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Next Chapter . . . Biggar Central School 2000 grads make the march into the gymnasium, June 28 as they celebrated their last day as a grade school student. Smiles all around for these students as they completed the landmark achievement, ushering in the next chapter of their lives. See Page 2 for more. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Front row, left to right: Mackenzie Benoit, Kathleen May, Jalyn Oesch, McKenna Mair, Sara Thompson, Shiela Montes, Kathleen Kurulak, Emily Goring, Bronwyn Massie. Row two: Patience Roy, Makenzie Oesch, Jobelle Claudio, Cara McRann, Jere Johnson, Sophia Dimazana, Megan Taylor, Carla Genis, Rachel Diehl. Row three: Tanner Sawrenko, Benson Garchinski, Cruz McNulty, Joel Hanson, Keaton Haynes, Emmett Keith, Gage Riemer. Back row: Amritpal Singh, Lionel Buck, Christian Tecson, Elias Coyle-Haayer, JordyLeschinski, Verr Andrei Tuico.

Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam

Valedictorian

Carla Genis

Class of ‘42 Award

Emily Goring

Avalon-Gagenville Commemorative

Kathleen May

George Lund Memorial Trophy

Amritpal Singh

June 28, 2018

Shirley Rennie Award

McKenna Mair

Linda Beckett Memorial Trophy

Carla Genis

Dale Fogelberg Trophy

Emily Goring

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Feds carbon tax could reduce Sask. GDP by almost $16 billion by 2030

According to a new analysis from the University of Regina’s Institute for Energy, Environment and Sustainable Communities, a federal carbon tax could potentially reduce Saskatchewan’s gross domestic product (GDP) by almost $16 billion, with little effect on emissions.

“The federal government has significantly underestimated the economic impact of its carbon tax and overestimated the expected Greenhouse Gas (GHG) reductions,” Environment Minister Dustin Duncan said. “This new and more thorough model indicates GDP reductions in the billions, which translates to less competitive industries in Saskatchewan and fewer jobs across the province.

This is exactly why our government has never supported the tax and is challenging it in court.”

The Government of Saskatchewan, in conjunction with researchers from the Institute looked at several detailed scenarios of a federal carbon tax. The most conservative scenario shows a carbon tax of $50 per tonne would reduce provincial GDP by 2.43 per cent or $1.8 billion annually.

Total impact to the provincial GDP could reach approximately $16 billion from 2019 to the end of 2030.

The study also looked at the potential environmental impact of a federal carbon tax and found it will only reduce GHG emissions by less than one megatonne. This is approximately 1.25 per cent of Saskatchewan’s total emissions and would result in a cost to GDP of $1,890 per tonne.

In addition to significant impacts on provincial and national GDP, research conducted at the University of Calgary confirms a federal carbon tax will cost an average Saskatchewan household more than $1,000 per year.

The federal government has not incorporated specific provincial economic data in its modelling. Saskatchewan exports more than any other province as a proportion of its total GDP. In 2017, Saskatchewan exports made up 47.7 per cent of the provincial GDP. “The federal government

has not accounted for energy-intensive, tradeexposed industries that drive our economy and has not told Canadians what they will be paying or what little impact that price will have on emissions,” Duncan said.

“Our strategy will enhance our resiliency to climate change, result in actual emissions reductions, and ensure our industries remain competitive.”

Saskatchewan’s climate change strategy, Prairie Resilience, includes SaskPower’s commitment to achieve up to 50 per cent electricity capacity from renewable resources and reduce overall GHG emissions by 40 per cent by 2030. This will result in GHG reductions of approximately six million tonnes.

In addition, upstream oil and gas producers will reduce GHG emissions by 40 to 45 per cent through a methane reduction strategy, which will result in reductions of 4 to 4.5 million tonnes.

Prairie Resilience also recognizes the prominent role of agriculture in addressing climate change and reducing emissions.

Producers already sequester nearly 12 million tonnes of carbon through innovations such as zero till technology.

Further reductions are expected from large industrial emitters as the performance standards are developed. Saskatchewan will make these significant reductions in GHG emissions without a carbon tax.

Mud Mayhem . . . Kids make a dash through the muddy race track at the Perdue Ag Society’s Canada Day celebrations. The boggy track, used for mud drags, was used for a fun ‘Dash for Cash’, kids run-

ning from one messy end to the gooey other, all for some quick “moolah”. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Saskatchewan Highway Patrol begins duties July 1 The Saskatchewan Highway Patrol now has a new look to accompany its new name and mandate.

Two weeks ago, the former Commercial Vehicle Enforcement group was renamed as the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol to reflect its expanded responsibilities.

The new name comes with a new look – a blue stripe down the side of the vehicle along with the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol name and crest. In addition to protecting the provincial highway system through the enforcement of commercial vehicles, the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol will support the provincial Protection and Response Team (PRT) and enforce Criminal Code violations.

“Beginning July 1, people will see the new Saskatchewan Highway

Patrol vehicles on highways throughout the province,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister David Marit said. “The officers will be responding to situations where previously only the police would be involved. Drivers need to be aware that Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers will now be enforcing traffic violations for commercial and private vehicles.”

Last year, the Government of Saskatchewan announced the creation of the PRT to help reduce crime in rural Saskatchewan. The team is comprised of police officers from the RCMP and municipal police forces, as well as Saskatchewan Highway Patrol officers from the Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure and Ministry of Environment Conserva-

• Enforcing speed limits and other traffic violations – inside and outside of work zones; • Responding to motor vehicle accidents; and • Taking action when offences are committed.

“Increasing the presence of uniformed officers in rural areas will help deter crime,” Marit said. “It will also improve response times to emergency calls, including crimes that are in progress.”

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Commercial vehicle enforcement will remain the primary responsibility of the Saskatchewan Highway Patrol. However, the officers will have additional responsibilities, including arrest and detention powers, to support their role on the PRT. Other duties will include: • Responding to 911 calls; • Investigating impaired drivers;

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Relax! The school year is over! . . . St. Gabriel School kids cool their heals at the Biggar Aquatic Centre, June 27, burning off a bit of steam from the tension of final exams and a full learning year. For most kids, summer holiday will be a chance to chill out and get ready for September and a return to the books. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018

‘Tis the season It is July. A time for vacations, relaxing in the backyard and enjoying outdoor activities.

The “summer” months, known as July and August, are the hottest months of the year. The phrase “dog days of summer” is often bantered around and the refer to the hot. sultry weather during this time. According to legend we can experience heat, drought, sudden thunder storms, lethargy, fever, mad dogs and bad luck.

No one is quite sure where the meaning of the term originates but it doesn’t really matter. This is the time of year we yearn for when we have -40 degrees and a snow storm. We think longingly of shorts and trips to the pool.

So, enjoy.

Take advantage of the spray park or the swimming pool. Or maybe try some golf. Or take a walk around town or the Schmirler Park. Maybe you love to garden or you just want to relax on your deck or patio.

The important thing is to just enjoy the season.

P.H.

Letter to the Editor …

Dear Editor: Regarding Grad 2018 On June 28 I attended the graduation exercises at BCS 2000.

While most of the evening was very enjoyable, the inappropriate and disrespectful use of airhorns during the presentation of the diplomas disrupted a pleasant celebration of student achievement. These actions may be acceptable at sporting events, but this boorish backwater behaviour should not be part of a somewhat formal event.

The last time I attended the graduation exercises was several years ago and this type of rude behaviour also disrupted the event. Graduation is not a football game and actions should be appropriate to the occasion. Use of airhorns is not smart, cute, amusing or entertaining.

It shows poor manners and is just plain rude.

Margaret Blakely Biggar, Sask.

Canadians willing to negotiate supply management

by Carlo Dade, director of the Trade & Investment Centre at the Canada West Foundation The federal government adamantly refuses to negotiate supply management in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) talks. Perhaps this is because our politicians — including the many who understand why supply management should go — assume that Canadians won’t support putting the system on the table.

This is absolutely false.

Ten months ago, at the start of the NAFTA negotiations, more than twothirds of Canadian respondents said in a national poll said they were willing to put supply management on the negotiating table; fewer than one in five said they were willing to defend it at any cost in the context of the NAFTA negotiations. (There were three questions in the poll; I will discuss the first and the third).

Considering how much has changed since then, it’s no stretch to predict that even fewer Canadians now believe we should defend supply management at all cost. Yet, the politicians persist. They

should start acknowledging that the public may no longer support them.

The poll, done in August 2017 by NRG Research Group for the Canada West Foundation, anticipated our current predicament in the NAFTA negotiations by asking Canadians a different question about supply management than have past polls. Rather than asking how much respondents liked or disliked supply management, the question asked how much they were willing to sacrifice to keep supply management, in the context of the NAFTA negotiations.

The introduction of real world NAFTA consequences and costs to the question moved public opinion in ways that purely domestic costs, like paying more for dairy products, did not.

Question 1 in the poll asked: “Under a system called ‘supply management,’ the government of Canada keeps most foreign dairy products out of Canada, sets a limit on the level of dairy production in Canada, and allocates guaranteed milk production and sales quotas to every qualified dairy farmer. This provides a stable and profitable economic situation for dairy farmers and

They MUST be signed, approximately 300 words in length and are subject to editing. the dairy industry as a whole. However, it also means dairy products like milk, cheese and yogurt are 2 to 3 times more expensive in Canada than in some other countries. Do you (the order of options was rotated when asked): Question 3 in the poll asked: “Donald Trump has recently joined other US State and Federal lawmakers – both Republican and Democrat – as well as other countries like New Zealand and Australia – who have all been consistently clear that ending Canadian supply management and gaining greater access to Canada’s market for milk, cheese, and other dairy products is important to them. The US has said that getting a new deal on dairy products will be a top priority for them in renegotiating NAFTA. So, when asked about paying more out of pocket for dairy products, a narrow majority of Canadians, 55 per cent, were willing to pay more. But fully 45 per cent were more interested in getting rid of supply management in exchange for cheaper milk.

When the stakes were raised from personal cost to national interest, the responses changed and an overwhelming majority, 67 per cent, were willing to negotiate away supply management either as a last resort or up front to see what could be gained; nine per cent — close to 1 in 10 — were ready to drop it immediately with nothing in return.

The poll, including question 3, was conducted before negotiations really started, and before any of the recent Trump trade war threats and aggressive actions. But what is important is that more than two-thirds of Canadians were willing to put supply management

on the negotiating table in the context of NAFTA negotiations. Given that the negative consequences have now become reality, that support has likely only grown. Statements by our prime minister, the federal cabinet and the provincial premiers seem to be based on the false assumption that Canadians are unwilling to put supply management on the negotiating table.

This openness to changes is not just theoretical. Canada has already made concessions on supply management and Canadians have allowed them to happen. First, concessions were made to the Europeans in the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), opening up 3 percent of our Canadian dairy market to competition. Even before the NAFTA talks started, Canada offered the US access to another 3.25 percent of the Canadian dairy market in the TransPacific Partnership (TPP), before the US pulled out of the agreement under Trump.

It is certainly frustrating to the Americans that Canada is suddenly now unwilling to offer the same concessions for NAFTA that it gave them in the TPP, or that it gave the Europeans in CETA. Talk by Canadian premiers visiting Washington, DC, of making no concessions whatsoever ignores this reality for the sake of domestic Canadian political posturing. The prime minister has recently mused publicly about making concessions on supply management.

He should know that when it comes to NAFTA and supply management, Canadians are already well ahead of him on this issue.

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The good ol’ ball game Summer time. Baseball season.

Allow me to harken back to days gone by -- when I was much younger and a bit more agile. A baseball glove was a staple. You took it to school with you everyday because you played ball at recess and noon hours. You took it with you to 4-H meetings. You took it with you to any social event, and everyone threw bats and balls in the vehicles because in all likelihood a ball game would break out.

Babe Ruth said, “Baseball was, is and always will be to me the best game in the world.� And Yogi Berra said, “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.�

Both these great players agree with a large number of fans. It is estimated that every year 56,000,000 attend major league baseball games.

Baseball has, as does every game, some folklore. Those stories and quirks that go unnoticed

in front of the cameras is not true. Doubleday but provide some interdid live in Cooperstown, esting trivia.

New York and he was a For example, Babe Civil War General but he Ruth wore a cabbage did not invent the game. leaf under He did, his cap to however, keep his provide head cool. bats and Don’t worry ball for that it soldiers to would start play the to smell game to though -keep up he changed morale. it every two Speakinnings. ing of Gaylord wars, the Perry once grenades remarked, used in “They’ll put World War a man on II were the moon designed Peggy Hasein to have before I hit a home the same run.� That weight was in 1963 and in 1969 and size as a baseball.

Neil Armstrong set foot The thinking was that on the surface of the most soldiers would be moon. One hour later familiar enough with a Perry hit his first and baseball to throw the only home run while grenades correctly. playing for the San FranWe had some pretty cisco Giants. long games while waiting As for Abner Doublefor the adults to finish day being the inventor visiting and often would of baseball; well, that play after dark using a

Neighbourly News

Tire-Blowout 101: What to do when your tire fails (NC) Tire-blowout season runs roughly from the middle of May through early October. This is the time when the outside temperatures are the warmest and drivers are travelling longer distances. Do you know what to do if this happens?

Since tire blowouts are not completely avoidable, it’s important to know what to do if it happens.

The experts at Nokian Tyres, a leading tire manufacturer, share their key tips to keep in mind: 1.) Remain calm. Keeping your cool may seem like an unrealistic expectation, especially when something as scary as a tire blowout is occurring, but you will be doing yourself a favour by keeping your head and handling the situation in a composed manner.

2.) Control the vehicle.

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with the damaged tire facing away from traffic.

This will make it easier and safer to observe and replace the tire.

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yard light. But, the longest league game happened in the 1920s when the Boston Braves played the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Twenty-six innings later, the game ended in a 1-1 tie and ended because the baseball field was not lit and it was getting dark.

Some famous people had a chance to play the game. John Dillinger was a professional second baseman in the minor leagues before he decided to become a bank robber. Mario Cuomo was an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1952. He later went on to become Governor of New York. Charlie Sheen was offered a full scholarship to the University of Kansas but declined it to pursue his acting career. Even Fidel Castro was a star player while attending the University of Havana.

Let’s not leave the officials out. MLB umpires are required to wear black underwear -- just in case their pants split.

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TOWN OF BIGGAR, SASKATCHEWAN

PUBLIC NOTICE ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Biggar intends to adopt a bylaw under The Planning and Development Act, 2007 to amend Bylaw No. 15-763 known as The Zoning Bylaw.

INTENT & REASON The proposed bylaw will amend section 11.3 Site Development Regulations by removing “7.5 metres (25 ft)� from the Commercial Uses minimum front yard requirements and adding “No requirements�.

PUBLIC INSPECTION Any bylaw may be inspected by any person at the Town Office in Biggar, Saskatchewan, Monday through Friday, excluding statutory holidays, between the hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Copies of the bylaw are available to persons at a cost of $2.00.

PUBLIC HEARING Council will hold a public hearing on the 7th day of August A.D., 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers at the Town Office in Biggar, Saskatchewan to hear any person or group that wants to comment on the proposed bylaw.

Council will also consider written comments delivered to the undersigned at the Town Office before 12:00 noon on the 3rd day of August A.D., 2018.

Issued at Biggar, Saskatchewan this 5th day of July A.D., 2018.

Barb Barteski, Chief Administrative Officer

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Stacks It may seem some kind of an excuse to many, but Y.T. (Yours Truly!) has no idea how in heck he is going to make this dull report on “stacks� into a readable column!

He knows that there must be thousands of stories about haystack adventures, and he also knows that where as Mae West might have been an actress from the past who used the odd haystack as her stage, some of the interludes that she portrayed are still being enacted all over!

Y.T. don’t imagine that the expression “a roll in the hay!� was first used

by Mae either, because he clearly remembers an old gramophone record

by Harry Lauder, entertaining the soldiers of WWI, singing: “I’ll rowe her in the

heather yes as sure as my name’s John When I get back again to Bonnie Scotland!�

Some of Y.T’s finest memories, when we were kids, are about playing in the huge prairie-wool haystacks Dad and the hired man used to build in our feed yard.

We would climb up to the higher parts of each stack and leap down onto the soft coils of sweetsmelling stuff they had just brought in, almost as though we didn’t have a care in the world!

After all, who wouldn’t want to be a child again?

Of course when we got older and had to forge some of that stuff ourselves, we didn’t find it near as nice!

But we were younger then, and now, on look-

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ing back, we sure think of those good times a lot more!

Mebbe it was because the earth underfoot was so unyielding all around us, and everything seemed so solid, but as soon as a threshing machine had moved away and left some huge straw stack in our fields, we young fellows would immediately try to climb upon them. I don’t think we ever made it to the top, but the spongy straw under our feet and the crumbling soft (if chaffy!) slopes of them seemed a real magnet to us little fellows.

Straw stacks seemed to be everywhere in those days, and folks often burned the ones that weren’t used for bedding the animals. As a matter of fact, one young fellow found a ring of cinders out in a grain field one day, annoyed that some aliens had landed there!

Being hard pressed for money, Dad made a corral affair from some poplar poles he’d cut, and threshed a whole straw stack into it in order to make a pig pen. The pigs sure liked it! I know because Walt and I talked it over with some of

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them as we were explorhis wife to help us build ing a few of the tunnels our bundle stacks. Not they made! only were we not in the A lot of Europeans had habit of seeing women come building stacks, into our and not only district had we gotin the ten used to 1920â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, using a pitch and forks whento we ever we did, more we were fascior less nated when she innoclimbed onto cent the stack in her Prairie bare feet and types, started placit was a ing the sheaves kind of individually by revelahand! tion just At first we to see were a little Bob Mason hesitant to them work! unload more Having been raised than we thought she out here in a peaceful could handle, but soon countryside and all our found out we could hardyoung lives grown used ly keep up! to the â&#x20AC;&#x153;labourâ&#x20AC;? involved When 1937 came along in â&#x20AC;&#x153;living off of the landâ&#x20AC;?, and there was no crop

on the nice green grass in that feed yard, then ignored the clover entirely as they gobbled up that rotten old thistle!

That summer there was more than one warning issued around our place about the â&#x20AC;&#x153;dangerâ&#x20AC;? of walking behind those cows!

In this modern day of big balers, big feedlots and big everything else, it seems kind of old fashioned to mention one of our old neighbours. But every time we drove by his place we marveled at the amount of haystacks he had around.

Of course, year by year he used the older ones up to feed his livestock, but he saved the newer ones â&#x20AC;&#x153;just in caseâ&#x20AC;?...

Well, the lean years came along, all right, and although I have no idea whether he had read

their love of farm work seemed almost a little strange!

Of course as children we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know that the military â&#x20AC;&#x153;goings onâ&#x20AC;? in their homelands were the real reason why they came out here in the first place! Mebbe we should have known (I dunno) because somehow things got out of hand over there and years later we got caught up in that situation ourselves. It was then that we realized that had they not come to Canada, some of them would have ended up in a concentration camp!

I suppose one of the first things that we noticed much was when one of the men brought along

Genesis 41:29 or heard about Aesops â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ant and Grasshopperâ&#x20AC;? bit, he did what had been done away back then anyway!

I should keep on, I guess, and scribble a few notes about another dollar-oriented fellow nearby who happened to have lots of hay that year, but sold it to the highest bidder he could find in Saskatoon!

It takes all kinds of people to make a world and in the past it took all kinds of people to build stacks!

Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hope that the ones who build our stacks of the future, make them out of food instead of money!

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at all out here (even the ever-present Russian Thistle didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t grow well!), Dad fashioned a small windrow affair behind the old horse drawn five-foot mower blade and cut the low spots where something did grow.

I forget how many rack loads of Russian Thistle we put up that year into two long, high stacks, but as we sold most of our cattle that fall for 1c per pound, those one time twelve-foot high stacks just sat there until a couple of years later they were only six-feet high and had turned an evil musty black!

When we turned our milk cows out to graze

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THURSDAY, JULY 5, 2018

Agricultural heritage of fairs lost to time

by Calvin Daniels It is fair time in Yorkton, and that is an annual event that always brings back a flood of memories from my youth.

In my youth, a time now more than three decades in the past, I spent large chunks of my summer at fairs. Dad showed livestock back then, and I was naturally thrust into the show ring. I won my first trophy at age 5, the Inkster Cup as I recall, and if I dug around in enough boxes I might still have the little keeper trophy.

From that time until I was beyond my teen years I was showing stock. Through the years the list of animals became rather diverse when I look back, ranging from pigs and beef cattle to sheep, dairy goats, helping a couple of times with a draft horse halter class for someone needing a hand, and even one year catching some of the laying hens to show at Shand Fair. Add in a few grain sheaves a couple of years, and I covered a lot of the bases

in terms of showing. a one day fair like ConBack when I was young, naught where I was a though, summer fairs director by the age of 16. were somewhat different But, fairs were also solthan they are today. idly about agriculture a An event quarter of a such as century ago. the one Farmers in Yorkbrought out ton this their stock week, and paraded and at them around others a show ring held hoping to get across the judgeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the prainod for the ries these red ribbon. days, are There werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t largely big crowds an enterwatching, tainment but people package did wander now.

Calvin Daniels through the They are barns to look all about at the stock. midways, and stage It was a connection shows, and combine between farmers and crunches and chuckwagurban residents, many on races. People go to be who I suspect back then entertained, and there is were still more closely nothing wrong with that. tied to our shared agrarFairs are supposed to be ian past. fun.

There was a value in In fact, they have always that connection I think been about entertainwas important. Cering, whether it was a hot tainly today farmers are band like Trooper, when encouraged to make conthey were still topping nections with consumthe charts, at a major city ers in order to tell their fair, or farmer fastball at story of producing food

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Varied rain showers help provincial crop development Across the province, the majority of crops are in good condition and at their normal stages of development for this time of year, according to Saskatchewan Agricultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Weekly Crop Report for June 19 to 28.

Seventy-six per cent of the oilseeds and fall and spring cereals are at their normal stages of development, while 80 per cent of the pulses are at the normal stages of development for this time of year. Sixty-five per cent of spring wheat, 57 per cent of canola, 47 per cent of lentils and 54 per cent of peas are in good condition.

Many areas received rain showers this week, although amounts varied significantly. In some areas in the southwest, the rain has helped replenish top soil moisture. The Vanguard area received 80 millimetres of rain, the Shaunavon

area 49 millimetres, the Success area 39 millimetres, the Fife Lake area 23 millimetres, the Mossbank area 15 millimetres and the Tompkins area 18 millimetres. Other parts of Saskatchewan reporting significant rainfall include the Broadview area 56 millimetres, the Fillmore area 30 millimetres, the Jedburgh area 53 millimetres, the Humboldt area 38 millimetres, the Eyebrow area 42 millimetres and the Tisdale area 32 millimetres.

Provincially, topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as two per cent surplus, 64 per cent adequate, 30 per cent short and four per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as 55 per cent adequate, 35 per cent short and 10 per cent very short.

Topsoil moisture is in shortest supply in the

southwest.

Haying operations have started and five per cent of the hay crop has been cut and two per cent baled or put into silage. Across the province, quality is rated as eight per cent excellent, 44 per cent good, 38 per cent fair and 10 per cent poor.

Crops, hay and pasture particularly in the southwestern and west-central regions - are being affected by the dry conditions.

Hay yield is expected to be lower than average and pastures are expected to have significantly reduced carrying capacity going into the summer months.

As well as starting to cut hay, producers are finishing weed control operations. The majority of crop damage this week was due to lack of moisture. Cutworms are still causing damage in some areas.

in a safe, sustainable way. Fairs used to be a forum that allowed that dialogue to take place as people casually walked through the barns as part of going to the summer fair.

Whether it was Nipawin Fair, Saltcoats, Abernathy, Kelliher, Kelvington, Prince Albert of dozens of others, there was a chance for producers to show off their livestock and talk farming with others. That element of the summer fair is all but gone. Barns in Yorkton, as an example, see very limited use at the summer fair now, which for me is a sad thing.

But at least my childhood memories remain.

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Red Sox sluggers outshining Yanksâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pair The American League East is loaded with sluggers and the two-headed monster getting the most attention â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they operate out of New York, after all â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is the Yankeesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; slugging duo of Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton.

But a far scarier, far more powerful twoheaded monster is operating this season out of Fenway Park in Boston.

Mookie Betts and J.D. Martinez may not garner the Judge-Stanton headlines but they are the most potent pair of sluggers of 2018.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy for Martinez, who played with Arizona and Detroit last year, to get lost in the shuffle. A quick check of the Internet shows that 46 players with the surname Martinez have played Major League Baseball. (Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard of Buck, the former Blue Jay whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now a team broadcaster; youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve probably heard of Pedro, the former Exposâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; star pitcher; and you might know of Dave, whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the current manager of the Nationals).

But J.D. is currently at

the mountaintop of Martinezes, and is having an MVP-calibre season, a potential Triple Crown season, and an offensive season that could carry the Red Sox to championship glory this year.

With 25 homers in Bostonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first 84 games, heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on pace for a 48-homer season, far ahead of his career average of 34 per year. That homer total would put him in elite Red Sox slugging company, alongside Ted Williams, Yaz, Jimmy Foxx and David Ortiz.

But Bettsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numbers may be even better.

The Red Sox leadoff hitter leads the league in slugging percentage (Martinez is second) and is runner-up to Jose Altuve of Houston in the batting-average category.

Betts is fifth in homers (Martinez is No. 1).

Betts and Martinez are No. 1 and No. 3 in OPS (on-base percentage plus slugging), the most telltale stat for hitting proficiency.

While New York fans think their Judge-Stanton one-two punch might

Barach: â&#x20AC;&#x153;A hot dog shot be baseballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best, Red Sox fans know differently out of a cannon by the Phillie Phanatic injured when they see Betts and a fan. Which was still Martinez in action daily. less harmful than if they Team-wise, the Red Sox had actually trail the caught and Yankees eaten it.â&#x20AC;? in home â&#x20AC;˘ Comedy runs, but writer Brad lead the Dickson American on Twitter, League after watchin almost ing a Colevery lege World other Series game offensive in Omaha: category. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Starting a Boston Go Fund Me and New to buy CWS York are umpires a neck-andcopy of the neck in the rule book.â&#x20AC;?

A.L. East Bruce Penton â&#x20AC;˘ Dickstandings, son again: with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Those shirtless Arkandivisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s other three teams needing high-pow- sas fans with H O G S written across their bare ered binoculars to see chests still met the dress the two front-runners. code at Applebeeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s after Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be basethe game.â&#x20AC;? ball nirvana on the final â&#x20AC;˘ TBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Conan Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Brien weekend of the season after President Donald when the Yankees visit Trump tweeted that he Fenway Park Sept. is considering a pardon 30-Oct. 2. Pennants, request made by Sylveshome-run titles and ter Stallone: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;The parTriple Crowns could all don is for the guy who be on the line. wrote Rocky Vâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;˘ Comedy writer Jim

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Anglers reminded to report tagged fish Conservation Officer or Ministry of Environment Compliance Office.

It is also helpful to include additional information in the report, such as the tag colour, species, fish length or weight, location and date of capture. Photos of the fish are also very useful as part of the research.

Fish tagging is a common research tool used to temporarily or permanently mark fish that are a part of a scientific study.

Organizations who tag these fish often rely on anglers to report tags when the tagged fish are caught.

Tag reports provide valuable insight on fish

movement and survival, which inform fisheries management. Anglers may notice tags along the back of a fish. The tag appearance may vary depending on the type of tag and its function. The most common tag is a T-bar tag or â&#x20AC;&#x153;noodle tagâ&#x20AC;? which is typically located alongside a dorsal fin.

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Please leave the tags on the fish if they are released back into the water.

The Government of Saskatchewan has conducted several tagging projects on water bodies throughout the province.

In addition, the province has partnered with other agencies and research

groups on various fish studies that use different types of fish tags.

Some of the popular lakes for recreational angling where tagged fish may be found include: Tobin Lake, Last Mountain Lake, Buffalo Pound Reservoir, the Quâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Appelle Lakes, Lake Diefenbaker and Boundary Reservoir.

If an angler comes across a tagged fish, they should examine the tag for a unique identification number (typically three to six numerical digits) and contact information. The identification number should be recorded and reported to the e-mail address or phone number printed on the tag as soon as possible. Alternatively, tags can be reported to a local

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Eastern Star Dignitaries visit Biggar

Worthy Grand Matron Angela Oleskiw, left and Worthy Grand Patron Albert Hilliar present Eleanor Ries and Cindy Chizek with 40-year membership certificates in Eastern Star

At the June 16 Official Visit of Acacia Chapter No. 3, Biggar, Worthy Grand Matron of Grand Chapter of Saskatchewan Angela Oleskiw and Worthy Grand Patron Albert Hilliar had the honour of presenting Laraine Wood with her 50-year membership pin in Eastern Star for her dedication and years of service to our great Order. Also Eleanor Ries and Cindy Chizek (mother/daughter) were presented with their 40-year certificates.

Acacia presented a monetary gift for their Special Project, Saskatchewan Library Association Summer Tour. The afternoon meeting was well attend-

Worthy Grand Matron Angela Oleskiw, second from left, front row, and Worthy Grand Patron Albert Hilliar, second from right, front row, are pictured with the officers of Acacia Chapter No. 3, Order of the Eastern Star at their Official Visit held in Biggar on Saturday, June 16. (Submitted photos)

New Horizons Activities There were two tables in play for Kaiser the afternoon of Monday, June 25.

Pat Turner and Vera Halter had the highest scoring game of the day, scoring 73 in eight hands.

At the close of play, Ken Pearce had the highest total score, while Vera Halter came second. Pat

Turner was third and Reg Turner came fourth.

Lunch was supplied by Ann Muc. During July and August Monday Kaiser will continue on a casual basis.

Players will pay $1 to New Horizons. No prizes will be given out during this time.

There was a fairly good

crowd out to play bingo the afternoon of Thursday, June 28. Don Swyryda called, Dinah Kegler worked cash and Pearl Silvernagle worked the floor. It was a good day for Pat Turner who won both Blackour and halfn-half prizes. New bingo takes place on Thursday, July 12th.

ed with members from Prince Albert, Melfort, Kamsask, Regina, Moose Jaw, Yorkton, North Battleford, Lloydminster, Saskatoon, followed by visiting and banquet.

Worthy Patron Silas Campbell performed two solos.

Reports were received about the Town and Country Fair Days Bake Sale June 2; the Soup/ Sandwich lunch at New Horizons May 22 and the luncheon for Robert Anderson memorial tea on June 23.

The Grand Chapter highlights held in April in Saskatoon were Cheryl Rann from Acacia was elected as Associate Grand Matron of Grand Chapter of Saskatchewan and Marion Kelly was appointed Grand Electa for the upcoming year.

Saskatchewan Eastern Star had raised enough funds for Service Dogs allowing two autistic children to receive dogs, in three years they have raised over $20,000; and a $10,000 presentation was made to KidSport.

Eastern Star continues to collect stamps for cancer research/dressing, make bags for patients,

Laraine Wood, centre, received her 50-year membership pin and certificate from Worthy Matron Angela Oleskiw and Worthy Grand Partron Albert Hilliar

hats for patients and collect pop can tabs to sell/ raise funds to supply equipment to hospitals.

Seventeen Acacia members attended and/or worked at Grand Chapter.

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Mary McGOWAN (nee Kirychuk) December 2, 1942 - June 30, 2018 Mary (Kirychuk) McGowan passed away on June 30, 2018 in Biggar Hospital at the age of 75, after a seven-month battle with cancer.

Mary was born December 2, 1942 at the Red Cross Outpost Hospital in Paddockwood, Sask.

She married Sargent Ernest McGowan of Paddockwood in 1962. Both teachers, they worked together at Albertville, Meath Park, Wild Rose, La Ronge and Gronlid before Sarge began farming in 1971. Mary continued to teach at Christopher Lake and Paddockwood, and filled her hours as teacher, parent, and farm wife. For fun they could be found visiting, playing cards, dancing, fishing, canoeing or going for an evening drive. In 1986, the family moved to Saskatoon and Mary joined Radius Tutoring, working with adults. Sarge and Mary returned to the farm at Paddockwood in 1995 and began organic farming, including building a greenhouse. Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s excellent baking, perogies and cabbage rolls, along with fresh produce, kept them popular at the Christopher Lake Farmersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Market.

In 2005, Mary moved to Biggar, Sask., teaching at Golden View Hutterite Colony and Biggar Central School. Retiring in 2008, Mary enjoyed reading, dancing, Arts Council and musical events and volunteering, and making a large circle of friends. She travelled all over North America, twice to Europe, and kept busy summer and winter at old time dances, from pattern dancing and square dancing to polka fests. Following her lung cancer diagnosis in December 2017, Mary received critical and loving care at St. Paulâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Royal University Hospital (neurosurgery and oncology units) and the Biggar Hospital for palliative care.

Mary leaves to mourn, her son, Kerry (Melanie Hilt) of Provost, Alta. and their children, Kendra and Pierce (Chloe Gessner); son, James (Jodie Haugen) of Weyburn, Sask. and their children, Anne Marie, Sargent and Rachel; daughter, Merle (Garth Massie) of Biggar, Sask. and their children, Bronwyn and Alric; sister, Olga; and brothers, Peter and Helmer; as well as loving in-laws, nieces and nephews. Mary was predeceased by her parents, Emil and Pauline Kirychuk; husband, Sargent; son, David; as well as siblings, Nick, Bill, and Donald.

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A Funeral Service will be held on THURSDAY, JULY 5 at 2:00 p.m. at the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Biggar, Sask. with Pastor Sarah Mowat officiating. Eulogist is Merle Massie; readers are Garth Massie, Alric Massie, Kendra McGowan and Bronwyn Massie; Honourary Bearers are all who shared in Maryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life and Active Bearer is Kendra McGowan; A Celebration of Life will be held SATURDAY, JULY 7 at 2:00 p.m. at the Paddockwood Elks Hall, Paddockwood, Sask. with James McGowan as euolgist.

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Charter/ Sherwood Apartments

Biggar & District ARTS Council are available for bar tending services at your functions/ events. Contact Denise @ 306948-2452 19tfn

1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cableTV and satellite systems, laundr y facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwasher s, air conditioning, parking with plug-ins.

Small pets now welcome with a pet deposit.

For more information call: Nicole or Curtis 306-948-9115 302 - 8th Ave. W. Biggar

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

Sunday Worship â&#x20AC;˘ 10:50 a.m.

CHILDRENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SUNDAY SCHOOL DURING THE WORSHIP SERVICE Pastor Doug Motz, Church office phone, 306-948-3424

BIGGAR UNITED CHURCH 907 QUEBEC ST. & CORNER TURNBULL AVE., BIGGAR

Sunday Worship Service â&#x20AC;˘ 11:00 a.m.

SERVICES FOR MAY/JUNE/AUGUSTâ&#x20AC;Ś AURORA COULTHARD

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Church office phone, 306-948-2280

PALS JULY Worship Services

@ REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH

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319 7TH AVE. EAST., BIGGAR

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THURSDAY,, JULY 5,, 2018

DENTAL ROOFING

ELECTRICAL

HEALTH/WELLNESS

MADGE ROOFING INC.

BIGGAR ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION SERVICES Commercial and Industrial Electrical Wiring

PHILLIPS ELECTRIC • Residence • Commercial Wiring For free estimates, call…

306-480-6822

Licensed Journeyman Adrian de Haan

306-948-5291

Goldburg Electric Ltd. • Residential • Commercial Contact Matt Craig

Cell: 306-221-6888 Store: 306-948-1773

THIS SPACE

PLUMBING & HEATING

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Landis Of¿ce Hours:

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Healthy Lifestyle Weight Loss 30-minute Circuit Personal Training Fitness Classes

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Hours…

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Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

306-948-3408 LEGAL SERVICES

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

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…serving your community since 1972

INVESTMENTS For all your investment needs, Visit…

Peszko &Watson

Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI

Lyndsey Poole

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

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

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is a full service law office that practices…

Criminal Law Commercial Law Real Estate Law Wills and Estate Law and our lawyers,

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OPTOMETRISTS

BUT NO ONE ELSE DOES DOES!!

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YOU KNOW what you’re doing,

117 - 3rd Ave. W.,

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Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

LACK OF ADVERTISING is like winking at a pretty girl in the dark…

rod.campbell@sasktel.net

Stuart A. Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B.

Biggar, Sask.

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.

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

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors

306.948.2208

Located at the Biggar & District Credit Union 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK • 306-948-3352

• Income Tax Returns • Bookkeeping • Payroll • Financial Statements

BUSSE LAW

102 - 3 Ave. W., Biggar

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

CAMPBELL ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Cheryl Irvine @

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306-948-3389

SEEKIN G NE CLIENT W S

306-948-7402

…owned and operated

by Brett Barber

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

Phone:306.882.2123 New Patients Welcome!

306-948-7274

Pamela Eaton

¾ Auto & Home Insurance ¾ Farm & Commercial Insurance ¾ Health & Travel Insurance ¾ Life Insurance & Investments ¾ Farm Succession & Estate Planning ¾ Notary Publics

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

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

Call Making Biggar Smaller!

Box 277, Perdue, SK S0K 3C0

INSURANCE

OFFICE HOURS

Weight Loss Coach Anne G. Livingston 317 Main St., Biggar

Co-Ed Fitness Centre

$161.20 PLUS GST…

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SERVICES A Sign of

THUR-O CARPET

REAL ESTATE

AUTOMOTIVE

Shoreline Realty

Cari Perih Cell: 306-948-7995

Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic

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Acres of Expertise.

HEAVY TRUCK Repair AUTO Repair TIRES Repair BOATS & RVs RVs FULL MOBILE MECHANICAL & TIRES SGI Safety INSPECTION

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

FOR RENT BIGGAR HOUSING AUTHORITY Housing for families and seniors Rent based on income

SERVICE TRUCK FULL MECHANICAL SERVICE Mon - Fri • 8 a.m.-5 p.m. phone: Chris

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

Fax: 306-237-TROY email: tmay@hotmail.ca Super B outÀts hauling grain and fertilizer in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Rockin D Trucking & Cattle • Cattle Hauling with 21 ft. gooseneck trailer • Grain Hauling • round and large square bale hauling with step-deck or highboy semi-trailers • also buying and selling straw and forage • also Machinery Hauling

Dan • 306-948-7843 Biggar, Sask.

Darren Diehl

306-262-5980 Biggar

COURIER

BIGGAR COURIER

• Biggar to Saskatoon • Same day Service • Monday to Friday • 24-hour Answering Service

SMALL ADS WORK You’re reading this one!

Judy Kahovec…

306-882-4313, cell 306-831-7935

BRETT’S DECORATING & DESIGN

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Excellent Quality at a Reasonable Price!

For all your Cereal and Pulse Cleaning Call: Bill: Dale:

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

Plant located 8 miles south of Biggar on Hwy #4, ¼ mile west on Triumph Rd.

THE

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NEWSSTANDS • Biggar Esso • Leslie’s Drugstore • Pharmasave • Quick Stop • Main Street Market • Shop Easy Foods • Weasie’s Gourmet Blends • Central Plains Co-op, Perdue • The Store, Perdue

For FAX service, see us at

The Independent, 122 Main Street, Biggar

306-222-6081 Landscaping, Snow Removal, Topsoil, Clay, Gravel, Sand Bobcats, Excavator, Gravel Truck Serving Perdue and area for the past 10 years

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

Sat. • 8 a.m. - Noon.

YH Truck, Ag & Auto • Heavy truck parts • Agriculture parts • Automotive parts & accessories www.yhtruckagauto.com

Hwy 14 East, Biggar

306-948-2109 KRF Auto Centre 100% handwash “Where we do it all for you!!”

• Detailing • Vortex Spray-In Box Liners • Granitex Baked-on Coatings for Decks and Cement Flooring • Auto Accessories • Trailer Rentals Owned & operated by Kevin Fick

227 - 1st Ave. East, Biggar

CALL

306.948.3344 FOR SPECIAL RATES AND SIZES

306-948-3380 306-948-2234 alloutdrilling@gmail.com

Call today for a FREE estimate!

“Your complete decal and signage shop” • Laser Engraving • Promotional products (mugs, mousepad, etc)

t Delivery

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GALLARDO Liner Passenger & Parcel Services

317 Main St. - Biggar Depot

PHOTOGRAPHY Macklin to Saskatoon & towns in-between Kindersley to Saskatoon & towns in-between Passenger Cell…

306.951.0078 Parcel Cell… 306.880.1435 Photos by Pick up & Delivery Bus Depot

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Portraits, Family, Weddings & Sports Biggar Photography

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306948-2814 • trucking • water & sewer • sand & gravel • excavating OfÀce …

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BE SEEN in the BUSINESS DIRECTORY

Biggar, Sask.

Brody Ellis, Sever Ellis, Stetler Heather

Aboriginal Owned • Mobile Welding & Fabrication • 24/7 Emergncy Service • Repairs? Got a project in • We cater to ALL mind? Give us a call industries… farming, for a quote. commercial, oil field, industrial • NOW offering • CWB Skidsteer, Transport, CertiÀed Hot Shot Service!

CALL Chance Parenteau @ 306-948-9465 or Sarah Nagy @ 306-290-9766

SaskTel Mobility Dealer

Your Auto Parts and Accessories Dealer

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

Danny Vogelsang

306-948-9750

WYLIE SEED &

~Brian and Cathy Fick~

Cell: 306-948-7524

Teams, Corporate and Personal Attire

306.948.2700

PROCESSING INC.

306-948-5699

Custom Embroidery

SEED CLEANING

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Custom Grain and Fertilizer Hauling

Jerry Muc Phone: 306-948-2958 Fax:

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Call: 306-948-2101

TROY MAY, owner/operator

306-948-5600

Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial

Office: 306-867-8380 carip@remax.net

306.237.7671

Phone…

306-948-3996 Open Monday-Friday

• Wood, metal, plastic signs • Vehicle & window graphics • Banners, stickers and Magnetic signs

Box 736, Biggar

701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar

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5. Donation 6. Mariner 7. One who accepts 8. __ King Cole, musician 9. Streetcar 10. Silk fabric 11. __ route 12. Used to make plastics 13. Swampy coniferous forest 15. Angry speeches 18. A way to soak 21. One who divides 24. Deeply cuts 26. A very large body of water 27. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Raisin in the Sunâ&#x20AC;? actress Ruby 30. Medicated 32. Single unit 35. Parasitic insectâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s egg 37. House pet

41. Spoke 43. Information 44. Where wrestlers work 45. Dash 47. Cool!

48. Tiny child 51. People of northern Assam 53. Austrian spa town 55. Written reminder 56. Italian monetary units 58. Tell on

59. More abject 60. Farm state 61. Clevelandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoopsters 64. Famed NY Giantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nickname 65. Los __, big city 67. Rechristens 69. Shopping trips 70. Values self-interest Clues Down 1. Pressed against lightly 2. Rural delivery 3. Semicircular recesses 4. Groan

The Majestic Theatre Biggar Ă

~ AUGUST ~

Solo: A Star Wars Story

Genre: Action/Adventure/Fantasy Time: 2 hr 15 min.

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Bee ___ 26. Gorged 28. Khoikhoin people 29. Payroll firm 30. A hiding place 31. Georgia rockers 33. Spanish soldier El ___ 34. Deerlike water buffalo 36. Second epoch of the Tertiary period 38. Frocks 40. Nostrils

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Clues Across 1. Plays 7. Hymn 13. Larval frog 14. A member of the British order 16. Stomach muscle 17. Helper 19. East of NYC 20. Influential Norwegian playwright 22. School for healing 23. Of the cheekbone 25. Disco rockers The

38. African nation 39. Saddle horses 42. Press lightly 43. One of 12 sons of Jacob 46. Cause to suffer 47. Hang â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em up 49. Breakfast dish 50. Wrongful acts 52. NASCAR driver 54. Indian dish 55. Type of giraffe 57. Selling at specially reduced prices 59. Czech city 62. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Orange is the New Blackâ&#x20AC;? character 63. Records electric currents 66. Country doctor 68. Chronic, progressive disease (abbr.)

Rated: PG

'3*%": "VH t Q N 4"563%": "VH t Q N 46/%": "VH t Q N Matinee admission $5

Hotel Transylvania 3

Genre: Animation/Comedy/Family Time: 1 hr. 32 min.

Rated: PG

'3*%": "VH t Q N SATURDAY "VH t Q N Matinee admission $5

SATURDAY "VH t Q N

Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi/Adventure 13 5JNF IS NJO

Formula Mud . . . A pair of mud runners hit the Perdue Fair Grounds, Sunday, competing for the fastest through the sloppy mess. No worries about traction - there was none - just put your head and foot down and let the muck fall where it may. Perdue Ag

Society hosted the Canada Day celebrations, holding Red Neck Games and a variety of other fun and interesting events. Area car washes reportedly did very good business on the day. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Rated: PG-

'3*%": "VH t Q N 4"563%": "VH t Q N 46/%": "VH t Q N Matinee admission $5 Ratings from the Saskatchewan Film Classification Board

For bookings and information please NEW phone no. 306-951-8244

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OPEN HOUSE

REFORD SAGD PROJECT SECTION 6 TOWNSHIP 38 RANGE 19 W3M Wednesday, July 18 4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Supper from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Saskcan Community Centre 301 - 5th Street West Wilkie, Saskatchewan Broadview Energy Ltd. is planning to construct and operate a new SAGD central processing facility and well pads located in the RM of Reford. Raw water for the new facility will be pipelined from a water source located in section 12 township 38 range 18 W3M. Sales oil will be trucked to Unity, Saskatchewan.

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Check Out

Broadview will have representatives knowledgeable about all aspects of the Reford SAGD Project available at the open house to answer any questions.

Leslieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Drugstore

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