Archive : May 2012

A tribute for Mother’s Day

  As mother’s day approaches, I stumbled upon the following, which I thought was very appropriate.  I don’t know who wrote it, but they were certainly on the right track. A Mother’s Day

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The alluring song of the siren

  Surprisingly, I recently found a letter from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, in my mail. Kyle Sobienko wrote, “When I visited Germany I took a boat trip down the Rhine, saw the Lorelei stone and statue, and heard the legend. I&...

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Arriving in Canada unable to speak English

  My Ukrainian-born grandmother, Mary, who died at age 95, still had difficulty speaking English, even after living in Winnipeg for decades. In her later years, she could understand what I was saying to her whenever I came to ...

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QR codes installed at hall of fame site

  Citizens Hall of Fame Chair Rick Preston has announced that individualized QR (quick response) codes have been installed on each pedestal of the inductees in Assiniboine Park.  There is also a bronze QR cod...

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Happenings on the May calendar

  Well, let’s see. May is the month when you find out that the guy with seniority picked the two vacation weeks you wanted. It’s when you hear the question, “How can a lawnmower that’s been allowed to r...

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Not playing with a full deck

  Everyone’s heard, “He’s not playing with a full deck,” and everyone knows it means that “he” is extremely ignorant — if not ignorant, then certainly clueless. It’s...

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