The Borden Friendship Club Kaiser winners on March 12 were Bev Hrynuik and Alfred Gunsch while low hand went to Gary Kirilenko. The next Kaiser is March 26 and also April 9 and 23. The club held their business meeting March 13 and the club will be serving noon lunch to the firefighters on March 23 and 24. The potluck supper March 27 will have Tan Am Country entertaining.The club is planning a day bus trip in late May or early June, and the clubs from other towns will be invited for supper and program on Monday, June 3. The last bingo of the season will be March 20. After the meeting on the 13th, MP Kelly Block, official opposition party and Shadow Minister of Transportation, was on hand to answer questions over coffee and goodies. Topics discussed were the pipelines, so many oil cars on the track, the 737 Max 8 plane crash, relations between China and Canada, the truck convoy to Ottawa, Bill 69 and the carbon tax.
On March 15, the Borden United Church held a successful St. Patrick’s Day luncheon, serving soup, stew, bread and goodies and Celtic Country played many Irish tunes over the lunch hour. Playing and singing were Bob Wardhaugh, Ed Neufeld, Perry Nicol, Sean O’Conner and Archie Wainwright. The Friendship Club room and tables were nicely decorated with a St. Pat’s theme, thanks to Brenda Tumbach. A cheque was given to the Borden Care Home for $240, which was half of the profit that had been designated by the church board.
On March 16, the Borden Lions had a visit from the District Governor for 5SKN, Thomas Shwab from the Historic Battlefords Lions Club. Supper for about 40 guests and members was beef stew, mashed potatoes, peas, salad, soda bread/buns and a great green dessert. Rev. Sheldon Carr gave the blessing and, after the meal, toasts were given for Lions International by Bob Wardhaugh and to the Queen by Pat Nicol. An Irish doll – Katie O’Malley, knitted/crocheted by Ann – was raffled off and the lucky winner was Colleen O’Conner from Saskatoon. Perry Nicol introduced Lion DG Thomas Schwab, Lion members from Millenium Club and Downtown Lions, both from Saskatoon, Borden Mayor Jamie Brandrick and his wife Kandace, Rev. Carr and Roseann from Borden Anglican, Gayle Wensley from the United Church and past Lions member Helen Sutherland, now living in Saskatoon. Helen was presented with a bouquet of flowers while Perry cited all of her accomplishments with the Borden Lions. She was the first woman to join, looked after the Peace Poster contest for many years and she was active in many ways. DG Schwab also presented her with his DG pin. Perry thanked Celtic Country for playing, especially Sean O’Conner and Colleen who came out from Saskatoon, thanked the ladies who prepared the supper, the bartenders and Ann for the donated doll. He then gave a brief history of DG Schwab, who came from a large family, was in the armed forces, belonged to Knights of Columbus and then Lions. He is also active in other community groups such as Legion, MS, Battlefords Western Development Museum, Battlefords Union Hospital, Cancer Society, etc. DG Thomas spoke of the Saskatchewan Lions raising $100,000 for the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital which will be matched by Lions International. He also spoke about the dog guides program, having visited the place in Ontario where they are trained. He thanked all the Lions members who work so hard in their communities. He had Chevron awards and letters of congratulations from Lions International for Melvin Wasylyshin for 35 years with Borden Lions and 20 years for Brenda and Tom Armstrong of Millenium Club. On behalf of the Borden Lions, Perry presented DG Schwab with a cheque to be used where he felt the greatest need. Perry read a Happy St. Patrick’s verse then Celtic Country played numerous Irish songs for an hour and a half or more, including If You’re Irish, McNamara’s Band, Courting in the Kitchen, Irish Lullaby, Galway Bay, Black Velvet Band and many more, including some instrumentals. Everyone could sing along with the words printed on the overhead screen.
