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The Page was wondering about tourism the other day. Scotland has its Loch Ness Monster and the Okanagan region as its Ogopogo monster. They are world-famous attractions.
The million-dollar question to our readers: Ever hear of Lessie? Ha! I knew it!
A history lesson! On May 16, 1997, Lessie was born. She was the mascot used to promote Big Lake Country Tourism which promoted the Lesser Slave Lake region. Needless to say, as time wore on, Lessie flopped!
Do you remember Lessie, born May 16, 1997?
Lessie was a good idea, as proven by the Loch Ness Monster and Ogopogo, but it seemed no one cared enough to promote her. We could have had stuffed animals, keychains, buttons and other such promotions. Tourists love to buy that stuff!
Hey, if Turtleford, SK can have a giant turtle, and Beaverlodge a giant beaver, we could have a giant serpent. Tourists could take photos of their children siring or sitting on the serpent for keepsakes!
Another one of those good ideas that was put on the back burner and forgotten.
The Page still thinks this is a good idea for the new tourism group to consider.
Tourism benefits everyone in the region. Why not create a new lake monster? The Page used Wikipedia to do some research. In Cree, there is no word that translates into “lake monster” but a relevant term may be misi-kinepikw which means “great serpent” or something similar to lake serpent. Misi-kinepikw refers to a powerful, horned serpent that lives in lakes and said to be an Algonquian water monster said to eat humans. Uh, oh! Maybe not such a great idea!
Anyway, if any of our Cree friends in the readership area has a suggestion, drop a line to The Page in care of this newspaper.
Why are married women heavier than single women?
Single women come home, see what is in the fridge and go to bed.
Married women come home, sees what’s in bed, and go to the fridge!
The Page read the Government of Alberta’s news release Oct. 27 (which he gets way too many, by the way!) trumpeting the fact they are “taking action by appointing a class size and complexity task force to meet the challenge of increasingly complex classrooms.”
Sounds to the Page like someone needs to pad their meeting accounts!
Regarding class size, we all know there are more students in Alberta. The only way to reduce class size is to have more classes, which means hire more teachers.
Still, the government can not realize this and has to spend money on a study! More meetings, more expenses for politicians for what purpose? Unless someone comes up with a new way of doing math, there appears to be only one solution.
Besides, didn’t the government just promise to hire 3,000 new teachers reduce classroom size? No matter, Better appoint some floozies (friends of the government) to a committee and pay them to arrive at the inevitable solution.
And we wonder why taxes are so high!
On the subject of news releases, we frequently receive emails regarding weight loss. It seems everybody has the secret to weight loss.
The Page has no problem with this. Hasn’t lost any weight in years!
“If prison is such a terrible place, why do people do things which cause them to be sent there? And why do four out of five go back again?” – Richard Needham
Well, Mother Nature is trying to dump a bit of snow on us! The few flakes here and there that have fallen are quickl melted by warmer weather.
Speaking of weather: Maybe it is the El Nino La Nina weather patterns, maybe climate change, maybe just a fluke, but it seems to us springs are getting later, and cooler.
On the flip side, fall is also getting longer and warmer. Summer is a bit less, but the later fall makes up for it. Which leaves winter, which just seems to be getting shorter. Bad for businesses that sell sleds and snow machines.
Why do archaeologists make the best husbands?
The older the wife gets, the more interested he becomes in her!
Halloween is over, and Remembrance Day will be over next week. It means the Christmas holiday season is officially upon us.
Drop us a line and we will include your community Christmas Craft Sale in our calendars online and in the print editions.
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Did you hear about the big oopsie at the local church? The good reverend was giving his sermon:
“If I had all the beer in the world, I’d take it and throw it in the river!
“If I had all the wine in the world, I’d take it and throw it in the river!
“And if I had all the whiskey in the world, I’d take it and throw it in the river!” he closed the sermon with great enthusiasm.
“And now,” said the song leader, “For our closing song, let us sing Shall We Gather at the River!”
Have a great week, everyone!