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On April 5, GrainsConnect and GrainCorp hosted a Get to Know Your New Neighbour event at Maymont School with 135 producers and spouses in attendance. Myself and Mel were honoured to be invited.

The Grade 10 drama class at Hafford Central School has had a busy semester. They have worked tirelessly writing, rewriting and rehearsing to prepare their own unique production of what they have entitled Hafford High Grease.

MAIDSTONE - Cribbage was played Monday, May 1 with high score going to Ruth Enwright and low to Jean Hartman. Lunch was provided by Jean Stewart. Bingo was played May 3 with Joan Smith and Margaret MacEachern doing the calling.

The Borden and District Lions held a very successful Mother’s Day Brunch in the Borden Community Centre on May 14, thanks to the many that dropped in for a great meal, with the proceeds going to diabetes research.

Once the City of Melfort borrows approximately $4.7 million to pay for the skate park, putting services into Spruce Haven and the Wellness Centre, the plan is to pay it back by 2030.

A Dodge van with six people travelling northbound on Highway #35 rolled over into the ditch approximately 13 kilometres south of Nipawin. Nipawin RCMP arrived on scene around 5 p.m. on May 22 with the Nipawin Fire Department and Northeast EMS.

The Flippin’ Fiddler cannot recall how many years he has performed in Melfort. But he can add another show onto that total with a show at the Melfort United Church on May 20.

With warmer weather, a schedule of upcoming events and a welcoming environment, the Town of Battleford is working to entice the public back to 22nd Street and into the downtown area. The latest draw: food trucks and farm stands.

Three sites in Tisdale were hit by vandals, causing major damage. The Tisdale Motor Speedway was hit the worst, with the windows of the announcer building all smashed in, as well as the windows of the two tanker vehicles.

Members of the community got a trip through Scandinavia at the Tisdale Community Lions Band’s 2017 spring concert.