This January has been a quiet and unseasonably warm month at Good Spirit Acres but many of our residents have continued with their favourite winter activities of snowmobiling, cross-country skiing, skating and ice fishing.
Kevin Coleridge has groomed the cross-country ski trails on both the front and back nine of the golf course and we have been seeing a few enthusiasts go by. Thank you Kevin.
The Good Spirit Acres Community Association would like to thank the family of Nyle James for its generous memorial donation to the association. All of the money will be used for improvements at the Spilchen Meadows Park.
The annual St. Patrick鈥檚 Day supper and silent auction fundraiser is currently in the planning stages and will likely be held the weekend of March 19. There will be an update on this event in next month鈥檚 newsletter. In the meantime, start thinking about what you can donate for the auction. This is always a fun night together as a community after the long winter months.
Elaine Park would like to thank all of the community members who supported the Prairie Women on Snowmobiles when they stopped at the Good Spirit Acres community for an afternoon coffee reception on February 2.
Even though we have been experiencing a winter with inconsistent weather and snowfall, the area snowmobile trails are open. Barry Bradshaw updates the local trail conditions every Thursday.聽 To check out this report you can go to the website and click on the 鈥渕aps and conditions鈥� site. Go to Zone 3 SE Saskatchewan and scroll down to No. 327 Yorkton Sno-Riders Club (maps 1 and 2) for the latest聽 information on our trail conditions.
Hours at the Good Spirit Market are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays through to Thursdays and 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. Lunches are usually available on the weekends and can be arranged on other days of the week by contacting Fern. Also check the postings at the store for any upcoming Sunday morning breakfasts and Friday night suppers.
The hamlet board is working on the budget for the coming year and is focused primarily on maintaining the roads and continuing to work on improving the flow of water through the hamlet on an ongoing basis. It is likely that the water path from the first culverts on Capalano Drive all the way to Horseshoe Lake will need to be flushed out in order to keep the water flowing consistently. The board continues to look at improving the drainage between Capalano Drive and Pebble Beach Road.
With the improvements made last summer it will be important to watch the flow of water during the spring run off.
It is likely that the hamlet will have to be sprayed once again to prevent an infestation of tent caterpillars. The aerial spray has proven to be a very effective deterrent. Some additional areas may have to be sprayed such as the transfer site and the proposed Golf Resort Campgrounds.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 The hamlet board wishes to thank all of the volunteers who assisted in making the visit by Prairie Women on Snowmobiles and the Snowarama luncheon very successful once again. Members of the board believe that the community association plays a very vital role in the social life of this community and wants to encourage residents to become involved with the executive of this organization. It would be a severe loss to the community if the association folded because we could not get volunteers to serve on the executive.聽 Please consider this opportunity!
