MEOTA — Here we are nearing the end of August and finally seeing dribbles of rain. Hard to understand why we have moisture at harvest time. Some say El Niño, again.
Joyce Luckey had the fortune to have her son visit over the past week and we had the pleasure of meeting Jason and playing golf with him. Jason resides at Rocanville, so a good day's drive. Eric and Gail had Gail’s son and wife visit from Fort St. John, B.C. A bit of a trek but no forest fires threatening so all went well. They journeyed to St. Walburg to take in the annual Blueberry Festival.
The festival’s Friday night supper and dance was well attended. The show and shine car show had Mark St. Pierre of Meota showing his prize jeeps. The festival was thought to be the largest so far. Rough estimates were upwards of 4,000 people attending.
Bridge was played Tuesday afternoon with Barb Mitchel and Joanne Wiens first. Second were David Sharpe and Albert Blais and third were Anne Crozier and Anne Marie Wallbilling. Thursday night bridge saw Margaret Dyck and David Creegan earning top score. Second were. Mary Phelps and Gerry Craig and third was a tie between Donna Scherman and Catriona Winterhalt and Vern Iverson and David Sharpe.
Seniors’ golf had a good turnout of 20 players. Top money with a score of 43 went to Jack Day, Bernie Gregoire, Marcell Duhaime and Janice Morton. Taking home the consolation money with a score of 49 were Lars Nissan, Jason Luckey, Lorne McGreggor and Elsa McGreggor. In all good coffee and great to be outdoors.
Friday afternoon Canasta had the Stella Rendle-Linda Ard team in first and the Bev McCrimmon-Dave Sayers team runners up.
Another new house is under construction near the end of 2nd Avenue West. It is planned to do most of the building. Work will resume next spring after the frost.
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