A graveside service was held at the Spinney Hill Cemetery on Oct. 30 for Nina Kirkland of the Battlefords Regional Care Centre, formerly of Spinney Hill. Nina and her brothers all attended the old Spinney Hill country school. She left the area after her schooling ws complete.
Halloween night passed by quickly and was quiet with not much mischief happening. The little ones all dressed up in costumes were out and about collecting treats.
Visiting with Stanley Mills was his old school chum Robert Maxwell of Edmonton, Alta. He also visited with his sister Anna Brehon at Harwood Manor in North Battleford before he continued on his way to his granddaughter’s wedding in Portage la Prairie, Man.
The Western Development Museum in North Battleford held a work day for the volunteers who like to be busy in the museum shop. They even had several volunteers come in from the Western Development Museum in Saskatoon to work on projects and to see what the North Battleford volunteers have been doing since the last work session. They have another workshop day coming shortly in North Battleford. The museum staff were kept busy over the Halloween season with activities for adults and children. It was a fun time for all. A big thank you goes out to all the staff for all the work they do to prepare for all the events. Keep up the good work.
Most of the summer birds have left the area for milder weather conditions to the south. Winter birds are about now. Our weather feels more like early October, but the little animals are not taking any chances as they are well prepared for the winter months to start soon now. The chipmunks and gophers have gone into hibernation and the bush rabbits and weasels have their fur turn from summer brown to snow white while other animals are growing thick coats of fur to keep warm.
Our weather has made a sudden change so farmers can get back to the crops that were left in the fields when the snow fell a few weeks ago. It is so nice to see some warm sunshine, but it does take awhile to get the dampness out of the system before conditions are good for the combines and swathers to roll into the fields. Being well into November, the days are much shorter, which means the combining hours are also short. We just had another light shower of rain to hold up harvesting for a little more time. Good luck to all the farmers and the helpers to get what they can harvested.
