A few thoughts that popped into my brain...

A few random thoughts for this week’s paper to pass a few minutes of your summer...

This is no surprise to anyone I’m sure, but scratch lottery tickets can be quite a tease.

I recently bought a few just to see if I could win a couple of bucks. After all, getting shares of a newspaper wasn’t free.

I bought three and had to chuckle a little bit about how close I came to $5,000 on one ticket and $75,000 on another. I was one number away on both.

The temptation of coming so close likely keeps people coming back, no doubt, but I couldn’t help wondering how many tickets are printed like that.

“Hey buddy, want a few extra bucks?

Oh, so close! Nice try! Play again!”

There are success stories with lottery tickets and I’m sure I’ll buy more at some point. I likely won’t buy every week as

Just A Thought

Ron Giofu

any extra lottery money I may have will go towards the big ones (Lotto Max and 6/49) so I can dream for a day or two of what I could do with the jackpot.

Best of luck to those who purchase tickets. I hope you have more luck than I recently did.

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We’ve rounded the corner and approaching the second half of summer. Apologies for pointing that out for all of those who attend or work in a school, but when August hits, it means we’re one step closer to classes starting back up.

When I was a kid, I would always feel a bit sad when the calendar turned to August. I knew I had a month left of fun and sleeping in, but I knew we were slowly inching closer to returning to school.

Now that I’m an adult, it doesn’t really bother me at all. With the return of school, it means the return of school sports. It also means there are fewer vacations so there are more meetings and assignments to cover, which is a good thing and a bad thing. I don’t mind being busy but it is nice to get a bit of free time now and again.

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A few weeks ago, I mentioned a few organizations celebrating their 50th anniversary this year. Add WETRA to that list. The Windsor-Essex Therapeutic Riding Association has been doing great work for five decades and I applaud them for their efforts. I again extend congratulations to any other agency I may not have mentioned as well.

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Volunteers should always be applauded for what they do as they help out on their own time to try and make things better. This past weekend was a good example and there have been many examples in the past and more to come in the future of the value of volunteers. Some volunteer for special events while others do so on a daily basis. All of you are thanked for what you do, even if you don’t do what you do for recognition.

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The River Town Times has expanded our social media presence. We still have Facebook and Twitter/X, but we’ve added Instagram and Threads to our list of online sites.

This is in addition to our regular website, www.rivertowntimes.com. Our Instagram and Threads handle is @rivertowntimes.

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