Opinion

This week we will be talking about the western side of the playoffs. We will start in the Minnesota Wild and Chicago Blackhawks series. Chicago advanced in this winning 4-1, really no contest.

Springtime and harvest’s eye-catching golden glory sparked my imagination recently when I visited two of my favourite places around town and an intriguing visual serendipity begged to be celebrated.

Session four in the very successful Voice of the Pioneer series looks at early railroading. On May 27 in the Seniors on the Bow (SOTB) auditorium featured speakers are Dennis Apedaile CNR A.V.P. (retired) and Doug Campbell CPR A.V.P. (retired).

We are born into this world with no set expiration date. No one knows how long each visit will last which is probably a good thing.

Not much has changed here in Morley. The newly-elected council for Bearspaw band is up for re-election here in August and next year sees Chiniki band head off to the polls, which leaves Wesley band election in 2015.

The Cochrane Rotary Youth Talent Festival was simply amazing. The talent these kids have is so impressive, and they’re just kids. Soren Lorentzen is a 10-year-old violin player with incredible talent.

As Cochrane’s history evolved, there was a first time for everything. Satellite Printing Ltd. on 2nd Avenue East has the unique distinction of being the first printing company in Cochrane.

One down and nine to go. At 6:03 p.m. May 2, Aaron McConnell from TransRockies Events Inc. blew the whistle and a group of “Chasers” headed west, from the East Village Plaza in Calgary, along a path by the Bow River.

In my last column, I identified the first two criteria for a good trail horse (load willingly, go where you point him) and here are the rest of the criteria (as identified in an article written by Dee McVicker and published in EQUUS: 3.

Over the years that I’ve been writing these columns, one Cochrane reader responded often with praise for beautiful words, dragonflies, and lives lifted upward.