Lots of snow machines around on Saturday when Vawn held their rally. I hope they send in their results.
Duplicate bridge was played in Meota March. 6 with top score by Eric Callbeck and Dave Creegan, second high were Robert Iverson and Linda Ard and third were Catriona Winterholt and Cletus Sherman. Then on March 8 they played in the Pioneer Hall in the city with top scorers being Margaret Dyck and Gerry Craig, second were Anne Crozier and Cletus Scherman and third were Julie and Glen Moore.
Canasta was played at the Do Drop In March 9 with high score by Pat Chapman and Paulette Neale, second high were Cora Christiansen and Evelyn Dutton, third were Faye Goll and Arlene Walker. Another nice friendly evening with lots of visiting and lunching.
The monthly shuffleboard tournament was held March 10. Top marks here went to Cora Christiansen and Lorna Pearson, second were Donna Lambert and Albert Huys and third was Sven Christiansen and Jack Stewart, fourth going to Maurice Bru and Linda Ard. This was a fun day for everyone. For $3 we got to play three games each, and between games played Tile Rummy, Scrabble, Kaiser or Chit Chat. The pot luck luncheon with chicken soup, salads and desserts was outstanding and enjoyed by all. We were happy to have Ken Tucker join us again as he’s been missed and the many folks that came out from town were appreciated. There were 20 folks all told and I’m sure everyone had a good day.
A report out of Calgary said that it snowed there for 44 hours, straight, maybe breaking a record, but also making for days of depression with no sunshine. It’s the most it has snowed at any one time in 10 years for sure.
Back to North Battleford for the funeral service for Marlene Bilous, on March 8, were Donna and Al Lambert from Leduc. They were her neighbours out there and had been friends here years ago. Al stayed on in Meota to work on his building but Donna went home on Monday. They appreciated the break in the weather for travelling and visiting around.
The old maple trees are still being taken down and it does change the appearance of the village, but we’ll get used to it. The snow banks in and around the village have grown considerably as the clearing of roadways continues. We have a remarkable crew that love to get out and make life easier for those who have to go to work and use our streets. Walking is pretty safe without glare ice anywhere.
It is reported that there is a large crack across the lake in the area where the fish shacks are located so some people have removed their fish-shacks. The water is coming up and will be freezing the shacks in and maybe the situation could become dangerous or at least make for slippery, icy places.
Alan and Laura Tucker and family attended many of the events at the recent Saskatchewan Winter Games. There were many interesting sports they hadn’t attended in person before such as speed skating and weightlifting. Their granddaughter, Eve, was lucky enough to be chosen to help carry the games torch along with other students from the Battlefords. Their daughter, Alanna, and son-in-law, Brennan Lampitt, helped with organizing, designing and running the snowboarding event. Their son, Rio, competed in the U14 snowboarding and border cross events. He won a gold and a silver in slope style snowboarding and a silver in border cross. He also won the gold for overall points in U14. Everyone they talked to at Table Mountain, during the three days of snowboard competition, commented on what a wonderful facility it was.
