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Gridiron dreams begin here . . . Angel Rei Dalisay protects the ball after a practice handoff from coach Derek Argue at the Rec Complex, Monday. The Junior Football program will feature two squads with the first home game this September 2. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
2 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK
Speed takes centre stage at the Biggar Recreation Valley every Wednesday evening as Saskatchewan Barrel Racing Association (SBRA) athletes and their four-legged teammates power around the infield arena for fast times and exciting action. Not all the competitors are fast, but they are still entertaining, learning the barrel pattern and instilling a love of animal, the teamwork between horse and rider, the thrill of speed and the friendships forged from competition. (Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)
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Council Minute highlights The regular meeting of Biggar Town Council was held August 4, at 7:15 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Attending the meeting were Mayor Ray Sadler, Aldermen Ron Arnold, Jim Besse, Alan Boyle, Penny McCallum, Eugene Motruk, and Kirk Sherbino. Council resolved that the General Accounts Paid in the amount of $131,495.04 and the General Accounts Payable in the amount of $13,907.10, be approved. Council resolved that the following correspondence be accepted for Council’s information and filed: Meridian Survey - CN Road Update; Heartland Health Region - EMS Update; Flaman Investigations - July 23 and 29, 2015 Reports; Great Plains College - Thank You; Worker’s Compensation Board - Rebate; Landfill Use Summary - April, May and June,
2015; Prairie Wild Consulting - Meeting Date; Catterall and Wright Quebec Street; Robert Clark - Seventh Avenue West Sidewalk Project; PIWIK - July Monthly Report; New Building Canada Fund - Approval for Water and Sewer Project; Sask. Ministry of Environment - Approval for Interim Waste Cell. Council resolved that the Town enter into a consulting agreement with P. Machibroda Engineering Ltd. to perform groundwater monitoring at the landfill as per the Permit to Operate a Waste Disposal Ground at a cost of $8,575 plus GST. Council resolved that upon reviewing the damage that occurred to the Handi Van, Council determined that the van be taken to SGI to have he damage assessed and repaired. s -EETING ADJOURNED AT 8 p.m.
RCMP stress “safety first” when operating ATV’s by Sgt. Colin Sawrenko, Biggar RCMP Recently, Biggar RCMP attended to an ATV fatality. Tragedies such as these are a reminder to all All Terrain Vehicles (ATV) users to place the utmost importance on safety. A quick Internet search on ATV fatalities in Saskatchewan will shock some readers. Unfortunately ATV fatalities are an all to often occurrence in our province. Biggar RCMP urge ATV owners and users to ensure they take safety seriously. Safety includes: Properly maintaining your ATV, ensuring safety equipment is operable,
wear approved safety equipment, use caution on unfamiliar terrain, drive within your capabilities, familiarize yourself with the laws under the All Terrain Vehicle Act of Saskatchewan, never operate an ATV under the influence of alcohol or drugs, do not exceed a safe and reasonable speed. Failing to take safety seriously in any one or more categories places you and any passengers at risk. ATV’s include: four wheeled (quads), three wheelers, four-wheeled side-by-side’s, dirt bikes, dune buggies, tracked vehicles, Be responsible. Be safe.
Kevin McLeod and many other area farmers are ‘pushing it through, hoping for a great culmination to their farm year. Here’s hoping you’re safe and
the harvest is a profitable one. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
Harvest slow to advance Producers have nine per cent of the 2015 crop combined and 10 per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report for the period of August 11 to 17. The five-year average at this time of the year is two per cent combined and five per cent swathed or ready to straight-cut. Sixty-three per cent of fall rye, 59 per cent
of winter wheat, 40 per cent of field peas, 34 per cent of lentils and 14 per cent of chickpeas are now in the bin. Three per cent of canola and four per cent of mustard are now in the bin, with 14 per cent of canola and 21 per cent of mustard swathed or ready to straight-cut. Warm and relatively dry conditions have helped crops develop quickly in many areas. Rainfall this past
Two dead in tragic rollover; a third in life threatening condition A single vehicle rollover has claimed the life of two Biggar men, and left an area female passenger in critical condition. The truck, with five occupants, was heading east bound on Highway 14 where it failed to negotiate a curve in the highway, entering the ditch, striking g an
Musical Blur . . . The Biggar Day Program finished up for the year, and kids were in a frenzy last week, playing musical chairs. The fun-filled afternoons are slowly making way for the more sedate, but no less important pace of school. ‘Til next year . . . (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
approach, causing the driver to lose control. The vehicle rolled more than once. The 20-year-old male driver from Biggar was wearing his seatbelt but was declared deceased on scene. A 19-year-old male passenger from Biggar was also pronounced deceased on scene. Three female passengers aged 20 to 21 from Biggar were transported to hospital in Saskatoon with undetermined injuries. One female passenger was in critical condition, the other two were stable. An RCMP collision analyst was on scene, and an investigation into the cause or any contributing factors was ongoing, but details have still to be released. Traffic at the time was re-routed around the accident site three kilometres east of Biggar between Gagenville Road and Industrial Drive, but was later reopened.
week ranged from trace amounts to nearly three inches in some areas. Provincially, topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as seven per cent surplus, 75 per cent adequate, 16 per cent short and two per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as three per cent surplus, 64 per cent adequate, 28 per cent short and five per cent very short. The Ministry of Agri-
culture has a Forage, Feed and Custom Service listing for producers to advertise and source feed products. It is available at agriculture.gov. g g sk.ca/FeedForageList g ing g. Some crop damage was caused by localized hail, wind and insects such as aphids, grasshoppers and diamondback moths. Farmers are busy with harvest operations and hauling bales.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015
Dear Editor: I am concerned that fracking is putting wealth before health. It’s easy to see who gets the wealth, the big oil and gas companies. Wealth is their number one priority and takes precedence over the health of the local people, their animals and the environment. The people take all the risk to their health, water, air, property values, earth quakes, noise and oil field traff fic. What do they get in return? They lose what they have. Throughout history there has been the same amount of water on our planet, although the ratio of liquid to frozen changes. Now for the first time the amount of water in the hydrological cycle is being reduced as massive amounts are being used for fracking and are lost forever. The water used becomes so toxic and contaminated that it can no longer be used, even for fracking. This “flowback” as it is called must be disposed of. The big questions are how and where? Like nuclear waste, no one wants it in their backyards so what do they do? They pump it back underground – out of sight, out of mind – where it has the potential to contaminate ground water and cause earth quakes. This toxic fracking fluid can no longer be called water. In my opinion this is a crime against nature and humanity. Fresh pure water, or the lack of it, is the major environmental concern, now and into the future. Another parallel problem is carbon sequestration. This waste product is also stored underground. The problem is that Carbon, CO2, has twice as many molecules of oxygen as carbon. This oxygen is being removed from our atmosphere forever, and that’s a long time. Personally I am pretty partial to drinking pure water and breathing pure air. I think my grandkids would appreciated it too. Sincerely, Bob Wiseman Biggar, Sask.
Letters to the Editor… To the Editor: The Conservative majority passed the oxymoronic “Fair Elections Act”. It has allowed Harper the first to mouth obfuscations regarding Duffy et al from 37 to 77 days. He can now outspend all opposition parties combined for another 40 days longer and allow the conservatives and all other parties to send the Canadian taxpayer a bill for 50 per cent of their campaign costs. If you add that to the $75 per $100 political contribution, that is deducted from tax money
needed to run our country, the political parties can no gross up every $100 contributed to $125 – all out of Canadians tax dollars. To top it off they indiscriminately sent three billion dollars out in retroactive payments to families; rich, super rich, average rich or poor just before the election. Do you think they were buying votes? As if that’s not enough of all the political parties – not one, nor the Senate, our group of “sober second thoughts persons” opposed increasing the MP’s and
their costs in this election by almost 10 per cent. Now 338 up from 308. The USA have capped their Federal Representatives at 409 for 318 million people yet apparently our Canadian politicians need 338 federal political freeloaders for 35 million people. Are our politicians that inefficient that we need almost eight times more of those witch doctors, or are their (USA) mumbo jumbo shouters that much more efficient? Remember the tax payer in one way or another, pays
the shot, firstly to elect the little devils then to feed and shelter them for four years. And as an added bonus the winner gets to “appoint” 105 Senators as opposed to the USA electing 100 Senators, theirs are the best Senators that money can buy, ours are freebie bag men and failed politicians of our political system. Who makes all those rules that treat the taxpayer as their personal bank card? Why is it the 338 politicians (or more accurately the Prime Minister and his advisors of any major-
ity government) who get to make their own biased rules. Whole allows this biased corruption? Why is it us, the duped electorate who will have to listen to continuous blather for not just 37 days but now 77 days the “Fair Elections
Act” says so; and the hard part is we have to pay the extra cost to be annoyed for another 40 days. Thanks Stephen! A fed up voter! Harry Atkinson, Springwater, Sask.
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The Perseid meteor shower was widely talked about on the news. NASA recommended it as a “must-see�. So, one day at lunch I said to my grandson “Do you want to watch some meteors with me?� After a noncommittal maybe (as only teenagers can do) we made a plan to go outside that evening. As the clock neared 11 p.m. we made our way into the backyard and looked up at the sky. To say it was clear as a bell would be an understatement. That particular night it was not only clear, it was what could be described as crisp. You could even see the Milky Way. After a while of standing looking up and realizing we would get a crick in our necks, we dragged the lounge
chairs into the middle of the lawn, put the backs down fully and laid down to gaze at the sky. We got under a blanket and spent an hour and a half looking at the sky. We saw the dippers, lots of aircraft and more than a few meteors. Some were just blips but one had a really nice tail as it passed through; another started on one side of the night sky and made a half arc to the other side (something like a rainbow). All in all it was a memorable way to pass the evening. The Perseid meteor shower is said to be the best annual shooting star show. This year it peaks between August 13 to 24. As Perseid is the strongest one chances are you will see
more meteors per minute than other meteor showers. Added to that this year is better for viewing than most because there will be no “light pollution� to distract from the fainter meteors. Some may remember last year in August there was a “supermoon� in the sky. To some degree this outshone the meteor shower. Not so, this year when it is predicted there will be “moonless nights� during Perseid’s annual appearance. Perseids are fast and bright and streak across the sky leaving trails of light behind them. At its peak stargazers can count on seeing 50 meteors in an hour. Perseus is the namesake of the Perseids mainly because that is where
the meteors appear to originate. In truth, the real cause of the Perseids is the Earth passing through the trail left by comet Swift-Tuttle. As the Earth moves through the dust shower, comet particles collide with our atmosphere and burn up, which creates flashes of light visible in the skies of the Northern Hemisphere. The bits and pieces of Swift-Tuttle slam into the Earth’s upper atmosphere at some 210,000 kilometres per hour, that’s 130,000 miles per hour. It’s really easy to catch a glimpse of the meteor shower. There is no need to purchase a lot of expensive equipment. Simply find a spot where you can enjoy the night sky (preferably outside an large urban setting as the night sky is darker) and gaze upward. Be patient. It may take a while for your eyes to get accustomed to the dark. Then, enjoy!
Biggar Lodge News by Karen Kammer, Recreation Coordinator It is hard to believe that summer is almost over. It just seems like yesterday it was June and the kids were in school. We had a busy week at Biggar Health Centre with two and sometimes three activities planned during the day. Monday we started with something brand new. Pastor Mark along with some missionary friend of his were over and started a Bible Study. Then it was exercises. Blast from the Past was on at 2:30. Tuesday and Wednesday are always hair day so the residents make sure to do this ďŹ rst thing after breakfast.
Tuesday at 10:30 we read the local papers in Current Events. At 2:30 we had Scategories. Wednesday morning was T-ball. Some of the residents had good shots and kept hitting at me. At least I wasn’t hurt too bad. Some residents were able to bat with one hand. After lunch we took a bus load of residents out for a drive around Biggar. We got to see some of their houses in town. Of course the trip isn’t complete till we stop for ice cream at the Quick Stop. Thursday was Bible Study in the morning. We learned about Jesus and the Olive Tree. Exercises were at 10:30. At 2:30 we had
out weekly bingo game. This is the most popular game at the Lodge. Friday was Barbecue Club down Prairie Scape. We were lucky to eat inside because it was raining out. We had burgers, dogs, vegetables, beans and cake. It was all delicious and not much was left over. We had mini golf in the afternoon. Saturday was swing bowling and a movie. Sunday was 1-1 time. Sonningdale Pentecostal Church came out and did our weekly church service. We hope everyone has a wonderful day and if you have a few minutes one day we would love to see you.
7KDQN <RX Thank you to everyone in Biggar for the past 57 years, but it is time to move. I truly enjoyed interacting with the people through good times and not so good. I am currently living at Stensrud Lodge in Saskatoon, closer to my family. Thank you Biggar. It was a great place to live!! Sincerely Marie Winsel Please join us for:
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Mother’s Piano Some years ago, Yours Truly scribbled a few lines about the fine piano that Mother brought to Saskatchewan when she first came West. Y.T. wrote quite a bit about it at that time, but
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015 Me Call You Sweetheart” an awful lot to a writer, because a throbbing beat but the echo of those that only a long time old piano renditions will veteran of some African never be forgotten! “folk dance” could underThere were a lot of casualties in our “way stand! “And why not?” you of life” during the “Great say! “Everything else Depression” of the 1930’s, and a lot of changes had has changed a lot!” to be made in our econOr has it? There was something omy. But I am proud about Mother’s piano to write that despite that did a lot more than being manhandled onto stir up some of her mem- our hayrack (twice) and ories, because now it is being played many times stirring up some of ours! there after, Mother’s After quite a few years fine piano was always (40 or so) a professional unchangeably there! Having been printed “piano tuner” told Mother that her piano was before one time, the folstill wonderfully in tune. lowing incident may be a Much as Y.T. says that bit boring to some readhe would like to under- ers, but Yours Truly is stand the meaning of going to mention it anyBrahm’s “Symphony #4 way . . . ahem! Over the years of in E minor” – he doesn’t – but when he hears (should I say “questionthe familiar songs of his able”?) youth, Mother had urged Y.T. to sit time, there is no choice! Yours Truly isn’t sure down at her piano and at all who wrote “Lili plunk out some of the Merlene!” but when Steel contemporary tunes on Pass sang that song for it and, over the years us in the big Maymont again, he got so that he Hall . . . well, there was could play almost passably by ear! no choice again! He never got to be Sure, good grammar and alliteration count very good, mind you, but many times he sat there admiringly that even his lousy chords sounded so good on it! For a short while there, a few of us got together and formed a small band! Times changed again though and after a while Genre: Romantic Comedy Rated: 14A we found ourselves chasFriday, AUG 28 ing an “enemy” down to Saturday, AUG. 298:00 p.m. the “Rhineland”! Sunday, AUG. 30 Because Schubert, 2:00 p.m. Matinee ($5 admission) Handel, Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Schuman, Mendelson and Brahms were Come for the Air Conditioning… German composers of Stay for the Movie!!! piano music, the German For bookings and information please phone people (including the solBear Hills RDC @ 306-948-2295 diers!) are appreciators This space is courtesy of The Biggar Independent of good music. So, during WWII, when Y.T. sat down at an old piano in Veen and played a few of his “lousy” chords, a lot of her turke’s men couldn’t stand that terrible noise and the whole German arm moved back across the Wesel Bridge into Germany. “Unter den Linden,” eh? It was a sad, sad day (especially for Mother!) when that fine piano burned up in Bill and Clara’s fire! Sometimes in his “sessions of sweet, silent thought” Yours Truly can hear it yet! Our history book says that Beethoven became deaf later in life – (so Ages 3 years and up is Y.T.!), but he knows First Session is September 21 that every step up those “Golden Stairs” (if he even makes them!) is going to be easier when We need volunteers for the Board. he hears a few chords of Any questions phone that fine piano, floating down! Melissa: 948-2251
and over in our “den” at home. The high-class voices on those records were only an echo of the century’s early years. We could identify the voices of Enrico Cariso and Harry Lauder but we wanted to sing ourselves. We banged away on our old homemade guitars and it sure wasn’t long until “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” became one of our favourites. Mebbe these modern hearing aids are to blame, I dunno, but sometimes Y.T. feels that only some type of Tonsorial contortionist could wrap their vocal chords around some of today’s songs! We sang because we wanted to sing! Mebbe our voices weren’t so good, but in just doing that seemingly useless thing, it changed our whole lives into ones that were acceptable! It would be nice to mention here that some of the above music had an influence on our lives, the romantic strains of “Let
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of that whole household, which we will also never forget! As in everyone else’s life, “Music hath charms to soothe the savage beast!” And that piano sure did a wonderful job! Y.T. doesn’t think that Shakespeare wrote the above quotation, but it wouldn’t be any more meaningful even if he had! By example, Mother always insisted that music should be part of everyone’s daily life! She sang as she worked almost as though she enjoyed both of them! The life of a farm wife wasn’t that nice during the 1930’s, but Mother sang anyway! And many evenings as she sat, quietly playing her beloved piano, we knew that she was somehow connecting her life to those roses (and promises of roses) that her youth had made! I think that Mother always wanted us to have music as part of our lives, because it had always meant so much to her – and in a way the music of the 1930’s was what helped us keep our sanity! Someone in the east sent us a few old vinyl phonograph records which we played over
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Asquith council news for August 2015 $125,735.50. Council approved the False Alarm Fire Policy. It can be viewed on the Town’s Web site at townofasquith.com. A public meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at the Asquith Seniors Center at 7 p.m. to allow the public to discuss starting a Neighbourhood Watch or Citizens on Patrol group. Wednesday, September 9, 2015, the Town of Asquith and Lord Asquith School will be holding a celebration to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II being the longest reigning monarch. The event will be held on the tarmac behind the school (weather permitting) and a light lunch will be served following the brief ceremony.
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Monday at 5:00 p.m.is the deadline for ads and classifieds NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Adoption of Town of Asquith Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw
Public Notice is hereby given that the Council of the Town of Asquith intends to consider the adoption of a new Official Community Plan (Bylaw No. 5-2015) and Zoning Bylaw (Bylaw No. 6-2015) under the Planning and Development Act, 2007. INTENT OF OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN The proposed Official Community Plan contains a long-term vision and goals to direct growth and development in the Town of Asquith. The Plan establishes a number of objectives and policies that addresses items such as future land use, development, and other matters of community concern. This Plan is intended to guide the Town for a period of twenty-five plus (25+) years. INTENT OF ZONING BYLAW The proposed Zoning Bylaw implements the Official Community Plan. It provides for local provisions and regulations for the use and development of land for the health, safety, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the municipality. The Zoning Bylaw establishes Zoning Districts which regulate permitted, discretionary, and prohibited principal and accessory uses of the land in the Town of Asquith, as well as provides development permitting processes. AFFECTED LANDS All land within the corporate limits of the Town of Asquith, as shown on the Future Land Use Map and Zoning District Map contained within this notice, is affected by the new Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw. Your property may be directly affected by the provisions in the proposed bylaws. Please check the full version of these documents that are available for viewing at the Town Office or on the Town website www.townofasquith.com REASON FOR THE OFFICIAL COMMUNITY PLAN The proposed Town of Asquith Official Community Plan will help direct and manage growth and development in the Town for the next twenty-five plus years. REASON FOR THE ZONING BYLAW The proposed Town of Asquith Zoning Bylaw will help implement the Official Community Plan with site-specific provisions of the Town of Asquith. PUBLIC INSPECTION Any person may inspect the proposed Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw during regular office hours at the Town Office. Copies of the proposed Official Community Plan and Zoning Bylaw are available at cost. The Bylaws are also available online at the Town’s website www.townofasquith.com PUBLIC HEARING The Public Hearing shall be held on October 6, 2015 at the Asquith Seniors Center, 515 Main Street at 7:00 p.m. Issued at the Town of Asquith this August 21, 2015 Holly Cross, C.A.O. RANGE ROAD 3093
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The 2015 Water System Assessment, as required by legislation, has been completed. Should a ratepayer wish to read this document, it is available at the Asquith Town office. Asquith Volunteer Fire Department responded to two MVC’s (motor vehicle collisions) and one truck fire. Some road patching has been done, and more is slated to occur in September. It was decided by Council that two trees adjacent to 510 Cory Street be removed, as they pose a public safety issue. One building permit for a garage was issued at the August 2015 Council meeting. The Town of Asquith awarded the bid for the East Avenue project to Acadia Construction for the amount of
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agriculture has long intrigued me. It is an area I have long anticipated will change how farmers farm, although in some respects the impact todate has been less than I would have anticipated had I been asked even a decade ago. However, I suspect we are now very much on the cusp of some dramatic innovation in terms of robotic farming. That is not surprising in the sense we have seen robots used in manufacturing for many years now, albeit they grow more sophisticated all the time. They tend to work well in an assembly line atmosphere with repetitive work elements handled by a computer program, whether that is welding spots on an
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automobile frame, or carrying out elements of dairy milking parlours. But, robots are now becoming more advanced, meaning they are no longer restricted to stationary work stations. Movement of robots is growing exponentially and that is opening up new opportunities to employ the technology. We see automobiles now able to park themselves. Drivers simply give over control of the car to a computer and in the broadest terms the car becomes robotic. While questions regarding driver insurance and liability would seem to still be defined, it is not hard to envision a car being able to drive itself down the street to the grocery store, or workplace, with the former driver simply becoming a passenger. It is likely the technology is close, if not already possible. We have also heard the desire by Amazon.com to turn to flying drones for package delivery. While that might be more crystal-balling at
this point than a viable option, such drones would need to be highly autonomous in their actions to be useable for such deliveries. Of course what makes both self-driving cars and delivery drones more reality than science fiction is the element of global positioning technology. The use of GPS is something farmers are more than a little familiar with as it is a key element of precision farming in terms of spraying and fertilizing to the specific requirements of specific areas of a field. Moving forward it is going to be GPS in tandem with robotics which has farm machinery crawling across fields monitored by a farmer sitting at a desk at home. Today we see the ability of a farmer to utilize a driverless tractor pulling a grain cart across a field, its movement controlled by a computer on a combine, keeping the cart on a synchronous path.
The combine itself can actually travel down a field following a swath with little, or no steering from the driver. The next steps in technology will take operators out of the tractor seat and into a role of monitor, pulling the plug from afar if a problem arises. With farm employees harder to find based on the increasing tech training they require to operate modern farm equipment, and the costs associated with such labour, robotics machinery is going to find eager tech-adopters among farmers. The cost saving in terms of labour and the ability of machines to operate longer hours because operator fatigue is eliminated as a limiting factor make the upcoming developments big in terms of farm efficient and bottom line. The farm may not seem like the most likely place for robots to get an early foothold outside a factory setting, but that is very likely to be the case.
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Insurance Advisor Office Location: Biggar, SK FULL TIME POSITION or PART TIME POSITION The opportunity As an Insurance Advisor, you will be responsible for the sales and service of The Cooperators products. In addition to responding to customer requests, you will complete front-line risk assessments and match new, prospective and existing clients to all lines of insurance. Your qualifications You have a General Insurance License or a Life Insurance License (or willing to obtain with our assistance) you must also be proficient with the Microsoft Office suite and other technology. Be team oriented and enjoy a professional environment. If you are interested in a career with an exclusive advisor of The Co-operators, send your resume to: Karmelle Solvason Solvason Insurance Group Ltd 306-948-3926 karmelle_Solvason@cooperators.ca @ p
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ZAGORUY, Pearl: In loving memory of our beloved mom, grandma, great grandma, great great grandma who passed away Sept. 1, 2014
• Full/Part-time breakfast and evening cooks • Full/Part-time waitress/waiters • Dishwashers • Part-time housekeeper *start date will be approximately Àrst week of October À * Please submit resume to Dayna or Val at the Westwinds Motor Hotel ofÀ fÀce. Biggar Courier is seeking a part time driver. A Class 5 drivers license is all that is required along with a clean driving record. Please email resumes to cfick@sasktel.net @ or mail to Box 1436, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0. 35c3
What we would give her hand to clasp, Her patient face to see, To hear her voice, to see her smile, As in the days that used to be, But some sweet day we’ll meet again, Beyond the toil and strife, And clasp each other’s hand once more, In Heaven, that happy life. Lovingly remembered by John, Helen and family 35p1 TROJAN: In loving memory of Nettie who passed away August, 2000. In my heart your memory lingers, Always tender, fond and true; There’s not a day, dear mother, I do not think of you. Lovingly remembered by your family 35p1
Cards of Thanks INDEPENDENT HOURS… The Independent is CLOSED at 12:00 noon on Fridays.
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Our sincerest thank to all who expressed sympathy in the loss of our Dad with hugs, cards, flowers, food, visits, donations, and words of condolence. The support of such special friends has made a difficult time a little easier to bear. Dale and Sherry Martin Heather and Jason Mohr 35p1
and passed away August 22, 2015 in Biggar, Saskatchewan. Dad was very close to his father after having lost a twin brother in infancy and his mother as a young boy. He learned a lot from his father including his quality carpentry skills. After the war was over in 1945, Dad and his father decided it was time to leave communist Czechoslovakia. It was not an easy task and took several years. Dad told many amazing and interesting stories from this time. Many friends over the years suggested he write down his stories so they wouldn’t be forgotten. When he finally made his way to Saskatchewan, he settled in the
Biggar-Rosetown area. He was lucky tto know a friend whose w sister w was visiting from m Poland. The ey hit it off an nd Mom a nd Dad were marw riied in October 1963. b They lived T in n Roseto own for a sh ort time and then made their permanent home in Biggar. Their daughter, Janet, was born in 1969. In 2001, Dan joined the family as more like a son than a son-in-law. In 2007, their granddaughter, Jilayna, was born. She was the light of her grandpa’s life. She could bring a smile to his face and make him happier than anyone else could. He was so very proud of her. Dad spent his years farming south of Biggar. He also did a lot of carpentry work during the winter months, including designing and building his own houses. He was a talented finishing carpenter with a great attention to detail. He always worked so hard and took pride in all that he did. He could fix anything,
leaving it better than it was before. He was always available to help a friend or neighbor – anything from fixing something to babysitting. Dad was excited to take his family back to the Czech Republic to see his homeland in 1999 and again in 2000. Visiting family and school friends, as well as touring around, was such a highlight for him and his family. Dad decided it was time to retire in 2004. He sold his farm and never looked back. His favourite thing to do during retirement was spending time with his granddaughter. The past several months Dad had been living in the nursing home in Biggar. His health issues had caught up to him and it was time for him to go. Memories of Dad’s love for his family will fill our hearts. His ability to fill a room with his personality and the way he liked to joke with everyone he met, will continue to put a smile on our faces. We love him and miss him very much. Mass of Christian Burial was We d n e s d a y, August 26, 2015
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MONDAY, AUGUST 31: 7 p.m., Donors Choice Blitz organizational meeting at Biggar New Horizons small boardroom. Please have a representative p from organizations on our list attend. We NEED your support! 33c3 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3: Playschool registration, St. Gabriel’s School in the Tiny Tot classroom. Tiny Tot preschool is open to all children ages 3 and 4. There will be a brief discussion at 6:30 prior to registration opening where we will introduce our new teacher and go over the program for those new as well as elections for new board members. Positions available will be treasurer, president and 2-3 director positions. The school cannot operate
at 10:30 a.m. from St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, Biggar, Sask. Celebrant Monsignor Raymond Senger. Eulogist Dan Carter. Music St. Gabriel’s Choir. Honourary bearers were all those who shared in Stan’s life. Active bearers were Jim Carter, Sheldon Carter, Aaron Carter, Albert Compain, Vern Dorowicz, Rick Wychreschuk. Interment Biggar Cemetery. Tributes to Canadian Diabetes Association, 104-2310 Ave. C North, Saskatoon, SK S7L 5Z5. We would like to thank Dr. Muller and the staff at the Biggar Health Centre for their kindness and the care they gave him. Thank you to our friends who helped Mom when she needed something. Thank you to our family and friends for their love, support and kind words over these past few days, weeks and months. We appreciate it more than words can say. Grondin Funeral Service, Biggar entrusted with arrangements. “Our family servv ing your family since 1963.”
without these positions so if you are able or interested in helping out please think about it. 34c2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16: 6:30 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. Prairie Notes Community Choir will be holding their registration night for the fall season at St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church. $50 = music. Stay and sing a while and enjoy getting to know the rest of the choir. For more information phone Cindy Hoppe at 948-2947. 33c3
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17: Seniors 5 pin bowling starts at 1:30 p.m. New Horizons bowling Sept. 15 at 9:30. All welcome -- no expereince needed. Bring a friend. All at Biggar Bowling Alley. More information: Geoff at 306-948-2449. 35c3 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1: Biggar & District Arts Council presents . . . “Codie Prevost�, 7:30 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre, Biggar. Adults/Seniors $25 (advance $20); Students, 13 and older, $15 (advance $12); children 12 and under $5. Season tickets still available. Advance tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar, 306-948-2452. 34c6
BIGGAR ASSOCIATED GOSPEL CHURCH corner of 8th Ave. and Quebec St.,
Sunday Worship • 10:50 a.m. Sunday School resumes September 13.
For Sale FOR SALE: 1/2 Angus beef, cut and wrapped (300 lbs). Phone 306932-4558. 35p3
Wanted Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar Landfill OR contact Quentin Sittler at 306-6582132 tfn Main Street Garage Sale is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition. Please phone 306-9481773 or 306-9485393. Pickup available. tfn
Land for Rent LAND FOR RENT, pasture in R.M. of Eagle Creek. Call for details, 306948-9186. 22tfn
Houses for Rent Two and three bedroom houses for rent. Close to downtown and school. Fridge and stove included. For viewing call 306-948-3674 or 306-948-9517 or 306-948-7022. 50tfn
Charter/ Sherwood Apartments 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cable TV and satellite systems, laundr y facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwasher s, air conditioning, parking with plugins.
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Sunday Worship Service • 11 a.m.
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Sunday School resumes September 13. Church office number, 306-948-2280, Rev. Jane Gallagher officiating.
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ST. GABRIEL ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH 109 - 7th Ave. W, Biggar Father Michel Bedard Parish Phone: 306-948-3330
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• Taking appointments Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays. (Saturday and evenings on request)
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Bear Hills Rural Development Corporation n Box 327 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0
Phone:
ELECTRICAL
Roofing
BIGGAR ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERAT A ION SERVICES
MADGE ROOFING INC. I
Licensed Journeyman Adrian de Haan
306-948-5291 PHILLIPS ELECTRIC
“Setting a Higher Standard” ∆New Construction ∆Re-roofs ∆Torch-on ∆Tile ∆Metal ∆Asphalt ∆All repairs p ∆Shakes ∆Inspections We offer 10 Year Workmanship Warranty and Liability/Torch On Insurance Excellent Local References For a FREE E estimate please call… 306-948-5453
306-717-2818
Michelle Mi h ll S Spuzak, k R.M.T. (NHPC member)
PLUMBING HEATING ELECTRICAL
For all your home, business and rural needs Owners/Operators • Travis Young • Dallas Young • Claude Young
Biggar, Sask.
306-948-3389 Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff
HEALTH/WELLNESS
Biggar
Weight Loss & Wellness Centre
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One-on-One Rehab & Therapy Sessions
306-951-8004
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306-948-7274
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306-375-7055 - together with -
Fitness Centre Healthy Lifestyle Weight Loss 30-minute Circuit Personal Training Fitness Classes
…owned and operated by Brett Barber
102 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar
306.948.2208
Perdue Massage & Acupuncture Clinic Registered Massage Therapist (MTAS)
Phone or Text:
306321-4991 Website: www.perdue massageclinic.com www.facebook.com/ perduemassageclinic
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5 Avenue 106 Street
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. Shop 306.446.3298
Fax 306.445.4275
Visit us @ 127-1st Ave. E., Biggar Where you can feel right at home! Phone… 306-948-2548
Moonlight Therapy
Box 323, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0
HOME IMPROVEMENTS
* Limited Memberships available to fully equipped Private Fitness Studio & Cardio Room Gift Certificates available
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BUSSE LAW A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors
JJanet & Candice Moon Colour Energy Therapists …for info & appts
306-948-7682 or 306-948-7128
201B - 2nd Ave. West
S Stuart A A. B Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B.
P. O. Box 1480 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0
302 Main Street, Biggar, SK
Ph: 306-948-5133
306-948-3346
Specializing in Exclusive Seasonal Personal Training Sessions! …for weight loss,
Eavestroughing
Weight Loss Coach Anne G. Livingston 317 Main St., Biggar
LEGAL SERVICES
New Beginnings Wellness Centre
#ELL 306-221-6888
ARGUE’S
rod.campbell@sasktel.net p @ 122 Main St., Biggar, SK
306-948-2548
“Putting PERSONAL back into fitness training!” Wayne Baldwin, PFT, CPTA, CNHC
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Ph: 306-948-4430 or 306-948-4460
•Therapeutic Massage •Wholisdtic Health Coaching •Pregnancy Massage •Emotional Release Therapy •In-home Sessions
body sculpting, strength training.
• ‘Ideal Protein’ Weight Loss • ‘Slender You’ Figure Salon
Portraits, P o i F Family, il Weddings & Sports We
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• Residential • Commercial Contact Matt Craig
ACCOUNTING
CAMPBELL ACCOUNTING SERVICES
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127-1 1stt Ave. E., BIGGAR
s 2ESIDENCE s #OMMERCIAL 7IRING &OR FREE ESTIMATES Ph: 306-948-5393
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PHOTOGRAPHY
HEALTH/ WELLNESS
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Commercial and Industrial Electrical Wiring
PLUMBING & HEATING
…serving your community since 1972
Peszko &Watson is a full service law office that practices… ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ
Criminal Law Commercial Law Family Law Real Estate Law Wills and Estate Law and our lawyers, Jason Peszko Lisa Watson Sophie Ferré
223 Main Street Biggar Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO
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look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:
OPTOMETRISTS
306-948-5352 or 306-244-9865
INVESTMENTS
Kirk Ewen Doctor of Optometry
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DENTAL
ROSETOWN DENTAL
115 - 1st Avenue West Rosetown, Sask.
OFFICE HOURS Monday to Thursday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Phone:306.882.2123 New Patients Welcome!
BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC 104 - 6th Ave. East, Biggar, Sask. Southeast entrance of Nova Wood Bldg. Hours… Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.
306-948-3408
Financial Planning Estate Planning Life Insurance
In n Biggar Every Tuesday.
222 Main Street 306 948 5377
Biggar Professional Building, 223 Main Street, Biggar
info@twhfinancial.ca www.twhfinancial.ca
For appointments… 1-855-651-3311
INVESTMENTS For all your investment needs, Visit…
Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI
Lyndsey Poole
Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.
Mutual Fund Investment Specialist, Wealth Consultant Credential Asset Management Inc.
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Located at the Biggar & District Credit Union 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK • 306-948-3352 Mutual funds are offered through Credential Asset Management Inc., and mutual funds and other securities are offered through Credential Securities Inc. ®Credential r is a registered mark owned by Credential Financial Inc. and is used under license.
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THURSDAY AY, AUGUST 27, 2015
SERVICES REAL ESTATE
AGRICULTURE
SEED CLEANING McNULTY’S MOBILE SEED CLEANING Custom Cleaning of H.R.S. & C.P. S. Wheat
Saskatoon - Biggar OďŹƒce ďŹƒ
Phone: 306-948-5678
DUANE NEUFELDT
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403 Main St., Biggar
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Canadian Seed Institute Accredited Pedigree, Commercial & Custom Cleaning FULL line of Cleaning Equipment including Gravity Table
Proud sponsor of Children’s Wish Foundation
AUTOMOTIVE
Excellent Quality at a Reasonable Price! For all your Cereal and Pulse Cleaning
M & N REPAIR 701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar
306.948.3996
113 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar
Open Monday-Friday Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial
306-948-5052
Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic
Cell 306-948-7995
Cari Perih Residential Salesperson
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of The Battlefords Independently Owned and Operaated
FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS‌ • Selling/Buying • Residental • Farm/Acreage • Commercial • Recreational
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Call: Bill: Dale:
306- 948-2807 or 948-5609 948-5394
Plant located 8 miles south of Biggar on Hwy #4, Âź mile west on Triumph p Rd.
SERVICES Panasonic, Samsung,
SGI Safety Inspection Auto Repair A
LG, Frigidaire, Shaw, Yamaha Audio Dealer; High Speed Internet Dealer
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‌located in the Professional Building 223 Main St., Biggar
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Rebel Landscaping 306-948-2879, evenings 306-948-7207, daytime Ed Kolenosky s $RIVEWAYS s #ONCRETE s 'ARAGE 0ADS s 0RUNING s 0LANTING
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306.948.2700
948-3955
Your Auto Parts and Accessories Dealer 8 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 3AT s A M .OON
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
Contact us for all your insurance and financial services 306-948-3926
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306-986-2600
BIGGAR LEISURE CENTRE
Jerry Muc Phone: 306-948-2958
304 Main St., Biggar Phone: 306-948-2204 Toll Free: 1-855-948-2204
Sales Repair Virus Removal
8.5x11 white bond paper,
Open: Mon.-Fri.
INSURANCE
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207 Main St. Biggar
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KRF Auto Centre 100% handwash h7HERE WE DO IT ALL FOR YOU v s $ETAILING $ T ILI s Vortex x Spray-In Box Liners s Granitex x Baked-on Coatings for Decks and Cement Flooring s !UTO !CCESSORIES s 4RAILER 2ENTALS /WNED OPERATED BY +EVIN &ICK stt
227 - 1 Ave. East, Biggar
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Biggar Sand & Gravel • trenching • trucking • water & sewer • sand & gravel • excavating Office ‌
306-948-5455 Anne G. Livingston
CertiÀ Àed Custom Picture Framer • photographs • paintings • art prints • memorabilia • collages, etc. Call Anne @ 306-948-7274 g greengables2@sasktel.net g
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Custom Embroidery Teams, Corporate and Personal Attire Judy Kahovec‌ 306-882-4313,, cell 306-831-7935
Goldburg Gravel Ltd. • Pit Run • Base Gravel • Road Gravel
• Crushed Rock • Top Soil
Certified Scale and Ticketed Loads Serving the Rosetown & Biggar Areas Phone‌ Leam Craig
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by Rod Pedersen, Voice of the Riders Pass the popcorn. I swear, this 2015 season for the Saskatchewan Roughriders is like a football movie. You know, like Remember the Titans, Rudy, Any Given Sunday, When The Game Stands Tall and all the rest. Is it a good movie, a great movie, or a bad one? I don’t know. You’ve got to watch it to the end to see how it plays out. The Roughriders are 0-8 following their most recent loss, 34-31 at home to the Calgary Stampeders on Saturday before a sellout crowd of 33,427 at historic Mosaic Stadium. It was the franchise’s first sellout in almost a year and proof positive that the league’s best fanbase has not given up on its team. However, let’s be honest, an 0-8 team has never
rallied to make the playoffs in CFL history. That’s not to say it won’t happen, and that’s why you can’t leave the theatre just yet. And my gosh it’s been a thriller! The games themselves have had your heart racing right down to the final play, for the most part. Last year when the club rattled off seven straight victories, fans complained that the games were too low-scorr ing and boring. Which would you rather have? And outside of the games, there have been enough head-scratching situations to fill out a screenplay. You know the ones. The ones that make you pinch the bridge of your nose between your eyes, shake your head and say, “Did that really just happen?” Like for instance what happened last Tuesday
U12 District Provincial Showcase was hosted in Regina this past weekend. Biggar had three local girls (Kalin Harrabek, Sienna Ellis, Sydney Leschinski) attended the tryouts for the
District 7 team in Unity and made it through two rounds of cuts to make the team. This team made up of girls from Macklin, Unity, Cut Knife, Meota, Paynton and Biggar have worked very hard these past few
THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 2015
The game’s more complicated than you think . . . Coach Derek Argue, left, runs Junior Football program players through drills, Monday. With two teams, Yellow and Green, the action should be entertaining for the first time stars with the first home start versus Kerrobert on September 2 (5 p.m.) for Team Yellow. September 16 (4 p.m.) will feature Team Yellow and Green facing
each other, while Yellow hosts Kindersley on September 23 (4:30 p.m.) with Green hosting Unity the following day (5 p.m.). No rest, Green meets Macklin, September 30 (4:30 p.m.), while Yellow faces Unity, October 1 (5 p.m.) - a full slate of home games at the Rec Complex in addition to many away tilts. Should be very enterr taining! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
when the Roughriders reconvened on the practice field for the first time after their bye week. I wrote in this space what was required was a fresh start. Wipe the slate. Forget the prior seven weeks.
out there with any other team than this team,” said the Bastrop, Louisiana product with his voice cracking. “We’re doing everything that we can. Everything possible. We come here every day to work and do everything the coach asks us to do. But man, it’s just so unfortunate that the ball isn’t bouncing our way at the end of the game.” I looked at radio colour commentator Carm Carteri in bewilderment. “Is he crying?” I asked. Our producer confirmed that indeed, Marshay Green had been moved to tears. Good Lord! That’s a first. This stuff would have Steven Spielberg drooling. That is, if he were into sports movies. So miraculously, despite eight consecutive weeks of losing, the Saskatche-
Biggar players shine at U12 Showcase
weeks to prepare for this tournament. We came away with the District Championship! We are so proud of these girls and their dedication and hard work.
Kalin Harrabek, Sienna Ellis and Sydney Leschinski (left to right) are sporting District Championship medals, won recently in Regina, part of U12 District Provincial Showcase.
And then during the team’s stretching period, before practice even began, running back Anthony Allen and defensive line coach Mike Sinclair got into a heated spat over something really small. Sinclair reportedly needled Allen about not playing and the player went off. He had to be escorted to the locker room and didn’t return. So much for the fresh start. And then on the radio post game show following Saturday’s loss to Calgary, our defensive star Marshay Green - a defensive back who spent four years in the NFL with Arizona and Indianapolis - seemed to be crying during the interview with us. “I just want to say that I wouldn’t want to be playing for any other coach, any other staff, or go
Kalin Harrabek (middle row, left, kneeling) Sienna Ellis (middle, right) and Sydney Leschinski (back row, fourth from left), pose with teammates on winning the championship. (Photos for The Independent by Dion Harrabek)
wan Roughriders are still in the race due to the fact division rivals Winnipeg and B.C. only have three wins each as we approach the halfway turn. It’s setting up for a ridiculously implausible finish. Who would believe they’d ever make the playoffs, let alone make something happen after that? Actually it doesn’t matter who does as long as the Green and White believe it can happen. And they do. “Nobody’s hanging their head,” Green said between tears. “We still believe in each other. We just have to go back to the drawing board.” The path to that drawing board has been worn out so far this season but head coach Corey Chamblin continues to tinker and fiddle with his roster which produced generally good results on Saturday except for the final score. Is it coming? The “whodunit”-style ending? Maybe. “Keep chopping,”advised Marshay. “Keep doing everything we’re doing now. Coming to practice, watching film, and getting better in every aspect of the game.” Pass the Kleenex. This one’s turned into a tearjerker as well. (Rod Pedersen is the voice of the Roughriders on 620 CKRM Regina. For daily Rider news, check out his blog at RodPedersen. com)).