In the Community

The Mennonite Church of God in Christ held their annual Vacation Bible School for children ages five through twelve, July 18 to 22. Class 1 was taught by Joni Kuepfer from Oklahoma, with Shelly Thiessen as her assistant.

Kari and Mary Carpentier drove to Thompson, Man., where they boarded the train, traveling over taiga and tundra to the seaport of Churchill, Man. on Hudson Bay. They visited Koral Carpentier who is working there.

Congratulations to Robert McBain and Cassie Rudishyn of Waseca on the birth of their fourth child, a girl, born Aug. 27. Both of the school buses travelling out of Waseca have "first time" passengers.

Tanned and taller students were welcomed back with joy and laughter as they returned to classes at Ratushniak Elementary School in Maidstone last week.

The halls and walls haven't changed much over the summer but the start of a new school year fills those halls with new faces and hopes.

I'm back again after a wonderful summer. We can't complain about our weather this year as it was mostly lovely, warm and sunny. Hopefully September will be nice too, so the farmers can get their harvesting done.

As fall approaches we are experiencing much cooler evenings and there is a noticeable difference in the length of the days. Corn has at last begun to ripen in the garden. It just needed the warmer weather we are presently enjoying.

Children were lined up around the block at Emmanuel Pentecostal Fellowship to get in on the fun and games at the free Kids' Carnival, Aug. 24.

NBCHS students' summer came to an end as they walked through the doors of NBCHS Aug. 31 to register for the new school year. The Grade 12s started rolling in at 9 a.m., confident and excited to finally be the seniors in their school.

Borden bid farewell to the Bigland/Pritchard family - Mark, Rev. Jan and Anna, Aug. 28, with a program and lunch in the Borden Community Centre. Emcee was John Buswell who welcomed everyone to this sad and happy event, and told about Rev.