Article appeared in the Jan. 5, 2012 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Riverton & District Friendship Centre receives unexpected blow by Teresa Carey A grant of $84,500 through the federal Department of Canadian Heritage has fallen through for the Riverton & District Friendship Centre, a fixture in Riverton for 30… Continue reading
This article appeared in the Interlake Spectator, Dec. 2006. There were no Christmas lights shining on these prairies until 1953 when the people here finally got hydro, so nothing could obscure the light of the first star in the night sky on Christmas Eve. The tradition was to drop all… Continue reading
(An Earth Moving Insight) While in the bathtub I had a major revelation: I was why my parents didn’t divorce sooner. I was the buffer between them, and all their conflicts got focussed in me. Within a year of my moving out, they seperated. I hadn’t realized how I had… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Jul. 28, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… The three-day long Arborg Fair and Rodeo opened to cool weather on Jul 22, forcing many people into sweaters and jackets. For the horses, cattle and dogs, however, it was the perfect weekend for a rodeo. Whether milling… Continue reading
Before I forget it entirely, I had a dream Sunday night which was really awful. My mother. I woke up at the Crisis Stabilization Unit, feeling more like a patient there, to discover that I had been dead. After some inquiry, I found out that I had been dead for… Continue reading
I had a dream last night about being with a woman, and it soothed me. In another dream I was being followed by two friendly cats. One reminded me much of Alberta. I wonder how she is. I called Erika the night before last because of two dreams I had… Continue reading
Dreamed I was at work at the Norwood. It was closing time and I was cleaning out the last table in the “hole”. A customer (the one I cut off last week) asked me to bring him a glass. I explained to him that the reason I wouldn’t bring him… Continue reading
Had a disturbing dream the other night about my family… My mother and brother were in it. She had sold her old car engine to a woman even though it didn’t work. The woman seemed happy enough, but I felt that it was a pretty selfish thing to have done.… Continue reading
A very strange dream… I was with a tall Jewish woman who was a lot like Erika. In the dream she was one of Bev’s ex-lovers, and she mentioned something about why I always end up going out with her exes. So, anyway, the tall woman and I wanted to… Continue reading
Dream about wanting to buy a house… The house I found was long, like a train, with lots of little rooms. The house, itself, wasn’t in good shape. It was old, and had old beige wall-to-wall carpeting throughout in some kind of a floral pattern that was more faded in… Continue reading
Weird moving dream… I was considering finding a new apartment and ended up at this old building downtown. My old caretaker from Wolseley puttered around in the hallway, which I found annoying. I found myself way up high on the side of a building on Portage and Smith. I was… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 22, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Aaaah, Christmas! Snowy rooftops, beautiful lights, all our presents wrapped and ready. For many, Christmas is a time when our cares are set aside, and friends and family gather to live out years of tradition. Children play and… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 15, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… The recipe for a long and happy life appears to be to keep busy and give from the heart, if one takes a lesson from 92-year-old Mike Stonoga, of Zbaraz, a quiet hamlet S.E. of Fisher Branch. Stonoga… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 15, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Healthy Child Manitoba is promoting a new program called the PAX Good Behavior Game (PAX GBG) which began piloting in the Seine School Division in Winnipeg last spring. The program, which has 35 years of research behind it,… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 15, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Principals, Arlene Perry, of Arborg Collegiate Institute, and Thomas Kowalchuk of Riverton Collegiate Institute, are enthusiastic about how well a shared campus is working for many students in both of the Evergreen high schools. The two schools have… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 15, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… The East Interlake Conservation District held its Annual General Meeting at the Fraserwood Hall, on Dec. 5. Fifty people, mainly EICD, council members, and citizen reps from EICD’s catchment area, attended. The EICD membership includes representatives from the… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 15, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Fieldstone Ventures Education & Training Centre Inc. held its 14th Annual General Meeting at the Elks Hall in Ashern on Nov. 29. Among other things, the meeting provided the opportunity to explore how Fieldstone can help the communities… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 8, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Winnipeg is ideally situated to be a major trading point in North America, and the Manitoba government is working on developing this potential, as it works on establishing a north-south trade corridor in order to give Canada a… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 8, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… Arborg kids did not have to be reminded to eat their breakfast on Dec 3 when mounds of pancakes appeared before them at the Arborg Hall during the fifth annual “Breakfast with Santa”. Volunteers from the Arborg Noventis… Continue reading
Article appeared in the Dec. 8, 2011 issue of the Interlake Spectator… When Sally Hull, owner of Hull’s Haven, a Border Collie rescue shelter in Meleb, first saw a picture of Kawii, she felt her heart being wrenched from her chest. “I freaked when I saw her. The ones that… Continue reading