Eight years ago, my younger sister and I caravanned across the country, dipping into the states, stopping over in Chicago, Minnesota, Wisconsin, North Dakota, then heading back North again.

There have been some great stories emanating this year from Major League Baseball — from Shohei Ohtani’s unprecedented versatility to Vladimir Guerrero’s gaudy hitting statistics to the mound brilliance of Walker Buehler and the trading of big-name stars such as Max Scherzer and Kris Bryant.

Rodeo enthusiasts will be heading to the Cereal Rodeo on the weekend of August 27 to 29th to enjoy a full weekend of rodeo! Sarah Grover, president of the Cereal & District Athletic Association for the past two years, said the weekend will kick off on Friday with a family ride.

It’s hot and there’s no rain in sight, and yet my dedicated writing students sit and write all day, and listen to me say, over and over, “we need to choose our words carefully.

The caption under the photo of a dog peaking into his master’s bedroom said, “I’ve been barking for the past 20 minutes and you keep telling me to shut up. Anyway ... your car is gone.”

No one is even sure what to call it — the ‘British Open’ is apparently offensive to those living in the UK; the ‘Open Championship’ seems pretentious, as if it’s the only Open of consequence in the world; and the plain ‘Open’ offends many Americans, who rightly say, ‘hey, we have…

Who never minds being interrupted in the middle of a sentence? The answer to the joke is “a convict”.

Tourists can choose from numerous modes of transportation while on vacation, but there are a small group of individuals from the Netherhill/Brock area who love to get out their horses, wagons and saddles and head out on a trail ride.

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It’s hard to think about much else right now other than the dry conditions that so many of us are faced with. Across much of the Prairie Provinces and the Northern Great Plains, farmers and ranchers are dealing with drought, water shortages, and pests.

The Canadian Civil Defense Museum is conducting tours once again this summer on a designated date during each long weekend. The next date will be Sunday, August 1, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., with tours held every hour.

I’m doing research for a novel set in the 1800s. And one reality that hits home for me, time and again, is how much people needed each other to survive, despite it being the days from which we derived the stereotypical image of The Westerner as the lone cowboy riding off into the sunset, going it alone.

This week’s joke: The manager called in his employee and handed him his pink slip, saying, “It’s my way or the highway. Here’s your fast pass to the freeway.”

Last week’s column exposed the first half (seven through 12) of the Dazzling Dozen — the 12 most compelling people in sports (from a Canadian’s perspective) — and now it’s time to list the top six.

Reigning PBR Canada Champion Dakota Buttar of Kindersley, won Pool A of the 2021 Calgary Stampede.

The crew at Janiel Enterprises and Sweetheart Pollinators are busy harvesting honey in their honey plant. Six staff members spend six days a week from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday hard at work.

Not everybody in sports is a star. For every Babe Ruth, there were a dozen guys like Joe Schlobotnik. For every Gordie Howe, there was a locker room full of Pat Falloons. Sports stars come and go.

Fans of old black and white B movies will not mistake the title of this column for a typo caused by a cat tiptoeing over my keyboard.

Homer Simpson once said, “Son, if you really want something in this life, you have to work for it. Now quiet! They’re about to announce the lottery numbers.”

Hundreds of people enjoyed Cereal’s 2nd Annual Outta Grass Bull Bash held on Saturday, July 10th.