Baljennie News ‘n’ Views

By Dorothy M. Mills Correspondent

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League members are reminded to make a minimum of five games to qualify for year-end awards. All players are welcome at the year-end mini-tourney as well as the awards presentation and supper the following month.

Pie bingos will be back at the Legion Hall for seven weeks starting Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. Hosted by Maidstone Health Care Auxiliary, this is a popular fund-

Remember: Saturday, Aug. 19 is Waseca Community Day. Starting with the pancake breakfast at 8 a.m., activities continue all day including an outdoor market, bucket prize sales, face painting, balloon twisting, foam frenzy, petting zoo, barbecue lunch, fire department, RCMP, horse/wagon rides, Yellowhead Ramblers music, indigenous dancers, threshing machine demo.

Western Development Museum volunteers in North Battleford are busy getting stationary engines in running order. Some of the members are also busy polishing up antique cars to run in the parade at History In Motion Aug. 19 and 20, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Heather O’Neal is still looking for volunteers to help out in different categories and programs for the two days.

The corn maze is now open and many are enjoying trying to get lost in it.

Due to the long hot spell and little rain, some early harvesting has begun. Most of the haying is complete.

We have been blessed by the small doses of smoke haze from so many forest fires on the go in Western Canada. So far there have not been any fires in the local area. Everyone has to be careful while burning anything.

My husband Stanley Mills and cousin Gordon and Edna Williams of Eston were in the local area visiting with family and friends.

Baljennie Community Cemetery

Club members Stanley Mills and Bill and Joan Rayner were at St. Bridget’s Church cemetery to plant makers on unmarked gravesites. Since the club is no longer active, they decided to use leftover funds for the project. Stanley Mills designed and had the markers made. Connie Rayner’s urn was added to the cemetery beside her husband Buster Rayner. Family members were there. Just had a surprise phone call from Jack Edinborough, a former neighbour. Jack and his family live at Mossbank. His dad, Alf Edinborough, passed away some time ago and his urn is buried on the farm near a landmark known as Pike’s Peak. Brad Heaver owns the land now. Other family members’ urns are also buried there.