October began as a beautiful autumn month. The harvest was completed before the snow.听 Thanksgiving weekend was warm and dry and then came the change! It must be Saskatchewan; where else can the weather change so abruptly and so drastically. I did see a mid night low on my weather station of -12.8C and that is not October weather in my books. Sloughs and shallow ponds have frozen over. Is anyone thinking of ice fishing yet?
For almost as far back as anyone can remember there has been, as in most rural communities, a fall/fowl supper to commemorate the completion of harvest and to offer Thanksgiving for all that has been. Covid 19 has certainly put that on hold for this year as it would be pretty tough to limit a community fall supper to only 30 people. That being said, the music suppers and evenings have resumed under strict COVID restrictions. Jim Tomkins is arranging the performers and JK Kitchen is doing the catering. The last evening with 鈥淏ig Sky Country Boys鈥� was very successful and the next one on Oct. 24 with Freddie and Shiela Pelletier promises to be the same. Advance tickets are absolutely essential in order to be COVID compliant.
Fall is the season of elections. With the provincial election on Oct. 26 and the municipal election on Nov. 9, voters will have had a good opportunity to exercise their franchise. For the provincial election voters from Rabbit Lake will have to make their way to Sandwith to cast their vote as there will be no poll in Rabbit Lake this time around. For the RM election there will be an advance poll in Rabbit Lake on Nov. 1 and a regular poll in Sandwith on Nov. 9. This year elections take place for division 1, 3 and 5 as well as for reeve. In division 1 and division 3, Albert Combres and Gordon Moore have been acclaimed. In division 5 there is a contest between Aaron McNabb and Jason Loewen.听 For reeve there will be an election between incumbent Alvin Wiebe and former councilor from division 5, Rob McNabb. Additionally, there will be a by-election in division 2 to fill the remainder of the term held by Gerald Ewanchuk. The candidates for that division are Holly Keyko and Boyd Kowalczyk
Every kid鈥檚 favourite holiday is coming up. Just how Halloween and trick or treating will transpire is anyone鈥檚 guess. What is for sure is the great time that many folk had that the Haunted Forest and Insane Asylum that Linda Price and her family set up in their rural yard. Planning for this event begins in August with a lot of work being done to set up the spooky event that runs three weekends preceding Halloween. Admission to the venue is by donation, with the proceeds divided between Spiritwood Minor Hockey and the SPCA. If you haven鈥檛 been able to get to the haunted forest and asylum, there is one weekend left 鈥� that is if you are not too scared to check it out! A final viewing will be held on Oct. 30 for the really brave! The weather for the first viewing was perfect however the weather for the second was downright miserable and cold. The weather may have deterred some visitors but it did not dampen the enthusiasm of the participants. For the upcoming nights dressed warmly so you don鈥檛 miss a thing!听 I can see this event growing from year to year.
Over the summer the councils have been advertising that Rabbit Lake is selling lots for recreational purposes. This campaign has been very successful with three serviced lots being sold and four un-serviced recreational lots gaining new owners. We look forward to having new people become part of our community.
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