The Borden Farmers’ Market has had two busy Fridays since opening May 6 in the Borden fire hall. Vendors selling were Eileen Petrun, Karen Kerr, Donna Ridgewell, Arlene Proctor, Kenakins and Shukins and Natalie Gramiak with baking, jewelry, jams and jellies, honey and other items. The Borden United Church sells the burgers and hot dogs. New vendors are Melissa Braun and Nicole Tracksell with baking and Jayne Janzen with eggs. The market is open every Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the fire hall, with lunch served from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Not all of the vendors can be there every week, but there is still lots to choose from.
Borden Lakeland Library sponsored a storyteller in the Borden School gym May 13, with Grades 1 to 6 and a few adults in attendance. The storyteller was Donna Dudinsky from Toronto, who tells stories on CBC radio. She tells folk tales from Canada and other countries and most of them were action stories, where she got the students participating. One story was from India with Spanish words added in. Another was from Africa about a girl and a wolf. She told of fishing with her dad when she was young and how a fish became her pet. Her last stories were about Trouble. She sang and told how the alligators got their color, and about a seven-year-old boy from Thailand. The students, most of them wearing sports jerseys for Jersey Day, listened and got involved with the stories for more than an hour.
The Borden and Speers United Churches have been holding meetings with Riverbend Presbytery delegates in attendance and voting over the last month in regards to their minister going to full time preaching. Gayle Wensley, DLM, will be preaching in Battleford United Church half time at 11 a.m. for three Sundays a month, starting June 1. She will be at Speers quarter time, doing four services a month at 9 a.m and quarter time at Borden for four services a month at 2 p.m. Gayle will also do care home services once a month in Borden and Speers and also attend board meetings in the three points.
May 29 is the joint service and potluck lunch with Borden travelling to Speers for 10:30 a.m. church time. Gayle is away at Saskatchewan conference June 5, so these new times will begin June 12 at all three points. Borden and Speers will take holidays for July and August and the minister also gets every fifth Sunday in a month off.
Congratulations to Candice Burnett and Chad Mukanik, who were married May 14 in the Borden Community Centre, with Gayle Wensley performing the evening ceremony, followed by some toasts and speeches, a dance and late lunch. Candice, Chad and daughter Adalie live in Martensville and work in Saskatoon.
Three members of Radisson TOPS No. SK5243 — Jean Sawchyn, Ilene Youchezin and Bev Boden — attended provincial recognition day in Saskatoon May 14, where they saw members from chapters all over the province recognized for their efforts, KOPS being installed and long standing KOPS recognized in a circle of light ceremony.
The theme for 2016 was Pirates of the Prairies, Treasure Your Health with many chapters dressing up for the occasion and the convention room at Saskatoon Inn decorated with the theme.
