Opinion

Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, had a laugh at my expense when he heard we were snowbound again. It’s the hird time this winter our city has been shut down by massive amounts of snow.

In June of 1976 I was interviewed by the Vawn School Board and the Turtleford School District (Vawn-Edam) trustee for the principalship of Vawn High School. I was young and had no school administrative experience. But that didn’t concern the Board.

The Battlefords North Stars have clinched another Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League regular season standings and are now working towards being on top of their game as they approach the post season.

I had a realization the other day. This April will make nine years since I started to write for Pipeline News, becoming editor shortly thereafter.

Today the topic of this column is Magic Lantern, the Capitol, and what the heck is going on with movies in North Battleford. Long-term, I’m happy with what’s going on.

Teacher/Staff appreciation week has been declared by the Saskatchewan government as Feb. 12-18. This is something to be celebrated.

Let us talk about referees. Recently there has been a lot of conversation surrounding referees, both in minor hockey and in professional hockey.

Let me make the case that we should be renaming a few of our local landmarks. Tisdale Elementary School. Tisdale Middle & Secondary School. Tisdale RECplex. Tisdale Curling Club. Yawn. St. Therese Park. Kay Montgomery Park. Henry Hamilton Park.

I count it a privilege to be able to write the story on Dennis Pidwerbeski’s life and musical career. He is a remarkable individual and musician, having played a key role in the great Mellotones dance band for many years.

Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, found himself on the wrong end of some petty insults and lies last week. A friend shared the insults and the falsehoods he had heard about Ed. Ed thought his friend might have spared telling him what he heard.