World Day of Prayer service will be held in St. Paul Lutheran Church in Radisson on March 2 at 2 p.m. and a number of Borden people are taking part in the service.
Borden Friendship Club held their monthly bingo on Feb. 21, with the winners taking home cash: Deb Matte, Heather Silcox, Audrey Duda and Marcelle Derosier from Borden, Wendy Davis from Sonningdale, Mary Werezak from Radisson, and Linda Yuskiw three times plus the $20 blackout. Receiving 20 per cent off coupons in tiebreakers were Lorraine Olinyk and Lucille Wilkie. The next bingo will be March 21 and the last one for the season is April 18. From the bingo proceeds the club will be paying half of the ticket price for members to go to the Speers Dinner Theatre in April.
Feb. 23, the three churches from Borden held a fundraiser luncheon to help Jennifer Galvez from Borden bring her daughter Jaira here from the Philippines. Due to the overwhelming support from the Borden, Langham, Radisson communities and elsewhere more than 100 people attended to help Jennifer and the goal was far exceeded. Jenn thanked everyone for attending, to those who organized the luncheon, Niiki Friesen from Radisson, for the Philippino decorating items and all those who have helped her to get her immigration papers. Borden has welcomed her with open arms and is a community of good hearted people, loving and generous. She came to Borden from Calgary in 2016 and had been working at the local hotel/restaurant until the end of 2017 and now working in Saskatoon and Borden Care Home and living in Borden.
Orolow Ukrainian Catholic Church, south of Krydor, held their annual snowmobile rally on Feb. 24, with 175 riders competing. First place was Rob McDougall of Lashburn, winning $750, second was Stan Shewchuk of Krydor, who won $450, and Brennan Rokash of Warman was third, winning $300. The 50/50 draw of $443 went to Kendal Kosokowsky.
Borden Museum held their annual meeting Feb. 20 and, from the reports, the museum had received grants of $1,500 from Young Canada Works and $5,000 for operating costs from Sask Culture. Displays were Celebrating Canadian Ways, with automata built to depict life in the area. Foster’s Store, Community Centre, Borden train station, revolving welcome sign and shoeing a horse, plus the paper quilt crafted by many handing in pictures was part of the display. In March they held a Canada 150 supper with theme General Store and presentations were made to Stan Foster and his sister Margie Dragan. In June they officially opened the museum, they had a float in the parade, Adventures at the Museum ran for five weeks, and they held their annual harvest supper end of September. The summer student was Kaitlyn Bowes. The Lions Club had a legacy project to build washrooms in the museum and raised over $8,000 to help, and the water and sewer lines were installed, with the bathroom project starting in February 2018. River Valley Museum sponsored a self-guided tour June-August and more than 12 people visited all eight museums, with one person winning a Samsung tablet. In October, Borden hosted the fall meeting for the Network with 18 members attending. The museum board thanks everyone who has helped in any way to help maintain and preserve the history of this area.
Condolences are extended to Karen and David Buckingham and family and Ron Suderman of Borden on the passing of Eileen Suderman in the Langham Seniors Home. Karen is her daughter and Ron her husband. The service is in Shellbrook United Church on March 1.
