July 6, 2000 was like any ordinary summer day in Kansas. Always fairly cool in the morning but hot in the afternoon. I got up early for my 6:30 a.m. yoga class. Relax . . . meditate . . . stretch. And as usual, I felt wonderful after that hour […]
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By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
With so much sunshine following our floods, it becomes appropriate right now to stop and remember Estevan, Sask., officially saluted as the “Sunshine Capital of Canada” at the time we joined it in community twinship about 15 summers ago. It had been nationally decided to pair up towns of similar […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
The game of horseshoes is a fun pastime. One more time—horseshoes is a recreational activity between family and friends of all ages. Got that? Good, now let’s talk about how bragging rights—and a mild sum of money—can turn the friendliest of games into a feisty competition. While most people were […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
The Emo Public Library once again is promoting its summer reading program sponsored by the TD Financial Group. The program is open to all children aged nine-12, noted EPL librarian Shirley Sheppard, and this year’s theme is “Reading Around the World.” Children are asked to register at the library and […]
The headline screamed for attention—“51 Top Scientists Blast Anti-Aging Idea.” The article in a seniors’ publication went on to say “anyone who claims that they can stop or reverse the aging process is lying to you—even if they’re a doctor.” This statement is part of a debate between scientists and […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
First I knew Gordon (Bud) Dyrland as a “honeyman,” and there are those he has helped since then who might say he is still a “sweetheart” because of his good works with water pumps in times of crisis like this past week. I never before, to be honest, expected him […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Right on this page you’ll find a complete preview of sporting events at this weekend’s Fun in the Sun festivities. Well, almost complete, that is. You see, there’s one event I was saving to preview until now. With all due respect to the perennially-popular bathtub races or the Aquanauts’ revival […]
Decades ago when we lived in Edmonton, Alta., a very little boy and his teddy bear in a stroller disappeared from the backyard. I quickly looked up and down the street, but he was nowhere in sight. I knew immediately where he had gone and I was panic-stricken. He was […]
The oldtimer who helloed me one day in Safeway could have been still in his 60s. He seemed alert and interesting and, for some reason I never learned, he also knew my name. Still slim and erect, he wanted to talk, so we did. Eventually, I found out his name […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
Due to the weatherman’s misbehaviour last week, the Emo hospital auxiliary’s annual “Strawberry Social” has been rescheduled for this coming Friday (June 21) from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the hospital cafeteria. Admission is $2, and there will be a door prize draw. Also with the inclement weather conditions last week, two […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
With Fort High’s graduation ceremony set for tonight, the book on the 2001-02 Muskie season is officially closed. However, a handful of student athletes will continue to ply their trade at the college/university level next season. But before I start (cue “Pomp and Circumstance”), I’d just like to say while […]
One of my goals in life is to laugh every day. For that reason, I usually watch at least one old sitcom—Gilligan’s Island, I Love Lucy, The Beverly Hillbillies, Gomer Pyle, Green Acres, Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie—the classics. This routine began in the 1980s when I first read […]
