Borden School awards were presented in the school gym June 17, preceded by a barbecue for everyone to enjoy. MCs were Emma Pidwerbesky and Emma Prescesky. O Canada was played by Grade 12 grad Aryn Polichuk. Mr. Broughton welcomed everyone, spoke of scholarships available, thanked the school community council for the barbecue and announced the scholarships for 2013.
Affinity Credit Union bursary of $500 went to Robynn Pidwerbesky and the William Johnston award of $500 went to Robynn and Jesse Wensley.
On behalf of Radisson OORP number 347, Audrey Baker and Lorraine Olinyk presented the Sask. Elks Addictions Awareness cheques for the poster contest to: Julie Siebert, $25 for third in beginner; Jade Matte, $50 for third in juniors; Brooke Brazeau, $75, first in juniors; Nikita Pascoe, $75, third in intermediates; and Rachel Sutherland, $125 for first in intermediates. Borden School received $350 from the provincial Elks.
The many school volunteers were recognized, secretarial associates Sonia Sutherland and Elise Meister were thanked and Mrs. Johnston talked about the Grade 7 and 8 students who were involved with We Day and their charity work. She also presented a community service award to Celeste Lumgair. Johnston recognized the students working on the yearbook and the students who curled during the year and their achievements and presented certificates to Robynn P. and Kim Young.
Miss Styles presented the most outstanding senior band trophy and Parents' Association Scholarship to Aryn Polichuk. Mr. Broughton presented 2012 grad Lucas Julseth with the Governor General's award. Lucas's average was 90.05 per cent.
All of the students in Grades 6 to 12 were recognized for their efforts in any athletic activity throughout the year with a round of applause. Then the athletic awards were handed out: most deserving junior boys' volleyball to Aidan Loessin, junior girls' volleyball to Sara Prescesky, senior boys' volleyball to Austen Dielsen and Chris Anderson and senior girls' volleyball to Deanna Wall; most deserving junior girls' basketball medal to Rachel Sutherland; junior badminton to Justin Barth; senior badminton medal to Connor Wainwright; most deserving junior track athlete was Cole Sutherland; and, for senior track, the medal went to Duncan Sutherland. In cross-country, the most deserving junior went to Carson Derksen and senior to Duncan Sutherland.
Athletes of the Year were junior male Cole Sutherland, junior female Sara Prescesky, senior male Chris Anderson and senior female Robynn Pidwerbesky.
At the Hi-Lo meet held in Perdue for kindergarten to Grade 6, receiving medallions for high scores were Darby, Asia, Julia H, Julia S, Savannah and Danika for girls and Levi, Zachary and Liam for boys.
Sheri Sutherland announced the students who ran in the Marafun May 26. They trained for eight weeks and completed 40 kilometres before the race and ran 2.2 kilometres on race day. The students were Liam, Logan, Seth, Elijah, Brooke B. and Max.
Citizenship awards were presented to David Gough for kindergarten/Grades 1-2, Carson Derksen for Grades 3-4, Zach Martens for Grades 5-6, Natalie Anderson for Grades 7-8 and Connor Wainwright for Grades 10-12. Leadership plaques went to Julia Siebert for K-Grade 2, Brooke Faith for Grades 3-4, Danika Pidwerbseky for Grades 5-6, Brooklyn Gader for Grades 7-9 and Robynn P. for Grades 10-12.
In academic awards the most improved students were K/Grades 1/2 - Sydney Schmidt; Grades 3/4 - Teddie Cutting; Grades 5/6 - Elijah Judkins; and Grades 7/8 - Brett Reiter.
On the honour roll for achieving marks of 80 to 89.9 per cent were: Grade 7 - Natalie Anderson, Serra Judkins, Clayton Wiebe; Grade 8 - Brett Reiter; Grade 9 - Justin Barth; Grade 10 - Dallas Burnett, Andrew Derksen, Emma Pidwerbesky; Grade 11 - Avery Fairbrother, Deidre Hebig, Myron Metanchuk, Connor Wainwright; Grade 12 - Austin Dielsen, Aryn Polichuk, Deanna Wall and Jesse Wensley.
Achieving honour roll distinction status with an average of 90 per cent or more were: Grade 7 - Rachel Sutherland, Kirsten Szwydky; Grade 8 - Krysta Bueckert, McKinley Martens; Grade 9 - Brooklyn Gader, Aidan Loessin, Graham Sargent; Grade 10 - Emma Pidwerbesky, Duncan Sutherland; Grade 12 - Chris Anderson, Allison Meister and Robynn P.
Highest average awards went to Kirsten Szwydky in Grade 7 with an average of 95.57 per cent; McKinley Martens in Grade 8, 92 per cent; Graham Sargent in Grade 9, 92.94 per cent; Emma Pidwerbesky in Grade 10, 92.71 per cent; Myron Metanchuk in Grade 11, 88.33 per cent; and Robynn in Grade 12 with 93.29 per cent.
All of those who had donated to the awards night were recognized and Mr. Broughton thanked all those who had helped with the evening. She also bid farewell to two teachers who are leaving Borden to teach elsewhere in the division - Clayton Gartner and Mrs. Atina-Ford Johnston.
Borden Co-op and Affinity Credit Union held an appreciation barbecue at noon June 19 in the Borden Fire Hall, supplying burgers, hot dogs, Revels and beverages to over 100 students and residents. Door prizes from the credit union were awarded to Rachel Sutherland, Melissa Braun and Janice Whitbread and, from the co-op, to Allan Balzer, Cyril Saunders, Martha and Ruben Rempel, Judy Dyck, Spencer Thiessen, Emma Hebig, Zach Martens, Don Dyck, Sarah Sleiedricht and Arnold Meister. The two main prizes of a fruit platter for 15 went to Sheri Sutherland and the veggie platter for 15 to Susie Pidwerbesky.
The kindergarten graduation for 11 students from Borden School was held June 18 in the school gym. The K - Grade 2 class recited a poem about going in to Grade 1 and sang a song about going from kindergarten to Grade 1. The 11 students held up coloured cards that spelled kindergarten.
Graduating were Cael, Darbi, Emma, Anna, Esther, Julia, Jasmyn, Anna, Bentley, Ben and Tyler. Mrs Corbett called each grad up while she read about what they liked about kindergarten, what they would wish for, where in the world they would like to visit and what they planned to do after school. Then each student was given a rose to present to their mother.
Following the program, lunch was served to parents and grandparents of the grads.
The School Ball League, with teams 18 and under, 15 and under and 12 and under from Borden, Maymont, Hafford and Radisson, played through May and June. Their ball final, which was to have been held June 15 at Glenburn Park, was rained out. The 18 and under teams from Borden, Hafford, Maymont/Radisson played June 17 and 19 in Borden with Borden defeating Maymont/Radisson, Maymont/Radisson beating Hafford, then Borden defeated Hafford to win the 18 and under ball.
Borden Art and Eatery, owned by Al and Denise Nichol, has been for sale for a while now and, June 30, after nine years of serving the public seven days a week, they are ceasing to operate the cafe. If the sale goes through, there will be new owners taking over - hopefully in the next month or so.
A thank you and retirement party complete with cake is planned for the afternoon of June 25 to pay tribute to their service to the community. For the first two weeks of July, if necessary, the Borden Seniors' Club will serve coffee at their club room from 8 - 10 a.m. only. The community wishes Al and Denise all the best as they take some time for themselves.
Golding Service Centre, owned and operated by Ed Golding of Borden, has been sold to Gas Plus and they are busy renovating the interior and painting inside and out. For now, Ed is still selling gas and will be renting the service bay to fix tires and do service and mechanical repairs in the upcoming months. Gas Plus will have self-serve gas pumps and a convenience store which will be managed by Debbie Hembery, who has left the Borden Co-op hardware to take this new position.
