Waseca's second annual Culture Day Sept. 27 proved to be a success. Because of the very cool and cloudy weather, the crowd was not as large and some of the activities which had been planned for outdoors were held inside.
The children were thrilled with Sprinkles the Clown who held their attention and did many interesting things with them. The bounce house was also an attraction for the youngsters.
The day started early with a pancake breakfast. In the afternoon Barb Weisner cut the Culture Day cake which she had decorated and which everyone enjoyed. Another cake, made by Arlee Lumgair, was enjoyed during the quilt show which began at 10 a.m.
Two extra visitors in the afternoon were Andrew Exebly of Saskatchewan Communities in Bloom and Joe Feeny, CN Railways' director of public and government affairs. Both spoke briefly. Feeny spoke of the grant for Waseca's new community park, which is sponsored by CN.
Waseca was one of 31 communities from across Canada to be chosen for the grant. Co-sponsors of the grant are Tree Time Canada and Canada Communities in Bloom.
Both visitors were pleased with the work being done around the village to promote it. They toured the village noting the heritage church, the walking trail and the area which will be the community park.
Battlefords Publishing hosted a harvest luncheon at Pennydale Junction, Battleford, Sept. 25. Many of those who contribute to the paper were there to enjoy lunch and a visit together as well as a visit to the Optimist-News and Regional Optimist newsroom, where staff gave a presentation regarding newspaper production. Thank you to Battlefords Publishing for the very enjoyable time!
Ted and Barbara McPherson returned to Canada in August following a number of years spent in Germany. Ted has retired from the work that made it possible for him to be stationed in Germany. They are presently house guests of Ted's sister and brother-in-law, Jean McPherson and Jim Maxwell. Welcome home!
They are making plans for the future. In the meantime, Ted enjoyed the harvest season. It has been a long while since he has been around to combine and enjoy the harvest weather.
Julie Maxwell is attending university in Guelph, Ontario this year while her sister Lynn is continuing her studies at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Rob Maxwell and his companion Angela were home for the weekend. Rob was also able to enjoy the last few hours of combining. Rob and Angela have just recently returned from time spent in Spain and are now working in Saskatoon.
The young people from the Waseca area are very involved with school sports: long distance running, gymnastics and volleyball with two volleyball tournaments taking place in Maidstone.
