Displaying his skills

An expert metalsmith and bladesmith like Daniel Linkenheld can turn a piece of metal into a whimsical decoration, useful tool – or both. Linkenheld was on hand at the Mill Pond Gallery in Cargill on Aug. 27 to demonstrate the blacksmith’s art.

The basics will make you better

My soccer-loving middle son, Levi, has been trying relentlessly to master ‘the rainbow’ with his soccer ball. It requires taking the ball from your heel and flicking it from behind you, over your body like the arc of a rainbow and landing it directly in front of you.

Delicious!

Norah and Kate Schneider baked their way through the last few really hot days of summer – in more ways than one. The two young entrepreneurs decided to have a bake sale in downtown Walkerton on Sept. 2, treating shoppers to very tasty cookies and squares.