Winning Canada Day prizes at Debbie’s Confectionary/Gas Plus in Borden were Ann Brand, Les Saunders and Al Nichol.
Borden United Church held their joint picnic service with Speers June 28, with a gospel hymn service. Playing were Ed Neufeld on fiddle, Tom Wensley on guitar or mandolin and Russ Fountain on guitar. Eileen Fountain and Gayle Wensley led the singing of I See the Light, Amazing Grace and others.
Radisson’s July 1 celebration began with Mayor Dave Summers welcoming everyone. He and his wife Laurie sang O Canada. Canada is celebrating 148 years, and 50 years for the present flag. There was a display on the history of the flag in the curling rink.
Three people had tables set up in the rink, with the beer garden in back and the registration table at front, where you could pick up free pins, flags, tattoos and bookmarks. Playing guitars and singing were the Mabaleka brothers, originally from Ottawa. Afterwards taped music was played.
There were food booths selling burgers, hot dogs, spudnuts, fries, popcorn and other foods and the Radisson barrel train was kept busy all afternoon giving the children rides. There was also a bouncy tent and Spiderman dropped in to entertain the kids.
The door prize of a lawn chair went to George Hamp and raffle draws donated by Borden, Radisson and Saskatoon businesses/individuals were won by Dave Summers, Terry King, Andrea Ray, George Abbot, Armindo Lessing, Lorraine Olinyk, Tina Hessell twice, Didi Gebauer, David Ruzesky and Michelle Nelson. The 50/50 draw for $140 was won by Ron Bezugly of Borden. Six large decorated cakes were then cut and handed out. The Mabaleka boys played another set. There was karaoke and a great fireworks display to end the evening.
The Borden Museum is holding a garden tour and supper July 19, starting the self-guided tour with map at 1:30 p.m. and supper in the seniors’ room at 5:30 p.m. Passports are available July 7 at the Borden Museum or from Helen Sutherland at 306-997-4517, with a deadline of July 16.
At the Prairieland Junior Ag Showcase in Saskatoon July 4 to 6, Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club had 22 members showing their animals. Zayne Letkeman showed his market lamb and two Cloverbuds, Taylor Reid and Caybri Letkeman, had entries in the Showcase of Arts.
In the judging classes Saturday, Courtney Yasieniuk placed first overall in juniors, Justin Yasieniuk placed seventh and Rachel Sutherland eighth overall in intermediate. In the seniors, Tyler Yasieniuk placed fifth and Kolten Yasieniuk seventh.
In team grooming, the junior team of Jamie Attrux, Cole Reid and Courtney Yasieniuk placed third, getting $30 for the club. In intermediates, the team of Abigail Roth and Justin and Kolten Yasieniuk placed fourth getting $20 and in seniors the team of Ben Verbonac and Ariana Molder were fourth, also getting $20.
In showmanship, getting picked from their class were Hunter Reid, Courtney Yasieniuk and Cole Reid for juniors, Justin Yasieniuk in intermediate and Tyler Yasieniuk in seniors, but none placed in the top two.
For the heifer and cow-calf pairs, prize money was $50 for first, dropping $5 for each placing, down to $15 for 10th. In the Angus yearling heifer class 1A, Cheyanne Roth was first, Kolten Yasieniuk second, Abigail Roth fifth and Tyler Yasieniuk sixth. In Maine Anjou, Hunter Reid was fourth. In other breeds Ben Verbonac was second and Anna Verbonac was seventh. In the shorthorn class, Rachel Sutherland was second and Justin Yasieniuk fourth. In Simmental class 1.7A, Cody Shumanski was second, Cole Reid third, Jamie Attrux fourth and Hannah Remus fifth. In Class 1.7B, Jessica Attrux was third and Morgan Attrux fifth.
In the two-year-old commercial cow and calf, Jessica Attrux was fifth, Brittany Attrux sixth and Morgan Attrux seventh. In three-year-old cow/calf pair, Anna Verbonnac was second.
In the beef club heifer group of five, Crown Hill were third and fifth, winning $40 and $30 for the club.
Some of the members entered articles in the Showcase of Art, Photography and Woodworking. Winning ribbons in photography/art work in Cloverbuds were Taylor Reid with a second, third and fifth, Caybri Letkeman with first and Zane Letkeman with a fourth and fifth. Taylor got first in string art and for her steppingstone.
In juniors, Hunter was fifth, Cody Shumanski first with stepping stones and Hannah Remus second with her quilt. Members entering but not placing were Cole Reid, Cheyanne Roth, Jamie Attrux and Boden Letkeman.
Judge for the heifer and steer classes was Donnie Peacock of Swift Current, a rancher and auctioneer.
The finished beef classes were to go July 6, with Crown Hill having 22 steers entered. They would all sell in the evening.
Katie and Cassidy Serhienko of Maymont belong to the Saskatoon Beef Club. In heifer classes Cassidy had the champion Charolais yearling heifer. In the Angus class Katie had the champion Angus heifer, which went on to win Reserve Champion Yearling Heifer overall.
