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Have you got more technology than you know what to do with? Is your new GPS challeng-
ing you to greater adventure? Try geocaching, it’s the latest craze! It combines fun, chal-
lenge, excitement and technology. If you aren't familiar with this worldwide fad, geocashing
is a GPS treasure hunt and its participants can be found happily tracking down caches
(treasures) all over the globe.
Say what? Yes, it is the neatest thing in the world. You combine the fun and enticement of
treasure hunting, that exotic and sometimes lucrative activity that has had its dedicated en-
thusiasts for hundreds of years, with today's latest technology. Long John Silver with a GPS.
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What is a geocache? It’s a specifically hidden box or combination of tokens and treasure
that are stashed (cached) in advance by a geocaching group. By joining the online group you
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ing, or just by walking around your neighbourhood, local ball park, or wherever with your
134 Cedar Ave N ● MLS #351778 GPS co-ordinates. Caches can be hidden/placed literally anywhere. While they are usually
not buried, they can be hard to find even when you're almost standing on top of them. They
can be anywhere, literally anywhere, on the side of a rocky mountain, under water, in a
swamp, in the woods, or smack in the middle of the hottest, biggest desert on earth. Or, in a
city or town... They can be stashed down at your local dog park, beside a public building, in
a parking lot, along a side walk. It's up to the imagination of the cache owner.
Geocaching can be a group or individual endeavour. There are geocaching clubs and groups
Great Films!!! that compete to see who can discover a targeted cache first. The first one to record the find
in the cache's logbook wins.
April So, just for simplicity sake, let's say you and your family are going to drive to a part of Sas-
katchewan you have been wanting to explore. PEFRECT! You can enjoy the family, the
Fridays @ 7:00 pm outdoors, experience an adventure, and have tons of fun doing it! » pg 3
23rd—Avatar
30th—Crazy Heart SUMMER EMPLOYMENT
Great Southwest Divot Stomp
The Town of Eastend invites Conservation Volunteer Event
Doors open at 6:30 PM applications for 2 positions for Hosted by the
Summer Employment. Nature Conservancy of Canada
Suggestions for movies are
welcome. Please contact the Valid Driver’s License required. April 23, 2010
T.rex Discovery Centre Application deadline: May 7, 2010 8:00am – 2:30pm
Admission Price $3.50 at 5:00pm Close to Eastend
each Send resumes to: 30 Volunteers are needed for
Town of Eastend Saskatchewan’s version of the long
T.rex Discovery Centre held polo divot stomping tradition!
Eastend, SK. Office of the Administrator
We will be embarking on a
www.trexcentre.ca Box 520 fun excursion to flip native prairie sod
(306)295-4009 Eastend, Sask. S0N 0T0 that was dug up to prevent the
(306) 295-3322 spread of a prairie fire last autumn. After
Synopsis of this week’s film the sod-turning event, there will be an
on pg. 3 interpretive hike led by the
property’s owner.
Trailers now available on 12th ANNUAL To register, please visit the
T.rex Discovery Centre
web site. MS Walk Conservation Volunteers website
(www.conservationvolunteers.ca),
May 2nd where we have posted all the events for
Eastend the summer of 2010. Directions
PDF Edge Online and meeting location will be provided
after registration.
A full colour PDF edition of the Edge is now 1:00pm Eastend Rink Complex You may also contact Jennipher Karst at
available for all readers. Please contact me at:
347-0447 ext.229.
eastendedge@hotmail.com
Call Bonnie 295-3655 or go on line
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The Eastend Edge is a proud supporter of our
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Call for a new quote on: Eastend Arts Council—Apr. 12th
Eastend Rink Complex—Apr. 12th (7:30)?
Agro, Home, Auto Kinsmen– Apr. 4th & 18th
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and Tenant Insurance K-40—Apr. 3rd
Proud Sponsors of CWL—Apr. 3rd
Eastend Extreme Bull Riding Your locally owned and operated
Friends of the Museum &
insurance brokerage T.rex Discovery Centre—Apr. 12th
Welcome to all Bull Riders! 104 Maple Ave. N. Kinettes– Apr. 11th
295-3655 RM of White Valley—Apr. 11th
======================= east.ag@sasktel.net TOWN COUNCIL— Apr. 14th
Clay Centre Comm Club—Apr. 20th
Free Grocery Saturday Winner School Comm Council—Apr. 20th
Chamber of Commerce—Apr. 21st
April 3rd Fire Dept. — Apr. 13th & 27th
Jennifer Koenig Do You Have a Building Lot? Eastend Swimming Pool— Apr. 21st
$278.28 Prairie Pearls— Apr. 28th
TOPS MEET - Health Centre Quiet Room,
Keep collecting stickers for FREE We would like to buy a lot to build on. If Thursdays @ 5:00 p.m.
Pots & Pans you have a lot for sale, please call AA—Monday’s @ 8:00p.m. at Henry’s Place
BINGO—Mondays at 7:00 in the Rink!
(306) 295-3815 Alanon– Health Centre Quiet Room
or, (306) 295-7379
The Saville
Theatre
presents Many Thanks
A special thank you to Rick, Charles and
Tim Williams
Lorie of the Emergency Medical Services.
Date: April 23, Their speedy, efficient and caring help when
2010 I needed it was really appreciated. APRIL DATES FOR
Time: 5:30 doors PHYSICIAN CLINICS IN EASTEND
God Bless You,
open, SHERRY HORNUNG RN(NP) - APRIL 19, 22, 26,
Glen
6:30 supper, 28 & 29 MAY 3 AND 5
show at 7:30
DR. GOVENDER - APR. 29
Tickets: $35.00 by reservation only.
DR. RADEVSKI - APR. 21
Tim will be accompanied by Ron Casat To book an appointment Phone 295-4184
(bass, accordion, keyboards) and Kit Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM.
Johnson (bass, guitar, mandola). Both are
perennial members of the Edmonton Folk
Festival's house band. Kit has played
with Big Sugar, Kate and Anna McGar-
rigle, Murray McLachlan, David Wilcox
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and others, while Ron has toured the
world with Amos Garrett and Maria and
Muldaur and produced iconic Canadian Line of Sight
folk recordings for James Keelaghan and present
Diamond Joe White.
The show will be a mixture of blues and We are delighted to have Wide ~river ice melt
original roots tunes from earlier CDs plus Open from Saskatoon coming to ~downspout dropshots
tracks from the newest, WHEN I WAS A present:
COWBOY, containing songs written dur- Munsch To The Max! a cascade of new images
ing the decade when Tim was an on-and-
off ranch hand plus tunes from the Ameri- Based on 6 stories by Robert by
can and Mexican cowboy tradition. Munsch, stephen langton goulet
adapted by Wide Open, performed
www.go.to/twilliamsblues.com
in puppet. at the
Please visit There could be no better way to cele- Eastend Library
www.springvalleyguestranch.com/ brate the school year than with the
events.html for more information on works of bestselling children's au- April 15 to May 15
upcoming events, thor, Robert Munsch. Mammoth
call Jim at 306-295-4124 Munsch features 30 Muppet-style
to reserve your tickets. puppets and the stories;
Where is Gah-Ning, Murmel,
Murmel, Murmel, Lost Out on the Range
Tim Williams is a Canadian roots music No Clean Clothes,
mainstay. His new CD, When I was Cow- A copy of the Eastend History Book,
More Pies, "Range Riders and Sod Busters" was
boy, is a collection of original and tradi-
tional cowboy songs in English & Span- Alligator Baby due back to the Eastend Library on
ish. Don’t miss it. JK and March 16, 2010. If you have borrowed
Jonathan Cleaned up and Then He this book, please return it to the library.
Heard a Sound
Distribution of the Edge
The Eastend Edge is distributed in Consul, Sunday, April 25 @ 2 pm Advertising Rates
Eastend, Shaunavon, Frontier and Climax. Shaunavon Public School $15 per week per ad.
The most cost-effective advertising avail- Tickets: $10 each Space and sizing at
able in the Southwest. Available at the Museum or at the door Editor’s discretion
« pg 1 Geocaching
Jack’s Café First of all, decide what type of geocache you can handle? Each cache listed online has a
difficulty rating. If you're a beginning geocacher, pick an easy one so you can see how it's
Weekly Specials done, then, you can go all out.
Check the terrain and difficulty rating BEFORE you select your cache. You'll want to select
Cheddar Cheese & Mushroom only those caches that fit your physical abilities, skills and talents. For example, if you aren't
Burger an expert rock climber, don't pick a cache that's located on the side of a mountain where
Mountains of cheddar cheese & rock climbing equipment would be needed.
freshly sliced mushrooms melted Will you be driving your vehicle or hiking? If you're to be hiking a trail, is the terrain diffi-
on our homemade burgers with cult or easy? If hiking is your decision, be sure to include water, food and extra clothing.
our homemade relish Always bring both a map and a compass. Note: Always check geocache terrain and diffi-
culty ratings prior to launching your adventure.
BBQ Pork Shish Kabob Let someone know where you are going, the people who got lost permanently (yikes!),
never let others know where they were going.
BBQ marinated pork skewered
with a variety of vegetables and Of course you are going to need your own GPS. Be sure to check out not only the reviews,
but also read what other geocachers have said about the model you're considering. Avoid
broiled to perfection buying based on price alone.
Bring EXTRA batteries for your GPS…(NO KIDDING) and get a specified bag or box to
Spinach, Feta & keep all of your geo cashing supplies in; it will make life much simpler.
Green Onion Pizza!!
It is very simple. To start on your first geocashing expedition you can go to http://
Thank you for your patience and pa- www.geocaching.com and become a member. This is the Official Global GPS Cache Hunt
tronage during our renovations. Site. It’s FREE!
Next, the hunt is on....Once you find the cache, be sure to sign the log book and return it to
its original location, and when you get home, jump on your computer, go back to where you
found the cache online and note your find there. Share your experiences with other geocach-
ers.
Now, you’re ready for your next adventure. Check out :
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Must be min. 19 yrs. old to apply.
Apply to: Synopsis: Avatar April is Poetry Month
Box 92 In Canada and Eastend
Eastend, SK S0N 0T0 Avatar is the Academy Award winning film
that tells the story of an ex-marine who finds
himself thrust into hostilities on an alien Transition
Call Dean for details at 295-7521 planet filled with exotic life forms. As an
Avatar, a human mind activating an alien Summer’s fullness is waning
body, he finds himself torn between two and the harvest
worlds, in a desperate fight for his own sur- stands golden in the fields,
vival and that of the indigenous people. dancing to the tune of the winds,
In this production the good guys are really awaiting the scythe.
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The Geometry of Sisters Just Take My Heart
Luanne Rice in her novel The Geometry of In her new thriller, America's #1 best-
Sisters explores the powerful emotional selling Queen of Suspense, Mary Higgins
relationship between sisters – sisters by Clark, delves into a legal battle over the
birth and sisters of the heart. This book guilt or innocence of a man accused of
allows the reader to explore the powerful murdering his wife. Woven into her plot
bond between three sets of sisters and how is an eerie, little-understood but docu-
this bond can be not only comforting but mented medical phenomenon -- the
also heartbreaking. emergence of a donor's traits and memo-
4 New Best Sellers at the Library ries in the recipient of a heart transplant.
This is the story of a family coping with
death – the death of a father and husband Natalie Raines, one of Broadway's
and also the death of relationships be- brightest stars, accidentally discovers
tween sisters. From personal experience, who killed her former roommate and sets
when a death occurs it seems to either Gone Tomorrow in motion a series of shocking events that
bring a family closer or has the potential Lee Child has steadily accrued one of the puts more than one life in extreme peril.
of tearing it apart. That’s what happened keenest groups of admirers for any contem- While Natalie and her roommate, Jamie
to the Shaw family. Death and tragedy had porary thriller writer – and the reason is easy Evans, were both struggling young ac-
the power to uncover some deeply buried to discern. In such gritty and authoritative tresses, Jamie had been involved with a
secrets. These life-changing secrets drove novels as Tripwire, Killing Floor and Die mysterious married man to whom she
one of the Shaw sisters to run away when Trying, Child established his tough itinerant referred only by nickname. Natalie
she needed her family most and the other protagonist Jack Reacher as a key modern comes face to face with him years later
to retreat into emotional turmoil. hero, with a taciturn, hard-boiled appeal that and inadvertently addresses him by the
has not palled over many books (though nickname Jamie had used. A few days
The theme of this book seems to revolve later, Natalie is found in her home in
around making peace with the past and the some have queried Jack’s transformation
from a man who triumphed -- with difficulty Closter, New Jersey, dying from a gun-
how the past plays a pivotal role in the shot wound.
present. How well the sisters are able to – over insuperable odds – into a nigh-
cope with the heartbreak of the past con- invulnerable super-hero). But the narrative Immediately the police suspect Natalie's
trols how well they are able to live their grasp of the author remains absolutely iron- theatrical agent and soon-to-be-ex-
lives in the present. clad, and there are the stunningly drawn husband, Gregg Aldrich. He had long
American locales that are so notably impres- been a "person of interest" and was
The Shaw family is having a difficult time sive from an English author. known to have stalked Natalie to find out
making peace with the past and accepting if she was seeing another man. But no
their new life in the present. Living in the In the latest outing for Jack Reacher, Gone
Tomorrow, Child’s resourceful hero is travel- charges are brought against him until two
present and making peace with the past, years later, when Jimmy Easton, a career
becomes the premise of The Geometry of ling in New York City, observing his fellow
passengers on the subway. He’s aware that criminal, suddenly comes forward to
Sisters. claim that Aldrich had tried to hire him
suicide bombers are easy to spot – they’re
After the death of their father, the Shaw usually nervous, and (as he wryly notes) by to kill his wife. Easton knows details
children begin to grieve and cope in their definition they're first-timers. As an ex-law about the Aldrich home that only some-
own unique ways – Travis excels at sports enforcer, Jack notices that of his five fellow one who had been there -- to plan a mur-
to honour the memory of his dead father, travellers, one is distinctly giving out the der, for instance -- could possibly know.
Beck turns to the safety and structure of signals that spell danger. Grand Central Sta- The case is a plum assignment for Emily
mathematics and the oldest sister Carrie tion is approaching – will Jack act and save Wallace, an attractive thirty-two-year-old
runs away from home. lives – including his own? But… what if he's assistant prosecutor. As she spends in-
The mother, Maura, moves the family wrong? creasingly long hours preparing for the
from Ohio to Rhode Island to begin a This high voltage situation is the arresting trial, a seemingly well-meaning
teaching job at a private academy. This curtain opener here, and the tension is neighbour offers to take care of her dog
academy just happens to be near her es- screwed tighter, as Jack Reacher is pitched in her absence. Unaware of his violent
tranged sister. As the book unfolds, the against the one of the most challenging past, she gives him a key to her home...
emotional bond between sisters proves to threats he has come up against. Gone Tomor- As Aldrich's trial is making headlines,
be more powerful than past choices, old row has all the dynamism of Child’s earlier her boss warns Emily that this high-
wounds or hurt feelings. work. Take it to the beach in Mexico, thriller
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