New Economic Development Officer in Kindersley
By Joan Janzen
The community of Kindersley welcomes D’Shae Bussiere as their new Economic Development Officer (EDO). D’Shae has been contracted by the Town of Kindersley and officially started on March 15th. She came to Kindersley from Biggar, where she got her start in community and economic development.
Her initial few weeks as EDO has been spent meeting with Town of Kindersley staff and community stakeholders to identify Kindersley’s opportunities, gaps and challenges.
“I act as a researcher, solicitor and engager for the success of everyone in the community, helping it grow and be better for existing and future residents,” she explained. “Community building is my passion, so I’m excited to be here!” D’Shae appreciates what she has discovered so far.
She’s realized Kindersley possesses exceptional recreational amenities to support active lifestyles for people of all ages. Combined with established regional relationships, this gives Kindersley the potential to host large regional and provincial conferences and sporting events.
“I see ample opportunity for us to engage with the community and encourage everyone to work together in order to reach community growth goals, such as attracting and retaining businesses, health care professionals and young families,” she said.
Her duties include creating and implementing strategies for marketing and soliciting new business to fill service gaps. This is only possible if the community is supportive and works together, overcoming challenges and celebrating milestones.
“This is not a job I can take on alone,” she admitted, acknowledging the importance of community engagement.
D’Shae would love to hear from Kindersley residents. Feel free to tell her what you would like to see in Kindersley. You can drop off a written letter at the town office or email her at dshae@shaeco.ca and include your contact information for further discussion.
“I’m looking forward to continuing to get to know Kindersley, spending time here and seeing the growth come to fruition,” she said.
EATONIA
TUESDAYS, MAY 30, JUNE 6, 13
• Eatonia & District Recreation Board “Adult Walking Soccer” 6:30 PM at Eatonia Football Field. Drop-ins.
SATURDAY, MAY 27
• Eatonia Chamber of Commerce 27th Annual Community Garage Sales 9:00 AM2:00 PM. Call Eatonia Agencies to register 306-967-2201. Spaces available to rent in arena $25 registration fee. Food specials around town!
SATURDAY, JUNE 24
• Eatonia Show & Shine 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM on Main Street. Call 306-460-7767 for more info.
ESTON
THURSDAY, MAY 18
• Purple Pansies fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer pick-up date 2:00 PM at DT’s parking lot. Call Lee 306-402-7170 or 306-9623221. 4-pack for $6. Pre-Order today!
SATURDAY, MAY 27
• Opening Day at the Eston Museum! 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Hot Dog Sales. Complimentary pie and ice cream treats until 2:30. Come for the BBQ or just for pie. Tour the museum!
TUESDAY, MAY 30
• Prairie West Historical Society is holding their AGM at 2:00 PM in the Heritage Gallery at the Museum. Everyone welcome. Refreshments served.
SATURDAY, JUNE 3
• Join us in support of Eston Caring Hands Annual Community Garage Sale 9:00 AM2:00 PM. Pick up your maps at Eston Jubilee Lodge Gazebo $1 each. Meet us under the Gazebo for BBQ Burgers and Drinks $5 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM.
SATURDAY, JUNE 17
• Eston Bull Riding Committee presents 2nd Annual World Professional Bull Riding.
* 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.
* Adult Recreational Volleyball Monday 7-9 PM at the ECS Gym May through June. $30 registration.
* Adult Recreational Slo-Pitch Sunday at 7 PM Reaburn Field May 7 - August 6. $50 registration.
KERROBERT
WEDNESDAY, MAY 24
• Kerrobert Spring Clean-Up (bagged leaves and small branches. ) Call 834-2361 for more info.
SATURDAY, MAY 27
• Kerrobert Minor Ball Day at the Fairgrounds. Contact Tina 306-834-7617.
• Town Wide Garage Sale hosted by the Kerrobert Seniors Club
SUNDAY, MAY 28
• 4H Beef Project Achievement Day at the Kerrobert Fairgrounds.
• Kerrobert Rec Ball begins (every Sunday). Contact Garret 306-834-8332 to put in a team.
FRIDAY & SATURDAY, JUNE 2 & 3
• Prairieland Players Dinner Theatre at the PCC
KINDERSLEY
THURSDAY, MAY 18
• Purple Pansies fundraiser for Pancreatic Cancer pick-up date 11:30 AM at Western Pizza parking lot. Call Pam 306-463-8362. 4-pack for $6. Pre-Order today!
• 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.
MONDAY, MAY 22
• 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 is at the outdoor court next to the West Central Events Centre every Monday & Wednesday 6:30 PM. $50 per season or $5 drop in. More info call 306-460-8356.
TUESDAY, MAY 23
• 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, MAY 24
• 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 is at the outdoor court next to the West Central Events Centre 6:30 PM. $50 per season or $5 drop in. More info call 306460-8356.
THURSDAY, MAY 25
• Kindersley Legion Branch #57 Pig Roast Supper 5:30 PM Cocktails. 6:30 PM Meal. $25 / ticket. Limited number available. Call 306-378-1206.
SATURDAY, MAY 27
• Kindersley Screen Arts presents “The Whale” 4:00 PM at Sunset Theatre. $10 at the door.
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Celebrity Extra
Q:Is it true that Christina Applegate has quit acting due to her health? Does she have any upcoming shows she’s already filmed, or was “Dead to Me” her last? — A.I.
A:Christina
Applegate was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune neuromuscular disorder, while co-starring in the Netflix series “Dead to Me.” It was an enormous physical challenge for her to film the final season. She credited the kind cast, crew and bosses on the set for helping her get through her scenes, allowing her to take naps when needed.
In November of last year, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and hinted that she might quit acting. Recently, this month, she made it official, saying that she wouldn’t do anymore on-camera acting. Fortunately, she plans to support herself doing voice work, including reprising her role as Kelly Bundy in an upcoming animated series version of “Married with Children.”
Q:Is Arnold Schwarzenegger’s new show the first time he’s in anything since he was the governor of California? Also, did he and Maria ever divorce? — Q.S.
World-famous bodybuilderturned-movie-star-turnedpolitical-figure ended his two terms as California’s governor in 2011. That same year, his wife, Maria Shriver, filed for divorce after it was made public that Schwarzenegger fathered a child with the family’s longtime housekeeper. Their divorce was finalized in 2021.
After Schwarzenegger exited the governor’s post, he quietly returned to show business in the action film “The Expendables” and its sequel opposite Sylvester Stallone. In 2015, he starred in “Terminator Genisys,” and in 2019, he starred in “Terminator: Dark Fate,” which also featured Linda Hamilton’s return as Sarah Connor. In the past two years, he’s exclusively done voice work for animated shows and video games, but this May marked his return to comedy.
In the new Netflix series “FUBAR,” he plays a newly returned CIA agent whose lured in for one last job, when he learns someone close to him is also a secret agent. There’s plenty of action,
but it’s also a great vehicle to showcase Schwarzenegger’s wit, which was a big hit in movies like “Twins” and “Kindergarten Cop” in the late ’80s and early ’90s. ***
Q:Why did CBS cancel “S.W.A.T.?” I thought it was one of those foolproof hit shows that would be around for a long time. — B.M.
A:“S.W.A.T.” actually lasted six seasons on CBS, so it was definitely a bonafide hit, but never reached high numbers like “NCIS,” “Law & Order” and other network dramas that have spawned spin-off after spin-off.
Star Shemar Moore was outraged by the cancellation of his show, stating in a video he posted on social media that they’ve been “killing it” in its 8 p.m. Friday night slot for the past two years. He also expressed his disappointment, as they were led to believe there would be “some semblance of a season seven to at least say goodbye, if not continue,” but instead, it was announced that this season would be its last.
Moore remains hopeful that the network will have a change of heart, so if you’re a fan, keep your fingers crossed.
Send me your questions at NewCelebrityExtra@gmail.com, or write me at KFWS, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.
Christina Applegate in the series “Dead to Me”
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Not Again, When Will The Story Change?
BY GREG BUCHANAN
If you thought being a Toronto Maple Leaf’s fan is tough, being an Edmonton Oilers supporter may be even harder right now. The Toronto Maple Leaf’s fans were elated when Auston Matthews won his first career Hart Trophy last year, but once the awards are handed out for this season, an Edmonton Oilers player will have won that same award four times in the past seven years.
If you have the best player in the world on your team four out of seven years, you should probably advance to a Stanley Cup Final once, however hockey is a weird sport. As shown by the Oilers over the past few years, you can have the best player(s) in the world, performing their best and it still may not lead to victory. At the end of the day, you still need a hot goalie, or you need a few bounces to go your way. It’s not like Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl underperformed in the playoffs. In fact, Draisaitl played some of the best hockey we’ve ever seen him play this postseason and it still wasn’t enough.
So, if you’re the Oilers, you’re not going to trade Draisaitl or McDavid, even though the team never advanced because that would be crazy. When you have players of that talent, you don’t just ship them away because how in the world are you ever going to replace them? The Toronto Maple Leaf’s are in a very similar situation as the Edmonton Oilers. They have a Hart Trophy winner on their team, and they still can’t win. However, if you look at the history of the NHL, that should change one of these years.
In the 100 year-plus history of the Hart Trophy Award, only five players who have won this award have never made it to a Stanley Cup Final in their career and all five of those examples are recent. They include Jose Theodore, Taylor Hall, Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews.
Essentially if you a have Hart Trophy winner on your team, you should eventually make it to the Stanley Cup Final. Makes total sense, right?
If you were to tell an NHL fan that McDavid or Matthews will never make a Stanley Cup Final in their career, that person would probably tell you that you were off your rocker. The best players in the world can’t win every single year so one of these years, odds are pretty good that they will eventually break through to win The Stanley Cup.
However, the biggest question with this scenario is this. Will McDavid win it as a member of the Oilers or will Matthews achieve it with the Toronto? It may take a change of scenery for either player to reach a Stanley Cup Final, but if history has shown us anything, when you keep a Hart Trophy winner on your team, you will eventually get there. You may have to change the pieces around them, but having one of these award winners eventually translates into playoff success. I know we’re all frustrated, and we should be, but one of these years, Auston and Connor will reach the Stanley Cup Final.
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Ken Francis, MLA Kindersley Constituency
Constituency Office
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Box 2620, Kindersley, SK S0L 1S0 Phone: 306-463-4446 kfrancismla@gmail.com
1. Who had a hit with “Everybody Loves Somebody”?
2. Which artist wrote and released “Runaround Sue”?
3. Name the artist most likely to intentionally smash guitars on the stage during performances.
4. Which group changed their name to Sugar Ray?
5. Name the 1969 song that contains these lyrics: “I love you so, I always will, And in your voice I hear a choir of carousels.”
Answers
1. Dean Martin, in 1964. Written 20 years before, the song never got much attention until Martin’s version. It became his signature song on his television show from 1965 to 1974.
2. Dion, in 1961 after his break with the Belmonts. Dion was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame for the song in 2002.
3. Peter Townshend of The Who. At last count, the number of guitars smashed topped 80. Legend says that he always collected the pieces of the guitars and glued them back together.
By Lucie Winborne
• According to Cunningham’s Law, the best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question, but to pose the wrong answer.
• Jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong once asked President Richard Nixon to carry his bags through customs for him because Armstrong was “an old man.” We feel pretty sure Nixon wasn’t aware the bags contained marijuana.
• In 2015, the 1,000-year-old corpse of a Buddhist monk was discovered inside an ancient statue of Buddha.
• Never mind Freddy Krueger’s mutilated face and clawed glove — Wes Craven designed his red-and-greenstriped sweater after he read in Scientific American that the human eye has difficulty recognizing those particular shades. Therefore, just looking at his pullover is subliminally unsettling!
• The first item sold on eBay, for $14.83, was a broken laser pointer, to someone who kept a collection of broken laser pointers.
• Costa Rica has the world’s only sloth orphanage.
4. Shrinky Dinx, after a lawsuit by the toy manufacturer of Shrinky Dinks.
5. “Wedding Bell Blues,” by the 5th Dimension. The song, written and recorded in 1966 by Laura Nyro when she was only 18 years old, soared to the top of the charts when the 5th Dimension version was released.
• During the Apollo 12 mission, a 2 1/2-ton piece of the lunar module was experimentally crashed onto the surface of the moon, with a quite unexpected result: The moon “rang like a bell” for nearly an hour.
• Dockers recently increased the size of their coin pockets to accommodate the growing size of smartphones.
• In 1999, 15-year-old Jonathan Leb-
• Vending machines kill more people per year than sharks.
• Pork was once used in Spain during the Inquisition to show that one wasn’t Jewish or Muslim.
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SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A wilting relationship could recover and be coaxed back into full bloom, as long as there is a strong commitment to your partner to make the relationship your priority.
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Twice last week, SaskEnergy set new daily natural gas usage records, and we can thank Alberta for most of our supply
BY BRIAN ZINCHUK
BY BRIAN ZINCHUK brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca
There are major events and projects happening in Saskatchewan that, when you sum it all up, will have profound impacts not only on the Saskatchewan economy, but national unity.
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.
We are rapidly coming to a point where an irresistible force – federal greenhouse gas emissions efforts, are meeting an immovable object – Saskatchewan’s need to keep the lights on, and its economy rolling.
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.
Justin Trudeau’s planet-saving efforts are coming to a head against Scott Moe’s efforts to save Saskatchewan from Trudeau.
“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.”
over 200 megawatts.
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.
I watched a rather extraordinary legislative committee meeting on May 3. NDP Energy and SaskPower Critic Aleana Young asked three hours of hard-hitting, but reasonable questions – basically 95 per cent of what I’ve been working on over the last year and change. And in response, she got very solid, reasonable answers from Crown Investments Minister Don Morgan, SaskPower CEO Rupen Pandya, and vice presidents Tim Eckel and Troy King.
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
A substantial portion of that time was dedicated to the previously proposed, but now planned Aspen Power Station, to be built 17 kilometres west of Lanigan. That’s really close to an existing potash mine, but more importantly, it’s roughly 30 minutes from the BHP Jansen potash mine which will soon be going into production. This mine will be the crown jewel in the Saskatchewan economic crown.
The new powerplant will be very similar to the combined cycle gas turbine plants built by SaskPower in recent years at Swift Current and Moose Jaw. It’s 370 megawatts in capacity, and Jansen is expected to require
In other words, you want the biggest potash mine in the world, you’ve got to provide the juice to power it.
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.
And wind and solar simply won’t cut it. Morgan said as much in the committee.
Governments like mantras. And Premier Scott Moe’s current mantra he inserts into every speech is how Saskatchewan has the food, fertilizer and fuel the world needs.
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.
This power plant combines all of that. Natural gas (which we mostly get from Alberta) will provide the power to get the fertilizer so we can grow the food. So far, so good.
“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.”
Irresistible force
But there’s a huge roadblock coming up ahead, in the form of the proposed federal Clean Electricity Standard. We’ve already got regulations saying coal fired-power generation must be gone by 2030. So SaskPower has been dutifully moving to replace its coal fleet by that time, building these large gas plants. If you include the two gas power stations at North Battleford built around 2013, by the time Aspen is complete, we’ll have largely done that. And in so doing, every megawatt produced by a natural gas power station produces about half the greenhouse gasses as a megawatt from unabated coal.
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.
But the proposed Clean Electricity Standard, trumpeted by federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, say that’s not good enough. They are now saying that all natural gas-fired power, except in exceptional circumstances, must also shut down by 2035.
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That means our new Aspen Power Station would need to shut down after about seven years of operation, the definition of a “stranded asset.”
Immovable object
On any given day, coal and natural gas combine to produce up to 84 per cent of Saskatchewan’s power (and around 90 per cent in Alberta, at night, when the wind isn’t blowing). Saskatchewan has been putting all its eggs into the natural gas-fired basket (until we can build nuclear), only to have Guilbeault seeking to swipe that basket away.
So on May 2, at the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference, Moe said it’s impossible for us to meet the Clean Electricity Standard.
“We will not attempt the impossible when it comes to power production,” he said.
And this is where the national unity issue will raise its head. What if the federal government persists with this impossible standard, one this province simply cannot meet? What if the Supreme Court backs the feds, as it did with the carbon tax?
As Young said, “I hope there’s not going to be a federal government who like marches in and turns off the power plants or anything like that.” These are words I’ve been saying for a while now. What are the feds going to do? Send in the Canadian Army and turn off the power, for the sake of stopping climate change?
No matter the noble intentions (like saving the earth), when a law imposed on a people become impossible to follow, is it a just law?
What are the people’s options?
These are the very real and looming issues Scott Moe is dealing with. He must keep the lights on, full stop. We don’t have magical options other than coal and natural gas. We don’t have much hydro capacity left. It’s going to take at least a decade to get the first nuclear power plant onboard. None of that takes into consideration we’re going to need enormous amounts of additional power to deal with all the electric vehicles the Biden and Trudeau administrations are forcing automakers to build.
Wind and solar are simply not an option. They may be supplementary. But they can not be relied upon. Just Tuesday morning, Alberta’s 3,618 megawatts of wind power dropped to 13. You can’t run a potash mine that needs 200 megawatts on 13. And Alberta already has a lot more wind and solar than Saskatchewan wants to build.
No, it’s natural gas or nothing. All of this has been a strong motivating factor behind the Saskatchewan First Act. It’s right in there, if you read it, as I have.
If the federal government persists with these Clean Electricity Standards, if no allowance is made for Saskatchewan, and if the courts back the feds, Saskatchewan will have to question its place in Canada.
That’s the whole ball game, folks.
Brian Zinchuk is editor and owner of Pipeline Online, and occasional contributor to the Frontier Centre for Public Policy. He can be reached at brian.zinchuk@pipelineonline.ca.
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• On June 4, 1411, France’s King Charles VI granted a monopoly for the ripening of Roquefort cheese to the village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon. The cheese’s origin more than three centuries earlier was humble indeed, after a shepherd left his noon meal in a cave by accident.
• 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 June 1, 1843, antislavery activist Isabella Baumfree became a Methodist and adopted the memorable moniker “Sojourner Truth.” Born into slavery herself circa 1797, she chose the name after claiming that God had called her to leave the city for the countryside and testify “to the hope that was within her.”
• 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 June 2, 1908, the song “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” was copyrighted. Now the unofficial anthem of North American baseball, it wasn’t inspired by personal experience, as the tune’s writers, Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer, had never actually attended a game when they penned it.
• 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 May 31, 1911, the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic was launched from Belfast, Northern Ireland, where it had been built. Its tragic fate the following April remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of an ocean liner or cruise ship.
• 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 May 30, 1964, the Beatles’ official debut single, “Love Me Do,” made it to No. 1 on the U.S. music charts. The tune was co-written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, though Lennon later would say it was “Paul’s song … I do know he had the song around, in Hamburg, even, way, way before we were songwriters.”
Economical Meal Prep Made Easy With Grain Bowls
People often ask me about suggestions for inexpensive meal prep ideas. I have two words: grain bowls.
But what are grain bowls, exactly?
Grain bowls are a complete meal composed of a grain base, greens, protein, veggies and interesting toppings all arranged in a way that’s visually appealing.
Alternatively, a dollop of salsa, hummus or plain Greek yogurt adds variety.
Beans or Legumes: Add in 1/2 cup cooked beans or legumes. Packed with protein and fiber, dry beans are most affordable, but canned beans are quick and easy. Try chickpeas, great northern beans, black beans or lentils.
Proteins: While beans and grains offer complete protein, boost your bowl by adding hardboiled eggs, sliced deli meats, tuna, chicken, steak, anything you desire. What a perfect use for leftovers!
cooked quinoa provides 8 grams of protein. Unlike some plant proteins, quinoa is a complete protein, meaning that it contains all nine essential amino acids that our bodies can’t make on their own.
QUICK QUINOA
Yield: 1 1/2 cups
Time: 27 minutes
1 cup quinoa
1 3/4 cups water or vegetable broth
1/4 teaspoon salt
Rinse the quinoa under cold running water in a fine mesh strainer for 1-2 minutes. This helps remove any bitterness from the quinoa. In a medium saucepan, combine the quinoa and water or broth. Add a pinch of salt, if desired.
• On June 3, 1989, following student unrest that was spreading to the rest of the country’s population, China began using troops armed with assault rifles and accompanied by tanks to subdue protesters in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. Estimates of the death toll ranged from several hundred to several thousand people, with thousands more wounded.
• 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 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 May 29, 2018, Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko faked his own death with the intention of exposing Russian agents. While the media at first reported that he’d been assassinated on his way home to his Kyiv apartment, Babchenko appeared very much alive the next day at a press conference broadcast on Ukrainian television.
• On Feb. 24, 2020, American film
producer Harvey Weinstein’s career
Whether for breakfast, lunch or dinner, grain bowls are an economical way to prepare quick, easy and nutritious meals. Preparing the components in advance assures a virtually endless number of combinations to ensure you’ll never get tired of eating the same ol’ grain bowl. Here’s the blueprint to making great grain bowls:
Greens: Start with a giant handful of greens. Spinach, kale, arugula and mixed spring greens are favorites, but any leafy green works.
Grains: Add 1/2 to 1 cup cooked whole grains to your salad foundation. Any whole grain you like, such as brown rice, quinoa, wheat berries, barley or farro. You can cook up a batch of different grains each week for effortless variety.
Veggies and Fruits: Top your bowl with the crunch and color of chopped veggies and fruits. For veggies, think of tomatoes, sweet peppers, cucumbers, mushrooms, carrots, you name it! Don’t forget roasted and cooked veggies, too — like sweet potatoes, caramelized Brussels sprouts, roast butternut squash. Many bowls benefit from a juicy burst of fruity sweetness, especially breakfast bowls. Enjoy chopped apple, pear, citrus, berries, grapes.
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Quinoa tops a healthy, low-cost grain bowl.
Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce the heat to low and cover with a lid. Simmer for 15 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and let the quinoa sit, covered, for 10 more minutes.
Fluff the quinoa with a fork and serve.
The easiest way to cook other grains? Boil them like pasta. (I’m a rebel, I know.) Simmer the grains in a good amount of well-salted water, periodically tasting as they cook until they are the right texture, al dente. Then drain them in a fine-mesh strainer.
Now, go mix and match those greens, grains and goodies! See you next week! ***
Dressing: Dress the grains and greens before you add the other goodies, so the dressing is evenly distributed throughout the whole bowl. A squeeze of lemon or simple vinaigrette dressing is perfect, or use your favorite bottled salad dressing.
Healthy Fats: For flavor, texture and staying power, add healthy fats to your bowls. Ingredients like nuts, seeds, any kind of cheese and, of course, avocado belong everywhere! My secret weapon for cheap and easy grain bowls is quinoa. One cup
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.,
1. ANATOMY: What is a common name for lateral epicondylitis?
2. GEOGRAPHY: What was the country of Portugal known as in Roman times?
3. MOVIES: What are the final words spoken in the movie “The Shawshank Redemption”?
4. LITERATURE: Which novel series includes a fictional place called Godric’s Hollow, England?
5. SCIENCE: What is cytology?
6. TELEVISION: What is the name of the ranch in the 1960s western show “Bonanza”?
7. U.S. STATES: Which state has the longest cave system?
8. FOOD & DRINK: In which country were bagels invented?
9. HISTORY: What kind of beetle was revered by the ancient Egyptians?
10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is the largest lizard on Earth? Answers
1. Tennis elbow.
2. Lusitania.
3. “I hope.”
4. The “Harry Potter” series by J.K. Rowling.
5. The study of cells.
6. Ponderosa.
7. Kentucky.
8. Poland.
9. Scarab.
10. Komodo Dragon. © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.
Spring is when baby birds learn
Who doesn’t
songbirds in the garden? While they’re born with the ability, most birds have not learned the songs that are specific to their species. Bird babies usually learn the songs during the first two months of their life.
Many wildlife animals are born in spring. Use caution if you’ve located a den or other hideaway with baby animals in the landscape, especially if you have a wildlife garden. The mother is never too far from them and they are extremely protective of their young.
Spring is a time for bees. Did you know that you’re most likely to see a swarm of honeybees in spring? If you happen across these in the garden, do not panic or try to remove them. Most of the time they are only passing through as they search for a permanent place to stay.
Springtime brings color to gardens. We can’t forget springtime flowers that appear, seemingly in succession. In many areas, you’ll see blooms from hellebores and crocus. These are closely followed by daffodils, tulips, dandelions, violets, lilies and many others.
Leafing out begins in spring. Trees and shrubs leaf out in spring and some of them bloom – like dogwoods and cherry trees. Time changes in spring. Other springtime occurrences are not such fun, at least for some of us. How about getting up an hour earlier?
Spring doesn’t begin the same time for everyone. Springtime starts differently in some parts of the world. Spring in the Northern Hemisphere occurs when it is autumn in the Southern Hemisphere.
More daylight means gardening longer. Days and nights are the exact same length on the spring equinox. Length of the night decreases as spring continues, which means we can stay out in the garden for longer periods of time.
A passer-by watched two Irishmen in a park. One was digging holes and the other was immediately filling them in again.
‘Tell me, ‘said the passer-by, ‘What on earth are you doing?’
‘Well, ‘said the digger, ‘Usually there are three of us. I dig, Fergal plants the tree and Sean fills in the hole.
Today Fergal is away unwell, but that doesn’t mean Sean and I have to take the day off, does it?’
Father O’ Malley answers the phone.
‘Hello, is this Father O’Malley?’
‘It is’
‘This is the Internal Revenue Service, income tax department. Can you help us?’
‘I can.’
‘Do you know a Ted Houlihan?’
‘I do’
‘Is he a member of your congregation?’
‘He is’
‘Did he donate $10,000 to the church?’
‘He will.’
While shopping for my first CD player, I was able to decipher most of the technicalese on the promotional signs. One designation had me puzzled, though, so I called over a salesperson and asked, “What does ‘hybrid pulse D/A converter’ mean?”
“That means”, he said, “that this machine will read the digital information that is encoded on CDs and convert it into an audio signal - that is, into music.”
“In other words this CD player plays CDs.”
“Exactly.”
The business I work for had a dinner together with all family members.
Before the first speech, the emcee gave the following announcement, “we kindly ask if you can please put all cell phones and children on vibrate.”
The Forest Service has issued a BEAR WARNING in the national forests for this summer. They’re urging everyone to protect themselves by wearing bells and carrying pepper spray.
Campers should be alert for signs of fresh bear activity, and they should be able to tell the difference between Black Bear dung and Grizzly Bear dung.
Black Bear dung is rather small and round. Sometimes you can see fruit seeds and/or squirrel fur in it.
Grizzly Bear dung has bells in it, and smells like pepper spray!
• Why do people who can’t pay their credit card bills have a plan for dealing with the national debt?
• Why is it that people who aren’t on speaking terms with their families know how to achieve peace in the Middle East?
• Why is it that men who haven’t had a date in six months know what women really want?
