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Recipe of the week comes from my recipes.com, andthe cartoon REALITY CHECK is found at COMICS.COM.CROSSWORD puzzle was created by the editor of the
EDGE
.Quotes are from famousquotes.com and Quick Facts from NICE-FACTS.COM. This week in history comes from Wikipedia.com.News stories from CBC.com. The views expressed in the“commentary” are solely of the author, the editor of the EDGE.
Eastend Edge Owner: Jeanne Kaufman
 
Commentary
Credit for Good Cents
Fall has been blowing in with determination for the last week. All the best of this summer was concen-trated in September but now, Fall is saying that it’s time to get indoors and tackle the domestic choresagain. Paperwork. It’s about that time when the credit card statements arrive with pesky little noticesattached. That’s enough to pique my interest.Credit cards are so much a part of our daily lives now that we hardly give them any extra attention. Weuse them like a second income or an extended line of credit. Use them, pay them something and usethem again, and again, and again. They’re handy, quick, easy and colourful. Who has just one of themanymore? We usually have a few, some of us have several. How many of us look closely at them? Ilooked at mine only briefly the other day and it made me wonder.If GICs are paying not quite .50% per year, why is the rate on the average credit card about 19.5%?That’s quite a difference. Hasn’t anyone told these boys there’s a recession on? These rates applyequally to customers with excellent as well as fair credit ratings. Mortgage rates are down to about3.75% for a year but the credit card biz hasn’t adjusted at all. The banks offer a huge variety of perkswith these cards but they aren’t of much economic value unless you are clever enough to use a no feecard and pay the balance off every single month. If you can do that then any interest rate they apply isirrelevant. You’re free riding on the system and, good on you.However, lots of us make monthly payments. Now the rates really matter. A little notice from onegroup disclosed that payments are applied to finance charges and fees first. They’re then applied to pur-chase, balance transfer and cash advance segments of the account from lowest to highest annual interestrate. When paying the minimum payment, whichever segment of the balance has the lowest annual inter-est rate will be paid first. The only way to beat this is to pay more than the minimum payment eachmonth. It reminds me of John Henry, poor man, owing his soul to the company store.MBNA is one of the companies that call relentlessly to sign me up for credit cards. They’re cards aver-age 17.99% to 19.99%. They’re owned by Bank of America, that excellent institution that needed a $45Billion US bailout from the American government. The CEO has just resigned and will have to settle for$53 Million US in retirement pension benefits. I don’t understand why I’m the high risk individual inthis scenario.The only way to protect yourself is to examine what you’re really getting for what you’re paying. Thereare low rate credit cards available without annual fee. They aren’t often advertised but are worth askingfor. The dollars saved make sense and all of them are yours. JKThe Eastend Edge is a proud supporter of ourcommunity and is distributed across North Amer-ica.
CANDIDATES FOR TOWN COUNCIL ANNOUNCEDReturning: Bryce BusseKendal McCuaigDennis Webster Charles MichelNew: Cameron VansandtStephanie MorrisEvelyn SankeyDeb GiverhaugMayor by acclimation: Scott MorvikElection will be held on October 28th
This Week in History…This Week in History…This Week in History…This Week in History…
1000 - Leif Ericson discover”Vinland” (possibly New England)1604 - The supernova called "Kepler's nova"is 1st sighted.1889 - Thomas Edison shows his 1st motionpicture1892 - Dalton Gang ends in shoot-out in Cof-feville Kansas bank holdup1927 - The Jazz Singer 1st movie with a soundtrack premieres1933 - 1st synthetic detergent for home usemarketed1967 - Che Guevara executed in Bolivia.1984 - 41-G Challenger carried 1st CanadianMarc Garneau into orbit1984 - Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st Americanwoman to walk in space
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“Our Town news”
Week starting: October 5 2009 Week starting: October 5 2009 Week starting: October 5 2009 Week starting: October 5 2009 
Submission deadline Friday 5 p.m.
EASTEND SWIMMING POOL HALLOWEEN
SPLASH
Saturday, Oct 31st Saturday, Oct 31st Saturday, Oct 31st Saturday, Oct 31st 
7pm to 2amDance at EastendDance at EastendDance at EastendDance at EastendMemorial HallMemorial HallMemorial HallMemorial HallPumpkin carvingRaffleKids GamesCostume PrizesChili SupperMusicCost: Children $5.00Adults$10.00Family $25.00Children must be accom-panied by adult 
Rural South West Art ShowExhibits Array of Talent
On October 2
nd
and 3
rd
. the Eastend Arts Coun-cil hosted its biannual art exhibition. Partici-pants came from the Eastend area as well asSimmie, Shaunavon, Frontier , Leader, andSwift Current. Art of all mediums was welcomeand included, paintings, photography, textiles, jewellery, and sculpture. Considerable effortwent into mounting this exhibition so that all thesubmissions could be presented in a professionalmanner. The result was an enjoyable opportu-nity to see what surprisingly rich talent there isin the South West area and what creative inter-ests thrive here.The participating artists included: Grieta Kris- jansons, Trea Schuster, Jack Wilkinson, MargWiebe, Noelle Bouzet, Alice Hanlin, Todd Mil-ions, Dennis Wall, Cindy Gerard, Laurie Rey-nolds, Val Fiddler, Tania Breen, June Busse,Brenda Larson, Tiffany Moffit, Glen Duke,Randi Scansen, Monica Iverson, Marilyn Widdi-field, Jeanne Kaufman, Boyd Coburn, CharityCoburn, Gabriele Kuck, and Tess Ryder.Many thanks to Laurie Reynolds and the wholecrew who made this possible.
The only way to keep your health is toeat what you don’t want, drink whatyou don’t like, and do what you’drather not. – Mark Twain
Astronomy on the Edge
Named after the Roman God known as Zeus inGermany, the planet Jupiter technically has nosurface as it is entirely made out of gas. Jupitercan be seen without a telescope because of itshuge size. The gravitational pull of the planet isso high that anything and everything that passesthe planets gets pulled towards it. Jupiter has 63moons and one of them is volcanically activeand it is the only moon in the entire universe tobe in such a state. The fastest spinning planet of all, Jupiter has clouds that are up to 50 km thick and the average day on Jupiter lasts around 10hours. After Venus, Jupiter is the second bright-est planet in the Solar System (Venus reflects70% of sunlight). Mars outshines Jupiter onlywhen approached very close to the Earth. Inter-esting Fact is that Jupiter emits weird sounds orso called "electromagnetic voices" recorded byNASA-Voyager.
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