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New municipal mill rate factor limit to provide taxation fairness among property classes, says gov’t T he

Government of Saskatchewan will set a new mill rate factor limit

Lead me, teach me . . . Christine Quennelle of Wanuskewin Heritage Park, leads a blindfolded Landen Boisvert as fellow St. Gabriel School students wait for the game to begin. Quennelle was at St. Gabs for the day, showing students some of the many Northern

of 9.0 for the 2014 taxation year for all municipalities to support fairer taxation

farmers and ranchers as they look towards a new growing season.”

Improvements to the Crop Insurance Program for 2014 include a pilot program to provide yieldloss coverage for corn in the east central and southeast areas of the province. In addition, the establishment benefit feature has also been expanded to include coverage for corn of $65 per acre.

New in 2014, durum and barley will be eligible for yield trending. Yield trending recognizes agronomic advancements and increases a producer’s historical yields, which improves coverage. Yields for durum will increase 8.6 per cent and barley yields will increase 3.5 per cent, on average. Yield trending will also continue on canola, fall rye, winter wheat, hard red spring wheat, hard white spring wheat and oats. This feature has resulted in the

climate of taxation fairness, we will help sustain growth and its benefits for all Saskatchewan residents,” Government Relations Minister Jim Reiter said.

The majority of municipalities currently have substantially lower ratios than 9.0. This new limit is to mitigate those circumstances where commercial, industrial, residential and agricultural property owners are not balanced fairly.

The maximum ratio of highest to lowest mill rate factors that will be implemented by any Saskatchewan municipality in 2014 is 9.0 - retroactive to January 1.

The new limit follows consultations conducted with local government o r g a n i z a t i o n s, municipalities and

business stakeholders, after an interim mill rate factor limit was announced in April 2013.

All property in a municipality is classified by various types - either agricultural, residential or commercial. A municipality may use mill rate factors to transfer some costs of public services from one property classification t o a n o t h e r. M i l l r a t e factors adjust the mill rate, but can potentially result in property taxation of a specific type of property being either disproportionately higher or lower than another. A maximum ratio mitigates this risk by putting a limit on how much can be transferred from one property classification to another.

This change to municipal mill rate factors does not apply to education property taxes.

Plains Indians traditions and cultural customs. Here, students, although playing a game, learned to sharpen their senses, much as Native hunters tuned themselves into the heartbeat of the land. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Enhancements continue for the 2014 Crop Insurance Program M o n d a y, F e d e r a l to assist Saskatchewan’s average coverage for canola Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced details of the 2014 Crop Insurance Program, which includes a number of new features to help producers mitigate their risk.

“A g r i c u l t u r e p l a y s an important role in Saskatchewan and across Canada in creating jobs and economic growth,” Ritz said. “Insurance-based programs that are bankable and predictable help to ensure that Saskatchewan farmers have the tools they need to maintain their success today and well into the future.”

“Agriculture continues to be a key driver of the Saskatchewan economy and we are working to improve our programs to help producers succeed and grow the industry,” Stewart said. “The 2014 Crop Insurance Program includes improvements

among municipal property tax classes.

“By fostering an ongoing

increasing by nearly 20 per cent, oats by 15 per cent and hard red spring wheat by 10 per cent.

Also new in 2014, Crop Insurance will include a bee mortality insurance pilot program. The program will cover loss of bees over the winter as a result of naturally occurring causes that are beyond the control of producers.

Additional 2014 Crop Insurance Program enhancements include increasing the base grade for flax, adding field peas to the contract price option and expanding the number of crops eligible for vegetable insurance. Crop Insurance enhancements made in previous years, such as expanded coverage for soybeans, Unseeded Acreage Benefit and yield cushioning, will also continue in 2014.

Crop Insurance is also making it easier for

producers to conduct business online by launching a new online system called CropConnect.

CropConnect provides Crop Insurance customers the flexibility of completing their business online, from a home computer or mobile device. This includes adding land to a contract, filling out forms, calculating their premium and coverage levels, reporting production data and filing claims.

Crop Insurance coverage for 2014 is $162 per acre, on average, the fourth highest coverage in program history. Crop Insurance premiums for 2014 average $7.47 per acre, a 25 per cent reduction from 2013.

The lower coverage and premium is largely the result of lower forecasted crop prices in 2014-15.

The deadline for customers to apply for, make changes to or cancel a Crop Insurance contract is March 31, 2014.

Old hoops beat young Blazers . . . Biggar Central School teacher and basketball coach Will Johnson sneaks under Senior Blazer Tanner Zagoruy while Liam Mair looks on. The Senior Blazers led at the half 26-25, but the teachers and coaches pulled out their years of “experience” eking out a 57-49 win on Tuesday. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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The Biggar and District Health Services Dine and Dance at the Community Hall, February 8 went a massive distance to fund raising in the district. A full house got to meet and greet ‘Rider legend, George Reed (far right) and current D-lineman, Levi Steinhauer (right) brought in by the Credit Union.

Biggar Pharmasave took the evening to donate $20,000 over the next Àve years, while the Sunshine Girls (formerly Royal Purple) donated $1,000, and Bridgeroad Const. and Central Park Place donated $1,000. Biggar EMT’s show off the new AED machine the district is hoping to purchase with the funds raised on the evening (bottom).

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Marty Baroni and Louise Singer (below right) dance for their door prize. Everyone had a good look at the many items up for auction (below, middle) - a big tip of the hat to auctioneer Scott

Meiklejohn for getting bidders worked up, and another pat on the back to Cando Catering (below middle) for the delicious meal.

(Independent Photos by Daryl Hasein/Kevin Brautigam)

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Biggar NCCP proudly presents: Shrek, The Musical Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, Shrek The Musical is the story of a hulking green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life by anything that crosses his path, retreats to an ugly green swamp to exist in happy isolation.

Suddenly, a gang of homeless fairy-tail characters (Pinocchio, Gingy, the Three Pigs, you name it) raid his sanctuary, saying they’ve been evicted by the vertically challenged Lord Farquaad.

So Shrek strikes a deal, “I’ll get your homes back, if you give me my home back!”

Shrek decides to travel to see Farquaad to try to regain his privacy and along the way reluctantly rescues a talkative Donkey from some of the Lord’s goon. Donkey insists on tagging along.

But when Shrek and Farquaad meet, The Lord strikes a deal of his own: he’ll give the fairy-tail characters their homes back, if Shrek rescues Princess Fiona.

Shrek and Donkey set off to find Fiona.

After crossing the rickety old bridge and

arriving at the castle, Shrek rescues Princess Fiona while Donkey encounters a female Dragon and her knights.

When Shrek finds Fiona, his lack of interest in playing out here desired romantic rescue scene annoys here, and Shrek must drag her off by force.

However, Shrek finds something appealing – something strange and different – about this pretty princess. He likes her. A lot.

But why does she always run off when the sun sets?

Shrek, The Musical plays Thursday, March 27 to Sunday, March 30 at The Majestic Theatre in Biggar. Tickets on sale now at The Independent Printers 306-948-3344.

First ever attempt leads to a 6th place for Biggar skier . . . Biggar Air Cadet, Corporal Will Auton, 300 Fisher Squadron, starts out on his first ever biathlon at Camp Saskadet near Kelvington, February 8-9. Auton, who placed sixth, earned the chance to compete at the provincial level by qualifying at local and regional competitions in 2013.

Remarkably, Auton has just learned to ski, helped by

A 60-day update on the government’s response to the seniors care crisis was due yesterday, and the NDP wants it released publicly.

“This government scrapped minimum standards in seniors care homes, and the treatment of seniors in care homes since then

has been nothing short of a crisis,” said Danielle Chartier, NDP health critic, Friday. “Instead of reinstating and strengthening minimum standards and setting the minimum staffing levels seniors need to be cared for with dignity, this government funded only a few pieces of equipment

Silver Screen Scoundrels (Submitted photo) Biggar and District Arts Council performance season hits the Majestic Theatre Friday, February 21.

If you like great music, laughs and silent films, then you will love The Scoundrels. These guys put on a very entertaining show that always has the crowd laughing and wanting more.

The concept came to

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Government must release seniors care update due yesterday

Silver Screen Scoundrels at Majestic this Friday, February 21

The fifth concert in the

his ski coach, and Biggar local, Keith Meszaros. For Auton, the competition was fierce, as he faced Air, Army and Sea Cadets from across Saskatchewan, facing frigid temperatures to try and earn a birth at the National level. Auton, who also just learned to shot last year, can only get better. Good show! (Photo

the guys a few years ago and they have been honing there skills at both performing there songs and making there silent films. There show’s consist of music with a lot of laughs thrown in and original live sound tracks to original old style silent era films. The Scoundrels have taken a old classic art form and thrust it into the modern world.

Brandon Isaak and

Keith Picot formed their duo in January 2012.

However, they have known and performed with each other for several years with Canada’s Best Jump Swing Blues Band “The Twisters”. They got together to play the music they love.

Individually, Isaak is a prolific song writer and has been nominated for a Maple Blues Award for Song Writer of the

and repairs.

“The government was scheduled to receive its first update yesterday on whether the few pieces of replacement equipment have made any strides in solving the seniors care crisis, or if it’s just a stall tactic and a drop-in-thebucket that won’t stem the tide of shocking and sad stories coming out of

seniors care homes.”

In December, the government paid out a one-time, $10 million issues fund in response to the crisis. At the time, Health Minister Dustin Duncan said he would receive updates in 60, 90 and 120 days on any difference the purchases had made for understaffed facilities in crisis, Chartier explained.

While the NDP wel-

comes any investment into seniors care, Chartier said this one fell short and failed to address the root cause of the crisis – minimum standards and a lack of staff.

The NDP has proposed a residents’ bill of rights for seniors, making minimum standards – including minimum staffing ratios for various care levels – the law in Saskatchewan.

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Year. He is also a world class musician who plays guitar, harmonica, washboard, jug, kazoo and most recently, he started playing banjo.

Brandon is a great story teller with a quick wit and keen sense of humour which is evident in his shows.

Unforgettable is what a performance by standup bassist Picot is. With a hard hitting slap style, all his own, he can drive a beat like the devil, then equally and effortlessly draw out the sweet tones of a saint. In 2011 he won a Maple Blues Award as Canada’s Best Bass Player. You are guaranteed pleasure when watching Picot do what he loves to do.

The Silver Screen Scoundrels plays at the Biggar Majestic Theatre, Friday, February 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are still available at de Moissac Jewellers.

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An awareness campaign only works if it is effective The federal budget was tabled on Tuesday. It’s been described as a boring budget but Flaherty is not apologetic about that -- rather he views it as a compliment.

The budget stays the course and promises to continue to rein in spending and help consumers with a number of initiatives. One is addressing the difference in price on consumer goods between Canada and the U.S. Another announcement in the budget was the continued efforts in job training. There is no doubt there needs to be a better marriage between what business and industry needs in terms of skilled labour and what the guidance counsellors are giving out in advice to graduates.

The apprentice program will receive a shot in the arm in terms of interest free training loans for those enrolled in “Red Seal” trade programs.

And, to keep seniors in the work force longer, there is an initiative for older workers for retraining. This program (Targeted Initiative for Older Workers) is aimed at finding jobs for older workers in smaller communities (less than $250,000).

As this was of interest to some of those in our

office I went online to find out the details. The Government of Canada website gave a fairly comprehensive explanation of the program, who will qualify and so on. For particulars on how to apply you were referred to your provincial website.

So, I clicked on Saskatchewan and was directed to Government of Saskatchewan Advanced Education who apparently has never heard of the program because there is not a word about TIOW. The lead page lists all the news releases of the day so I did some searching.

The sidebar had a link to Programs and Services (which, by simple deduction, is where you would go to find out about a program). However, there is no such program listed. There is however aboriginal education and employment, degree-granting, innovation and science, institutional funding, health training, private vocational schools, regional colleges, education savings. Nothing listed for older workers.

So, one can draw some simple conclusions here.

Neither the federal or the provincial government want people to know the program exists; the feds and the provincial guys don’t talk; the whole program is just a smoke screen; or both

governments are extremely unorganized. Take your pick.

The budget talked a lot about awareness campaigns for various programs. It would be a great thing if they actually took that to heart and spoke to the people who will benefit from certain programs -- namely those who live in small communities and read their local paper.

That’s only if governments want people to know what they are doing.

P.H.

Bombardier and Canada’s corporate welfare trap

by Mark Milke, Senior Fellow at the Fraser Institute In the land of government plenty—that vast landscape populated with the tax dollars of Canadians—there is no shortage of politicians willing to hand out and defend subsidies to business and no dearth of corporations willing to take the cash.

Bombardier Inc., which recently announced it would lay off 1,700 people, has been one chronic seeker and a regular recipient of such taxpayer assistance. The Montrealbased aerospace company is thus a useful example of corporate welfare in action, the tax dollars at stake, and the regular, inflated claims about the beneficial effects of such subsidies.

Bombardier’s corporate welfare began, at least federally, in 1966 when it received its first disbursement of $35 million from the federal department, Industry Canada. In the decades since, various Bombardier iterations received over $1.1 billion (all figures adjusted for inflation) in 48 separate disbursements from just Industry Canada.

That includes two 2009 cheques worth $233 mil-

lion.

Most of the money, excepting $55-million in grants, came in the form of “conditionally repayable contributions”—conditional loans where repayment depends on the performance of a particular project.

That $1.1 billion does not include tax dollars received from any other federal department or other governments, including in Ontario, Quebec and even Great Britain ($298 million in the latter case).

But if taxpayers wish to know how much money has been repaid out of just the amounts above, they’re mostly out of luck.

Publicly, Bombardier claims it has repaid $275 million on two government loans originally worth $187 million. That ignores the dozens of other disbursements and much larger amounts loaned to the company.

Some other scraps of information are available though. In 2008, Industry Canada’s department performance report noted a $108.4 million loan guarantee write-off. The department did not specify which company benefit-

ted when taxpayers covered the loan, but media reports noted it was for government guarantees connected to Bombardier’s turboprop aircraft.

Beyond such glimpses, my Access to Information requests to Industry Canada are regularly returned with the repayment records of most companies (not just Bombardier) blacked out. Under the federal Access to Information Act, the department must, legally, withhold such information if a company might suffer financial loss or have its competitive position undermined. In addition, Bombardier has also filed in Federal Court to prevent access to such numbers.

There are even larger corporate welfare recipients than Bombardier-for example, Pratt & Whitney has garnered $3.3 billion from Industry Canada since 1970.

But if subsidies are so commercially sensitive, it should be obvious that governments potentially harm competitors when they interfere in an open market and at taxpayers’ expense. Then there

is the fact that the money governments hand over is first taken from someone else, either a private citizen or another Canadian business. Corporate welfare is not a costless activity.

More generally, despite the multiple claims for subsidizing businesses with tax dollars—higher economic growth, more jobs and extra tax revenues— the justifications wilt when examined closely.

For instance, one of the world’s foremost experts on business subsidies, Professor Terry Buss, has noted how the various claims often result from correlation-causation errors. (That the rooster crows and the sun rises, does not mean the former caused the latter.)

Also, the government and industry studies that promulgate such myths fail to account for how “gains” to one region are necessarily offset by losses elsewhere.

The simplest example of this substitution effect occurred back in 1986 when Industry Canada helped pay for the construction of a new fish processing

facility in Quebec at a cost of $2.2 million. The justification was that an additional 250 jobs would be created when the new plant opened its doors.

However, as the Auditor General noted in 1995, the nearby existing fishprocessing facility (which also received federal subsidies) soon closed with job losses equivalent to those created by the new market entrant. Net employment gains were zero because jobs were transferred—not created—at the cost of taxpayer subsidies.

Corporate welfare is not inevitable as policy. Back in the 1990s in Alberta, after a plethora of loans and loan guarantees signed during the Peter Lougheed years went south, leaving taxpayers with a $2.2 billion loss, the then government of Ralph Klein decided it was out of the business of being in business. It was a pledge and a legislatureapproved policy to which the Klein government mostly stuck.

There is nothing contradictory about wanting Bombardier, Pratt & Whitney, or other businesses to thrive and yet opposing taxpayer subsidies based on the empirical evidence. Corporate welfare is costly and taxpayers don’t need to be continually dragged into corporate battles for market share.

A long-time contributor to the Institute, having authored the Institute’s work on corporate welfare and B.C. treaties, as well as being a regular contributor to Fraser Forum, Milke has extensive experience analyzing and writing about public policy, particularly in the areas of government spending, land claims negotiations, and taxation. He is the former research director for the Frontier Centre for Public Policy and former B.C. and Alberta director with the Canadian Taxpayers’ Federation.

He has a Ph.D. in political science and is a lecturer at the University of Calgary.

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is to promote the principles of Olympism and popularize the particular games of the host country. Thus the mascot can be a person, animal or fictitious being that reflects, not only, the characteristics of the host country but also the Olympic movement.

That’s as far as the IOC goes in choosing the mascot. The decision of choosing a mascot is up to the organizers of the Games. As such the process for choosing a

mascot is different with each Olympic Games and the local organizers.

The mascots for the Sochi games were chosen through a process which took into account the opinions of specialists, professional designers, sports fans and the public. It was designed to be as open a process as possible.

Appropriately three animals were chosen by the Sochi organizers -- the Polar Bear, the European Hare, the Amur Leopard. All three

very good choices for a Winter Olympics being held in a northern clime.

Consider the Polar Bear. Find a sheet of ice in the Arctic Circle and you will find a polar bear. His world is made of snow. Imagine his fantasy home with his snow shower, bed, computer -- a good fit for winter games. The Sochi Polar Bear was brought up by Arctic explorers who taught him the favourite winter sports of skiing, snow boarding, speed skating and curling. And, what polar bear doesn’t love sliding so it is only natural he would embrace sleighs.

Again imagine the Polar Bear and his friends enjoying bob sledding competitions.

Up in the highest peak of the Caucasus Mountains, perched in a tree branch you will find the Amur Leopard.

He is a helpful little soul always willing to help those in need even rescuing villages from avalanches. The Leopard also likes winter sports and is an avid snowboarder who loves to go dancing when the slopes close.

The third mascot, the European Hare, is probably one of the busiest creatures in the entire winter forest. This industrious creature is very busy indeed. She studies at the Forest Academy and helps out in the family restaurant. In her spare time she loves

BCS Principal’s Report

by Kim Fick This writeup follows a very difficult week for our entire community.

There are few people that have been untouched by the tragedy last Monday, where a mom, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, and community member lost her life, and children and adults were forced to endure hardships no one should have to face.

While we all struggle to make sense of such a horrific tragedy, our community has once again come together to support all those

impacted by the accident.

Many emotions surface at this time, and as we grieve it is important to remember that any emotion is valid, and everyone will grieve differently.

As I often am, I feel grateful to belong to this community that pulls together when needed, and on behalf of our school staff I would like to extend most sincere thoughts, blessings, and sympathies to all people impacted in any way.

Our school has a counsellor on site regularly, and if you, or

someone you know, could benefit from support during this crisis, please contact our office and we will assist you.

As I was planning to say in my writeup last week (before I accidentally sent the wrong attachment to the paper!), my door is open to anyone that would like to contact me with questions, concerns, or comments regarding happenings in our school or with our students. I am glad to be back working in this job that I love, supporting students and families,

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and am looking forward to the rest of this school year.

I’ll leave you with this message that hangs in my classroom: “Before you speak, THINK: Is it True? Is it Helpful?

Is it Inspiring? Is it Necessary? Is it Kind?”

Words we can all live by!

Take time to enjoy those that you love, as we have been reminded how things can change in an instant.

Happy Valentine’s Day!

LOOKING FOR GRAVEL to buy, lease or partner with.

Preferably in the Springwater, Tramping Lake and Ruthilda areas or general West Central region SK/AB. Free testing. Will pay top $!

Contact Fred Boisvert… 306-948-6977

NOTICE Anyone who got mail returned from Box 4, Biggar Due to a FAULT on the part of CANADA POST, mail was returned to senders between December 1, 2013 and January 30, 2014.

This includes mail for Biggar Wildlife Federation and personal mail.

Perdue Bowling scores

Bartley, 533; LHS – Joey Levitt, 228; LHT – Joey Levitt, 605; THS – D.J.’s, 1,249; THT – D.J.’s, 3,322; MHA – Al Levitt, 194; LHA – Joey Levitt, 175.

Y.B.C.: Junior Girls – Dakota Anderson, 146; Bantam Boys – Adam Munro, 137; Bantam Girls – Trystyn Wegwitz, 122; Bowlasaurus – Haydyn Wegwitz, 69.

No Tap tournament February 9: 1st Place – Jason Munro, Jessie Evers, Adam Munro, Skylar Elliott; 2nd Place – Glen Shockey, Bill Roach, Jeff Cook, June Hoppe; 3rd Place – George and Arlene Bartley, Joey and Al Levitt; 1/2 winners – Esther Nichols, Joyce Broeckel; MHS – Al Levitt, 267; LHS – Erma Bettschen, 258; Hidden Score – Jean Taylor, 139.

Lunch served by Y.B.C.

Please contact Wayne or Gisela Yaroshko at ymva@sasktel.net or 306-948-2882

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(week ending February 7) Club 55: MHS – Gerald Nicholls, 182; MHT – Gerald Nicholls, 504; LHS – Dot Curtiss, 174; LHT – Carol Lemon, 455; THS – Hopefuls, 1,041; THT – Hopefuls, 3,032; MHA – John Latta, 161; LHA – Carol Lemon, 162.

Ladies League: LHS – Marilyn Moon, 242; LHT – Joey Levitt, 614; THS – Zeros, 1,108; THT – High Rollers, 3,127; LHA – Dorrie Laberswieler, 190.

Mens League: MHS–AlLevitt,246;MHT–GeorgeBartley,573;THS – W.W.F., 818;THT – W.W.F., 2,208; MHA – Al Levitt, 189.

Mixed League: MHS – George Bartley, 195; MHT – George

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MHS – Glen Shockey, 264; MHT – Geoff Cooke, 649; WHS – Donna Eckart, 194; WHT – Dianna Meger, 490.

Y.B.C. League: Bowlasaurus: High Score – Micheal Sawatzky, 80.

Pee Wee: High Score – Maggie Genaille, 91; High Score Double – Maggie Genaille, 167. Bantam: High Score – Cassie Raschke, 133; High Score Tripple – Cassie Raschke, 359. Juniors: High Score – Justin Otterson, 159; High Score Triple – Justin Otterson, 409.

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Alley Katz Bowling scores (February 3-6) Tuesday Mixed League: MHS – Jason Raschke, 229; MHT – Jason Rashke, 551; WHS – Melissa Raschke, 210; WHT – Melissa Raschke, 548.

New Horizons League: MHS – Jack Eckart, 286; MHT – Jack Eckart, 614; WHS – Donna Eckart, 183; WHT – Donna Eckart, 464.

Thursday Senior’s League:

every winter sport and indulges her passion every chance she gets.

She loves to sing and dance as well.

These are the characters that were chosen following the results of a public vote almost three years ago on a live Russian television show. Anyone who is travelling to Sochi for the event they will likely see the representatives wandering around the town. For those of us who will be watching the Olympics on television maybe we will catch a glimpse of them in the film footage.

Very probably they will make an appearance at the opening and closing ceremonies.

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The use of mascots to promote the Olympic Games is relatively new. From the start the Olympic rings (five interlocking rings) and the Olympic flame were the only symbols used in the promotion of the event.

It took until the Summer Olympic Games in Munich in 1972 until the International Olympic Committee approved the idea of a mascot.

Of course, there are criteria. The mascot

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by Bob Mason

LVC (Hill 195) Because, in the past, he had written quite a few pages about them, and consequently ended up with a long list of “hill”-related subjects to draw from, Yours Truly, having only used a few of them, hesitated to throw them in the waste basket, thinking “surely I can use some of that list again sometime!” and started to check them over.

Although some of those slopes were really cold and uncomfortable, sitting up here in this nice warm room, it was awful easy to imagine each one of them – and remember; when suddenly he stopped, with the name of a place he had often been told about, but had never actually been - “Hill 195”!

During the Normandy Campaign of World War II (June ‘til September 1944) the

Canadian Army (including Y.T.’s old regiment the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Ph)) were pushing eastward along the highway between Caen and Falaise in France, when their armoured division (who used the road) was stopped by the presence of some 88mm canon on some highland, marked on the map as “Hill 195”.

From page 226 of the book “Black Yesterdays” War Diary C.T.B. (initials of the clerk!) Y.T. Quotes: “At 2200 hours (10 p.m.) our Commanding Of¿cer was ordered to attack and capture Hill 195. The feature was an obvious strong point, for it was the highest point of land between Caen and Falaise.”

Already one attack had tried and failed! The

previous day the 29th Army Regiment (the BCRs) British Columbia Regiment and the Algonquin infantry regiment had attacked the hill and had been driven back, with very heavy casualties.

The combined force attack on August 9, 1944, and by late afternoon the BCR had lost 49 tanks, 112 men killed or wounded, and 34 taken prisoner. The Algonquins had 128 killed or wounded and 45 P.O.W.! Note: YT picked up a veteran hoo¿ng it down the highway to Biggar who said that he had just gotten out of the Army Hospital and he had been wounded at “Hill 195”.

But the hill still had to be taken, eh?

Reminisce Lt. Colonel Dave Steward (CO of the Argylle): “When we received the order to take Hill 195 it was late in the afternoon, two other Regiments had tried and failed, I mentally wrote the Argylls off – as well as myself. I took the Scout Platoon with me and we reconnoitered the route I had chosen. On the way back I left members of the scout platoon at strategic points to guide the Battalion so that I could lead them up to the high ground.”

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The Argyll attack on Hill

195 took the following from a circuitous route, north east of Langannerie. The Commanding Of¿cer (Lt. Colonels Dave Stewart) sketched the route to the Scout Platoon and stationed one of the platoon(men) at points to guide the Battalion as it went in.

The advance began at 0100 hours (1:00 am) in almost complete silence, and by 0400 hours we were in behind the hill without a shot being ¿red!

In the morning the “enemy awakened to the situation and acted violently.

During the day, the following of¿cers were wounded: Major Coons, Lt. Fairbrother, Lt. Donaldson (see “Donaldson” 12/2/01).

In the afternoon the typhoons (rocket carrying planes) relieved the situation.

The “enemy” counter attacked with force, but were

driven back.

At 2100 hours we were relieved by the SDGs (Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry Highlanders).

Killed in action, died of wounds: Lt. Boyd, Lance Corporal Robert Ferguson, Pte (private) Jeffrey Cox, Pte Alfred Hamilton, Pte Don McMasters, Pte George Martin and Pte Richard McDonalds – wounded 24.

Reminisce Corporal Gordon Boulton Scout Platoon: “We heard later that going up Hill 195 was Lt. Lloyd Johnston’s idea. He was all excited that we (the scouts) were going to guide the whole Battalion!”

Reminisce Col Dave Stewart: “One of¿cer said ‘we’ll take it, we’ll take it” and sure went up in my respect, another of¿cer said ‘you are talking us to our deaths’ and

went down quite a bit!”

Interview with Pte Harry Kirkland: “We went out and got the fellow. He was a German Captain and he had an Iron Cross around his neck and one leg cut off. We brought him in on a stretcher, he kept looking at a family picture he carried, and wanted a cigarette.

“I don’t know if he lived or died.”

Lt. Colonel Dave Stewart received the D.S.O. For his Battalions ¿ne effort in capturing hill 195.

Y.T. wasn’t there, mind you, having come to the Regiment later, but every man who was there told him how proud they were, and it always appealed to Y.T. since that, like a group of local schoolboys, a bunch of men did what 47 technological tanks didn’t do.

Another lucky Museum Toonie winner . . . Dee Dee MacInnis, left, accepts her $60 cheque from Biggar Museum and Gallery’s Executive Director Delta Fay Cruickshank, all for being the latest Toonie Draw winner. Congratulations!

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

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New Horizons Activities New Horizons “Beat the Blues Event 2014”

by Geoff Cooke On the last day of January, Biggar New Horizons staged a Card Party and Tea with the intention of bearing the winter blues.

Forty-eight seniors attended from Biggar, Wilkie, Cando and Landis. There were 10 tables of card players for Kaiser and Cribbage. A fine and tasty tea was provided, thanks to the generous donations of New Horizons members.

Played in a tropical

setting the games were contested fiercely, and when the dust cleared the winners were: Kaiser: 1st Ray Suchan, 2nd Marie Schwebius, 3rd Bill Fisher, with Grant and Karen getting consolation prizes.

Cribbage: 1st Barb Swyryda, nd 2 Reg Olson, 3rd Rita Besse, with Ann and Marie taking consolation prizes.

There were also several door prizes.

The winners were presented with their

awards of money and items by President Don Swyryda, and were donated by local businesses and Horizons members. Our gracious thanks to those people who donated, helped and contributed. Photos of the action were taken, thanks to The Independent newspaper.

Then, as all seniors love to do, we ate!

All considered everyone had a great time and we look forward to staging our third annual Beat the Blues next year.

Diamond Lodge News

by Karen Kammer Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! What a special time of the year to make our friends and family know about how we feel about them.

The residents here at the Lodge over the last week have been watching a lot of curling on the TV and of course the Olympics is on too but of course we do more than just watch TV here at Diamond Lodge.

Monday we had exercises and Blast from the Past. Tuesday was current events and wheel of fortune.

Wednesday afternoon we did some baking in the afternoon. We made cupcakes and muffins.

While they were baking we did a lot of visiting.

It was also our monthly birthday party night.

There were only three birthdays celebrated.

Bill Haffermehl did the entertaining while the Landis CWL provided us with a delicious lunch.

Thursday was exercises and bingo.

Friday was Breakfast Club. At 10:45 we decided to play a game that was new to us it was called Shake Loose a Memory.

The residents throw a die and the number they roll they pick up a card.

If they did the act on the card before in their life they got to keep it. The most cards in the end

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wins. At 2:30 we had a new resident move into the Lodge and it turned out to be his birthday so we had a tiny birthday party for him with cake.

Saturday was dot bingo and we watched “Love Begins”. Sunday was 1-1’s and then church.

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Acetaminophen is found in products like Tylenol.

It’s used for pain and to lower fever. Acetaminophen works well and is usually safe . . . as long as it’s taken the right way.

What products have acetaminophen in them?

Acetaminophen is in many over-the-counter (OTC) medicines found on store shelves. Some of these medicines just have acetaminophen in them.

But some have acetaminophen with other drugs.

Medicines used for allergies, colds, or the flu often have acetaminophen.

Prescription drugs for pain may also have acetaminophen.

You should never take more than one medicine that has acetaminophen at a time. It is very important to read the label and look for the word acetaminophen. If an OTC medicine has acetaminophen it should say “acetaminophen” on the front of the package. You can also look for acetaminophen on the Drug Facts label (under the Active

Ingredients section) on the bottle. If you are taking a prescription drug for pain, ask your pharmacist if it has acetaminophen in it.

How much acetaminophen should i take?

The dose of acetaminophen will depend on the product you are using.

It is important to check the product label and follow the directions very carefully. If you have three or more alcoholic drinks a day, ask your pharmacist or prescriber if it’s okay for you to take acetaminophen. They will be able to tell you if it’s okay to take acetaminophen, and how much to take.

What about children?

Children are at special risk of getting too much acetaminophen.

The dose for children changes as they grow bigger. There are also different acetaminophen products for different age groups. This can be confusing.

It is important to follow the directions on the label of the product you are using. If the dose for your child’s age or weight is not on the label, ask your pharmacist or prescriber.

If you are using a liquid

acetaminophen product, be sure to use the measuring tool that comes with the medicine. Do not use a kitchen spoon. Keep a record of when your child gets their medicine.

This way your child will not get it more often than they should.

What if you take too much acetaminophen?

Acetaminophen is a safe drug if taken at the right dose. But too much acetaminophen can hurt the liver.

People who take too much acetaminophen might feel sick to their stomach, throw up, and have belly pain. But some people will not feel sick at all.

Some people have died after taking too much acetaminophen.

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Farming’s still farming despite “high-tech”

by Calvin Daniels

I suppose in general terms technology has been the greatest change in our world over the last quarter century.

I just think back over the last 25 years in my little slice of reality and am amazed by the changes.

When I first arrived in Yorkton just a shade over 25-years ago most of my humble stories, and the earliest examples of this agricultural column were still produced on a then very old manual typewriter. The words I wrote then

went to a staff who actually retyped them into what was a fledgling computer system of a sort.

The Compugraphic machine I occasionally had access too, there were two among a staff of four and I was then rookie, so I was relegated to the typewriter on most days, was a beast of a machine.

It was about the size of the Mini cars we see on the streets today, and had a file capacity of exactly 10-inches on newspaper copy. You can imagine the

joys of doing longer features, encompassing multiple files, making moving bits of information around in a story time consuming and just plain difficult.

It was good in the sense I learned to write a story top to bottom, and leave it as is, which still saves me time today, but at the time the question was whether the technology was worth it.

Fast forward to today.

I sit in the local library, a sunny window to my right, typing this column on a laptop which has a bazillion times the speed and capacity of the former behemoth of the past. The laptop is about the size of a textbook, and given that it is now headed to its fifth anniversary in my hands, is larger and heavier than models which have followed.

Back 25 years the library was a useful tool for a journalist. It was a place to research and check facts, and to gain knowledge.

The laptop of course allows that by clicking a few keys searching the seemingly limitless Internet thanks to its Wi-Fi connection and browser.

And that little look back brings me to farming.

While seeds still go in the ground, and rely heavily on the whims of nature to grow and produce, technology has also heavily impacted the agricultural sector.

Computers allow variable seeding and fertil-

izer rates, they monitor tractor engines, the bushels per acre combined and dozens of other readings taken which 25-years ago were not even considered because they were at that time beyond monitoring.

I had a first hand look at how things have changed in the fall of 2013 when I climbed in the cab of a new John Deere combine harvesting a fund raising crop for the Yorkton Terriers hockey club.

The cab frankly had the look of a sci-fi space fighter cockpit. The controls seemed ripped from my son’s latest video game console.

The result was a very foreign environ for someone who could remember a Massey 27 Super combine on the farm when he was a kid.

When I was young I could climb behind the wheel of a tractor or combine, and relying on my knowledge of driving a farm truck, has a pretty good understanding of what it took to drive the aforementioned farm equipment. The learning curve to drive a tractor was rather small.

That meant farm labour did not need a lot of advance training. A few basic instructions in the field and most people could get a tractor moving if they were at least half trying.

Today, with a new fourwheel drive tractor, or a new combine pushing past the half million dol-

lar mark in terms of cost, and the complexity of monitors and computer controls, farmers cannot trust just anyone to do the driving.

That is where education is vital, although such education has largely come from a farmer taking the time to teach on the job, which is not necessarily a good use of the farmer’s management skills.

That is why a recent announcement at Parkland College in Yorkton has to be deemed a good on for farm producers.

Federal Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz and Saskatchewan Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart announced the launch of the Agricultural Operator Program.

“Our government recognizes the importance that labour plays in driving growth in our agriculture industry,” Ritz said in a release. “Today’s investment will help those interested in a career in agriculture develop knowledge and skills needed to find gainful employment here in Saskatchewan.”

“Producers have indicated that they need more skilled labour for their operations and this program directly responds to their needs,” Stewart said in the same release. “Farmers can send current or potential employees through the program to develop or help fine tune their skills. Additionally, general labourers without a farm background

will have an opportunity to gain the experience needed to get involved in the industry.”

The Agricultural Operator Program was a commitment made in the Saskatchewan Plan for Growth. It is a modulebased program offering practical, hands-on training to individuals interested in working on Saskatchewan farms.

Students and employers will have the flexibility to choose the entire program or specific modules relevant to their farms.

The first three modules will be seeding, spraying and scouting, and harvest to be delivered at Parkland College in Yorkton.

Additional modules will be developed for the livestock industry including haying, beef cattle reproduction and calving, and cattle husbandry and handling. Following the pilot program, the provincial government will work to expand the program to other regional colleges across Saskatchewan.

The ability of students to get relevant training specific to farming before heading to the field behind half million dollar machines is obviously a huge positive, for both employee and farmer.

Technology has made the education essential, and to credit of those involved in this college launch, that essential need is starting to be met for the good of agriculture.

Province supports federal action to address grain transportation challenges Premier Brad Wall offered the Government of Saskatchewan’s support for recent federal initiatives to increase grain movement and urged the railways to improve service to move this year’s record crop to port.

“The success and growth of our agriculture industry and province depends on getting our products to port to be shipped throughout the world,” Wall said, February 5. “We know the sheer volume of this year’s record crop is straining the transportation system and we fully support the federal government in any measures they can take to address this situation.”

The Government of Saskatchewan supports the federal government’s recently announced enhancements to the Grain Monitoring Program.

These changes will improve the frequency of reporting information about the grain handling and transportation system. This will improve communication and increase transparency in the supply chain. A new forum will also allow

representatives to discuss improvement throughout the supply chain on an ongoing basis.

In addition to supporting these federal enhancements, Wall called on the railways to immediately enact a plan to increase grain shipments.

“We recognize efforts are underway to develop a long-term plan for the future, as we anticipate these larger crops will become the norm,” Wall said.

“However, further action is necessary to clear up the immediate backlog as soon as possible. We will continue to work to find a solution with stakeholders, including the federal government, grain companies, railways and port authorities.”

Saskatchewan is the leading agri-food exporter in the nation and some of the top exporters are gathered in Saskatoon for the agriculture trade summit currently underway. Wall said finding solutions to the transportation challenges will be a critical component in continuing to grow Saskatchewan’s agriculture exports.

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Financial Advice to make a positive difference

by Kim Inglis, BCom, CIM, PFP, FCSI, AIFP | Investment Advisor and Portfolio Manager Canaccord Wealth Management The Olympics Games are a showcase of athleticism, perseverance and sheer determination.

For athletes, the Games represent the culmination of their life’s work. For corporations, they are a platform for building brands and profits. The Olympics also have the potential to benefit the savvy investor.

The International Olympic Committee says 220 countries and territories broadcast the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, reaching a record potential audience of 3.8 billion people worldwide and approximately 1.8 billion viewers. It’s arguably one of the most important international marketing platforms in the world.

In exchange for exclusive worldwide marketing rights the top 11 corporate sponsors, known as The Olympic Partner Programme (TOP) companies, contribute over 40 per cent of the Olympic Games revenue. The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games TOP companies are Atos, Coca-Cola, Dow Chemical, General Electric, McDonald’s, Omega, Panasonic, Procter and Gamble, Samsung, and Visa.

TOP companies are often repeat customers, having enjoyed success following their Olympics campaigns.

Procter and Gamble reportedly received a $500 billion sales boost related to the London 2012 Summer Olympics. While they expect the figure will

drop to a third of that for the Winter Games, the reduction is logically attributed to the difference in size of the two events.

Some sponsors benefit in other ways. General Electric reported that its technology was included all official London 2012 Olympic Games competition venues and commercial buildings, totalling more than $100 million in sales. GE’s infrastructure sales exceed $1 billion over the past four Olympic Games.

Not all outcomes are what sponsors would want. A Toluna Global Omnibus survey showed consumers’ ability to recall 2012 Olympics sponsors was surprisingly low, and some even chose names that were competitors of TOP companies. For example, respondents named Pepsi (28 per cent) and Burger King (19 per cent) as sponsors instead of Coca-Cola and McDonald’s.

Hosts haven’t fared well. A 2012 Oxford University Saïd Business School paper (Flyvberg and Stewart) found that every Olympiad since 1960 went over budget, averaging 179 per cent.

According to Fidelity Investments the 2004 Athens Games overspent by more than 300 per cent, and many analysts believe the real accrued debt of roughly $15 billion was a key contributor to Greece’s financial

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crisis. The 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games, originally estimated at $12 billion, have skyrocketed to roughly $51 billion. Fidelity says the majority of Olympic host nations have not experienced sustained growth in GDP. Are the Olympics good for investors? On a broad scale the data are positive. According to Bespoke Investment

Group, the stock market has historically done quite well during the Summer Games.

Bespoke analyzed the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average during the Olympics since 1900 (from opening ceremony through closing ceremony) and found the average gain was 3.88 per cent. Overall, the DJIA was positive 69.2 per cent of the time.

Although the TOP companies are all major corporations, investors hoping to profit from the Olympics must do their homework.

Investing solely because a company was a sponsor, or a country was a host, should not form the thesis behind an investment. Investors should properly assess any Olympic advertiser’s long-term prospects for growth, and the

sustainability of their business plan.

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.

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Book and Lyrics by Music by David Lindsay-Abaire Jeanine Tesori Novice Nats give a royal beat down on Monarchs . . . The Biggar Novice Nationals met the visiting Neilburg Monarchs, Sunday for a feisty, hard-fought contest. The Nats pulled off a 7-2 win. (Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Another record year for merchandise exports Saskatchewan is the largest per capita exporter in Canada

The year 2013 will go down as another record for exports, hitting $32.9 billion according to a report by Statistics Canada released last Thursday.

Exports were up by 4.6 per cent compared to 2012, and have increased by a whopping 70.2 per cent when compared to the 2007 total of $19.3 billion.

“This new export record is a testament to the strength and diversity of the Saskatchewan economy,” Minister responsible for Trade Tim McMillan said, February 6. “Our government will continue to promote increased trade and exports across the world because we know the importance it has to our provincial economy.”

The largest year-over-year gains were in consumer goods, up 64.0 per cent, energy up 10.2 per cent and forestry products up 13.3 per cent.

“Saskatchewan exporters and producers have worked hard to make these new record numbers possible,” McMillan said. “It is even more remarkable considering our exports didn’t even reach the $20 billion mark in 2007 and today exports are more than $32 billion.”

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6. Eligible retiring allowance: If you received an eligible retiring allowance in 2013, you’ll have until March 3, 2014 to securities in-kind to your TaxFree Savings Account (TFSA). make a special contribution to your RRSP (but not to a spousal plan) without requiring 3. 2014 RRSP contribution RRSP contribution room. room: 7. LabourPotential new RRSP sponsored contribution room investment is created every funds: January 1 based Consider in part on income purchasing earned in the prior shares of year. In light of this, labourconsider making an sponsored over-contribution of funds by $2,000, which is not March 3, subject to the over2014 to take contribution penalty. advantage Although the of a 15 per money is not taxcent federal labour-sponsored funds tax deductible, it can be deducted credit on a maximum contribution of $5,000 in a future year if you have the (maximum $750 federal tax credit).

An available RRSP room. To avoid additional provincial tax credit may also the over-contribution penalty, you’ll need to check that you’re be available. Speak with your advisor to not more than $2,000 over your determine whether an investment in a labour-sponsored fund is suitable for you. total contribution limit.

8. LIRA conversion to LIF/RLIF: If you have 4. TFSA: Canadians who are 18 and over a Locked-In Retirement Account (LIRA) and are planning to convert it to a Life Income are eligible to contribute to a Fund (LIF) or Restricted Life Income Fund TFSA. The contribution limit was $5,000 per year from 2009 (RLIF) in 2014, you may want to consider to 2012 inclusive, and is $5,500 converting the plan in January 2014, rather than later in the year, to give you added for 2013 and 2014. If you did not use your contribution room Àexibility to withdraw more from your LIF/

The 12 Tips of Tax Planning The Twelve Days of Christmas has become a holiday favourite over the years. In the spirit of this traditional festive carol, RBC Wealth Management offers The 12 Tips of Tax Planning to help with the important weeks ahead in the annual taxplanning calendar.

1. RRSP contributions: The deadline to make a contribution to a registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) that can be claimed as a 2013 RRSP tax deduction is generally the 60th day after the 2013 year-end, which falls on March 1, 2014.

But since March 1 falls on a weekend, the deadline has been extended to Monday, March 3, 2014.

2. In-Kind RRSP/TFSA contributions: If you don’t have suf¿cient cash on hand to make an RRSP contribution, you can consider making an “inkind” contribution of eligible securities from your nonregistered account to your RRSP. You can also contribute

RLIF in the ¿rst year.

9. 2013 Home Buyers’ Plan withdrawals: If you participated in the Home Buyers’ Plan (HBP) in 2013, but borrowed less than the maximum $25,000 tax-free from your RRSP, you may be eligible to make another tax-free RRSP withdrawal in January 2014 (up to the $25,000 maximum permitted). After January 2014, subsequent withdrawals will not qualify as tax-free.

For business owners: 10. Consider paying yourself a bonus: If you operate your own business with a yearend after June 30, consider paying reasonable bonuses to employees, including yourself.

Canadian tax rules allow a corporation to deduct a bonus paid to an employee on the corporation’s previous year’s tax return as long as the bonus is paid within 179 days after its corporate year-end.

11. T4 ¿ling deadlines for employers: If you have employees in your own business or you employ a nanny or babysitter, then you must ¿le the appropriate T4 Summary forms to the CRA by the end of February. For 2014, the deadline is February 28. In addition, a copy of the T4 slip must be delivered or mailed to the employee(s) by this date.

12. Sale of private business shares: You may have disposed of “quali¿ed small business corporation” shares in 2013 and realized capital gains that cannot be fully exempt under the $750,000 lifetime capital gains exemption. If this is the case, you may be able to defer all or some portion of the taxable capital gain if you reinvest the proceeds in a new eligible small business corporation any time in the year of disposition, or within 120 days after the end of that year.

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To Own or Not to Own Home ownership isn’t for everyone.

It’s de¿nitely a long-term commitment.

The price of homes usually increases over time, but generally at a slow rate. With all the ¿nancing, closing costs and other expenses associated with owning a home, you might lose money if you sell in less than a few years.

You also have to think about the upkeep of a home. Everything from cutting the grass to putting on a new roof is your responsibility. These maintenance costs can really add up.

Then add property taxes, utility bills and other expenses and you can get into some sizable payments.

But when you take full ¿nancial and maintenance responsibility for a home, it’s yours to do with as you please. Paint the walls purple. Add a planetarium. Put in a ¿reman’s pole. You’re in charge.

There are also substantial ¿nancial advantages to owning a home. The part of your monthly payment that goes towards the principal is all equity.

As your equity increases with time (and payments) it will be a source of ¿nancial stability for you, giving you collateral for a loan or producing a large sum of money if you sell. In Canada, proceeds from the sale of your principal residence are not subject to capital gains tax.

Your Retirement Plan Should Meet Your Financial and Lifestyle Goals

Buying a Home Turtles and snails are born with their homes on their backs. You, however, are not so lucky. Unless you plan to live in a cardboard box or can talk someone into letting you live with them for the rest of your life, you will probably need to either buy or rent housing.

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There are many things to consider when looking at what you need for retirement income.

How you see your future not only for the short term but the long term is very important, it impacts on how much money you need to save to make it a reality. Do you have a pension plan with a set amount of money available to you every month or some land you will sell and turn into an income stream? What about your risk tolerance and the length of time you have until you are drawing an income off your investments?

These answers will have an impact on the ¿nancial part of your planning, what product line ups will be the best ¿t for you and your unique set of circumstances.

There are no cookie cutter answers, they are unique to you and your situation. There is no better way to make a plan successful than to believe in it and be excited to watch it unfold. Make sure you take the time to explore your options not only on how to spend all your new found freedom but also make your hard earned money last.

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Teach your kids about interest rates

By Carla Hindman, Director of Financial Education, Visa Canada One of the most valuable ¿nancial lessons you can share with your kids before they leave the nest is to explain what interest rates are and how they work. The important ¿nancial transactions they’ll conduct as adults will likely be affected in some way by interest rates, whether as a lender or a borrower.

Here’s some background information to help guide those conversations: Interest rates for lenders. Anyone who has a savings account or owns government or business bonds is, in effect, lending money to those institutions and earning interest on the loan. In most cases, however, this interest income is probably taxable, so shop around for favourable rates to maximize your earnings and help offset inÀation.

Compare bank GIC, savings and chequing account interest rates online to see where the best offer is.

Interest rates for borrowers.

Interest rates have even more impact on you as a borrower, especially for large purchases. For example: while mortgages have a set term, most are amortized over 15 to 25 years, so reducing the interest rate by a point or two could save tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of the loan.

And credit card rates may vary by 10 points or more, depending on your credit rating.

Most borrower interest rates are expressed in terms of annual percentage rate (APR). With credit cards, the issuer may charge a ¿xed APR, or change it as bank interest rates vary (“variable rate”). Each billing period, the company charges a fraction of the annual rate, called the “periodic rate,” on outstanding balances. With mortgages, the APR

also factors in origination fees, mortgage insurance premiums and other fees.

Interest rates may also depend on: • Whether the loan is “secured” (secured by collateral such as a house or car) or “unsecured” (not tied to collateral – like credit cards – so the lender relies on your promise to pay it back). Because they’re riskier for the lender, unsecured loans typically have higher interest rates.

• Credit score – people with higher credit scores are deemed less risky and therefore get much more favourable rates.

• Term length – long-term loan rates are usually higher than short-term rates, because the longer the loan, the greater the risk to the lender that you might default.

Fixed vs. variable. Home mortgage interest rates are either ¿xed at a set interest rate, or are variable, which means the rate can Àuctuate for part or all of the loan period. When rate indexes are relatively high, many opt for a variable rate mortgage, which typically has a lower beginning rate and is therefore more affordable initially. However, when rates climb due to inÀation or other factors, variable rate payments can rise sharply, which is why many people prefer the more dependable ¿xed rate.

Bottom line: Many factors in setting interest rates are beyond our individual control; however, controlling their own credit score – which can have a tremendous impact on interest rates – is an important lesson to learn.

Carla Hindman directs Visa’s ¿nancial education programs in Canada. To follow Carla Hindman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ MoneySkillsCA This article is intended to provide general information and should not be considered an endorsement or legal, tax or ¿nancial advice.

We are always told to look on the bright side, be positive and not to dwell on the things that “could” happen. So we listen and pull out that advice when it comes to spending money to insure against risks that “probably won’t happen anyway”. We just insure the big things or the things our lenders tell us we have to… the house, the car, the boat and sometimes we are even proactive and insure our life too.

What about our biggest asset, are we remembering to insure it? Our ability to earn an income truly is our biggest asset, without it we couldn’t afford the house, the car, the boat etc. and a lot of the time it doesn’t even cross our minds. The scary thing is positive outlook or not the odds are against us.

For a 37 year old male the chances of suffering a disability before turning 65 are 34%, becoming critically ill 26%, dying

6% and the probability of one of the above happening before 65 are 50%.

Those numbers are high enough to warrant an action plan. You may have a disability plan at work, but will it be enough to pay the bills? If you are currently living paycheck to paycheck it may not be. What about a critical illness, do you have the ¿nances in place to take time off while you or your spouse focus on recovery or to travel to try that new experimental treatment?

These are uncomfortable questions but you owe it to yourself and those who depend on you to ask them.

The ¿rst step to making an informed decision is to become informed. Find out what is available to help cover your risks, ¿nd out what you would need for coverage and ¿nally what your budget can afford. Then you can make an informed decision that is right for you and won’t break the bank.

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Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate remains lowest in Canada

Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate remains the lowest in Canada for the 13th consecutive month.

According to figures released by Statistics Canada Friday, the province’s rate currently sits at 4.3 per cent, and well below the national average of 7.0 per cent.

The province’s youth unemployment was 7.5 per cent in January - also the lowest in the country. The national youth unemployment rate was 13.9 per cent.

“Last year we saw record-breaking job numbers, low unemployment rates and so much optimism on the jobs front in this province,” Economy Minister Bill Boyd said.

“Once again our province is proving that we have

more people working in Saskatchewan than ever before and that the momentum from 2013 has clearly sustained itself.”

Compared to January 2013, employment is up by 5,500 jobs, an increase of 1.0 per cent (third largest gain in the country).

On a year-over-year basis, job growth was particularly strong in utilities (up 1,700 or 31.5 per cent); business, building and other support services (up 2,100 or 19.3 per cent) and transportation and warehousing (4,100 or 16.1 per cent).

“Saskatchewan employers are doing their part to keep our economy moving forward, and we are seeing this progress with more jobs compared to last year,” Boyd said.

“We continue to have the

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strongest job market in the nation.”

Other highlights include: • Saskatoon had the lowest unemployment rate among major cities in the country at 4.3 per cent (tied with Quebec City). Regina was next at 4.4 per cent.

• Compared to January 2013, full-time employment grew by 10,200 whereas part-time employment fell 4,600.

• Compared to January 2013, off-reserve Aboriginal employment was up by 2,600 (6.5 per cent) for 12 consecutive months of year-over-year increases.

• Aboriginal unemployment rate stood at 12.0 per cent in January 2014 - down from 14.6 per cent a year ago.

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Turn up the chocolate on Valentine’s Day Few desserts are more universally enjoyed and coveted than chocolate. It is the flavoring for sweet and savory cakes, cookies and pies, and chocolate can be enjoyed entirely on its own. Chocolate is particularly prized on Valentine’s Day, when it is enjoyed as a special treat, whether it is given as a gift or eaten as an aphrodisiac.

With so many varieties of chocolate desserts available to tempt the taste buds, it can be difficult to decide on which treat to serve to that special someone. Cheesecake is versatile and works well with chocolate as the centerpiece. It also can be prepared in advance and

enjoyed later on for the best taste and results.

Cherry-Chocolate Cheesecake Pie Serves 6 to 8 3 packages (8 ounces each) cream cheese, softened 1 cup (8 ounce container) sour cream 2 large eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 4 to 5 ounces semisweet baking chocolate 1 stick unsalted butter 12 to 18 chocolate sandwich cookies, like Oreos(R) 1 container cherry pie filling/topping Preheat the oven to 350oF. Prepare the crust by

melting 1 stick of butter over low heat on the stove or by using the microwave. Do not overcook. Separate the halves of cookies and remove the cream filling. Put the chocolate cookies into a large zipper-top bag and use a rolling pin to crush the cookies into crumbs.

You may also pulse the cookies in a food processor to create crumbs, if available. Mix the crumbs with the melted butter in a bowl until they begin to clump. Press the cookie crust into a 9-inch pie plate, coming a little bit up on the sides. Allow the crust to set in the refrigerator.

Soften the cream cheese by leaving it at

room temperature for a little while and massaging the unopened packages with your hands.

Otherwise, microwave the cream cheese on low power until slightly warm and softened.

Add the cream cheese, sour cream, eggs and vanilla to a large bowl. Using a stand or hand mixer, blend the cheese mixture until all ingredients are well incorporated.

Then continue to mix for 2 or 3 minutes more to make the mixture more creamy.

In a microwave-safe bowl, place the squares of baking chocolate and use

low to medium power to melt the chocolate. Mix thoroughly until all the chocolate has liquified.

Let the melted chocolate cool off before adding it to the mixture, so the hot chocolate will not curdle the eggs and cream when added to the cream cheese mix.

Blend the chocolate with the cream cheese batter until thoroughly incorporated. (Note: If you prefer marble cheesecake, swirl the chocolate through the cream cheese instead of mixing thoroughly.)

Pour the batter into the pie plate over the crust.

Bake for around 1 hour, checking the cheese cake to see if it is firm and set. Place the finished pie into the refrigerator and allow to cool for 3-4 hours, or overnight.

Do not worry if cracks have formed in the top.

Use the cherry filling to top the pie. If desired, decorate with chocolate curls. Serve and enjoy.

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February land sale tops $50 million Saskatchewan’s February sale of petroleum and natural gas rights brought in $50.7 million in revenue the second-highest February sale on record.

The average price paid this sale was an impressive $1,816 per hectare with particular interest shown in Bakken areas along the Saskatchewan-U.S. border.

Total land sale revenue for the 201314 fiscal year is $106.2 million.

“This land sale is a reflection of the competitive investment climate and the great resource we have here in the province,” Energy and Resources Minister Tim McMillan said. “With new records being set in drilling and oil production, the future of the Saskatchewan oil industry looks bright.”

The February sale saw the WeyburnEstevan area receive the most

bids with sales of $46.6 million. The Lloydminster area was next at $2.7 million, followed by the Swift Current area at $731,874 and the KindersleyKerrobert area at $707,351.

“The addition of 82 leases and exploration permits in this sale shows industry continues to recognize Saskatchewan as a top jurisdiction to invest in,” McMillan said.

The highest price paid for a single parcel was $14.1 million. Stomp Energy Ltd. acquired the 2,072-hectare exploration licence north of Oungre.

The highest price on a per-hectare basis was $16,148. Sandstone Land and Mineral Company Ltd. bid $4.2 million for a 259-hectare lease north of Lampman.

The next sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas dispositions will be held on April 7, 2014.

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OBITUARIES Kammer and Amanda Kammer; Readers were Bobbi-Sue Westgard, Amie Conley and Kalene Kammer; Cross Bearer was Megan Westgard; Altar Servers were Andrew and Megan Schwark. Honourary Bearers were her Grandchildren and Great-grandchildren; Active Urn Bearers were Jordan Kammer and Mark Delainey; Ushers, Ron Lehnert, Bob Bullock. Interment will be held at a later date in Landis Cemetery, Landis, Sask.

Tributes may be directed to the Diamond Lodge Activity Fund, Box 340, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0 or Canadian Liver Foundation, Sask. Branch, 75B Lenore Drive, Saskatoon, SK S7K 7Y1 Grondin Funeral Services, Biggar entrusted with arrangements, “Our family serving your famiy for 50 years”. gfsc1

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Alexander (Johnny) Kammer January 8, 1930 February 17, 2013

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OBITUARIES Mary Ann Kammer April 9, 1933 - January 29, 2014 Mary Ann Kammer was born April 9, 1933, E1/2-38-20-W3rd, Reford, Sask. and passed away January 29, 2014, Biggar, Sask at the age of 80 years.

Mary is survived by her children… Albert (Gail) and children, Karen (Mitchell) and Amanda of Landis, Sask.; Ed (Pearl) and son, Dewayne of Biggar, Sask.; Kathy (Roland) Breer of Saskatoon, Sask.; Carol (Don) Delainey and children, Christopher (Sharisse) and their children (Aiden and Kolby), and Mark of Wilkie, Sask.; Theresa (Colin) Westgard and children, Amie (Victor) Conley and their children (Maximus and Ilissa), Bobbi-Sue (Riel) and their daughter (Bailey), Megan of Landis, Sask., and Donald (Kathy) and children, Jordan, Kody, Kalene (Nick) of Rosetown, Sask.; siblings, Margaret Gallbraith, Houston, B.C., Johanna Lehnert, Biggar, Sask., Elizabeth Wallaker (Arden) of Spalding, Sask., Fred (Shirley) Huber of North Battleford, Sask., sisters-in-law, Monica Huber, Dorothy Huber, Emily Huber, Miriam Huber, Laura Huber; in-laws, Florence (Jim) Dumont, Betty Rivett, Bernice Jones, Beatrice Gruhlke, Joe Kammer, and Eva Kammer.

Mary was predeceased by her husband, Alex (Johnny) (2013); parents, Mike and Elizabeth Huber; brothers, Joe, John, Mike, Alex, Richard, Raymond, Clara; very close friend, Irene Zipchen; and bothers-in-law, Omar Pendle, Archie Gallbraith, Joe Lehnert.

Prayers were held on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at 7 p.m. and Mass of Christian Burial on Monday, February 3, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. both from Our Lady of Fatima Roman Catholic Church, Landis, Sask. with Father Michel Bedard as celebrant. Music was led by the Landis Community Choir.

Eulogist was Kalene Kammer; Offertory Gifts were by Karen

“The Årst year is the hardest Not to have you near.

Many times we know you should be with us and you’re not, but deep in our hearts we truely know you are.

So please dear God, take this message to Dad… Tell him how much we miss him, Give him all our love, and tell him, “you will always be in our hearts”.

We LOVE you DAD. We MISS you DAILY. Love… Albert and Gail; Ed and Pearl; Kathy and Roland; Carol and Don; Theresa and Colin; Donald and Kathy; grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

COMING EVENTS SUNDAYS in February: Presbyterians, Anglicans, Lutherans (PALS) will be worshipping at Redeemer Lutheran Church at 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, February 23 will be potluck lunch after service.

Everyone is welcome. For more information or pastoral services, please phone Pastor Mark Kleiner @ 306-948-3731 or 306951-7122 48/10tfn SUNDAYS… You are invited to the weekly services of Biggar Associated Gospel Church, corner of 8th and Quebec Street @ 10:50 a.m.; Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. Everyone is welcome to join us. Pastor Wicks can be reached in the of¿ce at 306948-3424, Tuesday through Thursday.

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COMING EVENTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14: Biggar Museum’s Annual Valentine Day Tea & Pie Sale, 2-4 p.m. only $3.

Everyone welcome!

6c2 SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16: Leon Ochs will be entertaining in the Harris Seniors Centre, 6:30 p.m. following supper at 5 p.m.

Adults, $12.

6c3 FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21: Biggar & District Arts Council presents…

“Silver Screen Scoundrels”, 7:30 p.m. at The Majestic Theatre, Biggar. Adults/Seniors, $25 (advance, $20); students, 13 and older, $15; children, 12 and under, $5. Advance and Season tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar, 306948-2452.

5c4 Quality Assurance Course for Health Canada’s COMMERCIAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM. February 22 & 23 Best Western Hotel, Kelowna, BC. Tickets: www.greenlineacademy.com or 1-855-860-8611 or 250-8701882 ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES SHOW & SALE. February 24 to March 2 (inclusive) at Market Mall, Preston & Louise, Saskatoon, during mall hours.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12: Biggar & District Arts Council presents… “In¿nitus”, 7:30 p.m. at The Majestic Theatre, Biggar. Adults/Seniors, $25 (advance, $20); students, 13 and older, $15; children, 12 and under, $5. Advance and Season tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers, Biggar, 306-9482452.

5c6 THURSDAY, MARCH 27, FRIDAY, MARCH 28, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 8:00 p.m. and SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 2:30 p.m.: Reserved Seating TICKETS NOW ON SALE for New Creation Community Players production of “Shrek The Musical”, $20 per person. Available at The Biggar Independent, 122 Main St., Biggar, visa and mastercard accepted. Phone 306-948-3344.

7c7 SUNDAY, APRIL 6: Ruthilda Spring Supper, 5 - 7 p.m. at Ruthilda Hall.

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NOTICE This newspaper accepts advertisements in good faith.

We advise that it is in your interest to investigate offers personally. Publications by this paper should not be taken as an endorsement of the product or service offered.

Advertisements and statements contained herein are the sole responsibility of the persons or entities that post the advertisement, and the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Association and membership do not make any warranty as to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or reliability of such advertisements.

For greater information on advertising conditions, please consult the Association’s Blanket Advertising Conditions on our web site at www.swna.com. tfn

MISCELLANEOUS HOT TICKETS and KILLER SEATS exclusively for fans in Rural Saskatchewan CHER June 21st in Saskatoon SHANIA TWAIN July 9th in Calgary BRUNO MARS August 3rd in Saskatoon FRONT ROW SEATS

KATY PERRY August 25th in Saskatoon MOTLEY CRUE November 18th in Edmonton November 21st in Vancouver Go online to www.dashtours.com or call Dash Tours at 1-800-265-0000 One Call & You’re There RURAL WATER TREATMENT. Patented iron ¿lters, softeners, distillers, “Kontinuous Shock” Chlorinator, IronEater. Patented whole house reverse osmosis.

Payment plan. 1-800-BIG-IRON (244-4766); www.BigIronDrilling. com. View our 29 patented & patent pending inventions. Since 1957.

STEEL BUILDING SALE...” THE BIG YEAR END CLEAR OUT!” 20X22 $4,259. 25X24 $4,684.

30X34 $6,895. 35X36 $9,190.

40X48 $12,526. 47X70 $17,200.

One End wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www. pioneersteel.ca

WANTED Four Bourgault Titan II packer arms, 306-948-3474 40tfn Old battery collection, Fisher #300 Cadet Squadron. Drop off at the Biggar Land¿ll OR contact Quentin Sittler at 306-658-2132 3tfn Main Street Garage Sale is accepting donations of all items in clean and working condition.

Please phone 306-948-1773 or 306-948-5393. Pickup available.

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CARS & TRUCKS

D E over Call 306-

Wrecking auto-trucks: Parts to ¿t over 500 trucks. Lots of Dodge, GMC, Ford, imports... We ship anywhere. Lots of Dodge, diesel, 4x4 stuff... Trucks up to 3 tons.

North-East Recyclers 780-8750270 (Lloydminster).

STEEL BUILDINGS/METAL BUILDINGS 60% OFF! 20x28, 30x40, 40x62, 45x90, 50x120, 60x150, 80x100 sell for balance owed! Call 1-800-457-2206 www.crownsteelbuildings.ca

Guaranteed approval drive away today! We lend money to everyone. Fast approvals, best interest rates. Over 500 vehicles sale priced for immediate delivery OAC. 1-877-796-0514. www.yourapprovedonline.com.

MISCELLANEOUS P R O V I N C E - W I CLASSIFIEDS. Reach 550,000 readers weekly. this newspaper NOW or 649.1400 for details.

RECREATION 1985 Yamaha Virago, 1,000 cc, new rubber, carbs and forks redone. $2,000 obo. Phone 306948-7521. tfn 1985 Honda Goldwing, new rubber, shocks redone this spring, new battery, $3500 obo; phone 306-948-3344 tfn

LIVESTOCK Nordal Limousin & Angus Bull Sale Feb. 20 Saskatoon Livestock Sales, Saskatoon.

77 Limousin Black & Red Angus 2 yr. olds. Rob Garner 306 946 7946 online at www. nordallimousin.com

Seed & Feed

PEDIGREED SEED for Spring 2014

Lentils:

CDC Maxim CL CDC Imax CL CDC Greenland CDC Impower CL Peas: CDC Saffron CDC Golden Flax: CDC Sorrel Wheat: AC Vesper VB AC Carberry AC Andrew Canary Seed: CDC Bastia

NAKONECHNY SEEDS Ruthilda, SK S0K 3S0

(306) 932-4409 Where Quality Comes First!

HEATED CANOLA WANTED!!

- GREEN CANOLA - SPRING THRASHED - DAMAGED CANOLA FEED OATS WANTED!!

- BARLEY, OATS, WHT - LIGHT OR TOUGH - SPRING THRASHED HEATED FLAX WANTED!!

HEATED PEAS HEATED LENTILS "ON FARM PICKUP" Westcan Feed & Grain 1-877-250-5252

Buying/Selling FEED GRAINS heated / damaged CANOLA/FLAX Top price paid FOB FARM

Western Commodities 877-695-6461 Visit our website @ www.westerncommodities.ca

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

FOR RENT Charter/ Sherwood Apartments 1 Bedroom, 2 Bedroom Heat and water supplied, wired for cable TV and satellite systems, laundry facilities, appliances, some suites with dishwashers, air conditioning, parking with plug-ins.

For more information call: Karen/Kevin • 948-9115 302 - 8th Ave. W. • Biggar Apartment to sublet, new senior housing apartment. Flexible arrangement possible. Call for details, 306-948-2913.

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SERVICES

LAND for SALE Land for Sale, R.M. Biggar #347… NW 29-35-15-W3rd, 150 acres seeded, assessment 50,800; NE 29-35-15-W3rd, 115 acres seeded, assessment 41,600. Will sell as half or quarters. Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Only written tenders accepted until February 28, 2014. Send to Rod Taylor, Box 111, Biggar, SK, S0K 0M0 6c4 Quarter section of land for sale in Argo Bush. Ideal for recreation, hunting or acreage development. Phone 306-7173232.

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FARMLAND WANTED

HOUSES for SALE House for sale in Landis, Sask.

Double corner lot, directly across from the school. Three bedrooms, full basement, good size kitchen with lots of cupboards; washer, dryer, fridge, stove, built in dishwasher and microwave included. Large shed with good garden spot; deck on back of house. REDUCED to $40,000 obo. Would make a great starter home or retirement home. For more information call (306) 948-7161.

38tfn HOMES, COTTAGES & More.

RTMI - Ready to Move in. Call 1-888-733-1411; rtmihomes. com. Red Tag Sale on now - ask about our $100,000 giveaway.

FARM AND PASTURE LAND

RENT BACK AVAILABLE Call DOUG 306-955-2266 saskfarms@shaw.ca

REAL ESTATE ONLY A FEW UNITS LEFT! 55 PLUS ADULT COMMUNITY Ground Level Ranchers. www. diamondplace.ca 306 241 0123 Warman, SK

WATCH for

Doreen’s Discount Day at Leslie’s Drugstore

Biggar • 948-3397

The Disability Tax Credit Allows for: $1,500 Yearly Tax Credit $15,000 Refund (On Avg)

Canadian Built Modular Homes

Vanscoy 242-9099

For Help Applying 1-844-453-5372

Quality, affordable modular & manufactured homes from 864 sf to 2400 sf

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY

www.vestamfghomes.com

FOR SALE: Sask Valley News, a weekly paper operating out of Rosthern, SK for over 100 years.

Contact janet@saskvalleynews. com for further information.

AVAILABLE TO RENT

PURCHASING: SINGLE TO LARGE BLOCKS OF LAND. PREMIUM PRICES PAID WITH QUICK PAYMENT.

306.948.4141 - Sherry Thompson We have gifts and information www.welcomewagon.ca Biggar & District Arts Council are available for bar tending services at your functions/ events. Contact Denise at 306948-2452.

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Covers: -Hip/Knee Replacements, - Arthritic knees, hips, hands, or shoulders, - COPD, other Disabling Conditions

NO FEES OR COMMISSIONS! SUMMARY OF SOLD PROPERTIES Central - 66 1/4’s South Central - 18 1/4’s East Central - 74 1/4’s South - 70 1/4’s South East - 31 1/4’s South West - 63 1/4’s North - 6 1/4’s North West - 12 1/4’s East - 55 1/4’s

If YOU are…

• Moving • Expecting a Baby • Planning a Wedding • Anticipating Retirement Call WELCOME WAGON at

2014 Show Homes Now In Stock 10 Year Warranty

HOUSES for RENT One-bedroom house in Biggar.

Phone 306-222-8216.

6c3 Three-bedroom house for rent, close to downtown and school, Fridge and stove included. Twobedroom home available March 1st. For viewing call 306-9483674 or 306-948-9517 or 306948-7022.

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FOR RENT Room OR Room and Board available in Landis, Sask., weekly or monthy rates. No smoking. Basement bedroom with bathroom/shower and rec room with TV. Construction workers and teachers, etc.

Email: ccyoung@sasktel.net or phone 306-658-2009.

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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

As a growing Canadian provider of services to the oil and gas industry, we help our clients succeed through teamwork, pride and empowerment of our people. If you are looking for a rewarding career filled with challenge then look no further… Big Eagle wants to hear from you!

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Long haul SEMI DRIVERS AND OWNER OPS REQUIRED to haul RVs and general freight.

O/O paid 85% of invoiced amount with open invoice policy.

Signing Bonus currently being offered to O/O. Drivers paid 40¢/ running mile + pick/drop/border.

Bene¿ts, co fuel cards and subsidized insurance. Must have ability to cross border. Call 800867-6233; www.roadexservices. com

WINCH TRACTOR OPERATORS. Must have experience operating a winch.

To apply fax, email or drop off resume at the of¿ce. Phone 780842-6444. Fax 780-842-6581.

Email: rigmove@telus.net. Mail: H&E Oil¿eld Services Ltd., 2202 - 1 Ave., Wainwright, AB, T9W 1L7. For more employment information see our webpage: www.heoil.com.

Positions available in Grande Prairie, Rainbow Lake, Zama City and Swift Current - Heater Operators & Swampers - Pressure Truck Operators & Swampers - Hot Oiler Operators & Swampers Education, Licensure, and Experience: - Applicant must have a class 1 or 3 license with airbrakes - No current license suspension - No suspension or conviction due to impaired driving in last 3 years - No more than 6 demerits (provincial specific) - Being mechanically inclined a very big asset - Participate fully in safety programming such as job observations, near miss and Stop Card reporting, monthly safety meetings, and tailgate meetings - Job may require crews to stay in camp and work shift work for 2 to 3 weeks at a time.

- Previous Oil & Gas experience required Sign on bonus may be available dependent on experience.

All new employees will undergo pre-employment drug and alcohol screening as well as fit-testing.

Qualified, interested candidates are encouraged to send their resumes and drivers abstract to careers@bigeagle.ca.

Only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Please be advised, at this time Big Eagle is not able to consider applicants not currently legally entitled to work in Canada

CAREERS START NOW! Complete Ministry approved Diplomas in months! Business, Health Care and more! Contact Academy of Learning College: 1-855354-JOBS (5627) or www. academyoÀearning.com.

We Change Lives!

WORK WANTED Work wanted… hourly; daily, etc. Home renos, roo¿ng, general repairs. Phone 306-9517798 (Morris) 6p3

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Tired of Semi Truck Driving?

Haul RVs from USA to Western Canada! 1 ton and 3 ton trucks required. 1-800-867-6233; www. roadexservices.com

Challenge and Opportunity Louis Dreyfus is among the world’s leading commodity merchants, trading and transporting grain and oil seeds. Established in 1851, Louis Dreyfus ranks among the world’s most effective and reliable private corporations with approximately 34,000 employees in locations in 53 countries. Our international presence and our evolutionary history make Louis Dreyfus a unique career destination.

Louis Dreyfus Commodities in Yorkton, Saskatchewan has openings for the following positions: • Maintenance Planning Supervisor • Maintenance & Reliability Supervisor • Maintenance Technician • Shift Leader • Material Handler We offer competitive wages, health and retirement benefits.

Submit resume to Bonnie Penner at e-mail: Bonnie.Penner@ldcom.com fax: (306) 786-8878, Apply by February 28, 2014.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY WW1451

Lilydale Inc - A Sofina Foods Company Is currently seeking full-time Production Workers for their chicken plant in Wynyard, Sask. Starting wage is 13.84/ hr with a comprehensive benefits package and pension program. All applicants welcome!

Call Linda @ (306) 554-2555 EXT 238 for more info Send Resumes to: Linda Karakochuk Sofina Foods Inc Box 760 Wynyard, SK SOA 4T0 Fax: (306) 554-3958 Email: LKarakochuk@sofinafoods.com

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY NEWSPAPER REPORTER / EDITOR Position is for a reporter with some editorial duties at the Shellbrook Chronicle in Shellbrook Sask. located 44km west of the City of Prince Albert.

Shellbrook is a vibrant growing community with all amenities to serve family or individual lifestyles.

Qualifications: The successful applicant will have strong writing, and verbal communication skills. Previous experience and knowledge of computers, Indesign and Photoshop are assets. He/she must have a valid driver’s license.

Apply by Email forwarding a sample of writing along with resume and references to Clark Pepper, Publisher. Email: clark@sbchron.com

PRAIRIE MALT LIMITED Prairie Malt Limited is currently recruiting a candidate for a Temporary Chemical Technologist position, May 2014 - June 2015.

Successful applicant must have a Degree or a Diploma in a Chemistry Science Àeld or comparable experience in grain quality evaluation and laboratory testing procedures.

A minimum of two years experience in a laboratory environment is preferred. Excellent computer skills are required. Job will entail routine lab quality assurance procedures to monitor the quality of incoming barley.

Prairie Malt Limited is a growing progressive company, providing excellent compensation and beneÀt packages for its employees.

Applications/Resumes may be submitted in conÀdence to: Prairie Malt Limited P. O. Box 1150 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0 Fax: 306-948-5035 ATTN: QC Manager Phone calls will not be accepted Acknowledgements will be made only to those candidates under consideration.

Deadline for Submissions: Friday, February 28, 2014

REAL ESTATE

REAL ESTATE

Tim Hammond Realty Licenced for:

Saskatoon - Biggar Office

•Farm •Residential •Commercial •Acreage

113 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar

DUANE NEUFELDT

Cell 948-9168

306-948-8055 Fax: 306-948-2763 www.DuaneNeufeldt.com

Proud sponsor of Children’s Wish Foundation

of The Battlefords Independently Owned and Operated

FOR ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS… • Selling/Buying • Residental • Farm/Acreage • Commercial • Recreational

948-5052 (office)

403 Main St., Biggar

Licensed For: • Residential • Acreage • Farm

Wally Lorenz Sales Associate 1391 - 100th St. North Battleford, SK S9A 0V9 Day or Night

Cell: 306.843.7898 Bus: 306.446.8800 znerol.w@sasktel.net Web site: www.remaxbattlefords.com

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

Call: 306-948-2101

FAX SERVICE at The Independent

Tim Hammond, BSA, P.Ag., Broker

www.TimHammond.ca www.FarmsofCanada.com

Proud to handle Biggar’s Real Estate Needs

Tim Hammond Realty Licenced for: •Residential

113 - 3rd Ave. W., Biggar

948-5052 (office) Cell 948-7995 Cari McCarty

www.TimHammond.ca http://Cari.TimHammond.ca

Residential Sales

Biggar’s Top Performing Residential Agent This space in this directory is available for only

$161.20 plus gst…

Tim Hammond Realty Licenced for: •Farm •Acreage •Residential • Commercial rd

113 - 3 Ave. W., Biggar

one column x 2 inches for 26-week prepaid commitment

Early

DEADLINE for ads, classifieds and news items for February 20, 2014 paper is FRIDAY, February 14th • 5 p.m. •

MORTGAGE BROKER

KEVIN KURULAK Mortgage Associate THE BIGGAR Broker License #316322 INDEPENDENT 403 Main St., Biggar direct. 306.948.5200 cell. 306.303.9025 NEWSSTANDS The Mortgage toll free phone. 1.877.734.3216 Group @ toll free fax. 1.877.734.3219 License #315872 • Esso email. kevin.tmgbroker.com

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• Leslie’s Drugstore www.mortgagegroup.com • Pharmasave • Quick Stop INSURANCE • Super A Foods • Shop Easy Food • Weasie’s Gourmet Blends ¾ Auto & Home Insurance • Feudal Co-op, ¾ Farm & Commercial Insurance ¾ Health Perdue & Travel Insurance ¾ Life Insurance & Investments • The Store, Perdue

¾ Farm Succession & Estate Planning ¾ Notary Publics Landis Of¿ce Hours: Biggar Of¿ce Hours…

Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Monday - Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Wednesday, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

304 Main St., Biggar Phone: 306-948-2204 Toll Free: 1-855-948-2204 Website: www.biggarinsurance.ca Email: biggar@biggarinsurance.ca

100 - 2nd Ave. W., Landis Phone: 306-658-2044 Toll Free: 1-855-658-2044 Website: www.landisinsurance.ca Email: landis@landisinsurance.ca

“We’ll getcha covered”

948-5052 (office) Cell 948-4478

(regular price is $19.88 per week = $516.88 plus gst)

www.TimHammond.ca www.FarmsofCanada.com

Dave Molberg

Call 306-948-3344

BSA

Exposure, Experience and Effort.

biggarindependent.ca biggarindependent.ca

Contact US for OFFICE SUPPLIES, FORMS and SERVICES… ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Rubber Stamps Faxing Photocopies Envelopes Letterheads Business Cards Receipts Invoices Statements Flyers

; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

Posters Resumes Menus Programs and Booklets Pamphlets Christmas letters File Folders Address Labels Sticky Labels

; ; ; ; ;

Social Tickets Draw Tickets Calendars and Day Planners Wedding and Anniversary INVITATIONS Presentations and more, just INQUIRE…

Call now for your FREE quote on all your printing needs Phone: 948-3344 Fax: 306-948-2133 Email: tip@sasktel.net Box 40, Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Bear Hills Rural Development Corporation Box 327 Biggar, SK S0K 0M0

Helping you Help yourself Phone:

306-948-2295 Fax: 306-948-5050 ELECTRICAL

AURORA CONSTRUCTION & HAPPY AMPER SERVICES • Sewer • Water • Power • Drainage • Footings

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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Nick Maguire 306-948-3325 (home) 306-948-4558 (cell)

Northland Foaming

Electrical Installation & Maintenance

Spray Foam

• Commercial • Industrial • Residential

Insulation

Electrical… 306-658-3004 Excavation… 306-951-7667 BIGGAR ELECTRICAL & REFRIGERATION SERVICES Authorized Appliance Depot Electrical Wiring Trenching Licensed Journeyman Adrian de Haan

306-948-5291

DMH ELECTRIC for all your electrical needs Construction, consulting and Maintenance Licensed Journeyman

Dion Harrabek 306-948-2657 cell: 306-948-9136 dionh@sasktel.net

PHILLIPS ELECTRIC • Residence • Commercial Wiring For free estimates Ph: 306-948-5393

Cell: 306-221-6888

PLUMBING & HEATING

Get the Biggar Independent

Online SUBSCRIBE NOW

Go to… biggarindependent.ca to sign up.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

MADGE CONTRACTING LTD. For all your rooÀng needs… ¬New Construction ¬Metal ¬Torch-on ¬Re-roofs ¬Tile ¬Asphalt ¬All repairs ¬Shakes We offer 10 Year Workmanship Warranty and Liability/Torch On Insurance Excellent Local References For a FREE estimate please call… 306-948-5453

306-717-2818 www.madgerooÀng.com Biggar, Sask.

LAROCHELLE CONTRACTING Build fences and decks For all your fence and deck needs, give me a call…

306-948-7390

PRAIRIE BOYZ VINYL FENCING LTD.

PLUMBING HEATING ELECTRICAL

For all your home, business and rural needs Owners/Operators • Travis Young • Dallas Young • Claude Young

Biggar, Sask.

306-948-3389

• residential or acreage • FREE estimates and fence designing • full service or premade for the do-it-yourself handyman • tongue and groove style

306-951-7666, Murray; 306-948-2953, Walter (h)

306-948-4565 (c)

306-948-2805 Cell: 306-948-6062 Email: northland83@yourlink.ca Want to insulate your quonset, farm/commercial buildings, house or cabin?

Lower your heating and cooling costs and add strength to your buildings!

HEALTH/WELLNESS

New Beginnings Wellness Centre “Putting PERSONAL back into fitness training!”

Wayne Baldwin, PFT, CPTA, CNHC

Specializing in Exclusive Seasonal Personal Training Sessions! …for weight loss, body sculpting, strength training.

Offering… One-on-One Rehab & Therapy Sessions * Limited Memberships available to fully equipped Private Fitness Studio & Cardio Room Gift Certificates available

HEALTH/WELLNESS

- together with -

Phone… 306-948-2548 Cell… 306-948-8048

Jacklin Andrews, MSW Family Therapist and Marriage Commissioner (Wilkie)

jacklinandrews@ gmail.com

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

…owned and operated by Brett Barber

(back entrance) 104 - 6th Ave. E., Biggar

306.948.2208

Michelle Spuzak, R.M.T. (NHPC member) Located @ New Beginnings Wellness Centre, 114 - 2nd Ave. W., BIGGAR

Services available…

• Shamanic Healing • Psychosomatic Therapy • Massage • Emotional Release Therapy

~ Gift CertiÅcates ~ Evening, Saturday and in-home appointments available.

306-948-2548 or 948-9710

Biggar

Weight Loss & Wellness Centre

• ‘Ideal Protein’ Weight Loss • ‘Slender You’ Figure Salon

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

Phone:306.882.2123 Emergency (after hours) 306.882.2006

BIGGAR DENTAL CLINIC 1104 - 6 Ave. East, Biggar, Sask.

Southeast entrance of So N Nova Wood Bldg.

Hours…

Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Friday, 8 a.m. - 11 a.m.

see us at The Independent, 102 - 3rd Ave. West, Biggar

Stuart A. Busse, QC Larry A. Kirk, LL.B. Bonnie L. Reddekopp, JD 302 Main Street, Biggar, SK

306-948-3346 …serving your community since 1972

Roe & Peszko is a full service law office that practices… ¾ ¾ ¾ ¾

Criminal Law Commercial Law Real Estate Law Wills and Estate Law and our lawyers, William Roe, Q.C. Jason Peszko Lisa Watson look forward to assisting you and can be contacted at:

306-948-3408

306-948-5352 or 306-244-9865

ACCOUNTING

Hair Salons

BIGGAR ACCOUNTING SERVICES

Christina Prpick of

Garry A. Faye

P. O. Box 1480 Biggar, Sask.

• Taking appointments Wednesday, Thursdays and Fridays.

(Saturday and evenings on request) Contact Christina @

Phone: 306-948-5133

306-948-2712

Chartered Accountant Notary Public

Mane Essence Hair Salon

PHOTOGRAPHY

306-948-7274

Call Making Biggar Smaller!

223 Main Street Biggar Box 580 Biggar, SK SOK OMO

OPTOMETRISTS

OPEN: Tues.-Fri. • 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

306-948-2183 Doctor of Optometry

Email: ddolack@sasktel.net Website: www.hrblock.ca

Photos by Jocelyn Portraits, Family, Weddings & Sports Photography Biggar, Sask.

www.photosbyjocelyn.com

306-948-2814 BOOKS Pat Wicks,

Living Books Distributor

Phone or Text:

Roderick B. Campbell, CMA

306-321-4991 In Biggar Every Tuesday.

Biggar Professional Building, 223 Main Street, Biggar

For appointments…

1-855-651-3311

• Bookkeeping • Tax Returns • Financial Statements

Ph: 306-948-4430 or 306-948-4460 rod.campbell@sasktel.net Box 988, Biggar, SK

Journeymen Plumber, Gas Fitter, & Electrician on staff

For FAX service,

PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION Barristers & Solicitors

115 - 1st Avenue West Rosetown, Sask.

Weightless Coach Anne G. Livingston 317 Main St., Biggar

Kirk Ewen

Website: www.perdue massageclinic.com www.facebook.com/ perduemassageclinic

BUSSE LAW

201B-2nd Ave. West

Registered Massage Therapist (MTAS) Evenings and Saturday appointments available.

DR. GLENN RIEKMAN Dentist

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306-918-7264

Perdue Massage Clinic

LEGAL SERVICES

OFFICE HOURS

Visit us @ 114- 2nd Ave. W., Biggar Where you can feel right at home!

DENTAL

Please arrange to pick up your photos that have been submitted for publication. .…thanks, The Independent 122 Main St., Biggar

205-3rd Ave. East, Biggar Books, gifts, cards.

Shop at my home!

Call 306-948-3427 for appts.

This space in this directory is available for only $161.20 plus gst… one column x 2 inches for 26-week prepaid commitment (regular price is $19.88 per week = $516.88 plus gst)

Call 306-948-3344 CLASSIFIEDS WORK

…call 306-948-3344

THE INDEPENDENT, BIGGAR, SK - 21

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

INVESTMENTS For all your investment needs, Visit…

COURIER/HAULING

COMPUTER SERVICES

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

• Computer Sales • Support and Consultancy • Backup and Disaster Recovery • Email • Wired/Wireless Networking

~Brian and Cathy Fick~ Dean McCallum, CFP, CIM, FCSI

Lyndsey Poole

Investment Advisor Credential Securities Inc.

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

Cell: 306-948-7524

222 Main St., Biggar

Tel: 306-986-2600

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

Want a truly independent advisor who will find your unique solution?

Are you looking for Life, Living Benefits Insurance and/or Investment Strategies?

Do you just want to know if your premiums are fair with the right coverage?

222 Main Street 306 948 5377

info@twhÀnancial.ca www.twhÀnancial.ca

Kevin Kurulak Investment Rep Insurance Broker P. 306 948 5200 F. 306 948 5207 Appointments Preferred

AUTOMOTIVE

AUTOMOTIVE

M & N REPAIR 701 - 4th Ave. E., Biggar

306.948.3996 Open Monday-Friday Mike Nahorney, Interprovincial Heavy Duty Journeyman Mechanic

Service Truck Full Mechanical Service Mon - Fri • 8 a.m.-5 p.m. phone: George

306-948-3376

306.237.7671 Troy May, owner/operator Fax: 306.237.TROY email: tmay@hotmail.ca

Financial Planning Estate Planning Life Insurance

Heavy Truck Repair SGI Safety Inspection Auto Repair TIRES

Super B outÀts hauling grain and fertilizer in Alberta and Saskatchewan

Rockin D Trucking & Cattle

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Fun facts about February February is the shortest month of the year, but many people have no idea why that is. February is the only month to have fewer than 30 days, but there is no scientific reason behind that distinction, though there have been various changes to the calendar throughout the centuries, and eventually February became what it is today.

The Romans developed a 10 month calendar that began with the Spring equinox in March and ended in December.

There is belief that what is now February was overlooked when this calendar was created, as winter weather had little to do with the harvest in

the northern hemisphere, where Rome is located.

Romans essentially considered the winter a period of time with no distinctive months.

When the second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, took to the throne in 713 BC, he had plans to make the calendar more accurate by synchronizing it with the actual lunar year, which is roughly 354 days long. Thus, two new months, January and February, were added to the end of the calendar.

Both January and February had 28 days.

At the time, even numbers were considered bad luck, and these months were not looked upon favorably by the

king. So he decided to make changes once more and added a day to January to make it 29 days long. February was left untouched, remaining an “unlucky” month and one devoted to honoring the dead and performing rites of purification, as the word February comes from februare, which means “to purify.” February remained the last month of the year for roughly 200 years until the calendar was reevaluated and February was reassigned as the second month, with January being the start of the new year.

This new 355-day calendar simply could not stay in sync with the seasons because it

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did not account for the amount of time it takes the Earth to orbit the sun. Therefore, an extra “month” of 27 days was added after February 23 each year to play catchup. Sometimes this extra month was overlooked or not scheduled in time, continuing the calendar conundrum.

Julius Caesar was responsible for tackling calendar problems further when he was in power. He wished to make the calendar solar-based, like the one Egyptians used, instead of the older lunar-based calendar.

This led to the creation of the Julian calendar. Ten days were added to the calendar year in various months, and February was increased every four years (leap year) to 29 days to coordinate the calendar year to the solar cycle of roughly 365.2425 days.

February remains the shortest month of the year.

Through the years there has been no widespread attempt to reorganize

the calendar once more to even out the months and give extra time to February. As a result of the shorter number of days, February has some unique attributes. In common years, February can pass without a single full moon. The next time this will happen is in 2018. Once every six years, February is the only month that has four, full seven-day weeks.

February starts on the same day of the week as March and November in common years, and on the same day of the week as August on leap years. February ends on the same day of the week as October every year.

In leap years, it is the only month that begins and ends on the same weekday.

People born on a leap year technically celebrate their birthday only once every four years, but most observe it on the 28th. Celebrities born on February 29 include Tony Robbins, Antonio Sabato, Jr., Mervyn Warren, and

Dennis Farina.

Despite its status as the shortest month, February is packed with many events, including Valentine’s Day and Groundhog’s Day. Americans celebrate the birth of two presidents in February, as well as Black History Month. Mexicans celebrate Flag Day in February, while residents of St. Lucia celebrate their Independence Day. February is also a time for families, especially in Canada, where Family Day is celebrated on the third Monday of the month in many provinces.

February is also an important month for sports fans, as two teams will face each other in the Super Bowl on the first Sunday of February.

No one really knows for certain why February was relegated to the shortest month. However, with so much trivia and special events surrounding the month, it is still a special time of year.

Keep away . . . St. Gabriel Saint, Cara McRann holds on to the ball, Friday during a Junior Girls tournament at BCS. St. Gabs lost this contest to the Blazers who went on to meet Rosetown, unfortunately losing a very close game.

(Independent Photo by Kevin Brautigam)

Biggar & District Arts Council celebrating 35 years presents …

r e v l i The S s l e r d n u o c S n e e Scr

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21 7:30 p.m.

The Majestic Theatre, Biggar

Tickets available at de Moissac Jewellers…

Adults/Seniors… advance, $20, at the door $25; … presented by Biggar & District Arts Council, Stars for Saskatchewan Series Students… advance, $12, … patrons • de Moissac Jewellers, Westwinds Motor Hotel , Shop Easy Sponsors… at the door $15; 12 and under, $5 DOOR OPENS at 7 p.m p.m.

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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014

Chef Dez on cooking

Everything in moderation

If you have ever attended one of my cooking classes or cooking shows, you know that I am a big advocate for using fat in cooking.

You will always hear me chanting “Fat is Flavour; Fat is Moisture; Fat is your Friend”. I even take it one step further by joking that “My title is not Doctor, Dietician, or Nutritionist - my title is Chef” . . . but, I always

take a moment from this overindulging of fat celebration to mention moderation.

Moderation is truly the key.

Just because I may demonstrate an incredible tasting recipe loaded with fat grams and calories, this does not mean that I expect you to eat like that on a regular basis. These types of recipes are meant to be illustrated as your “go to” formula for a special

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occasion when you want to “wow” someone with your cooking.

Having a background myself of having to deal with being overweight as a child and young adult, I know that it is not the preferred way to journey through life.

Today, with a balanced diet and my best at a regular exercise routine, I have more energy and feel better than I ever did in my younger years.

The main difference, more than any time prior in my life, is that I now celebrate all foods, not just the fatty and calorie laden ones.

There is flavour to be found in all types of ingredients, recipes, and cuisines, and to find greatness in your regular

diet is to rejoice in variety and moderation.

The focus of moderation in this column has a couple of meanings: restriction and portion size.

Eating forbidden foods (everyone’s perspective of “forbidden” is different so I will leave it up to you to define this term) does not have to be done on a daily basis (restriction) or should be of a small amount (portion size).

Whether you practice restriction and/or portion size will again depend on your lifestyle, beliefs, and ultimately what works for you to lead a healthy way of life.

This being said, there is a huge variety of recipes that I share with the public, not just the fatty

Most popular baby names in Saskatchewan in 2013

For the fourth year in a row, Liam was the most popular name for baby boys born in Saskatchewan. Emma was the most popular girl’s name for the last five years. The second most popular names were Carter and Sophia, which moved up several spots from 2012.

There were 92 baby boys named Liam in 2013, followed by Carter,

Noah, Lucas and Ethan.

Ethan held the honour as most popular boy’s name for eight years, from 2001 to 2009.

There were 80 baby girls named Emma, followed by Sophia, Emily, Olivia and Lily. Olivia and Emily remained among the top five popular names from 2012. Lily moved up from the sixth spot.

To date there

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are 15,222 live births registered in Saskatchewan in 2013, which is an increase from 15,046 in 2012.

These numbers do not include Saskatchewan mothers who gave birth outside of the province.

Top 20 Baby Boy Names: Liam (92), Carter (69), Noah (65), Lucas (65), Ethan (60), Jacob (55), Mason (54), William (52), Owen (52),

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Jace (50), Alexander (49), Jaxon (49), Bentley (47), Benjamin (45), Jase (45), Logan (44), Hudson (43), Ryder (42), Hunter (42), Samuel (40).

Top 20 Baby Girl Names: Emma (80), Sophia (72), Emily (64),

ones.

Most menus I teach at my classes and shows tend to have a balance about them unless there is an obvious general menu focus on a certain technique or specific ingredient. My opinion on life is a bit biased as a Chef, but I believe that food helps us to celebrate and enjoy our daily existence.

We need food to survive, so let’s make it exciting and something to look forward to everyday.

Having influence from a chef in your life will help you in many ways to prepare restaurant quality food right in your own home. By cooking from scratch you have the ability to control ingredients, cooking

Olivia (64), Lily (53), Ava (52), Brooklyn (45), Zoey (43), Brielle (40), Avery (38), Grace (38), Hannah (38), Mia (37), Isabella (37), Aubrey (33), Ella (33), Abigail (33), Sadie (32), Chloe (30).

technique and also save money.

Honing this skill in the kitchen you already have, and with the daily requirement that you need food to stay alive, will prove to be invaluable. So, blow some dust off your cookbook collection, watch some cooking shows, or take a cooking class . . . and consulting a doctor, dietician and/or nutritionist may not be a bad idea either.

Although eating fat in food has no direct correlation to drinking red wine, I do feel compelled to state the following in my argument of moderation: “Many studies have suggested that drinking a single glass of red wine everyday is good for you, but skipping the whole week and having seven glasses on Friday night . . . not so good.”

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

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