What a wet, wet Sunday we are having today. There鈥檚 water everywhere. So much for farming for a few days. The street out front is full of water, but it鈥檚 not coming over the sidewalk yet, so I think I鈥檓 safe again. I surely do appreciate the work the village did to improve the area. We are having a time of yellow leaves falling and soon the trees will be bare. There was at least one garage sale in the village on Saturday, from the former home of Gladys Lehman. I hope that went well. It was a typical example of where your precious treasures that you save all your life end up being sold to the highest bidder.
Twenty-one teams entered the Meota Lakeside Golf Club Fall Classic, conducted this year in a social distancing style. The winning score of 66 was posted by Kelly, Becky, Nicholas and Dave Page. Two sets of four were runners-up with a score of 67 鈥戔�� Betty and Lloyd Johnson and Pat and Corrine Delainey along with Christy Johnson, Calvin Arnold, Pat Becotte and Stan Gulutsan. The long putt winners, who received traditional homemade pies as prizes, were Leica Carriere, Shandon Reichert, Shelley Fransoo, Don Johnson, Phyllis Kesslar, Darrell Nyholt, Tyler Rose and Shirley Adamus.聽
An afternoon of bridge playing took place in the Pioneer Hall Sept. 14 when two tables played individual movements. Each person played a set of boards with each person present. The winner is determined by the number of points each person has. First was Vern Iverson and, second was Catriona Winterhalt. It is hoped that more players will come out and join in the fun.
Bridge was played again on Thursday evening with top score by Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen. Second were David Sharpe and Vernon Iverson and third were Margaret Dyck and Linda Ard. They are happy to be back doing some of the normal things they used to do.
The odd bear has been seen in the Meota area recently also, but no close encounters like Eugene Lacey had last week. They are all hungry as they feed up getting ready to hibernate. In Fort McMurray a bear opened the lid on the beehive belonging to my grandson Greg, but didn't destroy the hive. His friend sent a picture of the bear attacking the hive, then went ahead and extracted the honey right away, as Greg was here in Meota.
$850 was donated this week to the Meota Regional Park. The funds will be used for children or family activities and all visitors who come to the park (a freshening up of the Mini Golf is in the works for next season!) This is from the profits of the sale of t shirts; hoodies; and tank tops with a logo designed by Brian Kachur, a frequent visitor to the park (he was the artist who painted the backboards on the basketball court in the park). The logo depicts the shape of Jackfish Lake including the wheat fields and the grain elevator. The star indicates where the regional park is located on the lake, and the wording I Am So Happy to be MEota comes from a play on 鈥淢E鈥� in Meota and how Happy we are to be able to enjoy this park. There are plans in the works to include other items to be available for sale next summer.
