Well it is down to the wire to see if March actually goes out like a lamb!
March 16, some of the Rabbit Lake community was on hand at the Spiritwood Arena to watch the Provincial B final atoms hockey game. Spiritwood Timber Wolves came out ahead of the Meadow Lake team. It is good to see Rabbit Lake kids participating at this level. Our hats go off to Jaeger Moore and Brandsten Moore who were part of the winning team.
March 17, the Rose Gill Lodge hosted a St. Patrick鈥檚 Kaiser tournament at the lodge. Nine tables of players spent an enjoyable evening socializing with friends and residents. There were many donated prizes so everyone went home with something. Winners were Alan Laughlin, Elaine Turgeon and Pete Pawlivsky. Of course there has to be a booby prize and the proud winner of that was Fred Walters.
March 18, the Hoffnungsfelder Mennonite Ladies鈥� Aid held a games night and bake sale at the Rabbit Lake Senior Sunrise Circle. Each year the proceeds are designated to specific projects. This year the money raised will go to the missionary work of Paul and Amanda Hildebrand, who do missions in Guelph, Ont., and Sandi and Grant Weber, who are serving in Bali. Paul is the son of George and Melitta Hildebrand and Sandi is the daughter of Bruce and Jean McNabb. The total raised was slightly over $1,300.
Usually when your hear the expression 鈥淎nd they鈥檙e off!鈥� you think of a horse race or a chuckwagon heat. Over the last few days it has referred to the guys pulling the ice fishing shacks off the lake before the March 31 deadline.
March 24, the Rabbit Lake Senior Sunrise Circle hosted its monthly music evening at the community hall. About 50 people came out to be entertained by Darrell Deleronde and Saskia. Saskia and Darrel have toured with Gary Fjellgaard over the years, so are not strangers to the performing stage. I am sure everyone went home feeling they got more than their money鈥檚 worth.
The duo took the audience through some of their own compositions, through bluegrass, country and pop. Darrell is a master on guitar and mandolin and of course Saskia鈥檚 clear vocals were excellent.
In between numbers they joked with the crowd and shared their inspiration for the music they had written. At one time they actually lived in Maymont.
The door prize winner was Lorraine Scott and the winner of the 50/50 draw was Cornie Martens.
Over the years we have seen agricultural business come and go in rural Saskatchewan. It is encouraging to learn that Sandwith Sausage, a sausage-making endeavour by Ron Klassen of Sandwith, is once again in production. Sandwith sausage is a pork farmer鈥檚 sausage with the traditional Mennonite flavour.聽 I know we look forward to some in the freezer ready for that first barbecue.
