The RM of Glenside have been out mowing the grass and weeds all along the roadsides and ditches before winter arrives. The road patrol has also been busy preparing the roads within the RM that need gravel. A gravel outfit has moved into the big gravel pit and has been busy spreading gravel where needed.
The pest control officer has been making his rounds to farms, checking out on what rodents are causing problems and leaving some poison bait where needed.
Sept. 22, nominations took place at the RM of Glenside office in Biggar, the reeve Almer Dove and Division 5 councillor Robert Greer and Division 3 councillor Coady Dehr all went back in by acclamation for another term. Joanne Fulerton was the returning officer.
Sympathy goes out to the Custer families on the recent passing of Glenn Custer of Saskatoon at the age of 92. Glenn’s parents, David and Linda Custer, lived on the Jim McGaffin farm. He was a student at the Baljennie country school. He later joined the navy during the war years and served until 1946. He returned home to the farm where he later married Arlene Trumbell of Ruddell and moved to Saskatoon. He operated Custer Construction with the help of his family. They had a family of four children. Glenn loved his woodwork hobbies. The funeral was held in Saskatoon.
Thank you to Battlefords Publishing for the invitation to the annual Celebrate the Harvest Luncheon held at Pennydale Junction in Battleford on Oct. 6. I’m sorry I was not able to attend.
Get well wishes go out to Rodger Parkinson of Bjelde Creek on the recent rural accident where he rolled his truck near Maidstone and suffered severe injuries. He was rushed to the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon where he is slowly recovering.
Thanksgiving weekend has just passed by. It was a wet, snowy cool few days. Many people were travelling to be with family and friends for a roast turkey dinner and to give their thanks for all the things we are blessed with.
What a big surprise we all got one morning as winter snow landed on our doorstep a little early this year. The way our weather has been acting all fall, it was sure to happen. The Battlefords were a little luckier as they did not get as much as in areas to the south. It is slowly melting. It was not what the grain farmers wanted, as there still is a lot of crop in the fields that have not been combined yet. Standing crops were flattened by the heavy wet snow. Swaths are also heaped with wet snow. It will take a while for this to melt and then dry before harvesting is going to be done. There are a few lucky ones who were done their harvesting. Now we need some nice sunny warm days.
