Opinion

Dear Editor When you talk about customer service excellence, it is often the little extras that make the difference. Getting to know the customers' names, regular purchases and even everyday habits becomes commonplace.

It's quiet here in this prairie town, the barking of dogs and the calling of children echo in the afternoons and the chorus of the trains' whistles and wheels can wake me from a midnight dream. But, all in all ,there is a deep peacefulness.

Congratulations! You made that New Year's resolution and you're sticking with it. You've been trying to eat right and you try to make it to the gym at least three times a week.

How well do you know your spouse? If they were standing in line this past month to return an item you purchased for them during the holidays, that might be a sign you may not know them as well as you think.

If there is one thing I think should be outlawed in Saskatchewan in the winter time, it's the announcement of the current temperatures on morning radio.

Ask people if they've ever received one and you'll know the answer by the way their face softens. Love letters arrive from the Land of Love.

Dear Editor Fifty years ago this week, on Jan. 17, 1961, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned the American people about the growing power of "the military-industrial complex.

As idyllic as the sights and sounds of the nearby ocean can be, lately we?re experiencing the unforgettable racket that accompanies the annual visit of California sea lions (Zalophus californianus).

The crazies are always with us. They stained the clean parchment of a new year early in its first month.

Dear Editor Concerns about tendering of pharmacy services to Prairie North Health Region care homes has prompted the writing of the following letter to David Fan, CEO of the region.