Opinion

Dear Editor, It is now 12 years since the murderous attack on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon shook the people of the world.

It has been said you can never fully understand someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes. That’s where Sept.

Wanted: a Mayor for Barrhead. Qualities: Applicants must possess leadership skills, be very motivated and energetic, have high ethical standards, boast good written and oral communication skills and be excellent at customer service.

Dear Editor, Kudos to the young gentleman who paid for my groceries when I went shopping at the Co-op on Friday, August 2. As we waited in line, my groceries were on the counter while this man’s arms were full. Naturally, I let him go ahead of me.

Dear Editor, I write this letter to say thanks to the people of Barrhead/Westlock/Clyde for the super way in which they organized and ran the 55+ Alberta Summer Games. I write also because I have seen the two sides of organization.

Albertans love to travel, especially if it means we get to stay home. Among the water cooler conversation fodder recently released by the province’s Office of Statistics and Information, it turns out Albertans like staycations. We took 19.

The next general election is going to mark a bold, new experiment in Alberta politics with the transition to four-year terms for all municipal councilors and school division trustees.

Whether or not the three municipalities of the Town of Westlock, Westlock County and the Village of Clyde amalgamate into one single entity will ultimately be up to their respective councils and voters.

The Athabasca region lost one of its most fervent advocates with the sudden passing last week of Aspen View school trustee and former Athabasca County councillor Edgar Koehler.

Small towns take pride in supporting their local businesses. The independent shops are often run by family, friends, or neighbours.