It’s great living in a small town. When a person goes for a bike ride it can take anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour with only 10 minutes spent actually riding. The evenings have just been beautiful with outstanding sunsets and many families are out walking which of course leads to chatting. Last Saturday most of the trees were still full of leaves and then along came the wind on Sunday and we had a storm of leaves flying by our windows. I’ve decided not to rake this year and let the wind play until the snow covers everything. The ground is so very dry and if we don’t have cover we will definitely have a lot for dead plants due to frost.
We’ve come to the end of our fresh garden produce. The last honeydew and cantaloupe have been cut and we’re savouring every bite knowing that we will need to wait through another two seasons for this sweetness. We were given a watermelon by Carol Schroeder which was not the biggest one ever grown but was absolutely filled with sugar. Gardening is a lot of work but is definitely well worth the labour.
Fall cleanup
The last Saturday in September is the day when the Rosenfeld residents are allowed and encouraged to carry most any unwanted stuff to the curb. This, of course, doesn’t include hazardous material but most anything else. When out bike riding one night, I noticed something which made me do one of those tourist double takes. I turned around and went back for a second look. On the curb were two old galvanized tubs and a couple of big soup pots. The only hitch was that they were full of small concrete pieces so I couldn’t make away with them. I called the lady of the house and asked if she meant for the pots and tubs to go in the fall cleanup and when the answer was yes, I knew I had to come up with a plan. The very next day I went scrounging out back at home and found four big paint pails and soon had swapped them for my new found treasures. Dave thinks I have enough old items on the yard so I dug holes under the trees where nothing grows, sank the tubs and pots into the holes and filled them with dirt. Next spring I will have flowers in the driest spots on the yard and the tree roots will not be able to get at the plants.
Thanks again to Ed and Judy Friesen for the hard physical work they put into picking up all the unwanted stuff.
Hockey update
A while back I wrote about Brett Klassen being picked up by the Dauphin Kings hockey team. Well, lucky for us he’s been traded to the Winkler Flyers which makes attending his games a more doable event. We wish him well no matter where he plays. If the NHL stays out of play all hockey fans will be looking for local games to watch.
Skating rink update
It’s only October first but the skating rink lights are on many evenings. Warren Schroeder reports that a new addition is being built to accommodate the Zamboni. Materials and gravel have been delivered to the site and a concrete floor will be poured in the near future. I will keep everyone informed as progress is made.
Entertainment in school
Tuesday, September 25 and the students were in for a morning of fun and entertainment. Greg Wood, an illusionist, and his wife, as his assistant, kept the kids attention riveted on the tricks or slight of hands as Greg called it. Scarves disappeared and reappeared tied together. Children were eager to assist in the entertainment whether that involved holding cards or tying rubber bands. Elijah Wiebe made numerous attempts to tie the rubber band but didn’t succeed until his teacher came to help. This was a lesson on how to ask an adult to assist in bullying situations. The students volunteered for a skit entitled How Cool Kids Act. They learned that cool kids don’t taunt, don’t tell stories about someone, they care about people and involve all kids in playing. They also learned how to be a HERO where the H stands for helpful, the E for encouraging, the R for respectful and the O for being outspoken when seeing bullying occur. Greg gave some personal examples of how he had been bullied and how he had gone on to be a bully. This brought insight to the students as to the hurtfulness of actions and words. It was a great way to begin the day and it was enjoyed by students and staff alike.
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