Carlyle Observer

Year in review: A selection of the best quips from the first half of 2013. Greg Cote of the Miami Herald: "A high-school girls' basketball team, Bloomington South of Indiana, won a game, 107-2. Yes, one-hundred and seven to two.

Heading into yet another year I'm still faced with the same dilemma: what do I give Him? Christmas is over but the question lingers. I was awed by the offerings of Magi; the opulence and timeliness of their gifts is beyond my ability to give.

In 1979 Garth Bird graduated from Gordon F. Kells High in Carlyle and soon after left the town where he was born and raised. He describes his departure as going to conquer the world.

The other day I was "Googling" something and ended up coming across a webpage for the Southeast Saskatchewan Reading Council. It was a chance encounter, but one I'm glad I found.

Winter is our longest season and in response people across the province are always ready to have fun outdoors in the snow. They are resilient and willing to go tobogganing, make snow forts, and zip across the land on their snowmobiles.

A new year usually comes with a variety of resolutions, most often in the form of a promise to oneself to alter a bad habit or a determination to become healthier. From quitting smoking to losing weight, New Year's resolutions are plentiful.

The older I grow, the more the holiday season seems but a pale rendition, or what was once a time of complete wonderment and awe for a boy growing up on the farm. It was a different time of course.

The last day of classes before the winter break is Friday, Dec. 20, 2013. The first day of classes in 2014 is Monday, Jan. 6. The staff and students of GFK wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season! The SLT has done a great job decking the halls.

In spite of budgetary constraints and all conventional wisdom, a local resident known only as Mary recently spent her entire budget on just one gift. Not only that, she ended up dumping it.

In this day and age it's not common place for a single individual to make themselves remembered in history.