Sympathy goes out to the David Grove family of Willowmoor on David's passing. David has been in a senior home in North Battleford. When on the farm he lived with his family in the yard where his dad and family started way back in 1905, coming from England. The Groves’ stone house is still standing on the farm. David's wife Marlene passed away a few years ago. He was left with Marlene's two children. Lorrie Byers of Vancouver and Jon Weidman of Toronto. David was 91 years old. Burial was at the Willowmoor Cemetery.
Congratulations goes out to Kay Leech of Borden, formerly of Baljennie, on her winning $1,000 on the Battlefords Union Hospital monthly draw for the month of May.
In some towns as well as out in the country areas there has been an out break of the Black Forest Caterpillars attacking the lush green tree leaves to strip them bare. The trees will re-leaf after the caterpillars are gone. Depending on the moisture situation a few trees may not survive. For many years out in the country we have had the tent caterpillar and they are mainly in the wild rose bushes and chokecherry trees. They are different to the Black Forest Caterpillars that do not build up tents. The spin a cocoon that clings to the house walls and whatever cracks they can get into to hatch out later to some sort of a moth to lay eggs in rings around a tree branch, later next spring to hatch out and start the cycle all over again that run in several years cycle. The tent caterpillars have a different type of cocoon and the caterpillars are a tan to brown colour, where the Black Forest Caterpillars ones are black. There seems to be hundreds of them about, crawling and in piles along the side of a building. They are all harmless and don't bite, but are a darn pest to all. The birds don't even eat them. They are so bitter. These two caterpillars are different, but they seem to be active at the same time. They are much the same size and look very similar. They only seem to bother the trees and some shrubs and are only about in the nice warm sunny spring days.
The first weekend in June turned out to be a very busy time for the Battlefords. The Capitol Theatre has been under new management and been renovated to reopen on Friday with a brand new movie to show.
The annual professional chuckwagon races were held for three days at the local exhibition park to begin a new season. The next weekend they are at First Nation Poundmaker racetrack.
The RCMP presented their musical ride and fashion show Fort Battleford. Then to top it all off, the North Battleford Antique Car club held their spring show and shine competitions at the Co-op Mall. All these events tickets were sold out. So it was all well attended.
