Vol. 110 No. 39
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16 pages
Foggy, dreary day . . . Not something farmers wanted to see last Friday as fog and wet weather once again put a halt to harvest operations. The temperatures have been slipping to the single digit range, giving us a taste of things to come. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
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Biggar Central School Junior Boys Blazers hit the court for their home tourney, Saturday. The Green and Gold played exceptionally well, taking second place overall on the weekend. (Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)
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Crunch time . . . Biggar Central School Blazers hit the Rec Complex, Friday against the visiting Unity Warriors. Things did not go according to plan as the Blazers fell 70-27. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)
Grandson of country legend coming to Biggar, October 10
Tre Twitty, grandson of country music legend, Conway Twitty, will be at the Biggar Majestic Theatre this Thursday, October 10. Tre brings his tribute show: “A Salute to Conway Twitty”. Also on the bill will be David James and his tribute to Waylon Jennings. The true legends are few and far between, and there is no greater advocate for the life and legacy of Conway than his grandson Tre Twitty. Every style of music has a handful of the real
thing and a truck load of pretenders. Some legends straddle categories and are even accepted and revered by fans and peers from all genres. Hank Williams Sr, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, Waylon Jennings and Conway Twitty all quickly come to mind. Ah yes Conway Twitty. Often known as the best friend a song ever had, Conway began his career in 1958 with the world wide pop/ rock classic “It’s Only Make Believe”. Within
a few years was he was solidly in the country camp representing a new hybrid of “country soul”. Right up until his untimely death in 1993, Conwa http://rocketlaunchentertainment. com/home/wp-content/ uploads/2018/01/ pp1801-tretwitty.jpg y was loved and respected by all as the “real thing”. Tre Twitty hails from Mississippi possessed with the same love of all things musical just like his beloved granddad. Growing up on a steady household diet of Con-
way, Elvis, Tom Jones and early 80’s pop, Tre then branched out embracing rock of the day like Guns and Roses, Kiss, Motley Crue and Kiss. This was augmented on the country side by Hank Jr and original “outlaws” Waylon and Willie. Mix this with first generation southern rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd and The Allman Brothers and you’ve got a kid that’s got his bases well covered. When Tre was just 16, Conway tragically passed. “I feel like my grandfather is one of the greatest singers who ever lived. Regardless of genre. His vocal control and dynamics are unmatched. His career is like no other in country music in terms of scope and influence. His early rock n roll work influenced everyone from the Beatles to the Rolling Stones to Motörhead. And his country influence is obvious. His connection to an audience
was subtle and honest. He needed nothing other than a microphone and a smile to captivate a crowd,” Tre explains. Tre never tires of these songs because first and foremost he’s a fan of
great music. And with this catalogue of tunes to pick from there is never a shortage of smiles all around at the end of every show. And ultimately that is what it’s all about.
Tre Twitty’s Salute to Conway Twitty is Thursday, October 10 at the Majestic Theatre. Tickets are $45 and are available at The Independent.
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A letter addressed to the patients of Dr. Neville Crane: It is with mixed emotion that I am announcing that I will be leaving my practice at Biggar Medical Clinic as of December 11, 2019. This decision has not been made lightly, as I have enjoyed my time serving Biggar and surrounding communities as a family practitioner for the past 12 years. There is not currently a specific physician able to accept my patient load at this time; however, we do have a physician who has tentatively agreed to take on a practice at our clinic but we just do not have a specific
date as yet. If you wish to obtain the services of another physician, I would recommend proceeding as soon as possible to ensure a smooth transition for your health care. The local Health Region keeps a list of physicians who are accepting new patients. A copy of your medical record will be kept at Biggar Medical Clinic and can be sent to another physician or released to you or another person only through your consent. I will be pleased to provide a summary of my care while you have been my patient, and with your consent, can
arrange to have a copy of your file transferred to your new physician’s office. This can be requested by contacting Biggar Medical Clinic, or requested directly from your new physician’s office. It has been my great pleasure to have provided you with health services in the past, and I am grateful to have had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people throughout my years in practice. Best wishes for a healthy future. Regards, Dr. Neville Crane
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Eating honey is a very good thing to do “Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best”, and then he had to stop and think. Because although eating honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called. A. A. Milne hit the nail on the head with Pooh’s assessment. The anticipation, relishing the thought of what was to come, preparing your tastebuds are all part of the joy of eating honey. During our summer travels we took in a few festivals in the local area
and one thing you could count on was honey booths. They sold honey in various forms of course but what was intriguing was the flavours of honey available. One booth had 24 flavours while another had up to 48. Pooh would have been in heaven. It is common knowledge that honeybees collect nectar from blossoms and turn it into honey. Nectar is 80 to 95 per cent water and what remains is sucrose or table sugar. As the bee flies back to the hive a protein in her stomach breaks the sucrose down into fructose and glucose. After the water is
type of plants bees harremoved by one of two vest the nectar from. methods: either passBlueberry blossoms will ing the nectar from bee produce honey that is a to bee or vibrating their dark amber colour with a wings inside the hive brown sugar which taste; raspcreates berry blosheat and som honey air flow is extra light both of in colour which with a fruity evaporate taste. Buckwater wheat honey from the is almost nectar. black, has The sticky a pungent mixodour and ture left flavour. behind is It just honey. depends To on where get the the hive is natural Peggy Hasein located. A flavours common of honey honey produced in Westdepends solely on what
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ern Canada is alfalfa honey produced from the purple or blue blossoms of alfalfa. It is light in colour with a mild scented flavour. Chefs like this variety because it doesn’t overpower foods which makes it a perfect choice for baking. Tea lovers also like this kind. But, the booths had so many choices. Acacia honey. Aster honey. Avocado honey. Basswood honey. Clover. Chestnut. Fireweed. Eucalyptus. Pine tree. Wildflower. These were only the “natural” flavours. There were some manufacturers that had artificially flavoured honey creating yet another level of flavour choices. After a number of tastings it was
impossible to distinguish which flavour was the best. Just as wine is paired with food to create the best flavour so, too is honey. For example yellow box honey is great for adding to your tea or coffee and can be used in baking breads or cakes. It does sound confusing but don’t worry the people who work at the booths know their stuff and are very helpful. September is National Honey Month. There are 20,000 known species of bees. A single worker bee produces 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime, which means 22,700 bees are needed to fill a jar. Over 50,000 bees live in one hive.
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Jack Glavin That body by the ditch back there, Was Glavin from out West! “Out West,” you say? How far away, From where the sun went down? A million miles or more I think. No one has ever guessed How far a European war is from a prairie town. If I live until i am 100 years old I will never forget Jack Glavin. Hey, wait a minute there Bob, you were born in 1919. Mebbe I’d better make that 105 or so years. If I don’t forget and I forget a lot lately. Oh well, I guess a lot of us can’t live forever. I I live to 105 years old I will never forget Jack Glavin . . . not only because he was a great guy but because he was raised out here in Saskatchewan. Can a fellow ask for more than that, eh? The first time that I knowingly met Glavin, we were in a holding position on the Maas River during 1944. We were in an old busted up house in the little village of Ryen, Holland north of Waaliviyk, and because a few shells had landed nearby we heard a rustling noise coming from the smashed up attic. As there was no stairway up, only a hole in the attic floor Major Pete McCordick and a tall corporal held me up, flashlight in mouth to see what was making the rustling noise. As I stuck my head through the hole expecting it to get blown off, Y.T. finally looked into the loft.
Right into the small blue eyes of a small rabbit nibbling away on some branches. The bunny stared at me for a few seconds and then almost shook his head: “why is that guy over here” he seemed to think, “a few thousand miles from home, trying to kill his fellow man when he should be at home nibbling on some branches like any other sane creature.” The Major and Jack let me down . . . we all laughed.
we staggered back into town we were covered (even our faces) with the mud of the dreadful place. We carried our weapons and walked into a celebration that was taking place. Kapelsche Veer was something else. Some 300 men were killed on the 10 acres there. This page isn’t large enough to tell of Bob Mason Glavin’s escapades, and sometimes Y.T. will tell a little more about our “tour in Europe”, eh? After the war was over, a lot of us were billeted in the old “grain show” building. There was a big rec room, and as Y.T. was sitting there one evening, he saw a very familiar face in the crowd . . Jack Glavin. As I looked toward him, he looked at me. Y.T. arose from his seat and stuck out his hand. “Hello Jack,” I almost yelled. “Hello Bob,” he said. When we got closer I realized it was Jack’s brother. “Jack often told me about a Saskatchewan man in the Argylls” he said, “and you are the only one here wearing a Glengarry headdress. I knew it must be you.” I stared (I think) . . . he looked so much like Jack. A bunch of young ter-
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And sometimes when I wake in fear, Although the war is far behind. I see the forms of frozen men, Lie strewn along the dykes again. Do I need something to remind me? Kapelsche Veer was something else. And Glavin was there too. (Look it up on your cell phone if you like). I had a radio on my back and heard his name a few times. K.V. was supposed to take only a few hours. As it was, it took seven days. Quite a few fellows were killed there, including the complete force of the enemy. They called more than once but the “high command” killed them anyway. Glavin and Y.T. were in the same billets, and as
rorists had been turned on us and Jack got killed just north of the Kustenkanal. Jack had been made a sergeant the day before. “I told Jack that the day he was made a sergeant he would be killed. I guess that is how war is.” Y.T. could mention a few more incidents including our short time with Jack Glavin, one of which was when we came out of Kapelsche Veer. We had our weapons in hand and dripped mud all over the room that Batallion Headquarters was in, but to finish this bit here goes . . . The night we went into the Rhineland, Captain Norman Donaldson was at a small gathering and sand”
Minister Don Morgan said. “Since 2007 our government has increased the minimum wage by more than 40 per cent. We have also taken approximately 112,000 Saskatchewan residents off the provincial income tax roll, to help families keep more of their pay cheques in their pockets.” Every year Saskatchewan’s minimum wage is calculated using an
indexation formula. In 2010, the government introduced the formula, which gives equal weight to changes to the Consumer Price Index and Average Hourly Wage for Saskatchewan. This annual review provides regular and predictable changes to the minimum wage. Increases are announced by June 30 and take effect on October 1 of each year.
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Worldwide market moves impact Canadian agriculture In a world where international trade is critical to national economies, particularly true here in Canada, keeping track of changes on the other side of the planet that can impact things here, is frankly a near full-time undertaking. That is particularly true in terms of agriculture as there are so many things that can send a ripple through markets, and that can impact the
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PUBLIC NOTICE PLEASE TAKE NOTE, EFFECTIVE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019 winter hours will be in effect at the Biggar Sanitary Landfill. The Landfill will be open to the public for garbage disposal during the following times:
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY… 10:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Garbage disposal must be carried out in accordance with the Town’s regulations and will be under the direct supervision of the attendant on duty. Your co-operation in separating your garbage in accordance with the separate areas that have been established at the landfill is appreciated.
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ABSOLUTELY NO DUMPING is allowed outside the fence or in the landfill when the supervisor is not on duty. Private salvage operations are prohibited. The Town would like to remind residents and contractors that it is their responsibility to ensure that any material being hauled to the landfill is secured and tarped. By securing and tarping loads, this will ensure that material is not littering the roads, which can cause numerous flat tires and will keep the road and ditches free of litter.
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PLEASE NOTE the provisions of the Highway Traffic Act state that no person shall put on any public highway any nails, tacks, glass or other material that might destroy or cause damage to the tires of a vehicle. Fines can range up to $1,000 for individuals and $2,000 for corporations. Site usage will be rigidly enforced and citizens are asked to co-operate to make it possible to operate the landfill in a non-offensive manner, while keeping the costs to the taxpayer to a minimum. TIPPING CHARGES PER LOAD
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future face of trade in terms of farmland ownfarm products. ership in Ukraine. We tend to appreciate Ukraine was once a that weather has that major exporter of grain impact, a drought, or in Europe, and while the excessive efficienrain, or cies of the early frost system in a grain dropped growing under the region Communist someregime, the where in producthe world tive land sends a remains. definite The hurdle message to post the the farm break up of marketthe USSR place. has been Ditto, how to when a key modernize trade counagriculture Calvin Daniels try imposes in a counnew trade try stuck barriers. We have seen decades in the past in that in Canada throughterms of farm techniques out 2019 with the impact and technology on much rules changes imposed of the land? in China have had. In the article Reuters But less easy to track, reports that Ukrainian by individuals at least, President Volodymyr are the internal reguZelenskiy has ordered his lation changes in key government to submit countries which will a draft law for farmland change how agriculture reform by the beginning operates there. of October. So, it was enlightening That is a huge step to read a recent Westforward for farming in ern Producer article Ukraine if it transpires. about proposed changes The article suggests to how things work in state-owned land is
expected to be privatized starting in April and the long-standing ban on the sale of privatized land will be lifted. “Ukraine’s private farmland is owned in 6.4-acre plots by about 6.4 million people. Owners are forbidden from selling the land but can lease it out,” details the article. “Much of that land is being leased by agricultural holding firms called agroholdings, which are large corporate entities that operate a minimum of 25,000 acres of land. They are vertically integrated enterprises that do everything from producing farm inputs to exporting grain. “Some agroholding farms have up to 1,000 lease agreements.” It’s not hard, from a Canadian perspective, to see the potential efficiencies to be gained by larger, owned holdings, especially in dealing with financial institutions. While any changes in Ukraine will not come overnight, a new course could certainly make them a far more significant competitor for trade moving forward.
Bowling results September 9-12 Monday mixed: MHS, Jonathan Redlick, 280; WHS, Marilyn Miller, 202’ MHT, Jason Raschke, 617; WHT, Marilyn Miller, 568. Thursday seniors afternoon: WHS, June Hoppe, 195; WHT, June Hoppe, 487. September 16-19 Monday mixed: MHS, Ryan Yaroshko, 245; WHS, Jennifer Heimbecker, 236; MHT, Jason Raschke, 598; WHT, Jennifer Heimbecker, 606. Thursday seniors afternoon: MHS, Jack Eckart,
164; WHS, Donna Eckart, 191; MHT, Jack Eckart,
457; WHT, Ruth Arnold, 437. YBC September 12 Bowlasaurus: BHS, Asher Bailey, 70. PeeWee: BHS, Jonathan Crane, 212: BHD, 303. Bantam: BHS, Sawyer Heimbecker, 146; GHS, Zuri Bailey, 117; BHT, Sawyer Heimbecker, 393; GHT, Zuri Bailey, 327.
Junior: GHS, Jayla Boobyer, 201; WHT, Jayla Boobyer, 520. Seniors: BHS, Tristan Otterson, 242; GHS, Hailey Boobyer and Cassie Raschke, 207; BHT, Tristan Otterson, 609; GHT, Cassie Raschke, 533. September 19 Bowlasaurus: GHS, Lucy Stile, 57; BHS, Jakob Thomas, 73. PeeWee: BHS, Jonathan Crane, 107; BHD, Jonathan Crane, 194. Bantam: GHS, Zuri Bailey, 119; BHS, Dominic Raschke, 143; GHT, Zuri Bailey, 303; BHT, Dominic Raschke, 394/ Junior: GHS, Jayla Boobyer, 226; GHT, Jayla Boobyer, 519. Senior: GHS, Cassie Heimbecker, 213; BHS, Julian Heimbecker, 186; GHT, Cassie Raschke, 538; BHT, Tristan Otterson, 504.
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Saints start season . . . St. Gabriel School Saints kicked off the volleyball season with a tourney at Biggar Central School, Saturday. The junior Saints showed steady improvement over the day and will, no doubt, get better with each and every game. (Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)
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Jim Reiter, MLA
Rosetown-Elrose Constituency 215 Main Street, Rosetown Monday – Friday, 9:00 – 5:00 Tel: 306-882-4105 Fax: 306-882-4108 Toll free; 1-855-762-2233 E-mail: jimreitermla@sasktel.net Box 278, Rosetown SK S0L 2V0 Please call with questions or concerns
Randy Weekes, MLA Biggar - Sask Valley Constituency Office 106- 3rd Ave. West, Box 1413 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0
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(NC) As parents, most of us want our children to be digital wizards who are comfortable and confident on the Internet. But while information is more accessible than ever before, there’s no guarantee the content they access is reliable or safe. This issue continues to be important as schools introduce even more digital tools into classrooms. Educators and parents have the difficult job of finding a balance between encouraging online research and ensuring that the content is relevant and accurate.
New digital learning platforms are transforming education by giving students a means to explore trustworthy content inside and outside the classroom. Platforms provide an in-depth catalogue of dependable content that is tied to the curriculum and searchable by keyword and media type. Students can now comfortably learn and explore topics that most interest them in a safe and trusted environment, helping them develop knowledge beyond their grade level. “With new digital learn-
ing ecosystems, parents can trust that the content their children are accessing is safe and relevant to the curriculum,� says Steve Brown, CEO of Nelson Education. “From physics to multiplication tables and simple grammar, the program has something for everyone. It inspires learning through exploration and rewards curiosity by allowing children to challenge themselves and reach levels well beyond the norm.� As kids prepare for the future, digital learning tools offer a smart way to keep up.
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Biggar’s first skyscraper turning 100 this month by Delta Fay Cruickshank for the Biggar Museum and Gallery For 100 years, this building has presented all sorts of services and sales to the people of Biggar. Mr. Harry Gordon Eamon was a pioneer businessman and entrepreneur in the early days of commerce here in Biggar. He came to Biggar as a barber and very quickly flexed his entrepreneurial skills and became a very successful businessman, dipping his fingers in many successful businesses. In 1913, he built a Pool Hall and had plans to enlarge this building to add more tables and maybe even a bowling alley. By September 1919, he had built a three storey red brick structure. Inside was the Nifty Men’s Store on the main floor. The second storey was for elegant suites for office purposed and the third storey was going
to be used for various fraternal organizations. By 1928, he built his bowling alley in the basement. In the Nifty Men’s Store one could purchase a coonskin coat for $225 or a black and brown one for $45. He carried a full line of men’s and boys’ shoes and even carried the “onyx” shoe for the ladies. He sold the business
to Mr. W. T. Ellsworth of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan in 1929. His daughter Deltra Eamon is in our Musical Legacy Exhibit in the museum. I discovered in the HIstorical Timeline that Miss Eamon was one of the five finalists in Miss Canada of 1950. What was the Eamon Block after it was sold? I’ve heard music and the odd poker game were
popular in the basement in the 60s . . . what have you heard? From the Historical Timeline, I also discovered that in November 1951, the post office was moved to occupy the location occupied by Eamon’s Pool Room and Club Beauty Parlour. Now, it’s Main Street Garage Sale, the place where someone’s junk can be your treasure.
In construction, 1919; The Eamon Block will be 100 this month. (Photos courtesy Biggar Museum and Gallery) The Eamon Block, the first skyscraper in Biggar is 100 years old.
Asquith Council news
Important reminders to residents Asquith Town Council held its September regular council meeting on Sept. 11. Attending were Mayor Gail Erhard, Councillors Dylan Claypool, Sue Sawicki, Harold Edwards, Ted Goodnough, Jordan Claypool, and Harold Edwards. Also attending was CAO Kathy Picketts and Foreman Darren Kraft. The meeting was called to order at 7:01 p.m. A resolution was made to accept the council minutes from the August 14 regular council meeting. Council made a motion to accept the August 2019 financial and August 2019 bank reconciliation is presented to them at the meeting. Accounts paid in the amount of $30,566.32 and accounts payable of $62,938.52 were accepted as presented. Paving of Lunn Street has been postponed. Patching/repairing streets in town began week of September 9. The Town of Asquith is looking for volunteers
for a fund raising committee to fund raise for a possible spray park in the town. Posters will be displayed throughout the town. Autumn clean up week is October 5 and 6. A reminder that there is another Clean Waste Day this month on the 24th. Council would like to remind all residents that if you see something that is a crime or looks criminal to call the RCMP. If you see individuals driving dangerously, speeding or if you see something that just doesn’t look right, please call the RCMP. It does not do any good to come into the town office the next day to report it to staff. It is extremely important that the RCMP have a handle of how much crime, no matter how petty, is occurring in town. Recently a family in Asquith lost two of their beloved dogs to possible poisoning, as they were previously healthy dogs and this is the only solution they came up with.
They got out of their back yard for a brief 10 to 15 minutes, then were retrieved only to have them die within the next hour. Please be reminded not to leave out any poisonous substances of any kind, not only can this happen to animals, it could be potentially harmful to small children. A reminder goes out to all individuals that the Town of Asquith has a burning bylaw which dictates that one can have a fire in town for recreational use only. Only clean wood/firewood can be burned in your fire pits -- no painted/treated wood, refuse, leaves, et cetera should be burned. Be kind to your neighbour and to the environment and burn only clean wood materials. Also, no bonfires are allowed -- please keep the size of your backyard fires moderate. Summer is winding down, children back to school and autumn is upon us and harvest for the farmers is going strong.
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Blazers take it on the chin . . . The visiting Unity Warriors humbled the Biggar Blazers with a 70-27 beat-down, Friday at the Rec Complex. Playing a bit tight,
the Blazers just couldn’t get it together, trailing 50-19 at the half and never being able to respond. They will pull it together. (Independent Photos by Kevin Brautigam)
Powerful Astros poised for another series title and Gerrit Cole. Houston, we don’t have The addition of Greinke a problem. We have a likely means that Wade baseball power. Miley, who put together An embarrassment of a 15-win riches both season, will on the be shunted mound and to the bullat the plate pen for the should be playoffs, enough since a to make starting Houston staff of Astros the three is favourites usually to win enough in a the 2019 best-of-five World or bestSeries. of-seven The series. Astros, And can one of two the Astros American Bruce Penton hit? League Uh, yes. teams Their run with more differential with a week than 100 victories as the to play in the 162-game regular season came to a season close, were was already “A.J. Hinch can call on plusstacked on two guys who might be 265, 60 the mound 1-2 in the majors in the better before they added Zack rankings of pitchers: Jus- than their Greinke tin Verlander, the likely from AriCy Young Award winner, closest Amerizona and and Gerrit Cole.” can Aaron Sanchez from League Toronto at the July 31 rival (the Yankees) and trade deadline. about 25 higher than the How strong are they on NL’s best, the Dodgers. the mound? Averaging a majorWell, manager A.J. league best 5.7 runs per Hinch can call on two game and a .276 team guys who might be 1-2 in batting average, the the majors in the rankAstros were humming ings of pitchers: Justin along with offensive stars Verlander, the likely Cy Jose Altuve, Carlos CorYoung Award winner,
Penton on sports
rea, George Springer, Mickey Brantley, Alex Bregman and Yuli Gurriel and then added rookie slugger Yordan Alvarez at mid-season, turning the Houston club into a virtual murderers’ row. All Alvarez did in half a season was belt 27 home runs, drive in 78, and hit for a .316 average. Houston’s 1-through-6 in the batting order of Springer (.295), Altuve (.301), Brantley (.318), Bregman (.295), Alvarez (.316) and Correa (.280) is the most intimidating lineup in the bigs. Okay, so we’ve established that Houston is the favourite to win the World Series, but it’s hardly guaranteed. The Yankees also won more than 100 games and have a now-healthy lineup nearly equal in offensive power. In the National League, Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves are the class of the senior circuit, and both are stacked on offence and in pitching. It says here, however, that the best team in baseball is Houston and they will be crowned champs for the second time in three years in late October. • RJ Currie of sportsdeke.com: “Some Florida elementary schools are trying to fight inactivity by showing students
fitness videos - but the kids don’t have to do the exercises. It’s about as useful as having the Maple Leafs watch Stanley Cup footage.” • Norman Chad of the Washington Post, on the welltravelled QB Ryan Fitzpatrick, who has a 50-75-1 record with eight NFL teams: “He’s the classic chicken-andegg signal-caller: Did he just happen to play on a lot of bad teams, or did they become bad teams because he was their quarterback?” • Patti Dawn Swansson, the River City Renegade, on Triple Crown winner Justify, failing a drug test before the Kentucky Derby yet not being stopped from racing: “This was one case where the winning jockey, Mike Smith, really did have to get down off his high horse.” • Swansson again, on Justify’s trainer Bob Baffert alleging the
drug must have come from a contaminated hay bale: “So I guess authorities are now looking for a needle in a haystack. Literally.”
• Bob Molinaro of pilotonline.com (Hampton, Va.): “The Jets tweeted out birthday wishes to 28-year-old safety Bennett Jackson. Later that day, they cut him. And then deleted the tweet.” • Chad again, on Twitter: “Tom Brady was just sacked in Dolphins game. The NFL expects to complete its investigation by mid-week.” • Omaha’s Brad Dickson on Twitter: “What names did Lovie Smith’s parents reject before they went with something that sounds like a type of Pampers?”
• Dickson again: “I’m pretty sure an NFL team with a depleted quarterback situation would offer a contract to the late Ken Stabler before they’d sign Colin Kaepernick.” • Dwight Perry of the Seattle Times: “The Miami Dolphins - outscored 102-10 in their first two games - are so bad that five SEC teams are already trying to get them on next season’s non-conference schedule.” • @Richie59FIFTY, on the Cowboys’ Wednesday waiving of former No. 1 draft pick Taco Charlton: “They should’ve released Taco Tuesday.” • Comedy writer Alex Kaseberg, with his early NFL MVP candidates: “Tom Brady (always); Dak Prescott; Pat Mahomes; Cam Newton’s personal stylist; Antonio Brown’s therapist.” • Another one from Swansson: “According to scientists, there’s been a dramatic decline in the North American bird population in the past 50 years, with a loss of 2.9 billion of our feather friends. If only something could be done to get rid of the Baltimore Orioles.” Care to comment? E-mail brucepenton2003@yahoo.ca.
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COMING EVENTS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 AND SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 29: NCCP auditions for “All Shook Up� will be held a t St. Gabriel School from 6 to 9 p.m. on Friday, September 27 and 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday September 29; Ages 15 and up are welcome; students aged 1315 will be considered if they participate in the NCCP Youth musical. We also welcome anyone ointerested in staging, sound, lighting, cistumes and orchestra. 37c3 SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29: St. Gabriel Church Fall Supper; Biggar Community HAll; doors open at 4:30, supper 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.; Adults $15; ages 6-12 $8, Preschoolers Free; for take out orders call 306-948-2714 or 306-9483880; orders must be placed by 8 p.m. Saturday, September 28. 37c3 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2 AND WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 3: Biggar & District Donors Choice Campaign Blitz. Many canvassers needed. If you are willing please call; Shirley Laycock at 306-9485303 or Jennifer Campbell at 306-9484460. Information sheets to prepare for canvassers are avaaiolable for pick up at several businesses downtown. CAnvassers please pick up your books at New Horizons, Thursday, September 26th from 2 to 6 p.m. Thank you for your support. 37c3 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2: Biggar & District Arts Council presents “Jeffrey Straker and Friends� featuring Jack Semple and Annette Campagne; 7:3- p.m. at the Majestic Theatre, Biggar. Adults/Seniors $30 (advance $25); students, 13 and older $15 (advance $12); children 12 and under $5. Advnace tickets available at deMoissac Jewelers, Biggar, 306-949-2452 37c3 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20: Perdue United Church Fowl supper in the Perdue Community Complex; doors ope, 4:30 pm; supper 5 to 6:30 pm; adults $15; ages 6-12, $8; preschoolers Free 35c4 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27: Biggar United Church Fall Supper; Biggar Community Hall from 5 to 7 p.m.; Adults $15; ages 6 to 11, $8; Preschoolers Free; take out meals $15; preorders Gennie 306-948-2080; Kathy 306-9485220 or mon Sunday call community hall 306-948-3703 38c6 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15: Local musical talent fundraiser at Biggar United Church, to raise funds for 4 new furnaces. Doors open at 7 p.m.; silent auction, live auction, Christmas theme punch refreshments; bidding closes at 9 p.m. 38c9 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29: St. Gabriel’s Parish presents, “Dueling Pianos� in the Biggar Community Hall; refreshments, 5:30; Ukrainian supper 6:30; entertainment 8:30; tickets $40 available at deMoissac Jewellers; perfect for your staff Christmas party; silent auction, 50/50 and brown bag draws; door prizes; Fun for all ages 38c3 & 45c3
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Harvest advances but cold, wet weather puts operations behind Warm weather and wind has allowed combining to resume, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report for September 10 to 16. Twenty-three per cent of the crop is now in the bin, up from 18 per cent last week, still well behind the fiveyear (2014-18) average of 50 per cent for this time of year. Thirty-six per cent of the crop is now swathed or ready to straight-cut. A general rain fell over much of the province with the
largest amounts being reported in the central and southern regions. Harvest is most advanced in the southwest region, where 37 per cent of the crop is now combined. The southeast region has 28 per cent combined and the west-central region 26 per cent. The northeast region has 15 per cent combined, the eastcentral region 12 per cent combined, while the northwest region has 10 per cent. Ninety per cent of winter wheat, 88 per cent of fall rye, 78 per cent of field peas, 75 per cent of lentils, 39 per cent of barley, 17 per cent of durum and oats, 13 per cent of spring wheat and six per cent of canola is now in the bin. An additional 56 per cent of canola is swathed or is ready to straight-cut. Fourteen per cent of the durum is estimated to grade 1 CW, while 46 and 28 per cent is estimated to grade 2 CW and 3 CW, respectively. Thirtyone per cent of the pea crop is estimated to fall in the 1 CAN
grade, 58 and 10 per cent are estimated to grade 2 CAN and 3 CAN, respectively. Sixteen per cent of the lentils are estimated to grade 1 CAN, while 55 and 22 per cent is predicted to fall in the 2 CAN and 3 CAN category, respectively. Across the province, topsoil moisture conditions on cropland are rated as 14 per cent surplus, 77 per cent adequate, eight per cent short and one per cent very short. Hay land and pasture topsoil moisture is rated as three per cent surplus, 83 per cent adequate, 11 per cent short and three per cent very short. Most crop damage this past week was due to localized flooding and strong winds. There have been some reports of crops bleaching and sprouting in areas with excess moisture. Farmers are getting back out in the field and continuing with harvest operations as the weather permits. Show off the best side of your business!
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Cookbooks: Inspiration at our fingertips One of the oddest couples I have ever met was after one of my live cooking performances at a local fair. A woman in the distant crowd was watching the tail end of my show and approached me afterwards. “I can see by watching you that you love to cook,” she said. “I can see that the crowd was inspired by your show, but my husband and I, we never cook. You could even go as far as saying that we hate to cook, so we never do it. You may think I’m exaggerating, but I’m not. We never cook. We eat in restaurants, get take-out, fast food, and buy microwave prepared dinners.” I was shocked, to say the least. My first thought was “why are you telling me this?” Then she went on and asked me: “I bet you can’t guess what we use our oven for?” I shrugged my shoulders and she said “to store cookbooks. It’s wasted space for us, so we use it as a bookshelf.” This was the oddest thing I have ever heard. “Why do you even own cookbooks, if you don’t
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cook?” I asked. “Doesn’t everybody?” She replied. Good point. She’s right. Everyone has a collection of cookbooks, either large or small, and apparently even people Chef Dez that don’t cook. I am assuming that they must have received them as gifts? We all get into cooking ruts at times in our lives and our meals in the meantime suffer from lack of stimulation – you’re not alone. However, right there in your own home you have an assortment of cookbooks, a stack of culinary inspiration, just waiting to be opened, pondered through and explored. I have a challenge for you. At some point over the next seven days from reading this column, I challenge you to open up one of those cookbooks. Not one that you received as a gift, but one that you purchased yourself with your hardearned money. I want you to relive the moment when you bought it. The moment when you are flipping through the pages with excitement and motivation, saying to yourself “I gotta have this book” as you put your cold hard cash down on the counter. Find those recipes again, and this time, make them. Motivation can easily be stimulated from outside sources (such as cookbook recipes in this
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case), but true motivation comes from within you. You have to take that first step, the steps that follow, and the final step to make something happen. If you are truly discouraged with the same old meals you are making, you will find a way to make this happen. Many cookbooks simply just gather dust because we either forget about them, or more likely find that there is too much emotional pain to learn new recipes and we stick with what we know . . . it’s easier. I guarantee you this however, if you take the steps, and keep trying (even through times of possible mistakes or failures), you will succeed. Your meals will become new again and with any luck you will find happiness in your new found inspiration that has been there, waiting for you, all along. Take this success and let it inspire you to keep learning new recipes. Chances are you have a kitchen and you probably plan to continue to eat the rest of your life, so this will not be a waste of your time. I could at this time also make the suggestion of searching the Internet for recipe ideas, but I think that with your vested interest in the cookbooks you have already purchased, you will be more driven (and in the end, more fulfilled) to create this victory yourself. Please feel free to e-mail me at dez@chefdez.com to tell me about your cooking adventures in this challenge. I would love to hear from you. Happy Cooking! 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.
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Cliffhanger: the signature hole at Greywolf one of the best
The picturesque sixth hole at Greywolf — called Cliffhanger — is the signature hole at the mountainous golf course at Panorama, B.C. (Photo by Bruce Penton) by Bruce Penton It’s an 18-kilometre drive up a winding mountain road and the anticipation builds through every turn in the road. Finally, Greywolf Golf Course appears at the top of the mountain at Panorama, B.C., and the adventure is about to begin. And what an adventure!
The 20-year-old course, part of a cluster of terrific tracks in the Invermere, B.C., area, should be on a must-play list for any golfer serious about the game. Mountain courses have a natural geographical advantage and course designer Doug Carrick did an exceptional job of shaping an outstanding golf course within the rocks,
trees, creeks and mountain slopes with which he was presented. “It’s amazing how playable it is considering it’s built into a mountain,� said Justin Brown, director of golf at Greywolf. The course has a steady climb on the first three holes before the spectacular fourth, a steep downhill par-4
called “Descent.� By the sixth hole, you’re ready for a par-3, but this hole, the ‘Ciffhanger’, is no ordinary par-3. There’s no escaping a poorly struck tee shot. The 155-, 175- or 200-yard hole has a tee box and a green and nothing but a treeand rock-filled canyon in between. A couple of years ago, the Canadian Open at Glen Abbey
offered golfers a chance to play a simulation of the hole. “We know that Cliffhanger draws a lot of people and it should, because it is one of the best golf holes I’ve ever played,� general manager Dane Thorogood of Totem Golf, said in a Calgary Sun interview. Totem Golf has owned Greywolf’ since 2013. “I can’t think of a hole like it anywhere in the world,� Thorogood said. A number of positive changes at Greywolf have been made since the ownership change, said Brown. A new, 6,000-sq.ft. clubhouse/restaurant was built, replacing an ATCO trailer, offering a “more fitting image for this calibre of course,� he said. The new owners also improved course drainage, paved all the cart paths and undertook a project (currently under way) to build 12 new forward tee boxes that will provide an option for guests to play the course from about 4,600 yards. The Panorama Mountain Resort also offers about 500 condo units, providing a number of stay-and-play options for visitors. While Greywolf provides a true challenge to golfers of all skill levels, a four-hour trip around the course is memorable — good golf or bad. “The
scenery is what blows them away,� said Brown. Don’t just take Brown’s word for it. ScoreGolf’s ranking of every golf course in Canada has Greywolf at No. 15. The same publication’s ranking of public courses (the Top 59, which uses value as one of the criteria) slots Greywolf in at No. 5 — behind only the two Cabot courses in Cape Breton (Cliffs and Links), and the national park courses in Jasper and Banff. “That’s pretty good company,� said Brown. Brown said all the changes the new owners have made since 2013 “have paid off.� The short season at Greywolf runs from around the first of May to early October, but Brown said “just shy of 20,000 rounds� will be played in 2019. And as word spreads around the world about the beauty and playability of Greywolf, that number should continually rise to mountains-peak levels. If you go, by car it’s about a three-hour, 30-minute drive from Calgary along gorgeous mountain highways — first the Trans-Canada though Banff National Park and then via B.C. Highway 93 through Kootenay National Park.