The Borden Friendship Club held their monthly potluck supper Jan. 25, with more than 45 members and guests present. Blowing out the candles on the cake baked by Eileen Petrun were Lorraine Olinyk and Wendell Dyck, both Jan. 1 birthdays. Ice cream was supplied by Stan Foster.
Entertaining for the evening were the Ukrainian Connection with Walter Kyliuk of Radisson playing fiddle and accordion, Darlene Hupaelo from Martensville playing guitar and vocals, Peter Kyluik from Hafford playing banjo and some vocals and Ron Tkachuk of Hafford playing accordion and telling jokes between songs. They performed numerous fast polka instrumentals, Darlene sang a couple of songs in Ukrainian and for Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain she sang one verse in English and one in Ukrainian. They handed out song sheets and everyone sang along for some of the songs.
The Borden club is having their Telemiracle Tea and Bake Sale on Feb. 14 at 2 p.m. Admission is by donation. Their next bingo is Feb. 15 and their Kaiser tournament is Feb. 21. Celtic Country will provide music at the potluck supper Feb. 22.
Congratulations to Savannah, daughter of Scott and Sonia Sutherland of Borden, who competed in the Knights of Columbus track and field this past week, winning a first in the 60 metre race and the 200m. Her relay team also placed first. Savannah enjoyed meeting some athletes who had competed at the Olympics. She will be going to Winnipeg in February to compete in a frack and field meet.
Borden Lakeland Library is holding a matinee movie time on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 2 p.m., in the Borden Seniors’ Room. The movie is free but there will be snacks for sale. The year-long dessert of the month draw has begun. The winner of the dessert brought by Carol Crabb in January was Sheri Sutherland.
The Borden Museum is holding a fundraiser Feb. 7, when they will be serving a hot beef sandwich with salad and dessert. Participation is by donation. It is in the Borden Seniors’ Room from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The proceeds are for their fund to install a bathrrom, which is needed in the museum.
