Thursday night at the Legion Hall is Dart Night. More than a dozen people gathered in the basement for target practice on March 2. The four dart boards were in constant use, as everyone was focusing on their next shot. Meanwhile a game of cribbage was also underway. Check it out! | PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN
NOTICE OF DIRECTOR ELECTION
Electronic voting runs March 27 - April 4, 2023. In-person voting also available at any Synergy Credit Union branch.
Your voice can be heard at the boardroom table of Synergy Credit Union.
VOTE for Tom Watt to be that voice from Kindersley.
Kindersley RCMP Hosting Town Hall Meeting
Wanting to set policing priorities for the communities they serve, Kindersley RCMP Detachment Commander Kevin Peterson is inviting the public to contribute to the conversation on March 22nd, 2023. Starting at 7:00 pm at the Kindersley Legion, Kindersley Detachment will host a presentation to discuss the current work done in the communities we serve, as well as invite input from the public on what their current public safety concerns are.
‘Our mission within the province is to help keep Saskatchewan communities safe,’ stated Staff Sergeant Peterson. ‘This meeting will give people the opportunity to have a voice in the concerns that are specific to our communities and assist with this goal.’
Between February 27th to March 5th, Kindersley RCMP responded to 11 calls for service*. These calls included, but were not limited to, 1 break and enter, 1 traffic collision and 1 suspicious vehicle report.
Want to assist your local RCMP with ongoing investigations and help keep your community safe? Voluntarily register your business or home security camera at: saskcapturecw.ca.
*For more information on the calls to service please contact the Kindersley RCMP detachment.
ESTON
FRIDAY, MARCH 10 - SUNDAY, MARCH 12
• Eston Annual Open Bonspiel. $120 per team. Call or text Sandy at 306-962-7572.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
• Chili Lunch 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM at the Wheatland Centre. Cost is $10 and includes Chili, Bun, Drink & Dessert!
* 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 306-962-7117 (ask for Linda) for more info.
KERROBERT
THURSDAY, MARCH 9
• Prairie Branches - Connor Family Sled Dog Tours at the Reservoir 1:00-3:00 PM
FRIDAY, MARCH 10
• U18 Tigers vs Wilkie/Biggar 8:00 PM
SUNDAY, MARCH 12
• Kerrobert Minor Ball AGM at KCS 7:30 PM
UNTIL MARCH 31
• The Chapel Gallery Members Exhibition. This group of artists is based out of North Battleford. Located in the Historic Courthouse. Open weekdays from 8:30 AM4:3 PM.
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
• Kerrobert Spring Market at the PCC
• Kinsmen Comedy Night at the PCC
SATURDAY, APRIL 22
• Gord Bamford Canadian Dirt Tour at the PCC
SATURDAY, MAY 6
• Sieben’s School of Dance Recital at the PCC
* Weekly Walk this Way at the P.C.C. 9:30 - 11:00 AM. Every Tuesday & Thursday.
* Weekly Shuffle Club at the P.C.C. 1:30 PM. Every Monday.
* Weekly Open Curling at the Curling Rink 7:30 PM. Every Tuesday.
KINDERSLEY
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: kacoffice7@gmail.com
• 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.
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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.
MARCH 17 - MARCH 18
• 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.
TAX TIPS
If you are the single parent of a child under 18 and you live with your child and contribute to the maintenance of the dwelling in which you both live, you can claim an eligible dependant amount of $14,398 (which is the same as the spouse or common-law partner amount for couples). The amount is reduced by any income your child earns. The maximum claim for $14,398 is also reduced if your net income is more than $155,625.
Q:My son is reading the play “12 Angry Men” in his English class. I recall seeing the movie, starring Henry Fonda, years ago. Did it win any Oscars? — J.K.
A:“12
Angry Men” was originally written as a one-hour live play to be broadcasted for television by Reginald Rose, the son of a lawyer who grew up in New York City. Henry Fonda saw the legal drama and offered to coproduce it as a motion picture in 1957. It wasn’t a box-office hit, but it was critically acclaimed and nominated for several Oscars, including Best Picture.
In 1997, it was once again created as a television event, this time starring Jack Lemmon in Fonda’s role of Juror No. 8 and George C. Scott, the latter of whom won an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor.
In some recent exciting news, the original film is being released on a special 4K Blu-ray with a brand-new HDR/ Dolby Vision Master and an audio commentary by film historians Gary Gerani and Drew Casper. The package will also include a making-of documentary, the film’s theatrical trailer and a featurette titled “Inside the Jury Room.”
Don’t worry, just because it’s in 4K doesn’t mean they’re colorizing the original. According to Collider.com, “This legal drama, which already has some really rich shadow work and black levels, has a lot of potential to look stunning in 4K. ‘12 Angry Men’ now joins the ever-growing list of classic black-andwhite films in the format that includes ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Psycho.’”
Q:Is Sally Field going to be starring in anymore movies soon? I saw that she was in “80 for Brady,” so I hope that means she’s back. — U.J.
A:The
two-time Academy-Awardwinning actress Sally Field was recently honored by the Screen Actors Guild with a Lifetime Achievement Award. She’s had a long, storied career in Hollywood since she was a teen and has maintained a reputation as one of the nicest people in the business. Her early TV roles in “Gidget” and “The Flying Nun” showcased her charm, but once
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she graduated to film with more meaty, dramatic roles, she was honored by her peers and critics alike.
She’s swung back and forth between comedy and drama during her sixdecade-long career, including “Smokey and the Bandit,” “Steel Magnolias” and “Forrest Gump.” She’s even tried her hand at superhero movies, having played Peter Parker’s Aunt May in the two “Amazing Spider-Man” films. The 76-year-old actress signed with a new agency in 2021, so it doesn’t look like she plans to retire anytime soon. ***
Q:I was thrilled to see that “The Blacklist” is back on TV. Is it true that this is the final season, though? — P.J.
A:Yes, the 10th and final season of NBC’s “The Blacklist” premiered on Feb. 26, but it’ll have plenty of content to be enjoyed for months to come. Even though it didn’t start up last fall, the network granted it a full-season order of 22 episodes. James Spader and the rest of the cast will bid us farewell after this season.
Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail.com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803.
Henry Fonda in “12 Angry Men” (1957)
Courtesy of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Photo Caption: Henry Fonda in “12 Angry
(1957)
FLAMES FIZZLE IN PLAYOFF PUSH
BY GREG BUCHANAN
How do you sum up the Calgary Flames’ playoff hopes? One would have to say they have gone from fringe to cringe, from bubble to big trouble. This sputtering, slumping squad has dropped five in a row. During the final minutes of a shutout loss at home by Filip Gustavsson and the Minnesota Wild, they were booed off the ice. Which led to head coach Daryl Sutter saying he would “boo” too. Ouch.
If you go back a week or so, it at least seemed that their playoff push would go down to the wire. That they’d be fighting until the final bell. Now, with under 20 games to go, many are ready to count them out. TKO! It’s hard to imagine a furious push from a team that hasn’t won back-to-back games in almost a month and a half and they haven’t strung together three in a row since early December. The Flames are not even in ninth place anymore. They were just leapfrogged by the Nashville Predators, who shipped out several key pieces as trade deadline sellers.
What’s most troubling, is the home ice lost, which was a snoozer against the Wild, the Flames lacked energy, lacked emotion, lacked the sort of urgency the standings should demand. How do you explain that to the fans in a must-win matchup? Suddenly, mediocre almost seems like a compliment. In a freefall, it always feels that way. The Flames season-long goal differential is now -2, putting them in the red for the first time this season.
Since storming out of the gates at 5-1, the best start in franchise history, they are exactly .500. Only nine teams, all contenders in the Connor Bedard sweeps, have posted a lower point percentage over that same span. The Calgary-based crew has been involved in 37 one-goal games, the most of any team. Trouble is, they are barely winning a third of them, with a 13-11-13 record in those nail-biters.
The question is, will they go down swinging or “Fizzle” without putting up much of a fight?
1. Name the group that released “Sugar Baby Love.”
2. What is the song “Abraham, Martin and John” about?
3. Which singer-songwriter released “If You Could Read My Mind”?
4. Which Simon & Garfunkel song figured heavily in the film “The Graduate”?
5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “Totally unprepared are you to face a world of men, Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken.”
Answers
1. The Rubettes, in 1974. Over the years, the members have been involved in various legal disputes over the ownership of the group’s name. It wasn’t resolved until 2022.
2. The song, recorded by Dion in 1968, is about the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy.
By Lucie Winborne
• Believe it or not, cows can be potty trained — and, it is said, with less trouble than toddlers. It’s called MooLoo training, and involves not a toilet, but a special pen with artificial grass. But why bother? The practice helps the environment by reducing air and water pollution and even planet warming.
• The J.W. Westcott II is a boat that delivers mail to ships at sea. Operating out of Detroit, it’s the only floating ZIP code in America.
• In 1931, German engineer Richter Raketenrad built a bike with 12 rockets mounted to its back wheel and reached a speed of 90 kph before his invention exploded and threw him off. While that was, sadly, the end of the rocket bike, Raketenrad himself suffered only a few scrapes.
• Kintsugi is the Japanese art of putting broken pottery pieces back together with gold.
3. Gordon Lightfoot, in 1970. Lightfoot sued the songwriter of “The Greatest Love of All” for lifting 24 bars of the melody. He canceled the suit (because he’s a nice guy), but ended up with a public apology.
4. “Mrs. Robinson,” in 1967. It was originally titled “Mrs. Roosevelt.”
5. “Sixteen Going on Seventeen,” from “The Sound of Music.” The musical (1959) and film (1965) of the same name tell the story of the von Trapp family fleeing the Nazis in Austria.
• For over a year in the mid-2000s, members of the group Untergunther broke into the French Pantheon to repair a clock that had been broken for four decades. They later received court time for the effort but were somewhat vindicated when member JeanBaptiste Viot, a clock restorer, was hired to repair it in 2018 after further neglect.
• Researchers have found that approximately 97% of people are keeping a secret at any given time, with the average person keeping around 13.
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• In 2008, a former high school star athlete escaped a crime scene by using Craigslist to hire a dozen identically dressed (and unwitting) civilians to stand at the exact place and time of the arrival of the armored car that he planned to rob.
Thought for the Day: “Challenges are gifts that force us to search for a new center of gravity. Don’t fight them. Just find a new way to stand.” — Oprah
LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Your loyalty to a friend in a tough situation earns you respect from people you care about. Those who criticize you don’t understand what friendship is all about.
ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Stop being the wool-gathering Lamb, and start turning that dream project into reality. You have the ideas, the drive and the charisma to persuade others to follow your lead. So do it.
You’ve scored some big successes. But remember that all hard-working Ferdinands and Ferdinandas need some time to restore their energies and refresh their spirits.
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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your strong work ethic is rewarded with the kind of challenging opportunity you love to tackle. Now, go ahead and celebrate with family and/or close friends.
SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A legal matter you thought had been finally resolved could require a second look. But don’t make any moves without consulting your lawyer.
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GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You’re gaining a stronger mental image of what you’re trying to achieve. Now, look for the facts that will help get this to develop from a concept into a solid proposal.
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CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Some of you eager-to-please Moon Children might want to delay some decisions until midweek, when you can again think more with your head than your heart.
LEO (July 23 to August 22) A new business venture seems to offer everything you’ve been looking for. But be careful that this rosy picture doesn’t betray traces of red ink under the surface.
CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Taking charge is what you like to do, and since you do it so well, expect to be asked to lead a special group. This could open an exciting new vista for you.
AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) An important matter might wind up being entrusted to you for handling. The responsibility is heavy, but you’ll have support from people able and eager to help.
PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A spouse or partner might make an important, even life-changing, suggestion. Consider it carefully. It could hold some of the answers you’ve both been looking for.
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VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A volatile situation needs the kind of thoughtful and considerate care you can provide right now. There’ll be plenty of time later to analyze what might have gone wrong.
BORN THIS WEEK: You always try to do the right thing for the right reasons. No wonder people have come to depend on you.
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.
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.
“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.”
Back in the lofty, pre-Justin Trudeau government days of 2014, back when oil was booming, pipelines were planned to east and west coasts, and Alberta and Saskatchewan were swimming in money, around $81 billion was spent in capital expenditures (CAPEX) in the Canadian petroleum industry. In Alberta, alone, the number topped $60 billion. And British Columbia and Saskatchewan got their share, too. Even Manitoba was seeing investment.
On March 1, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) forecast CAPEX of $40 billion, which is just about double the disaster year of 2020, but half of 2014. And that’s before #justinflation. What would it be if we had a federal government supportive of the industry, instead of trying to make it disappear?
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.
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
Curiously, Enbridge announced on the same day its spending a lot of money in Texas, including a port facility for Houston. Funny how it’s not talking about Northern Gateway Pipeline to Kitimat, or a different pipeline to Churchill, or even Valdez, Alaska? I wonder why?
Maybe that’s because Enbridge took a billion dollar write down when Trudeau got elected and declared, “The Great Bear Rainforest is no place for a pipeline.”
On Feb. 28, Alberta announced an enormous surplus in its 2022 revenue. It’s now got money to burn on all sorts of things, from health care to seniors.
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.
That’s pretty much entirely due to windfall funds from high oil and gas prices from much of the 2022-23 fiscal year, due mostly to the war in Ukraine, but also from the end of COVID restrictions and the opening up of global economies.
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.
Curiously, oil prices have come down now to a point lower than they were the day the war started, almost precisely a year ago. So don’t expect a huge surplus this year. Just a decent one for Alberta.
“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.
Now, let’s imagine how much easier life would have been if a few things had been done differently since October, 2015, not just for Alberta, but Saskatchewan and the rest of Canada.
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.
Imagine if Northern Gateway had been built and completed by 2015, instead of being obstructed by the courts, British Columbia’s provincial government and First Nations. It would have given us access to the West Coast for heavy oil/bitumen exports. How much more money would Saskatchewan have made from its heavy oil, instead of years of sometimes enormous differentials between West Texas Intermediate and Western Canadian Select benchmarks? Easily
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it would have been enough to build a new tertiary hospital for Regina, a new Plains Health Centre, if you please. And enough to staff it, too.
And imagine if the federal government (as well as the B.C. government) had not chased away Kinder Morgan from building the Trans Mountain Expansion. And let’s also imagine they didn’t do everything possible to make this project nearly triple in cost (which is now a taxpayer burden to be in excess of $21 billion.)
How many hospitals, drug treatment centres, highways and bridges could have been built with that extra money, never mind the additional income from increased oil sales at a better price?
Teck’s Frontier oil sands project’s construction would be well underway by now, if not complete. Another $20 billion in CAPEX over several years – money that never happened. How many other projects, like Teck Frontier, might have also gone ahead? Instead, they were chased away by a government moving the goalposts on environmental regulation.
And if Energy East had been built and in service by December, 2018, as originally planned, how much more CAPEX would that have inspired, from Fort Mac to Saint John? Wouldn’t it also have given us the ability to ship oil to Europe, displac-
ing Russian oil?
And then let’s not forget the liquified natural gas terminal Energie Saguenay, which would also be under construction now, with multiple billions in capex per year. That would be money spent in Quebec! And don’t forget the 700 kilometre pipeline to feed it, also in Quebec!
If all of these had come to pass, plus the additional oil sands and conventional oil and gas production to fill them – would the provinces have gone to Ottawa, cap in hand, begging for more health care dollars? Or would Canada be flush with cash right now, from coast-to-coast?
When I asked Saskatchewan oilfield service providers this past week if they were busy, finishing projects before spring breakup, the collect answer was “not really.”
I’m sorry, CAPP. That $40 billion in capital expenditures may be in improvement compared to the last two years, but it could have been so much more. If only we had a government for going on eight years which didn’t want to just transition the oil and gas sector out of existence, we would be rolling in it.
Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
The Rural Municipality of Snipe Lake #259 is now accepting applications for: Seasonal Scraper operator Seasonal grader operator, and Seasonal mechanic
Applicant must possess a valid driver’s license & and provide, with the application, a driver’s abstract. A Criminal Record Check will be requested of the successful applicant. Excellent Wage and Benefits Package including pension plan are provided to the successful candidate.
Application forms are available at the RM office or at RM of Snipe Lake No. 259 - How to Apply & must be received by 5:00 p.m. Friday, March 24th, 2023 to be considered. Drop off applications or resumes with all pertinent information to:
RM OF SNIPE LAKE NO. 259 BOX 786. ESTON, SK. S0L 1A0 PHONE FOR INFORMATION 1-306-962-7133 (foreman) FAX – 1-306-962-4330 Or by email to rm259@sasktel.net
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• On March 24, 1882, German scientist Robert Koch discovered the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis. Regarded today as the “father of modern bacteriology,” Koch was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1905.
• 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 20, 1922, Hubert Work gave an order that all American homes need to be equipped with an item that the majority of us undoubtedly take for granted today: a mailbox. Work was the country’s U.S. Postmaster General, and failure to comply with the order carried a penalty of giving up one’s mail delivery.
• 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 21, 1928, President Calvin Coolidge presented Charles Lindbergh with the Congressional Medal of Honor for “displaying heroic courage and skill as a navigator, at the risk of his life, by his nonstop flight in his airplane, the Spirit of St. Louis, from New York City to Paris, France, 20-21 May 1927, by which Capt. Lindbergh not only achieved the greatest individual triumph of any American citizen but demonstrated that travel across the ocean by aircraft was possible.”
• 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 23, 1973, Yoko Ono was granted permanent residence in the United States. However, the good news did not extend to her husband, former Beatle John Lennon. He was issued a 60-day notice to leave the country.
• 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 22, 1978, Karl Wallenda, founder of the Flying Wallendas, fell from a tightrope 10 stories to his death during a promotional appearance for the Pan American Circus. The 73-year-old acrobat was crossing between the two towers of the Condado Plaza Hotel in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• 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.
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In a puzzling attempt to draw attention to the climate crisis, three people defaced a woolly mammoth at the Royal B.C. Museum in Victoria, Canada, on March 1, the Times Colonist reported. A woman allegedly used her hands to paint the mammoth’s tusks pink. A group called On2Ottawa has claimed responsibility for the vandalism; the painter, “Laura,” says in a video posted online, “If the government does not enact a citizens’ assembly to tackle the climate and ecological crisis in the next one to two years, then we will be traveling to Ottawa to demand one.” The water-based paint was cleaned off the tusks and three people were arrested.
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• On March 25, 1995, Howard G. (Ward) Cunningham, an American computer programmer and pioneer in both design patterns and extreme programming, introduced the wiki, or “user-editable website.” Today, Wikipedia is the world’s most well-known and widely used wiki.
• 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 March 26, 2019, former First Lady Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” surpassed 10 million copies in sales just four months after its publication. It had already become America’s best-selling book in 2018 after a mere 15 days.
PHOTO CAPTION: This Spanish rice dish is comforting and delicious.
More than 40 high school students from the Barr Beacon School in Walsall, England, were stranded in the U.S. for four extra days after a ski trip to New Hampshire, the New York Post reported. It wasn’t weather that shut down their travel, but the fact that the Kancamagus Lodge in Lincoln, New Hampshire, “accidentally” shredded 42 of their passports. Fortunately, head teacher Katie Hobbs, who was not on the trip, was on top of the situation and had the group move to New York City, where the British embassy was preparing emergency documents. In the meantime, the kids toured the city and took in the sights. “The silver lining is that they can have an amazing experience,” said one parent. The lodge had no explanation for the destruction of the passports other than it happened by mistake.
Speedy Spanish Rice Is Easy, Versatile and Delicious
This week we have a very popular one-pot meal seasoned with a little bit of versatility. This family-friendly dinner is an extremely inexpensive yet soul-satisfying meal. It comes together fast, making it perfect for busy weeknight dinners. And one skillet? Yes, please and thank you! The real beauty of the recipe is you can substitute any kind of protein for the hamburger I used. You could use ground or shredded turkey, pork, chicken, or go meatless with beans or meat-free crumbles. This makes it a perfect recipe to have on repeat, knowing you can make it with whatever is on sale this week.
SPEEDY SPANISH RICE
Yield: 4 servings
Total Time: 20 minutes
What You’ll Need:
1 pound (85/15) ground beef
Salt and pepper to taste
1 (16 ounce) bag frozen pepper and onion blend, thawed
1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chilies
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups cooked brown rice (see note below)*
1 cup cheddar or Mexican blend cheese, shredded Chopped green onions and/or cilantro, optional
Using brown rice in this recipe boosts nutrition and fiber. But because brown rice takes 45 minutes to cook, this speedy recipe calls for pre-cooked rice. Considering it takes the same 45 minutes to make four cups of brown rice or 12 cups of brown rice, I recommend making a big pot o’rice then dividing and freezing it into meal-ready portions. Anything that helps get a healthy meal on the table quickly is a good thing.
If you prefer white rice or don’t happen to have cooked rice on hand, I’ve included the white rice quick fix.
Here’s How:
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In a large skillet, over medium-high heat, cook hamburger, breaking it into crumbles, until beef is no longer pink. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Drain the excess fat and liquid from the pan. You don’t have to drain it all; a little liquid is good. Next, add the onion and pepper blend and cook until the onion is translucent. Stir in the tomato sauce, tomatoes and seasonings; bring to a boil. Add rice; heat
through, stirring occasionally. Let this simmer for at least 5 minutes to marry the flavors. Before serving, sprinkle cheese on top and cover with a lid for a minute to melt the cheese. Garnish with green onions and cilantro, if desired. And trust me, you desire. Serving suggestions: All you need is a big salad and call it done.
*Note: If you don’t have pre-cooked rice, just add 1 cup of uncooked white rice (not brown, it takes too long) and 2 cups chicken broth when you add the tomatoes and bring to a boil. Cover and reduce heat to a simmer for 20 minutes. Continue as written above.
This popular dish has many variations. I believe every family has their own “perfect and only” way to prepare Spanish rice. Here’s a list of items you could add, and no one would be mad at you: green or black olives; corn; sour cream; green chilis; pinto, black or red kidney beans. And more cheese. We always need more cheese, please.
What’s the difference between Spanish rice and Mexican rice? Spanish rice gets its yellow color from saffron (which is ridiculously expensive!). Mexican rice, meanwhile, takes on a unique reddish orange color by adding cumin and chili powder.
No matter how you make it, you’ll love this simply comforting delish Spanish dish.
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This Spanish rice dish is comforting and delicious.
“Babylon” (R) — Available to stream now is Academy-Awardwinning director Damien Chazelle’s latest cinematic stunner. Starring Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, “Babylon” takes viewers back to Hollywood during the time of the late 1920s, as the transition from making silent films to sound films begins. Through the lives of vibrant and flawed characters, we see the fantastical circumstances it can take to get the perfect shot for a film, as well as all the debauchery that happens behind the scenes in a town like Hollywood. Chazelle does an excellent job of capturing the pure passion and utter chaos behind filmmaking, and the film itself feels like one long, outrageous night out that you’ll never forget. (Paramount+)
“Daisy Jones & the Six” (TV-16+) — Based on the novel written by Taylor Jenkins Reid, this new miniseries taking place in the 1970s and follows young musician Daisy Jones (played by Riley Keough) right as she gets paired up with a blues-rock band called The Six. The chemistry Daisy experiences with the band and its lead singer Billy (Sam Claflin) is so palpable that it propels them into stardom quickly. But as their musical chemistry begins to bleed into their personal lives, the band experiences obstacles that inevitably lead to its downfall. The first three episodes are out now, with the subsequent seven episodes releasing weekly throughout the month of March. (Prime Video)
“Rain Dogs” (NR) — Single mother Costello and her daughter, Iris, get evicted from their home, leaving
Costello at a loss about where to go. In what is surely divine intervention, Costello’s wealthy friend, Selby, has just been released from prison, and he offers her a way out. Well used to his handouts, Costello decides to move into Selby’s home in the countryside with Iris, and the three oddballs begin to form their own sort of family. But as the days go on, Costello comes to the realization that Selby isn’t the best influence for them and that it’s ultimately up to her to step up and provide for her daughter. The first episode of this British drama-comedy series is out now, with more episodes coming every Monday thereafter. (HBO Max)
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Riley Keough, left, and Sam Claflin star in “Daisy Jones & the Six.”
