Winners at the Borden Friendship Club cash bingo on Wednesday, Jan. 17, were Pat Trischuk, Fran Olzewski, Jackie Meister, Dianne Rawlyk, John Desrosier, Elaine Gunsch and Eileen Petrun. The next bingo will be Wednesday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. in the club room.
The Borden Seniors room was decorated with pink tablecloths, pastel pom-poms hanging in front of the gift table and a clothesline with baby socks hanging from it for the head table for the baby shower honouring Rylie Jacqueline Saunders, new baby daughter of Lucas and Emily Saunders of Borden. MC was Jill Lundquist and she introduced the head table, Emily and Rylie, Kim and Gabrielle Emslie and Louise Saunders. The first contest was a page with nine photos showing women in distress and you had to label porn or in labour, then you could taste five different baby foods with label removed and guess what they were, write messages on diapers, and write your name on envelopes for Emily and Lucas to send out thank you cards. Emily then opened up the many gifts along with a gift of cash that people donated to at the store. While she opened the gifts, guests could partake of a light lunch and beverages. Emily thanked everyone for coming, for the many gifts, cash and stated she was overwhelmed with family, friends and the community for everything and thanked those who had organized the shower and lunch.
The Borden Lions Club hosted District Governor Dan Babyak and his wife Charlotte from Esterhazy, for a tropical evening of food and entertainment. The Borden seniors room was decorated tropical with seashells, sand and flowers in a rose bowl on the tables, leis for everyone, Jamaican paintings, etc, and many of the Lions members and guests came in brightly colored shirts and outfits for the evening. Supper was ham and potatoes, spinach and Mexican corn salads, veggies, and fruit trifle for dessert. Two other guests were Ron and Carol Ewles from Centennial Club in Saskatoon. District Governor Babyak spoke about Lions International, the charities that the Lions support such as diabetes, river blindness, vaccination shots in the third world countries and many local charities. He spoke of the awards you could receive for donations, and we need to try and make changes to attract new members, maybe using the internet more and let new members do things for the club. Every Lions club needs to pledge to be a better club for their community, country and Lions Club International. Borden Lions President Perry Nicol presented District Governor Babyak with a cheque for $100 for Lions International then Babyak presented two patches and an Esterhazy banner and his pin to Borden, also a bronze patch for stage one of a legacy project that raised over $5,000 and chevron pins to Sharon Assman for 10 years and Peggy Wainwright and Ann Wardhaugh for 15 years each. District Governor Babyak had visited the Borden Care Home earlier and presented a president’s certificate of appreciation from Lions International to Murray Taylor, recognizing his distinguished achievement with Lions International. Celtic Country then set up and played a number of tunes from the islands such as Yellow Bird, Sailing, Tiny Bubbles, Love Letters in the Sand and many more.
From Jan. 21 to 27, comedian Jonny Harris and a crew of about 10 from CBC are in Radisson to film the final episode of their show Still Standing. They will be billeted in the community with local residents and looking for material for their comedy show on Friday, Jan. 26, in the Borden Community Centre, with doors open at 6 p.m. and show time at 6:30 p.m. There is no charge and no reserved seating. During the week they were expected to be talking to Judah Tyreman at his rock shop, Don Harris re the Communiplex, former mayor and fiddle player Walter Kyliuk and ballroom dancers Jean and Lily from the Radisson Cafe.
