The Borden Friendship Club held their potluck supper, along with celebrating June and July birthdays, June 24 with 38 members out to enjoy a great meal.
Celebrating birthdays in June were Florence Neufeld, Anne Palmer, Ruben Rempel, Pat Trischuk, Sandy Long and John Petrun, and for July Gary Palmer, Mel Kuntz, Ray Latimer, Jean Sawchyn, Delbert Enns, Judy Dyck, Brenda Roberts and Helen Sutherland.
The cake and ice cream were brought by Martha Rempel and Judy Dyck. Peter Thiessen and Ruben Rempel narrated the video on older buildings in Borden and barns in the area.
The next potluck supper will be Aug. 26.
The club is using bingo funds to pay for Langham dinner theatre tickets for Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. You have to sign up by Sept. 14 to order the tickets.
Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club Achievement Day
The Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club held their achievement day June 21 at the farm of Cole and Bev Reid, northeast of Hafford. The club has 24 members from Borden, Hafford, Leask, Hepburn, Speers and Dalmeny. The general/assistant and senior leaders are Richard Yasieniuk and Donna Verbonac, intermediate leaders are Jim Attrux and Glenn Sutherland and junior/Cloverbud leader is Bev Reid.
The judges for the day were Virginia and Tiffany Peters of Perdue. Record books were judged by Lynnae Jessop.
In Cloverbuds, Keardyn Cairns and Taylor Reid received red ribbons for showing a calf, for their record books, judging and questionnaires.
There were nine juniors – Cheyanne Roth, Hannah Remus, Jamie Attrux, Cody Shumanski, Boden Letkeman, Hunter and Cole Reid, Courtney Yasieniuk and McKinna Cairns. In record books Cole was first, Courtney second and Hunter third. For judging Courtney was first and first in questionnaire, Cole was second and first in 4-H test, Jamie was third in judging and Cheyanne tied for second in test.
In junior grooming, Hunter was first, McKinna second, Cole third. In showmanship, Cheyanne was first, Cole second and Jamie third.
In the intermediates there were six members – Layne Cairns, Kolten and Justin Yasieniuk, Abigail Roth, Jessica Attrux and Rachel Sutherland. In record books Kolten was second; Justin was first, second in judging and third in test. Rachel was third in record book and first in judging and her test. Abigail was third in judging and second in questionnaire.
In grooming, Justin was first, Abigail second and Rachel third. In showmanship, Abigail was first, Kolten second and Rachel third.
There were seven seniors – Morgan and Brittany Attrux, Tyler Yasieniuk, Ariana Mulder, Duncan Sutherland and Anna and Ben Verbonac. Anna was first in record books and questionnaire and third in judging. Ariana was second in record book and third in questionnaire. Ben was second in judging and Morgan and Tyler tied for third in questionnaire.
In grooming, Ben was first, Ariana second and Tyler third, while in showmanship Duncan was first, Tyler second and Arianna third. Top showman between Duncan, Abigail and Cheyanne was Abigail Roth.
In class 1 heifers, Ben and Chyanne’s were first, Hunter’s second and Kolten’s third. In class 2, Morgan’s and Cole’s were first, Rachel’s second and Abigail’s third; and in class 3, first went to Anna and Justin, second to Hannah and third to Jessica. Overall champion yearling heifers were Justin’s and Cole’s.
In two-year cow-calf pair, first was Brittany, second Morgan and third Jessica. In three-year-old cow-calf pair Anna had the only entry. Overall grand champion female was Anna’s three-year-old cow/calf pair and reserve champion was the yearling heifer shown by Justin.
The Cloverbuds showed their calves, getting red ribbons. Zayne Letkeman, who just turned six years, showed a market lamb, which he will be showing in Saskatoon.
In the steer show, in class 1, first went to Rachel and Courtney, second to Layne and third to Boden. In class 2 steers, first went to Kolten and Hunter, second to McKinna and third to Arianna. In class 3, Cole and Tyler were first, Anna second and Abigail third. In class 4, first went to Duncan and Justin, second to Ben and third to Cody.
The grand champion steer picked from the eight firsts was shown by Kolten and Hunter had the reserve champion.
At the awards ceremony, all the members got certificates and a folding director’s chair, compliments of FCC. Earlier they had all received feed buckets and other small prizes when attending a nutrition seminar. The winners in each class received trophies and an animal-related award such as halters, buckets, show cane, belts, etc.
The members will be taking their 15 heifers, 22 steers and cow/calf pairs to the Prairieland 4-H Regional Show and finished steer sale in Saskatoon July 4 – 6.
