Wolseley needs YOU for more of THIS

Make plans to come to Wolseley on the August long weekend!

A full listing of events will be out soon, but I'm sure the whole weekend will be FUN. There will be a cabaret with music provided by my wife Carla. She will be backed by the Electric Outlaws whose members include a former bandmate from the Red Hot Burritos and another from Against the Grain.

The community is focused on raising money to Bring Back the Wolseley Beach. We want to see more young guys tubing around the Lake and the beach once again buzzing with activity.

MUSEUM gets spiffed up

Joey Theriault is a busy man these days. At 6:00 pm this evening I saw Joey working hard painting the south side of the Wolseley Museum.
I got this shot of the camera shy Theriault before he was able to scramble to the ground.

Joey has also done some great work on the Town Hall / Opera House and a number of fantastic renovations around town.

Seasoned Citizens SECURE in Wolseley

An almost daily occurrence for me is seeing Frank Hoffman drive by our home smiling and waving from the drivers seat of his brown station wagon. Mr. Hoffman is around 90 years old but he is still able to safely drive around town.
Another oldtimer who pilots a vehicle down our streets is Gordon Dunn. At 97 Mr. Dunn carries out his errands in his minivan in our small town free from multiple lanes of whizzing traffic.
Mrs. Kydd is in her early 90's. She was my grade 5 teacher and is still in her own home close to Dr. Isman School. Several times on my walks I have stopped and chatted with her as she putters about her yard.
And the other day, I saw Sherry Polk (Manners) in town. Now living in Melville, Sherry was at visiting at her mother Jean Manners place after a birthday party for her Grandmother, Mrs. Fraser who lived in her own home until she was 100 years old.
It is evident that Wolseley provides a secure place for seniors to age gracefully. And for this I am grateful.

Katepwa was a BLAST

Canada Day ended with a bang on the beach at Katepwa Beach last night. The weather was perfect as hundreds of people gathered on the Beach to view the fireworks show. We traveled down the valley with Larry Tittle and family. We also met up with the Bill and Tanis Kerr (Havelange) and their kids. The fireworks were great as they exploded virtually right above our heads.

LEMBERG sings

The Lemberg Performing Arts Center hosted a fun afternoon of singing in the park yesterday. Entertainment rang out across downtown Lemberg all afternoon as various entertainers hit the stage to share the gift of song with those gathered.

My wife Carla closed out the afternoon as the featured "out-of-town" guest. For the last few numbers she was joined on stage by Joey Theriault on bass and Mike Schachtel on mandolin. They cranked out a few bluegrass songs and the crowd's applause was evidence of the appreciation.

For me it was an opportunity to see some folks I hadn't seen in years. And it must be mentioned quite a number of the crowd were the members of Leniczek family. I was friends with their siblings and uncle and aunts back in high school days of the 1970's and 80's.