Carlyle Observer

Lake Front Treasures is a pottery salon, owned and operated by Amanda Meyers. Amanda is from the south of Carlyle where her parents farmed. She attended school in Alameda and completed high school in Oxbow.

The Novice Cougars (Chris) took their act on the road the weekend of Jan. 11 and 12 and cruised down the 48 Highway to play the two respective Wawota teams.

Just like a caterpillar emerges from its cocoon as a butterfly, so has this wonderful little team. Since the start of the season in November, this small group of 9 along with their coaches came together to learn a new format of novice hockey.

When I squeeze you, you make noise

Holy innocents, beatitudes and weeping for justice

A quote, posted above my computer, and an article I recently read, prompted these thoughts.

• We are starting out the year with several 911 misdials, false alarms, child welfare and mental health calls. As much as things change they stay the same.

How do you spell 2020? Well, for the Carlyle Novice Cougars (Chris) it starts with a W. On Jan. 4 the Cougars opened the regular season with a 16-13 win over Kipling.

The Cougars ended 2019 with a record of 6-7-0, giving them 12 points and in 5th place in the standings. The Cougars had three games before the Christmas break and they started in Kipling on the Dec. 20.

Sera-Lys McArthur is a member of the Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation in southeast Saskatchewan. She grew up in Regina, attending Leboldus High School and then graduating from Campbell High School, spending her senior year there.