Carlyle Observer

The annual Pow Wow was held at Bear Claw Casino from August 5 to 7, and it was a fantastic feast for the senses.

Climate change is one of those topics which has seemed to cool, at least in terms of grabbing media headlines. Such is the nature of this business.

Teams from around the area competed in the Carlyle 1st Basketball Tournament held on July 30 and 31 at Carlyle Elementary School.

Brett Lawrie is the 'can't-miss' kid.' Drafted higher than any Canadian in baseball history, the 21-year-old Lawrie has been on avid fans' radar for the past three years, when he went 16th overall in the 2008 draft to the Milwaukee Brewers.

"Absolutely awesome" was the first thing Wendy Currie said about the Summer National Senior Games in Houston, Texas. She participated as a golfer in the female 55-59 category and won gold.

Seventy calls kept members of the Carlyle RCMP detachment busy last week. -A report was given of two youths missing from a Kenosee campground. Members had begun patrolling the area, when a second call advised the safe return of the young people.

If you are in a large family, the first thing you need is a sense of humour. Comedian Jim Graffigan says parents get burned out in big families, even naming of children.

Perhaps the greatest influence on farm commodity prices over the past quarter of a century has not been hungry people, or the impact of Mother Nature, but has been the meddling in the market of world governments.

For the past eight years, motorcyclists have been raising money for the Breast Cancer Screening program. The annual ride, based out of Regina, has participants from throughout Saskatchewan partake in the event.

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