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Borden and District Co-op held their supper and 99th annual meeting April 24 in the Borden Community Centre, with the Borden Lions serving supper to about 100 guests. Welcoming everyone and giving the blessing was board member Gary Nickel.

Students returned to class on Monday after Easter break. It looked more like the Christmas break had just finished, but it is Saskatchewan! The SLC sponsored an Easter egg hunt in the rink for the elementary students just before the break.

Battlefords Community Players just returned from TheatreFest 180 in Swift Current, having swept the four top awards at the 2014 festival. The festival, presented by Theatre Saskatchewan Inc.

Rosie and the Riveters is a female quartet from Saskatoon who revisit the spirit of gospel music with a retro 1940s flare. They are due to perform Friday evening at the Sloan Auditorium, the lower level of the North Battleford Legion.

The author of a book on Canadian and aboriginal history will be in the Battlefords area next week. Dr.

Juno Award winner Mitch Dorge, former drummer of Grammy-nominated Crash Test Dummies, is bringing his In Your Face and Interactive presentation to John Paul II Collegiate in North Battleford Wednesday, April 30 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

A staple of family road trips growing up was my dad playing the Garth Brooks greatest hits CD. One of my favourite songs on the album was Rodeo. Growing up in southern Ontario, there weren't many rodeos to attend in the area.

April 21 was the 118th running of the Boston Marathon. It was Battleford's Brian Graw's third time competing in the historic race. Graw, a 50-year-old employee at Home Hardware, has been running since 2007 at the request of his wife, Marie.

The Easter break is over. The community poster board are filling up with coming events, squeezing as many activities as possible in before the "school's out" summer lull.

Returning to Canada, my life is far from being near enough to imagine the strife one encounters when living near escapees across the Mexican border.