The Borden Care Home Auxiliary held their annual Christmas tea Dec. 2 with good attendance. Celtic Country, comprised of Bob Wardhaugh playing accordion, Sean O鈥機onner with his special Celtic drum, Ed Neufeld playing guitar and Archie Wainwright on vocals provided entertainment. They played a number of country, Celtic tunes and a few Christmas songs, which the residents and guests enjoyed.
The door prize was won by Laura Loeppky of Borden. The auxiliary uses the proceeds from their teas to buy Christmas presents and other needed items for the residents of the care home and also to decorate for special holidays.
After being in business for many years, Stan Foster has closed the doors on Foster鈥檚 General Store, due to having to replace the old oil furnace.
The building opened in 1905 under Bibbons Clark & Son and was sold to Smith and McQuarrie in 1907. Working in the store in 1923 was Ted Foster. After he married Winnie in 1927, they both worked at the store.
In 1933, Smith & McQuarrie bought the OK Economy store in Borden and Ted managed it for 10 years before buying them out. In 1943, Ted Foster and Frank Fuller took over and, in 1946, Fuller left Borden and it became Foster鈥檚 Store.
After Stan finished his schooling, he began working at the store with his parents until Winnie passed away in 1983 and Ted in 1986. Stan has run the store since then. Over the years many local people have worked in the store and it has housed a lot of antiques, many of which are now in the museum.
The Borden Farmers鈥� Market with home-based businesses included, held their Christmas sale in the Borden Community Centre on Dec. 3, with 15 vendors selling in the main hall and 11 in the seniors鈥� centre. Grad 2017, with only three students, and the help of the Borden School Community Council, served food throughout the day.
Presentations from the Borden Farmers鈥� Market were made by treasurer Connie Kenakin: $250 to the Borden firefighters, with Debbie Hembery accepting; $50 to the Grad 2017 class; $75 to Peter Thiessen for his help at the fire hall all summer. The village will also get a donation for use of the fire hall.
Cash prizes were given out by the farmers鈥� market to Irene Hamp and Julie Innes of Radisson, Orville Epp of Langham, Rae Rounce of Regina and Georgina Blushke of Saskatoon.
Brenda Baker had a Tupperware draw that went to Lynette Schmidt of Borden and Audrey Baker gave a Regal draw prize to Kathy McGaffin of Saskatoon. A handmade teddy bear raffled off by the Grad 2017 class went to Kristina Kennedy of Saskatoon, who donated it back to give to a needy family in Borden.
A baby shower was held in the Borden Seniors鈥� Centre on Dec. 2 to honor Lincoln Knox, son of Erica (nee Wensley) and Shayne Boucher of Saskatoon. Gloria Derbowka welcomed everyone. Carol Crabb led games won by Candice Mukanik, Eleanor Walton and Bev Assman. Gloria presented the community cash gift and the many other gifts, which were opened and passed around for everyone to view. Erica thanked everyone then lunch was enjoyed by all the guests.
Borden School held a book fair and science fair Nov. 30. At the program Grade 3 and 4 recited Open a Book and Grade 1 and 2聽played Jingle Bells on simple small instruments. Kindergarten, wearing animal hats, answered questions to 鈥淏rown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see?鈥� in unison. The junior band with Grades 5 to 8 participating, played horns, flutes, clarinets and other instruments
Grades 5 to 12 held a science fair with their projects set up in the hall, science lab and library. Some of the topics were on Rust, Sugar in Beverages, Birds and How They Fly, Volcanoes, Seed Germination, Candles, Aerodynamics, The Telegraph, BB Guns, Fresh Water, Science Behind Making Ice Cream, Fruit Batteries, Pitching, Water Bottle Flipping, Growing Peas in Different Liquids and many more interesting topics.
The Borden Friendship Club held their November potluck supper and birthdays celebration Nov. 30, with more than 50 in attendance. Blowing out the candles on the cakes brought by Helen Sutherland and Sandy Long were Shirley and Gary Whitt, Tom Hrenkiw, Peggy Wainwright, Bev Assman and Brenda Tumbach. Supplying the ice cream was Stan Foster.
Entertaining were The Gals Three and a Guy from Rosthern 鈥� Darlene Bergman playing piano, Jean Janzen the autoharp, Stan Epp on guitar and Edna Balzer plays a digital guitar. They had a few instrumentals, Stan sang Love Me Tender, Forever and Ever, Amen and Try and Change the World and the trio sang a number of songs.
Saturday, Dec. 10, is Santa Claus Day in Radisson when Santa will hand out candy bags at 2 p.m. on Main Street, courtesy of the Radisson Volunteer Firefighters. The Royal Purple will have a tea, bake sale and raffle in the hall at 2 p.m.
