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The long weekend found lots of traffic and garage sales in the village and many summer folks opening their cabins or bringing in their trailers and getting them parked for the summer months. The dust isn't bad yet after the nice rain we had Thursday. The early thunderstorm was fun to watch as the lightning put on quite a show. It may have slowed up the farm work, but not for long. While it seems like a late spring, the garden planting is really not that much later than usual and the ground can't be very warm, even yet.

The movement of the ice is always an interesting subject at this time of year and is off the lake. Up at Chitek the deer were still crossing the bay below the store, on ice, last week but it will soon be gone, too.

The baking and plant sale at the United/Anglican Church Saturday morning went well with a surprising amount of items moving pretty quickly soon after 9 a.m. Some of the leftover items were picked up by church goers the next day.

Condolences go out to Clare (Verhoeven) Shepherd of North Battleford, and her family, who lost her daughter Bev Poole, in Ottawa, Ont., to a heart attack, May 11. The celebration of life service was held in the Legion Hall in North Battleford May 19 with a full house of supporters for the family.

Golfers have been impatient to get out on the greens this spring to the point where they have been seen out there wearing their parkas. toques and gloves.

The dedication of the 9/11 Memorial Museum on the site of the Twin Towers in New York City with pictures and videos of every person lost, opens this weekend, to the public. It is mostly underground and cost $700 million to build. Security alone will cost $10 million a year. The public will be charged $24 and seniors $18.

There will be a meal, "eating for a cause," at the Vawn Hotel at 6:30 p.m. May 24 with advance tickets $15 and $20 at the door.

It is not too early to plan to attend the Horse Hill Music Jamboree being held June 13, 14 and 15. Besides the music there will be a "smash and crash" demolition derby at 2 p.m. June 14, and June 15 at 10 a.m. there will be a show and shine followed by an ATV rodeo at 1 p.m. For info call Ray Seipp at 306-481-6438.

Contract bridge winners May 19, at the Do Drop In, were Gerry Craig, first, and Mary Greenwald, second.

The duplicate bridge winners May 13: first, Maureen Campbell and Jim Hamilton; second, Trudy Iverson and Jean Beattie; and third, Vernon Iverson and Mary Greenwald. These folks have a great time Tuesday evenings.

The ice on Murray Lake appeared to be gone Saturday while there was still a bit at the lower end of Jackfish Lake. The edge of the ice pack was bordered with Canada Geese and hundreds of Snow Geese and many other water birds. For the first time in a long while I saw Red-winged Blackbirds and Yellow-headed Blackbirds. The only place up north that I used to see them was along the road at the end of Witchekan Lake.

A visit to the Battlefords Provincial Park was a trip of frustration as the signage is so poorly done. I drove around for half an hour looking for a certain campsite, finally returning to the entry gate and even then the map showed straight roads, and there aren't any. No sign anywhere said "campground" and the name of the one I needed read "centre." That doesn't tell you much. Maybe they ran out of metal or paint, not sure which.

The hills have been burned off in the Cochin area, as usual, so they are showing a bright green colour already.

This rain is getting a bit too much, as not much grain is in the ground yet, and this will halt operations for a few days as water lies everywhere. The temperatures are still single digit numbers most days, which doesn't encourage growth but at last the trees are turning green. Someone said it was nearly eight months since we had leaves out there. Edmonton and Leduc are jealous of our rain as they didn't get any and the birds are still able to dust bathe in the gardens. While they had the sunshine they still didn't have any heat.

If folks saw the fellow on TV after he was attacked by a black bear, north of Edmonton, hopefully tourists will be cautious when they meet up with one. They may not be as dangerous as a grizzly bear, but they are wild animals.

The noon luncheon at the hall, held May 16, was well attended by many locals and a tidy sum acquired for future spending on the community hall needs. Pearl Hawkins was again the main cook and her workers helped her set out a tasty dinner. The hall looks so nice when you arrive, with the white tablecloths and blue chairs, it is most attractive.

The Meota Girls' Night Out club has been sponsored by the Meota United/Anglican church for 10 years. Sue Demchuk has provided enthusiastic leadership for those 10 years. The community would like to say "thank you" for taking time to make Tuesday nights something to look forward to, forthese special girls.