Andi-Zack Johnson and her husband Ken Johnson are coming home to Oliver visiting family and while here are performing at Medici’s May 31st.  Tickets may be purchased at Medici’s at $25.00 each. Last year we sold out and many were left unable to buy a ticket. Be sure to get them now as time is […]

I WONT GO AND YOU CAN’T MAKE ME Several times I have written about getting old and dealing with the accompanying aches and pains but, really I do not see myself as old, just very mature! Age, like everything else is relative.  I also don’t see that I am too heavy, if I were six […]

Patient Impatient Very recently, I had the opportunity to again observe our health care system at work and came away believing that the greatest threat comes from how we abuse it. I was sent to an ER – not SOGH – on short notice by my GP to receive a transfusion comprising two units of […]

Be Still A serious operation had put Marvin DeHaan into the Rochester, MN hospital for a fairly long recovery period. Used to being very active and busy he found the experience of being ‘set aside’ a bit of an ordeal. A friend sent him the following poem, author unknown. I needed the quiet so he […]

Two weeks ago Oliver Town Council rejected a quick purchase of a command car for the Fire Chief and asked for a comprehensive report from staff and the Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) on the need for such – since budget talks did not raise this issue a couple of months ago. Staff now say there […]

A survey for you residents of the Town of Oliver, ratepayers and those that pay tax through their rent. Oliver Council has a strategic plan but it is often criticized for being staff first, council second and public third. So to be fair lets have a phone poll in June! *** Staff report Through the […]

If it gets any drier – we might have to ration the lawn water.