Hi again, everyone. Here it is 鈥� May. It鈥檚 so lovely to see the green, green grass and the trees budding again. Hopefully the flowers will soon be planted and blooming too.
Some of the residents here have been giving me some of the news about their Easter holiday. Easter Sunday, Ida Baker was at her daughter and son-in-law and great-grandson鈥檚 for supper. Her grandson and family were sick and couldn鈥檛 come. She missed the little ones. Hope they are all well now, Ida.
Ida鈥檚 sister from Biggar was in to visit her April 27. Her niece had an appointment at noon. They all met at Tim Hortons for dinner. Ida鈥檚 daughter from here joined them, too, so they all had a nice visit.
Louise Haubold from Tower II had a wonderful Easter. She says, after three turkey and ham dinners and seeing most of her family through the week, she was ready for peace and quiet and no more food for a while.
Louise has been filling in with others in their spare time enjoying 鈥渃offee row,鈥� cards, bingo, puzzles and shuffleboard. A few of the tenants went to Mervin to join in a shuffleboard tournament recently. The food was great and the games went well. As always, some winners and some losers.
Louise wishes everyone a great summer and says to enjoy the green grass and green leaves and no more snow for a while. I certainly agree with you, Louise.
Bev and Murray McCrimmon spent Easter holidays at Lacombe, Alta. They had a nice time. They went by Highway 40 and came back by 16. It's great to get away for a holiday, I鈥檓 sure.
Shirley Tebay spent Easter Sunday at the home of her son and daughter-in-law Gary and Roberta. There were several family members present including two great-grandchildren. They all enjoyed a most delicious supper. She says thanks to Roberta and Gary. There is nothing like great food and being together with your family, that's for sure, Shirley.
Ann Ewanchuk says the month of April started out with a bake sale at the co-op. She and her church lady members had a successful sale. Also, she and her friend Jeanie Penzie volunteered to sell 50/50 tickets for BUCC.
For the first time Ann and in-law Maureen Hamonic joined the little great-grandchildren for Easter egg hunting at her son Orest鈥檚 and Chrissie鈥檚 place.
Ray and Doris Jordan drove Ann to Rory and Erinka鈥檚 for a lovely Easter supper. Her granddaughters, RoxAnn and Larissa, were at home.
After a church service Monday, Ann visited her two friends at the hospital, Julia Kuchirka and Loretta Tkatchuk. She attended a potluck supper and games at Tower II.
Ann attended the 6 a.m. service in church Ukrainian Easter. Thanks to friend Jeannie Penzie for driving her. After the service, her son Roman drove her to River Heights Lodge for a lovely family Easter meal in honour of her daughter-in-law鈥檚 mother, Lena Koliniak. Was nice to see Lena at 95 looking so well that day. Enjoyed also seeing Roman and family, Gerry Koliniak and family and Deleana and three daughters from St. Walburg.
Ann attended the volunteer appreciation night at Knights of Columbus Hall. It was a lovely program.
She attended the Ukrainian Svoboda Dance Festival April 17 and 18, with a beautiful gala night Saturday night which included performers from Saskatoon, two dance groups and the Lastiwka Choir.
Ann had a very full day where she attended and sang in choir at RHL April 28. Then she visited Ann Bartkewich at Davidson Manor, and Lil Cornell at Villa Pascal who will be 111 in August. That is amazing 鈥� congratulations to Lil.
For Easter, my granddaughter Danielle Elder put on a delicious supper for the rest of the family and myself out at Travessa Beach. They have a lovely home there with a nice view over the lake.
Our birthday party was held April 20. The celebrants for March and April were: March 鈥� Mary Dearborn; April 鈥� Ernest Wawryk, George Milnthorp, Alpha Schmirler, Bev McCrimmon, Margaret Jimmy, Victor Baptiste and Thelma Kendall.
The table was beautifully decorated and a colourful banner was put up saying 鈥淗appy Birthday鈥� in big letters. Thank you to the decorating committee.
Joan and Wilf Rice entertained on keyboard and guitar. We always enjoy their singing and playing for us.
Then we had a tasty dessert of cake, ice cream and berries. Thank you to all those who helped with the party. That鈥檚 why it makes it such a success when we have so many willing helpers.
It鈥檚 so nice when so many residents join in to play Kaiser, whist and shuffleboard. Here are a few scores.
Winners at shuffleboard April 15 were Cecile Dupuis and Ken Tucker with 47 points. Second were Shirley Tebay and Marvin Philipps with 31 points. Third were Stella Rendle and Delia Thunderchild with 22 points. Laura Dewar and Anna Tucker came in fourth with 21 points. Altogether there were 10 players. A good time was had by all. We encourage more people to come and enjoy the game.
There were eight players April 22. High score of 45 points went to Shirley Tebay and Laura Dewar. In second with 33 points were Betty Bonson and Ken Tucker. In third with 29 points were Cecile Dupuis and Jenny Craig.
Fourteen players came out April 29. In first were Laura Dewar and Anna Tucker with 51 points. In second were Cecile Dupuis and Murray McCrimmon with 49 points. In third were Betty Bonson and Stella Rendall with 44 points. Shirley Tebay and Louise Haubold were fourth with 42 points. Very close games and everyone had a fun time.
Every Thursday there is whist organized by Ann Ewanchuk. Whist scores for April 2: first, Louise Haubold; second, Shirley Tebay; and third, Cecile Dupuis. Whist scores for April 16: first, Alpha Schmirler; second, Shirley Tebay; and third, Ruby Hrabia. Whist scores for April 22: first, Louise Haubold; second, Shirley Tebay; and third, Cecile Dupuis.
Kaiser is organized by Shirley Tebay. They play every Tuesday evening. Some scores in April were: first, Ruby Hrabia; second, Cecile Dupuis; and third, Anne Tucker. The next Tuesday were these scores: first, Betty Bonson; second, Shirley Tebay; and third, Ken Tucker.
Thank you to all those who send me scores for the games. I really appreciate it.
We had a very good turnout for a potluck supper April 9. We had a delicious variety of tasty foods that we all enjoyed.
A Norwegian supper was prepared for us April 30 by some ladies and gentlemen of Norwegian descent from Meota and by others from our tower. They had many delicious dishes of different foods that many of us hadn鈥檛 tasted before. Everything was very appetizing. Thank you to everyone who put the meal on for us.
Get well wishes to everyone who either has been in hospital or is just home not feeling well.
Welcome to all newcomers to our tower. Come and join us for some of the activities.
See you next month. Get out and enjoy the weather!
