Much positive acknowledgement has come back from people who have seen the half-hour video that was made by Charles Baillargeon and his son Colin, called “Christmas in Meota.” There were greetings from as far away as Oliver, B.C. from Lefa Sproxton and Vern Burgardt. It took many hours to take the pictures and put it together and the result is good.
The windy weather has been off and on and we are getting tired of it, but the temperature stays tolerable, so we make the best of it. The days were getting shorter every day. but starting on Monday of this week, they started getting longer. We do welcome that.
The owner-manager of the Chitek Lake golf course passed away after only three months of cancer. Jim Rings passed on Dec. 11, a shock to everyone.
Duplicate bridge results for the afternoon of Dec.15 at the Pioneer Hall in the city saw first earned by Donna Scherman. In second was Margaret Dyck with Catriona Winterholt, third, and Linda Ard, fourth. A Dec. 17 evening round found top score going to Margaret Dyck and Dave Creegan. In second place were Eric Callbeck and Anna Marie Waldbillig.
Two tables played canasta in the Do Drop In Dec.18 with top score by Gwen Lacerte and Dave Ottis. In second place were Arlene Walker and Cora Christiansen. There are also books and jigsaw puzzles to exchange, here. If the winter is seeming long, these are available here to help take up your time.
I loved the column by Becky Doig in last week’s paper talking of isolation today, compared to the isolation the pioneers went through when coming to this country first. No communication like we have today, or transportation either. Today’s children can’t even believe the stories of what people went through to survive back then. Even I, in the late 1940s, didn’t leave the farm house from Christmas to Easter one year, then just up to the neighbours’ for a visit, with a team and open sleigh.
Here’s wishing everyone in the area a merry Christmas and happy New Year. May the year 2021 be more rewarding and easier for all of us to live normally. We surely do miss the social part of living and enjoying the company of others.
