Dean and Heidi Phipps of Marshall lost everything, including their dog, in a fire Jan 11. Heidi is the daughter of Denise Nichol from the Borden Art and Eatery. Dean and Heidi were married last summer and had a new RTM home at Marshall. Heidi teaches school in Lloydminster. A fire disaster fund has been set up at the Borden Co-op for anyone wishing to donate.
I am still looking for someone to report news to the papers while I am away in New Zealand from Feb. 13 to Mar. 3. Call Lorraine at 997-2159 or e-mail [email protected].
The Snowmobile Rally scheduled for Jan. 21 at Borden has been postponed until Mar. 10, and if there is insufficient snow the prize draws will still go ahead along with the ham supper at 5 p.m. Members of the Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee have tickets for sale, along with others in the community. For info call Gloria, 997-2021 (home) or 827-7745 (cell).
Upcoming events in Borden are the Parks and Recreation Board casino night and vacation raffle Feb. 4 in the community centre with doors open at 7:30 p.m. The Borden 4-H Light Horse Club is holding a roast beef supper, a cowboy poetry night and silent auction Feb. 11 at 5:30 p.m. in the Borden Community Centre, featuring Lee Bellows and Ed Brown. Tickets are only $20 for supper and the show. Contact Barry Thiessen, 997-4824, or Jason Hanley, 283- 4632.
Borden Friendship Club held their first meeting of 2012 Jan. 8, when the date was picked for their annual Telemiracle Tea, which includes a bake sale and raffle - Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. Proceeds from the tea and raffle will be donated to Telemiracle. The club is also advertising for someone to redo the hardwood floor in the Seniors' Room during the summer break.
In junior basketball tournaments Jan. 14, the junior girls won the tournament at Vanscoy, defeating Aberdeen, Osler and Hepburn and the junior boys placed second to Hepburn at a tournament in Hepburn. The senior boys' team placed sixth at a tournament in Asquith the same day. The Borden junior and senior girls' teams are hosting Rosthern Jan. 17, and the Hepburn junior boys will be in Borden Jan. 18. The junior girls go to Martensville and the junior boys to Blaine Lake Jan. 21. The junior boys host Langham Jan. 25 and travel to Delisle Jan. 27.
High school exams are Jan. 24 - 27 with no school Jan. 30.
Winning the Christmas light display for Radisson were Don and Roberta Harris, and winning the Radisson Citizen of the Year honours were Darren and Marcy Harris.
At the Radisson Royal Purple meeting held Jan. 11 at the Radisson Town office, a donation was given to the Borden Busy Bees Preschool. Since Radisson is hosting District Meeting in 2012, the date was set - Apr. 21, with registration by noon, then serve a noon lunch and meeting to start at 1 p.m. Lodges invited will be Allan, Asquith, River City and Saskatoon. The Lodge usually donates to the Hafford Music Festival, but that is not being held this year due to a lack of entries. Happy birthday was sung to Linda Yuskiw and Lorraine Olinyk for January. At the next meeting, Feb. 6, there will be posters from Borden and Maymont Schools to judge as well as media(video/CD) presentations from Borden.
