00 p.m.

Vote: 8:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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Asquith Council News for May

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Asquith Town Council held its April regular meeting on May 9.

Attending the meeting were Deputy-Mayor Sue Sawicki, Councillors Dylan Claypool, Audra Jewitt, Harold Edwards, and Ted Goodnough, and Jordan Claypool. Also attending was Foreman Darren Kraft, Assistant Administrator Kathy Picketts, and C.A.O. Holly Cross.

A resolution was made to accept the April 11 regular meeting minutes as presented.

A resolution was made to accept the April 2018 financial statements and the April 2018 bank reconciliations as presented.

Council made a motion to accept the accounts paid in the amount of $29,540.78 and the accounts payable in the amount of $22,936.90 as presented.

Councillor Audra Jewitt resigned from Asquith Town Council, as she is moving. As there has been a resignation on council a by-election will have to be held. Nomination day will be June 20, 2018 and the by-election day will be Wednesday, July 25, 2018.

Graham Contracting has been awarded the contract of installing an approach at the Asquith Cemetery.

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sures Board.

Spring brings a joy for everyone to be out and about, enjoying the weather. This includes dog owners who are out walking their dogs. The Town of Asquith would like to again remind all dog owners that dog feces must be picked up when out walking your dogs.

This posed a real problem this spring in the sports grounds when young children were starting to play baseball and soccer and there was a great deal of excrement that had to be picked up. Please be considerate of others when walking your dog and pick up dog feces.

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- 10# boxWalleye, $175 - 10# box Northern Pike, $115 - 2# bags available

- Smoked fish - some seafood

Budget has been completed with revenues of $1,132,338, expenditures of $1,129,055 and a surplus of $3,283. The 2018 municipal mill rate remains unchanged at 9.15 mills.

Letters will be sent to those individuals whose properties that have been deemed nuisance properties and require to be cleaned up. It is hoped that these individuals will take advantage of the upcoming Spring Cleanup weekend.

Councillor Sue Sawicki was appointed to be the representative for the VMAD Board. (Vanscoy, Montrose, Asquith, Delisle) Emergency Mea-

by Karen Kammer, Recreation Coordinator Good morning everyone!

Hope all is well with you during the long weekend.

I know the residents at Biggar Health Centre have been happy with the warm weather.

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Wednesday morning we planted our vegetable garden. In the afternoon

we had a garage and popcorn sale.

Thursday was our usual bible study, exercises and bingo.

Friday we had Barbecue Club down Autumn.

Some of the residents ate outside. After lunch they had Happy Hour.

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ding party in the main room. There was trivia, decorations, food and of course the wedding was on. After lunch was a movie.

Sunday morning the residents were outside getting some vitamin D. The Church of God was here for church this week.

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Why is Jays’ Vlad Guerrero, Jr., still in the minors?

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That could be a question that goes on all summer, or until the Jays trade third baseman Josh Donaldson and finally call up the 19-year-old son of the former Expo with the same name.

When he does arrive in The Show, Guerrero, Jr., will be the youngest player in Major League Baseball and if hype was cash, he’d be rolling in dough.

A Canadian, by virtue of being born in Montreal while his dad was patrolling the outfield for the late, lamented Expos, Guerrero, Jr., has been ripping up the minor leagues and legions of Jays’ fans, eager to see the future today, are calling for the Jays to bring him up to the big club.

While scouts say Guerrero, Jr.’s bat is definitely major-league calibre, some of them say his defensive work is still minor league. So what?

Toronto happens to play in a league that uses the designated hitter. They could bring him up, let him loose in A.L. batters’ boxes, and work slowly through the rest of this season and over the winter on his glove work.

Does Hollywood care that Meryl Streep might be a bad cook?

Through May 18, Guerrero, Jr. — listed as the No. 2 prospect in all of MLB and somewhat of a legend in New Hampshire, where he’s ripping the cover off the ball for the AA Fisher Cats — was batting .407 with 24 extra-base hits, including seven homers, and 41 RBI, in just 37 games.

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Great plate patience, too, with as many walks as he has strikeouts.

A story on deadspin. com in mid-May was headlined: “Please Just Call Up Vladimir Guerrero Jr., He’s Too Good For The Minor Leagues.”

So why aren’t the Blue Jays calling their travel agent and making flight plans for the young phenom to shore up their roster?

The Jays’ braintrust isn’t talking about it much, but they probably just don’t want to be accused of rushing Guerrero, Jr., into the big leagues, which might prematurely force their hand on Donaldson’s future.

When Guerrero, Jr., finally does get the call, another son of a former big leaguer, Bo Bichette (remember Dante Bichette?) might not be far behind, although he may need one more year of minor-league seasoning. Both are starring with the Fisher Cats, which, by the way, is a member of the weasel family.

C’mon, Jays. Quit being weasels. Get at least one of those kids up to the big club.

Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, after Russian president Vladimir

Putin, 65, scored seven goals in a pickup hockey game: “Now, I don’t want to say the goalie did not try to stop Vlad’s shots, but I’ve seen Kardashians reach harder to pick up a book.”

Ryan Herrington of golfworld. com, on Jason Dufner’s putting woes at the PlayBruce Penton ers: “His struggles over short putts had us covering our eyes like we were watching a Friday the 13th movie.”

Norman Chad of the Washington Post, on Twitter: “Jerry West dribbling should be replaced as the NBA logo by LeBron James with both arms extended questioning a non-call.”

Comedy guy Brad Dickson, on Twitter: “State track meet is different these days. Times are slower because the kids run the 100 metres while taking cellphone photos of themselves.”

Dickson again: “Sports gambling may soon be legal. Millions of Americans will abandon playing the Powerball Lottery to bet against the Cleveland Browns.”

RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “B.C. Lions coach Wally Buono,

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68, said he’ll be ‘more reckless’ on the sidelines.

Not saying the guy is conservative, but reckless to him is pacing while carrying scissors.”

Currie again: “The Toronto Raptors fired bench boss Dwane Casey two days after he was named NBA coach of the year. It’s the fastest fall from grace for a Casey since the Mudville nine.”

Kaseberg again: “Diva receiver, Dez Bryant, turned down a $21 million offer from the Baltimore Ravens and now all other offers have dried up. When they asked Dez’s agent for a comment, Johnny Manziel declined.”

Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “The wife of former U.S. Open champ Lucas Glover was arrested for attacking him and his mother after he missed the secondary cut at the Players Championship. So who bailed her out, Elin Nordegren?”

Comedy writer Tim Hunter, on Moscow saying it will limit alcohol sales at this summer’s World Cup: “We do that over here with something called the $16 beer.”

Rotund Rangers pitcher Bartolo Colon, to reporters, after taking a 101-mph comebacker to the stomach and nonchalantly throwing it to first for an out: “I have a lot of big belly, so I can take it.”

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New Horizons Activities The convenors of Activity Groups One, Two and Three met to arrange food lists and workers for the annual cold plate dinner on June 2.

This function has taken place every year since 1986, is always held after the annual parade, and has proved a popular fundraiser.

Twenty-five members and friends attended our potluck birthday party on

May 14. Anita Beckstead, Ed McFarlane, Dinah Kegler, Orest Polowick and Pearl Silvernagle were celebrated for their May birthdays. Following the meal, several rounds of card bingo were played and everyone took home a small gift as a souvenir of the day.

Thirty-five persons were in the hall for the last jam session of the season with Don Swyryda as MC.

They were well entertained by Bob McQuire, Wilf and Joan Rice, Bill Haffermehl, Gord Laycock, Bob Wiseman, Stan Gardner and Caledonia Donahue. The volunteers of Group Two provided lunch for the events. The jam sessions will resume in the fall.

Have a pleasant summer everyone - we’ll see you in the fall.

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by Calvin Daniels There is a reason people are reluctant to open a can of worms, and that is simply once it is open the wiggly critters tend to escape and can be very hard to get back in the can.

It perhaps is an old adage United States president Donald Trump should perhaps have thought of before forcing a renegotiation of the long-standing North American Trade Agreement.

Of course Trump has shown he very much marches to his own drum in terms of how he does things, even if his drum appears badly out of tune with common sense in general, and reality on more than a few occasions.

But questioning Trumpâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reasons for opening NAFTA now is pretty much worrying about why someone left the barn door open after the horse has escaped, to continue in the vein of old sayings.

Regardless of the reain North America,â&#x20AC;? addsoning, the NAFTA deal ing it has been a benefit needs to be renegotiated, to the three countries and from the involved. perspective So the key of Canada in in negotiageneral, and tions is not to Canadian do anything agriculture which hurts specifically, the signatothe sooner the ries in terms better. of trade.

Perrin Beatâ&#x20AC;&#x153;What is ty, the presicrucial is we dent and CEO do nothing of the Canathat underAgriculture dian Chamber mines it,â&#x20AC;? of Commerce said Beatty. touched on That said, Calvin Daniels the need for Beatty did urgency when suggest some he spoke at the annual changes are warranted, Saskatchewan Chamber noting as an example at of Commerce Conference the time of the original held in Yorkton recently. negotiations and signing Perrin said there are also for NAFTA â&#x20AC;&#x153;e-commerce some key issues before didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t exist.â&#x20AC;? the country now which There are also new job business needs to be classifications today keeping abreast of, and which should be covered have a say in depending in the deal which are not on how things progress. because they also did not The first are the ongoing exist at the time, he said. negotiations around the Beatty said the next days NAFTA. are crucial in the current Beatty said NAFTA is negotiations as a deal â&#x20AC;&#x153;something that is special needs to be in place soon

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The Congressional and Mexican presidential elections were thought by many to be the motivation to hammer out a deal through May, but the reality of a complex document with each side having agendas they see as important have pretty

much scuttled the likelihood of deal anytime soon.

Robert Lighthizer, the U.S. Trade Representative came out recently suggesting a deal is a long way off, and there are now indications from some quarters that a deal might well not be achieved before sometime in 2019.

A lot can change in that time, including the

potential of a new Mexican head less supportive of NAFTA and a change in the congressional mix stateside.

And at risk is a deal that while never perfect through its history, or even fair on every commodity, at least provided a known framework of rules to follow which was a general positive for trade among the three countries.

Canadian Ag partnership to evolve NWT agriculture Agriculture plays an important role in the lives of all Canadians, creating good, middle-class jobs, and feeding Canadians and other countries around the world.

Northwest Territories (NWT) agriculture development took a leap forward, May 18, with the official launch of the new federal-territorial agreement under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.

The Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories, Michael McLeod, joined NWT Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment, Wally Schumann, to formalize the federal/territorial agreement at Polar Egg in Hay River â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the NWTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most successful commercial agriculture business. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Government of Canada is committed to the priorities that are important to Canadiansâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; jobs, growth, and longterm prosperity. In working with the Government

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The Canadian Agricultural Partnership is a five-year, $3-billion costshared investment by federal, provincial and territorial (FPT) governments in national, regional and local agriculture initiatives.

Approximately $5.6 million will be directly invested in the NWT agriculture sector under the Partnership. It will fund initiatives and investments aimed at encouraging the development of a relevant, commercially-viable food production and processing sector; and advancing greater self-sufficiency and food production in the NWTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s remote communities.

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Precious Metals Recycling Roadshow coming to Biggar, Rosetown and Kindersley about $500 to mine a new once of gold where recycled gold is about $10 per once.â&#x20AC;? A result of this is gold and silver purchased at the shows and later melted goes back into the market

TC Precious Metals will be in Biggar making its way through Western Canada. You can bring your gold, silver, coins and Canadian paper money to the Biggar New Horizons between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day. No appointment is required. Terry Burrill is President of TC Precious Metals headquartered in Airdrie, Alberta, and takes this show out to western Canada. â&#x20AC;&#x153;TC Precious Metals has the unique advantage of dealing direct with a smelterâ&#x20AC;? said Burrill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That allows us to cut out one or even two middlemen. TC Precious Metals purchases gold and silver from other gold buyers, pawn shops, dentists, jewellers and jewellery makers as well as from the general public.â&#x20AC;?

Recent price increases of precious metals have created lots of â&#x20AC;&#x153;gold buyersâ&#x20AC;? including mail in companies. Many of those buyers offer pennies on the dollar to unsuspecting customers and are limited to what they buy, choosing to ignore silver and coins and only purchase gold.

TC Precious Metals analyzes your gold, silver, coins and bank notes while you watch, with the process explained to you in detail. Coins with numismatic (collectable) value are set aside from those with a â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;meltâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; value. Silver items such as jewellery and flatware are analyzed for hallmark identification.

Items thought to contain gold will also be analyzed for hallmarks, and then confirmed using precise testing that is done while you watch. Then a cash offer is made, and you decide to sell or not. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If you decide to sell after hearing the quote, great, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also about informationâ&#x20AC;? says Burrill. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A lot of times people just need to know a ballpark of what things are worth; we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t pressure anyone into sellingâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Nearly half of the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual gold harvest comes from recycled gold. Energy costs area

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INVITATIONS

SATURDAY, MAY 26: You are invited to a Wedding Shower/Social to honour Robyn Silvernagle, 4 p.m. at the home of Anita and Trent Silvernagle. Everyone welcome!

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Coming 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 Peopleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choice pick, May 2 - 25, Monday - Friday, 1 - 5 p.m.

18c3 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!

19c3 MONDAY, MAY 28: Groovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; at the Gazebo, 6 p.m., corner of 3rd and Main.

Ensembles/instrumentals/vocals by Students of Emily Goring, Peggy Lâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Hoir, Joan Motz, Kolby Zagoruy and friends.

Cheer on local young musicians, please bring your own lawn chair 20c2 SATURDAY, JUNE 2: Pancake Breakfast at Biggar Museum, 8 - 10 a.m., $7 during Town and Country Fair Days.

21c2 SATURDAY, JUNE 2: Seventh-Day Adventist Church Service, 11 a.m., 320 - 6th Ave. East, Biggar. Sermon: Where Are the Dead Living? Free Haystack Lunch (similar to taco salad) Join us for the service and lunch, or just come for lunch.

21c2 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13: Biggar & District Family Centre annual Board meeting, 7 p.m. at the Family Centre, Biggar 21c3

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WANTED Biggar Museum & Gallery is preparing for their ANNUAL USED BOOK SALE. If you have gently used books, CDs, games, puzzles.

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3,700 more nurses working in Saskatchewan Access to health care continues to improve for Saskatchewan patients, thanks to 3,700 more nurses providing services than in 2007 - an increase of 29 per cent.

In total, more than 16,000 nurses are licensed to practise in the province, including registered nurses, registered psychiatric nurses, nurse practitioners, and licensed practical nurses. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our government has

shown strong commitment to recruit and retain nurses in Saskatchewan over this past decade,â&#x20AC;?

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Rural and Remote Health Minister Greg Ottenbreit

â&#x20AC;˘ doubling nurse practitioner training seats from 20 to 40; â&#x20AC;˘ offering clinical placement bursaries with a return-in-service commitment to rural and remote parts of the province; and â&#x20AC;˘ providing grant funding to the Saskatchewan Health Authority to support recruitment and retention of hard-to-recruit positions.

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workforce.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have more nurses in the province than any

said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;While we are pleased with this growth, we continue to work with partners to recruit for vacant positions across the province.â&#x20AC;?

A number of nursing recruitment and retention initiatives have resulted in the increase of nurses in Saskatchewan, including: â&#x20AC;˘ adding 300 new registered nurse/ registered psychiatric nurse training seats;

The Attorney General of Saskatchewan will be applying to participate in the reference case currently before British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Court of Appeal concerning the constitutionality of British Columbiaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposed amendments to its Environmental Management Act. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are dismayed that a pipeline that will benefit many people across Canada continues to be held up by unreasonable delays,â&#x20AC;? Justice Minister and Attorney General Don Morgan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;As we argued in the previous case involving the

city of Burnaby, it is Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s position that these pipelines are in the national interest and fall under federal, not provincial jurisdiction.â&#x20AC;?

On December 7, 2017, the National Energy Board ruled that the Trans Mountain pipeline is not required to comply with the two bylaws cited by the City of Burnaby as its reason for delaying the issuing of permits to Trans Mountain. In its decision, the National Energy Board agreed with Saskatchewan that it would be contrary to a basic principle of federalism if one province, or a

single municipality of one province, held the power to impede the construction of an interprovincial pipeline. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saskatchewan remains dedicated to standing up for the hardworking people in our natural resources and energy sectors,â&#x20AC;? Morgan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We know that these pipelines are necessary for our energy companies to get their products to tidewater to ensure a competitive price, and that the increased capacity this pipeline represents stands to benefit all Canadians.â&#x20AC;?

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• PALS BBQ, SHOP EASY PARKING LOT, 11:30 TO 1:30 P.M.

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• 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

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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 VICES • MOVIE …“The Miracle Season”, 2 & 8 p.m. @ MAJESTIC THEATRE … SELLING FAIR TREATS OUTSIDE THE THEATRE DURING & AFTER PARADE