The Weekly Bean - January 4, 2024 by yourwestcentral

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ALSASK

SUNDAY, JANUARY 14

Find out first-hand how rewarding

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• 2nd Annual Ukrainian New Year Feast 4:00-8:00 PM at the Alsask Drop-Inn Centre. All-you-can-eat sausage, perhogy and fixings for $25 / person or $10 for children under 12 years-old. Under 5 are free. Come out and support this seniors’ fundraiser. For more info or to help out, call Dave 306-463-0169.

EATONIA

SATURDAY, JANUARY 20

• Paint Night MONDAY, JANUARY 22

• BINGO 7:00-9:00 PM

ESTON

* Eston Wheatland Centre Chase the Ace - Draws every Wednesday at the Centre. Ticket sales 4-7 PM. Draw at 7:30 PM. See our Facebook page for details. Lic#LR23-0068.

* Wheatland Centre Potluck Supper fourth Friday of each month 6:00 PM. $5.00. Bring your own utensils. Coffee & tea provided.

* Wheatland Centre Bingo - 1st & 3rd Thursday of the month 7:00 PM. Regular Bingo plus Bonanza, 50/50 Draw. Must be 14 years of age. Call 306962-7117 (ask for Linda) for more info.

HOOSIER

Sunday Service

• Hoosier Community Church 10:30 am at the Community Hall. Contact Joel Hamm 306-460-7056 or Curtis Kornelson 306-460-7327.

KERROBERT

* Storytime at the Kerrobert Library the first and third Thursday of every month at 10:30 AM.

KINDERSLEY

* Youth Curling hosted by the Kindersley Curling Club (Grades 4-12 wel-

come). Beginning November 1 at 5:30 PM on a weekly basis until March. No fee! More info contact Lexie at 306831-5330.

* Parkinson’s Support Group Meetings are held the second Wednesday of the month 2:00 PM at the Kindersley Hospital. Everyone is welcome! For more info call Nancy at 306-4634514.

* Monday Night Jam Sessions at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Doors open at 6:30 to set-up, then the fun begins at 7-11 PM. Call Keith 306-460-8633.

* Interested in a support group for weight management? TOPS meetings; every Monday at 6:00 PM in the Kindersley Senior Centre OR contact Jill at 306-463-4210.

* PickleBall every Sunday & Wednesday 7:00-9:00 PM at Elizabeth School $50 per season or $5 drop in. More info call 306-460-8356.

* Prairie Crocus Quilt Guild meet the second Tuesday of the month (September to May) at the Pensioners Hall (3rd Ave. E., Kindersley) at 7:00 PM. For more info contact Donna at 306463-4785.

LEADER

* Adult Volleyball every Tuesday 7:30 PM at LCS Gymnasium (student parking lot door). Participants must be Grade 10 or older. Call Shelley 306628-7643 for more information.

LUSELAND

Recurring events at The Luseland Pioneers Club:

* Third Friday of every month; Birthday Lunch noon

* Last Monday of every month; Pie-nIce Cream

* Every Monday afternoon; Coffee open to the public. 2:00 - 4:00

* Members only: coffee, pool, cards; Mon - Sat 8:30 - 12:00

By Dana Jackson

Extra

I was sorry to hear that actor David McCallum passed away. What is “NCIS” going to do with his character when it returns for the new season? — G.N.

McCallum died of natural causes at the age of 90 this past September. He had a very long career in Hollywood, having been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, including twice for his role in “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.” He went on to guest star in many classic shows like “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” “The Invisible Man” and “Murder, She Wrote.”

Twenty years ago, he landed the biggest role of his career as medical-examiner-turned-historian Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard on the CBS hit series “NCIS.” The show plans to honor him on Feb. 19 in the new season’s second episode. Steven D. Binder and David North, co-showrunners of “NCIS,” told TVLine.com that “the team will learn of Ducky’s passing and reflect on their memories of him as they grieve.”

TVLine.com also speculated on the possibility of former key characters returning for Ducky’s farewell, such as Mark Harmon’s Gibbs, Michael Weatherly’s Tony or Cote de Pablo’s Ziva.

Q:their blended family of two children together. Brady sold a reality show concept to Hulu about their unconventional life together, but a title and official premiere date have yet to be announced. ***

Q:Is Fantasia Barrino, the same one from “American Idol” years ago, in the new version of “The Color Purple”? I always wondered what happened to her. — K.I.

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Is it true that Wayne Brady has a reality show coming out soon? Will he still host “Let’s Make a Deal”? — A.I.

A:Wayne Brady first wowed audiences with his improv skills on “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” — a skit comedy show on ABC. He won an Emmy for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program for that show. In addition to acting, he’s also a three-time Emmy-nominated game show host for “Let’s Make a Deal,” the daytime job he’s held for the past 15 years.

However, his love of acting hasn’t fizzled. In between delivering cash and “zonks” weekdays on CBS, he’s had recurring roles on the sitcom “How I Met Your Mother,” the daytime soap “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and Showtime’s “American Gigolo.”

He’s still great friends with his ex-wife and business partner, Mandie Taketa, and her romantic partner of 12 years, Jason Fordham. The three co-parent

A:Unlike

Carrie Underwood, Kelly Clarkson and Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia Barrino hasn’t had as famed of a career as those other three “American Idol” contestants, but her 15 minutes has gradually increased. The wait is worth it, however, as she’s finally showcasing her incredible voice in the new version of “The Color Purple,” this time a musical, just like the Broadway play, which released on the big screen this past Christmas.

Barrino played the role of Celie on Broadway as well and earned rave reviews for it. She’s garnering critical acclaim for the new film version as well. Perhaps, like Hudson did in 2007 for “Dreamgirls,” Barrino will win an Oscar this coming awards season.

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* On Jan. 8, 1310, near the beginning of the Little Ice Age, when average temperatures around the world dropped by as much as 3.6 F (particularly in Europe and North America), the Thames River in London froze so thickly that bonfires were lit on it.

* On Jan. 9, 1768, British former cavalry Sergeant Major Philip Astley staged the first modern circus after discovering that if he galloped in a tight circle, centrifugal force would allow him to perform seemingly impossible acts on horseback. He drew up a ring and invited the public to watch him wave his sword in the air while riding with one foot on his saddle and one on his horse’s head.

* On Jan. 10, 1845, poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning began the correspondence that would eventually lead to their secret courtship and marriage, which Elizabeth’s father disapproved of so strongly that he disowned her. The couple then fled England for Italy, where

they would live for 15 years until Barrett’s death.

* On Jan. 11, 1915, Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchased the New York Yankees for $450,000. Ruppert put up his share of the sale in cash, and within a decade had built Yankee Stadium, acquired baseball legend Babe Ruth, and won the first of the franchise’s World Series titles.

* On Jan. 12, 1948, pacifist and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi began his final fast. Eighteen days later, he was assassinated by Hindu nationalist Nathuram Godse while on his way to address a prayer meeting.

* On Jan. 13, 1976, American inventor Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind debuted the Kurzweil Reading Machine, the first omnifont optical character recognition system, which converts print to speech.

Alcoholics Anonymous

Get help with substance abuse.

Monday: Kindersley AA Meeting

8:00 PM, Legion Hall, 118 - 2nd Avenue East AA Upstairs, Alanon Downstairs

Tuesday: Brock AA Meeting

8:00 PM, Vesper Club, 1st Avenue North

8:00

Narcotics Anonymous

Tuesday: Kindersley NA Meeting 7:30 PM, 113 Main Street

Where can you find the comedians on New Year’s Eve? Waiting for the punchline.

What New Year’s resolution should basketball players never make? To travel more.

What’s something people should never eat on New Year’s Eve? Fire crackers.

What happened to the person who stole a calendar on New Year’s? Well, they got 12 months.

What’s a New Year’s resolution? It’s something that goes in one year and out the other.

What do you say to a cow on January 1? Happy Moo Year!

Why should you have your left foot in the air on New Year’s Eve? To make sure you start 2024 on the right one!

Where do herbs celebrate New Year’s? At Thyme’s Square.

What did Adam say to Eve on December 31? It’s New Year’s, Eve!

Soup is packaged and frozen, just thaw & heat.

Loaves and Fishes offers hearty soup and bread at no charge. TEXT 306-460-9304 or CALL 306-463-6146 or email: info@kcfhope.com Do you or anyone you know NEED FOOD?

Why do you need a jeweler on December 31? To ring in the New Year.

Why should you never make fireworks angry on New Year’s Eve? You might just set them off!

What’s the one type of pain that you’ll enjoy on New Year’s? Cham-pain!

What does the little champagne bottle call the big champagne bottle? Pop!

Why should you always pace yourself on New Year’s? So you don’t make any pour decisions!

Celebrating New Year’s has many pros, but what’s the biggest con? The con-fetti!

What should you say to a New Year’s performer? Don’t drop the ball!

My New Year’s Day resolution is to have my cup half full... of coffee.

Twice last week, SaskEnergy set new daily natural gas usage records, and we can thank

BY BRIAN ZINCHUK brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca

sumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too.

treme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week re sulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province. On December 28 and 29, natural gas con sumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.

28 and broken again on December 29 with total system delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery numbers for December 30 and 31 are not yet finalized, but are also expected to exceed 1.6 PJ.”

The natural gas records coincided with record power consumption. On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and businesses reached 3,868 megawatts (MW) in power use, according to the Crown corporation. The previous record of 3,792 MW was reached four years ago to the day, on Dec. 29, 2017.

plant, very similar to Chinook, is under construction

All of this added natural gas-fired power generation has, in turn, driven higher usage of natural gas

The Crown noted that increased demand from SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural gas use for power production, was the main driver of

SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural gas consumption for the 24-hour period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one million gigajoules (GJ) of natural gas. An average Saskatchewan home consumes about 100 GJ of natural gas each year.

Just eight rigs drilling in Saskatchewan on January 2

BY BRIAN ZINCHUK

“SaskEnergy’s natural gas system design can accommodate additional capacity to manage increased consumption even on peak days,” SaskEnergy president and CEO Ken From said in a release. “Throughout the year, SaskEnergy employees inspect, maintain and enhance the system to support safe and reliable natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In addition, employees monitor the system 24 hours a day to ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer demand across the province.”

It usually takes a few days for the drilling industry to wake up from the holiday break, and this year is no exception.

According to RiggerTalk.com, Saskatchewan had just eight rigs working on Tuesday, Jan. 2.

Saskatchewan’s power production has increasingly shifted from coal to natural gas as a fuel source. In December, Boundary Dam Unit 4, a coal-fired generating unit, was retired, reducing the Boundary Dam Power Station to 672 megawatts capacity. On the natural gas side, Saskatchewan has seen the construction of several new natural gas-fired power plants. They include the baseload North Battleford Power Station (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking plant (also at North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the baseload Chinook Power Station at Swift Current (353 megawatts) and peaking plant Spy Hill Power Station (89 megawatts). Another 353 megawatt baseload

In southeast Saskatchewan, there were four rigs working, including one working for Western Potash near Lajord.

Burgess Creek Exploration had Betts Drilling Rig 4 working northwest of Storthoaks. Surge Energy Inc. had Stampede Drilling Rig 2 just southeast of Lampman. Stampede Rig 22 was working for Whitecap Resource Inc. just northwest of Lampman.

This province is now largely dependent on neighbouring Alberta to fulfill roughly two-thirds of our natural gas needs.

In southwest Saskatchewan, Whitecap had Savanna Drilling Rig 416 drilling south of Gull Lake. Jarrod Oils employed Bonanza Drilling Rig 2 southwest of Success.

When natural gas prices took a tumble roughly 14 years ago, Saskatchewan’s domestic gas production fell off a cliff. Targeted gas drilling went essentially extinct, with next to no gas-specific wells being drilled in this province for most of the past decade. Our domestic gas production is now largely based on associated gas production that comes with oil production. As a result, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas exporter for the period of 1988 to 2009 to a net importer that year.

Only one rig was working in west central Saskatchewan, with Teine Energy Ltd. employing Predator Drilling Inc. Rig 9 just north of Kindersley, close to the airport.

Bonanza Drilling Rig 3 was the only rig working in northwest Saskatchewan, drilling for Strathcona Resources near Winter.

Stampede Drilling Rig 2 is one of the first rigs out of the gate this year. This photo was taken several years ago, when it was working near North Portal.

Photo by Brian Zinchuk

LR RANGER HOLDINGS

In 1837, Thomas Saverland took Caroline Newton to court for biting off part of his nose after he forcibly kissed her at a party.

The original Xbox had sound snippets of real space missions.

Korean college students once launched a protest against the amount of air in potato chip bags by building a raft out of them and sailing it across a river.

When Michael Orchard broke into his neighbor’s burning home to rescue their dog, his heart was in the right place but his timing wasn’t: The house fire was merely his LSD-induced hallucination.

Frozen cow manure was the first-ever puck used in a hockey game.

The word “thug” comes from 1350s India and the Hindi word “thag,” which means “deceiver” or “thief” or “swindler.”

Ten thousand light years away from Earth, a huge cloud 1,000 times larger than our solar system’s diameter contains enough alcohol to fill 400 trillion pints. To drink it all, everyone on Earth would have to drink 300,000 pints each day for 1 billion years.

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Kid’s Korner

KID’S CLUB BIRTHDAYS FOR JANUARY 1-6, 2024

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Posting Date January 1, 2024

ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The new year brings challenges that can change many things in your life. You need to be prepared not only to confront them, but also to deal with what happens afterward.

TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You have what it takes to set your goals quite a bit higher this year. Learn what you need to know and put what you learn into your efforts. Meanwhile, a partner offers loving support.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) In true Gemini Twin fashion, you’re conflicted about a decision that you know you’ll have to make in the new year. Best advice: Get the facts before you make any commitments.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A friend offers you an exciting opportunity for this new year. Although your positive aspects are strong in most respects, caution is still advised. Investigate before you invest.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) You can make this new year a roaring successby readjusting your goals to reflect the changes in the economy. In addition, your den-mate offers both wise and loving support.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) The New Year brings new opportunities for change, but you need to be ready to move on from the comfortable status quo toward the challenging unknown. It’s all up to you.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your most important New Year’s resolution should be to work out problems with a family member in order to avoid continuing misunderstandings. Do it soon for both of your sakes.

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) The new year has much to offer the intensely determined Scorpian, who isn’t afraid to take on challenges and stay with them until they surrender their rewards.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You’ll have many fine opportunities in the new year. But be warned: Reject offers of “help.” You work best when you’re free to be your own creative self.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The new year offers changes that you might feel you’re not quite ready for. Best advice: Deal with them one step at a time until you’ve built up your self-confidence.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Travel is a dominant aspect of the new year. This could mean relocating to another city (or even another country) in connection with your education or your career.

PISCES (February 19 to March 20) This New Year brings news about a change you’ve been anticipating. You might have a problem persuading a loved one about your new plans, but they will soon go along with them.