The Borden Volunteer Firefighters hosted the annual Saskatchewan Firefighters Championship Curling Feb. 1-3 at the Langham Curling Rink. There were teams from Borden, Radisson, Langham, Watrous, Assiniboia, Moosomin, Central Butte, Aberdeen, Maryfield, Riverhurst, Norquay, Eyebrow, Saskatoon/Swift Current and Redvers. Borden served pizza on Friday night and Saturday they had a steak dinner, all at the Langham Curling Rink. In the championship event, Gregg Tarasoff’s team of third Chris Haichert, second Carmen Koch and lead Andrew Kowaisky from Saskatoon/Swift Current defeated Ken Newell’s team from Norquay, winner of the B event. The Tarasoff team will represent Saskatchewan at nationals in Kelowna, B.C., March 14-24 and Ian Wainwright, Borden’s deputy fire chief, as regional director, will also attend nationals on behalf of the Saskatchewan Firefighters Curling Association. Winning the C event were Borden’s team of skip Ross McBain, third Jamie Brandrick, second William Berg and lead David Dolsen. Winning the D event was the Redvers Fire Department.
Borden Lions held their second annual dinner theatre Feb. 9 in the Borden Community Centre, with the Battlefords Community Players presenting the play Love Lettersby A.R. Gurney. The Lions club served about 140 dinners of continental chicken with potatoes, veggies, salads and cherry cheesecake for dessert, served at the intermission. The tables were nicely decorated with a Valentine theme and for the happy hour there were munchies to snack on while Celtic Country played and sang tunes over the one-hour span. After the meal served buffet style, Sandra Long introduced Donna Challis, producer/director of the Battleford Players, who then introduced the cast of Candice Brown and Marno Auchstaetter who portrayed Melissa Gardner and Andrew Makepeace Ladd III. The play had the two characters reading letters they wrote to each other over the many years, starting at the age of five. There was laughter and tears throughout the play as they listen eagerly and actively to each other and the many memories that those letters brought back to them. The play travels through their school years, on to college, through the Second World War, marriages, children and after, right up until one of them passes away and the survivor writes the final letter and pores out all the love over the years using pen and paper. The 50/50 draw of $213 was won by Jennifer New (nee Wainwright) from Swift Current.
Due to the cold weather and postponements last week, the upcoming week will be busy, with a Village Rural Crime Watch meeting at Borden School Gym on the 11th at 7 p.m., the School Book Fair on Tuesday at noon and 1 p.m. program, museum annual meeting Tuesday the 12th at the seniors room at 2 p.m., Health Talk on preventing falls at Idylwyld Court on Tuesday at 2 p.m., Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. is the first Kaiser tournament of the month, then again on Feb. 26, and seniors bingo is Feb. 20 at 7 p.m., both in the club room. Radisson TOPS Chapter are changing their day and time starting Monday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. in the Radisson Town Office and will be at that time for the next four months at least. They met on Thursday mornings at 10 a.m. previously to this change. Feb. 14 is the jam session in Borden seniors room, at 7 p.m. with a Valentine theme, then Friday the 15th the Friendship Club holds their annual Telemiracle Tea and Bake sale at 2 p.m. in the club room with door prizes and a 50/50 draw.
