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North Battleford Senior Centre Action Now president Margaret Kemp presents a cheque for $5,500 to Claudette McQuire, executive director of Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation. Photos submitted
Action Now Seniors birthday celebrants for November and December are: back row – Ed Beloin, Marcel Lacoursiere, John Sendecki, Howard Weitzel, Tom Nuttall, Gordon Smith; seated – Marie Soiseth, Muriel Miller, Lynn McLean and Eileen Lacoursiere. The activities at Action Now Senior Centre during the holidays and early January were not well attended due to the extremely cold weather and flu and colds that were affecting many, causing them to stay indoors and recover. However with temperatures moderating this week, we expect normal attendance from now on.
ST. MARIE: ST. MARIE: The death of Betty Jean St. Marie, aged 75 years, of Meota, occurred on October 8, 2011 at Battlefords Union Hospital. Left to cherish her memory are her loving husband of 59 years, Fred and children: Steven (Dawna) St. Marie and their children: Sean (Jasmine), and Danielle, Saskatoon, SK; Karen St. Marie and her son Darryl, and his children: Madison and Dredan, Saskatoon, SK; Debbie St. Marie, Red Deer, AB and her son Joel (Sara) and their children Hayden, Hanna and Hope, Eckville, AB; Brenda (Louis) Bonneville, Glaslyn, SK and their daughters, Leeann (Paul) See and their daughter Arianna, Prince Albert, SK; Nicole (Curtis) Moore and their daughters, Samantha, Martina and Erica, Whitefox, SK; Randy (Laurie) St. Marie and their children, Nathan, Hayley and Alec, rural North Battleford and Saskatoon, SK; siblings: Ross (Evelyn) MacLeod, Buffalo Narrows, SK; Gordon (Mary) MacLeod, Nanaimo, BC; Allan (Mary) MacLeod, Sturgiss, SK; Lucy (Allister) Sutherland, Nort
There has been some activity around but all is very quiet, except for the snow machines having fun out there. Because of the lull, I asked the Meota Lions Club for a report of their activities over the past year. Meota Lakeshore Lions, marking a 37th anniversary in 2021, boasts a long list of organizations and community projects that have seen the benefit of the members’ activities. Among the list supported are Meota Community Complex, Meota Regional Park Authority, Meota Curling Club, Do Drop In, Meota and District Fire Department, Cody Duhaime Memorial Fund, fitness centre, library Meota branch and Meota Golf Course. The Lions also help finance defibrillators for Do Drop In, the hall and first responders.
“Both Kelley and I believe in giving back to one’s community and our commitment to BUHF is one we both feel strongly about. The pandemic has made this a tough year for our frontline healthcare workers and we decided to augment our healthcare philanthropy by donating more and are happy we were able to gift BUH Foundation with a $10,000 cheque,” said David Dutton, partner and account representative of First Rate Financial Manulife Securities. Kelley Bahrey, also partner and account representative agreed. “David and I sat down to discuss how we could help our community during this difficult time and we both wanted our support to go to where it really counts … helping our frontline healthcare workers do their job and that would be through better medical technology. The fact our donation supports the laboratory at BUH means exactly that.”