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Easter visitors at the home of Phil and Lorna Bater were Phil's sister Gwenda Rondesvedt of North Battleford and her daughter Cathy of St. Paul, Alta., Greg and Laurie Bater of North Battleford and their girls Chanel, Brandi and Amanda, and Dwayne, Cheryle and Brettni Bater and Brandon and Sara Lynn Houk of North Battleford.

Visiting with Stanley and Dorothy Mills were Kim and Melody Domont of Kindersley. They also visited their friends who had moved from Manitoba to live in North Battleford.

During a recent snowstorm that hit Saskatoon, and the SaskPower transformers that supply power to the local area were down. The electricity was off for a few hours early one morning. It was off on the west side of Saskatoon and all the way out to the Baljennie area. Ten days later there was a two-day outage due to rotten poles in a water area that just gave way and fell into the water. Some local lines are more than 50 years old and some are in poor condition. Some in a few wet areas have been leaning badly for some time now. Just be prepared, as one never knows what can happen.

Farming is getting late due to the nasty weather. April was cool, but now into May the grass and the trees are showing up green. The little birds and animals are all about looking for the milder days.

The ice in the Battle River and the North Saskatchewan Rivers has broken up. It looked quite honeycombed for at least 10 days before it did slowly move out. There has been no flooding in the area to speak of.

Sympathy goes out to the Gretter family of Mankota on the recent passing of Andy Gretter. Andy and Peggy moved to the Mankota area a short time ago. Andy has not been well and was in a seniors' home.

Just a reminder from the Baljennie Community and Cemetery Organization to all those connected with the St. Bridgett's Cemetery in Baljennie on the clean-up day at the cemetery on June 4 at 7 p.m.

In the past week the weather has made a sudden change for the better. But it is still chilly at nights. It's a big break for the farmers to get a start on the spring field work. Application of fertilizer and working up of stubble fields has started.

It has been scary to see some of those farmers setting stubble fields on fire. One has to be very careful as there are always those freak sudden wind gusts to carry the fires much farter than need be. There are not too many calm days and there is long dry grasses all over the place, just the right spot for a fire to get started. Take care with what you are burning. Get a burn permit to be on the safe side.

Good luck farming. It is so nice to see the outfits out in the fields. We hope the weather co-operates.