By:Darcie Thom

Sometimes, I have this hokey pokey kind of morning that only seems to happen when I need my fix. COFFEE!!!!!

Of all things to want in life, no wait, let’s rephrase that. In all things to need in life, why coffee? One person recently made the remark “who thought of taking this bitter bean and making it with hot water,” at least it was something to that effect! She is right though! But…… the aroma of fresh brewed coffee! Mmmm!

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By: Ivy Vesey, Bekevar Presbyterian Church

Our Anchor - HOPE

Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,

When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?

When the strong tides lift and the cables strain,

Will your anchor drift or firm remain?

Will your anchor hold in the straits of fear,

When the breakers roar and the reef is near?

While the surges rave and the winds blow,

Shall the angry waves then your bark o’erflow?

Will your eyes behold through the morning light

The city of gold and the harbour bright?

Will you anchor safe by the eavenly shore,

When life’s storms are past forevermore?

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By: Darcie Thom

“Don’t stare, always say please and thank-you, and show your manners.” This was a daily instruction in my younger days. Having grown and learning, not only the embarrassment of the lack of manners, but also the respect value that manners hold, those words that were embedded all make sense to me now!

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By: Darcie Thom, Citizen Staff

Last week, I received an e-mail about a Nationwide contest for women who lie about their age. “The Best Lie About Your Age Contest” is looking to find the most creative and outrageous lie about a woman’s age and will reward the winner with a $1000.00 credit for a day of pampering and services and will be featured on DefineYourself.ca.

With age comes knowledge, beauty and grace, right?! So I question why people are so scared to admit their age. My personal belief is that age is only a number, it doesn’t have any play on life, how to live it or how to enjoy it. Embark on those years that you have accumulated, the knowledge that you have gained and the beauty that you have become.

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By: Darcie Thom, Citizen Staff

I wonder, is there a way to renovate with ease?! Someone, please tell me that there is! If there were commercials in life and all “bad experience” renovations could be scripted out, I could establish and complete my flip in an hour too!

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By: Dingi Berglund

The Moose Mountain Rodeo is in the books for another year. Attendance was a little light on Saturday; maybe some folks were smart and knew how wet it was going to get at the end of the rodeo. The stands looked full Sunday.

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Darcie Thom, Citizen Staff

It’s kinda funny, really, when I open my eyes in the morning and still can’t believe what I am doing on a day to day basis. Most people have a dream. I had a dream all thanks to my best friend, my Grandpa.

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By: Dingi Berglund

Our local boys continue to do well on the CCA circuit. As of July 6th Ty Taypotat was fourth in bareback, Jarid Berglund was fifth in calf roping and Teagan Hodgson was fourteenth in bull riding. This past weekend they improved on their standings. Taypotat made the finals in the novice bareback at Calgary and in the finals he finished fourth with a 72.5 and a 65.5 for 138 points. Cody Floyd was second at Wood Mountain in the junior bullriding with a 69.Jarid Berglund picked up cheques at all three rodeos with a 9.8 at Wood Mountain good for fifth, and a 11.7 at Selkirk for third in the tie down roping and a 12.5 good for fifth in the steer wrestling at Gilbert Plains. Jesse Lawrence scored 63 at Selkirk on Full Throttle for fourth in the bull riding. Only four guys stuck their bulls at Selkirk so Prime Time’s bulls must have been firing pretty good. Teagen Hodgson bucked off both his bulls at the PBR at Manor. In spite of rain Manor had an excellent bullriding. It was won by Zane Lambert and I hear Luke Ellingson made a good ride and then was knocked out.

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By Lizz Bottrell, Citizen Staff

It’s seems like just yesterday I moved out to Saskatchewan to work my first newspaper job, yet the months have passed me by so quickly I think I failed to notice how long I’ve actually been out here. In the end, that’s the reaction I wanted to have. Writing keeps me both entertained and happy in such a way that a lot of times it doesn’t feel like a job to me at all.

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Susan Hengen, Recreation Programmer

The communities of Kipling and Windthorst showcased their hospitality last weekend as they hosted 21 teams from all over Saskatchewan in the 2008 SBA Twiliters Provincial Championship Tournament. Play began at 8:00 a.m. on Friday, July 4th, with the weekend wrapping up Sunday evening. In the A Event, Lockwood clinched top spot, defeating the Dinsmore Kings in an exciting 5-2 game. The A Event Consolation spot was claimed by Moosomin. The B Event was captured by the Parkland Padres over the Regina Drifters, with a score of 9-6. The B Event Consolation title went to the Riverhurst Thumpers.

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By Lizz Bottrell, Citizen Staff

After months of cold weather, people finally have something to warm up to. Summertime is here! The kids are done school, an abundance of boats are out on the lakes, despite the price of fuel, and cottage-goers are spending every spare moment trying to grab a few hours of sun.

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Susan Hengen, Recreation Programmer

Congratulations to the Kipling Royals Squirt Softball Team on winning the Silver Medal at the Softball Saskatchewan Squirt C South Provincial Championships, hosted in Kipling last weekend! Additional congratulations to Kipling Minor Ball for hosting a successful weekend, and many thanks to the countless volunteers involved with the event. With the new kitchen facility and diamond improvements, the ballpark is a source of pride for the community with many compliments received from visiting teams.

Kipling, as well as Windthorst, is also host to the Saskatchewan Baseball Association’s Twilite Division Provincial Championship this weekend. Twenty-one teams will compete for top spot in the province’s 35 years and up category - 3 teams from the host communities, as well! Stop by the ballparks in Kipling and Windthorst to cheer on the Kipling Knights, Eden Valley Senators and Windthorst Pirates. There is no gate admission charged and lots of opportunity for fun and festivities with concessions and beer gardens on site in both communities, a progressive 50/50 draw in each community, and the Home Run Derby (qualifying round on Friday evening, with finals on Saturday evening). Kingswood Golf Course will be sponsoring a Kentucky Fried Chicken Supper on Friday evening at the Kipling Ball Park, and the Kipling Swimming Pool will be hosting their first Pool Party of the season on Friday evening. Wings will be served both nights in the Kipling Beer Gardens as well. Pancake breakfasts will be held on Friday and Saturday mornings in Kipling and Windthorst Arenas, and again on Sunday morning in the Windthorst Arena. Thank you to all the volunteers in both communities for your assistance with this event!

The first session of Swimming Lessons at the Kipling & District Swimming Pool is set to begin on July 7th. Other sessions will run July 21-August 1, and August 4-August 15. Kipling Swimming Pool will also be running the Bronze Cross and Medallion - call Jordan at the Pool for more information 736-2707.

Please check the Town of Kipling website for the 2008 Kipling Swimming Pool schedule: www.townofkipling.ca

Kipling Swimming Pool is hosting a Diving Clinic on Monday, July 28 from 1:00-3:00 p.m. for beginners and experienced divers alike. The clinic is open to children, youth and adults. If you would like to learn basic diving techniques or are ready to move onto something more difficult, call the Kipling Swimming Pool to register 736-2707. Cost to participate in the clinic is $7.00/person.

The Children’s Summer Program begins on Monday, July 7th and runs for the entire summer, ending on Friday, August 22nd. The program features games, crafts, special visitors and a ton of fun! There is no cost for children to participate, and the program is open to children 4-12 years of age. Each morning generally begins at Bell Park at 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Afternoon activities run from 1:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. Up-to-date schedules are featured weekly in The Citizen as well as on the Town of Kipling website. This year’s Summer Program Coordinators are Ashley Hengen, Chelsea Lyons and Devon Shackleton. For more information, call the Rec Office at 736-8440.

Kipling Parks and Recreation is hosting Summer Slam on August 19-21 at the Kipling School Gymnasium. Summer Slam is a 3-day volleyball skills camp for males and females ages 12 and up. Athletes will be grouped as follows: 12-14 years; ages 15 years and up. Fee for the camp is $50.00 and includes 6 sessions of instruction, a camp t-shirt and nutrition break snacks. Pre-registration is necessary by July 15th. For more information and/or a registration form, call Susan at the Rec Office 736-8440. Register now to avoid disappointment, as the camp is capped at 60 registrations.

Being a child at home alone in the summer is a high-risk occupation. If you call your mother at work thirteen times an hour, she can hurt you. - Erma Bombeck

By Lizz Bottrell, Citizen Staff

I am woman, here me roar!

I’ve never felt more empowered as a woman than last week when I took a load of garbage to the dump. This may seem like a fairly mundane task, but the very fact that my boyfriend and his friends are always in charge of this, I felt somewhat proud to finally have my turn.

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Cool temperatures continued to delay crop development across the Prairies last week. Temperatures were three to five degrees below normal across most of the region. The cool temperatures were accompanied by moderate heavy rains with the heaviest amounts (50-100mm) falling in southern growing regions. Northern regions received light, scattered precipitation with amounts from 10-20mm.

Important requirements for delivering grain: Farmers must have an active CWB permit to book and delivery contract signed up before they can receive a cash ticket for grain delivered to an elevator in 2008-09. Cash tickets will only be issued to producers with an active CWB permit book and delivery contract signed up. Farmers can renew their permit book at the elevator or online through CWB e-Services. To sign up for CWB e-Services, visit www.cwb.ca/public/cn/e-services/register/ .

The Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) will send farmers a final payment of $50.781 per tonne for the feed barley they delivered to Pool A during the 2007/08 crop year. Cheques will be mailed to farmers on June 27, 2008 or directly deposited on June 24, 2008. The Pool A feed barley pool ran from August 24, 2007 to January 31, 2008. This final payment represents the balance of the money owing to farmers after their feed barley has been marketed through the CWB, and after operating costs have been deducted.

BY LYNETTE CALLFAS
GLENAVON/MOFFAT UNITED CHURCHES

We live in a world that has suddenly exploded with ways in which to communicate. We can phone, fax or e-mail. One can also chat online in a chat room or catch up with friends on Facebook, or we can communicate with loved ones through text messaging. I admit that I would just love to text someone, but unfortunately don’t have a cell phone with that particular function. I have been at times quite tempted to get one of those cute little “Blackberry Pearl.” phones. Members of my family though warn me that I would most likely have a difficult time learning how as I’m not too good with technology, and as well, I don’t know who I would text with. Any offers out there?

From watching text message exchanges on television though I would have to learn a whole new language as text messaging seems to have a unique set of abbreviations that mean various things or so I understand.

In spite of the host of ways to communicate though, sometimes it seems that our world can still be filled with lack of communication, with misunderstandings, and with misinterpretation. Sometimes we just don’t understand where another person is coming from. What they are doing or saying or both don’t make a lot of sense to us. Even when we speak the same language the meaning of what we are saying can vary. I received an e-mail this week, entitled. “Say What? 21 Reasons why the English language is so hard to learn” Listen carefully as I share a few of these twenty-one reasons with you. The bandage was wound around the wound. The farm was used to produce produce. The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse. We must polish the Polish furniture. He could lead if he would get the lead out. The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert. Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present. There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row. To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow. The wind was too strong to wind the sail. Each phrase contains the identical word used at least one other context, where it bears another meaning! All of this can lead to a lot of confusion and we are just considering English, one language. In the Christian church on the day of Pentecost a miracle of understanding happened. All of these people were gathered together in one place. People from different countries who were speaking in different languages. Yet, when the Holy Spirit came upon those assembled there, everyone could understand the message that the disciples had to share.

Let us pray today that we be given a gift of understanding. Let us endeavour to better understand our family members, our neighbours and our friends. Better communication in our world will lead to better relations between nations. Maybe ever to peace. That’s something to get excited about.