The Borden Friendship Club held their first bingo of the fall on Nov. 16 and winning cash were Evelyn Kasahoff, Fran Olzewski, Audrey Duda, Eileen Petrun, Lorraine Olinyk, Sonia Zacharias, Martha Rempel, Jean Sawchyn and John Desrosier (two times). At the Kaiser tournament the night before the winners were Jean Hryniuk and John Petrun. The next bingo is Dec. 14 at 7 p.m. There will be no more Kaiser tournaments until January.
Radisson Recreation Association held their fall dinner in Radisson Hall on Nov.19 serving roast beef. They had an excellent crowd out to enjoy the meal.
Riverbend Fellowship Church held a Fall Fling Chili Supper Nov. 20 in the Borden Community Centre with entertainment provided by Stanley Windels. He holds a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and is an accomplished musician who ,with his wife Pat, resides in Rosthern. Stan has been blind since birth but has been entertaining people with his wide range of vocals accompanied by his harmonized keyboard or piano for more than 40 years.
Riverbend Fellowship Church welcomes a new minister, Ron Mills, and his wife Sue from Saskatoon who will be moving into the church manse in Borden before the end of the year.
The Borden firefighters held a steak supper fundraiser Nov. 19 in the Borden Community Centre with more than 210 in attendance. MC David Buckingham introduced special guests — MLA Gordon Wyant, MLA Randy Weekes, Reeve Ron Saunders, Mayor Ray Sadler of Biggar, Mayor Jamie Brandrick of Borden and fire chiefs from Langham and Maymont.
Dave thanked Radisson firefighters for covering Borden for the evening.
Kendal Redhead sang O Canada and Peter Thiessen gave the blessing that included one minute of silence for departed firefighters, police and first responders.
Dave thanked the many sponsors of the evening, especially Crank it Autocare of Langham (Cody and Jenn Bradshaw), who donated all of the steaks for the supper. Cody is a Borden councillor and Jenn is a firefighter.
After a delicious supper, Randy Weekes brought greetings from the provincial government and Brad Wall. He congratulated all those who were successful in municipal elections. Weekes explained the government contributes $10 million annually to STARS. He said that since 2012 STARS has airlifted 3,300 patients. Mosaic Potash recently donated $5 million over three years to STARS.
Ron Saunders spoke on behalf of the RM of Great Bend. He talked about the water truck donated by Bob Brand and Petrocan. He thanked the firefighters for their dedication in protecting the community and for attending accidents on Highway 16 and in the RM.
Jamie Brandrick thanked everyone for attending and read a thank you letter from MP Kelly Block, also thanking all those who helped with his run for MLA.
The names were read of all those who have served as firefighters over the years and have since retired. A thank you was extended to them for their services.
The firefighters who are presently serving were then introduced and thanked, along with their spouses and families. Jamie spoke of three long-time firefighters. Fire Chief Terry Tkaczyk, Ian Wainwright and Ian Tracksell have served more than 20 years each. He said Borden has the best-trained firefighters west of the Borden Bridge to North Battleford.
Fire Chief Terry thanked all those who came, those who donated auction items and sponsors of the evening. He said that in the new year firefighters will be training in wildland fires and training new members.
Throughout the evening 25 door prizes were given out, the 50/50 draw of $361 was won by Dan Gunsch and two items went up for live auction – a large barbecue donated by Borden Co-op sold for $380 and a bar frigde donated and air brush painted by Kris Derbowka went for $350. The silent auction closed by 8:30 p.m. and the winning bids were announced.
Proceeds from the evening are going to buy a new water truck and equipment for new firefighters.
