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Saskatchewan Highway 2
|Segments: Veterans Memorial Highway / CanAm Highway
|Route information
|809 km[1] (503 mi)
|Major junctions
|South end:
|MT 24 at Canada–US border at Opheim, Montana - Port of West Poplar River, Saskatchewan
Hwy 1 (TCH)
|North end:
|Hwy 102 in La Ronge
|Old Post, Poplar Valley, Willow Bunch, Stonehenge, Lake of the Rivers, Sutton, Lake Johnston, Terrell, Baildon, Moose Jaw, Marquis, Dufferin, Sarnia, Big Arm, Wood Creek, Wood Creek, Wood River, Morris, Colonsay, Bayne, Hoodoo, Fish Creek, Hoodoo, St. Louis, Prince Albert, Buckland, Paddockwood, Lakeland, Northern Administration District
|Major cities:
|Moose Jaw, Prince Albert
|Highway system
Provincial highways in Saskatchewan
Highway 2 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. It is the longest Saskatchewan Highway, at 809 km (503 mi). The highway is partially divided and undivided.[2] However, only about 18 kilometres (11 mi) near Moose Jaw, 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) near Chamberlain, and 21 kilometres (13 mi) near Prince Albert are divided highway. Highway 2 is a major north-south route, beginning at the Canadian-American border at the Port of West Poplar River, and Opheim, Montana customs checkpoints. Montana Highway 24 continues south. The town of La Ronge delimits the northern terminus with Highway 102 continuing north. It passes through the major cities of Moose Jaw in the south and Prince Albert in the north. Highway 2 overlaps Highway 11 between the towns of Chamberlain and Findlater. This 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) section of road is a wrong-way concurrency. The highway ends at La Ronge, where it becomes Highway 102.
The highway started as a graded road in the 1920s which followed the grid lines of the early survey system and was maintained by early homesteaders of each rural municipality. Paving projects of the 1950s created all weather roads. Technological advances have paved the way for cost-effective methods of improvements to highway surfaces to meet the wear and tear of increased tourist and commercial highway traffic. The stretch of Highway 2 from Moose Jaw to Prince Albert was designated in 2005 as Veterans Memorial Highway. The designation coincided with Veterans Week 2005.[3] The CanAm Highway[4] comprises Saskatchewan Highways 35, 39, 6, 3, and 2.[5]
Route description[edit]
Saskatchewan Highway 2 departs the Canada–United States border in a northerly direction. Montana Highway 24 continues in a southerly direction in the United States. The United States border crossing is in Opheim, Montana and the Canadian is at West Poplar River.[6]
Nearby there are campgrounds available, and a point of information regarding the crossing of Poplar River.[7] The area is rich in history, this is the Big Muddy Badlands area which featured the hideouts of outlaws and rum runners of the nineteenth and early twentieth century.[8][9] This area remained above the Quaternary age ice sheets, being pushed and folded by the glacier movement resulting in glaciotectonic hills.[10] The highway winds up, down and around these hills along the way.[11] The Big Muddy Badlands are within the Missouri Coteau.[11] At km 12.2 the highway reaches Kildeer, and the intersection with Highway 18. Access to Wood Mountain Post Provincial Historical Park is obtained by following Highway 18 north for 17.4 kilometres (10.8 mi). This section of Highway 2 begins as a Class 4 highway and is under the jurisdiction of the Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation (SHT) South West Transportation Planning Council.[12][13] The highway is a secondary weight highway with a thin membrane surface type as it only has an average of 390 vehicles per day (vpd) according to the 2007 Average Annual Daily Traffic (AADT) count which was taken north of Rockglen.[14][15][16] Highway 2 begins a concurrency with Highway 18 in a northeasterly direction.[1] Alfalfa and alfalfa mixtures, hay and fodder crops and spring wheat are the main crops in Old Post rural municipality (RM).[17] There is a point of information at km 42.3.[7] This area is known as the Wood Mountain Uplands where there are mining endeavours undertaken such as coal, bentonite, kaolinitic and ceramic clays.[18][19] Paleontological digs have uncovered a 63-million-year-old sea turtle which has been excavated in the Killdeer region.[20] Rockglen is located at km 49.7, and Highway 2 now extends in a northerly direction again. Rockglen (Population 450 in 2001 and 360 in 2006 ) and Assiniboia ( 2,483 in 2001 and 2,305 in 2006 ) are the two largest centers between the border and the city of Moose Jaw.[21] This geographical region of Highway 2 from Rockglen to Assiniboia has been upgraded to a Class 3 highway as it carries approximately 800 vehicles per day counted to the south of Assiniboia.[13][16] Therefore, the surface type before Assiniboia is a granular road surface which is a structural pavement with a hot mix surface coating. The highway type, surface, maintenance and construction projects are looked after by the SHS South Central Traffic Planning Committee.[12][15] Fife Lake is located to the north east of the highway.[1] The St. Victor Petroglyph Historic Park is located just to the west of Highway 2 by 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi). These unique petroglyph features carved into the sandstone are slowly disappearing.[22][23]
At 104.8 kilometres (65.1 mi) is the town of Assiniboia where 1,260 vpd results in the highway designated as an asphalt concrete (AS) Class 2 primary weight highway all the way to Moose Jaw.[13][14][16][24] Junction with Highway 13, the Redcoat Trail occurs at km 106.4, providing access to Lafleche. Vantage is located to the west of the highway along this stretch, with access provided at km 129.2. Mossbank is located at the intersection with Highway 718. Here is the southeast portion of Old Wives Lake, which is a part of the Chaplin, Old Wives Lake, Reed Lakes (Hemispheric) - Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network (WHSRN) Site, a designated Hemispheric Shorebird Reserve Network, protecting three saline lakes, saline and freshwater marshes.[1][25][26] Ardill is located near the northern extremity of Lake of the Rivers. Highway 36 is located at km 176.4, which provides access to Crestwynd, and the Jean Louis Legare Regional Park.[7] At km 184.5, is the junction with Highway 716 west providing access to Briercrest.[1]
Veteran's Memorial Highway[edit]
The home of the Snowbirds, the Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron is at CFB Moose Jaw, Bushell Park at the km 204.4 junction with Highway 363. Before entering the city of Moose Jaw is an 18 kilometres (11 mi) divided or twinned highway section. The city of Moose Jaw does not have a cloverleaf, and highway 2 goes through the centre of the city. Moose Jaw, a city of 32,132 features large roadside attractions such as Capone's Car, Moose Family and Mac the moose.[27][28] Temple Gardens Mineral Spa Resort,[29] Tunnels of Moose Jaw,[30] and History of Transportation Western Development Museum.[31] are major sites of interest of this city.[32] The Saskatchewan Highway 1 intersection with Highway 2 is north of Moose Jaw. At km 230.9, access to Buffalo Pound Provincial Park is provided to the east of Highway 2 by traveling another 11.8 kilometres (7.3 mi).[7] Access to the small town of Tuxford is provided at km 232.8, at the Highway 42 junction. The SHS Central Area Transportation Planning Committee monitors this primary weight highway between Moose Jaw and Meacham.[12] Between the two national highway systems of the Trans Canada Saskatchewan Highway 1 and Saskatchewan Highway 11, Highway 2 is also designated as a Class 1 AC national connector highway.[13][14][15][16][33][34] There is a point of information on the south side of the Qu'Appelle Valley, km 246.3.[1] A second point of information is on the northern bank of the Qu'Appelle Valley at km 250.0.[7] Buffalo Pound Lake, a eutrophic prairie lake was formed by glaciation 10,000 years ago. At the junction of highway 11, is the town of Chamberlain where the highway which travels north begins a southeast 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi) wrong-way concurrency at Chamberlain. Where these two national highways overlap, a divided highway segment handles the AADT which is about 4500 vpd.[16][33] There is a rest area at km 281.1 south of Chamberlain with an historical marker. To the west of the highway are afforded views of the Arm River valley. At km 276.1, the highway takes a sharp turn to continue north as it leaves the Highway 11 concurrency.[1] After the concurrency, Highway 2 is a class 3 AC primary weight highway until Watrous.[13][14][15][16] The junction of Highway 733 in 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) provides access to Last Mountain Lake (Long Lake) traveling east. Holdfast is accessed at the Highway 732 junction. Penzance is east of the highway at km 305.0, where Highway 732 turns north, forming the beginning of a 18.2 kilometres (11.3 mi) concurrency. Liberty is a small community at km 320.5.[1] Located near Stalwart is the Stalwart National Wildlife Area, a wetlands region.[35] Watertown (1903–1910) provides easy access to Etter's Beach on Long Lake. The settlers of Watertown established a post office named Harkness Post Office, Assiniboia, North West Territories. With the arrival of the rail, the village became known as Imperial. The town of Imperial is the largest center west of Last Mountain Lake with a population around 300 and an AADT of close to 650 vpd.[16][21][36] The village of Simpson is also along the highway which runs parallel to Last Mountain Lake. There are several roadside turnouts to access Last Mountain Lake from Highway 2.[1] The Last Mountain Lake Sanctuary was the first federal bird sanctuary.[37] Highway 15 provides access to Nokomis to the east, and Kenaston to the west.[7]
The small hamlet of Amazon is located before Watrous. Watrous is a tourist destination due to its proximity to Manitou Beach and the ehdorheic Little Manitou Lake. Watrous, in the Land of Living Waters, is a tourist destination due to its proximity to Manitou Beach, home of the world-famous Mineral Spa and Danceland dance hall (known as the "Home of the World Famous Dance Floor Built on Horsehair").[38][39] The AADT near this tourist town of 1,800 people raises to about 1,250 vpd which ranks it as a class 2 highway.[16][21] Highway 2 continues in a northwest direction to circumnavigate around Little Manitou until it gets to the Young and the junction of Highway 670.[1] Young and Zelma were two communities that were part of the alphabet railway of the Canadian National Railway (CNR).[40] The Yellowhead Highway is at km 426.3. Colonsay is located to the west, and Plunkett to the east.[1] Colonsay is the location of one of several potash mines in Saskatchewan, a major employer of the region. Potash evaporites were laid down during the geological formation of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.[41] The SHS North Central Transportation Planning Committee tends to highway maintenance and construction decisions north of the Yellowhead highway.[12] Highway 2 from the Yellowhead through to Prince Albert is a class 2 primary weight AC highway.[13][14][15][33] Over 1,000 vehicles travel Highway 2 between Watrous and Meacham, and of these less than 100 of them are trucks. The majority of commercial trucks near the Highway 2 and 5 intersection travel Highway 5. The AADT after the intersection is under 350 vpd.[16]
Highway 5 provides access to the city of Saskatoon, the largest city in the province. There is a 5.6 kilometres (3.5 mi) concurrency between Highway 5 and 2 upon which there are close to 2,000 vpd.[16] Highway 5 east provides access to the city of Humboldt. Meacham at km 442.0 is located in the Aspen Parkland ecoregion.[42] Throughout the Aspen Parkland ecoregion are trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides ) bluffs (small islands or shelter belts) within the prairie region.[43] Deer and other large ungulates are a hazard to traffic resulting in potential animal or human deaths, especially in the autumn mating months or when deer are searching for feeding grounds in the spring. The defense mechanism of deer in the face of a threat is to freeze. There are over 3,500 deer - auto collisions per year in Saskatchewan.[44] A number of measures have been implemented to increase awareness such as fencing, feeding programs, automobile whistles.[45] Deer mirrors along the edges of highways were installed for reducing deer-vehicle collisions.[46] The Wildlife Warning System is triggered by highway vehicles, setting off lights, sounds and or odours ahead of the approaching vehicle to frighten away animals. Some systems that detect vehicles, where others detect large animals and sets off a warning system to drivers of vehicles alerting them that an animal is on or near the highway ahead of time.[44][47][48] The junction with Highway 27 occurs at km 468.0 providing access west to the village of Prud'homme and off to the east is Muskiki Lake. Cudworth is located at the Highway 777 intersection, bearing east on highway 777 provides access to Middle Lake.[1] The intersection of Highway 41 is located at Wakaw, which features a golf course, campground and recreation site at Wakaw Lake. The community considered a proposal to construct a canal between the lake and the town to be developed into a marina - resort - tourism area.[49] Traffic around this tourist town of 864 increases between 650 and 1050 vpd.[16]
At the junction of Highway 25 is the town of St. Louis where there is a historical paranormal phenomenon called the St. Louis Light or the St. Louis Ghost Train.[50][51] Domremy, located at the junction of Highway 320 and Highway 225, constructed a park to commemorate the province's centennial celebrations. Highway 225 provides access to the Batoche National Historical Site, which was the site of the last stand of Metis rights activist Louis Riel prior to his subsequent trial and death in 1885.[52] The village of Hoey is located at km 529.6.[1] St. Louis was recently the site of the discovery[53] of a large archaeological site[54] of aboriginal artifacts.[55]
The South Saskatchewan River is crossed at this point via the St. Louis Bridge. Traffic around St. Louis averaged about 1,500 and escalates to 6,000 after the junction with the Highway 11, the Louis Riel Trail occurs just south of Prince Albert at km 562.9.[16]
CanAm Highway[edit]
Highway 3 joins with Highway 2 at km 568.4, becoming a concurrency for 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) After crossing the North Saskatchewan River the concurrency of Highway 2 and 3 end at the interchange with Highway 55. There is a 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) divided or twinned highway segment north of Prince Albert. Highway 2 continues northward as an AC primary weight CanAm international highway from this point northward taking over from the highway 3 segment.[1][14][33] Prince Albert, a city of over 34,000, is a part of the boreal transition ecoregion, agricultural fields and forested areas border the highway rural areas.[56][57][58] At km 593.9, Highway 2 meets with the intersection of Highway 325. To the northwest of this intersection is Little Red River Indian Reserve 106C and Montreal Lake 106B Indian Reserves. Christopher Lake is at the km 610.0 junction of Highway 791 east and Highway 263 west. Highway 263 provides access to the Prince Albert National Park.[1]
This ecoregion is a part of the mid-boreal upland. At km 646.9, Highway 2 meets with Highway 264 which provides access to Waskesiu Lake in the Prince Albert National Park. At km 660.5 there is an intersection with Highway 969, another access to the Park westerly, and eastern access to Montreal Lake 106 Indian Reserve. There are fewer roads in the southern boreal forest. Highway 2 makes the next highway connection at km 693.1 with Highway 916.[1]
There are over 10,000 lakes across Saskatchewan, with the main lake region being north of the tree line in the Canadian Shield.[59] Montreal Lake is located west of Highway 2, its northern shores near Weyakwin at km 716.2, then at km 758.5 Highway 2 meets with Highway 165 which travels north to Morin Lake 217 Indian Reserve. Lac la Ronge 156 Indian Reserve is at km 805.9 before the ending terminus in the northern boreal forest at La Ronge and the junction with Highway 102.[1]
From 1876, the South Saskatchewan river crossing at St. Louis was via ferry. In 1912, the railway built a rail bridge across the river, and in 1928, the vehicle lanes were added.[60][60] After 1907, the highway was constructed south of Chamberlain and reached Buffalo Pound. At this time two horse scrapers and walking plows were the implements of road construction technology. This highway received an improvement in 1926 which then used an elevating grader, 16 horses and a dump wagon.[61]
The Saskatchewan Highway Act was established in 1922, in compliance with the 1919 Canadian highway act. At the initial stages of the Saskatchewan Highway Act, 10 miles (16 km) of highway were gravel and the rest were earth roads. The road allowances were laid out as a part of the Dominion Land survey system for homesteading.[62][63] In 1929, the R.M. of Wood Creek #281 conducted roadwork with three graders, 53 slush scrapers, 15 wheel scrapers and five ploughs.[64] Development of highways began in the 1920s and was virtually halted in the depression years of the 1930s. Early homesteaders, such as John Abrey, would do road maintenance work themselves in this era. In the 1930s seeing a car was rare, Alexander Black remembers taking 150 bushels on a grain tank with a four horse hitch. When they reached highway 2, the horses bolted through town until they snagged on the railway switch by the elevators.[65] Travel along the Provincial Highway 5 before the 1940s would have been traveling on the square following the township road allowances, barbed wire fencing and rail lines. As the surveyed township roads were the easiest to travel, the first highway was designed on 90-degree, right-angle corners as the distance traversed the prairie along range roads and township roads.[66]
The two industrial revolutions first and second combined with advancements made during the war years resulted in the largest impetus in highway construction of all weather roads following World War II.[67] The creation of the highway south of Chamberlain to Moose Jaw was completed in 1953. Paving projects followed within a short time period.[61] In 1955 parts of Highway 2 were already paved; Between Vantage and Tuxford, either side of Moose Jaw; north of Watrous along the Little Manitou Lake shoreline; and north of the junction with Highway 27 to Montreal Lake, either side of Prince Albert.[68] In 1956 a North-South International Highway proposal regarding a highway between El Paso, Texas, and LaRonge via Wakaw was discussed. The CanAm Highway northern segment into La Ronge finished construction in 1977; however, the CanAm didn't go through Wakaw, rather it comprised several different routes making the CanAm. Highway 2, which does go through Wakaw, does link to the CanAm highway at Prince Albert when Highway 2 becomes the last portion of the CanAm highway.[69] In 1952, Highway 2 was re-routed; rather than winding its way through the town of Wakaw, the highway's new route went straight along the western limit of town.[69]:93
Agriculture is Saskatchewan's main industry and taking grain to elevators was first accomplished by horse and cart, to be replaced around World War I by truck travel. Long haul trucking flourished between 1950 and 1970. Since the 1970s, 17 times the number of grain trucks and 95 percent of goods transported now are hauled by truck across the Saskatchewan.[70]
In 1999, the granular pavement section of Highway 2 south of Watrous was tested with a cold in-place recycling or "CIR" method to rehabilitate highways. This CIR process is a cost-effective method which recycles the top surface of a road. This pulverized material is mixed with asphalt emulsion and spread and compacted back onto the highway surface. This surface is then recovered with a new seal dependent on traffic volume.[71]
In 2001, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) were resurfaced near the Cudworth access road, as well 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) km north of the Highway 27 junction. "Highway 2 near Cudworth has seen an increase in truck traffic that is leading to deterioration on this highway...It's important to keep our highways in good driving condition to ensure the safety of the travelling public." -Highways and Transportation Minister Maynard Sonntag.[72] As recently as 2002, this section of Highway 2 was improved 10.4 kilometres (6.5 mi) south of the Yellowhead. At km 398.1 is access to Zelma.[7] 'Highway 2 has seen an increase in truck traffic, leading to wear and tear on this highway...We are paving a section of this highway as it has deteriorated over the past number of years. Saskatchewan Highways and Transportation is working hard to fix roads across the province to improve driver safety. - " Highways and Transportation Minister Mark Wartman[73]
Veterans Memorial Highway[edit]
Veterans Memorial Highway is the official name of Highway 2 between Moose Jaw and Prince Albert.
As a tribute to Saskatchewan veterans, Premier Lorne Calvert, Highways and Transportation Minister Eldon Lautermilch and Past Provincial President of the Royal Canadian Legion, Saskatchewan Command, John Henderson together unveiled the new highway sign on November 10, 2005. The ceremony was held during veteran's week, November 5–11th, and also commemorates The Year of the Veteran, 2005.[74] The highway designation coincides with Veterans Week (November 5–11) and was one of several significant honours bestowed to veterans in 2005, The Year of the Veteran. The Year of the Veteran commemorates the 60th Anniversary of the end of the World War II.[75] The Royal Canadian Legion, Saskatchewan Command and Saskatchewan Remembers Committee came together to select this particular highway of Saskatchewan because of the history of a military presence along the route. Royal Canadian Legion branches are located at Moose Jaw, Penance - Holdfast, Young - Zelma, Watrous, Simpson, and Prince Albert. A military history museum is located at the Watrous, as well military memorabilia is held at Prince Albert Royal Canadian Legion branch. Moose Jaw Royal Canadian Air Force RCAF and 15 Wing military base is located 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) south-southwest of Moose Jaw.[76]
CanAm Highway[edit]
The northern 176.3 miles (283.7 km) of Saskatchewan Highway 2 contribute to the CanAm Highway. The Highway 2 segment designated as the CanAm Highway is located between Prince Albert and La Ronge.[1]
The entire length of the CanAm Highway route is 4,122 kilometres (2,561 mi) and extends from El Paso, TX at Mexican Border (MX 45) to La Ronge at the Saskatchewan Highway 2 - SK 102 intersection. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) super corridors connect Mexico, United States, and Canada. The CanAm highway was a concept that began in the 1920s.[77] A stretch of highway between Amazon and Watrous is slated for maintenance between 208 and 2009, as well as the Highway 5 - Highway 2 concurrency which carries about 2,000 vpd on average through the year. Also the 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) segment between Highways 264 and 969 is a 2008-09 maintenance project.[16][34]
Intersections from south to north[edit]
|Rural municipality
|Old Post
|Township Road 11
|Continues southward as Montana State Highway 24
| Hwy 18 west – Wood Mountain, Val Marie, Climax
Township Road 20
|Concurrency with Highway 18 east begins
concurrency turns east
|Township Road 31/Range Road 3023
|Range Road 3014
|Poplar Valley
|Range Road 2305
| Hwy 18 east – Coronach, Minton, Estevan
Range Road 2303
|Concurrency with Highway 18 east ends
Highway 2 turns north
|Township Road 41
|Willow Bunch
|Township Road 42
|Hwy 705 / Township Road 50
|Scout Lake
|Township Road 51
|Old Post
|Township Road 60
|Township Road 62
|Victor Access Road / Township Road 64
|Township Road 70
|Lake of the Rivers
|Township Road 72
|Township Road 80
|Hwy 13 east – Weyburn, Carlyle, Redvers
|Hwy 2 turns west
Concurrency with Hwy 13 west begins
Concurrency turns north shortly after it begins
| Hwy 13 west – Cadillac, Shaunavon, Robsart
Hwy 717
|Concurrency with Hwy 13 west ends
|Township Road 94
|Township Road 3010 / Township Road 100
|Township Road 102
|Township Road 104
| Hwy 43 west – Gravelbourg
Township Road 110
|Highway 2 turns northeast
|Lake Johnston
|Township Road 2301
|Hwy 718 / Range Road 2300
|Range Road 2291
|Hwy 715 / Range Road 2290
|Township Road 125/ Range Road 2274
|Hwy 36 south – Crane Valley, Coronach
|Highway 2 turns north
|Moose Jaw
|Township Road 160
|Moose Jaw
|Coteau Street West/Coteau Street East
|Beginning Veterans Memorial Highway segment
| Hwy 363 west – Hodgeville
Main Street North/Manitoba Street West
|Hwy 1 (TCH) (Trans-Canada Highway) – Calgary, Swift Current, Regina, Winnipeg
|Moose Jaw
|Township Road 175
|Leave Moose Jaw
| Hwy 202 east – Buffalo Pound Provincial Park
Township Road 190
|Highway 2 turns northwest
|Hwy 42 west – Central Butte, Lucky Lake
|Highway 2 turns north
|Range Road 2270
|Range Road 2264
|Township 220
|Hwy 11 north – Davidson, Dundurn, Saskatoon
|Highway 2 turns southeast
Concurrency with Highway 11 south begins
|Range Road 2263
|Range Road 2254
|Hwy 11 south – Lumsden, Regina
|Highway 2 turns north
Concurrency with Highway 11 south ends
|Hwy 733
|Hwy 732/Township 232
|South end of concurrency with Highway 732
|Hwy 732
|North end of concurrency with Highway 732
|Township Road 244
|Big Arm
|Township Road 252
|Township Road 253
|Big Arm
|Hwy 749 / Township Road 254
|Township Road 263
|Big Arm
|Township Road 264
|Highway 747 / Township Road 274
|Township Road 275
|Wood Creek
|Township Road 280
|Township 290
|Wood Creek
|Hwy 15 – Outlook, Kenaston, Nokomis
|Township Road 301
|Wood River
|Township 302
|Township 310
|Hwy 365 north – Plunkett
|Highway 2 turns northwest
|Township Road 320
|Hwy 670 / Township Road 324
|Hwy 763 / Township Road 320
|Highway 2 turns north
Zelma access road.
|Township Road 340
|Township Road 344
|Township Road 344
|Hwy 16 (TCH) – Saskatoon, Wynyard, Yorkton
|Township Road 353
|Township Road 354
|Township Road 363
|Township Road 370
| Hwy 5 west – Saskatoon
Township Road 340
|Concurrency with Highway 5 east begins
|Hwy 5 east – Humboldt, Watson, Wadena
|Concurrency with Highway 5 east ends
|Dana access road
|Hwy 27 west – Prud'homme, Vonda, Aberdeen
|Hwy 756 / Township Road 394
|Hwy 767 / Township Road 402
|Hwy 777 / Township Road 410
|Fish Creek
|Hwy 41 – Saskatoon, Aberdeen, Melfort
|Hwy 312 west – Rosthern, Waldheim
|Fish Creek
|Township Road 430
|Wakaw Lake Regional Park Access
|Fish Creek
|Township Road 432
|St. Louis
|Township Road 240
| Hwy 225 west – Batoche
Township Road 442
| Hwy 320 east – Domremy
Township Road 442
|Township Road 452
|St. Louis
|Township Road 453
|St. Louis
| Hwy 25 east – Birch Hills
Township Road 462
|Prince Albert
|Township Road 462
|Hwy 11 south – Duck Lake, Rosthern, Saskatoon
|Concurrency with Highway 11 north begins
|Prince Albert
|Township Road 462
|enter Prince Albert. End Veterans Memorial Highway segment
Concurrency with Highway 11 north ends
|Township Road 462
| Hwy 3 east – Birch Hills, Melfort, Tisdale
Hwy 302
|15th Street East/West
Begin CanAm Highway segment
Concurrency with Highway 3 west begins
|Hwy 3 west / Hwy 55 west – Shellbrook, The Battlefords, Meadow Lake
|Concurrency with Highway 3 west ends
Concurrency with Highway 55 east begins
|Hwy 55 east – Choiceland, Nipawin
|Concurrency with Highway 55 east ends
|Red Wing Road, Township Road 494
|Township Road 500
|Spruce Home
|Hwy 355 – Meath Park
|Township Road 514 Tower Road
|Township Road 520 Tower Road
|Township Road 524
|Paddockwood access road
| Hwy 263 west – Prince Albert National Park
Township Road 530
|Tower Road
|Township Road 534
|Hwy 953 west – Anglin Lake
|Hwy 264 west – Prince Albert National Park
|Hwy 969 north – Montreal Lake
|Recreation Site
|Waskesiu River Provincial Recreation Site
|Hwy 930 east – Montreal Lake
|Recreation Site
|Camp 10 Lake Provincial Recreation Site
|Hwy 916 north
|Northern Administration District
|Hwy 936 north
|Hwy 165 west – Beauval
|Concurrency with Highway 165 east begins
|Hwy 165 east – Creighton
|Concurrency with Highway 165 east ends
|Napatak access road
|Far Reserve Road
|Air Ronge
|Enter Lac la Ronge First Nation
|La Ronge
|Bigstone Roage/La Ronge Avenue
|Hwy 102 north
|Highway 2 Ends CanAm Highway segment
|1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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Further reading[edit]
- Volumes 1 and 2 of the books "The Rolling Hills of Home"
- Title Histoire de Saint-Louis, Saskatchewan et des environs Published [Saskatchewan : s.n.], 1980 (Saskatchewan? : Impr. La Prairie) By the Committee of the Local History of St. Louis; under direction of Marie-Madeleine Tournier Also published in English under title: I remember: a history of St. Louis and surrounding areas Other Authors Tournier, Marie-Madeleine Saint Louis Local History Committee
- Title I remember: a history of St. Louis and surrounding areas Published Saint Louis, Sask. : Saint Louis Local History Committee, 1980 Other Authors Saint Louis Local History Committee ISBN 0-88925-151-7
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- Saskatchewan Highways Website
- 2001 Community Profiles Old Post RM
- Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada Willow Bunch RM
- Community Profiles from the 2006 Census, Statistics Canada Stonehenge RM
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- Lac La Ronge Provincial Park


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Keyboard Layout configuration using HAL
By Javier Acosta on Sep 21, 2009
A couple of months ago; Solaris Nevada and OpenSolaris started using HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer). Now, all Input Device Configuration is done through HAL rather than xorg.conf.
HAL, uses XML files for its configuration and store them in /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ directory. The syntax of these files is very intuitive and if you have ever modified xorg.conf file, you will find it very simple to work with these files.
Before HAL was integrated, some people used to configure their Keyboard Layout and Keyboard Settings using xorg.conf but since HAL integration this configuration is not working any more.
Basically, to configure any input device you will have to add a new configuration fdi file into /etc/hal/fdi/policy/ directory, then "theoretically" you just need to replug the device or log out and log in again for the changes to take effect, but my experience says that a restart is needed :(
If you want to configure your keyboard; you can find a very useful 10-x11-input.fdi file sample in /etc/hal/fdi/preprobe/10osvendor/ directory. Bellow is an example on how I configured my keyboard Layout:
Configuring Keyboard Layout Using HAL
Become root and create 10-x11-input.fdi file using your preferred test editor (In the example I used vim):
$ pfexec su - # vim /etc/hal/fdi/policy/10-x11-input.fdi
add the following to 10-x11-input.fdi file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <deviceinfo version="0.2"> <device> <match key="info.capabilities" contains="input.keys"> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbRules" type="string">base</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbModel" type="string">sun_type6_usb</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbLayout" type="string">us,cz</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbVariant" type="string">,qwerty</merge> <merge key="input.x11_options.XkbOptions" type="string">grp:shifts_toggle,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge> </match> </device> </deviceinfo>
Essentially with this file I've configured 5 settings of my keyboard:
Rules: "base" --> newest rules file
Model: "sun_type6_usb" --> I'm using a Sun Type 6 Keyboard
Layout: "us,cz" --> US English and Czech keyboard layouts
Variant: ",qwerty" --> none for US English and "qwerty" variant for Czech layout"
Options: "grp:shifts_toggle,terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" I've chosen two additional options; the first one is to be able to switch between both keyboard layouts by pressing both Shift keys in my keyboard and the second option is to be able to terminate X server by key combination "Control" + "Alt" + "BackSpace"
You can get a full list of possible keyboard layout settings in /usr/X11/lib/X11/xkb/rules/base.lst file
Then just save the file and "restart" your machine.
To see if you got the keyboard correctly configured just run the following command:
$ lshal |grep input.x11
You should see something like this:


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Animals & Plants
From the mighty African elephant, to the tiny poison dart frog, the Virginia Zoo is home to more than 500 of our furry, feathered and scaly animal friends, not to mention countless plants as well. Our plants and animals include exotic representatives from Africa, Asia, Australia, North America and more. Come spend a day with us exploring the animal kingdom and the plants that surround it.
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The match is over. Liverpool have beaten Sunderland 3-1. Suarez and Sturridge will get the headlines but the hosts can at least point to an improved display.
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Sunderland make a change with Charis Mavrias replacing Larsson.85
Lucas is the first Liverpool player to be booked today. He will now miss the match against Crystal Palace as that's his fifth caution of the season.83
Colback is booked for a clumsy challenge on Sterling. Free-kick to Liverpool on the halfway line.81
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Definition of sugar in English:
1 [mass noun] A sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, especially sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink: a spoonful of sugar [as modifier]: a sugar bowl
More example sentences
- In a separate bowl, sift together sugar, flour, baking powder and baking soda.
- So it is crucial to monitor your intake of glucose from starchy foods (bread, rice and potatoes), sugar and other sweet foods.
- Part of the problem is that increasingly health-conscious consumers see Coke as a drink packed with sugar and chemical sweeteners and not much else.
1.1 [count noun] A lump or teaspoonful of sugar, used to sweeten tea or coffee: I'll have mine black with two sugars
More example sentences
- Inside, he filled his coffee cup (two sugars, one cream), picked out a nicely glazed cream filled doughnut, and walked over to the magazine rack.
- As a young boy, that meant giving up sitting in front of the TV with my cup of coffee, 2 sugars and a biscuit (these were the comforts of my life at that time).
- He grinned broadly, just like Blake did. 'White coffee, no sugars, coming right up!'
2 Biochemistry Any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.
Example sentences
- Complex sugars coat almost every cell in the body, as well as microbes that cause disease.
- The extent to which sugars move across the plasma membranes of embryo-derived protoplasts during isolation, suspension, and drying is not known and merits further investigation.
- Consume these sugars a half-hour before and immediately after your workouts.
3 informal, chiefly North American Used as a term of endearment: what's wrong, sugar?
More example sentences
- Well yes, compared to the drab fifties and khaki they probably were, but today their colours seem to be seen through a sepia veneer, and, sugar, that doesn't do it for me.
- 'Look at me, sugar', he said.
4 [as exclamation] informal Used as a euphemism for 'shit': 'Oh sugar!' cried Sally
More example sentences
- Spoken and written substitutes for the word in American English include sugar, sheesh, shoot, and shucks, as in the constructions: Oh, sugar! Aww, shucks!
verb[with object]
1Sweeten, sprinkle, or coat with sugar: Mother absent-mindedly sugared her tea (as adjective sugared) sugared almonds
More example sentences
- It has a delicious malty aroma with hints of heather and honey and rich, sweet, nutty undertones like sugared almonds or peanut brittle.
- Visitors to the show will receive a lace bag of wedding favours, five sugared almonds which traditionally convey blessing, with a Bible text inside.
- There was no wedding cake, no sugared almonds and we were allowed to wear black.
1.1 [no object] (usually as noun sugaring) Entomology Spread a mixture of sugar, treacle, beer, etc., on a tree trunk in order to catch moths.
Example sentences
- Aside from light, probably the next best method of collecting moths and other insects is the well-known method of 'sugaring'.
- Sugaring involves combining one can of beer, a pound of sugar, a half cup of dark molasses and some very ripe fruit (and maybe a dash of rum) in a blender and allowing the mixture to thicken to a spreadable consistency.
2Make more agreeable or palatable: the novel was preachy but sugared heavily with jokes
More example sentences
- The bitter pill of sexual abstinence is sugared with a soulless, preachy kind of rock 'n' wafer and a peer group pressure that is well parodied in the forthcoming Michael Stipe produced film, Saved!
- In his act the pill of political polemic may be sugared with a sprinkling of dirty jokes, but it's always there.
- She is the least regretted politician in the country, so her departure sugars the loss of Scotland's presence in British government.
sugar the pill
- see pill1.
- Example sentences
- Small glass mugs of steaming hot, sugarless coffee with a strong and pleasant aroma, turned out to be just as popular among the golfers, as the tall glasses brimming over with frothy ice cold, sweetened coffee.
- And yet if you go into a U.S. supermarket, you see aisle after aisle of fat-free foods, of sugarless foods, of foods devoted to people who are trying to lose weight.
- The cheapness of sugar creates an incentive for food manufacturers and retailers to sell consumers more of it in more formats, and drives sugarless foods out of the market.
Middle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.
Words that rhyme with sugarZeebrugge
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"My last day is Aug. 31," said Sikeston Department of Public Safety Capt. Dan Armour, 62. "That evening the city will hold a retirement ceremony for me. When I walk out of the door that evening, that will be my last official duty."
Armour has spent the last 33 years as a police officer, all with the Sikeston DPS.
"In 1978, myself and nine other officers were hired," Armour recalled. "It was a transition period: the department was hiring a younger force."
Ken Francis was leading the DPS at that time.
"He was the first director of fire and police," Armour said. "He brought those two departments under one roof, one director. He was hired by the city for that purpose."
In addition to Armour, three of those 10 officers are still at DPS today: Drew Juden, the current DPS director, Capt. Mark Crocker and Lt. Bill Mygatt of the fire division.
Since Armour started as a patrol officer, "there's been a tremendous amount of change in technology," he said.
When Armour started, he was issued a .38 Special revolver, a straight nightstick and a can of mace.
The .38s were upgraded to the more-powerful .357-caliber revolvers, "then we evolved to pistols," he recalled.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Kowalski's Markets has, for the first time, run a full-page ad in the local newspaper describing how it buys Copper River salmon direct from a Cordova, Alaska, fisherman. The ad, which ran the first week in June, shows a photo of Kowalski's owner Jim Kowalski on a fishing boat in Cordova with fisherman Mike Poole, who has fished the Copper River for more than 27 years. Kowalski's contracts directly with Poole to ensure that fresh Copper River salmon reaches its seafood ...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
What's up this week??
Who is having a giveaway this week??
SewCalGal is hosting a Fun Friday Giveaway. Martingale is donating a collection of Kim Diehl's beautiful Note cards.
FaveQuilts is giving away a copy of Whip Up Mini Quilts book.
Jo's Country Junction is offering a copy of Pretty Patchwork Quilts.
Sew Bitter Sweet has a Layer Cake of Quilt Blocks to send home with one of their readers.
And how about a sweet charm pack of Cuzco from Quilt Karma?
Modern Quilt Guild London has a fabric giveaway going on this week.
Rather have a gift card? Check out the giveaway at Nap Time Crafters.
Looking for some inspiration for your next quilt project?
Have you checked out the Free Quilt Patterns website?? Lots of free patterns and tutorials. Be sure to bookmark this page, as it will take a month of Sundays to get through them all :-)
You can always check for updated giveaways at Insights from SewCalGal or
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- Marydon said...
I am having a giveaway also that your ladies may enjoy, Jocelyn. Please come enter.
Have a beautiful week, my friend.
- June 4, 2012 at 4:55 AM
- Susan said...
It must be Give-Away week--I put my apron up early this month, yesterday!
I love that you've outlined your week; I fear if I do that I would become overwhelmed with all I have to do before the end. LOL!!
- June 4, 2012 at 7:10 AM
- IHaveANotion ~ Kelly Jackson said...
You are all over the information about what's going on...THANKS for the heads up.
- June 4, 2012 at 7:31 AM
- Barb said...
That is a lot of giveawayss!!!
- June 4, 2012 at 2:35 PM
- Allie said...
That's a lot of give-aways!!!
- June 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- randi said...
A list of giveaways is a great idea! Gonna go check some of these out! :)
- June 4, 2012 at 8:04 PM
- Linda said...
Wow! Lots of great give aways...thanks for sharing all of these!!
- June 4, 2012 at 10:13 PM
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Progenika starts EU marketing of diagnostic chip
Bilbao – Spanish Progenika Biopharma S.A has gained the green light for sale of its LPLchip in Europe. The DNA chip, which has achieved the CE mark, detects approximately 120 mutations in the lipoprotein lipase (LPL) gene and can be used to diagnose patients with complete and partial lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD), according to the company. The test has been developed under an agreement with Amsterdam Molecular Therapeutics Holding N.V. (Euronext: AMT), which has a gene therapy for patients with LPLD. AMT expects a regulatory decision on its MAA for its gene therapy product Glybera for lipoprotein lipase deficiency (LPLD) by mid-2011. LPLD is characterised by a marked increase in triglycerides which can lead to serious complications such as acute recurring pancreatitis. Given the progressive nature of LPLD, early diagnosis is crucial to patients in order to reduce mortality and morbidity.


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Family Member's Death
This is a difficult time in your life. How can we help? Contact the Human Resources Office to report the death of an active employee or dependent, or contact the Retirement Benefits Administrator to report the death of a retire or dependent of the retiree. The surviving spouse or dependent children of deceased employees and retirees may be eligible for WHOI provided benefits and retirement plan benefits.
Once the death is reported, the appropriate HR representative will review the benefits in which the deceased employee, dependent, or retiree had been enrolled in and will advise on options to continue coverage.
For changes that affect coverage level such as going from family to individual, the HR representative must be notified within 31 days from the date of death otherwise the current coverage must remain in place. The next opportunity for the employee or surviving spouse to make the coverage change will be during the next open enrollment period generally occurring in late October through mid November.
The appropriate HR representative will also assist you with the process of filing claims for group life insurance benefits.
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|MOSES affiliates carry the banner of transit investment
It's not just transit that's suffering. The feds are over a year behind schedule in passing national transportation legislation - popularly known as "reauthorization," or a "transportation enhancement act" (TEA). Without this periodic infusion of cash, we're going nowhere. "Federal inaction on a robust, multi-year transportation bill has come at a price of American families increasingly stuck and stranded without affordable, reliable and efficient ways to get to work, school, or medical appointments," the statement reads. "As gas prices soars over the $3 a gallon mark, citizens will once again be forced to struggle to choose between paying for gas and paying their bills." The question isn't whether we can afford to make lifeline transportation investments, but whether we can afford not to make them.


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Glennon, Wilson meet again Sunday
SEATTLE — Mike Glennon and Russell Wilson were nearly inseparable. Whether it was sharing quarterback meeting rooms at North Carolina State or being roommates on the road, everywhere Wilson went, Glennon followed.
Glennon and Wilson will be reunited on the field Sunday when the NFC-leading Seattle Seahawks host the winless Tampa Bay Buccaneers. And Glennon gets the first shot at trying to break down Seattle's impenetrable home field, where the Seahawks have won 11 straight, one shy of their franchise record.


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Published: Sunday, November 4, 2012 at 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 2, 2012 at 1:21 p.m.
Michael and Harriet Williams of Chesnee, SC celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary October 29, 2012.
Mrs. Williams attended Union High School. Mr. Williams attended Chesnee High School. Mrs. Williams is employed with Chesnee Communications. Mr. Williams worked as a pipe welder for 40 years. He now is the owner of Mike's Pest Control.
The couple has two children: Christopher and Keisha Williams of Chesnee, SC and Michael Brian Williams of Chesnee, SC. they have one grandchild.
They celebrated with a trip to the coast.
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CLUB NEWS: Tuscaloosa Garden Club
Published: Sunday, November 10, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, November 9, 2013 at 5:29 p.m.
The Tuscaloosa Garden Club of Tuscaloosa/Northport hosted the Garden Club of Alabama District lV fall meeting on Oct. 24 at 10 a.m at the Northwood Hills Baptist Church in Northport on Alabama Highway 69 North.
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The Garden Club of Alabama President, first vice president, second vice president and past president were in attendance.
Mayors Walt Maddox of Tuscaloosa and Bobby Herndon of Northport welcomed about 75 Garden Club members from surrounding counties.
The University of Alabama Air Force ROTC presented the Pledge of Allegiance and a Flag Color Guard Ceremony. Dr. Doug Phillips, well-known TV host and producer and author, presented movie clips of his TV show "Discovering Alabama" and presented the program.
Mr. Bill's restaurant catered the event.
The Garden Club of Alabama is affiliated with the National Garden Club, is nonprofit and offers many college scholarships in related fields. Its members participated in many projects with schoolchildren in fire prevention, conservation, recycling, tree planting, gardening, butterflies and birds. They also have many civic projects.
The Tuscaloosa Garden Club, an affiliate of The Garden Club of Alabama, recently participated in a Poetry Contest with middle-schoolers of Tuscaloosa County, giving a plaque and cash award to the local winner, Jasmine Lewis, a sixth-grader from Hillcrest Middle School. Her poem will go on to The Garden Club of Alabama for further judging where the state winner will go on to the National Garden Club.
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Adams v. Bath & Body Works: The Newest Roadmap for Illinois Spoliation Remedies
April, 2005
by W. Gregory Aimonette and
In Illinois, there is no general duty to preserve evidence. Boyd v. Travelers Ins. Co., 166 Ill. 2d 188 (1995). However, the preservation of an allegedly defective product is important both to the proof of a claim and to defend against liability. Prior to filing a lawsuit, a potential litigant owes a duty to take reasonable measures to preserve the integrity of relevant and material evidence. Shimanovsky v. General Motors Corp., 181 Ill. 2d 112 (1998).
Pre-suit spoliation of evidence claims can be raised one of two ways. First, the claim may be raised under a negligence theory where a duty to preserve the evidence has been created by an agreement, a contract or a statute. Boyd v. Travelers Ins. Co., 652 N.E.2d 267, 270 (Ill. 1995). To prove the tort of spoliation of evidence under this theory a plaintiff must plead the existence of a duty, a breach of that duty, an injury caused by the breach, and damages. Id.
Second, claims may be brought as a discovery sanction. Rule 219(c) of the Illinois Supreme Court Rules provides sanctions for failure to preserve crucial evidence. ILL. S. CT. R. 219(c) (West 2004). The offending party's conduct must be deliberate or contumacious, or evidence an unwarranted disregard of the court's authority. Shimanovsky v. General Motors Corp., 692 N.E.2d 286, 289 (Ill. 1998). The question in most Rule 219(c) cases is whether destruction of evidence is sanctionable. Shimanovsky, 692 N.E.2d at 291.
The decisions of Boyd and Shimanovsky sent mixed signals to Illinois trial lawyers. On one hand, Boyd held there was no general duty to preserve evidence, while Shimanovsky held that a potential litigant owes a duty to take reasonable measures to preserve the integrity of relevant, material evidence.
In December of 2004, the Illinois Supreme Court provided clear guidelines for bringing a spoliation of evidence suit. Dardeen v. Kuehling, 821 N.E.2d 227 (Ill. 2004). As a threshold matter, the Dardeen court made plain that there is no discrepancy between Boyd and Shimanovsky, which provide very different remedies.
If one wishes to bring a claim under traditional negligence law, the claimant must meet the two prong test established in Boyd. Dardeen, 821 N.E.2d at 231. If the plaintiff does not satisfy both prongs, there can be no duty on the part of the defendant to preserve the evidence at issue. Id.
Dardeen makes clear that a duty to preserve evidence under Shimanovsky is inapposite to a claim brought under Boyd. Id. at 233. The court's discretion in issuing a discovery sanction for pre-suit destruction of evidence must be coupled with a deliberate attempt to destroy relevant evidence or unwarranted disregard of a court's authority. Id. See also, Shimanovsky, 692 N.E.2d at 289.
The Illinois Appellate Court, First District recently applied the Dardeen reasoning in Adams v. Bath & Body Works, Inc., 2005 WL 1252266 (Ill. App. May 26, 2005). In Adams, a husband sued a retailer and a candle manufacturer seeking damages from a fire that occurred in his home resulting in the death of his wife. The plaintiff alleged that a candle, sold by the retailer and made by the manufacturer, was the cause of the fire.
Initially, based on information learned from government fire investigators, plaintiff's counsel believed that the origin of the fire was an electric lamp, which he retained. Later, plaintiff's private fire investigator alternatively opined that the fire was caused by a candle located on a table in the living room. In the meantime, the landlord hired a fire restoration company to clean up the debris and repair the damage. Unbeknownst to the plaintiff, the end table, a couch, and carpeting were removed and destroyed. Because these items had been destroyed, there was no physical evidence that would either support or refute the plaintiff's statement as to the candle's location.
The defendant retailer who sold the candle moved to dismiss plaintiff's complaint as a sanction under Rule 219(c) for his failure to preserve either the table, couch or carpet. The circuit court granted defendant's motion and dismissed the complaint.
In its order, the trial court gave two separate grounds for dismissing the complaint. First, it ruled the plaintiff and his counsel had the opportunity and the responsibility to preserve relevant evidence but failed to do so, and framed their theory of the case only after allowing relevant evidence over which they had control to be destroyed, and second, that plaintiff had offered no competent expert witness opinion testimony to present at trial with respect to cause and origin. Id.
On appeal, plaintiff argued that the circuit court erred in dismissing his claims because he neither knew that the table was relevant evidence (having pinned his hopes on the lamp that he removed shortly after the fire) nor was responsible for its destruction.
Defendants countered that because the plaintiff should have known that the table, couch, and carpet might be relevant to determining the cause of, and, therefore, liability for the fire, he breached his duty under Boyd and Shimanovsky to preserve that evidence. Id.
Citing Dardeen, the appellate court reversed. The Adams court noted that when key evidence is destroyed before a product liability suit is filed, it is clear that defendants have two separate and distinct remedies: a motion for sanctions under Illinois Supreme Court Rule 219(c) or a negligence claim for spoliation of evidence.
The Adams court reasoned that because defendants chose to assert Rule 219(c), any reliance upon Boyd or its progeny to support the circuit court's sanction was inappropriate. Moreover, the appellate court rejected defendants' reliance upon cases which had found that negligent or inadvertent destruction or alteration of evidence may result in a harsh sanction, including dismissal, when a party is disadvantaged by the loss. The court reasoned here that it is only where a party's conduct can be characterized as "deliberate, contumacious or an unwarranted disregard of the court's authority" that the drastic sanction of dismissal is justified, and, even then, only "as a last resort and after all the court's other enforcement powers have failed to advance the litigation."
The court further noted that for those instances where evidence is destroyed due to mere negligence, a prejudiced litigant can seek redress by bringing a claim for negligent spoliation of evidence against the responsible party. Under Rule 219(c), the question is whether a party's conduct is sanctionable. The court further noted, however, that even where evidence is destroyed, altered, or lost, a defendant is not automatically entitled to a specific sanction. Rather, Rule 219(c) grants the circuit court discretion to impose a sanction, including dismissal of the cause of action, upon any party who unreasonably refuses to comply with any discovery rule or any order entered pursuant to such rule.
Learning Point:
As a result of the First District Appellate Court's further elaboration of the Dardeen ruling through Adams, we have been provided with a clear distinction between the two recognized remedies for spoliation in Illinois. They are the tort of negligent spoliation of evidence, supported by the Boyd line of cases, and the statutory court sanction pursuant to Rule 219(c), supported by the Shimanovsky line of cases. These two remedies, though not mutually exclusive, are supported by two very separate and distinct lines of case law with different requirements. Adams presents the reader with an instructive roadmap which should provide a better ability to defend against, or to file for, the proper remedy based on the facts presented. •
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Hey, have you heard???
This Saturday we are having our birthday/Tarantino costume party at the 51st Street Speakeasy. Because not everyone is a Tarantino super fan like me, I figured I'd post some costume ideas for the party and costume contest. The only catch is that if you dress up like one of these characters, you should probably share the prize with me. Just sayin…
Also, before the party gets really started, we are having a VIP reception from 8:00pm – 10:00pm in the new Great Room at the Speakeasy. In attendance at this party will be TLO writers, Ogle Moles and Cardboard Jim Traber. We'll also have a free food and free Coop Beer.
Today we'll be giving away five pairs of passes to the VIP reception. All you need to do is leave a comment that tells us your favorite Tarantino character. Thursday at noon we'll select 5 random comments. If your comment is selected, you win a pair of passes.
Anyway, here are 10 Costume Ideas. Enjoy.
1. Marvin (Pulp Fiction)
This would be a cool costume, but only if you can recreate what Marvin looked like after he got shot in the face.
2. Melanie Ralston (Jackie Brown)
If you're a girl and dress up like this, I can't guarantee you'll win the contest…but I can guarantee you'll be #winning.
This Saturday, Oklahoma Magazine is hosting their annual Single in the City Party and Charity Auction. The event starts at 6:00pm at Skyy Bar in Bricktown. Tickets are $25 at the door, and so you can't complain about the price without feeling like a tool, 100% of all proceeds benefit Make-A-Wish. That means if you go, you'll help make things like this a reality.
Anyway, why am I telling you all this? Here are four key reasons…
1) I write a "lighted-hearted" column for Oklahoma Magazine each month….and they actually pay me for it. Therefore, I should probably kiss up and publicize the event.
2) I'm not going to lie, I went to last year's event and it was actually fun. The best part is watching how terrified the single people looked as they were being auctioned. Imagine that feeling. Standing on a stage by yourself with a spotlight on while total strangers bid for a date with you. No wonder Casey Cornett wet his pants last year. Also, the girls up for auction usually bring their single friends for support. When single girls show up to support a friend, that's usually when they are the most vulnerable.
3) We are giving away four pairs of tickets to the event via Twitter. All you need to do is go to our Twitter page and retweet the following message: "I want to go to @OklahomaMag's Single in the City. And @JimTraber sucks." We'll then select four retweets at random, and if your tweet is chosen, you get a pair of tickets.
4) I get to write about this year's participants. Nothing is more fun than writing about attractive people with big egos. After the jump, I break down this year's brave and daring Single in the City field.
Happy Valentine's Day.
If you're a guy and you're like me, you're probably going to take a girl on a date to nice restaurant tonight. If you're a guy and you're not like me, you're probably going to make fun of Valentine's Day and call it stupid. And if you're a girl right now, you're probably jealous.
Regardless of what you are, I'm going to do everyone a favor and mention some bad Valentine's Day Date ideas. They are after the jump.
Also, as an extra bonus, we are going to have a contest and giveaway a couple of free massage coupons courtesy of Dr. Harvey Jenkins over at Body Trends Electro Spa. You may remember him as the guy who we got into a fight with on Twitter last summer. We're totally over that.
Anyway, leave a comment in this post and let us know of an actual decent place to go for Valentine's Day. We'll then pull a Pioneer Woman and in a couple of days draw a few comments at random. If your comment wins, you win a massage.
Congratulations to gentle reader Anthony for winning our 2010 State Fair Photo Contest. His picture "" which we called "The Guardian" "" received 299 votes in the finals, just edging out the second place finisher "Eat Pussy Kids." For taking and submitting the winning photo, Anthony wins a FREE dinner for four to Deep Fork Grill.
The Guardian was definitely one of my favorites from this year's batch of photos. I had a hunch it would be pretty popular. In fact, I thought it was almost too good. I asked Anthony if it was staged. His response was:
I promise it was not staged. I wish it were so I would not be so embarrassed to live here
Maybe I'm gullible, but I believe Anthony. For one, The Guardian does have a tattoo of what appears to be a star with a penis or candle shooting out of its heart. That would take photograph staging to a whole new level. Plus, this is the Oklahoma State Fair we are talking about. Anything is possible at the fair, right?
Anyway, thanks to everyone who sent in a picture. The response this year was terrific. For fun, we posted some of the pics that didn't make the semifinals to our Facebook Page. The only catch is that you have to be our friend to view them, so be our Facebook friend and expect weekly invitations to the Team Trivia Night we host each Tuesday at the Speakeasy.
Also, big thanks goes out to our friends at Deep Fork Grill for sponsoring this contest. When you go there, tell them Clark Matthews sent you.
Well, the day has finally arrived.
This year, our readers and Ogle Moles emailed us over 60 photos taken from the great state fair of Oklahoma. Most "" if not all "" of the pictures were great. They all pretty much captured the true essence of the trash fest that we all know is the Oklahoma State Fair.
From this batch of pics, we went through and selected our 20 favorites. These photos serve as our semifinalists. From these 20 photos, you get to vote for your five favorites that you would like to see advance to the next round.
Next Monday, we will then take the five photos that get the most votes and have another vote. This time, you'll only vote for one. The photo that gets the most votes in this final round will be declared the champion of the 2010 Oklahoma State Fair photo contest. The person who took this magical photograph will then win a dinner for four to Deep Fork Grill, which is one of Oklahoma City's nicest (and best) restaurants.
Anyway, the pictures are located after the jump. Since there are 20 of them, we are going to make you click the "˜read more' button after every five pictures. This will hopefully conserve a little bandwidth and help them load faster on your page.
p.s. – In case you didn't know, the picture above – The Rascal Racers – is last year's winner.
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LASHKAR GAH: The Taliban executed five people in a busy opium market in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province and left their bodies hanging overnight after accusing them of kidnapping a businessman, officials said.
The militant group has stepped up its fight for control of the southern region since June, launching a string of attacks on government buildings, seizing territory and imposing its brand of Islamic justice.
Thursday's public hanging, in the largely Taliban-controlled Kajaki district, was the second group execution reported in Helmand since the offensive began.
"Five kidnappers were hanged to death by an order from the Islamic Emirate's prosecution authorities," a Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, said in a text message.
"We hanged them in order to teach others a lesson."
Mass public executions, common when the Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996, ceased after the movement was ousted in the US-led invasion in 2001.
But the Taliban's reach in strategic provinces like Helmand has grown since US and allied troops stepped up the pace of their withdrawal, under plans to hand over security to Afghan forces by the end of 2014. British troops closed their last outpost in Helmand in May.
Tribal elder Abdul Ahad Mahsomi said the five bodies were left hanging in the area's main opium market until Friday afternoon.
More than half of Afghanistan's opium is produced in Helmand and its main highway is an import route for drug smugglers.
Around 90 percent of the world's heroin is produced in Afghanistan and last year's crop was the highest on record, according to the United Nations.
Helmand's police spokesman said he believed the hanged men were innocent and were executed to punish civilians for failing to support the Taliban against the government.
"As they (the Taliban) are defeated in the battlefield they want to take revenge on local people and create fear," said Shah Mohammad Ashna.
"Taliban fighters also abducted 13 people who had been working to clear mines in central Ghazni province," officials said.


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Gloucestershire Way 3 - Plump Hill to Minsterworth
Saturday 5 May 2012
Links - Plans - Walk 2 - Walk 4
Photos 2012
|A layby on the Chepstow Road at Minsterworth as we prepare to share cars to
|Plump Hill where Mike gets our walk underway
|Heading downhill
|Into the valley
|To the church in Abenhall
|With its commemorative stone showing the arms of the Freeminers
|Which we examine carefully
|We then head uphill
|Reaching the top
|Where we find a pond
|We start to head downhill with May Hill in the distance
|A slippery path brings us to a farmyard
|Where we see some new arrivals
|Two of which come closer to say hello
|We continue down into the valley
|Through another farm
|This time with some different youngsters
|The nursery pen
|We cross the main Huntley - Monmouth Road
|Along the side of the hill
|Plenty of wild flowers
|As we press resolutely on
|Climbing into a field
|And pausing on the edge of Longhope
|A narrow lane starts us on our climb of May Hill
|More sheep watch us on our way
|As we climb, we look back across the Forest of Dean
|Pausing half way up
|Richard and Flo from across the pond have joined us for the day - not quite the same as walking in the USA
|We reach the top of the hill and look across to the Brecons with Blorenge, Skirrid, Sugar Loaf and the Black Mountains visible
|And looking North we can see Hay Bluff
|A group photo in honour of our American visitors - I can also spot an Australian there
|We also have views across the Severn
|As we drop down from May Hill we pass a derelict chimney - once a steam-powered sawmill
|And a duck pond
|John stifles a yawn
|As we enter some bluebell woods
|Time for photos
|A really good show this year
|Huntley churchyard
|With its 1500 year old yew tree
|We study the gravestones
|Then make for the next door garden centre
|For tea and cakes
|Suzanne has found somewhere different to sit
|The rest of us tuck in
|This is the life!
|We've still got 4 or 5 miles to do
|Poles are awaiting!
|So we are soon off again
|Across fields
|A very tame lamb
|A track brings us to Birdwood
|Somebody spent some money at the garden centre - lucky Di!
|More fields
|Bring us to a railway line
|And then the final lap back to the cars
|Photos and captions by Richard with a few from Mike, processed by Sally, uploaded by Mike


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The Battle at the Berrics continues and this game of SKATE was between Pj Ladd and Eric Koston. Steve Berra was the Ref on this one and it was a tight contest but in the end PJ Ladd ending up advancing to the next round.
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I am an optimist. I have always believed that, no matter what, things will work out. And they always have. To quote Kathy Bean, "Everything will be okay." I have come to learn that it isn't what happens that counts, but what we think about what happens that matters most. It isn't how things work out that is important, but what we think about how things work out that count the most. If we think that things will work out just as they should, then the results will be satisfactory no matter what they are.
I have come to realize that most things are simply not that important. In the big scheme of things, there is actually very little that we need to worry about. As my personal mantra and affirmation, I must say at least ten times a day, "Everything with work out. It always does." I then let go and move on with my life knowing things will work out. This helps me relax and not take things so seriously. Not often are things going to be life threatening. Getting upset over trivial things burns out our adrenal glands and causes us to be less responsible when the things that really do matter happen.
What you believe is more important than what is true. Whatever you believe, you are right, so if you believe that everything will be okay, you are right and, if not, you are also right. The choice is up to you. Learning to trust that things will work out helps us to move into the flow of life and give up the illusion of control. There really is very little that we have control over. There is only so much we can do and then we need to let go and trust.
Coaching Question
Do you believe everything will work out?
Coaching Challenge
Where are you holding on trying to control the outcome? Stop! Do what you can do and then let go. Know that things will work out and that in reality there is little you can do to control the outcome. The good news is that once we are in the flow and give up trying to control everything, many things will work out better than we expected.
Daily Success Formula
Having trust + Doing what you can do + Letting go = Things working out just they way they need to
"You may be deceived if you trust too much, but you will live in torment if you do not trust enough." Dr. Frank Crane
"Anxiety is the rust of life, destroying its brightness and weakening its power. A childlike and abiding trust in Providence is its best preventive and remedy." Tyron Edwards
"Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." Foster C. McClellan
"Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted." Author Unknown


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Dorian Fougères is a consensus-building practitioner with 15 years of experience in natural resource policy and management, including seven years with the Center. He is a Senior Mediator and the Director of the Center's Southern California Office. He uses a broad array of designs, skills, and tools to help parties reach agreement on how to address challenging policy issues and planning processes. He creates meeting spaces where public agencies can have meaningful and productive conversations with diverse stakeholders – whether elected officials, scientists and engineers, farmers, California Native Americans, businesspersons, and planners. His focuses on water and forest resource management conflicts, especially cases involving groundwater, drought, flood, wetlands including meadows, climate change, water conservation, vegetation and fuels management, prescribed fire, and forest carnivores and raptors. He specializes in negotiations that combine policy with technical scientific and engineering information, such as endangered species conservation and hydraulic and geotechnical levee design. His areas of expertise include conflict assessment and resolution, technical joint fact-finding, collaborative visioning & strategic planning, facilitation and collaborative leadership training, and project management. His federal, state, and local government forums span from executive bodies and summits to multiple-year consensus-building projects, science-intensive workshops, citizen advisory committees, and large-scale public engagement symposia.
Dr. Fougères has been with the Center since 2007, and led several of its annual Professional Development Series. He is on the National Roster of Environmental Dispute Resolution and Consensus Building Professionals, and a member the National Coalition for Dialogue and Deliberation, Mediators Beyond Borders, and the American Society for Public Administration. He completed his PhD at UC Berkeley in 2005, after spending six years working on the political ecology of coral reefs and mangroves in Indonesia. He graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University in 1998 with a degree in anthropology and an honors thesis on participatory action research and natural resource management, with fieldwork in Australia, Canada, and the US.
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"They've been out here since early this morning," said Rosa Rodriguez who lives only a few houses away from the mustard-colored home in the 1700 block of S. Palm Avenue which had become the focal point of the investigation Thursday. "They were out here yesterday early, too and they didn't leave until almost 4 p.m."
Ontario police officials received information about 29-year-old truck driver Oscar Escobar which led them to the home, Sgt. David McBride, spokesman for the police department said.
"Right now we're not looking for a body," said McBride as a bobcat was brought to the scene to help move pieces of broken up pavement from the back yard. "At this point, we're just meticulously searching the scene for evidence in this case."
Officers served a search warrant at the home Wednesday and interviewed several people, but McBride said no one was arrested at that time. Neighbors said they saw at least three people, two women and a man, taken from the location handcuffed.
Escobar was reported missing to the Orange County Sheriff's Department in August of last year, McBride said. After the 29-year-old truck driver made a delivery, a friend dropped Escobar off at Mango Street and Foothill Boulevard in Fontana, he said.
Two cadaver dogs, one from the Orange County Sheriff's Department and another with the Los Angeles County Coroner's office, went through the home searching for any clues that may lead officials to Escobar's whereabouts, McBride said.
The residential street, which will usually allow children to play safely in the roadway with little threat from traffic, was overtaken by police vehicles, news vans and curious residents from surrounding neighborhoods. At least four news helicopters hovered over the area to the annoyance of some residents.
"I'm about done with all of the helicopters," said Laura Bedoy who lives on the northern end of S. Palm Avenue. "They've been out since earlier today and the sound is driving me crazy."
Bedoy and others out Thursday evening watching the spectacle unfold were shocked the search for the missing man had made it's way to their neighborhood.
"I'm out late sometimes and I don't ever feel scared," Bedoy said. "It's usually really calm around here. I can't believe it."
Ontario detectives said they expect to be at the Palm Avenue address until tonight and they will most likely return Friday.


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(1810–49), Polish-born French composer and pianist; Polish name Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen; full name Frédéric François Chopin. Writing almost exclusively for the piano, he composed numerous mazurkas and polonaises inspired by Polish folk music, as well as nocturnes, preludes, and two piano concertos (1829; 1830).
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky Derby will get an additional
splash of pageantry when Queen Elizabeth II makes her first visit
to Churchill Downs for this year's race.
The queen and her husband, Prince Philip, are planning to attend
the Derby on May 5, Buckingham Palace said on Wednesday. The visit
is part of a six-day trip to the U.S. from May 3 through May 8 that
will include stops in Jamestown, Va., and Washington, D.C.
"We're really looking forward to it," Churchill Downs
spokesman John Asher said. "It's going to be a wonderfully
historic day, given the history of the Kentucky Derby owes so much
to racing in England."
The queen has visited Kentucky four times - in 1984, 1986, 1989
and 1991 - but has never been to Louisville.
"We're excited to host the queen for the signature event in the
sport of kings," Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson said. "The
Kentucky Derby puts Louisville in the world's spotlight, and we are
looking forward to showcasing our city to the queen."
The queen has stabled horses at Kentucky farms in the past and
spent time at Lane's End Farm, owned by Will Farish, former U.S.
ambassador to England. A Lane's End spokesman referred all
questions about the queen's visit to Buckingham Palace.
British royalty has attended the Derby in the past: Princess
Margaret, sister of the queen, attended the 1974 Derby with her
husband, Lord Snowdon.
The queen may not be the only foreign dignitary to attend the
Derby this year. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the president of Latvia, may
also be attending.
Kentucky has been visited by royalty in recent years. Great
Britain's Princess Anne visited Lexington in 2003 for the opening
of the Kentucky Horse Park's exhibit "All the Queen's Horses: The
Role of the Horse in British History."
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