The weather has been dominating conversations lately, particularly with the spring storm that hit late last week. There was no school in Byemoor on Thursday and Friday, due to blocked roads. This gave students a two-day head start on spring break.
Although spring storms in March are not unusual, what is unusual is that we hadn’t had any spring weather yet. The country is fully under the grips of winter still, with no bare patches anywhere.
The annual Boars Cup hockey tournament wrapped up in Byemoor on the weekend, to close out the ice activities at the arena for another season.
The Meat Curtains defeated the Piggy Touchers to win the A final.
The winning players were Dylan Muhlbach, Derek Muhlbach, Dusty Wasdal, Jeff Wallace, Kevin Warwick, Shane Steen, Warren Jones, Tyler Boutin, Jordan Hoopfer, Rusty Nichols, Jesse Bosma, Reid Hodugen, Jeff Potter, Cody Hoskins and Ryan Gallagher (goalie).
In the B final, it was the Bacon Bangers over the Blue Waffle Sows.
B final winners included Ricky Stewart, Danny Houston, Matthew Tateson, Cody Innocent, Justin Jones, Joe Steen, Greg Gallagher, Scott Roberts, Shyames Snowdin, D.J. Kisner, Garrett Primrose, Connor Doucette, Dustin Rairdan and Sheldon Watson (goalie).
The tournament sponsored a dance at the hall on Saturday evening, and as usual, a good time was had by all.
Happy Big Four-O to Eugene Nixon who celebrated his 40th birthday on Friday evening with a surprise party at the Byemoor curling rink.
About 30 people gathered to help Eugene celebrate.
Congratulations to Madison Tucker, and her partner Mignione Vogel, on bringing home a gold medal at the Red Deer science fair. Both are Grade 5 students at Stettler Elementary.
Madison has plenty of roots at Endiang. Her dad Mike Tucker, grandparents Glen and Theresa Tucker and great-grandparents Clifton and Mickey Tucker are all past or present residents of Endiang.
Brittiany Hebert looked after her nephew, one-year-old Carson Devaleriola, while his parents, Nicole and T.J., were on vacation in Las Vegas.
Students, teachers, support staff and bus drivers are enjoying the spring break, with classes to resume on April 2.
Keep in mind the following coming events:
Open house in honour of Agnes Sorensen’s 90th birthday at the Stettler United Church C.E. wing on Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. The family requests no gifts.
The Rod Erickson concert, featuring Shiloh Sharrard and Jesse Fowler, goes Saturday evening at the Endiang Hall at 7 p.m. Tickets available from Ruthies Roost or by calling 403-579-2522 or 403-585-8379.
Easter Sunday breakfast at the Byemoor Hotel goes from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
Sonny Gallant announced the spring hours at the local landfill transfer station are slated to change, effective April 3. The transfer station will be open from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesdays and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays.
Thought for the day — Letting the cat out of the bag is a lot easier than putting it back.
— ENDIANG ENTERPRISE