The Borden Friendship Club held their final bingo for the season on March 20 with more than 20 out to play. Winners of cash were Florence Neufeld, Martha and Ruben Rempel, Dianne Rawlyk, Fran Olzewski, Jim and Lorraine Olinyk (2x) and John Derosier, who also won the jackpot of $75 in 55 numbers for the last game. Thanks goes to Bev Assman who looks after all the bingos, gets the workers and arranges for the lunch, to the callers John Petrun and Gary Palmer and anyone else who has helped out over the six months of bingo. The Friendship Kaiser night is March 26, then the potluck supper is on March 27 with Tan Am Country playing.
The Borden United Church now hold their 1:30 p.m. services in St. John’s Anglican Church and on Good Friday there will be a joint service at 11 a.m. with Rev. Carr in charge, with lunch to follow. On Easter Sunday, the service will be at 1:30 p.m. with Rev. Carr presiding over Holy Communion and Gayle Wensley assisting. Everyone is welcome to both services. Riverbend Fellowship Church will hold a brunch on Good Friday, starting at 9:30 a.m. in the Borden Friendship Room, with service to follow and regular service at 10:50 a.m. on Easter Sunday.
The Borden Volunteer Firefighters hosted a training session at their fire hall March 23 and 24, with the Friendship Club providing the lunch for the two days. Thanks to all the senior members who brought soup, chili, buns/bread and goodies for the two weekends these training sessions were held. As director of Provincial Firefighters Curling, Ian Wainwright, along with his wife Gerry, have been out at Kelowna, B.C., where the Canadian Firefighters Curling Association national championships took place from March 16 to 23. British Columbia and Saskatchewan went through the round robin with nine wins and one loss. In the Page 1 and 2 game, B.C. beat Saskatchewan 9-6, then in the semifinal, Saskatchewan beat Nova Scotia 9-5 to advance to the finals against B.C., where Saskatchewan won 9 -3, for a third consecutive title. On the Saskatchewan team is skip Gregg Tarasoff of Saskatoon Fire Department and treasurer of the Saskatchewan association, third Chris Haichek, second Carmen Koch of Swift Current Fire Department and lead Andrew Kowalsky of Terra Grain Fuel. Saskatchewan Firefighters Curling Association is open to any active and retired professional firefighters along with volunteer firefighters.Ìý
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