The town workers have been tidying up the streets where the trees have grown too far out over them. Next they will be trimming up the back alleys, making travel safer throughout the village. Cutting the grass has also made the village look tidy and neat.
The cemetery bee Aug. 13 went well, with Linda taking out the lunch again. This summer it has looked like a park with cutting happening more often. Folks visiting, checking for grave markers, certainly appreciate the efforts. The hedge that was cut down is trying hard to grow back and making a good job of it.
Men’s night at the golf course Aug. 14 and ladies’ night Aug.15 saw both events well attended.
There’s a remarkable picture on Facebook that shows the Big Dipper, then green aurora borealis, then red line of fire, then forest and then Fraser Lake, B.C. Someone with a super camera set it for 30 seconds, and the result is remarkable. Another picture showed volumes of smoke above where a plane was flying at 25,000 feet, above the clouds, fascinating pictures of tragedy below.
Duplicate bridge was played at the Do Drop In Aug. 14 with top score going to Catriona Winterholt and Cletus Scherman. Second were Robert Iverson and David Sharpe and third were Bernard and Lucille Gregoire. There were 18 players that night. At the Pioneer Hall Aug. 16, top score went to Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen. Second were Mary Phelps and Gerry Craig and third were David Sharpe and Vern Iverson.
Former Chitek Lake residents Grace and Mel Butt visited old friends there recently. They now live in a condo in Warman, next door to Judy Slavinski, also a former Chitek resident.
Jean McGowan, former resident of the Twin Bay School district north of Spiritwood, passed away in Battlefords Regional Care Centre Aug. 15. When she and her husband Don retired they moved to Battleford where they have lived since. Her service was held Aug. 22 in Battleford United Church.
An End of Summer Tea Party is planned for the Spiritwood Museum Aug. 25 starting at 11:30 a.m. This would be a good time to visit old timers and tour the facility, which their many volunteers have spent many hours putting together. The collection of buildings and artifacts just keeps growing.
The Spiritwood Horticultural Show was another success as entries and memberships were up from last year, with 377 entries. Doug Doucette was the recipient of the Spiritwood Lions grand aggregate trophy.
A report on the full-house meeting held in the Do Drop In Aug. 11 will be forthcoming as soon as it is available.
I have no report for the visit of Smokey the Bear to the beach Aug. 3. They asked me to go down and get a picture, which I did, but the government-employed lady hasn’t returned any information on what or why they were there, so all I have is the picture. Maybe it will happen yet.
Having taken down my hummingbird feeder earlier I am happy to have it back up and the birds are liking it, so maybe they are on their way south and just refueling in Meota.
Swathing has begun on canola crops in the area and they are nice, big, wide swaths. The hay has been baled and is not lying in wet swaths, like last year, along the highway.
The Sons of Norway held their annual corn roast Aug. 19 in the lawn bowling building, across from Caleb Village. About 30 folks shared a delicious meal together, with great cobs of corn from the farm of Paulette and Terry Neale. Many stayed on after to play either Norwegian whist or canasta. Top scores for whist went to Shirley Tebay,Ìý Linda Ard and Vern Iverson. The canasta winners at the two tables were Dave Ottas and Lorna Pearson at one table and at the other were Paulette Neale and Yvonne MacPherson. It was such a nice event, visiting with folks, many that we haven’t seen all summer.
I hope next week we will have the results of the golf championship tournament that took place here Aug. 19.
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