Carlyle Observer

I hope everyone had a heart-warming holiday season. 40 Development Assets - Search institute has identified the following building blocks of healthy development that help young people grow up healthy, caring, and responsible.

It is already the second week of January. Time goes by really fast. When I met my friends and relatives in Brampton, Ontario, during Christmas break, I shook their hands. Of course sometimes I hug them too.

Ah, the power of the penny. Since in Canada the production and distribution of the common penny is coming to an end, I've been doing a lot of thinking about how this will affect individuals and businesses.

Getting back into the swing of things after Christmas I found myself stretching for something to write about. Writing once a topic is found isn't as difficult as trying to come up with something like a column demands.

Town Council met on Jan. 2 where a number of issues were discussed. The meeting opened with a Diamond Jubilee Medal presentation to George Anderson for the great amount of volunteer hours he puts into the community each year.

Why can't atheists solve exponential equations? Because they don't believe in higher powers. How do you describe a schizophrenic Zen Buddhist? A man who is at two with the universe.

In the July 13, 2012, edition of The Observer there was a story on Ingrid Eder-Carrizo. She had come to Canada on May 1, with the intention of cycling across the country.

Owen Garratt an artist, whose work can be found at www.pencilneck.com, now lives in Edmonton; but, is originally from Wawota. Last year he was chosen to be on the second season of Canada's Greatest Know-it-all.

Almost guaranteed to happen in 2013: January - Donald Fehr and Gary Bettman meet on Jan. 20 for a rock-paper-scissors game to determine the most despised hockey personality.

They call them "Millennials". The new generation of freshly graduated students entering the workforce. First, I must say that not all fit into the general description of the "Millennials".