MEOTA — Here we are in the middle of canning season. A relief to see the raspberries nearly finishing, and the peas and beans put into the freezer. The scale of the grain harvest seems to dwarf our old three-quarter farm. To see four large high capacity combines harvesting in the same field brings us closer to the space age which we could barely imagine 60 years ago.
We wish Lynn Boucher a happy trip as she heads off to Australia for a month to help her daughter with her new family.
Jack Day took time off from his busy golf schedule to entertain his family as they gathered from various parts of Canada.
The Do Drop In seniors’ group did a trip to Fort Pitt this past weekend to attend the Frenchman Butt Festival. The cavalcade of cars made their way first to the Imhoff art gallery near St Walburg. At the gallery, Berthold Imhoff’s grandson gave us an informative fully guided tour and explained the life’s work of this great artist.
The group then proceeded to St Walburg for brunch at Route 26 Tea House. The final leg of our journey took us to Frenchman Butte where we were treated to local live entertainment and shown displays from earlier times. The trip was capped off with a delicious supper made by the Fort Pitt Hutterites, prior to our return to Meota.
This week's activities had five full tables for canasta. The winners were: first - Dave Sayers and Rita Peterson; second - Lillian Serenko and Eric Callbeck; third -Eileen Bru and Bev McCrimmon. Tuesday afternoon bridge had winners: first - Mary Phelps and Albert Blais; second - Barb Mitchell and David Sharp; third - Catriona Winterhalt and Rudy Wiens. A welcome back to David after knee surgery. The winners of Thursday evening bridge were: first - Donna Scherman and Catriona Winterhalt; second - Eric Callbeck and Jean Lawes; third - Linda Ard and Albert Blais. Seniors’ golf had 16 golfers out. The scores were close with the consolation team of Norman Northcott , Larry Dyck, Elsa McGrggor and Lucille Gregoire taking home the money with a score of 38. The morning's top score of 36 had Lorne McGreggor , Kent Morton Annette and Eric Callbeck taking the big prize.
I received aerial photos of the Meota’s marina development. The developers have had two 27-ton trucks and an excavator working steadily for the past month. The ore haul trucks haul approximately 12 yards a load and do approximately 175 loads each per day, which translates into times 20.
The highway area on the aerial view will be the marina cement wall fabrication site. The marina will be over four football fields long and will only have a small access joining it up to Jackfish Lake. There will be a new access road built off Highway 26 to the property so the existing waste disposal road won’t be congested.
Plans are to speed up the project's progress by adding a second excavator.
The Meota golf course continues to draw good attendance for both the ladies' night as well as the men’s night. That attendance is likely due to the good condition of the course and to good management. The clubhouse fund-raiser was well attended and showed the appreciation of our members for our club.
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