Savannah Sutherland is still racking up those gold medals in track and field, as at the Western Canada Tri Provincials held July 13 and 14 in Regina, in the U18 she won gold medals in 100 metre dash, 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles and won two gold medals on the girls relay team for Saskatchewan. Team Sask won the meet in overall points. Savannah’s next meet is the Canadian U18 and U20 Track and Field Championships in Montreal from July 25 to 28, then she competes along with the Saskatoon Legion Team at the national youth track and field in Nova Scotia from Aug. 7 to 13. Congratulations, Savannah, and good luck at your next two meets.
The Borden Museum, with student Leah Williamson in charge, held a Borden Historic Walking Tour on July 13. The group of more than a dozen walked the streets of Borden while Leah gave the history of 30 different historic points of interest. Following the walk, refreshments and cookies were enjoyed by all the participants.
The Borden Lakeland Library has been a busy place for the youngsters the last two weeks. There was Lego building on July 9 and the Summer Club is running for six weeks until Aug. 14 with Jill Orchard in charge. There was bookmark-making Friday, July 12, and a movie afternoon on July 19. Every Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. is preschool story/play time and every month there is a draw for dessert of the month with June winner Cody Greenslade of Maymont, who works at the Co-op Hardware, and for July it was Lisa Wilson from the Credit Union.
Rivers West Mobile Playground will be bringing their show to Borden Community Centre on Aug. 23 with a Western theme. It is free for children aged five to 11 but you must register with the Borden Village office to take part. Then they will again be coming Aug. 13 with the theme Aloha. Register by Aug. 9.
Sunday, July 28, is the Radisson Show and Shine held on Main Street from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with classic and vintage vehicles, snowmobiles, bikes and motorcycles on show, great music to listen to , food booths available and many raffle draws to spend your money on and hope to win a prize.
The Borden Lions held their yearly windup event July 19 at the home of George and Jan Sparks, northwest of Borden. The meal was beef on a bun with salads and great desserts and there were 24 in attendance to enjoy the evening, with Celtic Country playing before and after the meal. Playing and singing were Perry Nicol on Bodhan drum, Sean Connery with his button accordion, Bob Wardhaugh on accordion, Ed Neufeld on guitar and Archie Wainwright, vocals.
The Borden Friendship Club hold their July supper and birthday celebrations on July 31 at the acreage of Ed and Dianne Rawlyk, a mile north of the Borden Cemetery, at 5:30 p.m. The club supplies the burgers, hot dogs, buns and dessert, so members just need to bring salads or fruit and the entertainment will be some more of Celtic Country.
