I like sports. I can be obsessive in my “watching” and if I had to categorize from favourite down, I’m not sure I could. Instead, I shall just put all my favourites in an alphabetical hat: baseball, curling, golf, show jumping, tennis. That’s a good start anyway. I used to […]
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The news probably has been out there for a long time, but I just found that our ear lobes never stop growing. That’s just great—there goes one more part of my body headed south without my consent. Perhaps I could postpone the imminent downward droop with duct tape. Goodness knows […]
June has been a very busy month with meetings most every night (it seems we try to cram all our meetings in this month before we get busy with haying!) I was planning to attend the RRFDC annual meeting in Emo, but it just so happened we had no power […]
By Gary Sliworsky Ag rep, Emo The following is the first of a two-part article on determining the amount of forage you have available on pasture for your livestock. Pasture is a feeding system. Like any feeding system, it is important to know the needs of your livestock and the […]
Last week in Ottawa saw the marathon voting on the massive Conservative budget bill begin and the Nova Scotia NDP government of Darrell Dexter receive some positive reviews from two credit rating agencies. Earlier in the week, New Democrats decided to table hundreds of amendments to the 425-page Conservative “budget” […]
I watch with fascination the TV commercials that show a Ford automobile parallel parking on a street. I remember how many practice hours I spent learning to put my father’s ’65 Chrysler into a tight space. We have seen robot vacuum cleaners. We have played with robot toys and marveled […]
Anglers from across Sunset Country converged on Dryden over the weekend for the Shaw Dryden Walleye Masters tournament on Wabigoon Lake. It was a Father’s Day to remember Sunday for the Dryden duo of Michael and Stephen Cortens as the father and son captured the 23rd edition of the tournament. […]
Last Friday, people across Ontario awoke to unexpected news that we could see a snap election called over the 2012 provincial budget. Many people, myself included, were surprised by this news. As everyone is well aware, our NDP caucus reached a compromise in April that would allow the budget to […]
With Father’s Day having just passed, I’m sometimes annoyed by these Hallmark-type occasions that have us pulling out our wallets because the calendar says we should for planning outings in the name of a certain day. Other times I like that we are reminded to think of others; to remember […]
Another major championship in golf is over following this past weekend’s U.S. Open, and once again people are talking about how it’s such a shock that Tiger Woods didn’t win it all. Enough. Yes, we all know that Tiger was once “the man” when it came to the world of […]
Since the Wisconsin Wilderness hoisted the Bill Salonen Cup for the second-straight year back in early April, things have been relatively quiet on the SIJHL front for the most part. However, with preparations starting for the 2012-13 campaign among the seven teams in the league, there already have been a […]
With all the great weather we’ve had recently, it’s safe to say that summer is here. Hopefully, everybody has been able to get out on the water and take in some of the great fishing we have across the Sunset Country region. I spend most of my days in June […]
