Leo Lafreniere had a great Father's Day as his three sons and families visited him on his family farm. Duane resides in North Battleford, Clayton on a quarter section of land at Aquadeo and Perry in rural North Battleford. At age 84, Leo eventually plans to move to North Battleford to be closer to his loved ones.
Saturday, June 6 was a very special occasion for Georgina and John Youst as their son Joel married Jodie McAmmond from Meadow Lake. The wedding took place at the Civic Centre in Meadow Lake. Joel is employed with SaskPower and graduated from Mayfair Central School in 2013.
John Paul II Collegiate's Class of 2015 held the graduation June 29. A mass was held at St. Joseph Calasanctus Church at 10 a.m. with the awards ceremony at 1:30 p.m. in the large school gymnasium. My niece, Sydney Woloshyn, second child of Larry and Karen, was one of the many students on stage. We then enjoyed fellowship and supper later at their residence. Larry grew up on the family farm near Whitkow, farmed while living with Karen for the first few years of marriage, and then moved into North Battleford with three small children. Sydney has been accepted to Lakeland College in Vermilion, Alta. planning to study crop technology.
Another girl who attended Mayfair School until Grade 1 is Bailey Lamontagne, second oldest daughter of Rick and Pam Lamontagne of North Batteflord. She graduated June 26 from North Battleford Comprehensive High School. Bailey was kept very busy as she was the senior (female) pin leader for the SRC of over 1,000 students. She placed gold in a provincial competition in workplace safety and also got fourth out of 12 students in the competition held in Saskatoon. Congratulations to both girls, as they are starting another stepping stone in their bright lives.
Les Pethick grew up on a farm near Mayfair and now he and his wife Wendy have returned to live there. Wendy put on a retirement celebration for Les as he has been employed with Canada Post in North Battleford for the past 25 years. June 12 was a day for celebrating this milestone with a lovely supper and visiting with family and friends. His father Ron Pethick passed away one year ago.
Sharon and Peter Babij thoroughly enjoyed Eagle Nest Jamboree last weekend. There is always tons of excellent entertainment and you meet people that you have not seen in years!
As I am writing this report, I can hardly see outside due to the raging forest fires in the La Ronge area. Newscasts are reporting there is a mass evacuation for the residents who are being transported to Saskatoon and La Ronge. The fire ban is in place even in the Chitek Lake area, but there it is wet because of rain in the past few weeks. There was heavy rain on Father’s Day and Roland Soucey, owner of Rand M Building Supplies in Spiritwood, told me that on the same day, 10 miles east of Leoville, six inches of hail pounded down in minutes. This summer is gong to be one we will truly remember.
