Carlyle Observer

There was huge voter-turnout problem in last Monday's Saskatchewan election. We used to call it the NDP vote, but it has disappeared somewhere. And it wasn't just in rural Saskatchewan where NDP votes actually started to vanish decades ago.

In the world of Clydesdale horses the world's best was born on a farm near Canora. Donegal Dr. Pepper was recently named Supreme Champion Clydesdale of the world at the World Clydesdale Show held in Madison Wis. in late October.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce took the lead recently in trying to determine whether the Conservative government plan to end the single-desk selling monopoly of the Canadian Wheat Board was a good move, or whether the CWB is an institution which sho

By the time you read this, the Saskatchewan election campaign will be over, which is a problem for those of us who still practice the black art of writing political columns in advance.

During the minister's prayer one Sunday, there was a loud whistle from one of the back pews. Gary's mother was horrified.

On the weekend, the Senior Girls' Volleyball Team finished 3rd in a tournament in Midale. The Rookie Girls' Volleyball Team will be playing in the Division Playoffs in Lampman on Tuesday, November 8.

It was a hollow victory, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders will take it. In their final home game of the 2011 season, the Riders dominated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 19-3 on a windy, cold day at Mosaic Stadium on Saturday.

The weekly report is prepared with the assistance of the Carlyle RCMP. Issues involving the Mental Health Act, among others, are not reported. The report of this week covers the period of Oct. 22 to 28.

A new business is up-and-running in Carlyle. Ron Thompson opened Legacy Small Engine Repair officially on Sept 1. "I've been working off and on out of my garage for about a year now, working on my personal things or fixing for friends, but Sept.

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