That's Life

The first day of school is Tuesday, September 6, 2022. It’s hard to believe that the summer months have passed us by and not without recording one of the hottest months of August ever. I realize it’s been hot before but I don’t recall it being so hot for so long.

When I was a kid my Grandparents lived in Drumheller. I recall attending my grandmother’s funeral in 1962. It was so hot my sister’s lipstick melted in its tube. When you’re eight years old, that&rsqu

Last week I mentioned the annual Tools For School Program and the great need to help less fortunate families with providing school supplies for their children.

If you are making a donation you can drop off cash or cheques at all of the municipal offices in Kneehill County.

There are donation boxes or cans at Carbon Grocery, Balkwill Pharmacy, in Trochu and IDA Pharmacy in Three HIlls or call Kneehill Regional FCSS at 403-443-3800 for more information. For a tax deductible receipt for donations o

Since the first day of summer holidays we’ve been bombarded with Back to School advertising on television.

Hopefully there are still a few of you out there who have yet to purchase your children’s school supplies.

It’s not a big deal to many of you to lay out whatever it takes to get your kids back to school but to others it’s a very stressful time trying to scrape up enough money to house, feed, dress and provide all of the tools listed as “must have” when th

I used to be a sun seeker but it seems that those days are behind me now. The heat of this summer of 2022 would have been welcomed during our Buffalo Lake days, but now my wife and I seek shade and a cool, gentle breeze.

It used to be interesting to watch Rochon Sands Provincial Park empty and fill every two weeks through the summer months. I used to feel sorry for the tenters who managed to pick the rainy, cold weeks to enjoy the great outdoors.

We traveled to Drumheller last week and actually