Opinion

We had our last duplicate session for 2015 on Saturday and we are all enjoying it very much. We will begin again on Jan. 9. The garden club’s final meeting of the year was in the form of a mini Christmas celebration.

Our annual Christmas party was so nice. Duncan’s food was delicious, the decorating committee had done themselves proud and the weather cooperated so everyone was able to attend.

Premier Rachel Notley of Alberta will be implementing a carbon tax in Alberta in the near future. A carbon tax is a levy paid per unit of carbon dioxide emission. A unit of carbon dioxide emission is one particle of carbon dioxide (CO2).

We wish to thank our community for their very generous support of our annual fundraising campaign, spearheaded by Rick Smith. It is because of you that we can continue to operate and to offer you the programs that we do.

Our duplicate session on Dec. 5 will begin at 1 p.m. as the decorating committee is setting up for the annual Christmas party in the morning. Twenty of our members enjoyed the Windmill Theatre’s presentation of Anything Goes last week.

When I travel stateside people often ask where I am from, and what kind of place it is. My standard response is we are similar to Texas, we are oil, and cattle with a world class mountain range on our west side.

Santa will be visiting the Okotoks Public Library this Saturday, Dec. 5 from 1:30 p.m. to 2:15 p.m. to share some of his favourite holiday stories with the children.

It was a tough sell. “Honey, would you like to go to Edmonton at the end of the November?” My lovely girlfriend is a lot smarter than I. She quickly realized something was up.

Last week, I had the unique opportunity to take the stage during the same concert as my daughter. We both belong to jazz ensembles - I’m a member of the Foothills Music Society jazz band, and she is part of Jazz 8 at St. John Paul II Collegiate.

There have been several tipping points in modern times that have changed our lives forever. Like 9/11 to name the one most front of mind in North America. Or, the recent Paris attacks by ISIS on Friday, Nov. 13.