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The "Painter of Light," as the world knew him, died last month. Artist and author Thomas Kinkade, well known as a devout Christian, was among the world's highest earning and most popular living artists.

I promised that I would tell you about some of the interesting things that we saw at Gardenscape in Saskatoon a few weeks back. Among the many fascinating displays was one that I thought was very unusual.

Dear Editor; For over seven years we have been struggling with our neighbours, our municipality and provincial government bodies to find a solution to a problem that keeps getting worse every year.

Few people would argue against making environmental review processes and regulations more efficient - as long as they're effective. But changes announced in the recent federal budget don't do that.

Dear Editor, I would like to take this time to say congratulations to everyone involved in Football Night in Saskatchewan. Once again the incredible support shown by Yorkton was amazing.

I want to say a public thank-you to the emails of support I got from last week's column concerning the overkill traffic blitz that was held in Yorkton a couple of weeks ago. A few people asked if I was sour because I, in fact, got a ticket. No.

To suggest that the federal Conservative government are taking its rural Saskatchewan base for granted might be seen by some as a tad unfair.

You and I have talked of many things, of garden hopes and garden dreams and plants and springs but I don't think we have ever talked about the luscious strawberry.

In retrospect, I ought to have paid more attention when I first noticed the slight hiss in the basement. But it barely registered - until I went downstairs for something else, hours later.