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After well over a week of extreme temperatures dipping below -40º C, Medstead’s weather broke with a Saturday snowfall. After several bus cancellations, the week concluded with operational school buses before the start of Reading Week on Feb. 16.

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Before I write any more in this column I must wish three very special people in my life a happy birthday Feb. 22.

Roots and blues musician Suzie Vinnick hopes to sing away North Battleford’s winter blues at the Dekker Centre Saturday, Feb. 23. Vinnick is originally from Saskatoon and is now based in Ontario.

HUMBOLDT — A Humboldt-based author is on the shortlist for a Saskatchewan Book Award. Barbara Langhorst’s novel, Want , was nominated for a Regina Public Library Book of the Year Award.

HUMBOLDT — An effort to convert four rooms at the Humboldt District Hospital for use by mental health and addictions clients is $6,000 away from its goal.

Did he or did he not, that is the question. If you still follow groundhog lore then you will know what that statement means. The bitter cold snap we just experienced did not give us any faith that winter will be shorter lived than we had hoped.

We just lost another of our old schools chums, Barbar Roseth (Bremner) of Rocky Mountain House, Alta., on Jan. 29 at the age of 89. She was born Dec. 25, 1930. Barbara has been in a senior home for a good number of years.

Salsa isn’t just a condiment for taco chips. Salsa dancing has become popular in Saskatchewan.