When is this deep freeze going to end? Enough already, I'd say!
It was a little quieter around the village this past week, so there isn't that much that I've heard, to report. The dedicated exercisers have been working away at keeping healthy, but some of us are happy to stay indoors and just be lazy. I've been using up old yarn, knitting baby bonnets for newborns at the local hospital and other projects. I'm sure everyone is enjoying the Olympics and Tournament of Hearts, switching back and forth.
Norwegian Whist was played with three tables in play at the Do Drop In Feb,7. Top scores went to Arlene Walker, Ken Tucker, Pat Chapman, Mildred Kliev and Murray McCrimmon. The hostesses were Beulah Corbiel and Lorna Pearson. who supplied the lunch. A pleasant social afternoon was enjoyed.
When you watch the figure skating, most skaters do their spins to the left but the odd one turns to the right, and I always wonder if these skaters are left handed.
An afternoon of shuffleboard and chitchat was enjoyed Monday afternoon. There's room for a few more players, there.
Duplicate bridge was played on Tuesday evening, last week at the Do Drop In with Glen and Julie Moore recording high scores. Eric Callbeck and Dave Creegan were tied for second place with Beatrice Novlan and Margaret Dyck.
Advice was given on the TV that anyone travelling to the Sochi games should leave their mobile phones at home because all calls were being hacked by the Russian security system as soon as they try to use them. Reports to that effect are coming back.
Snowmobile rallies are coming up in February. Chitek Lake's is on Feb. 15, Leoville Feb. 22 and Meota ADRA Rally Feb. 23.
Sherry Verhoeven from Cold Lake spent her holiday with her mother Clare Shepherd of North Battleford on a trip to Las Vegas, Nev. recently. The Shania Twain show they had hoped to see was cancelled so they went to an Elvis Presley show instead. They had a fun week together.
Helen and Gordon Edlin from Canwood visited with his sister Clare Shepherd and their son Byron for a few days in North Battleford.
The Catholic Church in Meota is hosting a fiesta Mexicana supper and evening at the church Saturday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m.
Top winner at the Do Drop In on Monday evening playing Contract Bridge, was Bill Jamroziak and second was Joyce Antoine.
Remember the monthly dinner at the community hall in Meota is on again on Feb. 21.
News from my New Zealand Girls: The girls have enjoyed their time in New Zealand and when I asked what the big tourist attractions were there, they said the Rotorua was compared with Yellowstone Park, where we went last summer. They were sorry to say that it is so dry there, there would be nothing to see. It is a thermally active area as a rule. One picture showed steam coming out of the ground, but no comparison whatever to Yellowstone. They often do have geysers when the weather is right.
They drove by farms where the fields are covered with thousands of sheep or cattle, both big business there because the weather is so good to have grass all winter as well as summer. They did tour a dairy farm. Each cow has an ear chip with its personal data in it. When their milk production drops their feed ration is automatically increased. One picture shows a big tree that would take four or five people to get their arms around, similar to our Douglas Firs on the west coast.
Along the roadsides grow decorative grasses and wildflowers that here the florists pay big money for. They went outdoors one evening to check out the moon and stars. They saw no dippers, but Orion was still there, but overhead, the moon's in the north sky, not south like here. They got to see the "Southern Cross," which sailors once used for navigation.. New Zealand bought out Saputo Dairies in Ontario, but still no excuse for not having cheddar cheese. I think we've had it forever. They toured the Huka Falls area, drove to Milford Bay, had breakfast in Twizel, visited Eric and Kim at Ranfurly and flew back to OZ from Dunedin Monday, (Tuesday over there.)
