Word of the meteor displays coming up between Aug. 11 and 13 should be worthwhile to try to see. Find a place where there are no lights, a rural road, maybe, to witness 100 meteor showers every hour. There will be many throughout the month of August.
The traffic through Meota this weekend of boats and campers was again endless. I counted as many as 35 trucks and boat trailers parked 鈥� everywhere 鈥� on Saturday afternoon. That鈥檚 how many boats were out on the lake from this launch, so how many from other areas, too, must have been busy out there. Then there are many water scooters, too, all for making waves and noise and having fun.
Are you enjoying the Olympics? They seem to be really well organized and orderly. One wonders how people get from the site of competitions to wherever they stay when there are so many altogether. The competitor that was stuck for 40 minutes in an elevator must have been a pretty frustrated guy by the time he got to his site. We are bringing home some medals but missing others by fractions of seconds. This is disheartening but no shame either. One does wonder who designs some of the skimpy outfits that the women are wearing 鈥� in volleyball they are next thing to being naked and sure don鈥檛 look comfortable, yet the men play the same game dressed in tank tops and boxer shorts.听
Contract bridge was played July 31 with top score by Lyn Smith and second by Vernon Iverson.听
Duplicate bridge played in Meota on Aug. 2 found top score by Cletus and Donna Scherman tied with Eric Callbeck and Maureen Campbell, and next were Glen and Julie Moore. In the city on Aug. 4, top score again was tied by Cletus and Donna Scherman and Glen and Julie Moore and next were Mary Greenwald and David Scharpe.
People are prisoners of their phones, that's why they call them "cell phones."
Some skyscrapers in San Fransisco have sunk as much as 16 inches and some are also leaning. These are valued at over $2 million a suite, so folks are pretty worried about the future of them.
Available at the village office are 鈥淛ackfish Lake Naturally鈥� videos with excellent pictures of the wildlife we enjoy in the Meota area. These are great to watch and would make very educational and interesting gifts.
The North Battleford Western Development Museum will have on display, from September till April, 2017, 鈥楤ig Bert鈥� 鈥� this is the world鈥檚 most complete Terminonaris Robusta Crocadile鈥� skeleton that was discovered right here in Saskatchewan, in 1991 鈥� 92. It is 19 feet long with a skull more than 3 feet long and lived 92 million years ago. There are also examples of clams, birds and fish from that era.
听 听 The Movie and Burger night by ADRA is on Aug. 10 at the Rec Hall at the beach, starting at 6 p.m.
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