Each time I am forced to look at a time-line for anything, I find that precious entity we judge by a clock, the changing of the seasons or by the continual cycle of day and night, has slipped away or is slipping away often without my realizing how fast it is whizzing by.
It seems when I take on a project and figure I have plenty of time to organize and plan, before I know it and have had time to do anything towards my goal, I find a large part of the time has poured through the hourglass and I really have no concept about when or where it went.
The most common answer to this disappearance of time is my age has advanced and this feeling is not something I have a monopoly on. It is something everyone my age feels. My question to this is: why have I noticed this as much as 30 years ago?
A very dear friend put it to me many years ago when he said the way my mind works, my grey matter is usually working at Mach 3 and I consume time at a greater rate. This happens because I have never found the way to say that two letter word that my little granddaughter seems to use so well. Of course, you know that I am talking about the word "no." A word I would often have been better to have used rather that my usual "no problem." That same friend often used to laugh and tell me he wished he could find some way of shutting me up after the first syllable. The interesting part is it was often him asking me, since in our work relationship he was always needing something done on the spur of the moment and would tend to look to me. When I brought that up to him he just said for me to learn to say no to others but leave my options open with him.
Now, as usual, you will ask where the name of Sam Hill is he going with this? Well, as usual, this year I said yes to a couple of projects when some very good friends, whom I am also in a volunteer working relationship with, sat there and pleading. In my usual way, I said those two words that they love to hear, "no problem". So, again this year, at the Western Development Museum, I will be spending some time preparing for Those Were the Days and co-ordinating one of the events. I have known this for awhile and yet, because of other commitments, have, as of yet, spent little time towards getting anything organized for that and can see the time has been slipping away at an alarming rate. I also got myself involved in a project here in Meota for the centennial celebrations of this community. And thus, we come to the news regarding this three-day event that is looming closer than I want it to be since I don't have anything going on that project either.
The whole thing is going to kick off with registration on Friday, July 8 and from there goes as follows: Friday, July 8 - 4 p.m. silent auction begins, 5 p.m. bar opens at the community center, 6 p.m. chilli supper, social and entertainment by the Meota Hobby Band; Saturday, July 9- 8 a.m. pancake breakfast at the hall, continuing registration and silent auction, 10 a.m. parade; noon wiener roast and children's events, antique displays, village tours with horse and wagon, all free, 2 p.m. official ceremonies with entertainment by the Meota Lions Chorus; 3 p.m. bar re-opens for social, 5 p.m. roast beef supper, 6:30 p.m. live combine auction, 7:30 p.m. entertainment by Saskatchewan Express, 9 p.m. social evening time; Sunday July 10 - 8 a.m. continental breakfast; 10 a.m. ecumenical church service; 11 a.m. handcraft sale at hall; garden party at Art and Linda Jones' 388 -1st St. West
There are charges for the breakfasts, the supper and the admission for the handcraft sale but all other events are free. Tickets are reasonable and can be picked up at the registration desk, which will be at the hall. It looks to be a great weekend shaping up.
The renovations at the new village office building are coming to a close which is being heralded by the fact that the library is going to be making its move soon. In fact, it will be closed June 4 to make the change of location. From that point on, you will access the library via the south door of the school building and go straight in to the library door. It will be open June 7 at the new location with a new phone number, 892-2004. Of course, the group doing the move will have worked hard over that time, but we will have to be patient and give them some time to get things set up to be the way they would like them. I'm sure they will give us the same great service we are used to.
May 12, when the Kaiser players went at it, Beulah Corbeil took first place, Fred Gansauge came in second, Muriel Tebay placed third and Jean Gansauge followed in fourth place. May 19, it was Eric Callbeck in first place, Muriel Tebay in second, Ken Tucker in third and Adele Feschuk rounding the bend in fourth place.
In Canasta action the winners for last week were John Solominko and Anna Tucker.
In bridge action May 23, in the contract form of the game, it was Linda Ard in first place with Robert Iverson coming second. May 24, in the duplicate version of play, it was the team of Julia and Glenn Moore in first place with Ray and Marnie Davie taking second.
Quote "If one wants to forever destroy an enemy the best and most assured way is to make a friend of him." Abe Lincoln.
