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One day late; definitely worth the wait! . . . Inclement weather kept the kickoff to the Biggar Fair Days, the ever popular Friday fireworks show, from opening the weekend. No matter, Saturday was a much better day and D and S Fireworks were cleared for lift-off for what would prove to be a fantastic show. See Page 8 and 9 for more pictures of the Biggar Town and Country Fair Days weekend. (Independent Photo

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New Horizons Activities As the month of May comes to a close, more people are getting out and walking instead of using the courtesy car.

Trips have dropped from an average of 29 per day in April to 19 per day in May. Nevertheless, it is a com-

mitment for our drivers who donate up to two or three days per month to keep the service going.

Our Monday Kaiser players are still faithful in their attendance. We had three tables in play on Monday, May 28. At the close of play, host,

Bill Fischer, gave out cash prizes to the following: first - Pat Turner; second - Bill Fischer; and third, Marie Roesch. Lunch was served to bring the afternoon to a close.

We are thankful to our volunteers who donated food and worked at our

annual cold plate dinner, held after the parade on June 2. This has been an ongoing fund raiser for our organization for over 30 years.

That lonesome train’s a-comin’ . . . A CN train makes the trip east while heavy clouds threaten last week. With the recent moisture, the landscape has moved to a more deeper and brilliant colour palette.

Storm clouds (bottom picture) build last week as our area received needed rain. A definite improvement over the hot, dry conditions of previous days, we still could use a bit more of the life-giving rain. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Property Crime stats (for the week of May 20 to 26) May 22: Theft Under or Equal to $5,000 (RM of Biggar) - Fuel syphoned out of tractor while left overnight. (Complete - Unsolved.

May 23: Other Theft Under $5,000 (RM of Biggar) - Theft of welder, air compressor and some tools from cargo trailer. Still under investigation.

May 24: Possession of Stolen Property (RM of Eagle Creek) Possession of stolen truck; investigated and related to a break and enter at Biggar Golf Course.

Cleared by Charges.

May 24: Break and Enter - Residence (Town of Biggar). Investigated - Unfounded.

May 25: Break and Enter - Residence (Town of Biggar) - Someone attempting to gain entry through a locked door. Unsubstantiated.

May 25: Break and Enter - Residence (Town of Biggar) - Vacant rental house. Lock on door found broken. Still under investigation.

Web-Slinger’s ride . . . A Spider-Man motif hotrod sits alongside the many four-, three- and two-wheeled masterpieces that filled Biggar’s Main Street, Sunday. The

Legislative session wraps with new legislation and budget on track The spring sitting of the legislative session wrapped up May 31.

It was Premier Scott Moe’s first legislative session as Saskatchewan’s new Premier and he said the government focused on the priorities of Saskatchewan people.

“I’m honoured to have completed my first spring session as Premier and I will continue to stand up for Saskatchewan as we face important issues including the fight against the federal carbon tax,” Moe said.

During this spring session, the Government of Saskatchewan launched a constitutional reference case in the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal challenging the federal government’s ability to impose a carbon tax on the province.

The Government of Saskatchewan also continued to advocate for the construction of the federally-approved Trans Mountain pipeline.

“During this session, we also introduced and passed a budget that keeps our government on track to a return to balance next year, while still investing in the priorities of the people of Saskatchewan, like health care and education,” Moe said.

The government passed 60 pieces of legislation

during the spring sitting, including: • Protecting the right to school choice by invoking the notwithstanding clause of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and legislation to provide certainty to parents and students that government can continue funding students who attend Catholic separate schools regardless of their religious affiliation; • The framework to allow the federal government’s legalization of cannabis; • Amended The Privacy Act for greater protection against the unauthorized electronic distribution of intimate images; • Legislation to make consequences more severe for drivers who are impaired and who

transport children; • Legislation to allow the establishment of ride sharing services in Saskatchewan communities; • Creation of an interpersonal violence leave of 10 unpaid days; • Creation of a new provincial park in the Porcupine Hills area; • Value-added agriculture incentives to improve investment attraction; and • Updating animal protection enforcement.

“I think it was a good session for our government and the people of Saskatchewan, but now it’s time for MLAs to head back to our constituencies to continue listening to the people we represent,” Moe said.

“Ride For Day” Show ‘n’ Shine was a popular event with food, entertainment, beer garden, door prizes - everything a Sunday could and should have. (Independent Photo by Ana Irvine)

Provincial fire ban lifted, burning restrictions remain in some parks With rainfall in many areas, the ban on open fires for all provincial Crown land south of the Churchill River, including provincial parks, has now been lifted.

The ban was put in place on May 14. There are now no active provincial fire bans in Saskatchewan.

However, burning restrictions remain in some parks.

Campfire restrictions remain in place for Saskatchewan Landing, Pike Lake, Blackstrap, Great Blue Heron, Candle Lake, The Battlefords and Narrow Hills provincial parks. Because of continuing dry conditions in those areas, a serious fire risk remains.

Campfire restrictions in all other provincial parks and recreation sites are lifted. The fire ban for Prince Albert National

Park remains in place.

Municipalities, regional, and national parks may have burning restrictions in place that are not affected by lifting the provincial ban. Please check with local authorities to see what, if any, restrictions apply in your area or where you are planning to travel. When using fire for any purpose, please take care.

For fires in or within 4.5 kilometres of the provincial forest between April 1 and October 31, you need a burn notification number, available free from your nearest Ministry of Environment Forest Protection Area office.

To report a wildfire, call the province’s tollfree Firewatch number at 1-800-667-9660.

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Car Show from above . . . Sunday’s Show ‘n’ Shine as see from the drone of Rod Meger. A beautiful day for a car show, the perspective gives a clear indication of how popular the annual show and shine fund raiser truly is.

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Time to relax before preparing for next year Another Town and Country Fair Days . . . and according to reports another success.

Well, maybe not the weather on Friday night which caused the postponing of the fireworks show until Saturday. The fireworks man said this was the first time it happened. As for the other events, they were held and appreciated by many.

Sunday’s car show attracted quite a number of people -- both in exhibitors and onlookers. The weather held out so people could mill around, talk to the owners and visit with neighbours.

Food. There was certainly no shortage and I heard one person tell me their booth sold 500 hamburgers. I’m sure none of them tipped the scale at 185.8 pounds which is on record as being the world’s largest hamburger but Biggar’s burgers would be every bit as tasty. And less money. The 185 pounder cost $499 and takes 12 hours to prepare.

It takes a lot of work to put together such an event. It is true that each group looks after their own setting up and taking down but compiling all the events, canvassing for fireworks sponsors and just making sure the little details such as putting up barricades is looked after is the job of the overall organizers.

Now, it is time to reflect and see what could be improved upon or changed for next year.

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Why we need reform to support entrepreneurship in Canada

by Jason Clemens, Executive Vice President, Fraser Institute and Steven Globerman, Director, Center for International Business, Western Washington University The ability to increase living standards primarily comes down to one thing: being more productive. Individuals and societies collectively can only improve their living standards if they become better (i.e. more efficient) at transforming inputs such as labour and raw materials into desired outputs.

Entrepreneurship is essential to this process, as it’s about discovering new and better ways to produce existing goods and services, as well as introducing entirely new products.

The importance of entrepreneurship to improving living standards is just one reason why Canadians should be concerned about the decline in entrepreneurship, as measured by business startups. The rate of small business startups in Canada has declined by almost 13 per cent since the early 2000s.

This decrease in entrepreneurship has coincided with a steep decline in our ability to transform inputs into desired outputs more efficiently, as

measured by total factor productivity growth. Specifically, productivity growth has declined by a little more than 50 per cent between the late1990s and early-2010s.

While there are no doubt Canadianspecific reasons for the decline in entrepreneurship—high marginal personal income tax rates and comparatively high capital gains taxes, for instance—there’s also something larger going on beyond Canada.

Other industrialized countries are also experiencing declines in entrepreneurship, and declines in productivity growth. For example, over the same period discussed above, entrepreneurship declined by 17.0 per cent in the United States and 28.5 per cent in Australia. The two countries also experienced declines in the growth rate of productivity of 81.2 per cent and 53.3 per cent, respectively.

One of the key explanations for this pan-industrialized country phenomenon is that all of these countries are experiencing an aging of their populations. As populations age, the share of the population best positioned to be successful entrepreneurs, namely individuals in their late-20s through

Canada’s comparatively high personal income tax rates on entrepreneurs, professionals, skilled labour and business owners are impeding entrepreneurship. Moreover, Canada’s relatively high taxes on capital gains also discourage risk-taking and reduces access to financing for starting and growing entrepreneurial businesses.

Noted economists Deirdre McCloskey and Art Carden also raise the issue of how societies value entrepreneurship. This is particularly important in Canada given the recent anti-business rhetoric and attempted overhaul of taxation for entrepreneurs, which inevitably sends a chilling signal to potential entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship is vital to our ability to improve our living standards, and demographics are having an adverse effect on entrepreneurship.

Canada must reform policies such as taxes, regulations and access to financing, to name a few, to strengthen entrepreneurial incentives and improve the environment for entrepreneurs.

Otherwise, we risk continued declines in entrepreneurship, productivity and ultimately our standard of living.

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to their early-40s, declines. People in this age group drive entrepreneurship because they’re willing to take entrepreneurial risks, such as starting a business, while often possessing business experience.

Consider that the share of Canadians between the ages of 30 and 39 has already declined 16.6 per cent since the 1980s, and is expected to decline by another 11.4 per cent by the 2040s.

There’s very little, if anything, governments can do to reverse the aging of their populations. However, a number of policies can be reformed to strengthen incentives for entrepreneurship and improve the environment within which entrepreneurs operate, thereby increasing both the number and quality of entrepreneurs.

A recent set of essays by leading researchers in North America and Europe assessed different policy reforms that could improve entrepreneurship, ranging from tax reductions to regulatory reform to changes in banking and financial regulations. Particular reforms may be more applicable to certain countries than to others.

For instance, there’s no doubt

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Seinfeld one of the most influential sitcoms “Yada, yada, yada�. “No soup for you.� “These pretzels are making me thirsty.� “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.�

Festivus Spongeworthy Double-dipping Re-gifter If you are familiar with any of these sayings then you are probably a Seinfeld fan. These terms were coined, popularized or repopularized by the hit TV show during its run. They are part of what is referred to as Seinlanguage, which is the title of Jerry Seinfeld’s best selling book on

Seinfeld, “the show about nothing� finished airing.

Over the nine year run, the show aired 172 episodes, covering the lives of 30-something singles with “vague identities, no roots and conscious indifference to morals�.

It was a time when sitcoms were trendy and each one had a message.

It has been said that Seinfeld was the greatest and most influential sitcoms ever made. Of all the episodes the most memorable are The Chinese Restaurant, The Parking Garage and The Contest.

When

humour.

It has been 20 years since the final episode of

Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David pitched the show to the network the premise of the

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show was to illustrate how a comedian gets his material. In the end, it earned the reputation of being a show about nothing. This became a joke in one of the episodes.

As for the show itself, it reportedly broke several conventions of mainstream television for these reasons. It offers no growth or reconciliation to its characters. It avoids sentimentality. An episode

was driven by humour interspersed with the superficial conflicts of characters with peculiarities. Many episodes revolved around character involvement in the lives of others with typically disastrous results.

The audience never feels sorry for any of the characters.

Let’s take for example The Chinese Restaurant episode. Jerry, Elaine and George are planning on going to a movie to see Planet 9 from Outer Space but decide to stop for a quick bite first.

Entering the Chinese restaurant they are told it will be a 10-15 minute wait, yet circumstances spiral out of control. As they are waiting people arrive after them and are seated ahead of them.

Now, the fun starts.

Elaine declares she is starving and Jerry dares her to walk to a table and eat someone’s food. Jerry spots someone whom he should know but can’t

Biggar Lodge News

by Karen Kammer, Recreation Coordinator Wow, how the week just flew by. Now we are getting busy into June with many events at Biggar Health Centre.

Monday last week we started with exercises and Wheel of Fortune.

Tuesday morning the Grade 5 class from BCS 2000 was here to read stories. After their visit we had current events.

In the afternoon we sat around the table and played “Would you Rath-

er� questions. Wednesday morning was mini golf. In the afternoon we played different kind of board and card games.

After school we had a performance from Peggy L’Hoir’s piano class. They were great performers.

Thursday was bible study, exercises and bingo.

Friday morning was Barbecue Club down Skyview. We had burgers, hotdogs, cucumbers, pea salad, carrots and ice cream sandwiches. In the afternoon we played

swingbowling.

Saturday was a very busy day. We watched the parade. The Activity department put a float in the parade too with some residents. After the parade we had the bag pipers from the North West club play a show.

For lunch, the kitchen made a barbecue picnic for us. After lunch we had our own mini fair with popcorn, pop, ball toss, ring toss, fish pond, water melon eating contest and much more!

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place. Meanwhile George desperately wants to call his present love interest, Tatiana, and gets upset when others in the restaurant lobby hog the pay phone. (No cell phones then.)

Needless to say, the threesome miss the movie.

Seinfeld is an avid Abbott and Costello fan and viewers can often see some version of the schticks between Jerry and George. The two would often slip into a routine that was reminiscent of the rhythm of the two classic comedians.

It has been described as the first TV series since Monty Python’s Flying Circus to be a postmodern.

This is where Kramer would burst open the door and saunter into the room looking dazed and intelligent at the same time.

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Ye Gopher It seems to me that or a lot of my life Y.T. has been “a go for” (go for this, go for that, et cetera) and that mebbe I should write a little about them!

Gophers aren’t unique to the Canadian West and anyone who has watched a platoon of Canadian soldiers in action will know what I mean! Different kinds of small earth-boring animals are found all over the world. Most of them have different names.

When we were little boys up in Great Bend there were hundreds in every field and sometimes they created havoc in every growing field...

So much so that many municipalities put a bounty on them. Often 1¢ or 2¢ per gopher tail, and many young people got their business sense that

way! Even Y.T. whose fortune was started by gopher tails and crows feet. If I’m so rich what am I doing, eh?

Dad used to let me go with old Charlie (who fetched for the old steamer) from the many road-side wells in our part of Great Bend. And one time as we drove by the big pasture old Charlie exclaimed: “That @#* gopher over there just stands there on top of the mound and laughs at me as we go by.

I’m going to go over and drown him out sometime!”

We opened the gate (he never closed it either!) and we drove over – as soon as we approached, the gopher ran and disappeared down one of the many holes.

“That son of a @#* thinks he can outwit old

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Charlie but it had better have another think coming.”

Old Charlie stuffed the waterhose down the hole that the gopher had gone down...

“There,” he said.

“Take a drink of that!”

He grabbed a willow fence-post and stood maliciously beside the hole. The tank water gushed down the hole, but it never came to the top... And the gopher which was to be all wet never showed!

Finally the tank hose went dry. A whole tankfull of water had gone down that hole! It was then that we noticed it bubbling down the

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is matching wits with an unarmed man?”

I have never forgotten that “small semi-pet”, and have never forgotten that wisecrack either!

Being raised in the 1930’s Y.T. tells dozens of Gopher stories including “Throw another gopher in the stew!” (when company comes!), but that is not the original content of this column. This is intended to tell how gophers impressed Y.T., and Y.T.’s most impressive “gopher memories”

include the battlefield north of the Kustan Canal in Germany.

The enemy had us pinned down so that we were hugging the ground, but every now and then a head would come up and look around, much like a gopher inviting a slingshot!

I have never forgotten that field!

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On a recent trip to the Norquay/ Pelly area that reality came into focus once more, as I came upon the construction of a new peat moss facility being built near Norquay.

Just a bit farther east sits the remnants of the alfalfa pelleting plant. The facility is still in use, by the looks of it as grain storage, but gone are the days of processing alfalfa into pellets for the livestock feed sector.

The juxtaposition of a new processing plant being constructed in the virtual shadow of one which no longer functions as anticipated was not lost on me.

There have, through the years, been a large number of economic development plants pop up across the Canadian Prairies, with a rather wide-range of hits and misses among them.

The little excursion I was on actually illustrated the situation quite well.

Just outside Yorkton,

as I headed north is Grain Millers, an oat processor in the midst of a major expansion.

They are now part of a large international company, but its Yorkton Calvin Daniels roots are in the entrepreneurial vision of a local man who began oat processing here. You can mark the overall effort as about as successful as you might hope for when building a processing plant.

North on Highway 9 and I passed the corner where I could have turned west to find what began as a processing plant for the waste farm product; flax straw.

The flax straw plant was one which seemed a natural fit, using a renewable fibre source that was generally being burned, to create a variety of products. There was provincial and corporate dollars involved, but it never got to the

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next level, and after a number of years, closed.

The aforementioned alfalfa plant is interesting in the sense there was a time, back in the 1970-80s when the industry of dehydrating alfalfa into a useable pellet was a very successful industry. Plants popped up all over the place. There were, for example, two plans in tiny Zenon Park in northeast Saskatchewan, some 10-miles away one in Arborfield and only slightly further away in the opposite direction one in Tisdale.

Successful for a number of years, the sector died off one-by-one.

While the highway was under a detour, it had been the plan to return to Yorkton through Kamsack, where sits a plant that was built to turn cereal straw into a product which would compete with chip board. Another idea with seeming merit, but it never really got much traction.

There have been lots of ideas, many progressing to the point of production, but sadly most have ultimately failed.

But the peat plant shows the entrepreneurial spirit remains as they hope to be one of the winners.

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Shapovalov heading towards top of tennis world Denis Shapovalov isn’t No. 1 in the world of professional tennis — not yet, anyway — but he’s certainly the best 19-yearold in the world.

The Ontario teen is on the verge of becoming a tennis superstar. And there’s no reason to think that one day, he could ascend to the ranking of No. 1 in the world.

Top-ranked Rafael Nadal is 32, an age when most players start thinking about retirement. Roger Federer, the current No. 2, is 36 years old and cannot physically continue to be the best in the world.

Shapovalov, coached by his mother, who runs a tennis academy in a suburb of Toronto, is still four or five years away from his prime, and when he hits that top level at age 24 or 25, many of the current stars will be finished.

It’s not as if Shapovalov is a slam-dunk guarantee to reach the top of the world rankings. Germany’s Alexander Zverev is only 21 and ranked third.

Dominic Thiem of Austria is ranked eighth in the world and is only 24.

Hyeon Chung, 22, is 19th in the world. So five or six years from now, the quartet of Shapovalov, Zverev, Thiem and Chung will

probably be the dominant his handlers to schedule players. No. 1 could be up as many European clayfor grabs. court events as possible After some this year recent mild because success at the he needed Italian and more expeFrench Opens, rience on Shapovalov clay. One surpassed day, he Milos Raonic hopes, it will as the toppay off with ranked Canaa Grand dian, moving Slam title in up to No. 25 Paris. in the world Next up while Raonic, Penton is Wimblewho holds the in on sports don, record as CanJuly, where ada’s highestBruce Penton Shapovalov, ranked proCanadian fessional (he made it as fans hope, will take a few high as No. 3 in 2015), more baby steps towards has dropped to No. 28. being the best player in Shapovalov’s recent move the world. into the top 30 marked the • Brad Rock of the first time anyone under Deseret (Utah) News: the age of 20 had held “Gloucester Rugby says such a lofty position. anyone with a tattoo of Playing as a seeded play- its outdated logo can get er in a Grand Slam event inked with the new one, for the first time at the compliments of the club.

French Open at Roland The bad news: Getting Garros, Shapovalov played drunk enough to do it a his usual gambling, hard- second time is entirely up hitting style and won his to the fan.â€? first two matches before • Comedy writer Brad losing to Germany’s Max- Dickson, on Twitter, on imilian Marterer in the states now able to legalize round of 64. sports gambling: “Don’t The process continues, count on it in Nebraska, however. Never comfort- where the legislature is able on clay surfaces, scheduled to vote on a bill Shapovalov said he told requiring zoo animals to

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Biggar Town and Country Fair Days was, once again, a success. The fireworks, although rained out on Friday, went ahead Saturday.

No one complained - we needed the rain! Parades, food, car shows . . . it was all a fun-filled weekend that celebrated our community!

A tip of the hat to those who organized and participated in the event. Independent Photos by Ana Irvine, Daryl Hasein, Kevin Brautigam)

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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018

OBITUARIES

OBITUARIES

Arnold Haley FORSYTH July 19, 1935 - May 31, 1935 The family of Arnold Haley Forsyth sadly announces his passing on May 31, 2018.

Just as dawn was breaking, he quietly slipped away.

His favorite time of day!

Arnold was born to Walter and Margarite Anne (Peggy) on July 19, 1935. He was the eighth child of fourteen of this union.

He was also the eldest of the first set of twins, two more sets followed.

Arnold received all his schooling in Lydden (Duperow) and left home in 1949 to go to work in a logging camp in northern B.C. He spent many winters in B.C. coming home in the spring to farm.

He enjoyed fishing, hunting, reading and armchair curling.

Arnold met the love of his life Theresia (Teri) Wagner at her parent’s home and decided that he would be back when she was grown up. He was back and on January 21, 1966 he and Teri were married in North Battleford, Sask.

The minister took their last 40 dollars.

Thank goodness there was no money left for a choir.

Over the years Arnold and Teri added to their home and hearts, one tiny son Andy and two little boys needing a loving stable home, Tad and Jerry.

One morning in town Arnold met neighbour Bob Wiseman, he and Arnold became friends, sharing a lot of similar qualities. Bob was teaching Arnold Spanish. Bob taught Arnold “El Mano” meaning brother. Adios Amigo!

Arnold is survived by his loving wife, Theresia Faye (Teri); son, Andy (Tammy); chosen son, Jerry (Shari) Charlton; grandchildren, Miranda (Josh) Brandon, Bryan, Jean; greatgrandchild, Nolan; brothers, Alfred and family, Sherman (Jean) and families; sisters, Anna and family, Marie and family, Shirley and family, Elaine (Jerry) and family; sisters-in-law, Ardella and family, Ruby and families; Theresia’s family, sisters, Carol (Larry) and families, Gail (Bill) and families.

Arnold is predeceased by parents, Walter and Margarite Anna (Peggy); brothers, Malcolm, Stewart, Harvey, Alvin, John and Wallis; sister, Thelma; son, Arnold Joseph (Tad); as well as two infant sons and two infant daughters.

The family would like to thank one and all for the love and condolences.

Big Thanks to all who prepared food.

Special thanks to Andy and Tammy, Jerry and Shari.

Grondin Funeral Service, Biggar entrusted with arrangements, “Our family serving your family since 1963”, 306948-2669, www.grondinfuneralservice. com gfsc1

Mona Lulabelle DAVIDSON (nee May) August 11, 1934 - May 26, 2018 Mona Lulabelle (May) Davidson passed away peacefully May 26, 2018 after a hard fought battle with cancer. Mom loved her family above all and was in her glory making Sunday suppers for everyone, the more the merrier.

She was an avid crafter, making many special gifts for family whether it was knitting, crocheting, sewing, rag rugs, there was nothing she couldn’t master.

She was also famous for her homemade bread and especially chocolate chip cookies.

Mom also loved bowling and playing cards, most often cribbage and had participated in numerous senior games which took her to such places as Ontario and Whitehorse.

In later years she was also able to take a few hot holidays to Arizona, Mexico and Cuba all of which she loved.

Mona was predeceased by her parents, Robert and Henrietta May; her husband, Douglas Davidson; infant son, Tom; son-in-law, Tommy Weir; Doug’s parents, John and Vera Davidson; her siblings, Bill, Ken, Beryl May, Betty Cumming, Shirley Borzel, Nelda Porter; brothers-in- law, George Cumming, Syd Porter, Ed Davidson; sisters-in-laws, Shirley Mclellan, and Eileen Kearvell.

She is survived by son, Ken (Linda) Davidson, daughters, Terry (Jim) Worthington, Betty (Les) Hamm, Angie Davidson, 11 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; brothers-in- law, Frank (Elvara) Davidson, Jim (Janet) Davidson, Larry Mclellan, Art Borzel; sisters-in-law, Dorothy May, Barb Ramsay, Loretta (Lorne) Davies, Ivadell Davidson; and special friend, Glen Shockey.

At Mom’s request, there will be no public funeral. The family will inter cremains at a later date.

Grondin Funeral Services Biggar entrusted with the arrangements, “Our family serving your family since 1963”, 306-948-2669, www. grondinfuneralservices.com gfsc1

COMING EVENTS

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S AT U R D A Y, JUNE 23: Biggar Fibre Fair “Magic in the Making”, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at Biggar Wheatland Library. FREE admission. Workshops, vendors, exhibits, BBQ. FREE demonstrations. Kid Friendly.

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Coming WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13: Biggar & District Family Centre Annual Board Meeting, 7 p.m. at the Family Centre, Biggar 21c3 THURSDAY, JUNE 14: Tea and Bake Sale at Biggar and District Health Centre, 2 - 3:30 p.m. All proceeds to resident activity fund. Thank you for your support 22c3

INVITATIONS SATURDAY, JUNE 16: We would like to invite you to “Flip flop” on over to a Bridal Shower for Carissa Isinger (fiancé of Christopher Faye) at 1:00 p.m. at the Westwinds Motor Hotel Centennial Room. If you’d like, feel free to wear your favourite flip-flops! The bride and groom are registered at de Moissac Jewellers and The Bay. 22c3

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THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018

2018 seeding nearly complete for province

BIGGAR ASSOCIATED GOSPEL CHURCH corner of 8th Ave.W. and Quebec St., Biggar

Sunday Worship • 10:50 a.m.

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

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MINISTRY FOR MAY/JUNE/AUGUST… AURORA COULTHARD SUNDAY SCHOOL ON FIRST SUNDAY OF THE MONTH Church office phone, 306-948-2280

PALS JUNE & JULY Worship Services @ REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH 319 7TH AVE. EAST., BIGGAR

Sunday Service • 10:30 a.m.

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Thanks to another week of relatively good conditions, 91 per cent of the crop is now in the ground.

This is up from 70 per cent last week and remains well ahead of the five-year (20132017) seeding average of 81 per cent for this time of year, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s weekly crop report for the period of May 22 to 28.

The southwest region is the most advanced with 95 per cent of the crop seeded. Ninety-three per cent is seeded in the southeast, 92 per cent in the westcentral region, 90 per cent in the

northwest, 87 per cent in the northeast and 86 per cent in the eastcentral region.

Ninety-eight per cent of lentils, 94 per cent of durum, 92 per cent of spring wheat, 90 per cent of soybeans, 88 per cent of canola, 85 per cent of barley and 84 per cent of flax have now been seeded.

Scattered rain showers brought varying amounts of rain this past week, helping to temporarily alleviate concerns of dry field conditions. Rainfall ranged from trace amounts to 72 millimetres in the Humboldt area with many areas

reporting about 25 millimetres or less.

While significant rain is still needed in the majority of the province to help crops emerge and hay land and pasture establish, some areas in the northeast have excess moisture.

Topsoil moisture conditions have slightly improved with recent rainfall. Provincially, topsoil moisture conditions on crop land are rated as one per cent surplus, 51 per cent adequate, 36 per cent short and 12 per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 38 per cent adequate, 44 per cent short and

18 per cent very short.

Overall, emerged crops are in poorto-good condition, but emergence has been patchy and delayed by dry field conditions. The majority of crop damage this past week was caused by strong winds, lack of moisture and insects such as flea beetles and cutworms in canola. Localized hail was also reported in some areas.

Farmers are busy finishing up seeding, picking rocks and starting in-crop pesticide applications.

SaskPower says there were 15 reported cases of farm machinery

contacting electrical equipment in the last week. That brings the total for May to 143. Most farm-related incidents happen during seeding. SaskPower reminds producers to be aware of their surroundings at all times and plan ahead.

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THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 15

THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 2018

And the winner is...

by Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery The Biggar and District Art Council, in partnership with OSAC and the Biggar Museum and Gallery, held their Annual Adjudicated Art Show on Saturday, May 26 in the museum.

All but one of the artists who had their art on display for the month of May in the museum’s gallery

were able to attend the adjudication.

Anne McEloy, from Saskatoon was the Adjudicator. She facilitated sixhour workshop held on Friday night and continued Saturday morning.

On Saturday, the public was invited to attend the Adjudication in the afternoon. McElroy had the art from five artists to adjudicate the art of five other artists from the

Biggar Art Group who entered their work only for a critique.

McElroy, in a spirit of fairness, approached the art work in alphabetical order, delivering constructive advice in her adjudications and critiques.

The winner of the show was Carol Schmold from Plenty with her impressive textile art entries in

hand dyed fabrics. Chris Hodge, North Battleford and Ljubica Fa-Hardi won second and third spots, Hilda Dielsen and Heather Hochbaum got honourable mentions.

Hilda Dielsen from Biggar took home the People’s Choice Award. She will have a personalized plaque to have, donated

by Mildred Fast of Biggar.

Randy Weekes, MLA Biggar - Sask Valley Constituency Office 106- 3rd Ave. West, Box 1413 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

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(Photos by Biggar Museum and Gallery)

Hilda Dielson took home the People’s Choice Award for her work called “The Fence Line”.

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