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When I was a boy in the 1960's and 70's summer in Wolseley centered around the Beach. For youngsters, it was THE place to be. Little ones spent hours leaping form the pier. Older kids hurled themselves from the diving board. And accomplished swimmers could make it to the hospital shore and back. Sadly, the Beach no longer rings with the laughter of children. The pier and the diving board are gone, as is the change house. Like some other folks in Wolseley I believe it is time to Bring Back the Beach!So come to the Celebration on August 4,5,6th, enjoy yourself and play a part in rejuvenating the Beach.
Saturday evening, around 9:00pm, I heard my son Thomas in the yard excitedly hollering "Dad, Dad, you've got to get out here and see what I've got" So I headed across the house and out onto the front veranda where Thomas had in his strong 10 year old hands firmly holding a Painted Turtle. I asked Thomas where he found the creature and he said "I was riding past the Nursing Home and I saw something in the grass...and this is it!" Quickly, we found a plastic tub, put some water and grass in and decided to house the turtle overnight.
The next day the turtle became the focus of neighborhood kids and the Gagne cousins down for a visit on Father's Day. The whole experience was even heightened for the kids as the turtle laid an egg in the night. We set her free in the creek running through our yard that evening. 
Time does fly. This year will be 25 years since the class of 1981 graduated from the Wolseley High School. And after some correspondence initiated by this blog Sherry Polk (Manners), I began discussing the need to have a class of 1981 REUNION!
Our goal is to have it coincide with the Wolseley August long weekend celebrations.
So if any readers have contact details for people from our class, or some who left, moved etc., but were part of that year please forward to me at: wolseleytowncountry@hotmail.com
Some of the littlest but most exuberant fans at the track meet were, my daughter Audrey (on the left) and her friend and classmate, McKenna Bieber. These two girls cheered on their big siblings and played with gusto in the school playground. It has also been reported that they collected quite a few cans, which they redeemed for twizzlers, gummi bears and other sugary delights.McKenna and Audrey are fixtures at many Wolseley events and they ALWAYS have big smiles to share with everyone.
Another day, another track meet. Many Dr. Isman students participated in the North Valley School District Track and Field meet on Friday. Our school school hosted the event, with students from Grenfell, Montmarte, Glenavon, Balcarres, Lemberg and Neudorf also running, jumping and throwing.The teachers and volunteers did a great job of herding thekids to their events on time. The canteen workers did a brisk business and several parents reported sore throats from cheering on the little athletes.
Last week while driving to Kipling I took the road south from Oakshella. After a couple of miles I turned left off the main road and headed down another that meanders eastward through the Pipestone Valley. It was beautiful! The valley is lush and green, there are some great places to stop and look out over the valley. The many turns in the road make this route so different from a typical a drive in southern Saskathewan. While we Wolseleyites are generally partial to the Qu'Appelle Valley, this road through the Pipestone is a real gem.
