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“Coffee News” Week beginning FEBRUARY 521 Centre St, Shaunavon Original Hardwood flooring throughout Large country kitchen with oak cabinets Second floor has 2 bedrooms and 2pc powder room Back yard completely fenced for privacy MLS #327330 For more info contact Liz Spetz 297-3771 Check out all of Listings at www.realtor.ca

Eastend Antiques, Collectibles and tea shoppee UNIQUE GIFTS FOR WEDDINGS, BIRTHDAYS AND SPECIAL OCCASIONS

SOUP, SUBS, PASTRIES, NEW LUNCH IDEAS PARTY PLATTERS

New Hours Tues.—Thur., 11 a.m.—4 p.m. Fri.—Mon.—CLOSED Premises available for Meetings, Parties, Etc. Seating for approx. 24

CALL US FOR CATERING NEEDS @ 295-3212 427 RED COAT DRIVE, EASTEND

SATURDAY AFTERNOON ART WORKSHOPS for Adults

NO ART EXPERIENCE NECESSARY Just an interest to try something new and creative! Noon—4 p.m. (that’s all it takes)

Cost: $40 (includes art supplies for in-class use). Feel free to sign up for one or all workshops! To pre-register contact Trea Schuster @ 295-7172 223 Front Street (across from the Manor) ●Feb. 28th—Illustrated Text. Just like the old masters from ancient times. Illustrate your journal, dream journal, letters to loved ones, poetry or book. You can be as imaginative as you date to be. Using symbols, borders, pen,pencil/crayon, collage, etc., you will create a one of kind art for your words. Bring a journal or your writing paper to start exploring, creating and letting your intuition gude you with imagery and colour. ●March 14th—Sculpey Polymer Clay Creations. Future Workshops: The meditative qualities of creating Mandalas, and labyrinths. Acrylic on canvas, Acrylic on T-shirt or hat (wearable art).

We are not ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur. Dan Quayle, former U.S. Vice President And now the sequence of events in no particular order. Dan Rather, television news anchor

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Hotel for Dogs (rated G) Monday, Feb. 16 Tuesday, Feb. 17 7:30 p.m. 24 hr movie info line 297 - 2241 also available for private rentals, parties, meetings, AND MORE

SOURCES: Recipe of the week comes from my recipes.com, and the cartoon REALITY CHECK is found at COMICS.COM. CROSSWORD puzzle was created by the editor of the EDGE. Quotes are from famousquotes.com and Quick Facts from NICEFACTS.COM. The views expressed in the “commentary” are solely of the author, the editor of the EDGE. Eastend EDGE Founder: Jacquie Tokaryk EDGE Editors: TTT and Jacquie Tokaryk

Box 163 Eastend, SK (306) 295-3566 PH (306) 295-4176 FAX

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~Submission Deadline for the EDGE ~ is FRIDAY at 5:00 p.m. Commentary— HEARING, SEEING VOICES It is somewhat disconcerting...minding ones own business, walking down the street, mall, or in a store...and suddenly become aware of someone talking to themselves. They approach ...you are oblivious to them….their conversation, a solo affair, keeps on going. They pass by, walking in the other direction. Your steps quicken, putting as much distance between the two without looking too frantic. This in fact happened to me recently while in a large box store in Edmonton. I can’t help but think, in the great divide that marks the behaviour as well as the resources of a small, rural town, seemingly light years from the nearest point of citified malls (sorry Shaunavon, you don’t count), and those places that seem the centres of their own universes, called cities. If we were to walk down our little towns’ clean, if not battered sidewalk and see approaching a person in full blown conversation with themselves, we wouldn’t run. We wouldn’t immediately avoid confrontation, making a “b-line” to the other side of the street, or fearful of a threeway conversation with only two apparent voices heard. No. We would just appreciate harmless ole’ Bob and walk right on by, or even stop and join the conversation. The first time I witnessed this — this seeing voices - was with my parents. We were in some other giant box store...Wal-Mart I suppose. Dad was in line at the cashier; mom was no where to be seen. As I approached I realized he is talking to himself. As any dutiful son would think of his dear, dear, father...the one who took him to all those hockey practices, the one who instructed him on the multiple uses of duct tape, and provided wisdom without condescension or ire...my thoughts at that very second were “My God, he snapped”. He was and still is the wisest person I know so his collapse of social grace was painful, if even for those few moments. As I approached further I realized by tone and inflection that he was talking to my mother. But where was my mother? Closer still, I recognized his hand coming up to his ear, like he was adjusting his ear piece. But he doesn’t have an ear piece. His hearing is, as any man can attest, selectively great. But today, I comprehended, and my poor, depressed heart felt a rush of relief, that he was using one of those new-fangled ear piece phones; Bluetooth's they are called. My father hadn’t lost it. Hurray. But this is the normal scene played out through much of the cities. These ear phones, almost totally hidden from sight unless you are looking at a particular angle,...people walking and talking, having personal conversations through out the day, in crowds of people. For this ruralite it is unsettling. Now, it should be said that I was right on one point. My dad was talking to my mom. Mom, somewhere in the mall, nearly lost, was updating the shopping list and checking with dad that all items were found. I have to face the facts that this is the size and speed of urban life, something I don’t feel all that comfortable with. So, my question is this. If we are constantly doing all these things, almost literally plugged into the cyber/technological world, how will we know that the voices we hear are the result of technology, or voices of the divine, or of ourselves even? Is God calling, or is the wife asking to pick up a jug of milk? And who can I put on hold? TTT

Email: [email protected] Ad drop off at 104 Tamarack N.

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Did you know…. "Slumgullion" may not sound like the most appetizing name for a dish, but that's part of its charm. The word's etymology doesn't do it any favors: "slumgullion" is believed to be derived from "slum," an old word for "slime," and "gullion," an English dialectical term for "mud" or "cesspool." The earliest recorded usage of "slumgullion," in Mark Twain's Roughing It (1872), refers not to a stew but a beverage. The sense referring to the stew debuted about two decades later, and while there is no consensus on exactly what kinds of ingredients are found in it, that's the "slumgullion" that lives on today.

22nd Annual WALLACE STEGNER HOUSE DINNER Saturday, March 7, 2009 Eastend Memorial Hall, Eastend 5:00 p.m. - Social Hour & Cocktails Fundraising - Early Bird Draws 6:30 p.m. - Dinner 7:30 p.m. - Programme

Special Guests:

●Photographer - Courtney Milne, Saskatoon “Saskatchewan, the Luminous Landscape ....” ●Musician – Scott Pomeroy, Northampton, Ma

Advance Tickets - $30.00/person Available in Eastend from Ethel, phone 295-3670 Madhatters’ Flowers & Gifts Cheques payable to: Eastend Arts Council or order by mail: Stegner House Committee, Box 415, Eastend, SK. S0N 0T0

Deadline for purchasing tickets – February 20th

AGES would like to thank all the artisans, the Eastend Public Library, and all the patrons to AGES open house last weekend. Your support is sincerely appreciated.

You are invited to a Special Evening with Readings by

Mystery Writer, Matt Hughes (Matt & wife Paula are current residents in Wallace Stegner House) Location: Eastend Public Library Time: 7:00 p.m. Date: Friday, February 20th His short fiction has appeared in /Alfred Hitchcock’s/, / Asimov’s, Blue Murder, Fantasy & Science Fiction, Postscripts, Storyteller, Interzone /and a number of “Year’s Best” anthologies// Night Shade Books published his science fiction short story collection, /The Gist Hunter and Other Stories/ in 2005. He has won the Arthur Ellis Award from the Crime Writers of Canada, and has been short-listed for the Aurora, Nebula and Derringer Awards. His sf novels and stories regularly make /Locus Magazine/’s annual recommended reading list.

PRICES FOR 2009 Regular ads are $12.50/Week or $38.00/4 weeks Prices vary according to size. Email: [email protected] Fax: 306-295-4176 / Phone: 306-295-3566 Or drop off in mail box @104 Tamarack N.

The Eastend Edge is a proud supporter of our community and distributed across North America (Yes, the EDGE is distributed to Eastend, Shaunavon, Swift Current, Edmonton, and to one guy in California but guess which place is really the centre of the universe, or at worst “where life truly makes sense”)

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√ Eastend Arts Council — Mar. 2nd. √ Kinsmen— Feb. 19th. √ CWL— Mar. 4th. √ K-40 — Mar. 4th. √ Kinettes — Mar. 12th. √ FAMILY DAY — Feb. 16th. √ Fire Dept. — Feb. 17th. √ Chamber — Feb. 18th √ Clay Centre Comm. Club — Feb. 17th. √ Red Hat’s R’Belles — Feb. 27th. √ Reiki Practitioner Night — Feb. 17th. •TOPS MEET @ Health Centre Quiet Room, Mondays @ 5:00 p.m. •AA—Monday’s @ 8:00p.m. at Henry’s Place. •BINGO—Mondays at 7:00 in the Rink!

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Across 1 No, no. Can't touch that fruit. 6 Personal bug spray. 8 Famous hockey Bobby. 9 Moment of sun rise. 10 "____, the people...." U.S. constitutional. 12 Put money in a bank. 14 Marathoners. 15 Monopoly space; pass this you get money. 16 Figure out a problem. 17 TV drama with math. 19 Among. Down 2 "Not yours, but ____"; pleural. 3 A politician without a party. 4 A natural setting for water to flow. 5 Bond doc. 7 "Not many, but a _____". 11 Did you hear that; hear that, hear that... 12 Multiplied by two. 13 Gift tag word. 15 A toothed wheel in mechanics. 16 The mathematical total. 18 "...forty cubits____ forty cubits..."; Noah. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Francis Bacon

Did you know…. The history of "cryptic" starts with "kryptein," a Greek word meaning "to hide." Can you uncover other "kryptein" relatives in English? Not surprisingly, "crypt," meaning "underground chamber," is one. The element "krypton" would be another correct guess, and so would "apocrypha," which can mean "writings of dubious authenticity." "Kryptein" also gave us several words having to do with secret codes, such as "cryptogram" ("a communication in cipher or code") and "cryptography" ("the coding and decoding of secret messages"). And, in fact, something "cryptic" can sometimes seem as if written in code.

Quick Facts Fact #98: Over one million stray dogs live in the New York City metropolitan area.

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FEELING FINE IN 2009!

Recipe of the Week Shrimp Couscous Salad INGREDIENTS √ 2 cups couscous PREP TIME 30 Min √ 2 cups water COOK TIME 5 Min √ 3/4 cup olive oil READY IN 35 Min √ 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar √ 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard √ 1 teaspoon ground cumin √ 1 clove garlic, crushed √ salt and pepper to taste √ 1 red bell pepper, chopped √ 1 yellow bell pepper, chopped √ 1 1/2 pounds cooked shrimp, peeled and deveined √ 2 medium tomatoes, chopped √ 1 cup chopped fresh parsley √ 1 cup crumbled feta cheese DIRECTIONS 1. Pour water into a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Stir in couscous, cover, and remove from heat. Let stand for 5 minutes, then immediately fluff with a fork. (otherwise it will clump). Set aside to cool. In a small bowl, whisk together the olive oil, cider vinegar, Dijon mustard, garlic, salt and pepper. Set aside. 2. In a large salad bowl, toss together the shrimp, cooled couscous, red and yellow bell peppers, tomatoes, parsley and feta cheese. Whisk vinaigrette to blend, then pour in about half of it over the couscous. Toss to coat, and add more dressing to coat thoroughly without drenching. Refrigerate at least 2 hours before serving.

THIS WEEK IN HISTORY… 1431 England begins trial against Joan of Arc 1600 - Giordano Bruno - advocate of Copernican theory & plurality of worlds - is burned at the stake by the Inquisition in Rome 1630 First Nations people introduce pilgrims to popcorn, at Thanksgiving 1883 - Ladies Home Journal begins publication 1885 Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" published 1899 Stanley Cup Montréal Shamrocks sweep Queens University (Kingston Ontario) in 2 games 1892 Manitoba Rugby Football Union forms 1908 - Geronimo - Apache hero - dies (birth date unknown) 1913 1st prize inserted into a Cracker Jack box 1923 - Howard Carter finds the Pharoah Tutankhamun 1937 - Nylon patented - WH Carothers 1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit in Billboard's top 10 "Heartbreak Hotel" 1974 Gordie Howe comes out of retirement for $1 million from Houston Aeros, WHA 1975 Margaret Thatcher elected leader of British Conservative Party 1977 Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" album released 1989 UK physicist Stephen Hawking calls Star Wars a "deliberate fraud"

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Public Presentations 7-9 pm March 3 Shaunavon Post Office
March 12, Eastend 223 Front St.

DARE TO LIVE FULLY… Call Sherry Gilbert CBP, 306-295-3371

MOVIE NIGHT at the T.rex Discovery Centre Theatre

February 20th Quarantine (18+) One of the most terrifying events of our time took place inside a Los Angeles apartment complex. It was kept secret... until now. When a news crew decides to trail a brave firefighting team, they never suspect that the first call for help they respond to that night may be their last. Now they're trapped in an apartment complex sealed off by the government. With no way of escape, they find themselves surrounded by frightened residents who are infected with a deadly mutant virus.

February 21st Madagascar 2, Escape from Africa (PG) the continuing adventures of Alex the Lion, Gloria the Hippo, Marty the Zebra and Melman the Giraffe. One Admission Price $3.50 each T.Rex Discovery Centre, Eastend, SK. www.dinocountry.com P:(306) 295 4009

EASTEND MS SOCIETY

Steak & Lobster Tail Night April 18th at the Memorial Hall. “ A night of Hope” $75.00 per person Evening will include an excellent supper and a one act play “EVENING OUT” Tax Receipts will be issued. PROCEEDS TOWARDS THE CAUSE AND CURE FOR MS The number advance tickets will dictate whether the event will go ahead. Deadline March 31, 2009. For More Info Call Bonnie @ 295-3655 or 3855

FEBRUARY DATES FOR PHYSICIAN CLINICS IN EASTEND When: Feb. 24—Dr. Crawshaw Shelley Wilson RN (NP) will be away March 2 to March 13 inclusive. To book an appointment Phone 295-4184 Monday - Friday, 8:00 AM-4:00 PM.

The Eastend Edge is a proud supporter of our community and distributed across North America (Yes, the EDGE is distributed to Eastend, Shaunavon, Swift Current, Edmonton, and to one guy in California but guess which place is really the centre of the universe, or at worst “where life truly makes sense”)