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Let's hope for sunshine and warm winds

Welcome to October, everyone. I guess all I can say is “let’s hope for sunshine and warm winds.”

RUMSEY RECORD -- Welcome to October, everyone. I guess all I can say is “let’s hope for sunshine and warm winds.” This last deluge of rain was remarkable to say the least, and has put a definite delay on the harvesting efforts of our farming community.

I am a little late in spreading this news so my apologies to Marilyn. The Morrin Seniors are looking for folks who like to play cards, specifically cribbage. The start date for this was Thursday, Sept. 22 at 1:30 p.m. and will continue every Thursday at the seniors’ center in the lower level of the Morrin Arena. Everyone is welcome. With this in mind, I would also like to start a cards afternoon at the drop-in for all those cribbage players in our community as well. I was thinking that the third Sunday of each month, starting Sunday, Nov. 20 at 1 p.m., let me know your thoughts. I would love to see how many in the community would like to join in. You can contact me at home, the library or through Facebook.

The Rumsey Community Library has put together the 2017 community calendar with the winning photos and there is a beautiful collection again this year. I hope to have the calendar ready by the Fall Supper, which is Nov. 5 this year. They will be $15. The library will also be continuing its Craft evenings starting in November. Everyone who joined in last year enjoyed the evening of shared projects so I hope that more people will join in this year. We will explore knitting as our first craft so remember to join us on Tuesday, Nov. 8 with your projects, needles and yarn and of course, your willingness to give something new a try.

If you haven’t purchased your new history book there are always copies available at the Rumsey Library as well as with Mary Newton and Dariel McNaughton. They are $50 each and a wealth of knowledge about our community and its members.

With Thanksgiving fast approaching, I thought I would share some Canadian trivia for your thanksgiving table.

Algonquin Indians were among the first to harvest wild cranberries. They used them as food, medicine, and a symbol of peace

Canadians purchased three million whole turkeys for Thanksgiving in 2011, according to the Turkey Farmers of Canada - about 32 per cent of all whole turkeys sold during the year

Thanksgiving was first celebrated in Canada when English explorer Martin Frobisher held a feast in what is now Newfoundland to mark his safe arrival to the New World in 1578

But, ironically, Thanksgiving is a statutory holiday in Canada, except in P.E.I., Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia

Americans did not invent Thanksgiving. It began in Canada. Frobisher’s celebration in 1578 was 43 years before the pilgrims gave thanks in 1621 for the bounty that ended a year of hardships and death

Even though Canadian tradition dictates that Thanksgiving be held on the second Monday of October, we in the farming community tend to follow more traditional ways which are “when the harvest is done and the garden is stored, the celebrations can begin”

Have a great Thanksgiving everyone, I hope you are combining.