In the Community

As I mentioned once before, the area along the lake to the north of the present Sparrow subdivision is going to be undergoing some development to get it ready for a new subdivision.

Vandalism to mailboxes in the Bjelde Creek and Beljennie areas has occurred. Why would anyone go out and steal mail boxes and knock others over? There seems to be a lot of unknown vehicles in the area.

The Unity Composite High School Journalism 20 class, taught by Mrs. Ruth Cey, had the exciting privilege of using their skills to cover the 4A Boys' Provincial Volleyball Championships hosted in Wilkie last weekend.

Congratulations to the Borden senior boys' volleyball team who won silver at the provincial 1A playoffs Nov. 26 in Broadview. The boys played very well, defeating Kincaid, Vanguard and Bellevue St. Isodore in round robin play, only losing to Manor.

Five dollars - it can get you some junk food or a tavern beverage, but the feeling from that wouldn't last nearly as long or be nearly as much fun as attending Unity's own Battle of the Blades. This show had definite wow factor.

The elementary students at Neilburg Composite School did a wonderful job selling coupon books this year. They sold a total of 193 books. This is the most the school has ever sold.

Maidstone Gully 4-H Club kicked off its 54th year of learning to do by doing Oct. 3. The club has 14 members in five projects: Beef, Light Horse, Exploring 4-H, Clovebuds and Outdoorsman.

The Keller Family Band is playing for a fundraiser for the Battleford United Church Dec. 2 from 7 to 9 p.m. The band, which has previously played at the Carlton Trail Jamboree, is made up of Colin Keller, his wife, and their five children.

Can you believe more than $40,000 was raised from the live and silent auction held for Karen Fertuck (Hultman)? Karen is waiting to go to Edmonton for a liver transplant.

A District No. 45 4-H council meeting was held Oct. 20 in Hillmond. On the agenda were elections and committee formation. District president is Christina Jones and junior president is Michael Jones.