Opinion

Soak up February…well that’s not something I’ve ever thought to say. But in all reality, every month we get to see is a blessing, even if it’s at the tail end of a long cold winter that has had far too many days below -40 C.

When I moved to Estevan back in 2000, there were three buildings I became acquainted with in a hurry: my residence of the day on Westview Place, the former Lifestyles building on Kensington Avenue and the Civic Auditorium.

There is an opportunity for someone to step forward and take part in the process of being a school board trustee for the city of Weyburn on the Southeast Cornerstone Public School Division, and as of Monday, nobody has yet decided to step forward to

With the World Juniors having just wrapped up – Go Canada Go – it got me wondering why the NHL seems to pick up players straight out of high school, whereas almost any other sport there’s a huge college following.

I set up No. 1 daughter Katrina with her own computer, including Lightroom 4 and Photoshop Elements 13. The first thing she did was Photoshop my head onto Peter Griffin's body. That’s Peter Griffin, the Family Guy, heh heh.

Rest in peace, Mike Sarada. And thanks for all you did. At the far-too-young age of 44, Sarada died last week unexpectedly on the side of the highway just north of the city.

The City of Estevan undertook an extensive survey of the public in 2015, asking citizens their thoughts on a variety of topics to find out priorities and learn their satisfaction levels.

I like those “Spot the Difference” puzzles where you are shown two almost identical pictures and then must figure out what changed from one to the other.

Over the past three decades I’ve made it my habit to read through Psalms and Proverbs once a month; for Psalms, that includes five per day and for Proverbs, one chapter a day.

Cheers: Cheers to the people who came together in 2017 and provided the community with a large variety of charity events and fundraisers that genuinely helped out those in need. Cheers to the local businesses that sponsor kids’ sports teams.