Neilo Conner News Today

Article content We are quite fortunate in our Valley to have produced so many vocalists, musicians, dancers and artists. It’s impossible to list all in such a short column but I will try to mention a few of those familiar to me in my younger years and during my present status as a boomer. I remember Wayne Rostad growing up on Giroux Street in Pembroke. Wayne certainly has had a great career with numerous cds, television programs and involvement in charity events throughout the Valley. We apol...

Feb. 27, 1996 Two bowlers at Desert Lanes Bowling Alley last Sunday achieved more than a split or a strike — they saved a life. Merlin Cassens of Hermiston and Alan Humphrey of Stanfield were at Desert Lanes playing in the men’s City Bowling Tournament when a fellow bowler collapsed several lanes away. “I didn’t see him collapse,” Cassens said. But several other people did. When Cassens heard the commotion he raced over to where Bill Barth fell. “I checked for a pu...