What a Godsend the past couple weeks have been for the farmers. Finally the fields are being harvested and bales hauled in and you see those big white bags in the fields where the grain is being stored. Some went into bins, but the chance of it heating in bins is greater. Mixing damp grain with very dry grain makes it possible to move more, as the moisture transfers and evens out.
The local store is closed for 10 days until Nov. 6 while staff take holidays.
More than a dozen folks gathered at the Do Drop In Wednesday morning to enjoy coffee and muffins and a social hour.
Duplicate bridge was played in Meota Oct. 23 with top score by Vern Iverson and Eric Callbeck, second were Mary Greenwald and Joyce Antoine and third were Robert Iverson and Linda Ard. In The Pioneer Hall Oct. 25, top score went to David Sharpe and Janet Schindel, second high were Jean Lawes and Joyce Luckey and third were Fraser Glen and Mary Phelps. This night they had 20 players turn out, a nice crowd.
The flu clinic Oct. 23 had a total of 115 people turn out between 3 and 6 p.m. and the nurses reported a good turnout at the Edam clinic that morning. It seems most people agree that it does pay to be inoculated.
The results of the RM election Oct. 24 for Divisions 2, 4 and 6 are: Division 2 - Gil Cadrain, Division 4 - Gary Heidel and Division 6 - Bernard Nedelec. They had a good turnout of taxpayers.
The lawn bowling building, across from Caleb Village was the setting for a gathering of 31 members of the Sons of Norway, from this area and a couple from Saskatoon. A delicious noon meal was served buffet style with four pots of soup and lots of sandwiches. Following this 23 folks stayed on to spend the afternoon playing Canasta, Norwegian whist, Tile Rummy and visiting. Guests from Saskatoon who joined us were Nancy Iverson and Lois Campbell and Adele Feschuk is from Turtle Lake. Before leaving all enjoyed pie and coffee and thanked the organizers for a job well done.
The newly painted white and yellow lines on the new pavement on Highway 4, north of the city, are appreciated and will be more so when the snow covers parts of the road. At night it is hard to see where you are on the black pavement without them. Still no lights at the 13-mile corner, but that will come as time permits, as they are lying there waiting to go back up.
Walking along the lake most days revealed the action of the geese. The snow geese have been thick and busy for weeks, now they seem to have moved on southward, along with the lesser Canada geese and today, Sunday, are displaced with the big Canada geese. The bay below Memorial Hill was noisy today with them and not one snow goose among them. I wonder how long they will stay in the area.
Another Spiritwood resident who passed Oct. 21 was Phil Dufour, only 76. He was predeceased by his wife Lorraine (Charlebois) many years ago.
The Coquihalla Highway between Merritt and Hope, B.C. was closed after getting six to 10 inches of snow Saturday night and more on Sunday. The elevation is so high that they get lots of snow, almost year round.
The Pinty’s curling is over again and the most popular people came in second, at least in my family’s opinion. Rachel Homan missed her game when her last rock didn’t get into the house and Kevin Koe’s miss was almost the same. The fact that Saskatoon player on the Koe rink, Colton Flasch, is known in the Denholm area, makes it more interesting to follow.
A financial contribution toward having the trees at the Meota Cemetery trimmed came for the Meota Community Funeral Lunch Committee, and was appreciated.
A full page in the September newsletter tells of the many offerings that the local hotel has for us, from rooms to daily meals from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the café. Evening meals are offered in the steak pit every day. Wednesday is wing night, Friday, Saturday and Sunday is full menu with ribs and steak specials. They offer take-out meals and delivery of food and liquor.
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