Carlyle Observer

Do you know those people that approach you in big cities asking you to donate money to a cause or to sponsor a child? Have you ever stopped to talk to them and actually listened to what they have to say? Usually people simply walk by, if you don't ma

It may not yet be evident, based on the number of new trucks on your main streets or the new houses still being built.

After much consideration I fell that I must resign from a couple of public positions I've had on and off over a number of years. First off, as correspondent for Manor news, our community needs a representative to write the news.

The Saskatchewan New Democrats held a leadership forum in Yorkton last week.

Recently the Moose Mountain Lions Club have worked towards gathering a number of cross-country skis and snowshoes in order to rent to the public for a small fee.

The Novice Carlyle Cougars had a very successful weekend of hockey. The practices are really paying off and the team has really come together to provide the parents and fans with some extremely entertaining games.

A couple of weeks ago, Peter Mansbridge, the anchor of CBC National TV News, had an one to one interview with Chris Hadfield who has been on the space shuttle. It was very excited to watch the program.

On Feb. 16 at the Happy Nun in Forget, Juno Award winning artist Cara Luft will be performing. Luft is known for her work in the band The Wailin' Jennys, but has been a solo artist for a number of years.

A little girl is sitting on her grandpa's lap, studying his face. She gets up the nerve to rub her fingers over the wrinkles. Then she touches her own face and looks more puzzled.

I've begun reaming out my office. It's not that there's a lot of trash and I do keep the wastebasket emptied on a regular basis, it's just I find it hard to part with the somewhere around fifteen hundred articles I've had published.