In the Community

Two old friends bump into each other on the street one day. One of them is on the verge of tears.

Don't know about you but my head's still spinning with the news of the last few weeks' events. It began as I, and the world, watched with awe at the miraculous rescue of thirty-three miners from their underground cave in Chile.

The results of the senior centre's activitiesfor the week ofOctober10 toOctober 16: Bridge: (Monday) 1stJim Brown, 2nd Jean Janoski, 3rd Joyce Hemphill. Bridge: (Friday) 1stMarion Brown, 2nd Lucie Nickel, 3rdElfrieda Mantay.

Did you know: Atheism is a non-prophet organization? And: There is nothing to fear but fear itselfand Chuck Norris. Elijah, one of my favorite prophets got scared once, and it was before Chuck Norris's time. He fled into the wilderness.

I recently began work on a challenge after I and the others in a writing group were assigned the following words: peanut, exhaustion, pelted, and pensive and instructed to incorporate them into a final product that makes sense.

"Life may not be the party we hoped for... but while we are here we might as well dance." Now that's just about the best advice I've heard in a long time.

A young priest in his first parish notices that many are falling sleep in his homilies. He asks the elder priest, "Father, I can't seem to give an effective sermon. People fall asleep. What can I do?" "Well, my boy, it's all a matter of practice.

Years ago we knew a young fellow who used to love to say grace before meals. No matter how briefly or fervently he prayed he always added this comment: "And dear God, help our food to turn to energy and not fat".

A man walked into a busy metro station on a cold morning in January, laid his collection hat down and began to play his instrument.

Fall has arrived and we are gradually getting back into the swing of things. We hope you had an enjoyable and refreshing summer, notwithstanding the wet weather.