Congratulations to Jeremy, second son of Mary Chopping and Bruce Chopping, and Amanda Wolf from Broadview who were married in Hudson Bay earlier this year. A wedding supper and social was held in Broadview in their honor on Saturday, July 10. Best wishes for a happy and healthy married life together. Welcome to Dubuc, Amanda! We all look forward to meeting you.
We missed reporting that Jacob and Kendall Oremba stayed with grandparents, Joe and Leona Kaczur, while parents, Candice and Dan Oremba camped out in the mud at Craven Jamboree. Leona treated 16 coffee goers to a free cup and delicious baking at the Tuesday, July 20 coffee row. Her actual birth date is July 21st.
Several locals are camping at Crooked Lake and word on the street mid July is that fishing is poor. Let's hope by the time you are reading this, anglers will be catching their limit and wearing big smiles.
Vivian Talbot and Christine Topliss motored to Broadview to attend the "family day" dinner as guests of Aunt Effie Skene. Effie is a resident of the Centennial Lodge.They also had a visit with Rhonda (Fuchs) Petracek, who is one of the cooks at the Lodge.
The crew members of K-line Maintenance and Construction from White City camped out near the Memorial Hall while they were digging in cable south of Dubuc to the top of the valley. We hope you enjoyed your short stay in our community.
Carolyn (Moore) Thauberger is at her home away from home on Bernier Street. She is spending time visiting her mom, Margaret, in Ituna nursing home and renewing acquaintances in the village while waiting for her final marks for her Doctorate in Education.
Janet and Lloyd Siever of Lloydminster, Sk are moving into the former John McCabe home on Noel Street. Lloyd has been employed at the K2 mine at Esterhazy. Janet is a cook. Welcome to small town living, folks!
Mike, Alana, Kruz and Jennifer Wilson of Manor stopped for a sleep-over at his parents, John and Joan's on Sunday, July 18. They were on their way home from Muenster where Kruz played ball in the Peewee Provincial ball tournament.
As reported by Glenda: Don & Glenda Bell traveled to Wolf Point, Montana to attend the Louis Toavs' sale of antique John Deere tractors July 16 & 17. The Toavs' collection was said to be the most complete in existence with more than 400 tractors. Hundreds of interested people arrived in RV's of all kinds, most with flat deck trailers & ATV's, to view all the sale items. Prices ranged from average to "jaw-dropping" when a Waterloo Boy sold for $105,000.00.Two perfect John Deere D scale models, running, sold for $80,000.00 each to the same buyer. Metal JD signs were popular, too, with a top price of $14000.00. A JD wagon & buggy went to California for lawn ornaments. The fiber glass horses hooked to them went to another bidder.Don showed them how to unhook the horses and take off the harness. Then the buyer hoisted the full size horse onto his back and carried it off to his trailer. That, too, was amusing as they tried to fit two stiff horses on to a small flat trailer, upside down didn't work, nor did legs interlocking. Finally, they stood them upright side by side tied with a thin cord. The Bells wondered how far they got in a very strong wind that day. All in all, it was an interesting two days of machinery viewing and people watching.
22 people attended the July community birthday party on the 28th. Bob Davies, Leona Kaczur and Audrey Nielsen were the birthday guests. The "Northbunch" were invited to celebrate with them at the Hut as all three used to live North of Dubuc in the Sprucedale district:Bev Issel brought her mom, Lucy Issel and, also, Elaine Kovacs from Yorkton; Jean Kulcsar, also of Yorkton, came up from her cabin at the Lake; Trina Nagy motored from Esterhazy. Pearl Flaman from Texas was in town that day and dropped in to renew friendships. A few people played cards and there was lots of catching up and visiting before and after lunch. Bob, being the eldest, had the honor of blowing out the candles on the birthday cake.
