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CELEBRATING OUR RESIDENTS
by Marilyn Halvorson
JUERGEN SADLOWSKI
A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS
Bergen's Juergen Sadlowski is a man of many talents. If you have been in the Bergen Hall you may have seen the product of one of these talents. On the south wall of that building is an impressive mural depicting the beautiful view of Bergen which stretches out below the cemetery hill. For those who know him only as an expert upholsterer, it may come as a surprise to learn that he also attended art school.
As a young man, Juergen left East Germany in 1957. He was among the last to be granted a passport before the Iron Curtain surrounded that country for many years. He eventually made his way to Calgary where, during what he laughingly calls his “hippie period,” he studied art. Bergen's Juergen Sadlowski is a man of many talents. If you have been in the Bergen Hall you may have seen the product of one of these talents. On the south wall of that building is an impressive mural depicting the beautiful view of Bergen which stretches out below the cemetery hill. For those who know him only as an expert upholsterer, it may come as a surprise to learn that he also attended art school.…
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Notes from a First Time Farmer
by Sandy Easterbrook, Kettle Crossing Farm
A Mitey Problem
I was filling an egg order one day when I noticed tiny brown specks on some of the eggs. Many of the eggs are freckled, so I wouldn't have given the specks a second thought--except these ones were MOVING. Yuck! I was horrified. I'm not the type of person who freaks out if a wasp shares my picnic or a caterpillar drops out of the broccoli, but this was different.... |
