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Borden and District News: Seniors support early learning centre

Borden Fire and Rescue host steak night Nov. 5.

BORDEN — The Borden Friendship Club held their monthly potluck supper Oct. 27 in the Borden Community Centre with close to 50 out to enjoy the evening, The hall was decorated in a Halloween theme by Brenda Tumbach. After the meal, Happy Birthday was sung to the celebrants present – Stew Walton and Peter Thiessen,

A cheque for $1,000 was presented to the Little Sprouts Early Childhood Learning Centre, with Jillian Orchard and Emily Saunders accepting the donation.

Ruben Rempel introduced the evening’s entertainment – Ben and Lorraine Stenerson from Sonningdale and Wilf and Joan Rice from Battleford. Ben and Wilf played guitars, Lorraine a bass guitar, Joan the keyboard and they all sang.

Borden Fire and Rescue are holding a steak night Nov. 5 in the Borden Community Centre at $25 per plate. Little Sprouts will be holding a silent auction in the Friendship Centre at the same time.

Coming up in Borden Community Centre is a flu/COVID clinic Monday, Nov. 7 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. It is a walk-in clinic so no need to book.

A Remembrance Day service will be in the Community Centre on Nov. 11 starting at 10:45 a.m. with the Borden Lions in charge of the service.

Due to the RM elections for Division 6 in the Friendship Club Room on Nov. 9, the regular business meeting of the club will be held on Thursday, Nov. 10 at 2 p.m. The Borden Friendship Club will be starting their monthly cash bingo nights on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 there will be hams and turkeys for prizes. The club is also starting up Kaiser nights again and the first one is Nov. 23 in the Club Room at 7 p.m., with a nominal fee that goes to the winners.

A number of people from Borden and Maymont travelled to Radisson on Oct. 29 to enjoy a pancake breakfast at the Goodrich Centre hosted by the Radisson Seniors’ Club. They hold this breakfast from 9 to 11 a.m. the last Saturday of each month as a fundraiser for the club and everyone is welcome. On Nov. 9 at 7:30 p.m. they will be hosting a music night at the Goodrich Centre and the Hamp Orchestra will be in attendance to entertain. On the board of Radisson Seniors’ Club are president Lisa Rascher, secretary Jeanette Pauls, treasurer Tina Hessell, Phyliss Blakeney and Peter Redekopp.

Happy anniversary to my husband, Jim Olinyk, as we celebrate 40 years Nov. 5.