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		<title>Words on the Weekend-Use Them Please</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 04:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danica Lorer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have friends with young children. In an effort to engage them in conversation they encourage them to &#8220;use your words&#8221;. Words are my most valuable tool. I want to use them wisely, for good, not for evil and I want to be understood. I am frustrated when I can&#8217;t remember the correct usage of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3268&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words on the Weekend &#8211; Home</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:21:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danica Lorer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some people live in a place they can call home. There are those who live in communities with relatives and childhood friends. Others can make themselves at home wherever they may lay their head at night and still others who drive across the border every time they have a 3-day weekend. We live very close [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3264&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words on the Weekend &#8211; Snow? Still!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 02:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danica Lorer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twice today as I&#8217;ve felt the warmth of the sun seep into my chilled bones I&#8217;ve also felt the tickle of snowflakes on my skin. Like dust or ash it sparkles but it isn&#8217;t. It is a lingering reminder of a season that won&#8217;t end and an April fighting to let new life rise up. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3258&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Health update</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 23:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Cairns</dc:creator>
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		<title>Flood watch</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ As many communities in Saskatchewan sit on the edges of their sandbags waiting for the consequences of spring melt to hit home, those of us living in the Northwest are much more relaxed. According to the Saskatchewan Watershed Authority, the Battlefords and north are classified as being in “near normal” territory, as far as spring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3247&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words on the Weekend &#8211; Worth a Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 06:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danica Lorer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love supporting arts and culture in this nation, especially talented individuals from right here in Saskatchewan. A band from Saskatoon, The Sheepdogs, has gained fame across North America as they compete for a chance to have their smiling faces on the cover of the Rolling Stone. They made it through the 1st round of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3250&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Burr in my butt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long, long slog of a winter and we are all ready for the white stuff to melt. An unfortunate side effect of the melt, is the mountains of garbage of all descriptions that are revealed. I am always dismayed at the tons of fast food containers, discarded bags, boxes and miscellaneous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3236&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words on the Weekend &#8211; With a Ragtime Beat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danica Lorer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For nearly 20 years every time I&#8217;ve heard an election call my brain has pictured a ragtime piano player in a striped vest making fun of politics. It happens more often than I&#8217;d like and there was one spring I even penned a whole tune. It started something like this&#8230; It&#8217;s election time and I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3241&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t like what you read? Post a comment!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 17:59:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Becky Doig (The Hatchet)</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love my job. That is in spite of what a former colleague used to tell me: “Being a newspaper editor is like being an NHL goalie, everyone gets to see your mistakes.” I’ve probably repeated that homily before in my blog postings, but that is because it is one that hits home with me. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3232&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Words on the Weekend &#8211; Candles and Giggles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 04:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Mom, can we do that power out thing again, tonight?&#8221; asked Jaz as we were eating supper. Yesterday we celebrated Earth Hour by lighting candles, eating some pre-prepared snacks and drinking pre-boiled water(more about that later in the week) and talking. We had spent a busy day together and took the time to find out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=newsoptimist.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9712163&amp;post=3229&amp;subd=newsoptimist&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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