In the Community

Maidstone Museum held its annual meeting and election of officers Monday at the museum.

The monthly meeting of the Maidstone Drop In Centre was held March 8 with Margaret MacEachern in the chair. Profit made from cards and bingo for the month of February was sent to Telemiracle and amounted to $132.

What a lot of shovelling. I enjoy shovelling, to a point, but this is a bit much for a great-great-granny. There came a day, however, when I was glad for the big banks of snow. I went upstairs to check the snow on the garage roof.

Easter is almost upon us, and if you haven't done your baking yet, no worries. Stop by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Ladies' Easter Bake Sale on Thursday, March 28 starting at 9:30 a.m. at the Co-op Mall.

"I have this compulsion to make an impact; I feel the need to change things and make waves.

The 2014 Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival opened Tuesday with two days of band performances followed by one day of string performances. Vocal performances begin Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. in Logie Hall at the Third Avenue United Church.

The annual meeting of the North Battleford Action Now Seniors' Centre was held March 18.

Leo Mann was born on Dec. 30, 1941, the 10th of 15 children, to Anton and Mary Mann at Gravelbourg. Leo took Grades 1 through 4 at Hodgeville, Grades 5 through 9 at Unity and Grades 10, 11 and 12 at St. Thomas College in North Battleford.

The ladies of the Ukrainian Catholic Parish hosted World Day of Prayer at Hafford March 7. The prayer service was held in Holy Eucharist Parish Church with 36 people in attendance.

I like to do different things from what I normally do for this "Exploits into the Unknown" feature. Well, this was different, all right. I was in Saskatoon for the New Democratic Party's provincial leadership vote.