Carlyle Observer

Happy 99th birthday to Evelyn Parks on Jan. 1. Evelyn is formerly of Kipling and now resides at Deer View Lodge. (Thanks for the call, Denise). Clinton Brisbois from Winnipeg spent a few days at Christmas with his parents, Joe and Jean.

The winners for the 2020 YouthBiz Commercial Contest have been announced, and a couple of Carievale students have been recognized.

There’s been a switch-a-roo at the Alida Post Office once again. We now have to say good-bye to Jackie Henderson who was been our new and faithful postmistress for the last couple of months in 2020 while Linda Akins was on sick leave.

Band and choral programs will be resuming in the South East Cornerstone Public School Division, starting Feb. 1. The division made the announcement on its Facebook page Friday morning.

When my girls were quite young, they were asked to be flower girls at the wedding of a cousin. The experience clearly left its mark.

Choose Life Ministry, which is based out of southeast Saskatchewan, is among the organizations that will participate in a fundraiser named the Coldest Night of the Year.

The end of the semester is near for many Grade 10-12 classes. End of semester tests are scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday. On Wednesday morning, Grade 10s – regular classes, Grade 11s – math test, Grade 12s – math test.

Maureen Ulrich found success and acclaim more than a decade ago with a trio of fictitious books about a young female hockey player named Jessie Mac. Now the Lampman author has re-released the three books – Power Plays, Face Off and Breakaway.

For most of the remainder of the month, Saskatchewan will remain under the restrictions that don’t permit you to have visitors to your house or allow you to go out to a restaurant or a bar with more than a couple other people.

29,781 VACCINES DELIVERED, 227 NEW CASES, 816 NEW RECOVERIES, 13 NEW DEATHS