I had to let my news reports be at a stand still due to spending two weeks in the Battlefords Union Hospital. Now I鈥檓 back home and more mobile so here goes.
Visiting with Phil and Lorna Bater was Phil鈥檚 neice Marelim (Bater) Williams of Victoria B.C. She is the daughter of Phil鈥檚 brother Jerry Bater. Also visiting was Phil鈥檚 sister Gwenda Rondesvedt of North Battleford.
Hopefully we are at least getting our real spring weather though it is chilly and below normal for this time of the year. A few days ago after close to a foot of wet snow fell it felt more like winter again. It has all melted now and dried up for better conditions.
At least the grass is green and the trees are leafing out. Summer is on its way. The farmers have pretty well got all their grain and equipment ready to go. Some have already started to seed while others are light harrowing and cultivating and spreading the fertilizer ready to go. From here on it is going to be a very busy time to get the fields all seeded.
Rain showers are in the forecast so let鈥檚 hope it does not hold up the seeding too long. Even at that a good little rain shower has dampened the long dry grass.
Get well wishes go to Phil Bater, as he had spent a whole month in the Battlefords Union Hospital. He is now home and on the improving list.
Stanley Mills suffered a short time with shingles, but is now back to normal. They can be so painful when not treated.
Stanley Mills spent two workshop days at the Western Development Museum. Neil Milman was in charge and at least five other helpers and some of those were volunteers at the Saskatoon Western Development Museum well as local volunteers. They are all busy restoring and repairing antique tractors to run in the Those Were The Days Parade later this summer. The museum is short of local volunteers as the interest is dropping off. They welcome anyone to come in and join the already busy volunteers. We must take care of our farming heritage as it is slowly slipping away.
Our granddaughter, Madeline Pishori of Mississauga, Ont., was recently awarded a $12,000 LaunchPad prize. She earned the prize with her product idea called Intake. Intake is a multi-media meal kit containing all the basic dry ingredients for a healthy meal augmented with digital guidance and a list of fresh groceries needed.
Madeline was among 16 semifinalists in the competition and is described in a news report as having 鈥渨owed鈥� the judges with her idea.
Madeline is our only granddaughter. Her parents are Elaine Theriault and Ismail Pishori. She is 19 years old and graduated from high school in 2013. She worked out of several different stores as it took her some time to decide which college she wanted to attend. She lives at home with her parents and has her own car to drive to Humber College where she studies fashion arts. She also works with a fashion studio as well as an old-fashioned tea house where they serve tea in china cups and tea pots. She has a busy home life.
Now graduation time has arrived and at a small ceremony she received the award and a pin as an honours student. She will use the award money to further her education. Her mother attended the ceremony.
