In the Community

The outdoors looked quite different Monday morning. Sunday the trees were covered with hoar frost - a beautiful sight. Monday the trees were bare.

The Saskatchewan Drama Association's Region 8 Festival will be held from Thursday to Saturday of this week the Paradise Hill School. Thirteen schools from the region will be staging a wide variety of entertaining plays.

Local heritage supporters are pushing to have Saskatchewan Hospital declared a provincial heritage site. The matter came up March 19 at the meeting of the City of North Battleford's Parks and Recreation Committee.

A cast of 10 local actors performed Death by Chocolate, a whodunit comedy/ mystery by popular playwright Craig Sodaro, in Blaine Lake March 10 and 11. The casting parts were, of course, customized to the individualized personalities of the actors.

Maidstone and Paynton volunteer fire departments were called into action March 16. With winds high, a fire was lit to burn garbage in what should have been a contained area, but quickly became a grass fire that spread to a neighbouring property.

The Maidstone area has recently formed a new 4-H club, called the Standard Hill Beef Club. There are a total of 12 members in our club, all of whom are in the beef project.

Dorothea Hocher brought the St. Walburg Royal Purple March meeting to order by wishing all a happy St. Patrick's Day. Many "secret friend" parcels were left for pick up. Twenty-three members signed the register.

The Borden Care Home addition was officially opened March 16. Chair of the board Craig Hamilton welcomed everyone.

Are you ready yet? Remember Maymont's first jam and potluck supper March 24 at Maymont Memorial Hall. Doors open at 4 p.m., supper at 6 p.m. We hope to have all your favorite musicians at this event. Come join us, everyone welcome.

Spring has sprung! Well the grass is not quite riz but the birdies are back. Along with sightings of crows and a goose it is good to see Al and Jan Richter back from Arizona and Jake and Cecilia Krahn back from Yuma as well.