Opinion

It is probably safe to assume most of us do not generally employanalogies referring to military campaigns when discussing local urban development policy.

Too often people get excited about a brand new start. They're going to lose 30 pounds by eating right and following a new exercise regimen. I know this because they have it all documented in a binder with color-coded tabs. They are organized.

Dear Editor, Good morning, North Battleford: At this time of year, we have our children returning to school. We also have drivers who are oblivious to this.

Ed, my neighbour next door, is feeling frustrated. He cannot control the weather and must wait to get going again at his harvest after recent rains. Ed is sure that once you are retired like me, life is frustration free.

In this community the new year starts in September. The town seems to go to sleep in the summer and with so many people away and almost no activities planned it provides a break from the norm.

There is a song, by a famous Saskatchewan songwriter and performer that claims that most of the time "you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone.

Finding out that your child has a severe peanut allergy can be a very stressful concern.

If nothing else, this has been an earth-shaking week! First we'd been reminded from every possible media outlet that today (at least it's today as I write) is the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States.

A young girl writing a paper for school came to her father and asked, "Dad, what is the difference between anger and exasperation?" The father replied, "It is mostly a matter of degree. Let me show you what I mean.

Dear Editor A recent letter from an Alberta camper that has appeared in the letters to the editor in many Saskatchewan (Regional Optimist, Aug.