Just a little late at sending out 50th anniversary congratulatory wishes to Edward and Maralyn Wintersgill of Battleford, formerly of Baljennie. April 9 was the big day.
Just a little correction I would like to make a correction: Easter visitor at the home of Phil and Lorna Bater was Kristie Valliere of Alberta.
We were sorry to hear Harley Custer of Battleford slipped down and broke some bones in his ankle and is now recuperating at the Battlefords District Care Centre. He will be back home in a week or so.
Visiting with Stanley and Dorothy Mills was Vernon Custer of Caleb Village in North Battleford and his son Bruce Custer of Red Deer, Alta. The family made a trip out to the Baljennie St. Bridget Cemetery to check out grave sites of close family.
Now the snow has melted and gone, it has left much unsightly garbage and trash all about the streets and highways. A big thank you to those volunteers along Battleford West Place who have been out with big garbage bags to pick up all the loose junk in an open area between Battleford West Place and the highway. The high winds did blow a fair amount in as well. Big bags of garbage were picked up and hauled away. It now looks so much cleaner. A pile of soil covered with dead weeds has been leveled out. That was a good improvement to the area. Now to see all the green grass pop up soon.
Those who do throw out trash as they drive should just stop and think a little before they toss it out. While all the rest of us put our garbage in its proper place, but we still clean up after the messy people who just don't care what it looks like. It's so sad to see this happen all the time.
With the warmer days and evenings, there is time to get out and enjoy the new season, but be on the lookout for that pesky mosquito. They don't miss a chance to be out there and they are hungry. With not so much water handy for them to breed and hatch more mosquitoes, we all might be safe for a while. Also be on the watch for ticks as there are a few about. They just love to be in the dead, tall grasses and weeds.
Some of the RMs are putting on fire bans to try and prevent out of control fires. There have been a few grass fires. It is so risky to light an open fire of any kind. The dry grass and weeds are tall and it takes no time to get an out of control fire going. Try to do a controlled fire if you have to burn. The winds can change so quickly to spread a fire where you don't want it to go. Once a fire has gotten away it creates its own wind that is very hard to control. We just hope everyone takes care starting fires. It's a good way to clean up dry grass and weeds but not very safe. If it can be done, do a fireguard.
