Liz Spetz
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Great January
Films!!
28 - Machete
Doors open at 6:30 PM
Admission Price
$3.50 each
Suggestions for movies are
welcome. Please contact:
T.rex Discovery Centre
Eastend, SK.
www.trexcentre.ca
(306)295-4009
Trailers now available on
T.rex Discovery Centre
web site
www.trexcentre.ca
Movie Synopsis on pg. 4
We always overestimate the change that
will occur in the next two years and un-
derestimate the change that will occur in
the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled
into inaction. Bill Gates
Distribution of the Edge
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Publisher: Jeanne Kaufman
Lessons from the Mall
There are several good things about being stuck in Medicine Hat for a few days. First, the
hotel bed is very comfortable and second the mall is right across the street. With so much
snow, the mall is the only logical place to walk so I’ve been there several times. Enough
times to become curious about it. That’s always dangerous.
The mall comprises many small retail outlets and three large department stores. To ward off
cabin fever, I walked through every one of these places many times over the period of a
week. There was a lot of merchandise to examine and the sales were in full swing. I couldn’t
help noticing a few things. Absolutely none of the clothing was manufactured in Canada, or
the United States for that matter. None of the footwear was either. Nor was any of the jew-
ellery. And virtually none of the personal and household electronics and furnishings. The
only thing Canadian about the mall was the service and it was pathetically uninviting. The
goods on offer were by and large cheap looking, made of thin material and doomed to be
short-lived. Turnover is the essence here. Charge relatively little, give even less in return
and keep the consumer coming back for lots more in replacement. Excluding the department
stores, there are more than 15 clothing stores. There’s no exceptional choice of goods
among them. They’re just all squatting there like a cluster of Venus fly traps waiting for the
unwary victim. But, what’s really happening here?
What’s happening is that we’re setting ourselves up to be consistently bled no differently
than the Massai bleed their herds of cattle. The cattle are willing and so are we. The result is
that we’re stripping off our currency in exchange for the entertainment we get from cheaply
made junk. Countries economically on the rise in the Far East are collecting a big slice of
the profits and, in turn, are re-investing in our unending debt and buying cement to build
their new cities, gathering technology and focusing on education for their people. In short,
we’re on the losing end. Even more so, we’re handing it away as fast as we possibly can.
The purchase of Manhattan island in exchange for beads and trinkets was small in com-
parison to this.
So that’s the national view from the mall. What’s the world view from China? They’re
building 100 new cities. Some, like Tianjin Eco-City, are planned to be green beyond any
existing metropolis. True, other cities like Yutian are choking on pollution but you can’t
deny that China is actively looking at unconventional ways to make major accomplish-
ments. Don’t kid yourself; they’re doing this with our money. By comparison, where are
our new cities?
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 COMMUNITY HAPPENINGS
Call Us for All Memorial Hall Board—Jan. 10
Your Insurance ECT&EDA—Jan. 4
Eastend Arts Council—Jan. 3
Needs Historical Museum— Feb. 8
K-40—Jan. 5
CWL—Jan. 5
• Have you done any renovating? Friends of the Museum &
• Added any machinery, bins? T.rex Discovery Centre—Jan. 13
RM of White Valley— Jan. 13
Call to see that you’re properly insured TOWN COUNCIL— Jan. 12
Cypress Hotel Clay Centre Comm Club—Jan. 18
Welcomes You SHOP LOCAL School Comm Council—Jan. 18
Chamber of Commerce—Jan. 19
Get Bonnie working for you Fire Dept. — Jan. 4 and 18
Check out the great Prairie Pearls— Jan. 26
EASTEND AGENCIES RW Institute—Jan. 18
food in the café 104 Maple Avenue North. Eastend, Sask. Memorial Hall Board—Jan. 10
including our new TOPS MEET - Health Centre Quiet Room,
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Serving Eastend Alanon– Health Centre Quiet Room
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This Day in History

1870 - soda fountain was patented

1905 – Cullinan diamond was discov-
ered, the largest diamond ever found
1917 – 1st jazz record recorded (Dark
Town Strutters Ball)
1935 – introduction of canned beer
1956- Buddy Holly’s first formal re-
cording session
1956 – Elvis records Blue Suede Shoes
1958- 1st man-made nuclear fusion
1960 - 1st photograph bounced off the
Moon
 THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack’s Café The Eastend Ladies Bonspiel
wants to thank the following:
Will be open for Valentine’s Day
Dinner on Monday, Eastend Grain Company
February 14th Eastend Agencies
Hidden Valley Foods
Specials will also be served for a Jack’s Café
Valentine’s Dinner on Sunday, Madhatters Flowers and Gifts
February 13th Rexall
Jodi Humphrey
Please reserve your tables ahead Charlie’s Lunch
295-3313 Double G Marketing
Riverside Motel
Cypress Hotel
Hair Oasis
Eastend Coop
Bonnie & Neil McCuaig
THE BOSS IS AWAY SALE!! Valley Plumbing and Heating
January 25 - 29 Eastend Credit Union
Scott Morvik – Investors Group
Elle lunch bags 30% off, Laurel Schuett- Investors Group
purses and wallets 20% off Ham Tree Land & Cattle- John & Diane Schmitt
and the rest of the store 15 % off. B & B Welding
(Creek side coffee exempt) Julies Office Service
Penn West
The Eastend Edge
Shannon’s Closet Stenersons Auto
Your Gift Store and More Shannon’s Closet
Jerry’s Auto Service
Walters Home Furnishings
Browzers
Legacy Computers
Nova Optical
Stark & Marsh
Draft Official Community Plan Now Available
Bumper to Bumper
In November, 2010 an evening presentation was held to acquaint people with a Liz Spetz –Formula One
working copy of the Official Community Plan for the Town of Eastend. The A & B Auto
draft copy of this document is now available for public access on the internet Rick & Bernadette Schneider
through Scheffer Andrew (www.schefferandrewcom/default.aspx?page=47). It Leroys Custom Slaughtering
provides an overall approach to guide future planning and development, both Topham Red Angus
residential and industrial. It designates land that could reasonably be expected to Ropers
be used for future growth and defines limitations that must be considered. It Shaunavon Standard
identifies commercial areas as opposed to residential. Maps appended to the end
of the document present Location, Constraints, Growth Concept, Community “ All the volunteers who made the weekend a
Services, Services and Transportation, and Future Town Growth Concept.
HUGE Success”
The Draft will be presented at the Town Council meeting in February and, if Trina Humphrey for setting up the draw
approved, will then go forward for Provincial acceptance. The documents may All the men who helped with the ice.
be accompanied with a set of Zoning By Laws that are referenced in the Draft SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR
OCP but not elaborated on there.
The Draft OCP touches on many pertinent areas of community concern. It spe-
cifically identifies the need for a “desirable gateway” as an entrance into the
Town. A concern that many residents have expressed as an item for improve-
ment. The Draft also states as one of our Municipal Goals the requirement to
“provide safe potable water to all town residents”; a condition which is not cur-
rently available but should be addressed. The Draft further discusses the con- The Eastend Edge is a proud supporter of our
straints we face in identifying land for development that would meet the require- community and is distributed across
ment of being above the Flood Plane. North America. Publisher: Jeanne Kaufman
Take the opportunity to become familiar with this document and come to the
Town Council meeting in February for more information. JK
 « pg. 1 Lessons from the Mall

The problem isn’t China. The problem is

us. For example, while Tianjin’s city will
have acres of wind turbines I have to ask,
where is ours. I mean even one. Not on a
provincial basis but right here in town.
We can’t even co-operate to fix our side-
walks. How backward looking have we
become? We have access to considerable
resources but no will to employ them. If
China is building cities why can’t we
rebuild ours?
We are about to vote an Official Commu-
nity Plan into place. The plan is predi-
cated on the idea that we want the town
to thrive and prosper. We want to suc-
ceed. It’s our opportunity to be a bit un-
conventional. If we keep doing what
we’ve always done and keep thinking
like we’ve always thought we’re going to
keep re-inventing the 1960’s. However,
we can choose to have a different future.
We must examine ways to invest in our-
selves and go beyond short-term think-
ing. We can choose to be unique and
incorporate new ideas and technology in
our development. We can salvage our-
selves from the national malaise of deep-
seated mediocrity. We need creative
thinking to revitalize Eastend. How can
we use technology and incorporate eco-
logical advantage to attract businesses
and residents? If we strive to be different
from other towns we will grow and be
noticed. And, our children will have a
prosperous future right here. Let’s get out
of the mall mentality and make some-
thing different happen. JK

Movie Synopsis:

Machete

After being betrayed by

the organization who
hired him, an ex-Federale
launches a brutal rampage
of revenge against his
former boss. Machete is messy, violent,
shallow, and tasteless -- and that's pre- Authors for Enjoyment
cisely the point of one of the summer's
most cartoonishly enjoyable films. Two authors have been writing series of excellent novels that you might enjoy. Both are
available through the Chinook Library system. Try these:
(Go figure, JK)
Robert Goddard - born in Hampshire, England and graduated from Peter-
www.rottentomatoes.com
house College, Cambridge where he read History. Since 1986 he has been
regularly producing books that have edge-of-seat pacing and labyrinthine
plotting. There are currently 22 novels to choose from and each makes an
intriguing read. His plots entwine complex stories with historical events
January 27 - The International Day in and figures, somewhat reminiscent of thrillers by Ken Follett. His use of
memory of the victims of the Holocaust language is better than average. Beyond Recall was nominated for an Edgar
is thus a day on which we must reassert Award in 1999.
our commitment to human rights.
We must also go beyond remembrance,
and make sure that new generations Jonathan King - a journalist for 20 years, began his career at the Phila-
know this history. We must apply the delphia Daily News. He has covered crime and criminal courts and is now
lessons of the Holocaust to today’s a national award-winning feature writer for the South Florida Sun-
world. And we must do our utmost so Sentinel. His Max Freemen series now comprises 6 books, the most recent
that all peoples must enjoy the protec- being Midnight Guardians. He has produced 2 other stand alone novels
tions and rights for which the United and a collection of short stories. A Visible Darkness (one of the Max Free-
Nations stands." man series) was nominated for a Shamus Award in 2004. The novels have
good background, clever plotting and a twisty pace that keeps you reading.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,
Press Conference SG/SM/11379, 17 Janu-
ary 2008