The Borden Friendship Club held their monthly potluck supper on March 27 with 52 members and guests on hand. Blowing out the candles on the birthday cakes were Doreen and Art Flath, Martha Rempel, Ivan Friesen and Terry Petriew. After a great supper, Tan Am Country entertained, a group of four from Saskatoon. Doing vocals and playing guitars were Glenn, Roger and Sylvia and playing harmonica was Bob. Glenn and Roger told jokes between each set of songs. During the past year they have played at over 50 senior group homes in and around Saskatoon. At the last Kaiser tournament held March 26, winners were Art Flath and Dianne Rawlyk with low hand going to Eileen Petrun.
The Borden Threshermen鈥檚 Club held a potluck supper and program in the Friendship Club Centre on March 30 with over 70 on hand to enjoy a variety of dishes. Ruben Rempel, MC, talked about how President Cyril Saunders, Vice-President Bill Fairbrother, Secretary Cheryl Hall, Treasurer Danielle Grasby and members Stew and Eleanor Walton, Mel Brooke, Martha and Ruben Rempel, and many more held threshing day. For the program, Sheila Block played two piano solos, Al Penner played guitar and sang and Sandra Long had a reading on box supper socials from long ago and on scrapbook memories. Ed Neufeld played guitar and sang, as did Carrie Harkness, Anne Palmer had readings and the trio of Gayle Wensley, Pamela Pidwerbesky and Diane Jones sang a cappella. Dorothy Whitbread played the piano and sang, Casey Wensley had a piano solo and Stew Walton read a story about a blizzard in 1941 and travelling by horse and cutter. Mary Thiessen played the piano followed by the Borden Friendship Singers with Marlene Derbawka directing. In the choir were Brenda Roberts, Jean Brooke, Miriam and Delmar Hamm, Wendell Dyck, Ruben Rempel, Peter Thiessen, Lily (Radisson Cafe), Stephen Derbawka and Sheila Block the pianist.
Congratulations to Savannah Sutherland, daughter of Scott and Sonia from Borden, who won the 2018 youth female athlete of the year award for Sask Sport Inc. on March 28 in Saskatoon.
