That's Life

Time flies when you’re having fun and I can honestly say we’ve had our share of fun at The Capital in the 46 years that we‘ve been a part of it all.

For the past few months, we’ve been moving out of our 411 Main St. location. The day has finally arrived that everything we managed to collect has found new homes. Oh sure, we managed to keep the most important items but, let’s face it, I’m a hoarder. I kept news clippings, papers of interest, event posters, ticke

National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week is April 23 to 29, 2023. Most people don’t think about donating a kidney or tissue. But in our family, organ donation is talked about a lot. I had a kidney transplant on June 23, 2021.

Our oldest son underwent surgery on March 17, 2022, and had both his kidneys removed. Our youngest son will someday be going through the same thing, as he also inherited (Polycystic Kidneys) a Chronic Kidney disease. We have been taking Jay to dialysis, three

Many of you support any number of community events. Every community within Kneehill County has created annual events that folks in and around their particular community look forward to each year.

I smiled from ear to ear when we received word that the 44th Annual Three Hills Curling Club Cash Dance had sold out! Yes, folks, 500 tickets have been sold and some lucky ticket holder will win $15,000. There will be lots more folks taking home prizes as the tickets get drawn and the names called out.

Tuesday, April 11, 2023, was National Pet Day. Mind you, every day is Pet Day in our house and has been since I was six years old.

I’m a ‘cat guy’. We have a beautiful Norwegian Forest Cat that we call Julie. She is my shadow and is on the chair next to me, as I put these thoughts on paper. Her mother, two brothers and Julie arrived outside our patio doors in 2010. My wife was in tears when she called me to see the three kittens rolling playfully as their mom looked up at my wi