BORDEN — Congratulations to Savannah Sutherland of Borden, who was the Sask Sport Athlete of the Month for June. She set four new records with gold at the 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field event, first in Oregon in 400m hurdles and set a new Canadian record, provincial record, NCCA championship record and a new University of Michigan record.
The Borden Friendship Club met at the home of Brian and Kathy Young in Borden for their July 12 barbecue with the club providing the burgers, weiners, buns and dessert, while everyone brought salads and side dishes. There were 32 present and celebrating birthdays in July were Mel Kuntz, Jean Brooke and Gary Palmer. Happy birthday was sung, then a few stories were told, followed by outdoor games such as horseshoes, lawn darts and ladder ball played in Young’s backyard. Thanks to Kathy and Brian for hosting the events in their beautiful backyard.
On July 19, the Borden Museum hosted an Adventures at the Museum event with Bob Wardhaugh as guest speaker. He had a photo display. Bob gave a brief history of his years of being a teacher and of former service clubs in the area – Masons, Eastern Star, Elks and the Borden Social Club. When he was teaching at Borden in 1981, a fellow teacher, Bill Riben, was involved with the Langham Lions and he got some others interested. They engaged speakers from Saskatoon Lions to come out and a few local men formed the first Lions Club. Bob became president, and some first members were Bill Larsen, Archie Wainwright, Donald and Wendell Dyck, Eugene Belyk, Don Sutherland, Eli Hunchak, Murray Taylor and a few more. A men’s choir was also formed called Archie’s Angels and they sang at a few local functions and out of town.
Over the years the Borden Lions supported many causes locally such as Borden Care Home, improvements to the community centre, fire and rescue, local disasters such as fires and flooding, Borden School awards, Lions Quest youth program, school speak-offs, peace poster contest, Borden Museum and outreach for Lions Eye Bank, cornea transplant at the fourth floor in City Hospital, the children’s hospital, wilderness camp for handicapped, Red Cross, blind curling and bowling in Saskatoon, Lions Dog Guide program in Ontario, Diabetes and Institute for the Blind, STARS and Chase the Ace raffle. Borden was part of District SK5, which included Northern and Southern Saskatchewan and North and South Dakota. Local Lions attended district and national conventions and did a lot of outreach. In 2010, women were allowed to join the Lions, and several joined in Borden.
Ed Neufeld and Archie Wainwright built the Lion’s Kiddie Cars, pulled by an ATV, and they gave rides at local and out–of–town events. A membership drive was held in the early 2020s and the membership grew to almost 25 but the newer members did not get involved in out-of-town or local activities as much. As some of the newer and older members dropped out, it was decided in 2024 to dissolve the club. Their last donation was $25,000 to the Borden Community Centre for new flooring.
A big Thank You goes out to the Borden Lions for all of their community and outreach support over the 43 years they were a club in Borden. After his talk, three of Archie’s Angels, Archie, Bob (playing accordion) and Ed Neufeld, sang a trio of humorous songs Bob had written about the Lions.
Upcoming at Borden on July 26 is the bus trip with Radisson Seniors to the Doukobor caves at Blaine Lake, leaving Borden at 8:30 a.m. On July 30, the Borden Museum has an event planned at 6 p.m. in front of the museum with hot dogs and ice cream, then the opening of the time capsule that was buried 25 ye
