The Borden Care Home Auxiliary held a spring tea at the care home May 4. Sharon Assman welcomed everyone and said the proceeds from the tea were going to purchase flowers to plant outside by the patio and in the outside containers.
Winning door prizes of potted gerbera daisies were Joyce Olzewski and Doris Tarasoff from Langham and Juane Farthing, a resident of the home. Heather Pidwerbesky, administrator, thanked the auxiliary for all their work providing things for the residents and also thanked those who attended from Borden, Langham, Radisson and elsewhere.
The Borden Dance Club held their recital April 29 in the Borden Community Centre with Lynette Schmidt MC, assisted by Jasmine Bezugly. The front and stage were decorated with pastel cloth panels with large flowers on them, chiffon tied with ribbons and large vases of flowers. There are 50 dancers in the club ages four to 18, from Borden, Langham, Radisson, Hafford and Maymont. The instructors were Shelby and Cierra Sieben-Chubak.
Most of the dancers had competed at the Aberdeen Festival and at the Watrous competition. At the competitions, gold required a score of 85 or more, silver 80 to 84 and bronze was below 80. Dancers’ marks will be in brackets after the names, with Aberdeen denoted as AB and Watrous as W.
Performing solos were Sydney Schmidt, jazz (AB - silver 80, W - 80.5); Julia Siebert, ballet (AB - silver 80,W - 84 silver); Nicole Nemanishen, hip hop; Kyra Brown, ballet (AB - silver 81, W - bronze 81.5); Ava Giesbrecht, musical theatre (AB - 84, W - 87 silver and award for most promising dancer 8 - 10 years); Savannah Sutherland, jazz (AB - gold 86, W - silver 88 and award for most promising contemporary dance 11 - 18 years); Jasmyn Elgersma, acro (AB - silver 81, W - silver 86).
Guest artist Jasmine Bezugly from Saskatoon performed a solo and instructors Miss Shelby and Miss Cierra danced a lyrical duet. The tiny tots danced to Goodship Lollipop – Darrel Walker, Bella Meaker, Evangeline MacQuarrie, Briar Buller, Elise Hamm, Abbie Orchard and Kylara Krekoski. Ballet 1 danced to Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Madison Brazeau, Callia Fehr, Brielle Giesbrecht, Grace Siebert and Alexandra Orchard.
Ballet 2 (AB - silver 80, W - bronze 81.5) chose A Whole New World – Kyra Brown, Julia Siebert and Rachel Hisey. Ballet 3 (AB - silver 80, W - silver 84) danced to Young and Beautiful – Brooklyn Gader, Sara Prescesky, Brooke Brazeau and Savannah Sutherland. Ballet combo danced to I Want to Hold Your Hand – Abbey Braun, Jasmine Fortier, Kyra Cheney, Zoe Walker, Piper Hawrysh, Blair Hisey, Kenzie Bornhuse and Emery Beaudoin.
Jazz 1 – Madison B, Jasmyn E, Callia F, Taylor Reid, Alexandra O – danced to Carwash. Jazz 2 (AB - silver 81, W - silver 91) danced to Love Foolosophy – Cheyanne Roth, Kyra Brown, Hailey Prystupa, Ava Giesbrecht, Julia S, Katelyn Worona, Sydney Schmidt, Rachel H, Nicole N, Hunter R and absent Hannah Eckert. Jazz 3 (AB - 79 bronze, W - bronze 82), dancing to You Spin Me Right Round, were Danika Pidwerbesky, Breanna Grzbowski, Brooke B, Kirsten Szwydky, Savannah S, Brooklyn G, Sara P, Abigail Roth and absent Natalie Anderson. Jazz combo, a younger group dancing to Sugar Sugar, were Piper H, Krya C, Emery B, Justin W, Blair H, Abbey B, Jasmine F and Kenzie B.
Tap 1 dancers – Alexandra O, Grace S, Madison B, Callia F, Taylor R and Rachel H – chose Our Lips are Sealed. Tap 2 (AB - bronze 79, W - 85) danced to Black or White – Sydney S, Cheyanne R, Kyra B, Hailey P, Ava G, Julia S and Katelyn W. Tap 3 (AB - gold 85, W - bronze 81.5), dancing to Little L, were Danika, Rachel Sutherland, Brooke B, Savannah S, Brooklyn G, Sara S and Abigail R. The younger tap combo, dancing to Mr. Tap Toe, were Justin W, Piper H, Kyra C, Emery B, Blair H, Abbey B, Jasmine F and Zoe Walker.
Hip Hop 2 (AB - silver 80, W - 80.5), dancing to In the House, were Kyra, Ava, Jasmyn, Nicole, Hunter and Ineka. The Hip Hop Boys, Treyton Schmidt and Keegan Barnstable, danced to Ice Ice Baby. Hip Hop 3 (AB - silver 81, W - silver 82), dancing to Work Out, were Rachel S, Ovidio O’Toole, Danika, Brooke, Savannah, Brooklyn, Sara, Kirsten and Breanna.
One other lyrical dance, Fix You, was performed by Savannah, Brooke, Sara and Brooklyn (AB - silver 83, W - silver 85). Musical theatre, Zero to Zero (AB - gold 85, W - silver 86) was performed by Nicole N., Ava G., Kyra B., Sydney S. and Savannah.
Lynette thanked everyone for attending, the instructors who are leaving, guest artist Jasmine, sound men Matt and Avery Fairbrother, and all the volunteers, helpers, Affinity CU for printing programs, the village and seniors for use of their facilities. Bouquets of flowers were given to graduates Sara Prescesky and Brooklyn Gader, instructors Shelby and Cierra and to Jasmine. Each dancer got a rose, group photos were taken and everyone enjoyed lunch and beverages set out in the seniors’ room.       Â
Borden and District Lions held a successful Mother’s Day Brunch May 8 in the Borden Community Centre, featuring a great selection of dishes to choose from. Raffle tickets were sold on a Mother’s Day basket full of goodies which was won by Pat Nicol of Borden. Donations from the brunch were going to the Canadian Diabetes Society.           Â
Eighteen of the Borden Seniors’ Club attended an event in Radisson at the Goodrich Centre, hosted by the Radisson Seniors’ Club, with an afternoon of gospel music performed by Don and Bev Toovey and Ray Fitzel from North Battleford. The trio sang many songs including Grandpa, God Is Good, Springs of Living Water and a lot more. Door prizes were won by Dean and June Rogers and Carol Deagnon of Maymont; from Borden Anna Elliot, Helen Sutherland, Lorraine Olinyk, Jean Sawchyn, Sandy Long and Dianne Rawlyk; along with Doreen Flath and Armindo Lessing from Radisson and Brian Wahobin of North Battleford.
Following a delicious cold plate meal with make-your-own sundaes for dessert, Eileen Petrun of Borden and Dean Rogers of Maymont, on behalf of their clubs, thanked Radisson for a great afternoon and superb supper.
The Borden School yearbook club is holding a hot breakfast as a fundraiser in the school gym May 18 and the public are invited from 8 – 9 a.m. The students from kindergarten to Grade 12 will all get a free hot breakfast as part of the school’s twice a month breakfast program. The menu is pancakes and sausage or egg wrap and sausage plus beverages for $5, so please support the yearbook committee and enjoy a meal out.
Condolences to the families of Joyce Orchard of Borden, who passed away at the age of 61 from leukemia. Her service was held in the Borden Community Centre May 7 with Gayle Wensley presiding. Lunch was served by the Riverbend Fellowship and United Churches.
Condolences also to the Nelson family of Radisson on the death of Barret Nelson, aged 41, with his service held in the Radisson Hall May 7.
