In the Community

A lot of the times, when I get off on a tangent in my writing, the topic comes from discussions around a coffee table, with friends or from observations I make when I overhear some conversation in passing.

This letter comes to you from Buckeye, Ariz., where I am presently house sitting for a while in my daughter's vacation home. It's a dirty job but someone has to do it. The weather is beautiful and warm during the day and cool in the evenings.

This week at Maidstone High School is finals week for our senior high students. With all the seniors writing tests and the juniors going skiing at Table Mountain, there has been less action than usual.

Jean Fauchon, a John Paul II staff member, was asked to write a children's book for an Education Curriculum class at the University of Saskatchewan.

The Chapel Gallery's annual Artist Winter Retreat is scheduled for Friday, Feb.24 through Sunday, Feb. 26 and features a number of new events. This is your opportunity to work in the gallery alongside other artists.

Bingo was played at Maidstone Drop In Centre Jan. 11, with a small crowd in attendance. Callers were Margaret MacEachern and Bev Stewart. Dorothy Kissick assisted by Jean Stewart provided lunch. Catch the 10 Whist was played Jan.

Colleen Koski was to Lloydminster to see her mom, May Ford, who is out of the hospital and doing much better. Our sympathy to the Alsager family on the passing of Irene Alsager of Williams Lake, B.C. Her funeral will be Feb.

The Chapel Gallery presents the beautiful works of Edie Marshall in her solo exhibition, Picturing Grandmother, on display until Feb. 3.

Sustainability is a word gaining recognition in most homes these days. The disposable society we currently live in is slowly changing its mindset to allow for a more earth-friendly way of living.

Can you believe it is nearly the end of January, 2012 already? Where did that time fly so fast to? On the bright side, we have yet to experience a major blizzard and the days are definitely and noticeably getting longer, although the cold weather sna