More than 20 seniors from Edam visited the Meota seniors at the Do Drop In June 18, to partake in a great potluck dinner and social afternoon. This followed their regular monthly meeting in the Do Drop In, in the morning. They played games of cribbage, Kaiser and bridge. Multiple door prizes were drawn for with the main prize going to Vivian Hansen from Edam.
Duplicate bridge winners June 17 were Margaret Dyck and Ross Morton and second place were Terrence and Jetta Desilva.
The monthly hall committee luncheon June 20 had a good turnout again, raising over $300 and being enjoyed by all. The menu this month was tasty roast beef and ham along with salads, topped off with trifle and other choices of dessert.
The Do Drop In was a busy place June 20 as folks gathered to play Kaiser in the afternoon and canasta in the evening. Kaiser top scores went to Ken Tucker and Beulah Corbeil. They enjoyed having some folks from Vawn join them. At canasta top scores went to Charles Walker and Yvonne Macpherson and second to Shirley Tebay and Vernon Iverson. It was a pleasant day for everyone.
The Meota Sailing Club held their 50th anniversary at their clubhouse in Meota June 21, with an open house from 1-5 p.m., serving cake and coffee to visitors. A supper was catered at 6:30 p.m. Sailing lessons are available to anyone interested in learning.
With summer holidays here, remember the services available at your local library. With your free library card, you have access to millions of books anywhere in the province - your one stop for information needs from engine repair and gardening to hobbies and entertainment. If you're going on a long drive, try a 'talking book,' available for download online or on CD. For the younger children, open your computer and go to www.lakeland.lib.sk.ca and sign on to Tumblebooks; these will help your child develop skills, learn to read and have fun. The Meota library web address is http://Meota.ca.
Rain has finally come to the Telkwa area this week. It has been very dry here though things have kept growing so there must be moisture down under.
Gas prices in Vancouver have reached $1.55 per litre. How high will they go?
Condolences go out to families who have lost loved ones recently: in Spiritwood, Larry Iverson, June 8; Ralph Ledinski at Medstead, June 12; Ken Sabin at Spiritwood June 17; and others.
In northern British Columbia we have been visiting relatives, from the home of my son Gordon, mainly with my great-grandson Linden, who graduated at the exercises June 21 in Smithers. His mother Shari and I, and the rest of the family have been lucky to spend a couple of days with Linden.
I also spent an afternoon with my sister-in-law Bernice Sparkes in Telkwa. Bernice is well recuperated from knee surgery and able to tend her garden and keep her yard looking like a park, however she has had to hire a crew to trim her hedges.
The teachers in British Columbia are on strike so there's been no school all week.
I was here for Gordon's birthday last Sunday and Shelley's on Wednesday, so we had happy family gatherings.
