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This week's editorial

Editor Joan Ritchie's editorial from this week's issue of The Moose Jaw Express.
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“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” – Herman Melville

This is a round-a- bout community-focused commentary/blog/editorial…whatever you may want to call it.

It is very sad to read that many seniors in our community are not making ends-meet and need to resort to using the Food Bank for food supply, as well as those on social assistance programs.  

At the same time, it is heartwarming that community services – The Moose Jaw Food Bank, Moose Jaw Housing Authority and Moose Jaw Families for Change have initiated their first local Community Fridge Pantry in High Park Towers. Hopefully, more locations are on the horizon. 

For those in the community that want to donate to this community fridge/pantry can drop their items off at the local food bank in the allocated area for fridge-and-pantry-specific donations.   

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Kudos to both Rotary Clubs that joined forces to hold a recent fundraiser dinner in support of Ukraine – going to Rotary Clubs in that country to distribute humanitarian aid.  Moose Jaw came through with a grand total of well-over 11K dollars to date, and still climbing, as I think they would be happy to continue accepting any and all donations to the cause. Thanks to all of the businesses who supported the endeavour with substantial donations.  

Personally attending the perogie-making and tasting evening prior to the fundraiser, I will attest the loaded perogies were very tasty. It was well-worth the effort to build them in the Beginner Perogie-Making Class offered, and a very delightful evening to be had.  

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Now let’s talk about camping…I love the camping experience but not necessarily all of the extra unknowns that come with a first-time camping experience. I remember some of my own wilderness camping adventures very vividly.  

As a newbie-tenter in the early years of our marriage, with a three year old and infant in tow, the hubby and I decided to buy a pup-tent to give it a go. Well, you have to start somewhere!  

We headed up north to Candle Lake area where we set up camp in the overflow area on a very hot weekend. Because of the heat and number of bodies in the very confined space, we were forced to sleep with just the screen zipped and no extra coverage.  

In the middle of the night, we woke to a frightening noise headed toward the tent. At least hubby had the sense to bring a flashlight and when he turned it on, the eyes of a skunk dragging a garbage bag met us eye-to-eye with only the screen to separate the humans from the beast. It was quite a predicament; thankfully the skunk had the good graces to turn-and-run rather than turn-his-bum and give us a blast. Needless to say, our camping skills have improved over time with updated camping accommodation. Camping gets into your blood but somehow time tames the adventure to a more palatable state that I can enjoy.  

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And if camping in the great outdoors isn’t your shtick, then at least you can enjoy your backyard or a park in our area. There’s some great information in this edition in the Backyard Living section that may be helpful to your summer backyard experience. At this point in the season, the dog-days-of-summer seem far off in the distance but get ready, summer will soon be here.  

All this and more in this edition of the Moose Jaw Express/MooseJawToday.com

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the position of this publication.  

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