Setting lofty goals are often not specific enough to achieve long-lasting results. Many people set out to eat more vegetables, stop dining at drive-thru restaurants, and ditch junk food once and for all. Such big commitments are better achieved by breaking them down into smaller, more manageable nutrition choices. For example, instead of cutting out restaurants entirely, try to start packing a lunch more often.

Auditions for the 2016 NCI high school drama production took place on December 14–15. The auditions were headed up by the drama’s director, Deanna Wiebe. 16 kids, many of them first-timers, are vying for a role in the May production.

For over 20 years, the Niverville Drama Club has been entertaining and celebrating our town. Though it is on a temporary hiatus, the club is still very much alive in the minds of many Niverville artists.

It’s been said that one can only see the stars when it gets dark enough. Briana Bloom is a testament to that. Briana looks like your average 14-year-old. She is demure and sweet. Sitting cross-legged in blue jeans across from me, we are surrounded by a gathering of button-eyed monkeys and other delightful creatures of her making.

The Niverville Elementary School will be holding their annual Christmas program on December 16–17 at the school’s gymnasium, with 2 shows each day: a matinee at 1:30 p.m. and an evening performance at 7:00 p.m. The show will feature students from Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2. Only half of each grade will be represented each respective day.

In Grade 1, Evan Braun won third place in a CBC writing contest, and the rest, as they say, is history. The story was called “The Magic Christmas Tree.” It was about going to a tree farm in Beausejour with his father to pick out a tree, which then happened to have magic powers.