Botha Booster
On Monday, Feb. 2, there will be a seniors’ monthly meeting for all seniors starting at 12 noon, and held at the Botha Seniors’ Centre. They are asking everyone who attends to bring with you one of your favourite dishes to share with everyone as these meetings, which start out first with a pot luck luncheon with the meeting to follow right after. They are hoping all seniors are able to attend these very important monthly meetings.
Bingo evening will be again Tuesday, Feb. 3 starting at 7:15 p.m., with the doors opening at 6:30. So make sure you come out and buy your cards before the balls start rolling at 7:15 p.m. Congratulations go out to all the winners at the last game, which was held on Jan. 22. So who knows you could be the next big winner on Feb. 3.
The weekend of Feb. 7,8 and 9 is a long weekend. It’s Family Day on the 9th, so hopefully everyone has something special planned for that weekend.
There are several special events happening around the country for that special day, so please keep a eye open for some of these and attend some with your family for some fun.
Students from Kindergarten to Grade 5 from our Botha School will be starting their first skiing lessons at the Alliance Ski Hill on Friday, Feb. 6 for the 2015 school year. Sounds like a fun time for all students that day.
How are your skating lessons going? All the students at the Botha School have started their skating lessons. So hopefully everyone is having a great time.
The next Old-Time Dance will be held Sunday, Feb 22, starting at 1:30 p.m. sharp. This will be their St. Patrick’s Day Dance, so please feel free to wear something green in color for this special event. The “Black Velvet Band” will be entertaining that afternoon, so make sure you mark this date on your calendars. Hopefully everyone had a great time on Jan. 25 at their Valentine Dance. To find out more information for costs, upcoming bands etc. please call Doug Haustein at 403- 742-3994 or John Blonski at 403-574-2194.
Parents of Grade 4 and 5 students attending the Botha School, the Department of Education will be looking for some of your help in completing the accountability pillar very soon. So, please contact the school at 403-742- 5187, if you could help out. Thank you.
Tomorrow, Jan. 29, starting at 7:30 p.m., please attend their first student council meeting of 2015. They would like to see everyone attend.
Then on Friday, Jan. 30, there will be no classes, as it PD Day, so the students will be able to enjoy themselves at home. So please keep this date in mind.
Just a reminder that that the Grade 2s and 3s are in need of any empty coffee cans, paper towel tubes, cereal boxes, Styrofoam trays, or any empty shoe boxes you have kicking around and looking to get rid of them, for a couple of science projects. So please either send them in with your child or bring them to the school and drop them off at the office. This would very much be appreciated.
Mrs. Melnyk will unfortunately be away for several weeks, so Mrs. Haekstra will be the substitute teacher now for Grade 4s and 5s for Math, ELA and Art classes. Mrs. Melnyk will be truly missed, but they all would like to welcome Mrs. Haekstrsa and look forward to working with her. If you have any questions or concerns please either talk to her or Mr. Flieger.
Seeing it’s still winter and we don’t know when Old Man Winter will hit again or how hard; and any person who needs their driveways or sidewalks cleaned, please contact the village office at 403-742- 5079 or Owen at 403-740- 3481, and he will be glad to shovel for you.
Anything happening in the near future and you would like to advise on it, please contact me at 403-742-5317 and I will definitely add it to our column at any time.