The Meota Hobby Band entertained at the North Battleford Library April 18 and was well received. They are back having regular practices at the Do Drop In on Tuesday mornings.
The Meota Lions Chorus was at Villa Pascal April 16 and at Harwood Manor April 23.
Canasta was hosted at the Do Drop In April 20 with four tables in play. Top score was earned by Pat Chapman and Vivianne Lesko, second went to Paulette Neale and Janice Morton and third to Cora Christophersen and Bob Lesko.
Sump pumps and many bigger pumps were running, moving water from places where it gathered throughout the village this past week. Water, water everywhere, except for the 300 block on 1st Street East Wednesday evening, as the water was shut off. A waterline break caused flooding and had to be repaired. By morning it was back on but the water had a brown hue because of the sludge from the lines. It gradually cleared by noon. We were able to bring water to the four-plex from across town, so we all had good water for morning.
The monthly hall luncheon April 20, sponsored by the hall board, was another success under the direction of Shirley Gies with her many volunteers. Many of the snowbirds are back to join the locals and catch up on their winter activities. Our former head cook of these events, Pearl Hawkins, and Arie Breeschooten joined the crowd and were welcomed back. They have moved from Saskatoon to Killdeer Park in North Battleford, so we will see them more often again.
The Meota Lions Club sent a donation of $1,000 to the Humboldt Bronco fund to be used for scholarships and funding for mental health along with a donation of $500 to STARS.
Tickets for this year鈥檚 Car Sink Fundraiser by the Meota Lions Club, are available from any member or business in the village. There is a guaranteed 50/50 prize of $1,000.
Another house is on the market in Meota but another one has sold, so the business of buying and selling continues. The construction of the two Ulmer homes in Lakeview continues, as well as a few other places in that area. With the snow melting and with so many trees having been removed this winter, the appearance of the streets is going to be a sorry mess. The other big problem is the streets that are breaking up badly, because water has sat so long and the frost was going out at the same time.
A correction of the donations collected at the SSAI meeting in Maymont. Proceeds were forwarded to STARS, not the Bronco fund.
The first of the three gals with broken bones, Florence Bru, had her mishap March 26, ending up with a broken heel after falling off a ladder. She is mobile, with a knee scooter, indoors. Next was Mary Shury, who fell in a parking lot in town and ended up going to Saskatoon University Hospital for surgery. She came home April 22 and is being helped by her daughter Sandy Bauer from Grand Prairie, Alta. this week. Then Sandy is off to Mexico for her holiday, but Terry will be at hand to help her. I am number three. I fell, missing the bottom step of the basement stairs in Glaslyn United Church April 15. I don鈥檛 think my anklebone break is as bad as the other two, but still I have swelling and get around using a walker, with my foot in a boot. The seven steps here in the four-plex, to get in and out, will keep me 鈥渋n鈥� for some time. It is odd that we three live within one block of one another on 1st Street and no falls were from ice.
Duplicate bridge was played in Meota April 17 with top score going to Linda Ard and Robert Iverson, second were Vern Iverson and Eric Callbeck and third were Jetta and Terence Da Silva. April 19 at the Pioneer Hall in the city top score was by Jeannine Beloin and Mary Phelps, second were Bea Prutti and Lori Stack and third were Cletus Scherman and Richard Groves.聽聽
My cousin Lynn Shepherd from Saskatoon wanted to visit his son and daughter and their families in Ireland, but because he uses medicinal marijuana he could not get entry to either Ireland or Northern Ireland. So his family organized a trip to Holland where they visited all kinds of museums and points of interest. They even got to a tulip farm,which is open for only six weeks in the spring. Then, David took his father for a four-day river cruise, getting on and off wherever they wanted. He pushed his dad鈥檚 wheelchair many miles that week.
Another country you cannot enter if you use marijuana, or have ever used it, is the United States. I looked for more information on this but that鈥檚 the only one I came up with. Some states allow marijuana use, but you won鈥檛 get past the Canada-U.S. border to get to them.
