There鈥檚 a song that goes, 鈥淥h what a beautiful morning, oh what a beautiful day!鈥� and these perfect summer days in this wonderful part of the world just make you glad to be alive. To be up in an airplane to see the fields in all their colourful glory, at this time, would be a wonder. It is indeed breathtaking to witness the crops as they come along so rapidly. The canola is blooming, the grain crops are in shot blade or even headed out 聽and all look promising. There are a few fields with pulse crops that I cannot identify, except for the pea crops, and they aren鈥檛 in bloom yet. If you live in the city do take time for a drive into the countryside, even a short drive will be most rewarding.
The bright and noisy storm that went through this area Friday, July 6, late evening, was something to see, as reported by folks out driving at the time. We saw flashes and heard lots of thunder, but were not out where we could see the action. Many claim it鈥檚 the biggest lightning storm they have ever seen. One fellow described the lightning, as they watched from shore, as making a big 鈥淰鈥� and creating a rainbow when it struck the water more than once. We wonder if it killed any fish. The wind here was not too bad, but at Edam they lost many of the big old trees with the strong winds. There were branches and limbs laying everywhere, but we didn鈥檛 hear of any roofs being caved in or vehicles damaged. Trees did fall across the power lines and many were without power for quite some time. I expect it was the tail end of the storm that took its fury out on Emma Lake Campground. There, trees fell on campers and vehicles and there were several cases where people were trapped inside a camper and couldn鈥檛 get out until help came.
New buoys have been placed in the Sparrow area of the lake to keep the boats out of the swimming area and make it safer for children.
The Cottage, Skin and Nail Care sign is up at a new salon in downtown Meota, and Meg is planning to open in the near future. Two new businesses this summer and new pavement is really great for the village.
A reader from Denholm has identified Eurasian collared doves in this area, not Turtle doves. They were introduced to Florida in the 1980s and have spread across America and Canada. These are included in the newer bird books. There are about a dozen that stay in Denholm through the winter though they are a warmer climate bird, originally, but have become residents now. I hear the farmers are not that fond of them around their grain piles and some people don鈥檛 like the cooing that is constant.
Contract bridge was played in the Do Drop In July 2 with top score going to Jette Da Silva. Second was Lucille Gregoire. Duplicate bridge at the same center July 3 found top score going to Vern Iverson and Eric Callbeck. Next were Cletus Scherman and Catriona Winterholt and third were Jette and Terence Da Silva. Hope a report of the tournament held in town this past weekend, finds its way to the paper.
Steven Munn and his family travelled from Georgia to the Battlefords where they attended the 50th anniversary of his parents, Joyce and Rod Munn, in North Battleford July 7. He also visited his grandmother, Helen Munn, in Harwood Manor and took her out for lunch.
Now on the endangered species list is the bumble bee. When did you last see one?
Another clean-up took place at the Meota Cemetery recently and the whole grove of caraganas along the west side were trimmed down to about a foot tall. They had become so overgrown the roadway was affected. The spruce trees were also trimmed so the mowers could get around them better. The semi-monthly mowing took place June 28 and the place looks lovely all summer this way.
The Meota Catholic Church held their annual fundraiser garage and bake sale July 6 and again it was a successful venture. Hours of work put in by the many volunteers paid off, but it surely is a pile of work, for which we applaud them.
The community hall was the scene of another Meewasinota Craft and Trade Sale with the room filled with quality displays July 7. The handcrafted or baked items always draw my attention as so much work goes into them. It鈥檚 always good to see products that are new and different.
Jennifer Fisher has retired from her job at the village office and will be replaced. We are still hoping the monthly community calendar can be issued. There have been no meeting reports online since March and we hope that will change also.
Welcome home to Mary Shury after another surgery in hospital in Saskatoon for a broken hip. We wish her well in her recovery. Florence Bru is still having problems after her mishap as the amount of damage is unknown, as yet.
Swimming lessons taking place at Meota Beach are the weeks of July 23 to 29, July 30 to聽 Aug. 5 and Aug. 13 to 19. Cost is $50 per child. Levels 8, 9 and 10 are from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. , levels 5, 6 and 7 from 10:45 to 11:45 a.m., levels 3and 4 are noon to 12:45 p.m., level 2 from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. and level 1 from 2:30 to 3 p.m. and 3 to 3:30 p.m.. For more information call Brittany at 306-480-9592. 聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
聽I鈥檓 afraid the flowers planted in the little park didn鈥檛 get water when they needed it, but hoping they鈥檒l revive now with two good rains.
