Congratulations to Owen Garratt, a former Wawota resident who is now a published author. Owen’s recently-released book, The Pulse, is No. 1 on Amazon in Canada for apocalyptic science fiction, No. 3 in the U.S. for disaster fiction and No. 313 in the United Kingdom on Amazon for Canadian adult fiction. Owen designed the cover.
He has two sequels with projected release dates of February and May 2023. Owen and his wife Karla and two sons live in Spruce Grove, Alta. Karla is expanding her store The Barn Owl in January, Hudson has just completed his EMT training and Harding is completing his Grade 12.
The Wawota Lions Club served supper to the seniors of the community on Dec. 5. This was the 53rd year they have held this event. After a great meal of ham and turkey, we were entertained by Ryan Bender and Lorne Frappe from Moosomin. They also raffled off several door prizes. The museum also picked the winners of their Christmas hampers.
Marie Vail has returned home after spending a couple of weeks in Winnipeg visiting with her daughter Shirley and other family members.
The Wawota Book Club met for the last time in 2022 on Dec. 12. They met at the Village Inn to discuss the book Still Alice by Lisa Genova. It is the story of a woman who is a 50-year-old Harvard professor of cognitive psychology who is coping with an early onset of Alzheimer's disease.
Happy birthday to my good friend, Shirley Corkish. She will celebrate her 80th birthday on Dec. 18.
