The seed is finally in the ground. According to the farmers who drop in for coffee, the seeding is all but complete. May 23 and again June 3 the mercury dipped as far as -4 C in this area. I suppose we will see what kind of damage there was to the canola in the near future. Already we are seeing damage in the gardens. Unlike most of the province, we need a good rain as the surface moisture is quickly depleting. Due to the business of spring many of the other happenings in the community have been put on hold. So far it has been a safe spring season. Let's hope it stays that way as farmers exercise caution around machinery
The spring museum picnic that is traditionally held on the first Sunday in June has been cancelled. Maybe next year we will be less busy.
Get well wishes go out to Sam Konopelski who is again in hospital in Saskatoon. Marie Balazsi and Marlene Hildebrand continue to recover from surgeries.
Several Rabbit Lake people went to Chipman, Alta. to wish Nick Kowerchuk a happy 65th birthday. Lorna Prichard is enjoying a holiday in Florida.
May 23 was community clean up day in Rabbit Lake. A group of residents got out and trimmed shrubs and trees, removed unused and unwanted "stuff," mowed grass and did some weed spraying. Cornie and Marlene Martens repaired and repainted the fence around the seniors' centre and what an improvement. Various people have adopted vacant lots and are mowing while Bob Lamb, the village maintenance worker, keeps the town property tidied up. Mary MacDonald has the planters all planted and the old town looks pretty darned good. The Pleasantsite Cemetery Crew has been out mowing and trimming twice this year and the Rabbit Lake Cemetery crew will be out at it very shortly. If anyone needs something to do there are all kinds of volunteering opportunities. Names are still being collected for the volunteer fire brigade.
May 25, a committee gathered to begin talking about and planning for the heritage park to be developed on the former Donald McLeod property on the east side of the village. This is a work in progress, but the hope is it will provide an aesthetically pleasing place for humans and an environmentally rewarding place for the birds. Any and all ideas from the community in regard to this project would be welcomed.
This weekend Meeting Lake Regional Park was the site of the 30th annual Zone 1 Square Dancing Campout and Dance. Clubs from Kindersley, Fiske, Luseland, Ruthilda, Unity, Lloydminster, Livelong and North Battleford came to have fun on the dance floor. Kindersley Club hosted the weekend. Next year Unity will be at the helm. About 70 dancers participated with several callers and providing the calls.
Rose Gill Lodge is busy selling tickets for a Fathers' Day 50-50 draw. Be sure to get your name in the draw and support the lodge at the same time.
June 15, the Rabbit Lake Seniors will be holding their monthly pot luck supper. Shirley and Earl Jones will be speaking about their experiences as they travel in Egypt, Malta and the Holy Land this winter.
