Opinion

Marna's Musings

It has been well over 25 years since Monty Python put out their last piece of original material.

Real estate in Weyburn, and throughout Saskatchewan, has been crazy in the last few years, so when the agency responsible for assessing property values embarks on a revaluation year, people should be prepared for a lot of changes.

The Editor: City council's decision to increase the utility rate by 10 per cent brings the increases when compounded to approximately 54 per cent over the last five years. If it's not back door taxation then at the very least it's unreasonable.

Don't misunderstand me now, I love this province and will defend its integrity and capabilities and all those motherhood platitudes.

Just when you thought the Estevan Bruins were riding the wave of momentum into the playoffs, they lost maybe their two biggest games of the year on the weekend. They were if you care about home-ice advantage, anyway.

Toronto Blue Jays definitely won the winter, but winning the spring, summer and fall will be a little tougher.

It was sad to see the final process of the end of the penny this past Monday.

If you have any pennies in your dryer, car console, under couch cushions or overflowing in a jar above your fridge, it's finally time to cash in those extra cents and subsequently forget that we ever had those little copper coins.

Marna's Musings