May 14

May 14, 2013 Rosenfeld News by Tina Wolfe

            What a gorgeous morning, this Tuesday, May 14. We’ve just had a nice warm shower and it looks greener immediately. It’s hard to believe but even though we had huge snow banks we could use more rain. Many people have put in part of their garden and the farmers are going full speed around here. The push is on to get things growing and I have to restrain myself from planting the annuals but it is a tad early. Jack Frost could still be making a visit and then all is for not. The cannas lilies are in and the big pots will be prepared for plants, the pansies will go in today but the other flowers will have to wait.

            The column will be short this week, I want to go out and play.

Parent council update

            We are waiting on the school division as we've applied to get some money towards the playground from them. We hope to have enough to actually order the structure in June, have it delivered this summer and install it for the next school year. The division has said they would take care of the pea gravel and we need to ask someone about pouring piers for the structure once we know what type of prep is required.

            Our movie night/silent auction went over way beyond our expectations. We were thinking perhaps to make around $5-600 but we cleared almost $1250.00 after expenses. Most of our auction items were donated by our local business owner’s right here in Rosenfeld which was so encouraging to see. There were numerous comments regarding what a good idea the event was, that we should definitely do it again and to call them next time we needed donations. The proceeds are all going towards the play structure.

            Now the PAC is in the process of planning our final event of the year which is the school picnic. I've taken that on and the picnic is scheduled for June 21st.

            We are also purchasing and donating a large juice/water jug to the Good Neighbor Center as a thank-you for allowing us the use of the GNC every year for the school soup and pie fundraiser. This year's supper did better than it has in the last number of years. We raised just over $1000.00 after expenses and the evening was a busy one which is always good to see. The leftovers were donated to Chris and Cheryl Peters in Gretna as they had a bake sale fundraiser the following day to raise funds for their mission trip to the Dominican Republic this summer. Reported by Eva Peters.

Garage sale

            Many communities are having garage sales and I enjoy going for entertainment even if not purchasing much. Some residents in Rosenfeld are also planning a one day sale for Thursday, June 6 which will run from noon – 8:00 pm. If anyone is interested call me and we’ll add your address onto the list. If you don’t have enough for your own maybe get together with the neighbour and pool your stuff. As of now we have four addresses but one is multi-family.