The Meota seniors met for their monthly meeting March 13, with a fair turnout. Maureen gave the library report. The聽 鈥�55 Alive鈥� driving course for seniors is being offered Monday, May 4. (I聽 think I said May 5 earlier, sorry). This is offered by the Canada Safety Council. Please phone Pearl at 306-892-2227 to get your name on the list. This will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a potluck lunch. The Walkathon sheets are ready for starting April 1 鈥� May 15.
Next noon luncheon at the Community Hall will be March 20 and that afternoon, at the Do Drop In will be Norwegian Whist at 1:30 p.m. The next shuffleboard tournament will be March 28, so get your name on the list at the hall, or to Yvette at 3-6-892-2167.
It was expected at least a dozen folks would attend the St. Patrick鈥檚 Day lunch and games at Edam Tuesday.
Thirty-six attended the World Day of Prayer at the Do Drop In.
The problem of ice in front of the hall was discussed and a motion that a letter to council be sent reminding them of the danger it poses. There is an iron and ironing board stored at the hall after the Busy Fingers Club dissolved and it was agreed to pass these on to the Meota Girls鈥� Club, for their use.
The Hillcrest Center is being closed down in Battleford, and we wondered what they were doing with the contents of the building. Some really old hymnbooks that are in storage and are never used will be taken to recycle unless someone shows an interest in a use for them.
Eric Callbeck, the nominating committee, got no more nominations from the floor for any of the executive or director positions, so they all went back in by acclamation. He thanked them for their past work and looks forward to working together for another year.
Canasta was played at the Do Drop In March 13 with four tables in play. It was another fun time. Canasta is played every second Friday evening, and more people are always welcome to come. The winning couples were Murray Mccrimmon and Linda Ard, second were John Soloninko and Evelyn Dutton and third were Pat Chapman and Bev Mccrimmon.
聽The geese are back and we see the fish shacks coming off the lake regularly these days. So it must be a sign of spring. My daughters, Donna from Leduc, Alta. and Beth from Taber, Alta. spent four days with me and visited their two aunts in hospital 鈥� Nancy Meier from聽 Battleford and Clare Shepherd from North Battleford, and Aunt Linda in Meota. They also visited relatives and friends in Spiritwood and Glaslyn and a granddaughter, Santana, in Turtleford.聽聽
An hour spent with the Girls鈥� Club on Tuesday evening was most interesting when I joined Maureen Campbell and Susan Demchuk to teach the girls how to play whist. We started out with the Tex Ritter song, The Deck of Cards, in which a soldier explains to his superior how his deck of cards served him as a Bible, an almanac and a prayer book. Playing the song on my iPad would have been nicer, but without Wi-Fi there, I couldn鈥檛. It is done up so nicely with a soldier doing the explaining, it would pay you to look it up.聽聽聽聽聽
St. Walburg is holding an ATV Rally March 21, watch for posters.
Travelling down聽 Highway 16 from Lloydminster to North Battleford the girls noticed a sign pointing eastward to Edam. With no ferry it would be impossible to get there from Highway 16. You would think in nearly a year that the Ministry of Highways could take care of that misinformation.
The performances at the United Church in North Battleford on Sunday afternoon were outstanding. I hope someone does a full report on the event. It was a wonderful afternoon spent listening to young and old, voices, so well conducted. There were about 75 children when they sang together, can you imagine the practising and time and miles spent, putting together such a program!! The Meota Men鈥檚 Choir did a splendid job of their numbers.
Contract Bridge was played at the Do Drop In March 16, with top score by Trudy Iverson and second by Joyce Antoine.
