Phil and Lorna Bater spent the weekend before Christmas with their son Greg and Laurie Bater and Amanda, Chantel, Brandie and Aden, in North Battleford. Visiting on Christmas Day at the home of Phil and Lorna Bater was their son Dwayne and Cheryle and their daughter Brittni. Gwenda Rondesvedt of North Battleford and her daughter Cathy Rondesvedt of St Paul, Alta. also visited.
Visiting with Stanley and Dorothy Mills were Neil and Faye Roseth of Rocky Mountain House, Alta. While in the area they visited with John and Arlene Rowland’s' family of rural Battleford and Sam and Margaret Parrish of Willowmoore.
Sympathy goes out to the Gobert families of Bjelde Creek and North Battleford on the recent passing of Dwayne Gobert. He was born and raised on the family farm in Bjelde Creek and went to school at Red Pheasant School before it was changed to Bjelde Creek. Burial will take place at a later date.
Get Well wishes goes out to Anne Brehon of Maymont for a recent stroke that left her handicapped. She is in the Battlefords Union Hospital. At one time Anna and her family lived right here on our farm and went to Baljennie School before she married Collis Brehon of Maymont to raise a family. Collis passed away a few years ago. Anna remained on the farm until the fall of 2015 and then moved to a senior home in North Battleford.
Get well wishes also go out to Ted Morgan of Spinney Hill and in the Battlefords Union Hospital and to Elaine Parrish of Willowmoore.
SaskPower has had a real challenge to keep the power on in many areas of Saskatchewan due to the warm moist air hitting the cold frosty air. Light rain and some snow has build up thick hoar frost on everything. The trees were just coated with frost until the winds blew it all off. It gave the whole area a real live Christmas card look.
We are now back to normal with sunny skies and much warmer temperatures. High winds blew most of the loose snow into drifts and into the bushes. We all hope the warm weather will last for a while. It does shorten the long cold winter days.
Now that we are well past the shortest day of the year, the days are getting longer.
The flu bug and bad coughs have been making their rounds. It is fast moving and has spread to many people. It seems to have hit everyone and many have had to have extra medication to get things under control and back to normal. It has put a few people in the hospital. The change of weather has not helped.
Soon it will be Groundhog Day. The day that will tell us all what's in store for the remainder of the winter season. Sometimes it's a sign we really don't want to know. With the way our winter has been going, the groundhog will be very confused.
