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4 • MONDAY, MAY 10, 2010 THE WATROUS MANITOU
Editorial and Opinion
Just Layzing Around
After a big story hits the news, it
doesn’t take long to see why many
people have such a negative view of
‘the media’.
Within hours of Manitou Springs
Mineral Spa’s loss of its license to
operate its pool, provincial radio and
television stations were broadcasting
the news.
Reasonably, I would be the last to
deny any of these outlets their right
to get the information to their viewers
and listeners, but could there be any
consideration taken regarding the
inflammatory quotes and unsubstantiated
comments made
I won’t even repeat deputy medical
health officer John-Mark Opondo’s
original stance, especially considering he did not seem to repeat his
earlier statement - or if he did, it wasn’t picked up by the provincial
media.
However, for a radio station like NewsTalk 650, for instance, to quote
Saskatoon resident Don Meister’s comments about “brown scum” and
foam just shows the station is looking to find anyone who is willing to
throw in their two-cents’ worth, regardless of the validity of the information.
Anyone who knows anything about Lake Manitou’s water has
seen the salty foam literally roll across the road during high winds.
And the colour of the water has always been and will always be a
greenish-brown. That’s what makes it one of the most unique lakes in
the world.
At least they finished by saying Meister has “never had any health
concerns.” Exactly. Perhaps that’s the real story.
Letters to the editor
Dear Editor,
Hearing on the TV Apr. 30
the Manitou Springs Mineral
Spa had been closed was quite
a shocker to me. I’ve been swimming
in Manitou Beach pools for
75 years: first White’s Pool, then
the Chalet Pool and most recently
Manitou Springs. While I’ve
been swimming once a week for
the
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was clearer and cleaner than I
have seen over the past 75 years.
It makes one wonder when was
the last time an inspector actually
tested the water.
Homer Burke
Watrous, Sask.
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We are fortunate to have such a great weekly newspaper and I
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Watrous, Sask.
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“So, Rambo, how was your little springtime walkabout . . .”
New coffee maker shakes things up
We bought a new coffee
machine. This is not an
earth- shattering revelation
but the last coffee maker we
bought was 15 years ago. At
that time they were fairly
basic in terms of features.
You put the coffee in the
brew cup, filled the reservoir
with water, set the pot under
the drip nozzle and turned it
on.
Not so now. There are
regular drip coffee makers
but you also have a choice of
espresso, press coffee makers
and a new kid on the block -
single cup brewers that use a
single serving pre-measured
package.
I am not much on trying
out new things, especially
when it comes to messing
with coffee. But, after
surveying the many options,
we settled on a Tassimo that
uses T-discs. These discs fit
into the slot, you put your
cup under the nozzle and
with the press of a button
you have enough coffee for
one cup. Nothing new about
that except these T-discs
come with many flavour options:
cappuccino, chai tea
latte, French vanilla coffee,
creme coffee and the regular,
normal everyday kind of coffee
too.
Who needs Tim’s or Starbucks
At first my number one
concern was where would I
buy refills The local grocery
store has ordinary coffee and
after a chat with the owner
it turns out she is willing
to bring in other flavours if
they will sell. Fair enough.
Neighbourly
News Peg by Hasein
Additionally, you can also
visit the company website and
order from there. There is also
a list of stores that sell the
refills. So, it seems there is no
danger in running out.
For adult Canadians, coffee
is the number one beverage:
81 per cent drink it occasionally
and 63 per cent drink it
on a daily basis.
Predominately a
morning beverage
(51 per cent is consumed
at breakfast),
Canadians
drink an average
of 2.6 cups per
day.
Compare that
with our southern
neighbours
with 49 per cent
who drink coffee daily. Must be
Tim’s influence.
For adult
Canadians, coffee
is the number one
beverage: 81
per cent drink it
occasionally and
63 per cent drink
it on a daily basis.
In North American, coffee
is a social beverage. One
acquaintance who hails from
England made that comment
the other day and I started
thinking about it. We go out
for coffee, we have friends in
for coffee, we visit over coffee.
North Americans also
prefer drip coffee whereas
down under in New Zealand
and Australia the norm is
pressed coffee. In fact, they
refer to coffee made in a drip
maker as “cowboy coffee.”
Hardened coffee drinkers
like to point out the health
benefits of coffee. They claim
it puts you in a better mood.
There may be some truth
to that as a study by Johns
Hopkins University found
that caffeine made people
more energetic, confident
and ready to work. That’s the
“buzz” anyway.
A study in Holland found
that coffee is good for your
memory. Great news for
boomers who grew up on
coffee and have now reached
the stage of their lives where
anything that improves their
memory is welcomed.
The new machine
is a hit in
our house. We
are working our
way through
the flavours
deciding which
ones we like.
Some we will
not purchase
again but I can
tell you the chai tea latte is
still my favourite.