We are having the most beautiful fall weather, so how is it possible not to talk about it? Many of the neighbours are out trying to rake the leaves but they can never capture all of them; some always seem to escape. We have stopped raking; Dave simply mulches with the lawn mower and shoots them onto the flowerbeds. It may be possible that a few neighbours get frustrated when the leaves blow onto their nice clean yards from out stash but so be it. We'd be happy to have them back.
Nuthatches, blue jays and juncos are busy at the feeder. Our hole in the tree is being filled with fresh leaves by one of the squirrels. This one is smarter that the average squirrel; it brings whole branches instead of just a mouth stuffed with leaves. Please don't let this mean a colder winter than last year.
This Friday is Halloween and around here not many children go trick- or - treating anymore. This makes it very difficult to buy treats no knowing what a person will be left holding in the bag. So this year I bought a big bag of apples along with mini bars. The apples will be made into pies if we have no kids and the bars will find their way into the hunting backpacks come deer season. And they say only women like chocolate.
Cross country team
Three former Rosenfeld students; Nicolas Klassen, Thomas Wolfe and Conner Winter participated in the W.C. Miller junior varsity cross country competition. They won second place in the A-AAA provincials. Congratulations guys for a job well done.
School update
The school was a noisy place last week. Two drummers of the Fubuki Daiko organization taught Japanese drumming Monday to Wednesday and then held a short concert for the public on Thursday, Oct. 23. The students were very enthusiastic and performed very well. Who could blame them? Here they were making enough noise to raise the rafters and getting praised for it instead of getting shushed. Good job students and staff.
Stay and Play
The Altona and Area Resource Center offers a program for preschool children and their parents at Rosenfeld School. Please note that this used to take place Thursday mornings but has been changed to Wednesday mornings.
Fall concert reminders
The W.C. Miller concert will be held at Buhler Hall in Gretna on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7:00 p.m.
MCI's fall concert will take place on Friday, Nov. 7 which will be preceded by a soup and pie supper.
Hockey update
Brett Klassen plays for the Winkler Flyers and is having a great start in the season. This is his last year of playing junior hockey and he is giving his all and it definitely is paying off either with goals or assists.
W.C. Miller Aces are off to a good start, easily winning the last two games against Garden Valley Collegiate of Winkler. The rookies didn't get much ice time in the first game but showed up to play on Friday, Oct. 4 with Thomas Wolfe getting an assist. Simon Schroeder plays defense and had a bit of an incident; lets hope it's not another concussion. he got knocked about last year and had to sit out twice while healing.
Progress Report
Since my accident I am much more aware of all the happenings in the world like this latest incident in the Pembina Valley. The young father who was killed in an accident near Altona; his daughter used to play hockey on the same team as Thomas. And the list goes on. It's enough to make a person dizzy, especially with the story about all those babies in the storage unit and the shooting in Ottawa. Yikes, what's this world coming to? It makes me want to go into the basement and puzzle - another way of sticking my head into the sand, I guess. I'm getting around much better and began driving to Altona and have managed to go grocery shopping on my own a number of times. Next week I have a checkup with my surgeon and here's hoping it's a good one.
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