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CLAYTON: Richard Edward Clayton was born November 21, 1939 in Maymont, SK and passed away January 23, 2014 at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, SK.

Dear Editor Jan. 30, I was involved in a vehicle accident on 100th Street. It was serious enough we thought the two cars involved were going to be totalled.

Looking at the scoreboards after the first three ends, half the teams were scoreless when the New Horizons were curling Feb. 4. Each of the losing teams were down three, except for Rod Forester's rink who got that much in the first end.

DUSS: In Loving Memory Of John Peter Duss who was born September 22, 1929 on the farm at Mayfair District, SK and passed away January 5, 2014 at Battleford, SK. John is survived by his nieces and nephew: Joyce Derkach, Mayfair, SK.

MOHR: Tribute for Marie Doreen Mohr, Marie was born Marie Kozack February 12, 1940 in Camrose, Alberta. She was the oldest of four children having a sister Joyce and brothers Myron and Joe.

NAHIRNEY , Anastasia (Nettie) February 27, 1919 - January 25, 2014 It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, Nettie.

GARTNER: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Otto Herman Gartner, late of Battleford, on Wednesday January 29, 2014 at the age of 83 years.

KOZAK: Olga Kozak, 1917 - 2014, Olga Kozak passed away peacefully at Battlefords District Care Centre on Saturday, February 1, 2014 in her 97th year.

Walking in the vineyards on the steep banks of the Mosel River in southwestern Germany, I wondered how anyone maintains or harvests, or does anything, on these slopes without mountain goat hoofs or ropes. And the "soil" is metres of coarse shale.

Floriography, or the language of flower, is a way of sending coded messages, especially with emotionally laden content, using different flowers and combinations of flowers.