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I just listened to your podcast with Perry (Ehrlich). Perry is such a wonderful person. I went to high school with Perry, performed in The Troubadours with him and participated in music festivals in Yorkton. 

Another thing Perry and I share in common, as well as life long friendship, is that we both played piano/dinner entertainment at The Holiday Inn/The Mustache while attending high school at The Regional. 

My career since 1976 has involved teaching music in Canada, Alaska, Germany and The Netherlands. 

Just wanted to say, wonderful podcast with Perry Ehrlich. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. Thank you! You're doing great work!

--Kathleen (Kitty) Fournier (nee Reese), Ottawa

In Nebraska, bierock is referred to as runza, apparently a state treasure! They were a special treat in our family with my mom competing with our granny to see who was best. 

My granny would make a pan full of nothing but Spanish onions as a filling which was my dads favorite. We don’t eat chicken noodle soup without butterballs.

--Kenn Propp, Yorkton

I find so many common threads and connections as I listen that bring back many fond memories. Less than six degrees of separation in Yorkton. Rick and I are products for example of Mrs. Ingham’s Blended Sound-Sight program at Columbia School and, if memory serves, of Mr. Vermette’s AV program at the Composite Jr High. 

Taking that a step further, Curt Keilback’s wife was my art teacher at the Composite.  My best friend in grade school was Bob Ries. Bob’s mom Sandra worked for many years at the Gladstone Inn, having previously owned it with her husband Bert (both originally from Rhein). I was briefly in a car club in Yorkton that had some meetings in the basement of the Balmoral (but I didn’t see any tunnels either). 

My wife’s family farm (Stachura) was the next quarter in from Harris’s on Highway 9 South, not far from Vermettes. 

As far as Gunn’s and Good Spirit - it is basically where we grew up. We spent every weekend from the time I was about eight years old at our cabin at Burgis Beach. Or as it was known then- Sunnyside Beach at Devil’s Lake. Likely some ways to connect us all to the Bronfmans, Levi Beck, etc. if we dig back far enough as well, but who knows. 

--Dean Bradshaw, Kelowna