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Vol. 107 No. 22

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

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Footprints in the sand . . . Along a sandy slice of beach, a lone set of animal tracks makes their way south of Biggar. Here’s hoping you enjoy this weekend’s Fair Days. See Page 9 for a complete list of events and happenings! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

A mock accident was held in the parking lot of Biggar Central School 2000, Friday, bringing the reality of bad decision making. Great Plains LPN students stood in as victims, while Biggar EMS, firefighters and RCMP worked the scene of a drinking and driving/texting accident. Students from the area also visited the hospital, attended an addictions services session, and later listened to an injury survivor about his accident and road to recovery. The day was a shocking reminder of the consequences of bad decisions.

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

Biggar Council Minute highlights The regular meeting of Biggar Town Council was held May 3, at 7:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers.

Attending the meeting were Mayor Ray Sadler, Aldermen Ron Arnold, Jim Besse, Alan Boyle, Penny McCallum, Eugene Motruk, and Kirk Sherbino.

Council resolved that the General Accounts Paid in the amount of $116,746.61 and the General Accounts Payable in the amount of $8,844.09, be approved.

Council resolved that the following correspondence be accepted for Council’s information and filed: Sask Docs - PREP; Biggar Credit Union - Spring Clean Up May 10, 2016; Prairie Branches - Transit Van; Government of Saskatchewan - Property Assessment; SAMA AGM Resolutions; FCM NBCF -SCF; Community Planning - Subdivision Approval; Government of Saskatchewan - Airport Grant; SAMA - Certificate of Confirmation; PIWIK Monthly Summary; Sask.

Housing Corporation Nominating Committee.

Council resolved that the Town of Biggar Waterworks Capital Investment Strategy Policy W(10), approved October 7, 2014 by resolution No. 14-446, be repealed and replaced with the Town of Biggar Waterworks Capital Investment Strategy Policy W(10) attached hereto and forming part of these minutes, be approved effective May 3, 2016.

Council resolved that Barb Barteski and Mark Haynes be authorized to attend the annual NPWW Workshop in Saskatoon on May 18 regarding changes to Canada’s Railway Grade Crossings Regulations.

Council resolved that the request from the Royal Canadian Legion for the Town of Biggar to advertise in their Military Service Recognition Book at a cost of $195 including tax, for a business card sized ad, be approved.

Council resolved that the Change Order No. 1, adding sewer service reconnections on Project 055089, the Quebec Street Water Main and Storm Sewer Replacement Project, in the amount of $17,500, be approved.

Council resolved that with respect to the municipal reserve option con-

cerning proposed Parcel AB, a portion of Parcel AA, Plan 92S32452 Ext. 0, that the Town establish a monetary settlement requirement to be paid

by Boisvert Underground Services Ltd. to the dedicated lands shown in the amount of $1,500.

Council resolved that the Biggar Soccer Association be authorized to build a 14’x18’ shed on a concrete pad reinforced with rebar to be placed north of the batting cage at the Recreation Complex, and further that the exterior finishes must be pre-approved by the Recreation Director and further that it does not interfere with irrigation or any other utilities in the proposed area.

Council resolved that correspondence from the Biggar Recreation Valley be received and further that the installation of a new power pole and meter be shared on a 50/50 cost basis.

Council resolved that to continue with the review of the 2016 budget.

• Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.

“We Care”

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Local quilters “Stitch in Time” for Lutheran World Relief

Some very creative souls have been busy at the Redeemer Lutheran Church, stitching and creating some very special items for those in need.

The quilts, blankets and other items were boxed (inset picture) and ready for shipment. (Submitted Photos) A shipment of 158 adult-size quilts, nine blankets, 68 child-size quilts and blankets and 25 baby bundles has gone to the Canadian Lutheran World Relief warehouse in Winnipeg.

There they will be baled, packed in an ocean freight container and shipped overseas to people in need.

This is truly a community achievement.

Through the year donations of fabric, sheets, worn sheets and blankets for fillers poured in to Redeemer Lutheran Church basement. For three months

in winter a group of seven or eight dedicated community women met one day a week to assemble these materials in to quilts as well as spending hours at their sewing machines at home sewing together pieces to the desired size.

Most of what was done at the church was carefully stretching out the quilt pieces and pinning them together. Then they were taken home to finish and fasten the layers together.

Three or four other women added their hand at this, and one 90-yearold faithfully worked alone at home creating several

children’s quilts.

In addition sweaters were knit, baby nighties, receiving blankets and jackets were sewn while others bought gently used shirts and sleepers. New diaper flannelette was purchased and finally, a group of 16 and pre-teen helpers came to hem diapers and assemble the individual bundles.

A donation of $1,000 dollars was sent to CLWR which purchased “We Care” labels for the quilts and “We Care” bags for the bundles. This money goes

toward ocean freight cost.

A service of blessing for the quilts and bundles, their makers and recipients was held before they were packed up for shipment and the “Force of the Youth” group toted quilts upstairs for display.

Home Hardware trucking graciously transported them to Winnipeg free of charge.

We are a people that has demonstrated through this project that ‘we care’.

Autopsy identifies man found near Arelee Human remains found n e a r Arelee in the Perret RM of Eagle Creek have been identified as that of 37-year-old Shane Perret of Saskatoon.

The autopsy was completed on May 24, and police are not releasing the cause of death but confirm that it is being investigated as a homicide.

Perret had been reported missing to the Saskatoon Police Service and was reportedly last seen in Saskatoon on December 11, 2015. Investigators from the RCMP Major Crime North, Biggar RCMP and Saskatoon Police Service are investigation the matter and urge anyone with information on the disappearance or circumstances leading to Perret’s death to contact Biggar RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

Police advise it was not

uncommon for Perret to hitchhike or rely on others as a means of transportation. He is not known to have any immediate ties to the rural location where he was found, and police describe the whereabouts of his remains as isolated.

Residents of Arelee and surrounding area are encouraged to report any suspicious activity they may have observed in the area since December, 2015.

It was previously report-

ed that Perret was seen in Nanaimo B.C. on January 27 or 28. This is a noncomfirmed sighting that has been followed up on

by police with negative results.

Perret’s family has asked for privacy during this difficult time.

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This Week ek . . .

Thumbs of Green . . . Biggar Central School students pick weeds, clean and ready a bedding area at the school, Friday. The kids, exercising their ‘Green Thumbs’, had the area, along with teacher Denaye McMahon, looking pretty colourful in no time flat! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

Here’s to a great weekend Fair Days. It is an annual event and people do look forward to attending all the happenings and activities pertaining to Fair Days.

The parade and fireworks are always the hit of the weekend.

As this is written on Wednesday -- a couple of days before the weekend actually starts it is hard to comment on the weather or anything but I know the volunteers of each organization have worked hard in the pre planning stages.

An event such as this does not just happen overnight and it takes many hours of hard work for the weekend to be a success. Check out things to do on Page 9.

So, a bouquet to everyone who works hard to make the weekend happen and hopefully everyone has a great time.

P.H.

Provincial tax systems are ripe for change Glen Hodgson, Senior Vice-President and Chief Economist Forecasting and Analysis, Conference Board of Canada All provincial governments levy taxes on their residents and businesses. That might be the only common thread in provincial taxation across the country.

Even though the provinces have access to a similar set of tools for raising revenues and shaping incentives to work and invest, there is little alignment in who and how provinces tax.

The Conference Board of Canada’s first-ever comparison of the tax systems of Canada’s provinces indicates how local politics and economic rationale interact to shape taxation. This new research measures the total personal and business taxes paid in each province relative to incomes or business activity, or the de facto average tax rate for individuals and businesses.

At first glance, the findings are clear.

Quebec has the heaviest average tax burden over all for both individuals and businesses—reflecting a stated difference in provincial strategy and services offered. On the business side, Saskatchewan, New Brunswick, Alberta, and Newfoundland and Labrador are among the provinces with the lowest burdens, while Ontario and British Columbia impose higher burdens on business.

The western provinces have the lowest personal tax burden ratios, expressed as a share of personal income in that province.

Go one step further and the complexity of taxation across Canadian provinces becomes readily apparent. Let’s consider how provinces tax step by step.

Provinces utilize between three and six different personal income tax brackets, with few if any similarities among them

on the level of income and the rate of taxation applied to each. Interprovincial comparisons of personal income tax burdens are thus difficult—which is bound to add an administrative cost for firms, individuals and governments, and even room for tax avoidance.

And this complexity doesn’t include myriad distorting tax credits in each province, the distortion effect of which were beyond the scope of our study.

Sales taxes are another important area where interprovincial policies do not align. Economic analysis supports the conclusion that taxing income less and consumption more would boost long-term investment and economic growth.

In our analysis, provinces that have harmonized their sales tax system with the value-added federal tax impose lower burdens on their local businesses.

The four provinces west of Ontario have resisted value-added sales taxes, even though this change would reduce the effective business tax burden on local businesses in B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba and help their firms compete.

Furthermore, payroll taxes, which include employer health and education levies imposed in Quebec, Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Manitoba, explain much of the difference in the impact of business taxation among provinces.

These four provinces slip in the provincial ranking when payroll taxes are added to corporate income taxes in our measurement of the business tax burden ratio.

Taxation policies have a direct impact on a province’s revenue system, and can create or exacerbate fiscal risks.

Oil-rich Alberta and Newfoundland

tax systems were intended to promote investment and growth—such as eliminating capital taxes, reducing corporate income tax rates and harmonizing the sales tax with the feds. But too often, growth-supporting policies have been effectively crowded out by popular political considerations.

The lack of tax policy alignment and consistency also creates an opportunity.

Any province could decide to conduct a fundamental review of its entire tax and revenue system without having to wait for the federal government and provincial counterparts. It could seek out best practices in tax system design—such as investing royalties, reducing provincial tax expenditures and putting a price on carbon. Such bold thinking could strengthen the province’s economic performance and generate more revenues to pay for provincial services such as health care and education. Anyone could be bold and act.

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and Labrador (and Saskatchewan to a lesser extent) injected royalty revenues from non-renewable resources directly into their provincial budgets. However, the collapse in oil prices (and other commodities) threw their provincial budgets into deep fiscal deficit. As we have advised before, a more sustainable policy would invest the royalty revenues from non-renewable resources and use only the investment earnings to fund current provincial spending.

How did we end up here? Individual provincial tax systems have been built up incrementally and separately, with limited apparent strategic consideration of the overall design of the tax system and its impact on the province’s growth potential and competitiveness.

This means that many provinces have lost opportunities to boost their growth potential and create better incentives to work and invest.

Some recent changes to provincial

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

Canada will celebrate its 150 anniversary in 2017. In terms of countries that is rather young but nevertheless, there are lots of plans in the works for the party.

I remember the birthday in 1967 when we had that annoying song -- Can-a-da, one little, two little, three little Canadians . . . “ We were all herded into the gym and were made to practice the musical number.

It sort of stuck in your head.

Every school child also received a seedling to be planted. I know I planted mine as I’m sure my

siblings did but I can’t remember if it survived and if it did where it is today. No doubt there will be a number of ways to celebrate as the year progresses.

One such project was recently announced on Parliament Hill. It is a tulip developed especially to celebrate the occasion. Called the Canada 150 tulip it is a predominantly white flower with red flame detail, which is to reflect the Canadian flag.

Every year a tulip festival is celebrated in Ottawa and the National Capital Commission

chose this festival to unveil the new species of tulip. At this time of year tulips are blooming in flower beds on Parliament Hill, along Confederation Boulevard and the Rideau Canal and along parkways. This year there are 200,000 Canada 150 tulips blooming but next year the goal is for 300,000.

For anyone who has ever been to Ottawa at this time of year, the city is truly blooming and continues to bloom throughout the season.

The NCC is responsible for over 100 flower beds around the city. As for

tulips, they were first planted in 1945 when the Netherlands sent 100,000 tulip bulbs to Canada. It was a postwar gift of gratitude for the role Canadian soldiers played in the liberation of the Netherlands and the provision of safe refuge during the way for members of the Dutch royal family. Don’t forget the daughter of Queen Juliana, Princess Margriet, was born in Ottawa.

So, for the development of the Canada 150 tulip, the Dutch were glad to assist. Cees Kole, who is the Ambassador of he Kingdom of the Netherlands, said tulips growers in his home country have been in talks with the NCC for the past four years to develop and design the anniversary flower. “The tulip represents

gratitude and the longstanding friendship between Canada and the Netherlands. Blooming in the colours of Canada’s flag, Canada 150 tulips will bring both pride and joy to gardens and communities from coast to coast to coast,� said His Excellency Cees Kole, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands The bulbs will be available for the public

to purchase this fall so Canadians can plant them in their own gardens. The goal is for the Canada 150 to be blooming across the country next spring.

So, for all those gardeners who wish to celebrate in some way this is a great opportunity. You can bring a bit of Canadiana to your yard and enjoy the colourful tulip at the same time.

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A neighbourly act removes graffiti

The Majestic Theatre

slogan started out as graffiti on the signpost for the Town of Biggar?

Yes, surveyors wrote it on the sign in 1914, “New York is Big, but this is Biggar�! After all these years, a little bit of graffiti now identifies our town across Canada, and the world!

Back to neighbourliness: Did you know that your neighbour could very well be trained to save your life and your home if it would suddenly catch on fire! Yes, the volunteer fire fighters in Biggar are neighbours!

These men and women take time from their own lives to be trained to put out fires! In the Biggar Museum, there is a brand new exhibit honouring the Biggar Volunteer Fire Fighters. Since 1910, neighbours have used their own personal time to train and to be ready to save their neighbours from the destruction of fire!

Seeding is still happening in the area, people are busy. And yet, there will always be time for

a neighbourly act: picking up a part, baking a lasagna for the hungry workers, allowing access, neighbourliness is just there, and for this we are thankful.

Can you imagine doing the seeding behind

horses? We have a brilliant collection of hand carved horse drawn farm equipment, the way our forefathers opened up the fields.

The summer season is Continued on page 7

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By Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery Neighbourliness: Small towns lend themselves to neighbourliness, and that is a good thing!

I know that people do care and wish only the best for me and my family. The Biggar Museum and Gallery experienced some neighbourliness from Murray Sunderland at Home Hardware, a while ago.

One day here at the museum, Sunderland came in to say that not too worry, he was out back and he was going to eliminate the graffiti someone had applied to the back wall of our museum! He used a product from his store.

It worked, that graffiti is gone.

Now that was a real act of neighbourliness!

There is still more there, on the doors, and we hope to get them repainted this summer.

Graffiti: a nuisance, ugly, and yet sometimes really beautiful works of art!

Did you know that our

the Majestic Theatre and Central School can be seen in the centre of the photo. On far left hand side of photo is the Fire Hall. (Photo courtesy of Biggar Encyclopedia)

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Ă Parade day is coming, as it was in 1913, parades are a time honoured event in Biggar. View of 200 Block, East side of Main Street c. 1913 with a parade coming down Main Street. Note in the photo

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THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

by Bob Mason

The Lonesome Trail ain’t lonesome anymore “The Lonesome Trail ain’t lonesome anymore There’s a highway where the cowpath was before There’s a great big filling station Where once all was devastation.

No, the Lonesome Trail ain’t lonesome anymore.”

Some time ago Yours Truly ran into an old army friend at a reunion.

After a few hilarious greetings he said, “Here is that ten dollars you loaned me for my Christmas leave in 1943.” And handed me ten bucks.

“Oh boy,” Y.T. thought, “Finally we meet an honest man. He even remembered the money he has owed me all these years.”

But inside, the crusty geared calculator installed in the penny

pinching Bob brain by the old country school was rolling out a few facts ($10 = 1,000 cents loaned for 75 years at 2% per annum -- accumulative -- is more than $10 lousy bucks.) But I slapped him on the back and thanked him anyway.

Times have sure changed, money didn’t seem to have much value at that time -- army wages weren’t $1.39 per diem and “found”. (Try looking up that old saying).

I sure remember the guy I met at the Saskatoon fair one time. I knew him slightly because all his family happened to have some kind of klepto disease.

He had tried to sell me a selection of stolen watches the year before.

Some people take one look at Y.T., decide there is a real sucker.

He walked over and was just holding out his arm and rolling up his sleeve, when Y.T. spoke.

“Hello Bill,” I greeted him. “Haven’t you sold these watches yet?”

He walked on by. His stolen watches were the old windup type anyway.

Progress?

Sometimes it seems that honesty has gone out of style too. My intentions were good (all Y.T.’s intentions are good). I hit that golf ball straight toward #9 green of the golf course, but a sudden gust of wind must have picked it up and curved it off toward the clubhouse picture window.

“My Gosh!” (I thought to myself) “It’s going to cost me a fortune to replace that big sheet of glass.”

Yours Truly was still groaning away when that ball bounded off the clubhouse window back onto the fairway. It never broke anything. Inside Y.T. was murmuring to himself, “Thank heaven for plexiglass.”

No, the lonesome trail ain’t lonesome anymore.

But that experience reminded me of the time when the trail did seem lonesome.

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is lived again, I dunno.

(That Mason guy doesn’t seem to know very much does he?)

When we were just young boys up North of here, Y.T. was walking by a neighbour’s house with their young son, when the son picked up a stone and threw it at me. He missed me by two feet (sorry) and it went right passed me and right through their kitchen window. In a few seconds his mother came out, and she wasn’t laughing.

Of course, neither were we, but the other kid told her that I, Y.T., Yours Truly, Little Bobby Mason had done the dirty deed. Guess whose pin money was cut off for some time while my Dad paid for and installed a new glass.

Like mentioned above, the lonesome trail, was still the 1930 lonesome trail and times have changed. Progress?

Y.T.’s next critique (pretty high class word) about “The L.T.” not being “L” anymore may seem a little silly to some people but it is a fact to we older types who need to value a “copper”.

A few years ago, well it only seems a “few” to me: Y.T. was waiting in the guard house at Cominco when a fellow came in to get a drink at the

dispenser. In the process of paying, a one cent coin dropped onto the floor and he bent over to pick it up. We all laughed.

As a worker for Cominco he was paid fifteen dollars an hour for eight hours or about 15,000 cents. If Cominco asked him to stoop down to the floor 12,000 times every day, it wouldn’t be long until he had another job.

It’s no wonder that some of us say that things have changed.

An unshaven fellow (like a bum) stopped me on the street the other day and asked if I could spare a dime for a cup of coffee.

“Where have you been?”

I asked him. “Are you some relation to Rip Van Winkle?”

“Who is Rip Van Winkle?” he asked.

“Well,” I replied, “both Rip Van Winkle and ten cent coffee went out of style with button shoes.”

“What were button shoes?” he asked. (Times sure have changed).

You learn more everyday.

I’ll never forget Cass -- not because he was so unforgettable but because he was always out to save a few cents.

Back in the nineteen thirties there were four of us young guys meeting every Saturday night and “matched” for “soft drinks” at the local cafe.

We had a great time as we sat there and talked things over, but after a while we noticed that Cass had “matched” us every time and had never paid.

One night Joe picked up the coins from the sidewalk and noticed that one of them had two heads.

On further investigation we found out that Cass had a coin in his other jacket with two tails -- he never lost.

So much for Cass and his two headed quarters. To treat your friends now, you need a twenty dollar bill.

Cass always won, but the last time we met, he had just gotten out of jail for writing bogus cheques.

When Dad was tearing down his old homestead shack, we found a large Edward VII one cent coin behind the baseboards.

Walt and Y.T. (about six years old) walked five and a half miles into town, spent the one cent on two jaw breaker candies and walked home and sucked on them for a week.

We sure felt proud by spending that one cent, but I clean forgot how much our young people’s treats cost when we paid for it yesterday.

Oh times have changed alright. The Lonesome Trail ain’t lonesome anymore.

Diamond Lodge News Another week has flown by. It is hard to believe that May is now over and June will be here.

Monday the 23rd at the Lodge was Victoria Day. The day was spent visiting friends and family. Puzzles and towel folding is a daily thing that happens here. On nice days the residents are spending it outside.

Tuesday morning we had special guests. Cari Perih brought five golden lab puppies. They were so cute. Afterwards we had current events. In the afternoon we played the Price is Right. The residents guessed prices of what food costs these days. Hard to believe ground beef is over $7 a pound.

Wednesday morning was baking time. The residents started baking for our upcoming Tea and Bake Sale. They made cupcakes inside of ice cream cones. Pretty neat to see it being done.

At 1:00 we loaded the handibus and took a tour around the town. The best stop was of course ice cream.

Thursday morning was exercises. We had a granddaughter here helping us bat the balloon. Then we had five kitties here for a visit.

They were beautiful. A couple of the residents put the kitties in their sweater to take home. At 2:30 we had bingo.

Friday morning was PAL’s. Barbecue Club

was down Skyview. Ice cream cones were served at 2:30.

Saturday was Dot Bingo and watched some videos.

Sunday was walking around outside. The Perdue United Church came here for worship this week.

Best regards.

deHaan receives Award of Merit

Barbara-Ann deHaan received an Award of Merit from the College of Pharmacy for her “outstanding service” to the college council and Complaints Committee. The award was presented at the President’s Luncheon at Elk Ridge Resort, April 30.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

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Artists chosen to go on to more competition

by Delta Fay Cruickshank of the Biggar and District Arts Council Three artists were chosen this year to continue competing in the OSAC Arts on the Move program.

Carol Wylie, Saskatoon, had the difficult task of choosing from 11 artists those who would continue on to the provincial competition.

The winner of the big show will be a part of the OSAC Arts on the Move program. This program tours Saskatchewan art throughout the province, showing at participating

Arts Councils over the next several years.

OVer 33 friends, family and curious came to the adjudication on Saturday, May 28 at the Biggar Museum in the gallery. Wylie presented the participation award ribbons to the individual bodies of work she considered worth merit and discussion. She saved her choice of artists until the end of her presentation.

The artists chosen were Michaela Hoppe, Chris Hodge and Lynn Strendin.

There were homemade goodies for all to nibble

on, and despite the torrential downpour just as the artists were packing up to go home, everyone was pleased with the event.

Wylie had also presented a six-hour workshop, over two days on portraiture. Attendees for the workshop came from North Battleford, Wilkie and Biggar. Fourteen budding artists in all came to be tutored by Wylie, herself an accomplished portrait artists.

The drew their likenesses from local life models, Lauren de Bussac and George Fast.

Letting their Green Thumbs do the talking . . . Some pretty special ladies were out in force Tuesday, putting a cleaning and planting the Town Sign site on the north end of Biggar. The ladies had the area, as well as planters on Main Street, up and beautiful for Fair Days. A big pat on the back to Town of Biggar crews for helping clean out the area for the avid gardeners, and cleaning up other areas of Town. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Kids’ Carnival @ 3rd Avenue Park, Biggar Carol Wylie, adjudicator, left discusses the works of Michaela Hoppe, right.

Michaela’s work will go on to the provincial competition presented through the OSAC Arts on the Move program.

Graffiti . . .

Continued from page 5

Saturday, June 4

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A BIG thank you to all the following contributors who are supplying activities and door prizes to be given away.

KIDS… put your

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on 3 Ave. E. on north side of the Park.

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Kids must be in attendance to receive a prize.

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The following are supplying DOOR PRIZES… Biggar Leisure, de Moissac Jewellers, One Stop Home Improvement Centre, Leslie’s PharmaChoice, NAPA Auto Parts, Integra Tire, Weasie’s Gourmet Blends, M & N Repair, The Tradin Post, Fick’s Small Engine Repair, RBC. ∆Biggar & District Credit Union sponsoring FICK’S PETTING ZOO. ∆Biggar & Landis Insurance Services are providing a DUCK POND. ∆Super A Foods & E-Kay Enterprises are providing DOUGHNUTS.

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BOTTLED WATER. Surveyors in 1914 painted the now very famous slogan on the Biggar signpost back in 1914! A little bit of graffiti that now identifies our town across the world!

(Photo courtesy of Biggar Encyclopedia) here, with this comes longer hours in the museum. We are open for the many more tourists that drop in, and

people coming ‘home’ for family reunions and weddings etc. The museum is Biggar’s tourist information booth. So, if you

know a tourist, maybe give them the time, be neighbourly, and direct them to the museum.

Biggar Associated Gospel Church providing

BOUNCY CASTLE, FREE POPCORN, FISH POND, FACE PAINTING, BALLOON DECORATING & TREASURE HUNT.

HAMBURGERS and HOT DOGS for sale and the profit goes to two kids to go to Ranger Lake Bible Camp!

KIDS…

enter your name in Separate Draw Box, mut be attendance at draw time to win to go to Camp. The draw will take place right after the door prize draw.

Come Eat and Enjoy all the FUN this special day with your kids!

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Cost versus safety matically better because beyond the assurances of no additional growth of science and Canahormones or antidian food safety biotics used. agencies, and as a Of course that result are having an does raise a quesimpact on product tion is beef from sales, especially an animal sufin light of several restaurant chains by Calvin Daniels fering from the human equivalent and food compaof pneumonia better for nies fuelling the distrust us to eat than an animal with ad campaigns that that was humanely treatallude to their products ed for the disease, with being somehow autoprescribed withdrawal of antibiotic use followed before butchering?

That is however a debate for another time.

As much as food safety appears a driving force in terms of how farmers should produce food, how it is processed, and how it is consumed, a much more basic driver still holds sway in terms of food sales - price.

At the end of the day the majority of consumer’s main motivation in terms of food choice is the cost at the till.

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MONDAY-FRIDAY even though many of us lament the cost at the till in a supermarket.

The problem is the grocery cart is never just food. There are toiletries, VERY RIDAY PM aftershave, hair spray, magazines, cups, towels and a broad range of other items that we 4th ANNUAL MID-SUMMER do not eat, but buy at a modern grocery store.

EQUIPMENT AUCTION While our grocery bill KRAMER’S BIG BID BARN - NORTH BATTLEFORD, SK can appear fearsome, it is less so when we pare the cart down to just Great Time to sell Haying & Ranch Equipment foodstuffs.

But even at that point many consumers opt for cost.

There is a reason major chains offer what are usually lower-cost store brands. It is because they sell to a consumer looking to lower their food costs.

That reality was brought into focus for me again recently via a post on Facebook from a local area honey producer.

“My husband and I are Canadian beekeepers. We are proud of FOR BEST RESULTS CONSIGN EARLY the product we produce and the quality we are able to deliver to our Delivery Times: Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm (Yard closed on holidays and weekends) customers. This quality is not achieved cheaply.

Best time of year to sell RVs, Boats & ATVs We as consumers need to understand that if we support cheap food and products then we also support the means of

by Calvin Daniels There are pockets of concern over the concept of genetically modified crops.

There are those concerned about how the impact of herbicides and insecticides used on crops and antibiotics and hormones used in livestock may impact human health.

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getting those products; namely cheap labour and inputs. Food packers will always be looking to increase and/or maintain their profit margins so purchasing lower cost (often lower quality) ingredients accomplishes this. In the last couple of years, Canadian beekeepers (and honey producers in general) had been experiencing a fairly steady increase in honey prices, driven by a market shortage of bees and therefore honey.

The profit margins of the honey packers such as Billy Bee (McCormick) who use a blend of Canadian and cheap source honey have been declining with the higher cost of the domestic honey.

Honey can only be priced so high or the consumer will begin to purchase other sweetening agents over it - such as sugar,” they wrote.

“Following good crops in these cheap source countries such as Argentina, packers bought up a boatload of the cheap honey and are now set

for their annual packing needs. Most of Canada’s 2015 honey crop is still sitting in our warehouses across the country as packers are refusing to buy. They don’t even want it cheap, they are full and we are really stuck in a bind. McCormick has even come out with a honey blend, called “Natural Farms” honey that brings Chinese honey back into the Canadian market! People buy it because it is cheap and everyone is happy - right?! We consumers need to open our eyes cheap products are cheap for a reason - crappy labour standards and exploitation for a start, not to mention little to no environmental or quality standards.”

And therein lies the concern.

We increasingly see consumers having trust issues regarding science, but then many are quite satisfied to trust health and safety standards, policing and enforcement is other countries.

Increasingly Canada is becoming signatories to trade deals with countries around the world.

Some have a reputation on par with that of Canada, others do not.

One only needs to look at some reports out of China with regards to food security and safety there to shudder.

It would stand to reason consumers would hold concerns along food safety standards in foreign countries at least at levels shown over herbicide use and GM, but that certainly does not seem the case, as any thoughts about quality standards are offset by the lower price in the store.

The question consumers need to ask is at what price point do they begin to worry about food safety standards abroad, because not all security systems are equal to those in place in Canada, and often trade deals and consumer decisions don’t seem to take that into consideration.

Council News for the Town of Asquith Asquith Town Council held its regular meeting on May 11.

Attending were Mayor Gail Erhart, Councilors Sue Sawicki, Garry Dumont, Ross Beal, Leen Van Marion and Don Lysyshyn. Also attending was C.A.O. Holly Cross and Foreman Darren Kraft.

A resolution was made to accept the April 13, 2016 regular meeting minutes and the April 20, 2016 special meeting minutes as presented.

The treasurer’s statement of receipts and expenditures for April 2016 and the March 2016 bank reconciliation’s were accepted as presented.

A motion was made

by Council to accept accounts paid in the amount of $21,915.55 and accounts payable in the amount of $57,929.59 as presented.

Councilor Sawicki reported on her attendance at the semiannual meeting of the Wheatland Regional Library. She presented

Council with the Wheatland Regional Library Annual Report. She also reported that there are a multitude of books (children and adult), movies, games, et cetera that can be accessed digitally through the Wheatland Regional Library by using one’s Wheatland Regional Library card.

Council approved the closure of a portion of Main Street for a street dance sponsored by the Asquith Fire Department on Saturday, September 10. Council also extended the parameters of the Noise Bylaw for this event to 1 a.m.

A riding mower and a push mower were pur-

chased by the Town to accommodate the maintenance of the Asquith Cemetery.

There have been reports that individuals have been utilizing the Asquith Cemetery as a fenced in dog area that they can let their dogs run loose to get their exercise. It pains this office to have to explain to people that this is unacceptable and is not allowed. Respect must be given to the final resting place of those interred there.

Needless to say, if anyone is observed doing this again, they will be charged.

New Horizons Activities

by Janice Foley, office coordinator May 23 kaiser: first, Joanne Kral, 213; second, Bill Fisher with 203 points; Marie Roesch in third with 191; and Ann Muc in fourth place with 182 points. Highest scoring game -- Joanne and Marie with 54 points.

There was a nice size group on Thursday, May 26 for the afternoon bingo. Winner of the half n half was Gertie Brown, and the blackout winner was Moe Goring.

We were pleased to provide hall space for the SunWest party program on Friday.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

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FIREWORKS

… proceeds to Force of the Youth & Food for Thought

• Biggar Rec Valley Kids Cabaret @ Biggar Community Hall, 7 - 9 p.m.

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• $3 admission - dance and concession

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• PALS BBQ, Shop Easy parking lot, 11:30 to 1:30 p.m. p...m p m.

(weather permitting -- alternate nights Saturday and Sunday)

• Biggar Museum Breakfast @ MUSEUM PARKING LOT, 105 - 3RD AVE. WEST, 8 - 10 A.M. … $6 per plate, $3 for 10 years and under. Everyone welcome!

• CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PARADE on MAIN STREET, 10 a.m. Theme: Planes, Trains and Automobiles • Bake Sale, BEFORE/AFTER PARADE TIME, FRONT OF CLOCK IN CENTENNIAL PLAZA, MAIN ST. … sponsored by Acacia Chapter No. 3, Order of Eastern Star, proceeds to charities • New Horizons Cold Plate Dinner, 117 - 3rd Ave. West; 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.; Adults, $10, children $7, Preschoolers FREE • Air Cadets Lunch, Sausage and Perogies, IN FRONT OF BIGGAR SAUSAGES & MORE, MAIN ST., 11:00 a.m - 1 p.m.

• Biggar Youth Travel Club BBQ @ SUPER A FOODS, MAIN ST.

• MOVIE, 2:00 p.m. @ The Majestic Theatre, …selling Fair treats outside the theatre during & after parade • Biggar Credit Union…

de Moissac Jewellers Pharmasave Leslie’s Drugstore, PharmaChoice Biggar Leisure Centre

Fick’s PETTING ZOO @ 3rd Avenue Park after the parade

• Biggar & Landis Insurance Services …

DUCK POND, Prizes @ 3rd Avenue Park starting at 12 noon while supplies last • Kids’ Carnival … @ 3rd Avenue Park FISH POND, BOUNCY HOUSE, FACE PAINTING, HORSE RIDES, PEDAL CARS, GOODIES, AND ALL KINDS OF FUN! FREE draws donated by Biggar businesses starting at 1 p.m. … Sponsored by the Biggar Associated Gospel Church • Hamburgers, Hot Dogs & Pop @ Third 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 and doughnuts, compliments of nterprises and Super A Foods ods ds

• INTERDENOMINATIONAL ENOMINA ATION ONAL AL CH HURCH URC RCH H SE ERVICE RVIC ICE at The Majestic Theatre, Biggar, 11 a.m. …Hosted by Biggar Ministerial Association CLIP & SAVE

• Masonic Lodge Pancake Brunch … Beginning 11 a.m. outside The Majestic Theatre.

• Sapsford Family Show and Shine, 11a.m - 4p.m.

Fundraiser for Prostate Cancer and Research … FREE burgers and beverages with your donation @ Don and Mary Lee Sapsford’s farm, 20 km east of Biggar, or 10 km west of Perdue, on the south side of Hwy 14

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11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Proceeds to 2017 Italy Trip • Biggar Minor Hockey Annual BALL HOCKEY Tournament, immediately following parade, Theatre/Credit Union parking lot, all ages. Beer Gardens on site.

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Biggar & Landis Insurance Services requires a permanent, full-time Motor Licence Issuer. Applicants must possess a minimum Grade 12 education, a positive attitude towards learning and change, show initiative, work independently, be team-oriented, and enjoy working with the public.

Insurance-related experience and/or licensing would be considered an asset.

Why work here? We offer a very competitive compensation structure, 8% matched retirement plan, comprehensive group benefits with a Health Care Spending Allowance, and reimbursement for moving expenses. You’d work with a committed team in a challenging, rewarding and fun environment.

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Biggar is a dynamic, family-orientated community of approximately 2,200 citizens, offering hospital, parks, sports, arts, and two school divisions. The town is located 90 km west of Saskatoon, and 90 km south of North Battleford.

Interested? Please submit your resume by June 10, 2016 to: Biggar Insurance Services Box 729, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0 Email: anita.silvernagle@biggarinsurance.ca We appreciate the interest of all applicants; however, only those under consideration will be contacted.

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Presently, Polar Pork Farms is accepting resumes at our Bear Hills 2600 head farrow to wean farm.

NUMBER OF AVAILABLE POSITIONS: 1 EMPLOYMENT TERMS: Full time JOB LOCATION: Bear Hills Sow Barn, located approximately five kilometres west of Perdue, Sask.

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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Restaurant for sale by tender, closing on June 17, 2016. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Seating Capacity for 100. Fully equipped with grill, deep fryer, coolers, freezers, walk in cooler, chairs, tables, pots, pans, dishes, glasses, flatware, etc. Located on three lots on the corner of Highway 3 and 24. Contact Ron Radke at 306-8834321, by email at ron.radke@spiritwood.cu.sk.ca or Lola Lapesky at 306-883-4322 or by email at lola. l a p e s k y @ s p i ritwood.cu.sk.ca for further information.

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OBITUARIES Della (Fjeld) Bekker (nee Bouvier) February 2, 1915 - May 27, 2016 Our amazing mother has gone to her eternal reward on May 27, 2016, at the age of 101.

She lived a life of unwavering virtue and p r i n c i p l e, and was an inspiration to us all. Mom was a dedicated teacher, a devoted mother, and a dutiful wife.

She was a lifelong CWL member, a strong supporter of the Gravelbourg Hospital Auxiliary and a trophy winning member of the bowling league - which she played on until age 90. She enjoyed reading and playing cards.

She was predeceased by her mother, Anna Bouvier; and father, Elphie Bouvier; two husbands, James Fjeld and Gilbert Bekker; three brothers, Maurice Bouvier, Armand Bouvier, Raymond Bouvier; one sister, Nora Jacques; and one stepdaughter, Marlene Samoisette.

She is survived by daughters, Julie (Al) Cripps, Valerie (Bob) Volk, Dale Kauth (Darcy Sentes); and son, Jim Fjeld (Lena Zaytsoff). She is also survived by her stepchildren, Merle, Larry and Keith as well as her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

Always a lady, graciously accepting life as it came, she was a thoughtful hostess to the end. Forever in our hearts. Mom is and will always be, the best in us.

Lovingly laid to rest in Handel, Sask., where she raised her family.

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

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Obituaries

Funeral service was conducted in the Gravelbourg Cathedral, Gravelbourg, Sask., on June 1, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. Burial took place at the Handel Catholic Cemetery, Handel, Sask., on June 1, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.

Alexis and twins James and Anna; his daughters, Sharmaine (Nigel) of Montserrat, WI, and Teresa of Saskatoon, Sask, grandson, Sam and granddaughter, Claire; brother, Ken of Lloydminster; brother-in-law, Jim Hamel (Sharon) of Aquadeo, Sask. and family; sister-in-law, Grace Pelletier and family; and many great-nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Larry Pelletier; father, Walter Nelson in 1958; mother, Irene Brown/Nelson in 2003; father-in-law, Cliff Hamel in 1958; mother-in-law, Doreen Hamel/ Handley in 2015; and step-father-inlaw, Charles Handley in 1998.

Garry requested no funeral service. His ashes will be laid to rest at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens Columbarium, Saskatoon, family members attending. Donations may be directed to STARS, 1441 Aviation Park N.E., Box 570, Calgary, AB (all proceeds go to STARS Saskatchewan) or email: donations@stars.ca 22p1

Online condolences can be shared at www.pichehawkinsgrondinfuneralchapels.ca

Garry Nelson December 7, 1943 - May 13, 2016 Garry G arrr passed away on o n May 13, 2016.

G Garry was born December 7, 1943 in Saskatoon, Sask. to Walter and Irene Nelson.

The family moved to Biggar, Sask. in 1948 when his ffather fa at purchased Central C Ce entr ntr Motors Garage.

Garry took an active role in helping his mother manage the garage when his father passed away in 1958. After graduating from Grade 12, Garry took a heavy duty mechanic course.

He hired on the CNR at age 18 as a brakeman and worked for the railroad for 13 years.

In 1966, he married his high school sweetheart, Margy Hamel of Rosetown, Sask. They started their farming career in 1974 in the McGee district and moved to Rosetown in 1979. They built a new home on the farm in 1981.

Garry belonged to the Elks Association and was a member of the United Church of Canada. He loved the outdoors. Garry did off shore and on shore fishing when away on holidays and ice fishing in the spring when he returned home.

He spent as much time as farming would allow at his cabin at Lac La Plonge. He also was a big game hunter.

Garry owned a Cessna 180 and loved flying. He enjoyed downhill skiing and curled competitively. Garry and Margy spent several winters on the various Hawaiian Islands and later in the East Caribbean where their daughter, Sharmaine, lives. He enjoyed the fun times when family were able to get together.

Garry is survived by his wife, Margy; his son, Jim (Michelle) of Thunder Bay, Ont., granddaughters Taylor, Hayley, step-granddaughter,

Memoriam IRVINE, Norman: In loving memory of a dear husband, father, grandfather, January 29, 1937 - June 3, 2015.

“It’s been a year since you’ve been gone Memories of you still linger on In our hearts, you’ll always stay Until we meet again one day.”

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Coming FRIDAY JUNE 3 FRIDAY, 3, SATURDAY SATURDAY, JUNE 4 & SUNDAY, JUNE 5: Town and Country Fair Days, parade, food, bake sales, games, church. Check this week’s Independent, page 9, clip and save, for further happenings or phone 306-948-6450.

18c4 THURSDAY, JUNE 9: Biggar Health Centre Activity Room Tea and Bake Sale, 2- 3:30 p.m. All proceeds to Resident Activity Fund. Thank you for your support.

21c3 FRIDAY, JUNE 10: 7 p.m., Teen Challenge is coming to town at Biggar Associated Gospel Church! Bring your friends and neighbours and see what Teen Challenge can do for Our Town!

22c2 MONDAY, JUNE 20: 7:00 p.m., Biggar & District Majestic Theatre Project Annual Meeting in The Bielby Hall (back of theatre). Everyone welcome.

22c3 TUESDAYS: FARMERS MARKET, starts June 21, Biggar Legion Hall, 118 Main Street, 3 - 5:30 p.m. Coffee, 50¢ 22p3

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NOTICES Biggar Museum & Gallery has a new display n the Credit Union Gallery: Biggar Heritage: Building Biggar Businesses. See how our businesses used to look, realize how many heritage buildings we still have in our town. Museum now open for summer, Tuesday - Saturday, 9 a.m - 5 p.m. (closed for lunch, 12 - 1 p.m.)

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$31.00 + $1.55 gst = $32.55 Inside 40-mile Radius…

$36.00 + $1.80 gst = $37.80 Outside 40-mile Radius…

$41.00 + $2.05 gst = $43.05

12 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

REAL ESTATE

WANTED Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar Landfill OR contact Quentin Sittler at 306-6582132 tfn MAIN STREET GARAGE SALE is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition. Please phone 306-9481773 or 306-9485393.

Pickup available. tfn

Wrecking over 250 units... cars and trucks.

Lots of trucks...

Dodge... GMC...

Ford... Imports...

1/2 ton to 3 tons...

We ship anywhere... Call or text 306-821-0260.

Lloydminster

SEED & FEED HEATED CANOLA WANTED!!

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

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

HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252 Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM

Western Commodities 877-695-6461 Visit our website @ www.westerncommodities.ca

LAND FOR SALE

SASK. FARMS & RANCHES ARDATH: 1499 ac.

- 724 cult ac., + 747 ac. pasture, cattle facilities, 1380 sq. ft. home on well treed yard.

DALMENY: 160 ac.

- 120 cult. ac., assess.

44,800 Contact â&#x20AC;¦ Murray Murdoch, Cell: 306-858-8000

LANE REALTY Saskatchewanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Farm & Ranch Specialistsâ&#x201E;¢ 47 NEW SALES SO FAR IN 2016!

Phone:

306-569-3380

email: lanerealtycorp@ sasktel.net WITH OVER 30 YEARS IN THE BUSINESS! To view full colour feature sheets for all of our CURRENT LISTINGS, visit our Website at:

VEHICLES

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

www. lanerealty.com 31 FULLY SERVICED LAKE LOTS - Murray Lake, Saskatchewan.

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, June 27 in Saskatoon.

Lots range from 0.28 +/- to 0.35 +/- acres. Brennan LeBlanc: 306-280-4878; rbauction.com/ realestate.

LAND FOR SALE For Saleâ&#x20AC;¦ NE 36-38-15-W3rd, SW 36-38-15W3rd, 290 acres cult., assessment $76,600 and $72,100. B. Domes, Biggar, 306-948-2036.

22p3

HOUSES FOR RENT Two bedroom house, fridge/ stove/washer/ dryer, large yard, close to downtown, $750/ month plus utilities. Call Kassie 306-490-7368 22p3 Two bedroom house, 101 - 5th Ave. West, Biggar, fridge/stove, washer, dryer, $500/month plus utilities.

Call 306-932-4558 22p3 Two and three bedroom houses for rent. Close to downtown and school. Fridge and stove included. For viewing call 306-948-3674 or 306-948-9517 or 306-948-7022.

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FARMLAND WANTED NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS! SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES Central - 217 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s South - 100 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s South East - 46 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s South West - 65 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North - 10 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North East - 14 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s North West - 12 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s East - 56 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s West - 50 1/4â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s FARM AN D P AS TU RE LAN D AV AILAB LE TO RE N T

PURCHASING: SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK PAYMENT. RENT BACK AVAILABLE Call DOUG 306-955-2266 saskfarms@shaw.ca

LAND FOR RENT LAND RENT, in R.M. Creek. details, 9186.

FOR pasture of Eagle Call for 306-948-

FOR RENT Charter/ Sherwood Apartments

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HOUSES FOR SALE BEST CANADIAN BUILT HOME BEST PRICE!

Spring Inventory Reduction SALE ON NOW! 1520 sq ft $119,900.00 1216 sq ft $99,900.00 1088 sq ft $92,900.00 Ready for Delivery Now! Custom Orders Welcome Single wide, Multi Sections Lake House, Motel Units We sell & service homes across Western Canada, On Site Consultation.

YellowHead Modular Home Sales 306-496-7538 306-849-0002 HWY #16 West of Yorkton www.affordablehomesales.ca Weekend calls Personalized Service

1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cable TV and satellite systems, laundr y facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwasher s, air conditioning, parking with plugins.

For more information call: Karen/Kevin 948-9115 302 - 8th Ave. W. Biggar

DEADLINE

SERVICES

If YOU areâ&#x20AC;¦ â&#x20AC;¢ NEW to our communities of Biggar/Landis/Perdue â&#x20AC;¢ Have a new baby

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WAGON at 306-948-3837 Sheila Itterman

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Own Property?

Have Bad Credit? We can help!

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Pastor P Pa astor Mark Marrk Kleiner Klei eineer @ 306-948-3731, 30066 994488-37 373 731, 30 3306-951-7122.

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NEWSSTANDS @

â&#x20AC;¢ Biggar Esso â&#x20AC;¢ Leslieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drugstore â&#x20AC;¢ Pharmasave â&#x20AC;¢ Quick Stop â&#x20AC;¢ Super A Foods â&#x20AC;¢ Shop Easy Foods â&#x20AC;¢ Weasieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Gourmet Blends â&#x20AC;¢ Central Plains Co-op, Perdue â&#x20AC;¢ The Store, Perdue

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0 - BIGGAR LEGION HALL, MAIN ST., BIGGAR CONTACT RAMIL, MARILYN OR ORLANDO 306-948-2023 OR 306-951-0095 OR 306-948-3021

Everyone Welcome!

For COLOUR or BLACK & WHITE PHOTOCOPYING,

Please arrange to pick up photos that have been used for publications. â&#x20AC;¦Thanks, The Independent

stop at The Independent, 122 Main St., Biggar â&#x20AC;¢ 306-948-3344 â&#x20AC;¢

Monday â&#x20AC;¢ 5 p.m.

HEALTH/WELLNESS

HEALTH/WELLNESS

Biggar

PHOTOGRAPHY

Photos by Jocelyn

Portraits, Family, Weddings & Sports Photography

PET SERVICES Professional Dog Groomingâ&#x20AC;¦ reasonable rates right in the Town of Biggar Open 7 days a week

Biggar, Sask.

411 - 3rd Ave. East, Biggar

306-948-2814

306-951-9090

www.photosbyjocelyn.com

HEALTH/WELLNESS

Moonlight Therapy Janet & Candice Moon Colour Energy Therapists â&#x20AC;¦for info & appts

306-948-7682 or 306-948-7128

moonlighttherapy@hotmail.com

Weight Loss & WELLNESS Centre

â&#x20AC;¢ â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Ideal Proteinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Weight Loss â&#x20AC;¢ â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Slender Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Figure Salon â&#x20AC;¢ H20 Massage Bed Weight Loss Coach Anne G. Livingston 317 Main St., Biggar

306-948-7274

Call Making Biggar Smaller!

- together with -

Co-Ed Fitness Centre Healthy Lifestyle Weight Loss 30-minute Circuit Personal Training Fitness Classes â&#x20AC;¦owned and operated

by Brett Barber

102 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar

306.948.2208

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 13

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

ELECTRICAL

NCM Home Maintenance • Residential & Commercial Painting • Handyman Service • Labour Hire • 1A Certified Licence

Nick Maguire BIGGAR ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION SERVICES Commercial and Industrial Electrical Wiring Licensed Journeyman Adrian de Haan

306-948-5291

Goldburg Electric Ltd. • Residential • Commercial Contact Matt Craig

306.948.3325 PHILLIPS ELECTRIC s 2ESIDENCE s #OMMERCIAL 7IRING &OR FREE ESTIMATES Ph: 306-948-5393

PLUMBING & HEATING

WESTWIND ELECTRIC LTD. Perdue, Sask.

Peter Hofmeister Journeyman Electrician

Licenced, Insured & Bonded Over 15 years experience

Cell 1-306-753-9807 • RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • FARM

306-951-8004

Owners/Operators • Travis Young • Dallas Young • Claude Young

Biggar, Sask.

306-948-3389 Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

FOR RENT

EAVESTROUGH NOW SERVING THE BIGGAR AREA

FREE ESTIMATES 5-inch continuous eavestrough

Derek Argue

306-375-7055

FREE ESTIMATES ► Eavestrough ► Soffit/Fascia ► Siding ► All other Exterior needs....

Box 277, Perdue, SK S0K 3C0

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

DENTAL

115 - 1st Avenue West Rosetown, Sask.

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

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

Phone:306.882.2123 New Patients Welcome!

BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC

THIS SPACE IN THIS DIRECTORY IS AVAILABLE FOR ONLY

$161.20 PLUS GST… ONE COLUMN X

FOR

2 INCHES

26-WEEK

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

Call

104 - 6 Ave. East, Biggar, Sask.

Southeast entrance of Nova Wood Bldg.

Hours…

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

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

306-948-3408

306.948.3344

Contact THE INDEPENDENT 306-948-3344

• Bookkeeping • Tax Returns • Financial Statements

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

In Biggar Every Tuesday.

rod.campbell@sasktel.net 122 Main St., Biggar, SK

Biggar Professional Building, 223 Main Street, Biggar

For appointments…

1-855-651-3311

LEGAL SERVICES

BUSSE LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors Stuart A. Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B. 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK

306-948-3346 …serving your community since 1972

Peszko &Watson is a full service law office that practices…

OFFICE HOURS

Housing for families and seniors Rent based on income

Call: 306-948-2101

Kirk Ewen

CAMPBELL ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Doctor of Optometry

ROSETOWN DENTAL

BIGGAR HOUSING AUTHORITY

Box 323, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

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

“Setting a Higher Standard” ∆New Construction ∆Re-roofs ∆Torch-on ∆Tile ∆Metal ∆Asphalt ∆All repairs ∆Shakes ∆Inspections NOW DOING ∆ Eavestroughing ∆ Downspouts ∆ Soffit & Facia We offer 10 Year Workmanship Warranty and Liability/Torch On Insurance Excellent Local References For a FREE estimate please call… 306-948-5453

PLUMBING HEATING ELECTRICAL

EAVESTROUGHING

ARGUE’S

MADGE ROOFING INC.

306-717-2818

For all your home, business and rural needs

ACCOUNTING

ROOFING

www.madgesaskroofing.com Biggar, Sask.

#ELL 306-221-6888

OPTOMETRISTS

ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ

Criminal Law Commercial Law Family Law Real Estate Law Wills and Estate Law and our lawyers, Jason Peszko Lisa Watson Sophie Ferré look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:

306-948-5352 or 306-244-9865

INVESTMENTS

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

Ph: 306-948-5133

RED APPLE ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES “Administrative Services to

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

For a FREE consultation, call Cheryl Irvine @

306-948-7402 www.redappleadmin.ca www.facebook.com/ redappleadmin

223 Main Street Biggar Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO

306-948-2183 Email: ddolack@sasktel.net Website: www.hrblock.ca

INSURANCE

Financial Planning Estate Planning Life Insurance 222 Main Street 306 948 5377

info@twhfinancial.ca www.twhfinancial.ca

to have your business listed here, …ask about special rates and sizes!

Contact us for all your insurance and financial services 306-948-3926 …located in the Professional Building 223 Main St., Biggar

INSURANCE

INVESTMENTS For all your investment needs, Visit…

Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI

Lyndsey Poole

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

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

Pamela Eaton Mutual Fund Investment Specialist Credential Asset Management Inc.

5th Avenue 106th Street

NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask.

Shop 306.446.3298

Fax 306.445.4275

Located at the Biggar & District Credit Union 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK • 306-948-3352 Mutual funds are offered through Credential Asset Management Inc., and mutual funds and other securities are offered through Credential Securities Inc. ®Credential is a registered mark owned

by Credential Financial Inc. and is used under license.

ÿ Auto & Home Insurance ÿ Farm & Commercial Insurance ÿ Health & Travel Insurance ÿ Life Insurance & Investments ÿ Farm Succession & Estate Planning ÿ Notary Publics Biggar Of¿ce Hours…

Landis Of¿ce Hours:

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

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

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

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

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

Thurs., CLOSED

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

Website: www.landisinsurance.ca Email: landis@landisinsurance.ca

“We’ll getcha covered”

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

14 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

SERVICES REAL ESTATE

AUTOMOTIVE

AGRICULTURE

M & N REPAIR

DUANE NEUFELDT 403 Main St., Biggar

Licensed For: # # #

306-948-8055 "

!!!

Proud sponsor of Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Wish Foundation

Open Monday-Friday Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic

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

of The Battlefords Independently Owned and Operated

FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDSâ&#x20AC;Ś â&#x20AC;˘ Selling/Buying â&#x20AC;˘ Residental â&#x20AC;˘ Farm/Acreage â&#x20AC;˘ Commercial â&#x20AC;˘ Recreational

Wally Lorenz Sales Associate 1391 - 100th St. North Battleford, SK S9A 0V9 Day or Night

Cell: 306.843.7898 Bus: 306.446.8800 znerol.w@sasktel.net Web site: www.remaxbattlefords.com

COURIER

HAULING

BIGGAR COURIER

Rockin D Trucking & Cattle

â&#x20AC;˘ Biggar to Saskatoon â&#x20AC;˘ Same day Service â&#x20AC;˘ Monday to Friday â&#x20AC;˘ 24-hour Answering Service

~Brian and Cathy Fick~

Cell: 306-948-7524

HAULING

â&#x20AC;˘ Cattle hauling with 21 ft. gooseneck trailer â&#x20AC;˘ round and large square bale hauling with step-deck or highboy semi-trailers â&#x20AC;˘ also buying and selling straw and forage â&#x20AC;˘ also machinery hauling Home â&#x20AC;˘ 306-948-2037 Alex â&#x20AC;˘ 306-948-7291 Dan â&#x20AC;˘ 306-948-7843 Biggar, Sask.

306.237.7671 TROY MAY, owner/opertor Fax: 306-237-TROY email: tmay@hotmail.ca Super B outfits hauling grain and fertilizer in Alberta and Saskatchewan WHY NOT GET DOWN TO BUSINESS

BY PLACING YOUR CLASSIFIED AD, TODAY!

CALL 306ď&#x161;ş948ď&#x161;ş3344

Judy Kahovecâ&#x20AC;Ś 306-882-4313, cell 306-831-7935

Auto Repair TIRES Danny Vogelsang

SEED CLEANING McNULTYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MOBILE SEED CLEANING

306-222-6081

Biggar, Sask.

Brody Ellis, Sever Ellis, Stetler Heather

Your Auto Parts and Accessories Dealer

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

306-948-3380 306-948-2234

Phone: 306-948-5678

Call today for a FREE estimate!

Open: Mon.-Fri.

WYLIE SEED &

8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

3AT s A M .OON

PROCESSING INC.

YH Truck, Ag & Auto

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

Excellent Quality at a Reasonable Price!

For all your Cereal and Pulse Cleaning

Dave Molberg

Teams, Corporate and Personal Attire

SGI Safety Inspection

306.948.2700

Acres of Expertise.

Custom Embroidery

306-986-2600

Heavy Truck Repair

1st Ave. West, Biggar

Residential Salesperson 113 3rd Ave. W., Biggar, SK (306) 948-7995 cari.perih@hammondrealty.ca

Sales Repair Virus Removal

306.948.3996

SoldByCari.ca

Cari Perih

Burnt Orange 207 Main St. Biggar

701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar

Saskatoon - Biggar OďŹ&#x192;ce

Computer Sales and Repair

s (EAVY TRUCK PARTS s !GRICULTURE PARTS s !UTOMOTIVE PARTS ACCESSORIES WWW YHTRUCKAGAUTO COM

Call: Bill: Dale:

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

SERVICES

(WY %AST "IGGAR

306-948-2109

FTB Parts

703 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar (just off Truck Route)

306.948.1700 OPENâ&#x20AC;Ś Monday-Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

4BUVSEBZ t B N Q N

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

Your authorized

Panasonic, Samsung, LG, Frigidaire, Shaw, Yamaha Audio Dealer; and Your authorized

SaskTel Mobility and High Speed Internet Dealer

BIGGAR LEISURE CENTRE 216 Main St., Biggar

306-

948-3955

Heavy Duty parts Automotive parts

A Sign of Qualilty!

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

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

BE SEEN in the BUSINESS DIRECTORY CALL 306.948.3344

s 7OOD METAL PLASTIC SIGNS s 6EHICLE WINDOW GRAPHICS s "ANNERS STICKERS AND -AGNETIC SIGNS

alloutdrilling@gmail.com

306-948-2879, evenings 306-948-7207, daytime Ed Kolenosky s $RIVEWAYS s #ONCRETE s 'ARAGE 0ADS s 0RUNING s 0LANTING

s 4OPSOIL s ,AWN #ARE s ,EVELING s 3OD s 0ATIO "LOCKS

HONEYBEE SEPTIC TANK SERVICE

s 3NOW 2EMOVAL s &ENCES xAND MUCH MORE

THUR-O CARPET

CLEANING #LIFF &ORSYTH Box 736, Biggar

Bob Kobelsky

306-658-4474, Landis

Phoneâ&#x20AC;Ś

306-948-5600

GOLDBURG GRAVEL LTD. â&#x20AC;˘ Pit Run â&#x20AC;˘ Base Gravel â&#x20AC;˘ Road Gravel â&#x20AC;˘ Crushed Rock â&#x20AC;˘ Top Soil

Certified Scale and Ticketed Loads Serving Rosetown & Biggar areas Phoneâ&#x20AC;Ś Leam Craig

306-948-2801/306-948-7279 BIGGAR & DISTRICT JOHN G. SMITH Junk Removal, FAMILY CENTRE Small Moves, pick up and delivery

½ ton truck & handy men

Ph: 306-948-3856 or Cell: 306-948-7896

220 Main St., Biggar

OPEN: Tues., Thurs., & Fri., 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

306-951-7860

bdfcinc@sasktel.net

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Your complete decal and signage shopâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Laser Engraving â&#x20AC;˘ Promotional products (mugs, mousepad, etc)

306-948-5699

Biggar Sand & Gravel

Serving Perdue and area for the past 10 years

Rebel Landscaping

Jerry Muc Phone: 306-948-2958 Fax:

Landscaping, Snow Removal, Topsoil, Clay, Gravel, Sand Bobcats, Excavator, Gravel Truck

t Delivery

Ask Abou

306-948-3312 sales@gvsigns.ca

â&#x20AC;˘ trenching â&#x20AC;˘ trucking â&#x20AC;˘ water & sewer â&#x20AC;˘ sand & gravel â&#x20AC;˘ excavating Office â&#x20AC;Ś

306-948-5455 KRF Auto Centre 100% handwash h7HERE WE DO IT ALL FOR YOU v s $ETAILING s Vortex Spray-In Box Liners s Granitex Baked-on Coatings for Decks and Cement Flooring s !UTO !CCESSORIES s 4RAILER 2ENTALS /WNED OPERATED BY +EVIN &ICK

227 - 1st Ave. East, Biggar

306-948-1722

LEADING EDGE WELDING LTD. Aboriginal owned t .PCJMF 8FMEJOH 'BCSJDBUJPO t &NFSHODZ 4FSWJDF t 3FQBJST (PU B QSPKFDU JO NJOE t 8F DBUFS UP "-- (JWF VT B DBMM GPS B '3&& RVPUF JOEVTUSJFTy GBSNJOH DPNNFSDJBM PJM GJFME t /08 PGGFSJOH 4LJETUFFS JOEVTUSJBM 5SBOTQPSU )PU 4IPU 4FSWJDF CALL Chance Parenteau @ 306-948-9465 or Sarah Nagy @ 306-290-9766

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 15

THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 2016

World Cup hype is legitimate

by Bruce Penton National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman is usually all hype when it comes to taking about his league, but this time he’s not exaggerating.

“We believe the World Cup of Hockey will be the best international

hockey tournament ever staged,” said Bettman.

Just because the hockey season in Canada doesn’t last long enough, the NHL and the NHL Players Association have teamed up for the World Cup of Hockey, set to run the last two weeks of September in Toronto.

The World Cup should be everything Bettman says it will be. The best teams in the world. The best players.

Not only will the world’s six major hockey countries - Canada, Russia, U.S., Sweden, Finland and Czech Republic - be represented by its most skilled players, the

field will have two other teams - ‘North America’, a kids’ team made up of Canadians and Americans 23-and-under; and Team Europe, consisting of players from various countries not among the world powers.

Canada, with Sidney Crosby, Carey Price and Jonathan Toews the headliners, will likely be favoured, but the U.S. with Patrick Kane, the Russians with Alex Ovechkin, the Swedes with Erik Karlsson; the Czechs with Tomas Plekanec and the Finns with Pekka Rinne will offer stiff competition.

But it will be super easy

Biggar Track and Field District results

for hockey fans in North America to root for the kids - the 23-and-under squad featuring the likes of Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Jack Eichel and Sean Monahan, to name but four.

In fact, that North American team vs. either Canada or the U.S. for the gold medal is not a far-fetched scenario.

Many of the Canadian players are vets - with at least three of them (Crosby, Joe Thornton and Brent Burns) coming off a Stanley Cup final that will have a mid-June finish, giving that exhausted trio just enough time off to wash their underwear and play two rounds of golf before gathering in Toronto for the World Cup. Their enthusiasm level might be a tad lower than the kids, who will have a lot to prove, not to mention a lot of energy.

The 82-game NHL season can get boring, and the playoffs are often defensive snorefests, so perhaps a hockey tournament with national pride at stake will bring out the best. Hockey fans around the world will be paying close attention to this tournament, an event even better than Olympic hockey, because this field

won’t be saddled with bottom feeders such as Switzerland, Latvia, Austria and Slovenia.

Toronto during the last two weeks of September could be the place to be and If the Blue Jays

are in a heated pennant race at the same time, it will be a sports fan’s bonanza.

Care to comment?

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Excited grandparents are Colin and Theresa Westgard, Tracy and Rolly Syrenne; great-grandparents, Gloria Forgenson, Ken and Judy Forgenson, Jean Syrenne.

Biggar athletes moving on to the SHSAA Provincial Championship. Emmett Keith, Benson Garchinski, Joel Hanson, Cole Whiteford, and Landen Boisvert.

Villanueva: Long Jump 3.89m (2nd); Justin Hanson: Shot Put 9.31m (6th), Javelin 28.52m (2nd); Stratton Mair: Discus 21.63m (4th), Javelin 27.54m (3rd) (Junior Boys) Benson Garchinski: 100m 16.81 (2nd), Triple Jump 11.61m (2nd), High Jump 1.55m (3rd); Junel Villanueva: Long Jump 3.53m (8th), Javelin 22.20m (9th); Emmett Keith: Tetrathlon 1,418pts. (1st).

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Tacey Bartesuk challenged on the outside by a runner from Dismore during the Midget Girls 1,500m race.

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elin 20.93m (9th) (Senior Girls) Cassidy Burton 800m 3:24.12 (5th), 1500m 7:07.65 (4th), Triple Jump 6.36m (8th) (Midget Boys) Landen Boisvert: 800m 2:41.89

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Fourteen athletes from Biggar attended the West Central District Championship last Saturday in Outlook.

Seventeen schools from the West Central Saskatchewan participated. For Grade 9-12 athletes it was to compete for the opportunity to be a member of the West Central team for the SHSAA Provincial High School Track and Field Championship to be held in Regina on June 3 and 4.

Five athletes from Biggar will be moving on to the provincial meet.

Here are the complete results: (Bantam Girls) Jasmine Falcon: 800m 4:04.09 (4th); (Midget Girls) Charry Labadan: 200m 34:95 (7th); Tacey Bartusek: 800m 3:19.42 (7th), 1,500m 6:44.41 (7th), 3,000m 15:10.51 (3rd), Triple Jump 8.12m (5th); Hanna Tuico: Long Jump 3.77m (3rd), Triple Jump 8.31m (3rd), Jav-

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