The Borden Lions Valentines Murder Mystery Theatre was held Feb. 10 in the Borden Community Centre with a great crowd on hand to try and solve the mystery. The hall was decorated with Lions banners all along one wall, Valentines centre pieces on the tables, and flags on stage flanking Celtic Country who played for an hour before the meal. The meal was prepared and served by the Lions members: a fancy spinach salad, champagne chicken breast with special sauces, oven roasted potatoes and veggies and cheese cake for dessert. Between courses, the actors from Battleford Community Players sat at the different tables, roving around the hall giving clues. The TV Evangelist Rev. Chatband and his group were supposedly travelling from North Battleford to Saskatoon when their bus broke down in Borden so they dropped in at the centre and were welcomed for supper. The bus driver spoke about the trip while drinking coffee. But, after a few sips, he staggered out of the hall and fell dead in the foyer. The inspector from Ruddell was called and interviewed all the people on the bus who could have given the poisoned drink. As the meal ended, the audience voted on who they thought did the Murder Most Fowl, and from the right answers Peter Thiessen’s name was drawn for the door prize – two tickets to see Mouse Trap by Agatha Christie that Battleford Community Players are putting on later this year.
The ladies of the Radisson Royal Purple met at the home of Audrey Baker in Borden on Feb. 5 and made donations of $100 each to the Borden Fire Department, Radisson Communiplex and Radisson Curling Rink. They also decided to purchase a bench with an engraved plaque stating Radisson Royal Purple 1976-2018 to be installed somewhere along Main Street in Radisson. A mail out was posted in Radisson and posters placed in Borden about the closure of the lodge, thanking everyone for their patronage over the 42 years the lodge served. The supplies and equipment left in the hall will be placed in storage and donated locally.
Condolences are extended to the family of Stan Foster, who passed away suddenly at home on Feb. 5 at the age of 88 years. The service for Stan was in the Borden Community Centre on Feb. 14 at 2 p.m., with Gayle Wensley presiding and the United Church providing the lunch. Stan ran Foster’s General Store for many years and his only close relative is sister Margie Dragan of Saskatoon and some cousins.
