Carlyle Observer

When the biggest fish in baseball's free agent pool took his bat and glove to the Los Angeles Angels last winter, the sport's cognoscenti prematurely handed manager Mike Scioscia's team a playoff spot in the American League and made them a pre-season

It always amazes me how quickly we forget the lessons which can be garnered from our past, and in this case it's really a case of the very recent past.

The Carlyle Town Council met on Aug. 21 to discuss a variety of topics related to the well being of the town. Drainage concerns David and Kyra Sharp attended the town meeting in order to speak about their troubling issues with basement flooding.

Paul Grimes, of Kenosee, has always enjoyed golfing. This love of the game has recently led him to Ontario where he will be taking part in the Canadian Men's Senior Amateur Championship after placing second at provincials.

Southeast Saskatchewan is an area which boasts a large number of vehicle enthusiasts.

One of my children's funniest stories is about the time they tried to fool me with a reverse knock, knock joke. They got me to start the joke. "Knock, Knock!" "Who's there?" (I'm thinking fast) "Double '0'." They're not responding, just laughing.

With the current playground in Kisbey located along a major truck route and having been affected by severe flooding in the spring of 2011 as well as plow winds pushing through that autumn, most of the structures were destroyed.

DECHAINE: Ross James CD, 60 of Grand Lake, NS passed away peacefully July 30, 2013 at the QE II Centennial Building with my family at my side.

Local businesses are the building blocks of a community. As towns grow and thrive, new needs continually present themselves.

Between Aug. 9 and 15 there were a total of 25 calls that the Carlyle Detachment of the RCMP received. 911 call A false 911 call was received by a youth. The child's parent was spoken to about the use of 911 as it is an emergency number.