https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--997-.htm Thu, 10 Oct 2019 09:19:38 PDT Updated every 10 minutes - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY Copyright: (C) Castanet.net https://www.castanet.net/rss/ https://www.castanet.net/main_images/logos/KelownaLogos/Castanet_Logo.jpg https://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story--997-.htm https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/60389/Adios https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/60389/Adios Thu, 03 Mar 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed Dear readers: My wife and I are going to change our schedule around: two summer months in Kelowna and the rest of the year in Mexico. I've decided to discontinue my Castanet column. I don't think I could do justice to reporting local events. My thanks to all of you who have taken your valuable... https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/60359/Home-of-a-drug-lord https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/60359/Home-of-a-drug-lord Thu, 24 Feb 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed I am back from Mexico with pictures. No, not of me. Keep reading, please. You probably don't recall hearing several years ago about a drug lord's house being taken down in Mexico City. About $207 million (US) in cash was seized but it wasn't until recently that all the legitimate pictures of the ra... https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/60208/A-horror-story https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/60208/A-horror-story Thu, 17 Feb 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed I have found something harder to quit than smoking: the Internet. We have a surge protector on the computer in Kelowna. I did not put a surge protector on the laptop in Mexico. Poof went the laptop and modem. This lack of foresight has, courtesy of Mrs. Poulsen, earned me nickname of El Stu-pido.... https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/59886/The-chili-champs https://www.castanet.net/news/Needlepoint-Class-Chuck-Poulsen/59886/The-chili-champs Thu, 10 Feb 2011 05:00:00 PDT Contributed "You are our ringer," I said to Max before the Hearts on Fire Mexican chili cook-off. "What does the word `ringer' mean?" asked Max. I explained that I once played on a softball team. We excelled in mediocrity but topped the league in beer drinking. A team member knew an NHL defenceman (think sla...