Right out of the chute, I will let you know that I was wrong!! The Spring Fling will be held on April 26, not the 12th as I had originally printed. Hope there wasn’t too many of you waiting outside the front door of the hall last Saturday. I hope to see you all there on Saturday the 26th. Supper will be from 5 to 7 with the silent and live auction to follow.
I hope everyone had a nice Easter weekend with family and friends to celebrate with.
Linda Helmer wanted me to pass on to the community that the Class of 1964 will be celebrating their 50th anniversary this year and hope to hold a class reunion this summer down in Morrin. They would like to include the classes of 1962 and 1963 as well, the more the merrier. Please contact Al Gurdung at 403-368-2171 or Linda at 403-368-2170. Please leave a message and phone number when you call. Also, if you know of someone who attended Morrin High School during those years and has moved away, please contact them and pass on the information.
The Rumsey-Rowley 4-H Beef club held their Mock-Achievement day on April 21, Easter Monday, in Rumsey. This day was a lot of fun with the kids taking the last of the spunk out of their calves, learning a lot about showmanship and grooming, walking around and around that pen until they are good and tamed (the calves, not the kids). They will, also, be holding their annual bottle and battery drive on Saturday, May 1. All of the club members will be picking up prior to this date so if they don’t call you, make sure you call them. This is their one and only fundraiser so if you have batteries and bottles to clear out let them know.
Rumsey minor ball is gearing up to go for the season. Watch for the kids to be out on the field by May 7. There is still lots of time to register your kids if you missed out on the sign-up day. Call Kent and Jill Holowath at 368-3733 for more information. At this time, Kent said they are looking at a Midget team all the way down to the Coach pitch/Rookies plus a U12 girls softball team so there should be a spot for everyone.
The men’s fastball team is also getting ready for another great season. Their first home game is scheduled for May 23 and plan to host all their home games on Friday evenings if possible, so I will get the dates later and let you know so you can come in and enjoy a good game on a warm Friday night sometime soon.
For most of you, the calves are dropping fast and furious but the weather has been good for the most part so I hope you haven’t had any serious problems. Soon the grass will start showing that tint of green and things will look a lot brighter.
I am hoping for April showers myself, to give everything a good wash. For the sake of trivia, I found this bit of info. The phrase “April showers bring May flowers” was stolen from a poem written in 1557 by Thomas Tusser and it goes like this:
Always look at the sunny side of life
the ups and the downs
the truth of a beginning
we need water to grow
we need seeds to sow
What we see today
is bringing us more for tomorrow
even if we can’t tell as they say
April showers bring May flowers.
RUMSEY RECORD