Official opening of the new Meota Fire Hall will be from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, August 10. Bring your lawn chair and relax with a hot dog or hamburger, which are being served. The new town workshop will be taking shape soon as more material has arrived, to join the rafters. Work will also likely resume soon at the site of the condos, as the rain gathered in the base area is drying up. The landscape around here can change quickly with all the action there is going on. The 鈥渇or sale鈥� and 鈥渟old鈥� signs continue to be put up as property changes hands.
Josie Reed of Saskatoon was in Chitek Lake visiting her son Creigh of Saskatoon and his daughter Megan, who lives in England. Creigh鈥檚 wife, Natalie, is over in Ukraine with her two sisters doing some genealogy research into her father鈥檚 background and seeing where he came from. One sister is fluent in the Ukrainian language, which will make it all so much easier. This will definitely be a trip of a lifetime for the girls.
Duplicate bridge on July 28 was played at the Do Drop In. Top scores were by Vern Iverson and Beatrice Novlan, second high were Ray and Marnie Davie and third were Mary Greenwald and David Sharpe.
On a drive through Spiritwood last week was a pleasant surprise to see flower pots everywhere in bloom and so lovely. It surely gives one a good happy feeling to see a community try so hard and be successful at brightening the whole place up. It tells one they mean 鈥渂usiness.鈥�
Descendants of the late Carl Knutson family, formerly of the Robinhood district, gathered at the summer home of Ellis Knutson in Chitek Lake, for three days, July 3, 4 and 5. Nearly all of Ellis鈥檚 Canadian family attended and relatives also came from Rochester, N.Y., Minneapolis, Minn., Fargo and Mayville, N.D. and Hutterdahl, Minn.
Canasta was played at the Do Drop In on the evening of July 31 with top scores by Marion Ottas and Gwen Lacerte, second were David Ottas and Linda Ard and third were John Soloninko and Murray McCrimmon. There was a nice turnout and it was lots of fun. Anyone is welcome to join us on these second Fridays. The next gathering is Aug. 14. Come a few minutes before 7 p.m. so draws can be made for partners.
Doris and Boris Sidoruk from Spiritwood spent the weekend at the Meota Regional Park visiting relatives and friends in the area.
聽The home of Judy Slavinski and Don Sippola at Chitek Lake has been sold to a couple from Beaumont, Alta. More new houses are going up there, too and swimming lessons have been held as usual.
Sherry L鈥橦eureux from Cold Lake spent the weekend with her brother Barry and Irene Verhoeven at the house of their daughter Kelly and her family in Meota.
Visiting Linda Ard Sunday were two of the Gladwell children she lived with while attending high school in North Battleford back in the early 1950s, Brian and his sister Marnie are both from Regina.
The next ladies, night out at the Meota Golf Course will be Aug. 12. Next men鈥檚 night will be on Aug. 18. My attempt to get a report on the seniors鈥� tournament failed, so another time I will try to be there.
Contract bridge played Monday ended with the top score by Robert Iverson and second high was Trudy Iverson. It was another night of good games.
