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Twister festoons power lines with canola

It's been a busy week for most folks, with the holidays drawing to a close and people moving about visiting, bringing in gardens and helping with harvest in the fields.
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It seems a twister crossed this canola field north of Meota mid-afternoon Thursday, sweeping a path cornerwise across the little field, then dropping it in its path as it crossed through town. There is canola everywhere. Linda Ard picked up a garbage can full in her yard. An apple tree in her garden broke, one was tree out and a second one came to rest on the corner of the RM office building. Several buildings in town have shingle damage. Workers have a busy time ahead cleaning up. Note the canola on the power line.

It's been a busy week for most folks, with the holidays drawing to a close and people moving about visiting, bringing in gardens and helping with harvest in the fields. It is good to see the swathers and combines out there and the dust flying - big units, big trucks, big fields and big expenses, no doubt.

There is more information about the Duplicate bridge tournament this week, it is an important event for this club, a lot of work but fine results as it was well organized.

The new bridge is completed south of Meota, crossing Jackfish River, and traffic is moving smoothly again.

Remember the Terry Fox Run Sept. 14, from the Meota Community Complex.

Thanks to our seamstress, Maureen Campbell, for making new covers for the pool table and shuffleboard. They look very nice and we have plastic to cover them with if there's food placed on them.

Top scores in Kaiser Friday afternoon went to Mildred Kleiv from North Battleford and second place was Beulah Corbiel of Meota. The low scores went to Mae Johnson and Ken Tucker, both from town.We had lots of fun and a good lunch.

Friday evening four tables of Canasta,were in play in the Do Drop In with top score going to Bev and Murray McCrimmon, second to Eric Callbeck and Janice Morton and third to Charles Walker and Linda Ard. Another fun night, ending with lunch and coffee and socializing.

The twister storm that touched down in the little canola field just north of our village scattered canola plants all through town, as it had been swathed. Next summer we'll be weeding canola plants as well as maple trees in the flowerbeds. It is likely a good thing that the walls and roof weren't up on the new fire hall. A lot of damage could have been done in a matter of seconds - expensive damage.

Sunday afternoon my granddaughter, Sonya Bouvier from Calgary, Alta., and I drove up to the farm home of Brian and Yvette McGown for their annual communitypicnic near Belbutte. The day was nice and the music outside was great, and of course the people are what makes it the best picnic ever. The barbecued supper was also very special, with potluck salads, pickles, deserts and food of every kind. Thanks to Brian and Yvette for their work in organizingit all and supplying the house and yard for the public to enjoy for the day. Brian's brother Larry attended Olds College the same year our daughter Sal did, and visited with his old professor, Ken Parker.

Visiting their aunts, Linda and Lorna, this week were Ruth Proctor from Barriere, B.C. and her sister Grace and Brendan Hodge and their daughter Mary, from Houston, B.C.

The United/Anglican Church had a successful bake sale in their basement Aug. 30 and would like to thank all who made donations of baking and vegetables.

While visiting our niece, Elaine Poole in Edam, she showed us pictures of the water line break their townhad and how big the hole was where they were pumping out water so they could get to it to fix it. What an episode that was and so very costly for a town wanting to do other things with that money. The new senior complex building is coming along but the yard was a muddy mess so we couldn't get near it to look at the inside. It is an attractive building with yellow exterior, and many windows and doors.

Word has come of the passing of the eldest child of Ruby (McMillan) Petrie in Vancouver, B.C. Shannon Eisenhardt suffered a massive heart attack at age 65 years. Ruby is the youngest child of the pioneer Sandy and AliceMcMillan family of the McMillan School District. Many of the same family descendants still reside in the Battleford area.

Sunday afternoon a gathering of relatives of the late Gordon and MaryShepherd met at the Do Drop In to meet and visit with two daughters of their eldest daughter Helen Sullivan who lived most of her married life in Houston, B.C. The eldest daughter is Ruth Proctor from Barriere, B.C. and youngest girl is Grace and Brendan Hodge and their daughter, Mary from Houston, B.C. Grace has been back most years when she'd bring hermom back to visit, but Ruth hadn't been back since she was here when she was 11 years old. The potluck supper at this event was enjoyed very much. Folks played pool and shuffleboard and just visited.

The passing of Walter Tipton of Spiritwood also came as asurprise. He was only 64 and had gone to school with our kids in Spiritwood. Walt was always involved in 4-H activities and was well known around the district, so will surely be missed. He was the eldest son of Sally and the late Harry Tipton.

Contract bridge was played on Sept. 1 at the Do Drop In and top score went to Robert Iverson and second to Mary Greenwald.

Doreen Baynes, of Bapaumeis spending some time down in the Rose Gill Lodge at Rabbit Lake, thinking she likes it very much, so may stay on. There's quite an article about Rabbit Lake in one of the magazines this fall, telling some of the nice things about it and the area.

Betty and Wallace Duhaime of Bapaume have been enjoying their grandchildren this summer as well as their daughter Bernice from LaLoche, who has been home to visit, following a holiday elsewhere.