Happy Birthday … to Routes

Blog, Editor's Note — By admin on November 3, 2009 7:33 pm

Photo by Neville Palmer

Cake by Ross’s Bakery, High River

“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” –Hebbel

Like starting a new job, a new book or a new friendship, I find the thrill is in the possibilities and the anticipation in the unknown path that lay ahead; the things I will learn, the people I will meet.

This is the beginning of a new year. Routes is celebrating its first year in publication, a feat that could not have been achieved without the support, knowledge and creativity of all those who worked so hard to bring it into existence. Birthdays often come with presents, and I have a gift for you, our readers. Find the details about our birthday bash on page 7.

Nanton is the feature town this Routes issue as we reveal a bit of its history and insight into its growth. Another Nanton feature highlights one of its assets, the Lancaster Air Museum. Writer Michelle Greysen introduces you to Karl Kjarsgaard, a man with a different kind of passion, striving to honour Canada’s military past and its heroes. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself swept away by Kjarsgaard’s passion for another exciting new beginning as he orchestrates the recovery of an aircraft bomber. Routes will follow his journey and celebrate with him as he brings this treasure home to rest in the Nanton museum.

Great beginnings lead to hard work and our own definitions of success. I see greatness, hard work, commitment, and the heartbreak of set backs in Lisa Szabon’s efforts to qualify for the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Join me in cheering on one of our own as she strives for this goal in boblsed. Read about how her hometown of Nanton rallied behind her to ensure her dream could be realized.

Wrapping up this issue in Detours is Peter Worden’s conversation with the ghost of a newspaper editor’s past and a look at the future of Peter’s own newspaper dreams. Keep in mind the Dr. Seuss motto: a dream is a dream is a dream, no matter how small!

Enjoy this coming holiday season with good friends and good food (get a few ideas from Route 40 in the food feature). Be it a new career, a new love, passion for food, history, or a dream of Olympic Gold, may you find inspiration in these pages to start your new year with passion.

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