Carlyle Observer

You could see the smoke as soon as you came over the hill, just outside of White Bear. It was billowing from somewhere in Carlyle, black and menacing. It did not look good, and it would be easy to find the source.

By Kim McKimmie and Tammy Bhimji All eyes were on The Dance Zone School of Dancing, students of this Carlyle Studio, when they won 8 first place trophies and 2 2nd place honorable mentions for their jazz, tap,ballet, and lyrical numbers at the Minnea

The Observer added a new face to our team this week with the arrival of our Summer Times reporter, Jennifer Chernishenko.

Our dog, Roxy, is getting outfoxed. This is not unusual, in and of itself. Roxy gets outsmarted a lot. Sometimes it's humans, sometimes cats, occasionally inanimate objects. Pretty much anything is smarter than Roxy.

Bear Claw Casino held a Diabetes Awareness Event on Thu, May 12. Employees of the Casino were provided with information and resources on diabetes, as well as the opportunity to have preliminary screening performed.

Keith and Sandra Dyer are proud of their daughter Dawn.

Consciously or otherwise, we train our children to be citizens of the coming decades. If we have a particular goal in mind, however, then that training becomes a conscious and vital part of our personal living and of our parental emphasis.

I love to travel! It is one of my favourite things to do by-far hands-down no-questions-asked. I am always up for a trip to a new place or to see a sight that I have never seen before.

The Arcola School Senior Drama students performed in the play The Fourth Wall Wednesday, May 11 at the Mac Murray Theatre in Arcola. The Fourth Wall was a comedy written by Rebekah M. Ball, about a play within a play.

In a homily on forgiveness Father Brendan McGuire cites an example from the Rwanda genocide, where hundreds of thousands of people were slaughtered by tribesmen of their own nation.