Cheers 4 Lethbridge celebrates the people who make Lethbridge great. Celebrate someone today!

Supporting Our Local Community

William Slenders, Executive Director, Lethbridge Destination Management Organization. “Lethbridge has so many things to do. The river valley is a crown gem of our city, and I love being able to walk the trails and float down the river on a tube with friends during the summer. Our festivals and events are a cut above the rest, as organizers bring us excellent entertainment opportunities. Lethbridge is a fantastic city to be part of!” Celebrate the people who make Lethbridge a great place to live, work, and play – tag and cheer somone who’s made a difference in our community today!

TOAST: To city council for voting to support the Lethbridge 2020 Memorial Cup host bid. This would be an absolutely phenomenal event for the city.

ROAST: If the Liberals have their way nobody in Canada will have to work because we’ll have 365 ridiculous stat holidays.

ROAST: To anybody that believes there is a justifiable reason to re-write Canadian history. You all offend me!

ROAST: To superficial solutions in the case of drug use. Lethbridge has become palliative caregiver to the drug addicted, their care beds being the city streets.

ROAST: To the Lethbridge Police Service for letting their dogs bark at all hours of the night.

TOAST: Congratulations to Perry Farms and the potato growers for the wonderful time on Saturday, when they opened up their potato field, and let every one have a chance to pick a 20-pound bag of great potatoes. The atmosphere was great along with the interaction with the staff, taking questions on production practices, thanks for the great two hours of fun and community interaction.

ROAST: What is wrong with the City’s parks crews? Are they trying to resurface the parking lot that runs along Mayor Magrath Drive by putting more water on it than the grass? So much water in the parking lot ducks can swim in the puddles. You can sure tell they don’t pay the water bill. Maybe they should hire someone to adjust them properly?

ROAST: It is appalling to see individuals riding their motorcycles wearing flipflops, shorts, T-shirts and a $10 helmet on what I perceive to be a very empty noggin. A small patch of gravel/sand, a fast flat/blowout, or a traffic accident no matter how minor and you most likely will lose your cool factor and possibly your good looks and beautifully tanned hide!! Experienced and smart riders live by the credo ATTGAT (all the gear all the time!). Just saying.

ROAST: To the 97 families who control the monitory system in Canada, the only country in the G7 with no inheritance tax. This averages 45 per cent in the other six members. The difference means a rapidly growing spread between haves and have nots as the wealth is passed down generation to generation tax free and accumulates. Only in Canada is this permitted as the wealthy exert their tremendous influence. See what the survey of the accountants at the Canadian Revenue Agency has to say about our tax system concerning the rich versus the working people. I consider our government whoever is in power at any time to be hamstrung by the very wealthy.

ROAST: Well, a big thank you goes out to the City of Lethbridge. Now that a new section of town is starting to come up, Legacy Ridge, you have decided that they would need bus service more than Hardieville. Let’s forget about the 300 or so people who live there, let’s forget that maybe, just maybe, one bus that goes part of the way down 40 Avenue is not good enough for those who catch the bus. Maybe you should walk four or so blocks to catch the bus in the winter. Why not put at least one stop at 42 or 43 Avenue? Oh, by the way, my taxes are the same as anywhere on the northside but that’s OK, right?

TOAST: Well said, thanks for putting some truth into the media. CBC (funded federally by the politicians that hate our firearms) sensationalized the Toronto shooting.

ROAST: Does Justin Trudeau get up each morning and wonder what asinine thing he can do next? There is not a person/creed/race/that hasn’t suffered severe hardships and trials. But they do not let those experiences define who they are and use them as an excuse for every bad decision they make. The residential schools are in the past. Throwing more monies, making a national holiday and apologizing six ways to Sunday will not fix anything. Justin quit the “oh you poor thing” treatment and let’s move on. There are others more worthy of a national holiday.

TOAST: To Rose Maria Nyberg. Your letter to the editor which ran in Sunday’s paper was right on and true to the point. We need more people who are in the know to know as you do. Fantastic girl. Keep on educating us in your knowledge. Thank you.

ROAST: To all three federal political parties. None support a pipeline to the East Coast as they are happy burning oil from any number of dictatorships. The vast sums of money leaving the country supports these regimes and funds armaments and other means of controlling their populations and war on other countries. All support the old Soviet system of supply management of milk, eggs, cheese, etc. This includes the Conservative party which claims to be a business-oriented freeenterprise party but is really merely Liberal “lite.” No one to vote for. I will show up as I always do but I will spoil my ballot or vote for an independent if a suitable one runs.

TOAST: Frank Toth, one of Lethbridge’s great minds, passed away. We will miss his thoughts, perspective and great humour.

ROAST: To the parents of three children who are riding their bikes and a scooter at times along 23 Avenue South dodging in and out of traffic on the street, on the sidewalk, sometimes without helmets. Cars are honking at them. Educate and discipline your kids on bike safety.

ROAST: To all the people who give you hints and heads up, ho hums and nudges but never have the guts to get to the meat of the matter especially when life and death could be in the balance. Folks: the road to hell is paved with good intentions and may you get there before the devil knows you’re due.

TOAST: To Mike Bond (GM) and his awesome staff at Moxie’s. My server, floor manager and the general manager all went out of their way to ensure all ingredients were researched to fit my dietary needs. Upon learning my favourite dish was no longer suitable, the floor manager went out of his way to review the menu with me and Mike personally sat down at our table to apologize and offer me a free meal upon my return. On top of all of that he covered our meals and drinks that night. None of this was their fault at all but they did all that they could to ensure my happiness, and that is sadly so rare these days! Thank you so much Mike and staff — keep up the amazing work!

ROAST: To all the young conservative people in southern Alberta who are conservative by default to fit in with the older generation. Most have almost no knowledge of politics and often completely false information. Don’t believe what you are told and do your own fact finding.

ROAST: To the Lethbridge Police who are everywhere at 7 a.m. ticketing hardworking normal folk trying to get to work. But at 11 p.m. Friday and Saturdays, they are nowhere to be seen and there are clearly intoxicated drivers, excessive speeders and dangerous drivers everywhere, particularly Whoop-Up Drive. By the time you have a chance to pull over and call 911, even if you have a plate number the police will tell you “they could be anywhere by now.” Pathetic!

TOAST: To Caleb and Bryce who oversee Project Paintbrush for the Lethbridge Volunteer group. And many thanks to members of the LPS and others who so generously donated their time to paint the fence of an elderly senior.

ROAST: To the person who Roasted Dr. Lloyd Clarke and thinks people with severe addictions need compassion. Seriously demented, give your head a shake. Time to tackle the problem, not help it along. Dealers get jail, users also, straighten up and get a job! Lethbridge is turning into a pathetic run-down city.

ROAST: To Parks Canada for not tranquilizing the first bison who left the herd and wandered away, still could have been saved. What was wrong with doing so? And moving him off by loading on a wagon and taken out by off road vehicle, or put a tracking device on him to further make contact with him as soon as was available to move.

ROAST: While I appreciate being able to call the police to report problems in our city, I take issue with being asked not only my name, phone number and address but also my age. This is going too far. Why do you need to know my age? No constable has ever asked me this before. Isn’t it enough we phone in? Why are citizens that care about this city being grilled?

TOAST: Thank you Lethbridge Herald for making the letters larger for the Wonderword puzzle. We seniors really appreciate that.

ROAST: To the nice biologists who figured they were getting their self-serving legacy of reintroducing buffalo to Banff National Park. Well, setting them off on this strange idea of freedom to live wild is just like the rest of us free Canadians. We’re free till we don’t do what we are told. I bet that bull bison would have rather have preferred to live out his years where he was instead of going to Banff to be shot for doing what “wild” animals do: roam. Shame on you.

ROAST: To the City for not noticing or rather ignoring a situation that has and is taking place every day. All folks just take a drive behind the old London Drugs building, Boston Pizza building and all the other businesses, the chain link fence has been accessed by cutting the fence in several places for 100 per cent access for a camping site by all the drug users and homeless under the tress and grass next to the highway. A very gross site and getting worse. Next fires, people will get hit and killed on the highway, never mind all those business will be vandalized or burned down.

TOAST: To Jerry Sr. and Jr. at Higersom for their amazing generosity and selection of landscaping products in Lethbridge. I was so excited, I forgot to close the hatchback on my SUV.

TOAST: Jesus said “you will have me for a short time. The poor you will have forever.”

TOAST: To Herald photographers Ian and Tijana. Your pictures alone are worth the price of a subscription, keep up the brilliant work.

ROAST: To the Police Beat column. The armchair detective article is clearly one to be questioned, and highly scrutinized. The Chief eludes to question “even if people are locked up do the jails have the capacity and is it the right place?” Surely the Chief doesn’t do a daily jail capacity check and direct arrests made dependant on whether or not there is sufficient room. Jail capacity is hardly the Police Chief’s concern! If so perhaps a career as the local jail warden is better suited. The sentencing of persons convicted of crimes across this country is clearly the job of judges and they “do not” call the jail for a capacity check prior to sentencing.

ROAST: To the Police Chief in his very defensive Armchair Detective article. Seemingly the public for good reason is becoming more involved with opinions and hopeful for answers to the sudden increase in Lethbridge crime. The Armcair detectives actually hold a very large stake in the city and its affairs. Embrace the opinions of the armchair detectives rather than chastise them as they are the taxpayers that have entrusted you to find optimism rather than such a critical review. TOAST: To the Chief of Police, Rob Davis, for his extremely informative article “Armchair detectives are missing the facts” from Aug. 20. Very well written and he explained some of the laws of the land. Take heed

complainers and educate yourselves and then come up with solutions based on facts, not your make-believe “perfect in your mind” scenarios.

ROAST: Police Chief Davis for your statement “Arm chair detectives are missing the facts.” Every criminal thanks you for clarifying how difficult it is for the force to enforce the law. Yes, there needs to be blood or bullet holes before you can do much. I’m sure this makes your mandate of providing peace, safety and harmony for the community easier now that you’ve explained how helpless LPS is.

ROAST: To the nine merchants in a southside parking lot. It is totally undesirable, and has been for a long time, the poorest parking markings so faint almost can’t see them anymore. A big problem we have seen is the driveway for vehicles, between the two big area marked parking stalls. People do not know they should not at any time park in the driveway through, they continue to do so on quite a regular basis, more so worse now you can’t see the markings. We have even reported to the stores to announce over their PA system, of which they do not, do, the licence plate numbers of folks blocking it right off. This a accident waiting to happen. Next time we are going to call the fire department as it seems no one is doing anything. An absolute fire hazard.

ROAST: To whoever decided the new “it” colour should be grey. Grey hotels, grey homes, grey bridesmaids dresses for heaven’s sake! Enough already.

TOAST: To the Keho Golf Club grounds crew. The course is in pristine condition — best greens ever! Thanks for your hard work.

TOAST: To Rudy, Stella and staff at Energy Smart for their prompt courteous service, the best in L.A. The reason I shop local for everything.

ROAST: To the City for their inane idea of supporting the hotel business by backing a bid for the Memorial Cup. I have a better idea on what you can do with that tax surplus (over taxation, tell it like it is for once). How about fixing some of the streets in this city that really need it instead of spending every summer re-doing 5 Avenue North? And wasting all that money on that useless bike path that nobody but a few who live in that area use. Your planning board must be having too many wet lunches, yeesh.

TOAST: To Police Chief Rob Davis for his excellent article explaining how the justice systems actually works (Monday Aug. 20). Hopefully it will help people to understand and to be more understanding of police work.

ROAST: To a local large tire and hardware chain that recently put out a flyer advertising wood stoves. If stores don’t stop selling these harmful items, until they are banned in cities, and until people stop buying them, how will neighbourhoods have clean air for all?

TOAST: To the staff at Fat Burger. Your honesty in returning my husband’s moneyclip that inadvertently fell out of his pocket is much appreciated. Your friendliness and delicious food is to be commended, too.

TOAST: To Demi Knight. You are a breath of fresh air on Global.

ROAST: To wildfire season. I don’t like how this is turning into an annual event that is coming too close to home. TOAST: To Exhibition Park. Whoop-Up Days is always a blast.

ROAST: To a city councillor regarding your comments of not believing the experts when it comes to economic impact of hosting large events in the city. Just saying no to everything because you seem to have not done your homework is getting old. ROAST: To the terrible smoke from the wildfires. Makes it hard to go outside on the bad days. TOAST: To rain hopefully. TOAST: To all the positive things going on in Lethbridge that often get overshadowed by the bad stuff.