In the Community

Golfing is my only hobby during the summer time. In winter, I walk along side roads. Fortunately there is a beautiful and well maintained nine hole golf course located near the town of Carlyle.

Do you recall listening to, humming or even singing the line, "it's a small world after all"? If so, you'll probably remember the jaunty spirit-lifting feeling it evokes; after all, there's nothing like the excitement of making new connections in a b

The Wheatland Senior Centre will host Joe and Vic who will play at the Tuesday afternoon dance on June 3 and Gerry Goski will entertain at the Tuesday afternoon dance on June 10.

BILL STERN relates the story of a sandlot baseball game the batter clouts the ball... Two more runs score. The third basemen chatters encouragement to his pitcher. The man calls out, "What's the score?" "It's 18 to nothin'." the little tyke shouts.

This weekend I enjoyed an unexpected two hours of serenity in the little village of Lund. I'd gone on business but when my intended audience failed to materialize I chose to give thanks for an unscheduled time of rest and refreshing.

Someone said that we people are able to survive for forty days without food; four days without water; four minutes without air; but people cannot live just for four seconds without hope.

A Jewish girl staggered through snow and bitter cold to collapse in a corner of a train station. Too weak, she waited for death. She did not know her parents and sister had died in the Holocaust.

Waiter: Tea or coffee, gentlemen? 1st customer: I'll have tea. 2nd customer: Me, too. And be sure the glass is clean. (Waiter exits. Returns) Waiter: Two teas.

As I write, the global community, at least much of it, is celebrating Mother's Day. My mom is gone now but time has no power to erase the memories I have of her. She was everything a kid, or a teen, a new mother or a proud grandmother could want.

A week ago, a ferry sank into the ocean off of South Korea and more than three hundred people died or are still missing. People wished and prayed for a miracle to save some passengers in the ship.