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A harbinger of spring! The second annual Seedy Saturday will be held in the Battlefords this Saturday, put together by local enthusiasts who organized a popular and well-attended event last year.

With mild days the snow is sinking and disappearing.

The Borden Lions held their 12th annual speak-off competition March 13 in the Lions' club room with three speakers from Borden and Langham schools - Chantelle MacLeod, Shawna Langer and Emma Prescesky.

It looks like spring has arrived, at least for a while. The students have been enjoying the weather and really like being able to play outside again. It has been a busy week at the school.

Arena renovations will continue this spring with the foundation and drainage as the main focus. Thank you to Pipemaster Oilfield Services for a substantial donation that has helped move this project forward.

Isn't today the first day of spring on the calendar? Does it feel like it? The rash of sunshine and warm weather March 8 - 14 was fantastic.

Finally I think it is safe to say spring has found us! For the last week we have had melting snow but no word of crows or gophers yet. I will be waiting for Henry Konopelski to make the report of the first sightings.

"Oil Can Gertie," our very own Gertie Sherman, has an article in More of Our Canada, published by Reader's Digest. Congratulations, Gertie. Gertie has a unique collection of oil squirt cans in her garage.

Now the snow is melting every day so we should soon have drier streets and walks. The town man does a remarkable job of moving the snow around and keeping the streets as good as possible.

A number of the apartment ladies enjoyed coffee and bingo at the Pine Island Suites the morning of March 12. Norma Lott is pleased to have a new great-grandson. He was born March 3 to Aaron and Naz Grimily and is a brother for J.J.