July 16, 2012 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe

            Haven’t we been having quite a summer? Two weeks of burning hot sun and it doesn’t seem to be running out of heat units any time soon. It was a nice reprieve this week from Monday to Wednesday to be able to open the windows. I’m not complaining about the air-conditioning but the house just seems fresher with the open windows. Also I miss not waking up to the birds singing.

            The garden production is in full swing and the peas are coming to the final picking. Beans and cucumbers are next on the list. I don’t can too many dills, just a dozen quarts for one a month so it always stays a treat. We’ve been eating fresh potatoes for a couple of weeks and what’s better than baby spuds and butter. The corn is forming cobs and is towering at ten feet. We still haven’t had much rain but we’re happy to receive any amount.

Baby news

            Brody Hunter Peters was born June 28 at the Boundary Trails Healthcare Facility. A big boy at 9 lb and stretching to 22 inches, Brody will have a lot of attention from his other siblings; Cole, Noah, Bailey and Dylan and parents, Steve and Bethany Peters. Paternal grandparents are Albert and Kathy Peters of the Winkler area and maternal grandparents are Frank and Brenda James of Altona. Congratulations to the family from the community.

            Congratulations go out to first time grandparents, Ron and Anne Wiebe of Altona. Grandson, Eric Marshall was born on July 6, weighing in at 9 lb. 15.7 oz. Proud parents are Vince and Melissa Wiebe of Winnipeg.

Tea

            Amber Wolfe is a Sunflower Queen contestant this summer and therefore is involved in many events. Since I’m her grandma, I had the pleasure of attending the fund raising tea held on Thursday July 12 at the Millennium Center in Altona. Every contestant invited 9 guests to fill one table and all contestants choose a theme. Amber’s theme was summer and beaches which included sunglasses for each guest. There was quite a variety of themes; John Deere, a dairy farm, anniversary, shoes, antiques, even Winnie the Pooh. All monies raised were donated to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation and the speaker was overwhelmed that the girls had chosen this charity. Rachel Sawatzky, Sunflower Queen of 2011, presented a power point presentation while she spoke of her wonderful trip to Australia this spring. The evening included an absolutely smashing smorgasbord of food from veggies and dip to fruit and dip to trifle, lemon squares and on and on. Too many to list and as one lady stated, “Women in southern Manitoba know how to bake”. It was a wonderful evening and I was honoured to participate.

Baseball game

            Sunday, July 15 all the queen contestants challenged their sponsors to a slo-pitch baseball game. It was held at the Parkside School diamond and the rain stayed away and the temperature was great. All the sponsors were male and soon into the game pulled ahead on the score. Not to be outdone the girls began changing the rules. Sort of like “it’s a woman’s prerogative to change her mind”. By the third inning the girls stated they would not change places until they had 5 outs. Then they put in place that they could run on foul balls and after that failed to help the score they implemented the “drop the ball rule.” If they hit a ball and the guys caught it, they had to drop it before throwing it to any base player. By the last inning they stated that all 15 girls were going to bat no matter how many outs they received. The game was hilarious and Dave and I enjoyed it along with other friends and families.

Time flies

            It’s almost too much too comprehend that our youngest grandchild has become a teenager. On July 14, Thomas Wolfe hit the spectacular age of 13. The whole family celebrated with a wonderful supper at Nora’s in Gretna. Time surely does fly when you’re having fun and we enjoy our only grandson very much. He likes coming over and playing records and I must admit I enjoy it just as much as he does. The house vibrates with music anywhere from Johnny Cash to CCR to Rolling Stones. It’s great.

Community announcements

            All children under 16 and residents of Rosenfeld are eligible to receive a swim pass during the summer months. This pass is good for 6 swims at the Altona Pool and is available for pickup at the Rosenfeld Post Office from the postmistress, Trudy Wiebe.

            There will be no VBS in Rosenfeld this summer.