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Write on!
Sarah Ball (left) of Saskatoon provides ‘backup’ for Alexis Kolodziejski, also of Saskatoon, who writes a note during the annual Vesna Ukrainian event in 2011.
January 2014
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No regrets looking back on storied life
By John Seirstad – Nanaimo, B.C. It is now 90 years since the day of my birth out in the hills north of Secretan, Saskatchewan. I am happy to say [continue…]
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‘Idle’ chit-chat
Tom Rice, Marion Mainville, and June Ruff, all of Lloydminster, enjoy chatting by this antique tractor during the annual exhibition in their city.
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Dances often went until early morning
By Stan Peterson – Cabri, Sask. We used to have good dances at Venlo School. Venlo is near to the town of Abbey in southwestern Saskatchewan. I can remember these [continue…]
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Mr. Cooper was a great teacher
By Joyce (Morice) Falcon – Calgary, Alta. Our school was nine miles south of Biggar, Sask. Take No. 4 highway then turn one mile west to Triumph School. My first three years were a [continue…]
Letters from Readers
$50 was welcome!
Hi Everyone: I’ve often heard the term easy money, but never really ever received any before. That changed a few days ago when I received a letter from The Senior [continue…]
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Pretty Patchwork
Hand-quilting one afternoon at the Western Development Museum in North Battleford were (left) Joyce Ruda of North Battleford and Betty Keller of neighbouring town, Battleford.
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Combine rides
By Yvonne (Craeyveldt) De Bruyne – Radville, Sask. Marshall and I got married in 1942. We started faming in 1945 and had a pull-type combine pulled by a tractor. I [continue…]
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Train got stuck in snowbank
By John Rehm – Maple Creek, Sask. I remember the winter of 1946-47 had a lot of snow. The train was stuck in a bank of snow several miles east [continue…]
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Cradled loaded shotgun in haunted house
By Gene Chura – Moose Jaw, Sask. The longest, most frightening and the most lonesome four days and four nights of my life happened in August 1938 and I still [continue…]
How Poetic
Our Grandson
By Hazel (Wellbrock) Lamb – Swift Current, Sask. As I sit and wonder what I should write about Memories come flooding back Some good ones, there’s no doubt From the time [continue…]
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Lunch Today?
By Kay Bowen – Elk Point, Alta. In this world there are people On whom you can depend. But there is one and only one Who is your forever friend. [continue…]
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Old Age
By Ken Hoff – Moosehorn, Man. It seemed that life would never end, ‘Til I reached three score years and ten. I couldn’t make it pass me by, So I [continue…]
How Poetic
Japan In Crisis
By Lawrence Zelionka – Redvers, Sask. Japan has very nearly been destroyed, By an event they could not avoid. A disastrous nine point two earthquake, That caused the entire country [continue…]
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God’s Beauty
By Rose Purcha – Ituna, Sask. Spring is when beauty appears Crocus buds on the trees make you want to cheer Pussy willows are pretty without a label Bringing God’s [continue…]
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Winter
By Amy (Western) Brusky – Golden Prairie, Sask. There’s a bite in the cooling breeze tonight, And a haze in the northern sky; Clouds drift up in the day’s last [continue…]
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Fed WWII soldiers home on leave
By Margaret Albers – Weyburn, Sask. As I get older, my thoughts go back to the first years of our married life in the Garville School District. We spent the first [continue…]
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Cows wandered while the kids swam
By Dorothy Nichol-Hack – Oliver, B.C. Each Senior Paper I read from cover to cover and I marvel at the wonderful memories it always brings back to me. Today I [continue…]
Recipes
Leftover Oatmeal Porridge Muffins
1 cup flour 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup leftover porridge 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil 2 eggs 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp baking powder 1⁄2 tsp salt 1 cup [continue…]
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Veggie Bean Casserole
2 carrots, diced 2 celery ribs, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 1 green pepper, chopped 2 tbsp canola oil 3 garlic cloves, minced 2 tbsp chili powder 1⁄2 tsp ground [continue…]