PASSIONATE ABOUT PAINTING
BY JOAN JANZEN
Many residents of Kindersley may need to be made aware of the art gallery on the first block of 1st Avenue East in Kindersley. Adams Gallery shares its accommodation with Gentle Touch Animal Care. The two businesses have a family connection; Leona Adams runs the art gallery, and her daughter Darlene Hyatt has her dog grooming business in the same building.
“My daughter Darlene needed a place to groom dogs,” Leona said. “This place was available, and it couldn’t have worked out better. She has room for her business, and I have room to display my paintings.”
Leona’s paintings are displayed throughout three of the gallery’s rooms. “I haven’t got a clue how many paintings I have,” Leona said.
According to Leona, her gallery has been open for approximately six years. You will find this senior citizen walking to the gallery four days a week - winter, spring, summer and fall. “I paint four days a week, in the afternoons,” she said. But Leona gets a lot done in those few hours each day.
Upon entering the gallery, I took time to view Leona’s paintings. There were bright tiger lilies, prairie landscapes, old churches, pet portraits, antique farm equipment and wagons, and a couple of portraits of her grandchildren. Finally, I discovered Leona working in a quiet room in the back, surrounded by a huge amount of art supplies.
Leona explained that her interest in painting was a gradual occurrence. “I’d pick up a few supplies and work on something. I didn’t paint as much back then and used to store my paintings under my bed,” she said.
She had been painting on her own for a long time when a university art
class became available at the community college. Although she was concerned she would be the oldest person in her class; she soon discovered many of her peers were also enrolled. “Most of the people at the class were my age. I met other artists, and it was the best thing I ever did!” Leona exclaimed.
During her art classes, she learned about acrylics, pastels and some oils, but Leona said she prefers working with acrylics. “I paint landscapes, sometimes flowers; I’m very unpredictable,” she said. But one thing that is predictable is Leona only paints from the photos she takes herself. “I’m not a photographer; I just do it. I take the photos; I don’t use someone else’s.”
She was busy manually cropping a physical photo on her desk when I entered her work area. It’s an unfamiliar process to most people, who are accustomed to cropping their photos on their smartphones.
“You can paint on anything; it doesn’t have to be canvas,” she explained. “Canvas seems to absorb the paint more than wood. I do a lot of prairie landscapes; most people think the prairies are dull, but they’re not. I do some abstracts; they sometimes turn out so good because you don’t know where you’re going.”
When I asked Leona what compels her to continue painting four afternoons each week, she replied, “It’s just like being hungry, and you want to eat; I don’t even give it a thought. I just do it because I enjoy it.” She also offered a bit of advice to her fellow seniors, saying, “You must have an interest; I don’t care what it is.”
Leona’s interest is her passionate love of painting prairie landscapes and anything else that captures her artistic eye.
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MARCH 10-12
• Eston Annual Open Bonspiel. $120 per team. Call or text Sandy at 306-962-7572.
* Wheatland Centre Potluck Supper first 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 306-962-7117 (ask for Linda) for more info.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 7
• Kindersley Bellydance is offering a Bellydance for Beginners class every Tuesday until March 28 from 5:30-6:45 PM. Held at St. Paul’s United Church (Glidden Room). Try before you buy - try the first class with no obligation. Bring a yoga mat or a blanket. Call Evelyn Faubert 306-463-7191 for more information or email: kindersleybellydance@gmail.com
• Lego Club at the Kindersley Library. Ages 8-14 3:45-4:45 PM. Every Tuesday until May 30. Lego is provided. Contact Michelle Yates at 306-463-4141 or email: kindersley.library@wheatland.sk.ca for more info.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
• AWANA Boys and Girls Club 7:00 pm8:30 pm at the Kindersley Alliance Church, 74 West Rd. Stories, Songs, Games and Learning about God’s Word! For everyone in grade K-6. Call 306-463-6568 or email:
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• PickleBall 7:00-9:00 PM at Elizabeth School (200 5th Ave. East). South west entrance. Adults of all ages are invited. There is a $50 fee for entire season. Season runs all year. Call Barry Ditson for more info 306-460-8356.
THURSDAY, MARCH 9
• Adult Volleyball 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Kindersley Composite School, 606 3 St E. Adults of all ages are welcome, and there is a fee of $20 to pay for the season which will run all fall and winter long. Contact Doug Longtin (306) 463-8448.
• 22/23 Iron Horse Kindersley Klippers Awards Banquet. Cocktails 5:30, Dinner 6:00, Awards to follow. Tickets $40. Kindersley Elks Hall. RSVP to Sarah by February 28 sarahloerzel@gmail.com or 306-460-5308.
MARCH 10 & 11
• Kindersley Curling Club Chicken and Wine Bonspiel. Entry fee: $200/team. Lunch and supper included on Saturday, Additional lunch and supper tickets available for purchase. To register, contact the Kindersley Curling Club 306-463-2522, kindersleycurlingclub@gmail.com or sign up at the curling rink. Entry deadline is March 8.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
• Kindersley Wildlife Federation Annual Awards Banquet at the Elks Hall, Kindersley. Tickets $50/adult and $25/child (12 & under). Contact Brooke Kachmarski 306460-5935.
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• Kindersley Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel. Entry fee: $280/team. Saturday night Steak Supper included with registration. To register, contact Richard at 306-4606258 or sign up at the curling rink.
MARCH 22-26
• SK Provincial Curling Club Championships. Call 306-463-2522, email: kindersleycurlingclub@gmail.com for more information.
* Prairie Crocus Quilt Guild meet 2nd Tuesday of the month September to May at the Pensioner’s Hall (3rd Ave. E.) 7:00 pm. Contact Donna 306-463-4785 for more info.
* 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 306-4634210.
* Dart Night every Thursday at the Royal Canadian Legion from March 2 - May 25 at 7:00 PM. Join the club or find out more while you’re there. Contact Devin Brown for more info 306-378-1206 or devin.brown@goldenwest.ca. There’s no charge for darts.
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• Drop-in Yoga for Teens (Ages 12-18) with instructor Lacy Strutt. at 315-3rd Avenue E. FREE! Bring a Yoga Mat if you have one. Contact Lacy 306-628-7488 for more information.
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Celebrity Extra
Q:Whatever happened to Patricia Heaton? She had two very successful sitcoms, but I haven’t seen her in anything since. Is she retiring from acting? — L.A.
A:Thetalented Patrica Heaton has been blessed to star in not only one but two hit sitcoms in her life. She played exhausted wives on both “Everybody Loves Raymond” and “The Middle” for nine seasons each and then starred in “Carol’s Second Act,” but it was canceled after just one season.
Now she’s bouncing back with another sitcom, which is yet to be named, with veteran comedy writers Carol Leifer (“Seinfeld”) and Andy Gordon (“Modern Family”). According to Deadline. com, Heaton will play “the host of an upscale lifestyle show sent to prison for embezzlement and tax evasion. She gets out after two years, forgotten and broke, and moves to Tennessee to live with her estranged sister.”
The show will be filmed in Nashville, where Heaton has a residence, and will air on Fox. The only thing stopping it is the potential of a writers strike if negotiations with the Writers Guild of America come to a halt when their contract is up for renewal in May.
While there aren’t as many network sitcoms as there used to be, the few that have premiered in recent years have generated quite a loyal audience. “Abbott Elementary,” “Ghosts” and “Night Court” all have already been renewed for another season before their current one has been completed. ***
Q:I remember when Chrishell Stause was a soap opera actress, but now she’s on a reality show. Is she ever going to act again?
— N.S.
A:Chrishell
Stause, who hails from Kentucky, made her acting debut on the ABC soap “All My Children” back in 2005. She went on to play Jordan on “Days of Our Lives” and Bethany on “The Young and the Restless,” the latter soap in which she starred with her husband at the time, Justin Hartley. She supplemented her acting revenue by getting her real estate license and joined the Oppenheim Group, selling mansions in
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Hollywood and being featured on Netflix’s “Selling Sunset.”
Justin Hartley became a household name with the hit drama “This Is Us,” but he broke Stause’s heart when he left her for another former “Y&R” star, Sofia Pernas. Stause was chosen to compete on “Dancing With the Stars” and is five seasons into “Selling Sunset,” but she hasn’t given up acting — she recently starred in the Lifetime movie “A Rose for her Grave: The Randy Roth Story.” ***
Q:Is it true that “Titanic” is returning to theaters? Is it a remake? Who will play the leads? — S.M.
A:No
remake is on the horizon, but the original “Titanic” has been remastered and made its way to theaters this February. James Cameron, director of the Oscar-nominated blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water,” has redelivered “Titanic” to the big screen for its 25th anniversary with stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The running time is 3 hours and 15 minutes, which was an anomaly back in 1997. Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail.com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
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To Trade or Not To trade, That’s the Question
BY GREG BUCHANAN
The 2023 NHL trade deadline came and went, but no matter where your team is in the standings, you’re probably wondering something. Is what they did or didn’t do helping or hurting the team?
Maybe you wanted your team’s GM to buy aggressively and look for that impact player that can put the team over the top. Maybe your team is near the bottom of the standings and needs to start looking ahead to next season and beyond. Or maybe you simply do not trust your general manager and want him to sit back and do nothing. No matter the situation, you have a vision for your team.
But what if that vision goes all wrong? We are going to take a look at the potential nightmare scenario for every team at the deadline. That could be anything from your team not getting the player or addressing the position it needs, a rival improving its roster by stealing the player you want, or perhaps a trade already made that ends up going poorly. The Toronto Maple Leafs already made their big pre-deadline move by getting Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari from the St. Louis Blues. In theory, it looks like a great deal for the Maple Leafs to get a center that has been one of the league’s best two-way players with a proven track record of playoff success for a championship team. Toronto desperately needs to find playoff success, and by adding somebody like O’Reilly that could be a significant addition. But O’Reilly has had an extremely down year (by his standards) and is a pending unrestricted free agent after this season. The nightmare scenario here is that O’Reilly is simply cooked, and Toronto fizzles out in the first round again against the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be hard to imagine GM Kyle Dubas and head coach Sheldon Keefe getting another chance if that happens.
The Edmonton Oilers GM Ken Holland, has mostly sat on his hands at the NHL trade deadline and not given Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl the additional help they need. He cannot be patient. He cannot sit back. He has the two best offensive players in the world in their prime and playing at an obscenely high level. If he does not make a big splash at the deadline to help secure a definite playoff spot that will give them a chance to win the Stanley Cup, he will have failed miserably. He has to make a big move.
The Calgary Flames have been one of the league’s biggest disappointments this season and are now suddenly in danger of missing the playoffs. Is it a roster problem or a coach problem? The nightmare scenario here would be selling off players that are not the problem and sticking with a coach who is holding things back.
So now we wait as the stretch drive to the playoffs will determine what worked and what didn’t work.
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By Lucie Winborne
1. Name the group that had a Top Ten hit with “Let Me Love You Tonight.”
2. What was Billy Joel’s first No. 1 chart topper?
3. Where did Gogi Grant get her first name?
4. Name the artist who wrote and released “Against the Wind.”
5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “I want you to come back and carry me home, Away from these long, lonely nights.”
Answers
1. Pure Prairie League, in 1980. Vince Gill sang lead before launching his solo career as a country singer.
2. “Just the Way You Are,” in 1977. The song took two Grammy awards for both Record of the Year and Song of the Year in 1979.
3. A record producer changed her first name to Gogi, after the name of a restaurant. Her hit “The Wayward Wind” stayed at the top of the charts for six weeks in 1956.
4. Bob Seger, in 1980.
By Lucie Winborne
• Think money doesn’t grow on trees? Try telling that to a certain dog in Colombia. After seeing students pass money to a food stall attendant, the enterprising pooch began a regular practice of “paying” for dog biscuits with tree leaves.
• In a few American cities, Halloween was originally called “Cabbage Night.” The name came from a Scottish fortune-telling game in which girls would use cabbage stumps to predict the identity of their future husband.
• Best-selling author Maya Angelou was San Francisco’s first Black streetcar conductor.
• Sea sponges, like humans, sneeze to clear their internal filter systems. Unlike humans, such sneezes last about half an hour.
• In the 18th century, some wealthy folks with gardens decorated their plots with “ornamental hermits” — actual people whom they paid to dress like a Druid (however they took that to look) and wander around their estates.
5. “All Out of Love,” by Air Supply, in 1980. The first line of the chorus was originally written as “I’m all out of love, I want to arrest you” but the group was convinced to change it to “I’m all out of love, I’m so lost without you.”
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• America’s eighth president, Martin Van Buren, tried to keep a pair of tiger cubs given to him by the Sultan of Oman, but Congress made him send them to the zoo.
• The space between the bottom of a cabinet and the floor is called the toe kick.
• “Chess boxing” is a sport in which opponents alternate between rounds of chess and boxing until either competitor is checkmated or knocked out.
• In 2004, Alice Pike tried to use a fake $1 million bill to purchase $1,675 worth of merchandise at Walmart, expecting to receive change from the undoubtedly startled cashier. Well, she did think the bill was genuine … as she remarked (from jail), “You can’t keep up with the U.S. Treasury.”
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• The WD-40 Company never patented the WD-40 formula in order to avoid having to publicly disclose its tradesecret ingredients.
Thought for the Day: “Stay in your own lane. Comparison kills creativity and joy.”
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Seeing the silly side of some really ridiculous situations helps give the Lamb a new perspective on how to handle them. Some important contacts can be made this weekend.
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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Try to complete your outstanding tasks by midweek. This leaves you free to take advantage of new possibilities — both professional and personal — opening up by week’s end.
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LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Careful — you might be stepping into dangerous territory if you decide to exaggerate the facts too much. Remember: The truth speaks for itself and needs no embellishment.
SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Although your workplace successes have earned you many admirers, there are some colleagues who are not among them. Be careful how you proceed with your new project.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You might have to go into great detail to explain why you’re currently reluctant to make changes to an already prepared plan. Be sure you have all the facts to back yourself up.
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GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) With both your creative side and energy levels rising this week, you should be able to tackle that too-long-neglected project again. A family member might have important news.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Travel plans might still be uncertain. But instead of getting upset about the delay, open yourself up to other possibilities and begin checking out some alternative destinations.
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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) An explanation you requested seems to be more confusing than enlightening. You should insist on clarifications now, rather than dealing with problems that might arise later.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) Your energy levels might be ebbing a bit. But that’s no excuse for taking catnaps when you could be working on those unfinished tasks. There’ll be time to curl up and relax by week’s end.
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VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) It’s a good time to get those ideas out of your head and into a readable format if you hope to turn them into something doable. In other news, a good friend is ready with worthwhile advice.
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AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Changing conditions might require you to alter some of your plans. While you might be agreeable to this, be prepared with explanations for those who do not want changes made.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Although you might have to deal with some detractors who aren’t too kind in their critiques, you gain points in your favor when you’re willing to stand up and defend your work.
BORN THIS WEEK: You have a gift for creating a warm and loving environment between yourself and others.
Twice last week, SaskEnergy set new daily natural gas usage records, and we can thank Alberta for most of our supply
BY BRIAN ZINCHUK brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca
Not only was Saskatchewan setting electrical consumption records during the cold snap of last week of December, we also set two consecutive natural gas consumption records, too.
CALGARY – Saturn Oil & Gas Inc. announced the evening of Feb. 28 that it has successfully completed the previously announced acquisition of Ridgeback Resources Inc. in a half-billion dollar deal.
According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Extreme cold weather across Saskatchewan this week resulted in record-breaking natural gas demand in the province. On December 28 and 29, natural gas consumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.
The deal was initially announced on Jan. 20.
Ridgeback was a privately held oil and gas producer focused on light oil production in Saskatchewan and Alberta. The transaction value of the deal came in at approximately $516 million1.
“A new daily record of 1.62 PJ was set on December 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.
The Ridgeback acquisition adds:
• approximately 17,000 boepd of additional oil and natural gas production (approximately 140% increase); and
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
• target run rate production of over 30,000 boepd (82 per cent crude oil and NGL’s).
“With the closing of the Ridgeback acquisition, Saturn has diversified its light oil focused production base with a deep and sustainable portfolio of development opportunities,” said John Jeffrey, CEO of Saturn, said in a release. “We now have a total inventory of over 940 (gross) booked drilling locations to sustain Saturn’s production for over a decade.”
Saturn described the financing
plant, very similar to Chinook, is under construction at Moose Jaw.
All of this added natural gas-fired power generation has, in turn, driven higher usage of natural gas during times of high electrical consumption.
The Crown noted that increased demand from SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural gas use for power production, was the main driver of this week’s record-setting consumption.
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.
“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.”
This province is now largely dependent on neighbouring Alberta to fulfill roughly two-thirds of our natural gas needs.
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.
as such: “Consideration for the Ridgeback acquisition was comprised of $475 million in cash, and the issuance of 19,406,167 common shares in the capital of the company. The cash portion of the purchase price was funded through the net proceeds of Saturn’s previously announced $125 million bought deal equity financing, and proceeds from an amended and restated credit agreement with the company’s existing lender which increased the Company’s borrowing capacity and provided additional proceeds of $375 million. The financing was completed by way of a prospectus supplement to the company’s base shelf prospectus and was underwritten by Echelon Capital Markets, as sole bookrunner and co-lead, Canaccord Genuity Corp., as co-lead, and with syndicate underwriters including Eight Capital, Beacon Securities Limited and Paradigm Capital Inc. The company received strategic lead orders from GMT Capital Corp., Libra Advisors, LLC and other institutional investors, and will seek to appoint up to two new members to the board of directors to expand its technical and operational expertise.
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“In accordance with their terms, each subscription receipt of the company issued pursuant to the Financing was exchanged for one Common Share concurrently with the completion of the Ridgeback Acquisition, and the net proceeds of approximately $117 million were released from escrow to fund a portion of the purchase price of the Ridgeback Acquisition. Holders of subscription receipts are not required to take any action in order to receive the underlying Common Shares, and the subscription receipts are expected to be de-listed from trading on the TSX Venture Exchange as of the close of business on March 1, 2023.”
Ridgeback Acquisition Overview
The Ridgeback Acquisition bolsters Saturn’s existing Oxbow Asset light oil production in southeast Saskatchewan with synergistic assets that include approximately 5,000 boepd of high cash flow netback production, increasing Saturn’s production in the area by over 65 per cent. The Ridgeback acquisition more than doubles the light oil production of Saturn’s existing and adjoining core growth
asset in Southeast Saskatchewan, the company said.
The deal provides diversification into two provinces, and two products – oil and gas.
With the completion of the Ridgeback Acquisition, approximately 40 per cent of Saturn’s production will be in Alberta, offering play diversification of highly economic, light oil focused drilling. Saturn said each of the Alberta areas have high working interests: Cardium (68 per cent), Deer Mountain (100 per cent) and Kaybob (100 per cent) and have extensive operated infrastructure in place to drive low operating costs and realize high cash netbacks. The acquisition offers a new core area for the company with an entry into the Alberta Cardium play, one of North America’s largest oil pools, with over 300 de-risked development drilling locations and approximately 8,700 boepd of light oil focused production. The assets acquired from Ridgeback benefit from responsibly deployed capital directed to abandonment and reclamation programs with limited inactive liabilities and a strong Liability Management Rating (LMR) of over 3x.
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• On March 17, 1756, St. Patrick’s Day was celebrated for the first time in New York City at John Thompson’s Crown and Thistle public house. Interestingly, Thompson was nicknamed “Scotch Johnny,” and his tavern was only part-time Irish.
• On Feb. 25, 1570, Pope Pius V declared England’s Queen Elizabeth I a heretic and excommunicated her from the Roman Catholic Church by way of a papal bull releasing Catholics from any loyalty to her and calling upon them to remove her from the throne.
• On March 16, 1834, Charles Darwin, on the HMS Beagle, anchored in the British-owned Falkland Islands for the first time, to carry out a zoological survey. At first unimpressed by the desolate landscape, he soon discovered fossils of about 400 million years old, most of which are now housed in London’s Natural History Museum.
• On Feb. 22, 1879, Frank Winfield Woolworth opened the Great 5 Cents Store (later Woolworth’s) in Utica, New York. Originally promising that nothing would cost more than a nickel, the chain expanded over the next 50 years to 1,000 stores, but retail market changes eventually forced the last U.S. shop to permanently close in 1997.
• On March 19, 1916, eight Curtiss “Jenny” planes of the First Aero Squadron were used in support of the 7,000 American troops who had invaded Mexico with the intent of capturing Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa, marking the U.S.’ first use of air combat.
• On Feb. 21, 1933, Miriam A. “Ma” Ferguson, who made history by becoming the first woman governor of Texas, announced that Feb. 26 through March 4 would be officially known as “Texas Week.” The state’s Independence Day, March 2, falls in this period.
• On March 18, 1922, British lawyer Mohandas K. Gandhi was sentenced to prison in India on the charge of civil disobedience after urging for mass civil disobedience, including boycotts of British educational institutions and law courts and foreign-made goods. His speeches always emphasized the wrongness of physical violence. He served just two years of his six-year sentence.
• On Feb. 26, 1951, American novelist James Jones published “From Here to Eternity,” about the U.S. Army in Hawaii before the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. It was later memorably adapted into an Academy Awardwinning movie featuring such Hollywood luminaries as Deborah Kerr, Burt Lancaster, Donna Reed and Montgomery Clift.
• On March 15, 1956, the musical “My Fair Lady” made its Broadway debut. Based on George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” it starred Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews in the lead roles of domineering Professor Henry Higgins and his protegee, the equally strong-willed but goodhearted Cockney flower seller named Eliza Doolittle. It was an immediate smash hit.
• On Feb. 20, 1962, the NASA spaceship Friendship 7, named and piloted by Marine Lieutenant John Glenn, was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in the first complete orbit around Earth made by an American astronaut.
• On March 13, 1997, a heated debate was launched among believers in UFOs when a series of unidentified lights appeared above Phoenix, Arizona. It was later revealed that the lights were not from alien aircraft, but illumination flares dropped from a U.S. Air Force plane.
• On March 14, 2014, it was announced that public transportation systems in Paris, France, would run for free for three days in an effort to combat the heavy smog and air pollution the country was experiencing due to unseasonably warm temperatures.
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Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo, 65, appeared before Australia’s Health Care Complaints Commission in February to defend himself against charges relating to a brain tumor surgery he performed on a woman, ABC News repor ted. “I took out too much. I took out the wrong bit of the frontal lobe,” Teo said. “I actually didn’t know at the time. I’m learning from this case. It wasn’t negligence. Maybe some ignorance on my behalf.” The woman was left in a vegetative state and died several weeks later. Teo said one of the complainants against him had been “hoodwinked” and “coerced” into filing the charge by Teo’s “enemies.” “I did the wrong thing. Was that my intention? Absolutely not,” he said.
Government in Action
On Jan. 19 in Austin, Texas, Chris Newby was sleeping when “the whole house shook,” he said. “It sounds like a plane hit the house.” Instead, according to KXAN-TV, it was a car -- an impaired driver barreled through Newby’s spare bedroom wall. “The entire room was just crunched,” he said. Ten days later, Newby received a letter from the city informing him that he was in violation of two codes: “One for having a hole in my house and one for having no window,” Newby said. The letter was dated the day of the crash and stipulated that he had 30 days to get repairs completed or face fines of up to $4,000 per day. “It felt tone-deaf to me,” he said. “I’m in violation for being a victim.” But Matthew Noriega, a division manager at the code department, said Newby has time: “If an extension is needed, we will give them that extension,” he clarified. Still, Newby said Austin “feels a little less like home every day.” Sad emoji.
• On Feb. 23, 1997, the three-anda-half hour Holocaust drama “Schindler’s List” aired commercial-free on the NBC television network. Seen by 60 million people, it was the first film to display TV Guide’s rating of TV-MA (unsuitable for children under 17), due to scenes of violence and brief nudity, which also sparked some political controversy.
• On Feb. 24, 2020, American film
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Foods to Stockpile to Reduce Grocery Spending
Whenever you read about frugality, you’ll find a lot about what not to buy. Well, I’m going to tell you what you should buy. These are the items to stockpile when they go on sale.
With prices skyrocketing, it’s important to know the prices of items you buy regularly so you know if you’re getting a good deal. I seriously recommend keeping notes when you shop to record the prices of any items you purchase regularly.
Here are some of the goodies no pantry should be without:
Peanut butter: This pantry staple keeps a long time and is always handy. Stored in a cool, dry area, it’ll last at least two years.
for sales. Properly stored, unopened packages last up to three years, so stock up!
Pasta sauce: The canned stuff still goes on sale for around a dollar. If you’re like me, you usually add stuff to it anyway — a little onion, garlic and sausage. You know. There’s your last-minute meal, ready and waiting.
Canned tomatoes: They come in lots of varieties, and store brands are terrific. Lycopene, the antioxidant found in tomatoes, is in its cell walls.
Cooking tomatoes releases lycopene to do its work, so canned is healthier than fresh. They keep for about a year.
Dried and canned beans: Dried are most economical and remain at best quality two years or longer. Canned are ready immediately for quick meals.
Salad dressings: Especially Italian, Greek and Balsamic. Besides dressing salads, they make great marinades for meat, poultry and fish. You also use them to dress pasta, potatoes or steamed vegetables.
Condiments and sauces: Items like soy, teriyaki, barbecue, mustard and ketchup keep for a very long time and help with inspiration when it comes to meal planning.
Spices: Stored properly, avoiding light, heat and moisture, dried spices and herbs last one to two years.
Pasta: Watch for coupons and wait
Canned soups: Keep a few cream soups on hand for quick meal fixes and a few main dish soups on hand for emergency meals. Collect coupons for quality brands then wait for sales.
Frozen vegetables: When the price goes under the price per pound of the fresh veggies, it’s time to pick some up. Kept frozen, they remain at peak quality up to 12 months.
Frozen meat and poultry: Again, watch for sales and put a few aside.
Chubs and vacuum-packed ground meats freeze beautifully and take up minimum space.
Here’s a quick and easy chili recipe made with pantry ingredients. This makes a base for meals like burritos, tacos or taco salad. Serve over baked potatoes, rice or pasta; make chili mac; or use as filling for omelets; or just eat it with tortilla chips.
10 MINUTE PANTRY CHILI
Yield: 4 servings
Total Time: 10 minutes
What You’ll Need:
1 pound ground beef, pork or turkey
1 1/2 cups onion, chopped 2 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon cumin
1 tablespoon dried minced garlic 1 (8-ounce) can tomato sauce 1 (15-ounce) can red kidney beans
Salt & pepper to taste
Here’s How:
Heat skillet to medium-high. Place hamburger and onion in the skillet, stirring occasionally. While the hamburger cooks, open the beans and tomato sauce and rinse the beans. Set aside. When the meat is nearly done, drain the excess fat from the skillet. Add the chili powder, cumin, garlic, tomato sauce and beans. Stir to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste.
If you can budget a few dollars each month for stocking up on sale items, it will save you a bundle in the long run.
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Lifestyle expert Patti Diamond is the penny-pinching, party-planning, recipe developer and content creator of the website Divas On A Dime — Where Frugal, Meets Fabulous! Visit Patti at www.divasonadime.com and join the conversation on Facebook at DivasOnADimeDotCom. Email Patti at divapatti@divasonadime.com © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.
KINDERSLEY TOWN COUNCIL REPORT
On Monday, February 27, 2023, Town Council held their Regular Meeting. The following items were resolved:
7.1: The Council of the Town of Kindersley resolved to direct the Mayor and Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to enter into a Land Sale Agreement with ProBilt Structures for the sale of 15 Knox Street in the amount of $66,465.19 plus applicable taxes.
8.1: Council resolved to accept as submitted the list of accounts as paid by the Town of Kindersley in the amount of $323,204.23.
9.1: Town Council resolved to approve the Consent Agenda which includes the following items for acceptance and filing:
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Make this quick and easy chili with pantry ingredients.
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1. The Da Vinci Code opens with a murder in which famous museum?
2. In Stephen King‘s 11/22/63, a high school English teacher hurtles back in time to 1963 and attempts to stop what monumental event?
3. Veronica Roth’s Divergent book series is set in a post-apocalyptic version of which U. S. city?
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5. Who was the first Chinese writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature?
6. What novel is set on a desert planet inhabited by giant sandworms?
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7. What was the working title of Margaret Mitchell’s 1936 novel Gone With the Wind?
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8. How many of Ernest Hemingway’s ten novels were published posthumously?
9. What is the name of the poem John Keats wrote to a singing bird?
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10. What dystopian novel by George Orwell told of life in a future totalitarian state dominated by “Big Brother”?
11. Which Stephen King novel takes place mostly in the fictional Overlook Hotel?
12. What author wrote his last novel in crayon?
13. In what language was Don Quixote written?
14. What names did Charles Dickens consider for his character in A Christmas Carol before settling on “Tiny Tim”?
15. What word did Robert A. Heinlein introduce into the English language in his book Stranger in a Strange Land?
16. Who is probably the father of Caddy’s child in The Sound and the Fury?
17. What is the name of Captain Ahab’s ship?
18. What do the initials J. D. stand for in author J. D. Salinger ’s name?
19. The book Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen takes place in what era?
20. Which actor played the role of Jay Gatsby in The Great Gatsby, adapted from the book written by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
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ANSWERS: 1. The Louvre. 2. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 3. Chicago. 4. Don Quixote. 5. Gao Xingjian. 6. Dune. 7. Ba! Ba! Black Sheep. 8. Three. 9. Ode To A Nightingale. 10. Nineteen
1. GEOGRAPHY: Which river flows through the European capitals of Vienna and Budapest?
2. SCIENCE: At what temperature are Fahrenheit and Celsius equal?
3. TELEVISION: The comedy series “Frasier” is a spinoff of which sitcom?
4. LITERATURE: Which novel features a character named Katniss Everdeen?
5. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of beans are used in falafel?
6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a beaver’s home called?
7. THEATER: Which musical features a character named Tracy Turnblad?
8. MOVIES: Which actress plays the young Wendy Darling in the movie “Hook”?
9. HISTORY: Who invented the game of lacrosse?
10. SCIENCE: What percentage of the world’s population has brown eyes?
Answers
1. The Danube River.
2. -40.
3. “Cheers.”
4. “The Hunger Games.”
5. Chickpeas or fava beans.
6. A lodge, or a den.
7. “Hairspray.”
8. Gwyneth Paltrow.
9. Iroquois tribes in the eastern United States and Canada.
10. 70%-80%.
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Captain America ordered what at Starbucks? One Iced Americano.
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Can you tell me what the fox says when ordering at Starbucks? Hot tea, hot tea, hot tea, ho!
What’s the fastest way to get Starbucks in less than a minute? Tell the barista that your name is Fire. Everyone will run outside as soon as your name is called.
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What did the piece of cheese tell the Starbucks barista? “Can we Havarti?”
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Astronauts use what kind of currency? Starbucks.
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What does Starbucks mean when they say “If your drink isn’t top-notch every time, let us know. If not, we will make it right”? To torture their employees.
What made the Swede drink on the floor of Starbucks? Because he was told it was ground coffee.
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