MEOTA ‑ Jack Day was the winner of the ice fishing shack, built by TYS, Territorial Youth Services, of North Battleford, donated by Serafina Energy and raffled off by the Meota Golf Club. Proceeds went into the new clubhouse fund.
Belated 61st anniversary greetings go out to Cora and Svend Christiansen for Sept. 22, as Cora was still in the hospital at that time. She came home on Oct. 29, feeling well and glad to be back.
The take-out fall supper at the United Church last Sunday was enjoyed by some of the local congregation.
A coffee party with more than a dozen folks at the Do Drop In Wednesday morning, brought forth interesting stories of events in our lives.
Bridge was played at the Pioneer Hall Tuesday afternoon with top score going to Albert Blais and Margaret Dyck. In second place were Etta Meisner and Donna Scherman. Thursday evening, with three tables in play, top marks were by David Sharpe and Vern Iverson. Second were Donna Scherman and Catriona Winterholt.
While in town last week I was able to get my flu shot at Shoppers Drug Mart, without an appointment, between 1 and 4 p.m. I was most appreciative of their kindly service.
Work being done on Highway 24 south of Meota will make a difference as the road was getting rough with all the tanker travel it is getting. The fresh yellow line will be an asset this winter. I was surprised to see so many semi trucks headed south with hay bales. I would think they are needed in the north as well. There were also many loads of OSB board and lumber, from east of Meadow Lake, heading to the train loading station.
Building continues in the village with the addition to Adele (Feschuk) Racicot's house. It is looking finished from the outside and is being prepared for their move to Meota this fall. The walls are up on the house being built behind the community centre and the basement is ready for a pour at the corner of the entry to the park.
Word has come of the passing of Elva Heyden, former resident of North Battleford. Elva's family service was held at the Belbutte Cemetery Oct. 9. She and her late husband John were active in the dance movement and did a lot of work at the museum.
Cedar waxwings were in the village this week, cleaning the mountain ash trees of their berries.
Norwegian whist was played at the Do Drop In Oct. 29 with three tables in play. Top scores, in order, were Carol Huys, Albert Huys, Yvonne McPherson and Gail Hilderman.
Oct. 17 to 23 was Library Week and it was marked on a couple of days in Meota.
Oct 19, the Meota Girls' Club spent their evening at the library. There were seven members including a few quests in attendance along with leader Susan Demchuk and junior leader Hannah Konopelski.
The evening began with a tour describing the sections and how books are catalogued. They participated in doing puzzles and quizzes with library and Halloween themes and a scavenger hunt was enjoyed.
Oct 23, the library hosted an open house. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, it was lowkey.
There was a guess-the-weight-of-the-pumpkin contest which was won by Caroline Van E and a guess-how-many-pages-in-this-book contest that was won by Trudy Jannsens.
