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Our lovely green world is getting huge patches of yellow as the canola fields come into bloom. The crops around this area are looking very good, for the most part. With these last rains they should fill well. The hay is heading out and ready to be harvested, and hence we look into fall already, even though we are just into summer according to the calendar.

The cemetery had another day of workers cleaning up the appearance as the town mower helped out by cutting the largest areas and small mowers did around the grave tops and other folks trimmed and swept the tops off. It looks so nice when completed. The Moldon family were pleased to see it looked after so well as are other visitors to the site throughout the summer. Linda Ard took coffee out, again.

The RCMP Musical Ride will do a cross-Canada tour in 2017 for Canada鈥檚 150th anniversary. The next time to be in this area will be in 2020, a year they will also tour Atlantic Canada.

Contract bridge was played June 27 with top score by Warren Iverson. Second was Linda Ard.

It took two weeks for a letter to get from Meota to northern British Columbia and three to get to New Zealand. The price keeps going up and service gets worse.

To celebrate the Okotoks School鈥檚 25th anniversary May 18, students and staff created the Canadian flag鈥檚 maple leaf with the pattern traced on the ground with chalk. The hardest part was staying in one place for five minutes on their assigned spots. The project was overseen by two lawyers and one RCMP officer. They are now entered in the Guiness Book of Records.

For those who didn鈥檛 see the news pictures of the hailstorm near Okotoks June 26, the hail amounted to several inches deep, with cars becoming stuck and causing traffic holdups. It went through my granddaughter鈥檚 front yard but not the back. That is how definite the edge line was.

ADRA is offering a summer children鈥檚 program, for children five to 12 years of age, every Tuesday and Thursday from 1-3 p.m. It is a free program at Meota Recreation Hall at the beach.

Canasta was enjoyed July 1 at the Do Drop In with four tables in play. Top scores were earned by Shirley Tebay and Lorna Pearson. Second high were John Soloninko and Murray McCrimmon and third were Vernon Iverson and Donna Lambert. A nice social time with lunch followed

Lloydminster is the first city to enforce a higher fee for businesses who sell tobacco products because of the damage done by this product and to control聽 who is selling them. They are raising the fee to $750 for selling regular tobacco and another $350 for selling flavoured products, making the potential fee total of $1,100. They are hoping to see other centres follow suit.

There has been lots happening around the village this long weekend and maybe next week I鈥檒l get some local news for our readers. The campground appears to be completely full there are so many campers around. We did see the fireworks on July 1 and they were quite impressive. We could see others being fired off across the lake at several sites and even some in the bay near Tobey鈥檚 Point. We loved them all. So folks who have good pictures from your weekend activities, we would be pleased if you would share them with your neighbours. They can be sent to [email protected] or to me at [email protected]. Thank you.

Family and friends of the late Edna Moldon gathered for a memorial tea in her honour June 25 at the Do Drop Inn in Meota.聽 A private family service was held earlier at the Meota cemetery. All four of her children were in attendance with family members travelling from as far as Dartmouth, N.S., Vancouver, B.C. and Tucson, Ariz. Edna grew up in the area and returned to the community she loved with her husband Leonard upon retirement.聽 Her long and fruitful life was celebrated by all.

Cashew nuts grow out of crazy apples. The apple portion is called the accessory fruit. The nut beneath the apple is the part we actually eat. It grows on a large evergreen tree that thrives in tropical climates. The tree produces red flowers that produce yellow and red oval structures that resemble apples. These are very juicy and pulpy and are used in juice drinks. The cashew seed is kidney shaped and grows on the end of the apple. It grows inside a double shell that is roasted and the nut turns from green to brown. There is a lot of hand work needed in cleaning and sorting these seeds before they are ready for market and the people who work at this are poor people, hence we can appreciate that they are expensive for many reasons.