Spikeys Points is a fable about a poetic porcupine with mostly good points, sharing many life lessons. Spikey is bullied and ostracized, but has chosen to be the park peacemaker, with his mentor Grammy. By being kind and helpful, they make the world a better place, and encourage others to keep their faith in humanity. ALL STAR CAST: Back Row: LARRY Law, Coach BOB, Ms SARAH Bell, MR. T (Joe Taylor) The STAR represents Music STAR: (male or female in Sequel 1 only) GRAMMY (Mary) SPIKEY, MISTY. Front Row: Brothers: MARK & BEN Law, KERI Bell, LISA, Sisters: SALLY & TIA, PUNKY, JESSICA, VP Ms Radcliffe & daughter ROBYN. Spikey, the all positive star of this musical, is a 6 foot tall porcupine, who speaks in rhymes. The energetic singing and dancing of the 20 local performers, aged 8 to 55, keep young audiences entertained throughout! Kevin Prokosh, Winnipeg Free Press My Kindergarteners enjoyed the music and Spikey himself! Shara Ewasiuk, Kindergarten Teacher Spikey opens stage doors for all ranges, ages and sizes of actors. The musical features powerful messages concerning inclusion and anti-bullying, appealing to all audiences - Katherine Quinton, K-12 Teacher, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada Thank you for coming to Brandon! I have enjoyed many Spikey performances and no two are ever exactly the same. Love the diversity!! My 3 year old granddaughter had fun and lasted at least 45 minutes and after a little activity break was able to enjoy the final song reaching to the sky : ) She loved the audience participation. My 29 year old daughter in law thought it was humorous. My 80 year old mom enjoyed it and like myself, was so impressed with the rhyme and music with so much meaning!! So it really is a generational presentation with something for everyone!! Best of all, it promotes such great values!! Shelly Gurr, EA, Brandon School Division Performance K-6 / Community Living, June 2015.

In Kansas, a university professor hopes to kill two birds with one stone by writing the memoirs of a onetime hostage in Iran. The book might bring money and will be an excuse to see more of a beautiful student who is a cousin of the man. A first novel.

Do you wish to separate the jolly good fellows from the dour sour pusses from those who seek to ASCEND TO THEIR SIDE DEGREES―but you suffer from lack of imagination when it comes to constructing elaborate hazing rituals and DEVICES? Does fake vomit, joy buzzers and a party pack of fake moustaches only produce yawns, rather than giggles, among your once-merry members? Well, look no further than Catalog no. 439: Burlesque and Side degree Specialties: Paraphernalia and Costumes, in which the manufacturers De Moulin Bros. & Co. from Greenville, Ill. feature the finest electro-dropo benches, goat-shaped tricycles, electric branding irons (and much much more)! Not only does this 1930 catalog, reproduced with marvelous 21st century machinery, provide tightly rendered pen-and-ink period illustrations and detailed product descriptions, it also has helpful how-tos and scripts to aid in the pulling of these pranks on initiates!

Describes various explorations in the Prairie Provinces and British Columbia.