Webpaper 36

Vol. 107 No. 36

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

16 pages

Eye on the prize . . . It was ‘Welcome Back’ for students at Biggar Central School 2000, September 1, and to make the transition from summer vacation to the Three Rs, a bit of fun, Hungry Hippo style, was held in the morning. Smiles and laughter set the tone for the rest of the day as Biggar students begin another learning year. See Page 2 for more. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Students and staff at St. Gabriel School and Biggar Central School 2000 hit the books for another year, Thursday, September 1, officially ending their summer respite. Most students were happy to be back, eager to regale their friends with vacation tales. Both schools had a bit of fun, then quickly set their focus on the “Three R’s”. Before you know it, these days will pass!

(Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)

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Donor’s Choice campaign coming soon A goal of $ 32,000 has been set for the 2016 Biggar and District Donor’s Choice campaign.

The town blitz will take place October 4, 5, 6. As in the past, there are 32 charities included, 10 of which are local ones.

The Sandra Schmirler Olympic Gold Park has been accepted as a new charity on the list.

Funds will be used for continued maintenance.

Having done so, it was necessary to drop a previous one so the one receiving the least support, Bridgepoint Center for Eating Disorders, is no longer a part of this collection. Those wishing to support this cause may give directly to them at Box 190, Milden, Sask.

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The 2015 goal was $32,000 with only $24,061.00 being received. This was largely due to a substantial decrease in the corporate donation from CNR. Donor’s Choice is a volunteer-run organization administering a once-a-year collection for these charities. This enables people to plan and budget their charitable donations more easily. The donor chooses as many charities as he/she wishes and the amount given to each.

Your address is not given out to these agencies or any other appeal mailing lists. Only 1.75 per cent of money received was held back for administration.

The info sheets will

be available for pickup at several businesses including grocery stores, drug stores, Royal Bank, Credit Union, New Horizons, Museum, Library, The Independent and R.M. offices. You are encouraged to read the information to know how your donations benefit all and have it filled out before the canvasser arrives.

Many canvassers are needed.

If you are willing to canvass a block or two in town please delight one of the following with a call so they don’t have to call you: Dona Fines (948-3659), Michele Keith (948-7729) or Mary Ann Nostbakken (948-2571). In previous years there were several students who canvassed.

This is a worthy project from which students can earn volunteer hours to their credit. This assistance would be greatly appreciated. Receipt books will be given out to canvassers at New Horizons on Thursday, Sept.

29 from 2-6 p.m.

If you are missed by a canvasser, you may take your donation directly to the Biggar Royal Bank.

Rural residents, please take your donations directly to the Royal Bank Biggar and District Donor’s Choice committee encourages area residents to be generous and courteous when a canvasser calls and make this a successful campaign.

Saskatchewan Sports Hall makes stop in Biggar . . . Cathy Hicks, left, and Janice Christensen look over the exhibits of the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame,

September 1. The travelling exhibit made a stop in Biggar, celebrating 50 years the Hall has been in existence. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Leipzig Serenity Retreat changes name to Prairie Sky Recovery Over the past eight years, Leipzig Serenity Retreat has set a solid foundation to address and meet the need for a facility to provide help, treatment and hope for those suffering from addictions.

Once again, Leipzig is at a crossroads of growth. Their focus is no longer just as a retreat centre but as a facility of recovery.

With the change of direction comes a change of name.

Officials with the facility, located near Wilkie, are pleased to announce their new name: Prairie Sky Recovery Centre Inc. “We are thankful for the roots the Leipzig Serenity Retreat has planted,” officials with the centre explained in a release. “Our goal is to grow the services, offer-

Makin’ a break . . . Biggar Junior Blazer, Andon Hawkins breaks through the visiting Plenty Wildcat defenders at the Rec Complex, August 31. Blazers are getting stronger but still fell to the visitors, 56-20. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

ing more options to help people gain long-term sobriety and live healthy, happy lives.”

Prairie Sky Recovery will be offering new programming such as family support initiatives to help spouses, children

and parents support their loved one through their journey, officials added.

With the development of a second structure on the property, alternate programming will be offered to both Prairie

Sky Recovery clients and people in the outlying communities with issues like gambling, eating disorders, and more.

With this new chapter, Prairie Sky Recovery says, “The sky is the limit!”

Whatʼs Happening in the RM of Biggar

A monthly look at your rural municipality At the Council’s meeting held on August 16, 2016, Council approved the minutes for the meeting held on July 19, 2016.

At the July meeting, Council reviewed all account statements for revenues and expenditures for the month of June, as well as accounts presented to Council at that meeting. Council discussed the discontinuation of the Community Terminal Committee, and Administrator, Cheryl A. Martens, has offered to assist with the process.

Council has approved the creation of a new position, Customer Service Representative (CSR) in the Administration Office. Please join us in welcoming Rochelle Savostianik as our new CSR. We are confident that her experience will be a definite asset to the municipality.

Council approved the presentation of the 2015 Audited Financial Statement as conducted

by Davies and Drury Chartered Accountants.

A synopsis of this statement has been included with mailed tax notices.

A subdivision request for the NW 31-35-14-W3 was approved.

A resolution was adopted to install cameras at the shop.

Council is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the new fire truck for the Biggar Rural District Fire Association and

approved a resolution for a press release to advise the municipality’s ratepayers of contributions and grants given.

The approved minutes of the Council meeting held on July 19, 2016 are available at the RM of Biggar Administrative Office.

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Longstanding problem of discouraging work made worse

by Charles Lammam, Director Fiscal Studies, Fraser Institute; Hugh MacIntyre, Policy Analyst, Fraser Institute; Ben Eisen, Director Provincial Prosperity Studies, Fraser Institute The federal government’s new Canada Child Benefit program recently replaced and consolidated an assortment of previous programs. Yet little attention has been given to how this policy change, along with others, will exacerbate a longstanding economic problem in Canada: high marginal effective tax rates and the resulting work disincentives faced by some moderate and middle-income Canadians.

The marginal effective tax rate is simply the amount of money you lose to taxes, including the reduction of government benefits, when earning an additional dollar of income.

High marginal effective tax rates weaken the incentives for people to earn extra money by working additional hours or investing in their skills.

If you consider working and earning more income but can only keep a portion of each additional dollar, you will assess the costs and benefits of doing so. If the amount you keep is small enough, you may decide not to expend the extra effort.

It’s not just “rich” Canadians who face very high marginal effective tax

rates. Due to the combination of taxes and benefits that are “clawed back” as income rises, those of more modest means also face high effective marginal tax rates.

Although not a new problem in Canada, recent federal policy changes will magnify this problem for some Canadians, despite the federal government’s signature personal tax cut on middleincome Canadians.

Consider an Ontario couple with two children. Let’s call them the Millers. In the Miller family, Sally financially supports the family, earning $50,000 in labour income, while Jim stays home and looks after the kids. Even before the federal policy changes, Sally faced a high effective tax rate on an additional income. After accounting for federal and provincial income taxes, CPP and EI payroll taxes, and the claw-back of various federal and provincial transfers, the Millers would lose 61 cents for every additional dollar Sally earned beyond $50,000. This marginal effective tax rate was a disincentive for Sally to earn more.

But it’s getting worse. With the new Canada Child Benefit, and assuming the CPP payroll tax hike is implemented today, the Millers would lose 70 cents of an extra dollar Sally earned.

If they decided to have another child, that would increase to 75 cents. It’s easy to see why the Millers might determine that working harder to earn more money just isn’t worth it.

Of course, not every Canadian family will face the same marginal effective tax rate as the Millers. The precise rate

for each family will depend on their number of children, their income level, and the number of household earners. But there are multiple scenarios in which the changes to child benefits and the CPP have increased the barrier to working more and earning a higher income for Canadian families.

Referendum the right way to decide SaskTel’s future

by Todd MacKay is the Prairie Director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation It’s tough to talk about selling the home quarter. It’s a conversation full of memories and hopes. But even if it’s hard, and regardless of the ultimate decision, it’s healthy. Can we still care for the property, what does the market look like and what’s best for the grandkids?

Everyone is talking about the future of SaskTel. It’s not easy, but we can’t be afraid to talk it over.

Most importantly, we have to trust

Saskatchewanians to make the right decision through a referendum.

Premier Brad Wall is currently outlining the right way to discuss selling SaskTel. “A province-wide referendum would be the only way to deal with such an offer,” said Premier Wall. “The people would have to decide, not the government.”

This is a nice reaffirmation of respect for the will of the people, but it’s also a statement of the obvious.

Consider an analogy from our agricultural heritage. The

neighbour comes over, leans on the tailgate and offers to buy the home quarter. It would be wrong to accept or decline the offer on the spot. That decision requires a pot of coffee (and hopefully rollkuchen and watermelon) and a good long chat with the whole family.

Premier Wall must listen to any offer for SaskTel, but it would be wrong for him to accept or decline on the spot. He has a fiduciary responsibility to all Saskatchewanians to let us talk it over and have our say.

There are impor-

tant points to talk about.

SaskTel makes money. It generated dividends averaging about $62 million annually from 2012 to 2015, although the payouts are trending downwards, according to the risk assessment produced by Mark H. Goldberg and Associates. If SaskTel is sold, the price will have to reflect the company’s profits.

The market is changing. SaskTel served 409,905 landlines in 2015.

In 2010, there were 528,546.

The good news for SaskTel is that it serves two thirds

more than MTS. What is certain is that we pay hundreds of millions to cover interest payments on the provincial debt every year.

We calculate the Saskatchewan’s taxpayer-supported debt at more than $5.8 billion (that is: debt that isn’t backed with a specific asset such as a Crown corporation).

For every billion in debt we could pay off through a sale of SaskTel, we would save $30 million every year, even at a historically low interest rate of 3 per cent.

It’s virtually certain the interest

savings would be greater than the dividends SaskTel generates.

Of course, it would be irresponsible to sell a capital asset while continuing to run up debt. Last year, the government borrowed more than $700 million for infrastructure even before falling resource revenues contributed to an operational deficit. This year, the government plans add more than a billion in borrowing. Selling SaskTel to pay down debt only makes sense if we’re actu-

ally committed to reducing debt.

These are a few of the many things we need to talk about. We need to discuss concerns about whether SaskTel’s returns will continue to fall in an increasingly competitive market place. We need to ask ourselves whether we want to lighten the burden of debt we’re passing on to our kids and grandkids. Some parts of the discussion will be hard, others will be exciting, but all of it will be healthy.

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of the province’s cell customers, but there’s still cause for concern because that’s down from more than three quarters of the market in 2010. It’s clearly getting tougher for SaskTel to compete.

There’s also the matter of the price.

Bell is paying about $3.1 billion for Manitoba Telecom Services. MTS has annual revenues of $1 billion and debts of about $800 million.

SaskTel is somewhat bigger with annual revenues of $1.26 billion and a net debt of $861 million. SaskTel may well be worth

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Last of the iconic LV mob hotels comes down

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by Madeline Ellard It was a busy week in our hallways.

The first day saw an assembly with

Hungry Hungry Hippos providing some laughs in the gym. Friday will be Green and Gold Day and also Toonie Hat Day. We will once again be offering students and staff the chance to wear hats on Fridays for a $2 donation. In June we will donate all funds collected to the Schmirler Park to help keep up a park we all enjoy daily.

The staff and SRC also put on our annual pancake breakfast last Friday. Thanks to the many who came out to help early this morning and also to those who brought strong appetites to help the workers feel appreciated.

SRC Welcome Week events were/are: • Tuesday, Sept. 6: Toga/PJ Day; • Wednesday, Sept. 7: Pirate Day; • Thursday, Sept. 8: Twin Day; • Friday, Sept. 9: Green and Gold Day (our first

Senior football home game) with the football team showing their strength in a hallway pep rally at 3:20; • Saturday, Sept. 10: Senior Welcome Week trip to the city open to students in Grades 10-12.

Sports are moving fast.

Our football teams started two

weeks ago and senior volleyball got underway last week. Junior signup as well as cross country are in full swing this week.

It’s been a whirlwind of action with no signs of slowing down until sometime in late June.

We are glad to see everyone back and hope they have enjoyed their week of classes.

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shows, the Riv had those as well. Crazy Girls was a topless show that ran for years. One of the performers as Jahna Steele, a transgender showgirl who was honoured with a bronze sculpture at the front of the casino.

An Evening at La Cage was the longest running shows in the history of the Strip. Perhaps the most famous in the cast of female impersonators was Frank Marino and his impersonation of Joan Rivers.

It was described as “a classic mob joint� by historians even outranking The Flamingo in terms of historical significance.

Which means it goes way back in mob history as many know that The Flamingo was run by Bugsy Siegel who is regarded as one of the significant figures in the formation of Las Vegas.

Many movies have been shot in Las Vegas and the Riviera was right in the middle of the pack forming the backdrop for Hollywood productions. The original 1960 version of Ocean’s 11 with the Rat Pack crew was filmed there. Not to be outdone James Bond made an appearance at The Riviera in Diamonds Are Forever. Casino, a movie based on real-life Vegas mobsters Frank Rosenthal and Anthony Spilotro used The Riviera as the setting. And, as recently as 2009 when The Hangover was filmed at the hotel.

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Well, Mitch you don’t have to worry about that shine anymore because the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas is no longer standing. This once proud hotel was blown up on August 16 to make way for an expansion of the convention centre.

In its heyday the Riviera had 2,100 rooms with a casino of 110,000 sq. ft. in gambling space.

The “Riv� dates back to the mob days of Las Vegas when a Detroit mobster by the name of William Bischoff received a gaming license. At that time it was known as the Casa Blanca.

Later Bischoff withdrew and Miami busi-

nessman Samuel Cohen at which time the new took over the project.

CEO planned an expanCohen was a member sion and moved to entice of Miami’s gambling middle class and working syndicate gamblers. but he too This was bowed out. not sucThis hotel cessful. had variDespite ous ownthe finaners over cial woes of the years the hotel, it includwas the big ing secret name acts involvethat played ment by there that Harpo and would put Gummo the RiviMarx of era on the the famous map. LiberMarx ace was the Brothers. featured Peggy Hasein Bankheadliner ruptcies for many and re-openings would years. Dean Martin was follow. Former hotel hired to perform in the managers of the Flacasino’s showroom. Debmingo led by Gus Green- bie Reynolds and Billy baum, Chicago mob boss Williams, along with Tony Accardo, group Bob Hope, Tony Beninvestors and real estate nett, Frank Sinatra and corporations. Finally the George Burns were headRiviera filed for Chapter liners.

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The boy from Great Bend We will design and print your business cards!

In a way I feel kind of bad about this revelation, not so much that he had over glorified “the qualities” of Great Bend, but because he feels that he has “stolen the smoke” of a whole generation of people who were raised up there.

When I look back with the reality of right now, how dull much of our young lives must have been. Yet, in our memories how wonderful they were.

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painted over the Mona Forgive this old guy Lisa many times, until for having been born up he finally got the expresthere in 1919, and, in sion that he wanted. The this column, given the main differimpresence being sion of that he was what a the great wonderLeonardo da ful place Vinci, while it was this “old and how man” is just exciting plain ordimuch of nary “what’s his life his name.” has been.

There Very must be few of us hundreds have been of people in born in the world wonderwho grew ful places up in Great and led Bob Mason Bend during exciting the Great lives. and Depression who say that I’m afraid that folks will only be able to find them it was the dullest time of their lives, but that just in their memories. isn’t so. “Life is what you I think that an awful make it.” Yours Truly lot of our generation’s would like to claim that enjoyment was due to he was the first person to our parents. Everyone’s say that, but that isn’t so, parents. The way that either. they faced up to the No one can adequately dismal future of the tell about the DepresGreat Depression made sion. In a way it had its it almost enjoyable for good points, though we their children. seldom heard them. A And, not wanting to person has to experiappear too much like he ence one. All values had thought himself some to be changed. We lived kind of philosopher, almost as people have maybe it was part of the always lived. times too, that formed Non-experienced types our thinking. The very are apt to say, “Oh, I memory of our 1930 could put up with that thinking, helped us to for a while.” but putting appreciate our future successes. Let’s leave man made war out of this. Still not wanting to appear a philosopher, I imagine it doesn’t look the same when things are the other way around.

Many times in the past, in these small articles, Yours Truly has mentioned what a wonderful place Great Bend was to grow up in. And he was right. There is no more wonderful place in the world than where a up with that called for young person grows up.

Much as there are quite us to let go of something else: The hopes and a few excellent artists dreams of the pioneer in Saskatchewan (one folks who settled this of them whose childcountry. hood home sits atop the Note: Enough history. river hills just south of Below are a few occaGreat Bent) although this article seems kind of sions from my long, long list of times when things relative in a way, it isn’t weren’t so nice in Great the same.

Bend.

The following, not so It was a beautiful well written lines, aren’t spring day. We were about great artistic young then and didn’t styles, but the memories seem to have a worry in of an old man’s ordinary past “worded over” many the world. The huge trees along the river flats and times to almost make it out on the islands were seem interesting. glittering from a light Don’t laugh yet. This breeze. Things were gethas been done many ting in full leaf all over. times before. They tell Yours Truly sat down on me that even the great a grassy knoll to admire Leonardo da Vinci

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the scene below.

Well, it had looked like a nice soft grassy patch, but whoever designed prickly pear cactus made it look like a soft, warm cushion of grass.

The river was kind of low that year and almost dry. The odd sandbar was beginning to show a tinge of red where small red willow dogwood plants were taking root.

Things didn’t look right.

Usually water stretched from shore to shore, but now the lodged logs of past floods lay scattered here and there on the bars. Even the fish traps were dry and empty.

Maybe a fellow should have taken a photograph of that. One to show his grandchildren, but who could be proud of an empty log strewn river.

Of course, Y.T. could tell a lot more things that happened up there, that weren’t so good.

He could tell of the milk cows finding a patch of stinkweed and the hens gulping down a lot of ceresan treated wheat, of Dad’s continued efforts to cope with the times. He could tell of how things went terribly wrong with a bad bout of epilepsy and how he became a “loner” for years.

A lot of things hap-

pened in Great Bend that we never tell about. And yet, here we are, enjoying a life that, except for the people around us, could have been otherwise.

Sure, we had good times and bad times (everyone does) and the value of our good memories help us look back.

This may seem like some kind of a revelation, yet here we are, the ordinary boy from ordinary Great Bend.

And as he sits up here in this ordinary room, scrawling the ordinary happenings of his ordinary life, he hopes that the reader realizes how ordinary we all are.

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Politics play havoc on farm bottom-line World markets for agriextended trade barriers cultural products are built when Bovine spongifragile things, as Canaform encephalopathy dian producers are keenly (BSE) was found in a lone aware.

Canadian It seems cow back in strange 2003. that in While the a world initial bormany still der closures go to bed might have hungry been justimost days fied in light that food of a lack of products understanddon’t ing regarding flow with how widealmost spread BSE no barrimight be, ers, after science soon all feedcame out ing the Calvin Daniels on the side population of the case should be not being a a paramount concern. threat to consumers, but It’s clearly not the situamany borders hide behind tion though.

BSE as a trade barrier.

Politics trump feeding It’s all rather intriguing the hungry, and the profit- in a world where politiability of farm producers. cians outwardly champion We saw that with the the concepts of free trade tariff wars of European among nations, but many Union and United States quickly hide behind anycoffers a decade or so ago. thing they can to bolster We saw it from the their position in trade.

Agriculture

Weather hampers harvest

A break in the weather over the past few days has allowed farmers to make good harvest progress.

Eighteen per cent of the 2016 crop has been combined and 32 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report for the period of August 23 to 29. This is ahead of the five year (2011-2015) average of 17 per cent combined for this time of year.

Regionally, harvest is furthest advanced in the southeast, where producers have 34 per cent of the crop in the bin.

Twenty-five per cent of the crop is combined in the southwest, 12 per cent in the east-central region, eight per cent in the westcentral and northeastern regions and five per cent in the northwest.

Ninety-two per cent of winter wheat, 64 per cent of field peas, 40 per cent of lentils, 10 per cent of durum and spring wheat and seven per cent of canola have been combined. Fifty-two per cent of canola has been swathed.

Rain was reported earlier in the week, with the northern and central regions receiving the

majority. The Nipawin area received the most rain - 57 millimetres. Provincially, cropland topsoil moisture is rated as 16 per cent surplus, 79 per cent adequate and five per cent short. Crop districts around Kindersley and Tisdale are reporting surplus moisture on 43 and 46 per cent, respectively, of crop land. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as five per cent surplus, 81 per cent adequate, 11 per cent short and three per cent very short.

Pasture conditions across the province are reported as 17 per cent excellent, 60 per cent good, 20 per cent fair and three per cent poor.

As a result of a wet and humid haying season, it is estimated that four per cent of forage acres will be left unharvested, with the majority of those acres being in the west-central and northeastern regions.

The majority of crop damage last week was due to prolonged flooding and disease. There are reports of higher incidences of sclerotinia in canola, fusarium in wheat and durum, and bleaching of cereals and pulses, in comparison to other years.

In Canada we have a rather narrow focus, sell farm products abroad.

Our land base allows for huge production, and our small population consumers are a small portion of that production.

We have had the foresight in the past to create a few key supply managed systems for dairy and poultry products to ensure production profits and consumer food safety and supply assurances.

That said those sectors are eventually to be sacrificed to the idea of free trade deals. I for one am not happy with the idea of my ‘fresh’ milk arriving from Mexico.

But back to the fragile nature of world markets, and how they impact farmers.

China recently agreed to delay introducing stricter rules on shipments of canola from Canada.

It had appeared new rules were imminent which would have increased costs in terms of Canadian canola making it into Chinese markets.

China had stated the tougher import rules were necessary to prevent the spread of blackleg disease from Canadian canola into Chinese crops of rapeseed (the base for canola).

The Chinese have suggested tightening the allowable limits for foreign matter in ships.

Industry participants say the new standard, under which China would reduce the amount of foreign matter allowed per shipment to no more than one per cent from 2.5 per cent which would increase cleaning costs.

But, just a day before the new standards were due to go into force, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced Canada would be able to continue with the current canola export regime, while a longerterm solution was worked out.

That they stepped back from the edge of new rules at the last minute suggest a compromise deal will be forged.

China is Canada’s top export market for the oilseed, and China is a huge importer. It accomplishes little to impact the relationship dramatically.

Donʼt run out of time

But that it came down to the wire shows again how a market can be threatened based on changing a rule long in place, and not likely to stay closer to the status quo than the Chinese postured.

That just brings into question whether there was a threat to Chinese rapeseed, or was it simply political sabre-rattling?

Monday at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline

NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Municipal Election PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of:

Mayor:

Village of Landis

Councillor:

Village of Landis (Number to be elected four)

will be received by the undersigned on the 21st day of September, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Village of Landis Office at 100 Princess Street and during regular business hours on September 1st to September 20th, 2016 at 100 Princess Street Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location: Village of Landis Office - 100 Princess Street, Landis, Saskatchewan Dated this 1st day of September, 2016 Alicia Leclercq, Returning Officer

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Cubs ready to end historic drought with brilliant decisions When baseball’s history being made in the front is digitally and visually office, one of the calmest, recorded, how will the smartest managers in credit be dispersed to the dugout and a cast of explain Chicago Cubs young talent winthat has been ning groomed for the wait for it - a World dynasty. Yes, Series the Cubs, in who have 2016? gone 108 They years without are a title, could going run off three to win or four in a the row now that Series, everything right? in the Windy The City is propCubs, erly lined up. infaJust keep mous Steve Bartfor not Bruce Penton man away having from Wrigley won Field.

Major League Baseball’s Of course, baseball top bauble since 1908, being baseball, the Cubs have been by far baseball’s best team in 2016 - might just lose in the first round of the playoffs the only club with a winbecause that’s what the ning percentage above Cubs are known for .600 and, in early Sepbeing loveable losers. But tember, a 16-game lead their losing has to end in the National League sometime, doesn’t it? It Central Division - and says here this is the year. they can’t possibly blow • Headline at SportsPickit, can they?

So where will the credit le.com: “Raiders ask their fans to mug people go? To team president and rob banks to raise Theo Epstein, the one$750 million for new statime boy wonder of the dium.”

Boston Red Sox who took over direction of the • Dwight Perry, in advance of the college Cubs five years ago and moulded a championship football opener in the U.S.: “The T-shirt wars team out of very promising parts? Or will it go to are on. USC bookstore’s opening salvo: ‘Roll manager Joe Maddon, Tears.’ Alabama bookwho steered the Tampa Bay Rays to an American store’s retort: ‘Our O.J. League East title in 2008 (Howard) only killed Clemson.’ and was manager of the • Eric Kolenich of the year in the NL last seaRichmond (Va.) Timesson with the Cubs? Will it go to the Cubs’ vaunted Dispatch, after the Nationals acquired pitchpitching staff, which has three players - Kyle Hen- er Marc Rzepzyynski from the A’s: “Make sure dericks, Jon Lester and Jake Arrieta - among the you spell his name right.

It’s Marc with a C.” top six in the National • Brad Dickson of the League in earned-run Omaha (Neb.) Worldaverage? Or will the Herald, on LeBron reason for the Cubs sucJames’ new three-year cess land at the feet of sluggers Kris Bryant, last contract: “This will take him through the next six year’s rookie of the year, Cavaliers head coaches.” and undisputed club• Comedy writer Alex house leader Anthony Kaseberg, on 49ers fans Rizzo, both of whom are burning Colin Kaepamong the league leadernick jerseys: “Joe ers in home runs, slugging percentage and OPS Montana could have bar(on-base percentage plus becued bald eagles during the national anthem slugging)?

To be truthful, the cred- and nobody would have burned his jersey.” it is spread around fairly • Headline at TheKicker. evenly. The Cubs are com: “Cuba attempting a balanced juggernaut

Penton on sports

Point of Impact . . . Junior Blazer, Justin Hanson gets ready for the hit from a pair of visiting Plenty Wildcat defenders, August 31. The home game for the Blazers to claim Yasiel Puig off waivers.”

• Janice Hough of leftcoastsportsbabe.com, with a sure sign it’s a bad week: “You replaced Tony Romo on your fantasy-football team with Teddy Bridgewater.”

• ESPN’s Dallas Braden, to San Francisco’s KNBR Radio, on the Astros’ amazing 5-foot-5 second baseman: “Jose Altuve is almost ready to win the MVP, and he barely gets to ride the

rides at Disneyland.”

• TC in BC: “Next week, Tim Tebow plans to take skating lessons and offer his services to the Toronto Maple Leafs.”

• TC again: “The Golden State Warriors have taken Colin Kaepernick off the short list of anthem singers for their home opener this year.”

• Norman Chad of the Washington Post, on Twitter: “As they play the national anthem at 49ers-Chargers game, I am sitting at home with

Hanson recognized for Javelin excellence . . . Biggar athlete, Joel Hanson, centre, holds the banner honouring his silver medal performance at provincial track and field. Hanson, with coaches Teresa Newton and Derek Argue, was finally able to get some applause - Hanson blew his knee out during the competition,

had its moments for the Blazers, but unfortunately, they fell 56-20. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam) my dog Sapphire. We will stand up later to get treats.”

• Another one from Kaseberg: “Ryan Lochte has a new endorsement deal with a crime prevention device. Apparently the device prevents stupid people from going to Rio.” • Kaseberg again: “At a South Carolina track meet, a 100-year-old woman set an age group record for 100 meters.

When asked her secret, she said, since she was

a kid, she always just imagines being chased by Larry King.”

• Snipped from The sportscurmudgeon.com: “Purdue head coach, Alex Agase, about why he did not spend a lot of time recruiting in California: ‘Any kid who would leave that wonderful weather to come here is too dumb to play for us.’”

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spending what should have been a podium appearance in the emergency room. The rare banner will be go with the myriad of others BCS 2000 has gracing its gymnasium walls. Congrats, Joel! (Independent Photo

by Kevin Brautigam)

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What’s it winner for August

Biggar photographer featured on ‘Toon auther tome . . .

Katherine Fellehner shows off her cover photo, gracing the cover of author Beth Goobie’s work, ‘The Pain Eater’. Goobie saw the stunning photo at last year’s BCS 2000 Author’s Showcase, feeling it was the perfect piece to illustrate her novel. Katherine received

recognition and payment for her work, and can be justifiably proud of the moody, artistic picture, made in Biggar. Katherine may well be on her way to being the next Leibovitz, Allard, Lange or Cartier-Bresson.

Keep an eye out for her work! Congratulations, Katherine! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Claudette Silbernagel accepts her bags of Biggar souvenirs from Jay Maudesley for correctly identifying the August What’s It items. (Photo by Delta Fay Cruickshank, Biggar Museum and Gallery)

Claudette Silbernagel and little Princess JC took away a goodie bag of Biggar souvenirs and books after correctly identifying the What’s It items; an old telephone and hand planer.

Jay Maudesley has created another What’s It, come on in and see if you

can’t be stumped by Jay’s selections for the month of September.

“Chase The Ace” at The Legion Fridays

2016

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

What’s it winner for August

Biggar photographer featured on ‘Toon auther tome . . .

Katherine Fellehner shows off her cover photo, gracing the cover of author Beth Goobie’s work, ‘The Pain Eater’. Goobie saw the stunning photo at last year’s BCS 2000 Author’s Showcase, feeling it was the perfect piece to illustrate her novel. Katherine received

recognition and payment for her work, and can be justifiably proud of the moody, artistic picture, made in Biggar. Katherine may well be on her way to being the next Leibovitz, Allard, Lange or Cartier-Bresson.

Keep an eye out for her work! Congratulations, Katherine! (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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Claudette Silbernagel accepts her bags of Biggar souvenirs from Jay Maudesley for correctly identifying the August What’s It items. (Photo by Delta Fay Cruickshank, Biggar Museum and Gallery)

Claudette Silbernagel and little Princess JC took away a goodie bag of Biggar souvenirs and books after correctly identifying the What’s It items; an old telephone and hand planer.

Jay Maudesley has created another What’s It, come on in and see if you

can’t be stumped by Jay’s selections for the month of September.

“Chase The Ace” at The Legion Fridays

2016

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COMING EVENTS SEPTEMBER 6: Now in the Credit Union Gallery a brand new temporary Exhibit. “Past Forward Artifacts to Apps�.

In this age of technology, the IPhone has replaced many devices the people of Biggar used for communication, entertainment and to find their way around our world!

In the gallery you can view some of these artifacts.

Now open Monday - Friday from 1 to 5 p.m.

36c3 SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER10: The Biggar Museum and Gallery will be hosting the beer gardens at the Show’n’Shine from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

36c1 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: Biggar and District Arts Council annual meeting, 7 p.m. Biggar Museum. Interested and new members welcome.

35c2 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER14: 6:30 - 8:30 p.m., join the Prairie Notes Community Choir for another fall singing season at St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church. $50 registration fee = music. We will do a bit of singing and give an overview of the season. Everyone is welcome. For more information, phone Cindy Hoppe at 306948-2947 or email echoppe@sasktel. net 34c3

COMING EVENTS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16: Perdue United Church Fowl Supper, Perdue Community Complex; doors open: 4:30 pm.; supper 5 to 6:30 p.m.; Aduslts $15; 6-12 years $8; Preschoolers Free.

36c1 39c3 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25: St. Gabriel Parish Fall Supper.

Biggar Community Hall; 5-7 p.m.

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INVITATIONS You are invited to a Bridal Shower in honour of Lisa Dollansky, Sunday, September 19th, 2016 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the Westwinds Motor Hotel conference room; 902 Main Street, Biggar, SK 35p3

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Prairie Branches Enterprises Inc. will be having their Annual Meeting on WED., SEPT. 21 at 7:00 p.m. at 104 - 6th Avenue East, Biggar, Sask.

Public is invited to attend.

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Wanted Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron.

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THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 15

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Nutritious School Snack Ideas Here we are once again at the start of another school year.

Packing kids lunches is a chore for many, and sometimes one can lose sight of nutritional value due to heavily marketed convenience foods.

School-time snacks and lunches are not exactly the best avenue to practice “gourmet cuisine”, but I do get asked on occasion for some healthy ideas. Therefore, this column will be my salute to parents who are willing to say “no” to pre-packaged, high-preservative foods for their children.

Nuts are a very nutritious option, as long as allergy restrictions aren’t a concern. Nuts are a good source of protein and a great source of unsaturated fat (the good kind of fat).

Unsaturated fats have been proven to help reduce levels of LDL-cholesterol (the bad cholesterol) without lowering HDL-cholesterol (the good one).

Unsaturated fats are best described as the ones that are liquid at room temperature, while saturated fats are solid.

Additionally, there are a large variety of nuts to choose from for discriminating tastes: almonds, cashews, peanuts, et cetera and some are even available with different flavourings to make them more appealing - just keep your eye on the sodium content and other ingredients.

Fresh fruit is an obvious choice, but make sure it is something that they enjoy, to increase the probability of consumption!

One thing you can do to make fruit more tempting is do some of the prep ahead of time.

For example, a cut and/or peeled Chef Dez orange is much easier to eat than a whole orange. Make it interesting - don’t always send the same fruit. Every once in a while, pack some ber-

Chef Dez on cooking

ries, seasonal fruit, or something more exotic like kiwi or star fruit.

The ease of eating dried fruit makes it an attractive option as well. There are so many naturally dried fruit options that do not contain additional sugar, that it is easy to make their lunch interesting for them. There are dried plums, apples, apricots, pineapple, mango, and banana to

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name a few, and they are healthier substitutions for pre-packaged fruit rolls.

Carbohydrate type snack options could be granola bars or popcorn. When purchasing granola bars, read the ingredients to monitor the amount of preservatives and refined sugar they have. Do not choose chocolate covered ones as they defeat the purpose of making a healthy choice to begin with.

Also the harder granola bars are usually healthier than the softer ones.

Popcorn, as long as it not drenched in butter, is a great option and a good source of fibre. It is obviously okay (and recommended) that our children consume fat in their diets as it is all part of brain development.

Fat intakes should be monitored but not eliminated.

Whole-wheat crackers are another healthy option. Again this may require reading a few labels, but a perfect opportunity to replace amounts of white flour in their diets with whole wheat.

For those of you who have time, there are even cracker recipes that you can prepare together with your children at home. The appeal of whole-wheat crackers will be much greater with the pride that comes along with making them. Throw in some slices of cheese as part of their dairy intake, along with some lean meat slices or tuna salad for their own homemade “snack-packs”.

I am not a dietitian, and these suggestions are merely that. I feel that is our job as parents to keep educated. Contacting a dietitian, for proper moderation for your children’s balanced diets of all the food groups, is highly recommended.

Dear Chef Dez: Keeping perishables cool in my child’s lunch box is a concern. I have tried sending ice packs but I don’t always get them back - you know how kids are! Any suggestions?

Dawn M.

Surrey, B.C. Dear Dawn: An easy and inexpensive way to do this is to freeze juice boxes. One or two frozen juices in their lunch will keep things cool for the morning and will make a great chilled drink by noon.

The addition of a thermal lunch bag works great too.

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

Biggar Nationals Senior Hockey Club ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 - 7:00 P.M. Biggar Jubilee Stadium Everyone is welcome!

If you are interested in being on the Board of Directors or just want to help out, please come out and support your local hockey team!!

Thanks to Tershel Construction for Donating their labour on a build at the the

Bear Hills Gun Range The Biggar Golf Club would like to extend their sincere thanks and appreciation to the following sponsors for their generous donations to the Annual Freddie B Golf Tournament.

PLATINUM SPONSORS… CPS -Landis Golf Town Parr Auto Body Phillips Electric Rosetown Mainline Motors Viterra Western Sales Westwinds Motor Hotel GOLD SPONSORS… Biggar & Landis Insurance Services Biggar Credit Union Biggar Esso Dupont Excell Tire Great Plains College Hammond Realty Napa Pharmasave Plaza Mobile Home Park Rack Petroleum/Dollansky Chemicals Rosetown A & W Shop Easy Foods Silver Eagle Excavating Ltd SILVER SPONSORS AGI Envirotank Dakota Dunes Dekalb Duperow Co-op Cargill-Prairie Malt

BRONZE SPONSORS… Alpine agro Baum’s Paints Bayer Biggar Leisure Centre Cam Don Motors First Avenue Collision Golfing In Style Hancock Petroleum Independent Printers Ltd KRF Automotive Leslie’s Drugstore, PharmaChoice OK Tire Quick Stop Spyder Auto Body Super A Foods OTHER...

Angie’s Hair Salon Ann Weekes Credential Dollar Mart Grondin Funeral Services Hannigan’s Lynda’s Hair Design Nevada’s Cutting Room New U Fitness North American Lumber Pizzeria Adria Sask Liquor & Gaming

Special thanks to all of the volunteers and committee members who helped make the Freddie B a very successful day!

16 - THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Financial Advice to make a positive difference

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Vote for Ray! NOTICE OF CALL FOR NOMINATIONS PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that nominations of candidates for the offices of:

Mayor:

Town of Biggar

Councillor:

Town of Biggar Number to be elected 6

will be received by the undersigned on the 21st day of September, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at 202-3rd Avenue West, Biggar, Saskatchewan.

Nomination forms may be obtained at the following location: Biggar Town Office, 202-3rd Avenue West, Biggar, Saskatchewan.

Dated this 1st day of September, 2106 Barb Barteski, Returning Officer

VILLAGE OF LANDIS NOTIFICATION TO CONSUMERS In accordance with Section 44 of the Water Regulations, 2002, the Village of Landis hereby notifies consumers that the information on the quality of water supplied to residents and compliance to sample submission requirements is available at the Village Office located at 100 Princess Street during the hours of 8:00-12:00 and 12:30-4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

This information is also available at the following web site: http://www.saskh2o.ca/ Questions regarding the quality of water and/or compliance with sample submission requirements may be directed to the Village Office at 306-658-2155

Duane Neufeldt

www.duaneneufeldt.com

BIGGAR

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306-948-8055

Real Estate is always changing, just like I am, because one has to in this ever changing industry. For almost a decade I have been specializing in selling residential, acreage, farm and ranch properties in Biggar and the surrounding area. I have lived here my entire life! I am very lucky that I have an amazing family and two very rewarding businesses Ranching & Real Estate.

So why hire me to help sell or buy your next property?

Well it’s very simple, I tell it the way it is! I’m honest, knowledgeable, experienced, always here, and my listings are advertised immensely! My office is affiliated with RE/ MAX Saskatoon which means when you hire me, you have just hired the largest Brokerage in the Province! RE/MAX Saskatoon has several offices and approximately 170 agents working for you. Make that call, get us working for you today!

Sincerely, Duane Neufeldt

by Kim Inglis, BCom, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP, Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager Canaccord Wealth Management We’ve had more than a year of negative news stories - some related to the markets and others involving political issues such as Brexit.

If there’s an upside, it is that investors are examining their holdings and how they are managed. It should be done periodically anyway, but some investors are unsure where to start. You can accomplish a lot by asking yourself and your advisor a few pertinent questions.

Do you understand your statement?

A Strategic Counsel survey states that over 60 per cent of investors spend little or no time reading information from their advisors.

Some account statements may be difficult to read but that should not be a hindrance to ascertaining portfolio performance.

Your advisor should explain the statements clearly and/or offer alternative reports to display what you need.

How does your advisor address your problems? You should not be ignored once you have signed on. Part of your advisor’s value proposition must be that they will pay attention to you, which includes responding to your issues in a timely and meaningful fashion.

How are market conditions presented? Be wary if your advisor puts an optimistic spin on everything, and even warier of anyone claiming they always generate positive results. The markets are not static and unless you’re invested entirely in principal protected products such as GICs, it’s illogical to think that your portfolio would be immune to at least some volatility.

Are all the costs to manage the portfolio transparent and understandable? A JD Power and Associates survey says nearly half (48 per cent) of investors are unaware of the fees they pay.

That is an astounding figure Kim Inglis that should not be.

Your advisor should be happy to clarify the fee structure and provide a written statement of fees.

Do you understand all of your investments?

Until you understand a product fully and know exactly how much it is going to cost, say no. If you don’t understand it, don’t own it.

Never write a cheque directly to your advisor.

Financial Advice

If the advisor asks you to write a cheque to them personally or to a private holding company, there is only one thing you should do – find the door and use it. Cheques should only be written to a third party custodian such as a bank or registered investment company.

Finally, if you’re unsure about either your advisor or the state of your portfolio, get a second opinion and be sure that it is comprehensive. The analysis should cover a range of aspects such as fees, asset allocation, liquidity, and portfolio performance.

Kim Inglis, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP is an Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager with Canaccord Wealth Management, a division of Canaccord Genuity Corp., Member – Canadian Investor Protection Fund, reynoldsinglis.ca.

The views in this column are solely those of the author.

Riding for a Cause . . . Vera McNeil of Biggar can proudly point to granddaughter Moira as a true hero.

Moira biked 10 miles in the Tour de Fox on August 20, raising $810 for Parkinson’s research. The first Canadian Tour de Fox, held in Langley, B.C. on the Trinity Western University campus, was hosted by the Michael J. Fox Foundation. Get involved - to donate, Nancy Kelley by Googling “Saskatchewan Parkinson Superwalk” and entering Nancy Kelley’s name in the appropriate fields. The walk is September 11 in Saskatoon. (Submitted Photo)