Guest Commentary: Tim Tokaryk
Liz Spetz
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Editorial: A Time to Push, a Time to Pause
Let our experience work for you Do we really need to push life any harder? Really? Can’t we just go on, blissfully
aware of our own space, and greet those days as they approach in calm and seren-
This ity? For most of us, especially in our own rural setting, this is the way of our pub-
marvellous lic space. Rarely are we bunched up, in movement along a sidewalk, or stationery
2 bedroom
home is
at any commercial enterprise. Our lines are short here, our space is grand and is
ready for often met with a kindly “hello.” However, for the most part, what little our space
you
is ‘invaded’ – the encroachment of getting into ones face’ or having to circumnavi-
gate through crowds – is essentially an urban feature. It’s a feature of layered
populations, the horizontal stacking, the contact of elbows along a cemented path,
the bumping and slow-stepping as the line-up slowly diminishes ahead. It is more
of a feature of urban life than rural. For I know. I know the urban feel as I ap-
MLS #399347 proach any city. I know that once I enter the crowded streets filled with cars and
pedestrians, each thinking that their errand or activity is a mission from god; each
are thinking that they are entitled.
www.realtor.ca I know this feeling of angst in a city setting. Its very un-nerving and
though I am aware of my turning into Mr. Hyde from my more passive Dr. Jekyll,
I am helpless to control it at times. Walking along a sidewalk with people in front
Family and behind, I match foot speeds with them, but only if they are on my speed. If
they are slower, I have to maneuver around them which I find as an inconvenience.
Movies Pathetic really. To get one’s dander up just because they are slower or have pro-
duced a temporary road block because they found something shinny in their view
and must pause, don’t they know they are impeding my own king’s errand? But I
May Movies on
know I am not alone. Nor, by far, am I the worst offender. For I come nowhere
Saturdays @ 7 pm near “sidewalk rage” or its comparable ‘road rage.’ “At its most extreme, side-
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T.REX DISCOVERY CENTRE
walk rage” says one article in the Wall Street Journal “can signal a psychotic
Saturday, 21 - condition known as “intermittent explosive disorder”,” when the rage not » pg. 4
The Way Back
Saturday, 28 -
Unknown
Suggestions for movies
are welcome.
Please contact the
T.rex Discovery Centre
One Admission Price
$3.50 each
Plant, Book Sale & Pie/Coffee
T.rex Discovery Centre,
Eastend, SK. Eastend Historical Museum
For more information visit
www.trexcentre.ca Thursday, May 19th
or contact us at 1:30 – 4:00 pm
(306) 295 4009
Homemade Pie & Coffee/Tea Served - Admission - $5.00
www.trexcentre.ca Sale of Annual, Perennial Plants and Collection of Books
Movie synopsis on pg. 4 (donated by Betty Hamrin)
Donations of plants gratefully accepted.
Plants can be dropped off at the Museum on Wednesday, May 18th
Between 1:30 – 6:30 pm
Enjoy Pine Cree Regional Park Register for our Pumpkin Growing Contest –
Each person will receive 2 large pumpkin seeds along with growing tips
Registration Fee - Adults $5.00
- Children (12 & under) - free
The Eastend Edge is a proud supporter of our In October we will host a Pumpkin Buffet and Weigh-off.
community and is distributed across Prize for largest pumpkin in each category
North America. Publisher: Jeanne Kaufman
For further particulars phone 295-3670
COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
EASTEND AGENCIES LTD. ECT&EDA- Next meeting May 3
Locally Owned and Operated Eastend Arts Council—May ?
Historical Museum— May 10
Don’t be caught off guard K-40—May 4
this Spring! CWL—May 4
Friends of the Museum &
Call us for your home, T.rex Discovery Centre—May 12
RM of White Valley— May 12
farm, boat and cabin
The Eastend Arts Council TOWN COUNCIL— May 11
invites you to meet insurance needs! Clay Centre Comm Club—May 17
School Comm Council—May 17
Marion Stegner, Get Bonnie working for you Chamber of Commerce—May 18
1st daughter-in-law and friend Fire Dept. — May 10 and 24
295-3655
of Wallace Stegner. Prairie Pearls— May 25
104 Maple Avenue North, RW Institute—May 11
Marion will be visiting Eastend Eastend, Sask.
from her home in Vermont. TOPS MEET - Health Centre Quiet Room,
Thursdays @ 5:15 p.m.
Shop Local AA—Monday’s @ 8:00p.m. at Henry’s Place
Reception Wednesday,
BINGO—Mondays at 7:00 in the Rink!
May 25th
Alanon– Health Centre Quiet Room
at 7 p.m. Tuesdays .
Weather permitting in Eastend Antique
the Stegner House garden. is OPEN
Weather not permitting,
in the United Church. Check for Garage
Sale Sign Up
Everything 1/2 off MAY DATES FOR
PHYSICIAN CLINICS IN EASTEND
For Sale
SHERRY HORNUNG RN(NP) - MAY 16, 18, 19,
25, 26 AND 30
15” Hand Weaving Loom
available with PROPANE IS PHYSICIAN— MAY 19, 20, 24 AND 25
yarn, instruction books BACK!!! To book an appointment Phone 295-4184
Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM.
and accessories
We apologize for
EWWHC Lab Hours:
$15 the inconvenience Mon - Thurs 9:00-12:00, 1:00 - 4:00
everything included while it was gone The Lab will be closed on Fridays
but are happy to
Call: 295-4179 inform you that we
now have our propane tank back and
running just in time for the BBQ & Advertising Rates
Branding season. $15 per week per ad.
Early May Wildflowers Skip’s Auto Service Space and sizing at Editor’s discretion.
The photo montage on page 5 of the 123 Railway St. Oversize ads:
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www.eastendedge.blogspot.com Our hours of operation are: Full page $40
Monday - Friday
We appreciate your business.
8 a.m. - 12 noon
and 1 - 5 p.m.
All I do is play music and golf - Should you need propane after hours, Do your best, one shot at a time and
which one do you want me to give please call 295-7677 (Skip) then move on. Remember that golf is
up? or 295-7200 (Sharon) just a game.
Willie Nelson Nancy Lopez
Time for Spring Greens and Golf Greens
Worth Checking Out
The Great Flood That Wasn’t
( http://news.yahoo.com/s/
yblog_thelookout/watch-200-years-of I would like to congratulate the Mayor and Town Council on the fantastic job they
-history-in-5-minutes ) did in protecting our town.
Sure, it never happened, the river did not crest above its banks as the watershed
A very clever visual demonstration of authority had predicted but, it was very comforting to know that had it happened,
history over the last 200 years and we were prepared.
how we got this way. I see so many reports about flooding in our province where residents had to work
so hard to sand bag countless sites to protect their assets and here, in our town, it
and was all taken care of for us.
( http://www.youtube.com/ The communication, preparation, consultations, construction, the organizing of all
watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw ) critical steps were implemented like clockwork. The co-ordination with the EMO
was seamless and people and businesses alike, were kept up to date through media
A very funny dog tease that every and even face-to-face visits by our local authorities. The levee seemed to go up
owner will understand. overnight. Suddenly, we had an impressive fortification against the threat of the
impending spring melt. The melt that ended up mercifully, being meted out in
daily portions between nightly freezings and spared us all the grief that many other
communities have unfortunately experienced.
Full Moon Our Town Council and Administrators have proven that they are responsible, re-
May 17th sponsive and proactive. They have left us now with a wonderful legacy of the
flood that never happened and a levee system that will be seeded into grass and
This full moon incorporated into our scenic walking paths.
was know by For my part, I thank our Mayor, Council, Administration, Town staff and workers,
Native American surveyors, EMO and anybody else who assisted us in protecting our community.
tribes as the Full Flower Moon be-
cause this was the time of year that Patrick Watkins
spring flowers appeared in abun-
dance. This moon has also been
known as Full Corn Planting Moon
and the Milk Moon.
Scott Woods Show
Monday, May 30th
7:00 p.m.
Shaunavon Public School
Canadian Fiddle Champion Scott Woods and his band. are making a stop in
Shaunavon as part of their cross country tour to deliver a live performance
of an all new 2011 show called “All Aboard”. Fancy fiddling, traditional
country, gospel and swing music plus step dancing and a generous dose of
humour. Don't miss this family entertainment. The band usually plays to
sold out audiences, so get your tickets early.
Advance Tickets available in Shaunavon: Grand Coteau & Cultural Centre,
Gopher Baroque or phone Centre St. United Church (306) 297-2332
Mysterious appearance after spring thaw. or Herb Conrad (306) 297-3344
in Eastend at Madhatter's Flowers & Gift or phone Ethel 295-3670
The Eastend Edge is a proud supporter of our or order by mail from Ethel Wills, Box 34, Eastend, SK S0N 0T0
community and is distributed across and enclose cheque for tickets payable to "Pine Cree Pastoral Charge"
North America. Publisher: Jeanne Kaufman
« pg. 1 A Time to Push, A Time to Pause
A Cosy Kind of Murder
only becomes apparent, it’s a verbal, physical assault. To see that this is a real phe-
Are you a little tired of those pulp fiction
nomena, one of the social media sites, Face Book, has a group called “I Secretly
displays of gore, sex and weaponry that
Want to Punch Slow Walking People in the Back of the Head”. As of April 19th, it make up the bulk of murder mysteries
has nearly 20,000 members. I am not one of them. these days? Thrillers have their place and
Ragers, we are told, “tend to think people should do things their way, and forensic investigations are fascinating but
get angry because slow walkers are breaking the rules of civility.” But how is there’s a lot to be said for a nice hot bath
and a cosy mystery that’s just simply fun
walking slow uncivil when minimally, silent ragers think “insulting thoughts about
and relaxing. You’ll sleep better, too.
other pedestrians”? Sure, the silent ones vent mentally making “them feel better”.
But I wonder sometimes of all this psycho-social dissection is too much. Not eve- Most of the cosy mysteries take place in
ryone lives in a urban center. a small, picturesque town or village with
characters who I can imagine having as
Nevertheless I could be wrong. We live in a different age when even if you friends or neighbours. They’re usually
are in a rural setting, the speed-culture is here, in Eastend, all around us, just like not zany people, although an eccentric
every other western community. Our thoughts and behaviors are being more dic- might lurk here and there. They’re most
tated by mass media – technology that is still new to us but is proving to have an likely to be normal everyday characters
unregulated, unclear dark side. In Carl Honore’s book In Praise of Slowness, you might have known at one time in
Challenging the Cult of Speed, we find a perceptive voice. “Anyone or anything your life.
that steps in our way, that slows us down, that stops us from getting exactly what Cosy mysteries often run in series and
we want when we want it becomes the enemy” he tells the reader. “So the smallest it’s best to start at the beginning as they
set back, the slightest delay, the merest whiff of slowness, can provoke vein- frequently refer back to previous experi-
popping furry in otherwise ordinary peoples” lives. Welcome to the 21st Century. ences. There are many choices available
to enjoy but I have particularly liked the
Can we experience “sidewalk rage” in Eastend? Yes we can. I know, be- following:
cause admittedly, I’ve encountered this syndrome when about town. Well, at least
Monica Ferris writes
almost. I’ve caught myself from being really stupid (being ‘stupid’, I’ve little con- under a couple of
trol over but ‘really stupid’ I’ve learned to suppress). I’ve caught myself and have names but her series
mentally kicked myself in the shin. I am aware that I am not alone in this world but of needlework myster-
merely a temporary occupier of this space I enjoy and love. Besides, people who ies is great fun.
speed are more likely to be found on an embarrassing segment on YouTube or Crewel World is a
some other visual media. Another one of those captured really stupid moments in needlework store in
one’s life. TTT Excelsior, Minnesota
owned by Betsy Dev-
onshire who somehow
gets involved in mys-
Movie Synopsis: terious local murders. Always fun and
interesting. There are 14 books in the
series to date with Buttons and Bones as
The Way Back the latest novel with Threadbare coming
in 2011.
Directed by six-time Academy Award (R) nominee Peter Weir,
THE WAY BACK is an epic story of survival, solidarity and in- Lorna Barrett writes
domitable human will. Shot in Bulgaria, Morocco and India, the a series of mysteries
film stars Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe, The Other Boleyn... set in a small New
Directed by six-time Academy Award (R) nominee Peter Weir, Hampshire town that
THE WAY BACK is an epic story of survival, solidarity and in- has revived its pros-
domitable human will. Shot in Bulgaria, Morocco and India, the pects by encouraging
film stars Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe, The Other Boleyn booksellers to estab-
Girl), Ed Harris (Appaloosa) and Colin Farrell (In Bruges) as pris- lish businesses. Tricia
oners of a Soviet Union labor camp, who, along with four others, flee their Siberian Gulag Miles has opened a
and begin a treacherous journey across thousands of miles of hostile terrain. Academy mystery bookstore
Award (R) nominee Saoirse Ronan (Atonement, The Lovely Bones) and Mark Strong (Body named Haven’t Got a
of Lies, RocknRolla) co-star. Written by Weir and Keith Clarke, the film is Peter's first Clue. Although devoted to her growing
since 2003's Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. It is inspired by the ac- business, she can’t avoid getting caught
claimed book The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, as well as first-person up in murders that require her active at-
accounts and anecdotes as told to, and researched by Weir and executive producer Clarke. tention. There are 4 books in the series so
Produced by Joni Levin, Peter Weir, Duncan Henderson (Master and Commander: The Far far, Chapter and Hearse being the latest
Side of the World) and Nigel Sinclair (Terminator 3: Salvation), THE WAY BACK is an and a 5th novel, Sentenced to Death
Exclusive Media Group, National Geographic Entertainment and ImageNation Abu Dhabi slated for 2011.
presentation and an Exclusive Films production. Keith Clarke, John Ptak, Guy East, Simon
Alexander McCall
Oakes, Tobin Armbrust, Jake Eberts, Edward Borgerding, Mohamed Khalaf, Adam Leipzig,
Smith is a professor of
Scott Rudin and Jonathan Schwartz are Executive Producers. The film's Co-Producer is Medical Law and also
Roee Sharon Peled and Co-Executive Producer is Alex Brunner. Weir has assembled an
the author of many
accomplished group of filmmakers with whom he has previously collaborated, including
books. His series of
Academy Award (R) winning Director of Photography Russell Boyd (Master and Com-
the No.1 Ladies Detec-
mander, The Year of Living Dangerously, Gallipoli), Film Editor Lee Smith (Master and
tive Agency owned by
Commander, as well as The Dark Knight, for which he received an Academy Award (R)
Precious Ramotswe set
nomination), Production Designer John Stoddart (Fearless, The Mosquito Coast) and Cos- in Botswana is every
tume Designer Wendy Stites, Oscar (R) nominated for Master and Commander and with
one a gem of enjoy-
credits on nine Weir films.
ment. There are 12 in the series to date,
www.rottentomatoes.com
The Saturday Big Tent Wedding Party
being just released.
The book The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawciz is All these cosy mysteries and many others
available through your local Eastend Library and Chinook Library System. are worth you exploration. They are
JK available through the Eastend Library.
JK
