In the Community

Vehicles lined the streets surrounding McLurg High School March 24 as approximately 400 guests flocked into the school gym to watch the Wilkie School of Dance's 20th annual dance recital.

The dance festival is being held and therefore the kitchen area of the Don Ross Centre where the Battlefords Art Club members normally meet is used, so we met today in the Chapel Gallery, which provided a different scene for us.

Maymont Seniors Center was rocking and rolling March 25. There was entertainment, stew and biscuits and desserts. Again we enjoyed the donation from Bev Thornberg of the sound system.

James Thompson Cairns, eldest son of James and Ellen (Barker) Cairns was born on Nov. 16, 1905 at Newcastle on Tyne County in Durham, England.

SSAI has just completed its seventh annual five-pin bowling tournament in Prince Albert. Nearly 300 people, bowlers and family, joined together in the Minto Rec Center to have a great time, both bowling and visiting friends.

It's time again for Agri-Mex. Long considered a harbinger of spring in the Battlefords, the 28th annual trade show will run April 4, 5 and 6 at the North Battleford Exhibition Park, organized by the Battlefords Agricultural Society.

After the big storm it was good to see so many artists out for the Battlefords Art Club session Tuesday. The club's spring show and sale will be held Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Chapel Gallery.

Sixteen local musicians and one choir have been recommended to move on to provincial competition following the Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival.

I groan as I write this article. It seems as though the news has been focused on the wonderful winter weather we have been experiencing; it is what seems to put this province on the map. Last Wednesday was the official start of spring.

When I was younger, and even now, I love to decorate Easter eggs. It is one of the most fun things about Easter.