Opinion

It may seem as though the worst is behind us, Okotoks, your support is still needed. Most people have been allowed back into their homes in High River, but the picture looks more bleak then ever.

With the flood disaster still ongoing mostly in High River it has put a lot of extra people on the streets of Okotoks. Residents of High River continue to pick up their mail in Okotoks and often you will see long lineups stretching down the street.

As many of you know I lived in High River for more than 10 years before moving to Okotoks and my wife was raised in that community. The devastating flood has been difficult on our friends and family as it has many of yours.

Hopefully, as you read this, at least one of our bridges will be open. I am missing my friends in downtown Turner Valley.

Are polls manipulated? Who orders and conducts these polls? What do we learn from polls? It is amazing the number of polls which are conducted by polling companies, who, I would suspect, make millions of dollars questioning citizens on everything fro

Our spring-cleaning morning went very well, we had nine willing workers. Thanks to Gord McLachlan for cleaning the outside of the windows on Tuesday. Philip followed up on the inside and they look great.

There was plenty of opportunity to wear yourself out this past weekend with so much activity going on. From the breakfast downtown on Saturday morning to the final pitch on Sunday afternoon it was non stop fun.

What an incredible event, but now I am scared. Several weeks ago I made a ludicrous pledge — if my team raised $5,000 for the 24-hour soccer-thon I would wax my back.

Quiet of spring welcome I love spring. May and June bring back great memories of having finished university for the year, packing up my little yellow Hyundai and driving to the mountains where I would waitress for four months.

Father’s Day is, of course, always a special day for dad. This year can be even more special if you take dad to the Okotoks Dawgs game on Sunday.