The October-November issue of the Southern Yarn is available for your reading online, download, printout, or you can wait for your copy in the mail, if you still get it in glorious black-and-white on our signature yellow paper stock. Continue reading
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The Southern Yarn August/September, 2021
The August/September issue of The Southern Yarn is available for download.
Here’s Charlie’s editorial to get you started:
Well, the severe drought foreshadowed by last winter’s minimal delivery of snow is now manifesting itself big time in the form of wildfires. The inconvenience of smoke in our air is nothing compared to the sad ordeal of having to leave one’s home and belongings to the mercy of the wind and flame. When it last struck Australia in 2019-2020, Canadian firefighters were quick to respond. Now, Aussie counterparts are deployed to help contain the blazes in Northwest Ontario.
Yarn 2020 Feb-Mar
The Southern Yarn’s February March issue is available as a PDF for download right now!
Why wait for the yellow paper version in the post, when you can get it now, in glorious colour, with live links as well! Check it out.
And how about all those past issues? Get them on the Yarn’s own webpage.
Yarn Dec 2019 – Jan 2020
The December-January edition of The Southern Yarn bridges the start of a new decade as we enter 2020. We’ve got reports on the not-so-formal dinner, the AGM, the Christmas party, and other club events, Give it a read, and we look forward to seeing you all next year.
And here are some photos from the Christmas party that we could not fit into the Yarn.
Enjoy the photos.
Southern Yarn August – September 2019
The Southern Yarn for August – September of 2019 is released with a bit of sadness, as it marks the first issue after the passing of Gordon Keatch, the person behind the creation of the Down Under Club of Winnipeg.
Lots of other news in this issue, and mark your calendars with the events coming up, including the golf tournament this month!
You can explore previous issues of the Yarn on our page dedicated to the current and back issues.
Here’s the Editorial from this issue:
Most members will know by now of the passing, on June 25th, of one of the Club’s founding members, Gordon Keatch,. It was sad news, though not totally surprising after his fall and with an “odometer” that had already clicked Continue reading