In Other Words by Cindy Davidson

As we go to press with our third edition of Lives & Times, we are excited about the response we are getting. There has been a lot of great feedback about the paper. It is very helpful to get the evaluations that come with each issue.

After the first issue, we received many suggestions and we tried to make those changes in the second issue.

The evaluations help us to make decisions about the paper but they also help tell the government that resources like this are important to adults. We hope to use some of the comments given to us to receive more money to produce more papers in the future. We are also looking for other ideas to help pay for the paper. We welcome any suggestions you might have.

Please keep in mind that we cannot make changes based on every suggestion we receive. Each one is read and considered, but it would be impossible to do something about all of them. If more than one person makes the same suggestion, and especially if several people make it, then we try to make a change. This is the same for story ideas. Many stories in this issue and the last were from readers' ideas. Some ideas will also appear in the next issue, but we can't promise to do them all.

Some of the things people have told us so for that we have changed include: making the columns bigger; having more short stories on a page; and making some questions in the resource guide about one story only. Story ideas we have followed up on include sites and attractions in the area; Internet sites; job search skills; Stratford festival; different kinds of farming and sports. People like the large print, the local stories and the layout.

Keep the ideas and suggestions coming!

When you are thinking of things to do with young ones this summer try fishing.

The week of August 4 has been named Take A Kid Fishing Week.

The provincial government announced this will become an annual event.

The idea behind the event,, was to encourage more children to take up the sport.

Chris Hodgson, Minister of Natural Resources, said he wants to make sure that children don't miss out on all the fun of learning to fish.