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Gettin’ ready for the Gridiron . . . Biggar Pee Wee Blazers hit the field last week, taking part in a mini-camp, tuning up for the fall season. Team Green and Team Yellow hit the field this August 27 with Biggar hosting the Junior Jamboree. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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A landmark day for Grade 9 students at St. Gabriel School as they celebrated their graduation, June 22. The special day was marked the end of their schooling at St. Gabriel but not their lifelong association with teachers, staff and community. Principal Rick Garchinski, right, readies the program while later, Father Bedard, far left, and teacher Rocky Prpick pose for pictures before heading back to the school to continue the festivities. Congratulations, Grads!

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Biggar Council Minute highlights

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

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

Council resolved that a new motor be purchased from Aquifer Distribution at the quoted price of $1,381.44 for the pump at the Biggar Aquatic Centre.

Council resolved that the Town purchase a 2016 Case TR270 track loader from Redhead Equipment in the amount of $61,000 less a trade in of $19,000 for a net cost of $42,000.

Council resolved that correspondence from the RM of Biggar No. 347 advising that they are opting out of the Landfill Agreement as of June 30, 2016, be received and further that this be brought back to the next committee meeting with financials presented.

Council resolved that invoice no. 5710, payable to Southwest Paving in

the amount of $200,000 for a progress payment for asphalt maintenance, be approved for payment.

Council resolved that invoice no. N-129, payable to Catterall and Wright in the amount of $2,638.44 for services to May 15, 2016 on the Fourth Avenue East paving project, be approved.

Also resolved, invoice no.

N-128, payable to Catterall and Wright in the amount of $32,781.05 for services to May 15, 2016 on the Quebec Street Water Main Replacement project, were approved.

Council resolved that payment was authorized to the Biggar Air Cadets in the amount of $1,500 for landfill cleanup.

• Meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m.

Goofy Grad . . . Biggar Central School Kindergarten grad, Madison Gerein, makes a face, June 23, mugging it up for the camera. Madison, who later posed perfect for Dad and Grandma, and the rest

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Biggar RCMP release enforcement blitz numbers On June 24, Biggar RCMP conducted an enforcement blitz within the Town of Biggar.

Both day and night shifts were involved.

Between 50-60 vehicles were checked which

included tickets for: • failing to wear a seatbelt; • disobey stop sign; • speeding; • operate unregistered vehicle.

One impaired driver

was arrested. One vehicle was impounded as well for 30 days.

Biggar RCMP will continue enforcement blitzes throughout the fiscal year in support of

East meets West concert to raise money for Majestic Eastern guitarist Greg Simm and Western fiddler and violinist Kim de Laforest will team up July 10 for a concert to benefit Biggar’s Majestic Theatre.

Simm, a prominent musician on the East Coast scene for over 35 years, will collaborate with multitalented de Laforest for the once in a lifetime performance. Money raise, of course, goes to the Majestic Theatre.

Simm began performing for country-dances when he was 15 years old, and has been in constant demand as an instrumentalist, arranger, teacher and producer ever since.

In 1987 he performed in his first theatrical production “Hank Williams-The Show He Never Gave” at Ship’s Company Theatre in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia.

This began a 25 year professional relationship with the company with duties that included musician, musical director, soundscape composer and board member. His music has been heard in 15 main stage productions at SCT. In partnership with then Artistic Producer Pamela Halstead he founded the Ship’s Company Theatre Fiddle Camp in 2006 and

of her classmates celebrated their graduation.

More pictures this Friday at biggarindependent.ca.

the popular autumn Main Stage Concert Event the same year. de Laforest is a fiddle, violin, and viola performer and teacher based in Saskatoon. de Laforest is interested in many styles of music, though one of her favourites is celtic music. She plays with local Irish band Siamsa as well as doing a lot of solo fiddle work. In her work with Regina’s Off Kilter, Kim has been heard on

CBC Radio One’s Afternoon Edition, The Regina Folk Festival, Saskatoon’s Folkfest, and Tom Jackson’s Huron Carol. de Laforest released her first solo CD “Kindred Spirits” in 2004 and was featured on CBC’s DiscDrive during its Saskatchewan tour.

During Juno Fest 2007 in Saskatoon, de Laforest’s performance was recorded for CBC’s Canada Live. de Laforest enjoys combining many different

styles of folk (Celtic, Spanish, East Indian, African) and classical music to create her own unique sound.

Sim and de Laforest have been performing “East meets West” in various Canadian centres to enthusiastic acclaim.

“East meets West” plays at the Biggar Majestic Theatre this July 10 at 2 p.m. Tickets are on sale at de Moissacs Jewellers and the Biggar Independent.

traffic safety initiatives.

Two blitzes have taken place in the rural municipalities and the Village of Perdue prior to this.

Biggar RCMP remind motorists to always drive safe and obey provincial traffic laws.

Accident claims life east of Biggar On Saturday, June 25, at about 9:30 a.m., a fatal motor vehicle accident involving a semi and SUV occurred on Highway 14, two miles east of Biggar.

The male driver from the SUV is deceased.

Both lanes of traffic were closed as investigators determined the cause.

Cause of the collision is unknown as this time and is still under RCMP investigation.

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Greg Simm and Kim de Laforest will play at the Biggar Majestic Theatre this July 10. (Photo for The Independent by Lloyd Gilchrist)

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Laggard to leader—how Saskatchewan shortened wait times Bacchus Barua, Senior Economist, Health Policy Studies, Fraser Institute In 2008 Saskatchewan had the dubious distinction of being the province with the longest wait times for medically necessary treatment in Canada. While the national average wait for treatment after seeing a GP was an abysmal 17.3 weeks, the wait in Saskatchewan was almost 29 weeks.

However, in 2015, with a median wait time of 13.6 weeks, Saskatchewan ranked as the Canadian province with the shortest wait times for treatment.

How did this province, which trailed every other Canadian province as recently as 2008, manage to become a model for success?

The answer is simple. By doing things differently.

In 2010, the provincial government launched the Saskatchewan Surgical Initiative to tackle the growing wait times problem.

While the program implemented policies based on several well-known themes—bold leadership, an inclusive collaborative decision-making process, and a patientcentred focus—two policies deserve to be highlighted in particular.

The first is the implementation of a pooled-patient referral system. As

result of following a gatekeeper system, patients in Canada are required to get a referral from a general practitioner before they can see a specialist.

While this is not unusual, it meant patient wait times were unnecessarily lengthened by not taking advantage of shorter waits for alternate doctors.

Instead, by pooling referrals into a central registry, patients could now be referred to the next available qualified specialist. Importantly though, patients still retain the choice to wait longer for the specialist of their choice if they wish to do so.

The second, and certainly more controversial policy, was the contracting-out of select day surgeries (cataracts, ACL repair, and certain gynecological procedures, for example) to private clinics. By doing so, the province was able to expand total surgical capacity in a short period of time, while also freeing up resources in public hospitals for more complex treatments. The province dictated strict guidelines for the private clinics involved, such as abiding by the Canada Health Act, and ensuring that the cost of service was equal to, or less than, what was offered by public hospitals.

Remarkably, data indicates that on average the clinics

were able to offer services to patients at costs that were 26 per cent lower (per procedure) than in comparable public hospitals.

Of course, while wait times in the province have certainly decreased there is still considerable room for improvement.

Wait times in Canada are generally among the longest in the developed world in spite of our relatively high level of health expenditures. As well, there remains

a concern about the overall financial sustainability of the system.

While true reform addressing the flawed structure and funding of Medicare remains elusive, other provinces should— in the meantime— consider the sort of policies that have enabled Saskatchewan to improve (although not eliminate) wait times for medically necessary treatment within our current health care framework.

Finance minister is fighting mad at deficits

by Todd MacKay, Saskatchewan Taxpayers Federation Great athletes get angry after a tough loss. They don’t blame the refs, their teammates or the opposition. Instead, there’s a determination to turn every ounce of frustration into hours of hard work to get better.

Finance Minister Kevin Doherty had that look when he briefed stakeholders before delivering his budget speech.

He’s so frustrated with soaring debt that he’s going to implement “transformational change” to find hundreds of millions in savings without reducing services or raising taxes.

Why is Minister Doherty so fired up?

This year Saskatchewan projects an operational deficit of $434 million in addition to $1 billion in borrowing for infrastructure. The government has promised to hold the line on spending and balance the operational budget next year (although it seems clear it will continue to borrow hundreds of millions for infrastructure in the coming years.)

Moody’s, an international bond rating agency, noted the government released few details about its plan. The government itself said it’s not going to prejudge where the search for savings will lead. But it provided a few examples.

The government is closing the jail at Buffalo Narrows to save about $1 million per year. The 18 inmates will be moved to other facilities where they can be housed and fed for less money.

Meanwhile, the public will still be protected. It’s a good example of delivering the same services with less taxpayers’

a few favoured funds and giving them preferential treatment? The government needs to close these corporate loopholes and convert them into simple and efficient broad-based tax relief such a drop in the small business tax rate. (As an aside, last time Saskatchewan trimmed business taxes, revenues from those taxes actually went up as entrepreneurs re-invested and expanded).

Politicians should also get rid of the tax breaks for political donations.

There’s no way to justify giving bigger tax breaks for donations to political parties rather than charities. Closing that loophole would save nearly $2 million.

The discussion of transformational change hasn’t quite extended addressing the boom-and-bust cycle that keeps hitting Saskatchewan. It’s never been more obvious that we cannot continue to count on resource revenues. We’ve spent years talking about creating a heritage fund that puts resource revenues into a long-term savings account; now we need to do it.

Can Minister Doherty deliver on his promise of transformational change?

Absolutely. In fact, if this plan had been set in motion last year we could have beaten the deficit already. Families and businesses across the provinces are tightening their budgets in this though economic environment – the government can do it too. And previous debt slayers such as Ralph Klein overcame much tougher challenges. Minister Doherty has put his political life on the line to balance the operational budget next year and he can do it.

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Of course, the government could have saved $3 million by not paying Skip the Dishes to train its employees to deliver food from restaurants. The government should have slammed the door on that kind of waste long ago. Heaven help the bureaucrat who asks Minister Doherty for that kind of corporate welfare this year.

This commitment to transformational change raises important questions. How many school boards are necessary to teach kids to read? How many health regions are necessary to support the doctors and nurses caring for the sick and injured? How many overlapping programs do our universities and colleges need to offer?

The government is also promising to apply transformational change to the tax code. This is good news for everyone who mutters profanities while filling out tax returns. But so far, the changes have been one sided.

The government is ending the Active Families Benefit which means parents who feel like they’re spending every evening at the rink or ball diamond no longer have to keep receipts organized for their taxes. However, the government comes out ahead by $5.5 million on the deal.

Applying transformational change to the tax code must create efficiencies without costing taxpayers more money.

For example, the government dishes out about $16 million in tax credits for labour-sponsored venture capital funds. Why is the government picking

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Canada Day trivia We are leading up to the July 1 weekend -this year it will land on a Friday giving most working people an extra day off.

Or, as it is often referred to as a “long weekend.”

Canada Day is the celebration of the creation of our country and the many ways people celebrate cannot be chronicled in this short article.

Anything from parades, sports days, picnics in the park, entertainment, fireworks. You may choose to celebrate as part of a large public group or on a smaller scale.

As you are sipping on your favourite beverage, eating hamburgers and visiting think about these interesting facts about

Canada.

• The name “Canada” comes from French explorers who heard the Iroquian word for village, “kanata”, being used to refer to an area around the present day site of Quebec city.

• The Peggy Hasein CBC brought us some great entertainment such as Friendly Giant, Romper Room and Hockey Night in Canada. The CBC began broadcasting across Canada in 1958 and introduced colour television to the nation on Canada Day in 1967.

• The Stanley Cup has its own bodyguard and

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has been filled with all kinds of food and drinks -- everything from chocolate milk to popcorn to cereal.

• Canada geese have their own language -and it’s neither French nor English. Scientists believe that the geese have as many as 13 calls for everything ranging from greetings to warnings to happiness.

• The International Freedom Festival has been celebrated between the cities of Detroit, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario since the 1950s. It is a joint celebration recognizing Canada and U.S. Independence Day with a fireworks display over the Detroit River which separates the two cities by less than one mile.

• The world’s first UFO landing pad was built in 1967 in St. Paul, AB. • There are 2.4 million caribou living in Canada.

• Of the 25,000 polar bears in the world, 15,500 of them live in

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Some of the buildings of Biggar’s Main Street businesses are still in use today.

Canada.

• Canada has 20 per cent of the world’s fresh water.

• Canada has more lakes than all other countries combined.

• Moose are involved in 247 annual car accidents.

• Canadian inventions include: Smarties, Crispy Crunch, Coffee Crisp; hockey, basketball, lacrosse and even baseball; standard time; zippers and velcro; Superman; jet skis; insulin and penicillin.

• Famous Canadians: Gordie Howe, Mike Myers, Jim Carey, Wayne Gretzky, Celine Dion, Michael J. Fox, Avril Lavigne.

• The highest mountain in Canada is Mount Logan in the Yukon.

• Kurt Browning was the first figure skater in the world to land a quadruple jump in a world competition.

• In 1907 John McLaughlin invented Canada Dry Ginger Ale in response to the temperance movement.

• John Ware, aka the “Smoked Irishman” started ranching in Alberta in the late 1860s and was the first black cowboy in Canada.

• Charles Merle Rolston of Vancouver used tanks and a garden hose with no nozzle and opened the

first gas station in 1908.

• The oldest walled city that still exists north of Mexico is Quebec City.

The fortification walls which were built in 1695 is on UNESCO’s World Heritage List.

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Delta Fay Cruickshank of the Biggar Museum and Gallery Owners of businesses in heritage buildings in Biggar attended a presentation and a luncheon at the Biggar Museum and Gallery on Friday,

June 24.

The Mayor of Perdue attended as well.

The Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation gave a presentation on their organization and the funds they have avail-

able to help the owners of heritage buildings in Saskatchewan.

Several questions were answered, and all left being more informed about the choices available to them.

Biggar Lodge News

by Karen Kammer, Recreation Coordinator Good morning to one and all. Hope you are all well and looking forward to summer vacation.

We had another great week at Biggar Lodge.

The residents are spending a lot of time outside enjoying the sun rays and of course picking the weeds. Monday morning was exercises and in the afternoon they had Blast from the Past.

Tuesday was current events. Wheel of Fortune was on in the afternoon.

Wednesday morning we had curling. Team Blue

won with 13 points and Red had 7. That afternoon the residents got together and had Bean Bag Toss.

Thursday was our Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast. It is the one day of the year that we thank everyone for their hard work. Of course we should show our appreciation for them everyday.

Many jobs would not be completed with the help of volunteers. After the breakfast was cleaned up we started decorating for Canada Day. That afternoon we had bingo.

Friday was barbecue club down Skyview.

PALs were here for Bible Study. Jackpot bingo was on at 2:30.

Saturday morning the residents got to play Antique Road Show.

They got to see a lot of old tools and kitchen ware. Some that they might have used before.

There was a movie on in the afternoon.

Sunday morning was 1-1 time. The Biggar United Church was here for worship.

Have a great and safe long weekend everyone.

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And so it was so Old Tex and I “slept out� last night, The hills one solid silhouette!

Here, hesitating as I write I think I can remember yet!

The hush of night across the land The gentle hooves upon the sod At peace we curled in Nature’s hand!

No; really in the hand of God! Created like the rest of these, Last night, beside our dying blaze I felt akin the summer breeze That rustled at my saddle stays!

Beneath the blankets humble thread I felt that all the world was right!

That those who seek to peace are led Old Tex and I “slept out� last night!

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Everyone liked Charlie, and Yours Truly is proud to say that he was a friend of his.

Captain Charles McLean was the padre of our regiment and not only does the memory of him inspire me to write this, he told me the following story in order to make “faith� more readable and understandable. “Two young lieutenants were discussing religion and one said, “There is no God!� just as the padre came into the officer’s mess. “Sorry Padre,� says the young officer, “If I would have seen you, I wouldn’t have said that.� “Keep on,� replies the Padre. “I want to hear what you have to say.� “Well,� says the young Louie, “my grandfather taught science at McGill University, my father

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was also a scientist, and so was I before I joined the Army. I defy anyone to prove scientifically that there is a God!� “Thank you for your view,� said the Padre. “And now I must present mine.

My Bob Mason grandfather was a “lay� minister long ago.

And my father was also a minister, and being the Padre of this regiment I defy anyone to prove theologically that there is an atom bomb.�

The young officer almost sneered. “Don’t be silly,� he said, “Of course no one can prove theologically that there is an A-bomb.�

The Padre smiled, “That is what I mean,� he said.

All of us have to draw their own conclusions about the above story, and sometimes we wonder if society is on the wrong road. “Ahem!� It would never do for an opinionated self-acclaimed scribbler, to just throw in the towel and walk away from this column without scrawling a few lines about the religious feelings that have impressed him over the years.

There have been thousands of people over the ages, far more educated and qualified to write things like this and explain creation to us, but we still don’t exactly know.

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Over a long lifetime of wondering, this old guy has realized that although we don’t know, we must have faith.

Over and over again, since the beginning of history, “man� has wondered this same thing. “How did we get here?� “Where are we going?�

Original man must have had his gods, and hopefully believed in them. Today’s people have their gods too, and hopefully believe in them too.

For millions of years “man� has inhabited our world (Mr. Leakay said so) and the question of man’s origin has been asked over and over -but we still don’t know.

And because we don’t know, we must have faith.

At risk of being branded as some far out, twisted heretic because of his views, and trying, often unsuccessfully, to understand some of them himself, Y.T. must write here that he feels that “faith� is in the main part any religion.

When the Bible writes in Genesis, “It was so!�, we must just have faith that it was so.

And while we are at that part of the book (Genesis 2:6) where it says “let us make man in our image�, we must have faith.

All Christians must know this. And when we pray to “our� God, we are partly praying to ourselves. “Thou shalt not . . . etcetera.

Maybe (and maybe is the right word), some of these beliefs are a little hard to explain and understand, but this old writer (ahem) has spent a lot of his life trying to find a better place to put his faith.

Many years ago, one of the world’s greatest theologians, thinker and (ahem again) writers gave his opinions of “faith� in one of his sermons. “I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year: give me a light that I may travel safely into the unknown.�

And he replied: “Go forth into the darkness and put your right hand into the hand of God. this will be to you better than light and safer than the known way.�

Faith in his God. NOTE: Despite the world’s acceptance that “faith� is the only way to help use understand creation. We can’t keep our imaginations from churning over and over as puny mankind tried to find one simple scientific fact.

The biological scientist from almost every religion, tells us that deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) extracted from human tissue responsible for our inherent genes.

Wouldn’t it be something if the good parts of a gene, were the “heavens� we all hope to go to and the bad genes the “hell� we all hope to avoid.

Well, as mentioned above we imagine (maybe too much) our over-crowded earth only has one religious hope: faith.

Having said his piece and having revealed some of his time worn thoughts Yours Truly is going to shut up before someone sends out a hit man to do it for them.

Before he does, though, read that bit Charlie McLean told me long ago. And then tell it to one of your religious friends.

New Horizons Activities

by Janice Foley, Office Coordinator Biggar New Horizons Things have certainly slowed down around Biggar New Horizons, except for all the special events that were held in our hall last week.

Our activities are now down to drop-in in Kaiser, cards and exercises for the summer with bingo being held on July 14 and 28, and August 11 and 25.

Kaiser scores for June 20 were as follows: first,

Joanne Kral with 281; second, Joyce Colbert with 248 points; third, Grant Gamble with 229 points; and fourth, Pat Turner with 211 points.

Reg Turner and Marie Roesch had the highest scoring game with 65 points.

Eight players came out for bingo on June 23.

Marie Roesch won the half-n-half and Mo Goring won the blackout.

This week we say goodbye to Donna Fines and the Bear Hills RDC

office. Donna will be missed for all her help with our activities.

Happy Canada Day everyone.

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Community Garden growing

All hands in the garden. Ten Engel and Mr. Prpick’s St. Gab’s Grade 8/9 class got five boxes planted. Petunias, pansies, potatoes, squashes, lettuces and an herb garden were all planted along with visions of great bounty. (Photo by Raeann

Delta Fay Cruickshank of Biggar Green Space There have been some hiccups, but with the cooperation of town council, St. Gabriel School, Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools, New U Fitness and enthusiastic Grade 8/9ers and volunteers, five boxes for the community garden have been planted.

Mr. Prpick’s St. Gab’s Grade 8/9 class has been outstanding in their accomplishments towards a dream coming alive. They have planned, drawn, built and now planted the beginning of the Biggar Community Garden.

In my mind, we should be teaching our youth how to grow their food.

After all, is not food the most important ingredient to our lives? Should we not enjoy the fruits of our labour by nourishing our bodies and also our souls? And to see these young people getting so enthusiastic about the planting, asking questions and really having fun, well, it is a blessing to me.

As I said to the students, life is about choic-

The first five boxes of the Biggar Green Space . . .

Community gardens were planted by the Grade 8/9 class from St. Gabriel’s and Ten Engel from the Green Space group. (Photo by Delta Fay Cruickshank) es. And if we can choose to have control over what we nourish ourselves with, is this not one of the best choices?

The Biggar Green Space goal is to continue involving more students, letting them grow more

and more, and at the same time, opening up the availability of others in our community who wish to have a gardening plot. We will build more boxes, we will be renting these boxes out to anyone in the community.

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Water, water everywhere - soon, not a drop to farm with?

Water is at the core of life on this planet.

Humankind obviously faces a myriad of series problems, from assault rifles in the hands of the deranged, to racial, religious and sexual intolerance which seems to be growing, to how to feed a growing world population, many without the means to grow, or buy food.

But in terms of possible threat to survival as a species, those issues and many others, take a back seat to the need to ensure we have a viable,

renewable, supply of water.

Water is something that we need in so many aspects of our lives.

The need for safe drinking water should be rather obvious, although that is hardly ensured.

We might think unsafe water is a Third World issue, but it has hit much closer to home.

The situation which occurred in Flint, Michigan might be the most recent one to reference, but in Canada an E. coli contamination in Walkerton, Ontario in

2000, and a water crisis in North Battleford in 2001 are also poignant reminders that just because you have a tap to turn it is not an assurance of safe water.

We would like to think these previous situations were an effective ‘red flag’, which led to better safety controls and monitoring, but with the added influence of climate change, the likelihood of more water crises certainly exist.

The issue of water goes beyond potable sources though.

Agriculture is reliant on water to grow our food.

The source of agriculture water has generally

been from rain, but of later that source has become much less reliable.

One of the obvious effects of climate change, or at least the phase of a pattern of weather we are currently in, is more extremes in all Calvin Daniels things.

That has meant severe rains that have people canoeing city streets across the Canadian Prairies all too regularly.

The flip side is of course drought, a situation that led to a major selloff of cattle in Texas in recent years and of course the threat to the overall water resource in

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In some cases irrigation can offset short term situations in rainfall for farming, but without rain to recharge water reservoirs that is a limited time situation.

And of course industry needs water. Canola plants in Yorkton looked at the city’s water resource as part of their decision to establish here.

The chicken processor in Wynyard requires water.

And the list goes on.

That was why water was looked at as a key resource across a range of areas, including sport fishing, and recreation at the annual Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds Conference held in Yorkton earlier this year.

Not that it’s a new issue to be discussed even in Yorkton.

There have been concerns with flooding in the Yorkton region based on events such as the July 1, 2010 rains in the city, and the spring runoff of 2011.

But experience in The Netherlands, a country where much of it lies below sea level, shows you can deal with great amounts of water and still live as a community.

“About 60 per cent of our country is flood prone,” said George Peters, Project Director Advisory Group Design and Realization for River Deltas and Coasts, Royal Haskoning DHV in The

Netherlands, speaking at a Prairie Flood Management and Mitigation Seminar in 2013. He added 10 million people live behind dikes.

In fact The Netherlands “international airport is about 500-feet below sea level,” he said.

So The Netherlands has to work with water.

“We had to find a way to live together with the water,” said Peters.

While this all means added attention to water safety, the key is what will ultimately be done?

Expect more and more legislation to control all aspects of water.

We have seen some of that already in terms of when, and if, farmers can ditch fields to deal with water.

More will come.

The farm sector is seen as a major contributor of nitrates finding their way into streams and rivers, and then lakes. Nitrates can lead to algae growing out of control, reducing water oxygen and ultimately killing off most life.

Farmers obviously need to be self-diligent to reduce the problem, but government will likely move to legislate controls sooner than later.

It will be another level of control farmers will lose, but when talking about a resource as vital as water it will be hard to argue against since so far the problems do not seem to be going away on their own.

Days before Today Excerpts from The Independent: Compiled by the Biggar Museum and Gallery

97 years ago: 1919 -- Biggar Honours Returned Men (World War I) 88 years ago: 1928 -- Kinley-Asquith highway to be completed this summer.

85 years ago: 1931 -- Ford Roadster, $515.00

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81 years ago: 1935 -- Beer Parlors to be opened in Biggar.

73 years ago: 1943 -- new hospital nears completion.

68 years ago: 1948 -- Swimming pool opens Saturday.

64 years ago: 1952 -- Biggar Memorial Swimming pool officially opens.

62 years ago: 1954 -- Sunset Drive-In Theatre now open.

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Riders’ Chris Jones loves a challenge No one could ever accuse Chris Jones of being afraid of a challenge.

The Canadian Football League’s new season is under way and the 2016 spotlight will shine brightly on Jones and Canada’s team, the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Jones left a comfortable and successful position in Edmonton, where he led the Eskimos to the Grey Cup in 2015, and set up stakes in Regina,

control over a football attractive.” operation and starting Jones guiding the from the ground up.

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Fred Surik

William David Gregory (Dave)

April 13, 1921 - June 14, 2016 The passing of Fred Surik of Biggar, Sask. occurred on June 14, 2016 at the age of 95 years.

Fred Surik was born in Saskatoon, Sask. on April 13, 1921, the youngest child of Karl and Dora Surik.

The family moved to the Biggar district and started farming in the spring of 1930 and the children attended Gagenville School.

Fred took a barbering course in 195455 and shortly thereafter opened, Fredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Barber Shopâ&#x20AC;?. As a result, he got to know almost everyone in Biggar, including several generations of families until his first retirement in 1973. He then worked at the Battleford Provincial Park in the summers and spent the winters in Arizona. He finally retired in 1985 and spent the winters in Arizona as long as he physically could do so.

Fred was predeceased by his sisters, Olga, Anne, Myrtle; his brother, Tom; and very special friend, Kathy Franks. He leaves behind several nieces, nephews; and many friends.

A Memorial Graveside Service was held on Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 1:30 p.m. at the Biggar Cemetery with Pastor Mark Kleiner officiating followed by a Celebration of Life Tea at the Biggar New Horizons at 2 p.m.

Special tribute was given by Jim Rickwood.

Honourary Bearers are all those who shared in Fredâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life. â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Friend to Allâ&#x20AC;?.

Tributes may be directed to Biggar New Horizons Project, Box 631, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 Grondin Funeral Service, Biggar entrusted with arrangements, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our family serving your family since 1963â&#x20AC;?.

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Glenn Albert Clements passed away peacefully at the Dr. Cooke Extended Care Home in Lloydminster, Alta., on January 21, 2016, at the age of 89 years.

Glenn will be sadly missed by his son, David and his wife, Georgina, of Lloydminster, Alta.; his daughter, Dawn of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont.; his daughter-in-law, Brenda of Red Deer, Alta.; his grandchildren, Ross, Heather, Davro and Cole; and three great-granddaughters, Anna, Eden and Mary. Glenn was predeceased by his wife, Esther, in 2011; and his son, Ross, in 1994.

Glenn and Esther lived in Biggar, Sask. from 1952 to 1979, where they owned and operated Biggar Agencies and raised their family.

Glenn and Esther made lifelong friends in the Biggar area. Glenn had very fond memories of his time in Biggar and spoke of them often.

After leaving Biggar, Glenn and Esther lived in Saskatoon, Sask. briefly, then moved to Victoria, B.C. for 15 years, then to Westback, B.C. for 14 years, and to Lloydminster in 2009.

It was Glennâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wish that he be cremated and that a funeral service not be held.

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November 9, 1928 - June 19, 2016 William David Gregory (Dave) was born on November 9, 1928 in Bents, Saskatchewan.

He was the third son of Mildred and Liol Gregory. He died peacefully during the afternoon of June 19, 2016 at the Biggar Long Term Care Facility.

He was predeceased by his parents; his brothers, Ritchie and Lloyd; and his wife, Blanche.

Dave started his work life at the age of 12 years. In July, 1950 he married Blanche Boisvert. Together they built their farm southwest of Biggar, Sask. on Anderson Lake. They had four children, Yvonne Gregory of Edmonton, Alta., Lorraine (Bob) Heather of Biggar, Sask., Richard Gregory of Medicine Hat, Alta., and Margaret Gregory of Edmonton, Alta. The family grew to include six grandchildren and 13 greatgrandchildren.

Dave was a very hard worker. He loved his farm and his community. Dave was a good neighbour and was always ready to lend a hand to anyone who needed help. Whether it was helping to build a quonset or to help with livestock, he was always willing. Dave was a 4-H leader for many years. Dave took great pride in raising purebred Hereford cattle. He made many good friends over the years of attending bull sales.

In 1998, he sold the farm and moved to North Battleford, Sask. He was blessed to have good neighbours and met many good friends during the 14 years he lived there. In 2014, he moved back to Biggar and became a resident of Diamond Lodge and then the Biggar Long Term Care Facility when it opened in 2015.

His outgoing personality and sense of humour endeared him to many. He had many friends. One of his best friends was his long time travelling companion, Hazel Watson. He was a favourite uncle to many of the nieces and nephews on the Boisvert side of the family.

Dave lived a full and happy life. He was proud of his children and grandchildren and one of the greatest joys that Dave experienced in recent years was the time he spent with his great-grandchildren.

The family extends their sincere appreciation for the excellent care that he received in Diamond Lodge and in the Biggar Long Term Care Facility.

A Celebration of Daveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life was held on Friday, June 24, 2016 at 3 p.m. at the Biggar Community Hall.

Tributes may be made to the Biggar & District Health Centre Long Term Care Residents Activity Fund, Box 130, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0.

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Obituaries James Duncan (Jamie) Edwards July 22, 1962 - June 25, 2016 We are saddened to announce the sudden p a s s i n g of Jamie E dw a r d s w h i c h occurred S a t u r d a y, June 25, 2016.

Jamie was bor n and raised in Biggar, the youngest son of Lloyd and Pat Edwards. His childhood was spent hunting with his brothers and dad as well as playing hockey, lacrosse and football. Jamie received many awards for his athletic ability and skill in hockey. He spent high school in Prince Albert associated with the Prince Albert Raiders Hockey Club.

Following high school he completed post secondary education in carpentry. He worked for CN Rail until retirement.

Following in his father’s footsteps, he was a member of the Biggar Volunteer Fire Department for six years.

His greatest joy was raising his children! Mackenzie and Patricia as well as his step-children Amanda and Nathan. He shared his love of hunting, fishing and camping with them. Hockey, figure skating, football and karate was where he could be found cheering on his kids.

He is predeceased by his parents Lloyd and Pat, his brother, Mark, his Uncle Lorne and his brother-in-law, Cal. He is survived by his children, Mackenzie, and Patricia (Jordan) as well as step-children Amanda (Paul) and Nathan; grandchildren, Kylara and Ashlynn; sisters, Lyn, Wendy (Patrick), Michelle (Steven); brother, Lloyd, sister-in-law, Judi (Dale) and Aunt Sue as well as many nieces and nephews.

Funeral Service will be held TUESDAY, JULY 5 at the Redeemer Luthern Church, Biggar Saskatchewan at 2 p.m.

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CARDS OF THANKS Shirley Keely, Marilyn Yakiwchuk and family would like to thank everyone for the many calls and cards of sympathy in the loss of our Uncle Fred Surik. A special thanks to Pastor Mark Kleiner, to the United Church members who supplied the Celebration of Life tea and to Fred’s friends who provide support both at this time and during his lifetime.

Your attendance at the services as well as flowers and donations to the Biggar New Horizons Project are appreciated.

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Instant, Land, Planeswalker, and Sorcery (and the brief appearance of Tribal in a few sets) are the card types that Delirium tallies up.

Notice that Legendary, Basic, and Snow are not on the list, as those are super-types, nor do creature types or things like Aura, Curse, or Equipment, as those are all subtypes. If you are able to get four or more of the above mentioned types, Delirium comes online and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re in for a good time.

Crazy For You Creatures: 4x Topplegeist (W), 4x Obsessive Skinner (1G), 4x Paranoid ParishBlade (2W), 2x Undergrowth Champion (1GG), 3x Runaway Carriage (4), 3x

Saddleback Lagac (3G), 3x Soul Swallower (2GG).

Spells: 3x Hardened Scales (G), 2x Vessel of Nascency (G), 2x Earthen Arms (1G), 2x Gleam of Authority (1W), 3x Might Beyond Reason (3G).

Planeswalkers: Nissa, Voice of Zendikar (1GG).

Lands: 4x Evolving Wilds, 13x Forest, 6x Plains.

Since Delirium requires you to accumulate a number of card types in your graveyard, it tends to lend itself to more controlling strategies.

That is not to say, however, that it cannot be aggressive. The above deck leverages Delirium to help apply consistent pressure against your foe.

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Most of the time Delirium has a static effect, either granting a passive buff in the case of cards like Paranoid ParishBlade, or increasing the yield of spells like Might Beyond Reason.

However, there is a cycle of cards at uncommon that trigger on your opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upkeep should you have Delirium enabled. Topplegeist and Obsessive Skinner are the White and Green members of this cycle.

Topplegeist will proceed to cripple your opponentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s board state while the Obsessive Skinner will turn any of your creatures into an unignorable threat given enough time.

Enabling Delirium in the first place is the trick, though. All the added value in the world doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mean a thing if you never get to access it. Creatures are easy enough to get in the bin, as they will naturally die in combat.

Instants and Sorceries tend to go to the graveyard upon resolution. What of the other card types, though?

In the case of this deck Evolving Wilds helps to get a land into the graveyard by

sacrificing itself to find an applicable basic land.

Runaway Carriage helps to get both the Artifact and Creature types going by dieing at the end of combat regardless of how much damage was dealt to it. Perhaps most importantly, though, is the Vessel of Nascency. By sacrificing it, thus getting an Enchantment into the graveyard, you get to dig four cards deep into your library, put one in your hand, and the rest into the graveyard.

With a single lucky activation of this card you can bring Delirium online in one fel swoop.

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Topsoil moisture is lowest in Crop District 4B in the southwest (38 per cent short on cropland and 45 per cent short on hay land and pasture), while the wettest crop district is CD2B in the southeast, where 26 per cent of cropland and 20 per cent of hay land and

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where I purchase it, is the classic Philly Cheesesteak sandwich.

The idea of having a sandwich that is overloaded with meat, onions, peppers, and dripping with cheese is enough to have any mouth salivating with anticipation. I feel my letdowns however lie in the process of the cooking technique and usually a lack of seasoning.

Because of the discouragements I have experienced, I set out to create the best Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich. And the result? This is it. Enjoy!

Grilled Philly Cheesesteaks (Makes six large sandwiches) â&#x20AC;&#x153;This grilled version of the classic Philly Cheesesteak has incredible â&#x20AC;&#x153;flame lickedâ&#x20AC;? flavour that would be nonexistent in the traditional way of preparing it in a pan. I find the addition of mayonnaise is extremely important for not only adding richness, but also to help enhance the gooey drippy effect that a classic cheesesteak should have.â&#x20AC;?

2 pounds (908g) boneless rib-eye steaks;

2 medium onions, sliced into 4 thick rounds each; 2 red bell peppers, sliced into big pieces; Canola, vegetable or grape seed oil; Salt and pepper;; 1/2 cup butter; 3 garlic cloves, finely minced; 2 tbsp Worcestershire Chef Dez sauce; 6 oval hoagie type buns; 12 tbsp mayonnaise; 360g provolone cheese slices.

1.) Preheat your barbecue over high heat. Oil the steaks with 3 to 4 tsp of the oil and then season liberally with salt and pepper. Toss the prepared onions and peppers with 1 tbsp of the oil.

2.) Turn the heat on your barbecue to medium or medium/high and grill the steaks until your desired doneness, approximately 4 to 6 minutes per side for medium (depending on the temperature of the steaks and the power of your barbecue). Grill the onion and pepper slices at the same time just until they are somewhat charred and cooked

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through. Remove the steaks, onions and peppers and set aside.

3.) Melt the butter, mix with the garlic and set aside.

4.) Slice the peppers into thin strips and rough chop the onions. Toss these pepper and onion pieces together with the Worcestershire and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.

5.) Slice the steaks into very thin strips and toss with the reserved garlic butter and season to taste with salt and pepper. Set aside.

6.) Prepare the buns by placing the cut side down on the grill to toast them.

Remove and then spread 1 tbsp of mayonnaise on each the top and bottom toasted halves of the buns.

7.) Top each open bun with equal amounts of the reserved steak slices, then equal amounts of the reserved onion/pepper mix, and then equal amounts of cheese slices.

Place the open faced sandwiches on a baking sheet and broil in the oven until the cheese is thoroughly melted. Serve immediately.

Send your food/cooking questions to dez@ chefdez.com or P.O. Box 2674, Abbotsford, B.C., V2T 6R4. Chef Dez is a Food Columnist, Culinary Travel Host and Cookbook Author. Visit him at chefdez.com.