E-mail Lorraine at lolinyk@ sasktel.net with news and info to go into the local papers and I can get them while I am in New Zealand and forward them on. I will be gone Feb. 13 to March 3.
Borden School Book Fair was held Feb. 7 in the school gym. There was a short program with Wyatt Piprell playing trumpet and girls from the dance club showing some jazz steps. Then Mrs. Atina Ford-Johnston talked of the new reading comprehension strategies (meta-cognition: thinking about our thinking) - questioning, monitoring comprehension, making connections, visualizing, determining importance, inferring and synthesizing(deep thinking). She then had a few students demonstrate how it is done, how to be thinking what you are learning while you are reading. Displays were set up for the new reading program and Grades 5 and 6 had displays of articles they had made from aluminum foil. The children and parents could then browse for books and coffee. Juice and cookies were served.
In basketball the junior girls' and boys' teams both won the first two rounds to advance to finals. The girls beat Dalmeny and Langham and the boys beat Hague, then Clavet. There were four teams in each playoff at Valley Christian Academy Feb. 11, with the girls placing third while the boys lost both games, placing fourth.
At Borden School, Feb. 13 - 17 was SRC Spirit Week. Monday was PJ day, Feb. 14 was Valentine's so students were to wear red or pink, Wednesday was favourite animal day, yesterday dress like a teacher day and today is twin day. SRC also sold candy grams all week, and the yearbook committee is selling Lamontagne products - chocolates, jewellery, coffees, etc. K-6 students went on a bowling and swimming field trip to celebrate Valentine's Day. Grade 8 and Grade 12 students got immunizations Feb. 15. The schools are closed for the winter break from Feb. 20, back Feb. 27.
Radisson Order of the Royal Purple ladies judged posters Feb. 6. Posters going on to provincials are: Grade 1, Allison Wawryk and Taylor Boklaschuk from Maymont and Noah Braun from Borden; Grade 2, 3 Chloey Redhead and Brooke Faith of Borden and Hailey Harris of Maymont School; Grade 4, 5 and 6, Brooke Brazeau, Danika Pidwerbesky and Rachel Sutherland.
Grade 12 Borden girls Dani Skillingstad, Danielle Brown, Courtney Wainwright and Robynn Pidwerbesky made a video (CD) on Just Say No and that also went on to the provincial level, where the posters and video will be judged in March. A complete list of winners will be printed along with photos when the Borden and Maymont schools are visited in March to give out certificates, treats and prize money.
The Borden 4-H Light Horse Club held a fundraiser Feb. 11 in the Borden Community Centre, with the Borden Lions Club serving over 200 at a roast beef supper, followed by cowboy poetry and a silent auction. The hall stage was decorated with a saddle, wagon wheels, bales of straw and other cowboy related items, and each table was covered in black cloth with a leather candle holder and a horseshoe holding candy and mints.
Guest artist Lee Bellows was a rodeo clown performing at Calgary Stampede, Canadian Finals, etc., and who worked as a livestock inspector with the Department of Agriculture for 30-plus years. Since retiring and doing cowboy poetry, he had appeared on Sesame St, in Reader's Digest and opened for Ian Tyson. Some of Lee's poetry was About Me, Progress, Hockey, Computers and a Miracle, plus more.
Ed Brown is a cowboy poet, singer, songwriter and former bronc rider inducted into the Manitoba Rodeo Cowboys Association Hall of Fame and has worked at many different jobs over the years. Along with collaborator BJ Smith he won the Will Rogers award for Cowboy Poetry CD of the year. Ed has a great singing voice which he demonstrated with Riding in the Sunshine, Cowboy on a Mission and about his friend Delmar. Some of his poetry included Feeding Cows in Winter, Riding a Bronc named Ben, New Technology, Philosophy on Education and a dream he had that God likes to ride horses.
Adam Thiessen, who trains horses, has a riding arena at Petrofka and works for G Double B Farms of Borden at calving time, related his poetry from experience - Pack Animals in the Rockies, A Royal Adventure (working at Royal PFRA pasture), Respect the Landlord's Fences and The Last Battle.
Jason Hanley of Langham told of Cowboying and Riding Pasture, then Barry Thiessen had a humorous poem about that troublesome J13 cow and Mona Thiessen wrote a poem about her Addictions (to buying and wearing scarves). Seventeen western-related door prizes were given out to guests from Borden, Radisson, Langham and elsewhere, the lucky bidders on the 39 silent auction bids were announced and Lee Bellows auctioned off a few more items to the highest bidders. Melissa Saunders thanked everyone for coming, all the great entertainers, major sponsors Potash Corp and the Model T Bar & Grille for accommodations for the guest artists and everyone who donated items for the silent auction.
Speers United Church is holding a dinner theatre March 30 and 31 and April 1. Gayle Wensley of Borden will be part of the cast of this comedy. Tickets go on sale March 1 and you can contact Gayle at 997-4402 if you wish to attend and for more info.
Radisson Drama Entity is presenting a comedy play, An Inconvenient Tooth, March 30, and 31 and Apr. 1 in the Radisson Town Hall. The play is locally written and contains singing, dancing, lots of fun and a murder most "fowl". For more info, phone Radisson Town office or look for more details in March issues of this paper.
