Opinion

One of our Calgary coffee companions was the victim of terrorist violence the other day.

There are two types of people in the world – those who like surveys and those who don’t. The Town of Cochrane is currently conducting a survey, and has hired research company Ipsos Reid to gather the information for them.

What rekindles your inner flame? The last roses of summer kissed by first snow? A bike ride with your dog? Romance? These and more have captured the imaginations of three Cochrane-area authors.

I hope everyone had a great summer and got out and enjoyed the many beautiful days we have had. It was once again a summer filled with fantastic community events.

This column has been covering an abundance of Cochrane and area history, but let’s change things up a little bit…let’s talk about ‘how the West is now.’ After all, we are creating history for future generations.

Alberta’s new premier will be Jim Prentice, who won 77 per cent of Saturday’s vote. Mind you, 77 per cent may sound like a lot, but when you consider there were only a total of 23,386 votes, the shine on the victory begins to fade.

Summer may not technically be over quite yet, but once the Labour Day weekend passes people’s lives tend to get back to ‘normal.

Florence Storch started throwing the javelin 16 years ago and has won a number of provincial and national titles in the sport. That’s pretty impressive.

“Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places, where other people see nothing,” said the 19th century Danish-French Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro. That quote was brought to my attention by Calgary reader Robin Roome.

A couple of late-entry mutts have signed up for the 13th annual Mutt Strut for the Cochrane and Area Humane Society (CAHS), which takes place Sept. 6. Those mutts would be one Cochrane Eagle reporter and one Pembroke Welsh Corgi.