WHITE FOX, Sask. – The road stops eight kilometres after the Watson farm, the asphalt buried under water 40 years ago when a Saskatchewan dam enlarged a lake. “We’re at the end of world,” jokes Heather Watson from her farm on the forest’s edge in the province’s northeast. Her husband Les bought the farm 25 […] Read more
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Mixed farm softens family’s risks
Enforcement of spouse and child maintenance – The Law
Q: My daughter is in the midst of a divorce. The court has ordered her husband to pay support for her and the children. She was told by the court to file the support order with the maintenance enforcement branch. This she did on Nov. 1. A month later she hired a lawyer, who asked […] Read more
Poise, control acquired by public speaking
Sweaty palms and quaking voices aside, most 4-H members appreciate the public speaking experience. “The kids say ‘I hate this the most’ but they know it’s the best for them,” said Kathy Hougham, with the Alberta 4-H program. “Most kids recognize the value of it, especially after they’ve left.” The competition starts in each club […] Read more
Schools alive with community spirit
The students in the Big River, Sask., high school didn’t like the idea of their parents coming to school with them. But seven months into the community school concept, most appreciate it, said Gerry Guillet, director of education for the Parkland School Division. He was explaining to a conference of school trustees, teachers and principals […] Read more
Rural life may be attractive
Everybody laughed at Linda Owens’ comment on how to keep teachers in rural schools. It started seriously. The Thunder Creek School Division trustee said school boards should pick out young people in schools and offer to pay their teacher training at university if they promise to return and work in rural schools. Then Owens drew […] Read more
Friendship grows from the stroke of a pen
When Gloria Allison was a six-year-old Saskatchewan farm girl, she advertised for a penpal. The mailbox was crammed with 50 letters in the weeks after her older sister persuaded her to put their address in The Western Producer. Gloria continued a letter exchange with some of the young writers through their teen years, but she […] Read more
Easter cakes; wild rice – TEAM Resources
When this article comes to print, Easter will be rapidly upon us. This reminds me of the traditional Easter Bunny Cake we used to have such fun making when our kids were small. Using two round 8 x 9 inch (20 x 22 centimetre) layer cakes, we would carve a semi-circle for a bunny ear […] Read more
Giving up sleeping pills not easy – Health Clinic
Q: I am 58 years old and female. A few years ago, the doctor put me on the sleeping pill, Imovane, and this helps me sleep quite well. The problem is that every time I try to go off it, I cannot sleep, so that eventually I have to start taking the medication again. Do […] Read more
A bar where everybody knows your mother’s name
MEATH PARK, Sask. – Michele Sachowski’s husband knows she is in the bar every night, but he’s not worried. She owns the place. Sachowski runs Humphrey’s Tavern in the northeastern Saskatchewan village of Meath Park. She opened her bar on Friday, Feb. 13, 1998, and figures her luck was running that day since she is […] Read more
Day-care centre shares success
It is no longer just toddlers who are helped by the Lakeview Children’s Centre in western Manitoba. Teens, parents and other day-care centres are also benefitting from the programs of the 12-year-old centre in Langruth, Man. Centre co-ordinator Jane Wilson said it is trying out new child-care programs in six other farming communities in which […] Read more
