The Halloween Dance held in Borden Oct. 27 was a great time for kids and adults. The profit went to the Terry Tkazcyk Fund. The dance, raffle, door prizes and lunch were all arranged by Debby Hembery and Colin Lawes. A big thanks to them and all donors and those who helped. Door prize of a VIP pass for four to Pet Expo was won by Melody Mountain and the $300 gift basket was won by Greg Utigard. Mark your calendars for next year’s bash – Oct. 26 – the hall is booked.
Borden School hosted the SHSAA 1A Senior Girls’ conference volleyball championships Nov. 3 with teams from Cut Knife, Canwood, Leoville, Luseland, Mistawasis and Borden. On Borden’s team are Danika Pidwerbesky, Jade Matte, Brooke Brazeau, Savannah Sutherland and Sydney Schmidt from Borden and from Maymont School Arin Amson, Kimberely Wawruck, Michelle Garrett and Brooke Ferris with coach Mrs. Kaufman. Borden came out on top in their pool and, in the final game, beat out Luseland in three hard fought sets to win. Borden and Luseland will advance to regionals next weekend.
The Anglican and United Churches in Borden held a fall luncheon Nov. 2, in the lower hall of St. John’s Anglican Church and had a real good crowd out to enjoy the meal. Admission was by donation with the proceeds of just under $300 going to the local Christmas hamper fund.
Upcoming at Borden is the seniors’ Kaiser tournament Nov. 13 at 7 p.m. in the clubroom. The Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee are having a ham supper on Saturday, Nov. 17 in the Borden Community Centre followed by a concert by the Golden Tones and a Westjet raffle draw. Supper is 5 to 7 p.m., raffle draw and concert from 8 to 11 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18 the Riverbend Fellowship is having a turkey supper from 5 to 7 p.m. followed by entertainment from the Landry Family. Those attending can bring winter clothes and toiletries that will be donated to The Bridge on 20th. Nov. 21 at 7 p.m. is the first of the cash bingos that the Friendship Club will be holding in their clubroom at 7 p.m. These continue every third Wednesday until March.
The Wardens were at the Borden Community Centre for a concert Nov. 4, entertaining with stories, slide show and singing. Playing guitar and sometimes cello was Brad Bischoff. Scott Ward played guitar and Ray Schmidt played bass cello and mandolin. Brad and Scott are retired game wardens from Parks Canada and Ray, who is related to the Hamps at Radisson, is still a game warden dispatcher, working mostly in the Banff National Park. They write their own songs and a continuous slide show goes on behind them when they are singing.
They sang and played for more than two hours and it was an enjoyable evening, with beverages and dainties served at the break by the Hamp families from Radisson.
