Our sympathy to the family and friends of Armelle Pasch who passed away on Sept. 21 at 78 years of age.
Our sympathy also to the family and friends of Fred Quick of Ladysmith who passed away Sept. 21.
We had another week of nice summer weather and it is supposed to continue this week until Wednesday.

This coming weekend Oktoberfest is here and hopefully it won’t rain. The trailers have been setting up all last week and Ladysmith is expanding to double its size.
Tom and I are working Sunday afternoon along with Winnifred and Gerald Mielke in the souvenir booth which we enjoy. The new chip wagon in Ladysmith will be a new attraction. As far as we know, they have been very busy.
Marie Gauthier of Ladysmith had quite an experience last week. A car was passing in front of her house and hit a pileated woodpecker. It was laying on the edge of the pavement unconscious. Marie picked it up and it was still living. She sat down on a chair and kept stroking its head for about an hour. Then she decided to go to the neighbours and get a cage to put it in, but on the way over it came to and flew away. Marie was very happy that she saved a nice bird from certain death.
Winnifred and Gerald Mielke had a similar experience last week when a downy woodpecker somehow got in a stovepipe in a shed. Gerald heard a noise in the stove while he was working in the shed and when he opened the door he saw the bird. He picked it up and released it outside and it flew away. Another happy ending.
Happy birthday to Kim Brouillette on Sept. 29 and to Lloyd D. Palmer on Oct. 4.
Happy anniversary to Elaine and Bryon Hodgins who celebrate Sept. 29, to Tara and Edward Rusenstrom on Sept. 30 and to Leigh-Ann and Steve Havelin on Oct. 1.