Opinion

At 11 a.m. on Sunday June 16, I was standing in one of the parking lots at CrossIron Mills, just north of Calgary. Normally, there would be hundreds of parked cars. Today, there were none.

Area waterways have been littered with trees, trash and treasures – and tragically, even beloved homes – floating downstream due to the floods in southern Alberta the past few days.

A week ago in this space we talked about the stupidity of professional sport in the way they pay athletes to do something that most, if not all, of us would do for free.

It is now finally the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup. The two teams that made it are the Chicago Blackhawks and the Boston Bruins. Yeah, I was off on my predictions, but these teams deserved it.

Zoomer Zone and Zoomer Gold classes will continue until the end of June here at Seniors on the Bow (SOTB), but will not meet through July and August. They will resume in the fall. Yoga with Marie meets on Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m.

Our best teachers in life are often those who are older than we are – especially if we’re interested in becoming truly successful human beings.

Who is Lynn Fenton, you ask? He is one of the finest horse trainers and teamsters around. His friends and neighbours call him a “magician with horses” and appreciate all he has done for the horse community in the Cochrane area.

The day is July 11. At least for now it’s July 11, but life is about change and there’s certainly the possibility for change in this instance.

Anyone who owns horses is probably familiar with the humbling experience of not being able to catch a horse even in a small corral.

One of the happiest people I’ve ever met is often at our local A&W when I’m making my morning rounds, and I’m not alone in my admiration for someone who is a father-figure to many in our community.