The new telephone directory sheet, printed up by the Meota Lions Club, is available from the post office, the insurance office and Credit Union. These have the updated numbers, as so many people now only use their cell phones and don’t have a land line number any more.
The Meota Rec Club, ADRA, is hosting their Movie and Burger Night on Aug. 10 in the Meota Rec Hall down by the concession stand at the beach. Burgers from 6-7 p.m. and movie at 7 p.m.
The St. Walburg Polka Fest is on Aug. 13 in the Elk’s Hall with dancing from 2-11 p.m.Ìý Tickets at $30 include supper, with proceeds to cancer research.
Contract bridge was played at the Do Drop In on July 29 with top score by Gerry Craig and second by Vern Iverson.
Another annual John Arcand Fiddle Fest is slated for Aug. 11-14, southeast of Saskatoon. It is a great time full of teaching music lessons with various instruments, and many other educational topics, ending up with the jigging competition. There is entertainment every evening by the instructors and, sometimes, students. These are all so good to listen to, dance to or just watch.
Don’t miss Those were the Days at the Western Development Museum on Aug. 6 and 7. Lots of entertainment and demonstrations and rides.
The first of the five condos in Meota is ready for viewing on Sundays from 2-4 p.m. For appointments call 441-0186.
The blueberries are most plentiful and big in the north country again this year. Up along the Beauval and Ile a la Crosse areas they are thick. The year we went up and camped we went into Little Amyott Lake for power each evening and did up the day’s picking and made jams right there.
The duplicate bridge folks played in Meota on July 26 with top score by Margaret Dyck and David Sharpe. Second high were Glen and Julie Moore and third were Mary Greenwald and Cheryl Mathias. The same group played in the city on July 28 with top score by Cathy and Tom Walsh. Second high were Jean Lawes and Glen Fraser and third were Glen and Julie Moore.Ìý
Four members of the Meota Bridge Club motored to Denare Beach to attend the Flin Flon Sectional Duplicate Bridge Tournament held July 8-10. Bridge players from British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba attended as well as Americans from Utah, Virginia and Oregon, so it was a great group. Vernon Iverson, David Sharpe, Jean Lawes and Margaret Dyck played over 150 hands, competing for silver points awarded by the American Contract Bridge League for winners. On the Thursday night Pre-tournament Club game, Jean Lawes and Margaret Dyck came in first overall. A great time was enjoyed with old friends and new and the drive to Flin Flon was very scenic and pretty. The host club organized an interesting weekend, offering a cruise on Amisk Lake, barbecues, wine and cheese parties around the Trevor Campfire and meals served between sessions on Sunday.
The next Wellness Clinic will be held Aug. 18 at the Do Drop In between 8:40 and 10:40 a.m.
Five tables played Canasta on the evening of July 29 with top score going to Bev McCrimmon and Lorna Pearson. Second high were Pat Chapman and Rita Peterson and third were Jack Stewart and Arlene Walker. We so appreciate that Jack and Robert come down to fill our tables when we are short a player or two, on short notice. The social part of this evening is complete with lots of lunch.
The Meota Community Complex is still taking names for memorial blocks inside the building. This is a fine way to remember or recognize folks who have been or are active or are living or have lived in the area, with clubs or sports activities etc. With their name out in public it means they were, or are, loved. The cost is $50 a block, so if several are ordered they can call the person to come and do them up, hopefully this summer.
The long weekend found the village busy with lots of folks around, lots of boats coming and going and campers everywhere – in people’s yards, along the street and in the campground.
The lengthy power outage on Saturday evening didn’t keep the young folks shut in, they were running and biking about till late with flashlights. This is likely not something they get to do very often so they made a game out of the situation. We got quite a dump of rain, about a half inch on Saturday and again on Sunday evening. Some crops are lodging quite badly but many are still standing and starting to ripen. There are finally some hay bales made here and there and the odd ‘yellow leaf’ floating down to rest after a grand growing summer.Ìý
ÌýLynn and Jack Smith, Linda Ard and Wilma O'Brien enjoyed a trip to Regina July 23. From Davidson to Regina, they were entertained by a continuous display of both sheet and bolt lightning, along with rain. On July 24 they travelled to Assiniboia to attend the 100th Anniversary of their Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. It was a fun-filled afternoon which included a visit to the Shurniak Art Gallery, the collection of a local artist and worthy of visiting. That evening they stayed with Cheri and Bill Cowan on their organic farm. They have a truly remarkable home with a three-storey turret (with widow's walk) at one end and a hot tub, swimming pool and ensuite at the other, with lots of interesting areas between. The drive home was delightful with the ever changing terrain under our brilliant Saskatchewan sunshine.
For folks who have bottles or cans for recycling they can be taken to a spot near the water treatment plant, where the Lions will pick them up.
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