Hello, everyone! Here we are into March now. It came in like a lamb and it鈥檚 so nice to have it milder after the cold days in February.
I hope spring is just around the corner for us. But March can be so unpredictable. Can鈥檛 it, folks? But we just have to take what comes.
Here in Tower II during the month of February, many of us were staying inside because of the cold weather. However cards, bingo, meals and entertainment were still going on for us.
Shirley Tebay organizes Kaiser so she so she gave me a few scores. One game had, first, Shirley Tebay, second, Betty Bonson and, third, Alpha Smirler. Second evening, first, Shirley Tebay, second, Genny Craig and, third, Betty Bonson. Everyone is welcome to come every Tuesday evening at 7 p.m. for Kaiser.
Thursday evening at 7 p.m. is whist put on by Ann Ewanchuck. Would be glad to have more players.
There is also crib on Monday afternoon. So if you enjoy playing crib, please come because everyone is welcome.
Bingo is also popular on Saturday night. We are so glad to have people from Tower I to come and play here.
When we don鈥檛 get out so much in the cold weather Bev McCrimmon organizes exercises for us Monday, Wednesday and Friday in the mornings. It helps to keep all parts of our body in shape. Thanks for doing this, Bev.
Louise Harbould is the one who gets our entertainment for us. It鈥檚 not always easy as some who have sung and played for us are going elsewhere. But she does a good job.聽
On Feb. 9, Frank Irvin聽and the Blue Sky Country Boys came to play guitars and sing. We all enjoy country music so it was a great evening for us. Then on the evening of Feb. 23, we were happy to have Mel and Carol from Maymont and two others join them from Battlefords entertaining. We, here in Tower II, always appreciate the musicians that come in to sing and play for us.
Laurel Allen organized a gospel group to come in every second Monday of the month. They are wonderful singers and we are welcome to join in at any time. Thank you, Laurel, for introducing them to us.聽
Ida Baker had a busy February. On Feb 2, her grandson took her to the bus depot to go to Saskatoon. On Feb. 6 she had an eye treatment at City Hospital. She came home on the bus. Feb 9 was her birthday so all her children and two sisters phoned. Congratulations, Ida, from all of us here. Feb 17, Ida was saddened with the news that her brother-in-law passed away from a heart attack. He lived in Edmonton so she was sorry she wasn鈥檛 able to get to his funeral. Sorry, too, Ida . Feb 25, Ida travelled to Saskatoon and came home on the 27th by bus.聽
Shirley聽Tebay had a birthday, too, in February. Congratulations, Shirley. Pat took her out for lunch on her birthday and to an afternoon of cards. Then Gary, Roberta and two great-granddaughters took her out for lunch the next day. You were royally treated, Shirley. That is so nice.
Myself and some of the other ladies here have been enjoying the Olympics. There were some disappointments for Canada but they won 29 medals so they and we can be very proud of all the athletes.
Congratulations to North Battleford for putting on such a successful Winter Games. I hear there was such a great attendance for everything.聽We must thank all the volunteers who participated and all those that found places for so many to stay. We can be so proud of them, too.
I hope everyone here in the Tower has got over the flu now. They say this has been one of the worst we鈥檝e had in years. Evidently the strain of the flu shot wasn't working for us this time. Hopefully it鈥檚 run its course now.
I鈥檇 be remiss if I didn鈥檛 congratulate the ladies who put up the decorations in the lounge for the Valentine month of February. They are beautiful. My next report will be in March and I want to thank all those what give me news each month.聽
I鈥檓 sure your family and friends are glad to see news about you and how you鈥檙e getting along.
Tower II News from Ann Ewanchuk:
Some people write articles with joy and laughter, others have sadness and tears. Ann Ewanchuck is living with both. On Feb 20, her brother Louie, youngest of his family, passed away in Kamloops, B.C. It happened on his daughter Louanne鈥檚 birthday.聽Louie was known by many people because of playing in an orchestra. While as a teenager in school he was in a band with his brother Johnny Spak and two cousins Victor and Mary Lemecha. Later they added Walter and Mike Kowerchuck. In 1999, July 17, at a Howard school reunion, these four cousins entertained all participants during the evening dance.
On Feb 21, Ann had a new great-granddaughter in Calgary. Parents are Mike and Keagan Ewanchuck of Fort St. John, B.C.
On Sunday, Feb. 25, Ann and four friends from Tower II attended the Mayfair dinner theatre, travelling on the bus from Lloydminster. It was a full bus and a very careful driver.
Ann is in charge of whist in her residence. Winners for the last two Thursdays were Betty Bonson 32, Alpha Schmirler, 29, Les, 26, Shirley Tebay, 25, Feb. 22, Louise H., 33, Lillian聽 Sarenco, 32, Joyce Lloyd, 31. Looking forward to a catered supper Friday.
Following is Thelma Kendall鈥檚 news from January, which was inadvertently missed.
Weatherwise, January had its ups and downs. Some days were on the milder side and then the colder. However, this is Saskatchewan and we take the good with the bad, don鈥檛 we, folks.
The flu seems to be still hanging on to us yet here in Tower II. There are those who can鈥檛 seem to get rid of their coughs, however, activities seem to still be going on downstairs in the lounge.
There is the cards 鈥� Tuesday night is Kaiser, organized by Shirley Tebay. She gave me some scores, which are, first,Shriley Tebay, second, Ann Ewanchuk, and, third, Betty Bonson. Whist is Thursday night put on by Ann Ewanchyuk,No scores yet. Good luck to you all. There there is crib on Monday afternoons.
I hope you all enjoy these activities these cold days.
On the afternoon of Jan. 21, Ada Passuto celebrated her 92nd birthday. Her family of daughters and granddaughters put on a lovely get together for her friends here in the lounge. We all enjoyed birthday cake and coffee and wished Ada many happy returns of the day.
A delicious pot luck organized by Bev McCrimmon was so enjoyed by a number of us. As well as the wonderful food, we were all decked out wearing hats. I think some of us would have to dig deep in closets for them anymore. However, it was all fun and sociability afterwards.
Germaine Hall spent five days with her daughter Jane and son-in-law at Little Amyot Lake. They all enjoyed the weekend snowmobiling. Sounds like a good time, Germaine.
There is not much happening around here right now. But there is a number of us who are enjoying watching all the curling on TV. It鈥檚 a lot of sitting, folks, but that鈥檚 OK as long as I can walk and stretch between ends, ha! Ha! However, watching something you really enjoy does shorten the winter for us.
I do hope everyone will be feeling better soon if they have had a bad bout with this flu. It seems to last a long time. So stay in and keep warm, folks.
