Many communities have had fall suppers already, but here is a list of some future ones: Sunday, Oct. 2 – Shell Lake; Saturday, Oct. 8 (Thanksgiving weekend) – Rabbit Lake; Sunday , Oct. 16 – Marcelin and St. Vital’s Parish, Battleford; Wednesday, Oct. 19 – Speers; Sunday, Oct. 23 — Spiritwood; Saturday, Oct. 29 – Leoville; Saturday, Nov. 5 – Mayfair; Sunday, Nov 6 – Maymont and Turtleford.
The hours are usually between 5 and 7: 30 p.m. with prices hovering around $12 to $14 for adults. Food is always home cooked with an assortment of desserts, so what more could a person ask for?
These functions are put on by organizations who are fundraising for a project usually in their area. I know of retired people who drive to as many of these that they can for basically four reasons: scenery, relaxing drive in the country, reasonable prices, scrumptious food and fellowship.
Dear Johnny Deere is being performed at Persephone Theatre in Saskatoon until Sept. 28. In it, things go wrong on the farm and a couple faces many hardships. The show also features a lot of acting and singing of Canadian recording artist Fred Eaglesmith’s lyrics. Listening to those songs reminds us sometimes it is worth putting up a fight to hang onto the people and things we care about. Margaret Adam, Faye Liebaert and I thoroughly enjoyed this great performance.
Dora and Barry Brown have recently returned from their holiday in Prince Edward Island. Some of the highlights were touring the Bay of Fundy on the New Brunswick side, deep-sea fishing, viewing historical churches and buildings, lighthouses and walking for miles on the beaches. They rented a vehicle after flying to Charlottetown and stayed at a cottage on a busy dairy farm. This farm consists of 50 dairy cows, two quarters of land and four quarters of rented land growing crops and forage for making silage. It is considered a large farm in this small province. This location was near the ocean with fantastic scenery and warm weather. They noticed and stopped at some farmers’ markets offering fresh produce for sale with an honour system of purchasers depositing money into a tin can without the owner in sight! Apparently, if you didn’t have the correct amount one could drive to the house and a person could attend to this situation. The Confederation Bridge connecting New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island is eight miles long and has a toll of $46.50.
The Browns loved their time away from home and Dora was still surrounded by cattle. She even got to feed the calves. This is a job she has done numerous times on their farm.
Condolences to the Penner family of Maymont on the passing of Glen. He was a second cousin to Faye Liebaert (Keith) as they grew up in close proximity. Faye’s sister Marjorie and brother Terry from Davidson attended the funeral in Richard this past Saturday. Faye got to visit many relatives on this sad day. Glen was well known throughout this area, as he and his wife Debbie owned Blue Chip Trucking, hauling many loads of farmers’ grain to the elevators and terminals.
Old time dance lessons will resume again starting Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in Mayfair Hall with qualified instructors. Cost is $32 for six weeks or $7for drop-ins at the door. You do not need to have a partner, so come out for exercise and a good time! For more information call Margaret at 306-824-4923 or me at 306-445-9992. There will be refreshments and goodies served after the dancing.
What tragedy to hear about three people in professional sports who passed away recently. Yes, Arnold Palmer lived a long life dying of natural causes, but Marlin’s pitcher Jose Fernandez was killed in a boating crash and Calgary Stampeders Mylan Hicks was shot in an altercation.
We keep hoping for decent harvest weather but with the rain, the crops are slowly reaching the bins. The weather could have been worse, so let’s be thankful and enjoy what we have.
