The Borden Friendship Club held their first business meeting after the summer break, Sept. 10. After O Canada, there was a one-minute silence for departed member Gerald Bergman.
The club is changing the date of their potluck supper to Oct. 22 and then, Oct. 29, they will hold a tea and bake sale starting at 1:30 p.m., to follow the flu shots being given in the community centre from noon to 1:30 p.m.
An update was heard from SOS Children's Village in Nairobi, Kenya, which the club sponsors every year.
Some of the club members and the parks and recreation board planted fruit trees last week, have bought a trailer and tank to water the trees, bought mulch to go around the trees and will be installing in memoriam benches and a table in the park. From the grant received, $10,000 was given to the village to help pay for the re-roofing of the community centre. The seniors also planted 35 Virginia Creepers along the east side of the homerun fences.
A Sask Lotteries grant may be used to have the Saskatoon Fiddlers come out to Borden for a concert. The Christmas supper for members and guests was set for Tuesday, Dec. 9. Kaiser will start up Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. after harvest, and bingo is hoping to start Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. and run every third Wednesday until March.
Radisson TOPS SK5243 meet every Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Radisson town office. Anyone is welcome to drop in for a free meeting. They have eight members at present and would welcome more. The officers will be installed Oct. 2 along with annual award presentations.
Elections were changed to July this year. Holding office are leader Lorraine Olinyk, co-leader Shirley Whitt, secretary Jean Sawchyn and treasurer Tina Hessell. Weight recorders are Doris Hamp and Doreen Parker, who are also the two KOPS members.
Borden School has 12 children starting kindergarten Sept. 15. The Terry Fox run is Sept. 17 at 9 a.m. and Principal Dean Broughton is doing the ASL ice bucket challenge this upcoming week.
The Busy Bees Preschool held a Texas Scramble golf tournament Sept. 13 with close to 20 golfers out to enjoy the chilly but fun day. There were a number of sports memorabilia up for silent auction and this brought in quite a good sum of money. The Model T Bar and Grille donated $1 from every slider - mini cheeseburger - sold.
Bill Zamosny of Radisson has been a gardener for many years and invited me to look at his 12-foot-plus Jerusalem Artichokes, a perennial which he calls the poor man's potato. The tubers are edible and taste somewhat like a water chestnut; I have them in my garden but only as a flower. He also grows very large, flat cabbages which are great for cabbage rolls and he has quite a number of those as well, along with tomatoes and other veggies.
