Opinion

All indications are that we will be heading to a spring provincial election. I assume all parties are gearing up for it! Space has been rented, printing booked and election advertising underway.

Three cheers for a short week thanks to a holiday Monday where most of us were given the day off to spend time with family.

If you’re a basketball fan (and even if you’re not) plan to be at the Oilfields gym at 7 p.m. on Feb. 25 to welcome the Harlem Crowns as they take on the boys and girls basketball teams. It promises to be an evening of entertainment.

If love were a garden, how would it look? Would it be blooming with heavy-scented and many-coloured flowers, all the better to beckon the butterflies and bees? Would it have berry bushes, stubby, green-leaved, and bird-filled because they were so hea

There will be no floor curling on Family Day, Feb. 16, but I’m sure some of us will show up for euchre in the afternoon. The garden club meeting is on Feb. 12 at 1:30 p.m.

I’m a life-long Edmonton Oilers fan, but I’m going to have to wear a Calgary Flames jersey pretty soon. No, I’m not changing allegiances. I’m conceding defeat in a bet with Okotoks mayor Bill Robertson.

The newest eResource from Marigold is SOLARO, an on-line study help and exam preparation program for Grades 3-12. It is based on the Alberta curriculum and will be helpful for all students, particularly for those who are home-schooled.

One thing we know for sure is we can’t live a great life without a healthy heart! Some of our communities will have canvassers out during the month collecting for the Heart fund.

Our annual general meeting was fairly well attended. We have three new members on the executive, Treasurer Steve Dookie and two new directors, Irene Smith and Sylvia Binkley.

I am somewhat confused with what is happening to our Highwood Progressive Conservative Association (HPCA) nomination date and plans.