Congratulations to Rachel Sutherland of Borden who won the Borden Lions post-secondary scholarship of $500. Rachel is the daughter of Glenn and Sheri Sutherland and is enrolled in the College of Agriculture at the U of S.
The Borden Lakeland Library Dessert of the Month was won Jan. 22 by Rachel Sutherland. Next draw is Feb. 19 at the library.
Church services at Borden are ongoing every week at 10:30 a.m. in the Borden Community Centre for the Riverbend Fellowship Church, with Pastor Ron Mills in charge. Borden United Church held a service at 1:30 p.m. in St. John’s Church Jan. 24.
The United Church held their annual meeting Jan. 24 with Gloria Derbowka presiding as chairperson. Recording secretary was Lorraine Olinyk.
The board is comprised of chairperson Sandra Long, secretary-treasurer Lorraine Olinyk, Jean Brooke, Pamela Pidwerbesky and Gloria Derbowka. The trustees are Eric Pearce, Eleanor Walton and Lorraine Olinyk. Pianists are Pamela Pidwerbesky and Lorraine Olinyk and Gayle Wensley is the minister (also for Speers and Battleford United Churches).
The Church will keep holding services at St. John’s every Sunday at 1:30 p.m. until June 30. There will be no service if there is a fifth Sunday in a month. A motion was passed to disband the Borden United Church congregation on June 30.
Thanks is extended to Pamela and Danika Pidwerbesky who organized the Charlie Brown tree in the fall and set it up at Affinity Credit Union to collect mitts, toques, scarves and other items. Thanks to the generosity of the community more than 360 items were delivered to the Lighthouse Serving the Battlefords. Church members and the community also made donations to the local hamper fund before Christmas. Close to 40 gift certificates were given out to families in the area.
Don’t forget to get your tickets for the Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee draw for a five-cubic-foot freezer and food to fill it. The draw is March 19. Tickets are $5 each or five for $20 with proceeds going to buy new curtains for the community centre. Tickets are available from board members – Gloria Derbowka, Bev Hrynuik, Mary Saunders, Darlene Pearce or Marcia Parker. Lorraine O. also has tickets.
Borden School is conducting a Telemiracle fundraiser where students can pay to wear their pyjamas to school on Fridays until Feb. 12. School break is Feb. 15 to 19, with classes resuming Feb. 22. There is no school Jan. 29.
