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The Borden Friendship Club held their annual get-together with clubs from Langham, Maymont and Radisson invited for supper and entertainment June 20.

It’s the day before the last day of June already folks! School is out, summer is on and this weekend hundreds of communities across Saskatchewan and thousands of communities in our country will use this weekend to celebrate the 150th birthday of Cana

For most small towns, a rail crew in town and a wedding being hosted would add to the traffic and activity in the community on any given weekend.

The Maidstone Museum opened for the summer of 2017 on June 1. The summer hours are Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

There is no shortage of water in the country this year. Potholes have become sloughs and sloughs spill over to fill lakes. Meeting Lake is higher than it has been in at least 70 years.

Work was being done at the cemetery last week, filling in low spots on various grave tops and some trimming was done around headstones in one area. The grass is getting very tall and heading out.

When Randy Kerr , Tisdale Middle & Secondary School’s principal, was trying to characterize the class of 2017 – like he does for every graduating class – he had a difficult time.

The end of the school year is nigh, and the Medstead School Community Council has rung in the season beautifully with the annual hot dog fun lunch and celebration.

Sympathy goes out to the Parkinson families of the Battlefords and Saskatoon on the recent passing of Ruby Parkinson of Saskatoon. Ruby (Jamison) came to the Baljennie area in 1945-46 to teach for one year at the all-country Baljennie School.

One of the special aspects of Medstead life is the chance to live in a peaceful rural community, while still having access to all the amenities of a larger location.