The Borden Threshermen's Club cut their wheat field Sept. 15, in preparation for their annual Threshing Day Sept. 29. A four-horse hitch of black Percherons pulled the binder, belonging to Ken Crush and Travis Waldner of Langham, and quite a number did the stooking.
The site, a half mile east and two miles north of Borden, will be open at 10 a.m. Sept. 29, with demos by horse-drawn equipment, a parade at noon, bindering, chore team competition at 1:30 p.m., James Steele playing the fiddle at 2 p.m. and threshing at 2:30 p.m. with a steam engine from the Western Development Museum. The threshing beef supper, in the Borden Community Centre, to be eaten by the light of coal oil lanterns, is from 5 - 7 p.m. The Borden Museum will be open all afternoon so drop in to see the various displays before it closes for the season.
The Borden School Community Council held a trade show Sept. 12 in the Borden Community Centre, with many displays set up. After the program veggies, fruit and a cake were served with beverages. The show was held in the hall due to renos at the school gym. Having tables were Borden Lions, the museum and Threshermen's Club, Affinity Credit Union, Action Bowl, Borden 4-H Light Horse Club, Borden Parks and Rec, Borden Dance Club, Borden Youth Group, Borden Busy Bees Preschool Co-op, Adventure Club, Borden Library and educational tours for 2015 Grade 12 students.
Principal Dean Broughton listed the renovations and repainting done at the school and the progress of the gym which will be reroofed with a new ceiling and insulation to be done by Nov. 1. A new added feature will be flat-screen TVs for announcements.
He then introduced the staff by homerooms: kindergarten and Grades 1 and 2 - Jacqueline Corbett who will coach junior boys' basketball; Grades 3 and 4 - Baylee Gabora who coaches junior girls' volleyball; Grades 5 and 6, taking Clayton Gartner's place until February, Renee Lemieux; Grades 7 and 8 - Atina Ford-Johnston who will be the curling coach; Grades 9 and 10 - Shaun Dyck who coaches junior girls' basketball and is teacher-librarian; Grades 11 and 12 - Mitch Luiten who will coach senior boys' volleyball, track and field, badminton and golf. Nicole Grypiuk will be teaching high school science and math and coaching senior girls' volleyball.
The educational assistants are Carol Crabb, Sheri Sutherland who coaches cross-country, Linda Yuskiw and, new this year, Trina Mierau and Gwen Dyck. The administration assistants are Sonia Sutherland and Kelly Burke. Bus drivers are Peter Thiessen, Randy Swan, Theresa Hort and Darrel Wiebe. The band bus driver is Kelly Wall. The band instructors are Kendra Worman and Heather Wolfe and driver educator is Ted Kiryakos.
The enrollment at the school is 104 with a few new families moving to the area. Eleven kindergarten students started Sept. 18.
Many of the tables had door prizes and winning these were Melissa Braun, Darcy Tkaczyk, Natalie Anderson, Kendal Redhead, Emma Pidwerbesky, Wendy Gough, Sadie Funk, Rhonda Funk, Zoe Walker, Brian Young, Dylan Tracksell, Mackenzie Piprell, Kim Worona and Tayven Werezak.
The Busy Bees Preschool will soon be starting with teacher Christy Johnson and the three-year-olds from 9:30 - 11:30 a.m. and the four-year-olds 12:30 - 2:30 Wednesdays. The preschool is held in the newly renovated community centre basement.
