Endiang Enterprise
No sooner had we reported the spring thaw had been slow than we got a few days of plus 15 Celsius weather with a wind and the run-off became rapid. Culverts couldn’t handle all the water and water went over the roads in places. Some sloughs backed up into farmer’s yards as well.
But spring quickly disappeared on Thursday when we woke up to a blanket of snow and the return of winter with a spring snowstorm.
Congratulations to Fred Gardner who celebrated his 80th birthday on Wednesday. Fred and Lee met with family members in Hanna for a birthday dinner that day. Best wishes for many more, Fred.
Patsy Sorensen celebrated her 65th birthday on Wednesday as well. Hope you had a great birthday, Patsy and enjoy those government cheques.
Students from the Botha school were visitors to the Byemoor school last week for a science day. It was a great day for interaction among the students and they built and launched rockets, did science projects, had lessons on seasons and enjoyed subs for lunch. It made for an enjoyable day for all involved.
Robert and Sheila Buchwitz enjoyed a week in Mexico to celebrate their anniversary. Hope you had a great time.
Maureen and Mandy Wasdal, Shannon Knowles and a girl friend of Mandy’s spent a few days in Las Vegas to celebrate Mandy’s 30th birthday. Hope you had a great time and a birthday to remember, Mandy.
Seems like it was a week to celebrate birthdays in our community; congratulations to Betty Nixon, who celebrated her 89th birthday on Friday. May you enjoy many more, Betty.
Clara Abram, Judy Reeves along with their mother Maxine Benson of Red Deer were to Calgary on Friday to see Tommy Hunter perform. This was Tommy Hunter’s farewell tour.
The Endmoor Drop-In Centre is holding their crib wind-up on April 21 at 5 p.m. at the drop-in centre in Byemoor with a potluck supper, a short meeting and then crib to follow at 7:30 p.m.
In Endiang, the floor curling will wrap up on April 25 at the hall with a potluck dinner at 12 noon and floor curling in the afternoon. The club hopes to see present and former members there with their favourite food dish to wind down the season.
Just learned that 2011 marks the Coal Mining Centennial for the Drumheller Valley. I found the information interesting and since many men from our district worked in the Drumheller mines in the winter months and several folks from these parts got their coal there I thought I would share some of this information.
The first coal came out of the ground in 1911 in wheelbarrows and in the years that followed 139 mines were registered in the Drumheller Valley. Communities sprung up around the many of the mine heads and for the next 50 years coal defined Drumheller. The last mine closed in 1979. Coal is no longer king in the valley, today natural gas, agriculture and tourism rule.
Events are planned throughout the year to mark the centennial and starts with the Miner’s Festival Apr. 30 – May 1. More information can be accessed at www. drumhellermining100.com where there are also a number of nostalgic photos of the coal mining heyday.
Many folks watched the Doan brothers, Shane and Brook, of our neighbouring community of Halkirk on the TV reality show Mantracker on Sunday evening. It was great to see the local boys succeed in not getting hunted down before they reached the finish line.
Rosemary Stulberg attended the funeral of long-time family friend Wilma Glasier in Stettler on Wednesday. She died one day before her 97th birthday.
Birthday greetings go out to: April 22 –Tom McCrindle, April 23 – Shirley (Keibel) Hieb, April 24 – Jason Thorkelson, Apr. 25 – Mike Tucker and Travis James, April 26 – Lynda Wilkie, Denny Dettmer and Daly Brooker, April 28 – Ann Schuler, Tammy (Smith) Burns and Turner Dettmer.
Happy anniversary to: April 21 – Donnie and Joy Walker, April 24 – Lloyd and Jake Walker.