Opinion

Logan Green looked like the fields of Vietnam in Apocalypse Now. I closed my eyes for a moment, spinning in a circle as the powder flew around me. When I blinked, I saw a vision straight from a Hunter S. Thompson novel.

Last Tuesday when I caught site on line of an Americas Rugby News report that the Ontario Arrows had finally come to an agreement which will see them join Major League Rugby (MLR), in 2019, I was more than thrilled.

“A newspaper is the center of a community, it’s one of the tent poles of the community, and that’s not going to be replaced by web sites and blogs.” – Michael Connelly, American bestselling author I like the cut of your jib, Mr. Connelly.

Recently I was doing some net surfing to pass the time, and ended up visiting a number of sites related to the hobby of keeping pigeons.

There it was, floating, as it were, on the booth’s table. Well away from sticky fingers, in all of its seven-and-a-half-foot long glory, was the USS Flagg, the G.I. Joe aircraft carrier.

How to best deal with crime in rural areas is an issue which gained much more attention following an incident on a Saskatchewan farm in 2016. On Aug. 9, 2016, Colten Boushie was shot and killed on the farm of Gerald Stanley.

I have been a citizen of this town for some 40 years, and I have never been so disappointed in our town officials than in the past few years with all their rules and bylaws.

When the ushers in the church I attended last week counted the money in the offering plate, they found something they didn’t expect. I don’t know what, but I know they didn’t expect it. I also think they likely had a good laugh at me behind my back.

“Gather your friends and pack your bags for a trip to feudal Japan, where only the fearless will flourish.