In the Community

Dr. Larry Stoyko, who was the physician at the Borden Union Hospital for a few years, passed away June 1 at Didsbury, Alta., at the age of 61. Dr. Stoyko is survived by his wife Olga, daughters Carrie and Gillian, their spouses and three grandsons.

This will be the final news report of this school year. MCS staff hope you enjoyed reading them and hearing about some of the happenings at Maymont Central School. Summer has arrived and the students are cleaning out their desks.

Hi There! Well, I don't think most of us mind seeing the last of June this year. It had been a very dreary and rainy month. So hopefully July will be nice and sunny.

We haven't had much thunder yet this summer, but Sunday we had a number of thundershowers. There was still plenty of moisture from last week's rains so today's showers just slowed down the weeding process in gardens.

An artists' reception at the Chapel Gallery in North Battleford Tuesday, June 24, celebrated the coming together of two exhibits meant to reconcile the history shared by First Nations and non-First Nations Canadians.

Maymont Memorial Hall held a garage sale June 21. Between rain and a power outage, it turned out to be a pretty good day. Thanks to everyone who helped, booked tables and donated to this event.

What an informative and interesting article regarding the new fire hall in Meota. People always have questions and now the answers are there.

The 15th Summer School for the Solo Voice is about to get underway.

Sympathy to the Ross family on the recent passing of Edwin Ross of North Battleford. Edwin was born and raised in the Spinney Hill area, attended Spinney Hill School, later to marry Margaret Laventure of Wilson Lake area.

And it rains and it rains! Although reports say the southwest is dry, the northwest is anything but dry. The main topic of conversation lately is the unending cool wet weather.