Carlyle Observer

Occasionally I get a good laugh from a news item. I don't mean those cynical snickers or unenthusiastic guffaws resulting from a clever cartoon. I mean a really funny bit of news that doesn't demean anyone else.

Here's the baseball question of the day: Who is the more obscure pitcher to throw a perfect game: Dallas Braden or Phil Humber? Discuss among yourselves.

When I related the massive four day dump of raw sewage from the Carlyle sewage lagoons into the "poor little creek" and down into the Alameda Resevoir in a previous letter to the editor in the Friday, March 23 edition of the Carlyle Observer, I state

The Senior Badminton team had a great season with one team making it past sub-districts in Stoughton, to districts in Oxbow. This was the Girls' Doubles Team consisting of Vanessa Bendtsen and Renae Fafard.

Trade shows are what keep a large number of independent companies in business, and aid to broaden brand awareness.

Farmers are going to face an unsettled fall in terms of marketing their grain.

After a very long and boring sermon the parishioners filed out of the church saying nothing to the preacher. Towards the end of the line was a thoughtful person who always commented on the sermons.

This week I had the privilege of giving a workshop to a group representing businesses and non-profit organizations.

The Kisbey Volunteer Fire Department had an opportunity to use a building in the southwest of town for practice. Brody Singleton owner of the lot, who wanted the building demolished, offered it to the Volunteer Fire Department.

Monday April 16, 2012, marked the second day of karate instruction in Kisbey. A weekly event now held on Mondays at the Kisbey Recreational Centre from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thirty-three people signed up to partake with great interest.