The Borden Friendship Club held their monthly potluck supper Jan. 31 with 45 members out to enjoy a variety of dishes and birthday cake. Blowing out the candles on the cakes were Lorraine Olinyk and Wendell Dyck who both celebrate their birthdays on Jan. 1. After dessert, the entertainment for the evening was James Steele, Canadian Master Fiddle champion from Saskatoon. Accompanying him on the piano was Lionel Gilbertson. They played a number of Don Messer tunes, Log Driver’s Waltz, Dragging the Bow, a Ukrainian medley, Clarinet Polka, St. Ann’s Reel and Danny Boy. Lionel played The Entertainer as a piano solo, some Glenn Miller tunes and Shannon Waltz, then they closed with Orange Blossom Special and Dixieland. James is a lawyer in Saskatoon and he plays with John Arcand and at barn dances south of Saskatoon.
The Borden Lakeland Library has a draw every month for Dessert of the Month, with board members providing the dessert each time and for January the winner was Audrey Baker.
Upcoming in the next few weeks will be a retirement tea for Peter Thiessen on Sunday, Feb. 18, in the Borden Community Centre from 2 to 4 p.m. Peter has worked as maintenance man and looking after the water treatment plant for many years and this tea is to pay tribute to him for his many years of service. On Friday, Feb. 23, there will be a fundraiser luncheon in the Borden seniors room from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., by donation and serving soup, sandwiches, squares and beverages. The luncheon is to help Jenn Galvez bring her daughter to Canada from the Philippines and the three main churches in Borden are helping out.
After serving Radisson and Borden areas for 42 years, the Radisson Royal Purple Lodge 347 decided to dissolve as of Jan. 15. There were only five members left to raise funds and it was just getting too difficult to carry on. With the Lodge since 1986 were Roberta Harris, Linda Yuskiw and Lorraine Olinyk, Tina Hessell for 29 years and Audrey Baker for 18 years. The Lodge thanks everyone who has supported them over the years and with our fundraising we have donated to many charities over the years such as Elks and Royal Purple Fund for Children, Saskatchewan Brain Injury Association, Telemiracle, Camp Easter Seal, Bosco Homes, Hafford Music Festival, Borden and Maymont Schools, Radisson School, Recreation Associations in Borden and Radisson, local food hampers, and many more. At our last meeting in January we donated $50 to Hafford Music Festival, $100 each to Borden and Maymont Schools for Awards Night, $200 each to Borden Community Centre and to Radisson for hall renos, $200 each to Borden Parks and Recreation and $200 to Radisson Recreation Association, $200 to Radisson Ag Society for sponsorships. In December we had given $50 each to food hampers in each town and earlier we sent $50 to Brain Love. At the last meeting Tina Hessell and Lorraine Olinyk had sent out seven cards and in 2017 Lorraine had sent out over 30 cards in Borden and Tina as many or more in Radisson. Birthday celebrants for January were Linda Yuskiw and Lorraine Olinyk. The ladies plan to have a shadow box made to hold some of our memorablia and put on display in Radisson and will try to find a home for our history books. We will meet once more in February to disperse the rest of the funds.
