MAIDSTONE — Maidstone Waseca and District Fire and Rescue were honoured to be chosen by Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) to receive their annual charity golf tournament donation. The $25,000 will be put towards upgrading equipment including SCBAs (self-contained breathing apparatus) and rescue tools.
Two more lucky local winners were drawn in Synergy Credit Union’s “Summer of Smiles” member cash giveaway. Tristan Blyth of Waseca, a youth recipient, took home $800. In the community-based non-profit category, Waseca Recreation Board won $8,000 which will be put to good use on community projects. There will be four more winners every eight days until Sept. 21. You can see all the winners at https://ow.ly/mo4650Pvtas where I noticed Kyla of Maidstone and Maidstone Eldon Recreation Board were also $8,000 winners in July. Congratulations to everyone.
In the spring, Ratushniak Elementary kindergarten students planted vegetables and flowers in tubs at various spots around Maidstone Museum grounds. Under the watchful eye of Eileen Anderson, the crops have flourished and a bountiful haul of potatoes was donated to Maidstone Group Home on Aug. 7. Thank you to Maidstone Co-op, Henderson family, Ros Hall, Mike Andruik and Laurel Pauls for donating bags of soil, Kara Wakefield (Bloomers) for plants, Calvin Lamb for rocks to paint and Bill McGilvery for the mineral tubs.
Good entertainment, visiting and delicious refreshments served up by museum volunteers made for an enjoyable afternoon when the Yellowhead Ramblers played on Sunday at Maidstone Museum. They’ll be doing it up again next Sunday, so if you missed it, be sure to come out at 2 p.m. We’ll be printing lyrics for many of the popular songs so everyone can join in.
Standard Hill Lakers were in Yorkton for the Senior AA Tier 2 Provincials Aug. 11 to 13. The tournament was a five-team championship featuring Yorkton Marlins, Standard Hill Lakers, Carlyle Cardinals, Saskatoon Rockies and North Battleford Beavers. Rain delayed the start until Saturday afternoon but then the Lakers came away with two wins. Sunday was a different story with an unfortunate 5-3 loss to Carlyle in the final and the end of a terrific season for the Lakers.
Maidstone Disc Golf high averages as of Aug. 9 were: Tier 1 Alex Francois -9, Tier 2 Andrew Williams +3, Tier 3 Kennedy Schmidt +10. Drawn winners were Chase James and Ryan Donovan.
Our new playground is already showing signs of disrespect and abuse. With broken glass and garbage strewed around, it is not a welcoming or safe place for anyone, especially children. There have also been rocks thrown in the playground and at neighbouring properties. It is hoped these were random acts that will not continue. Keep a watchful eye and thank you to those who offered to clean up the current mess.
This weekend is our Utri family reunion. Many of Doug’s family are coming from Saskatchewan, Alberta and as far away as Idaho. We’re looking forward to seeing a few relatives whom I’ve never met and getting together with others we haven’t seen in a long while. It will also be fantastic to have most of our own children and grandchildren together again. I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend.
Reminders:
Aug. 19 - (Saturday) Waseca Community Day.
Aug. 20 - (Sunday) Yellowhead Ramblers at Maidstone Museum 2 p.m.
Sept. 5 - (Tuesday) First day back to school.
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