Opinion

While there are a lot of good things about our neighbor to the south, they do have a bad habit of drowning out all nearby conversation.

I’ll freely admit to being a slacker student when I was going to school.

I loved the first day of school. Absolutely loved it. Twelve years of elementary/high school, four years of university, and then 20 years working in a high school setting. That’s a lot of first days. I loved them all. Except one.

They say religion and politics don’t mix, but nobody really ever explains why. It’s really because there isn’t much compromise in our religious views, which is perfectly fine.

In the fall when Yorkton residents head to the polls in the municipal election they will be starting a new chapter in local politics.

In the world of my beloved abstract strategy games there is a rather diverse range of games. Some, such as Wizard’s Garden are rather lite fare, with quick to learn rules, and generally quick play.

I don’t write this column to share family stories. I write to demonstrate how God meets us, whoever we are; where we are, every day, any place, all the time. How Jesus walks beside us, no matter our chosen paths.

Looking south-east across Smith Street from Third Avenue north in 1897. 1. Residence of William Simpson, with well and pump beside the house, 2. Methodist Church. 3. Home of J. W. Christie 4. Residence of W. P. Hopkins 5.

First, some gardening housekeeping! Remember that the Yorkton Gardeners’ market is on Saturdays from 8:00 AM till noon at the Prairie Harvest Christian Life Centre, corner of Melrose and Simpson Streets in Yorkton.

I remember where I was and the events surrounding the very first time that I ever saw the movie ‘JAWS’.