Opinion

I hope that your Easter holidays are going very well. Even though I wasn’t the recipient of any Easter eggs and treats this time around, I was able to sneak a nibble of our grandchildren’s stash.

Spring has finally sprung and the weather here in Alberta is absolutely gorgeous. In the Town of Ponoka most of the snow is gone and the grass is getting greener by the second.

Ponoka knocks my socks off every week. Seeing the town’s constant support of community events and non-profit organizations blows me away every time.

I have always been somewhat of a sports fanatic, lately becoming more of a spectator than a participant as I have been forced to mellow just a little.

The signs are now down, and our March 3rd provincial election turned out to be a quick and very lively event that resulted in an extremely decisive result from a poor voter turnout.

In Ontario, where I grew up, the most exciting things that you saw in the sky at night were airplanes, smoke stacks, tall buildings and a few stars.

Just like most of you, I really enjoy browsing through the old boxes full of memories and treasures of the past that we have all safely tucked away in our homes for many years.

Happy Wednesday after Election Day Ponoka! If you woke up this week and realized that the Conservatives were re-elected and you didn’t vote and are unhappy with this whose fault is that?

Even though I don’t have to shovel snow or scrape frosty windows in the morning anymore, or even punch a time clock, I’m am still looking forward to yet another spring with great gusto.

Just for a little while let’s try and forget about the cold weather, the nine million dollar election campaign, income taxes, stock markets, and all the rest and turn our thoughts to love, old and new, as St. Valentine’s Day approaches.