BORDEN — At their last business meeting until after the summer break, the Borden Friendship Club moved to donate $5,000 to the Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee to purchase new flooring for the Community Centre. Thank you was extended to all those who helped organize the float for the Diefenbaker Daze and to those who decorated and helped out with the June 5 supper. Upcoming are the potluck supper in the Community Centre on June 26 with Cash Country entertaining, and the July 12 barbecue at 5:30 p.m. will be held at the home of Brian and Kathy Young in Borden. The club will supply burgers, wieners, buns and dessert and members just bring a salad or side dish. There will be no planned entertainment, so people can just spend the time visiting. On June 29, the club members are invited to Radisson at 2 p.m. for a program and meal. There will be a regular potluck supper on Aug. 28 at 5:45 p.m. in the Community Centre. The next business meeting will be Sept. 10 at 2 p.m.
Borden School held their awards ceremony on June 17 in the school gym. MCs were Madison C. and Zoe W. and principal Trevor Gerwing, in his address, said that he was proud of all the students and their achievements. It was his last awards ceremony at Borden and he thanked everyone for the last three years. He said he hoped to hear good things from the students in upcoming years. On behalf of the parks and recreation board Kandice Walker presented the volunteer scholarship to Ben H. Teachers presented medallions to the following: Heart of a Bruin: K- Emrick, Grade 1/2 – Ronan, Grade 3/4 - Cadence, Grade 5/6 – Myla, Grade 7 – Milayna, Grade 8 –Allison, Grade 9 – Siya, Grade 10 – Zoe, Grade 11 – Treyton and Grade 12 – Esther;
Grit (growth, resilience, integrity and teamwork) awards to K – Isabell, Grade1/2 – Tessa, Grade 3/4 – Liam, Grade 5/6 – Robyn, Grade 7 – Cace, Grade 8 – Eve, Grade 9 – Patrick, Grade 10 – Boh, Grade 11 – Alex O. and Grade 12 – Ben.
Grade 7 to 12 sports awards to Owen in junior cross-country, Tayvin in junior boys’ volleyball and Siya in junior Girls Volley ball, senior Boys’ volleyball to Carter and junior curling to Darrel with senior curling to Alex O. Junior and senior badminton went to Darrel and Steel and senior to Nathan C., junior and senior track and field went to Justin W. and Eve. Junior football award to Berkley and senior football to Bently.
Athletes of the year awards to junior Jaden, Darrell and Eve and senior to Carter, Boh and Zoe.
On the honour roll were Nathan, Carter, Josh, John, Eric, Kasey, Justin, Sam and Ben and honour roll with distinction were Maddie, Joanna, Zoe, Casey, Alex, Treyton, Isabelle and Esther. In Grades 7-12, the humanities award went to Siya, Maddie and Zoe, the STEM award to Casey W, John and Patrick and the artist award to Mya, Alleyah and Isabelle.
Bouquets were presented to Beth Usselman and Alana Gunsch for their years of service on the SCC, and thank you gifts to teachers leaving Borden – Ms. Ekstrand, Mr. Hall and Trevor Ewing. Sponsors of awards were thanked – SCC, D. and S. Barth, K. and G. Worona, J. and G. Orchard, S. and I. Hosegood, the Village of Borden and the Borden Friendship Club.
Congratulations to Savannah Sutherland from Borden on her recent achievements in track and field. She broke the record in NCAA 400M Hurdles at 52.40 sec., faster than the Olympic hurdler in 2024 and beat her own and Canada’s best time from 2024. Savannah is 2025 Big 10 Outdoor Track and Field Women’s Track Athlete of the Year, the 2025 Finalist Honda Award for track and field. Savannah has set collegiate records, Canadian records, program records, NCAA Meet records and Big 10 records. She also competes in the 4x400M relay, where the team won an honourable mention. Good luck in all your future track and field events as you close out your college years at Michigan. Borden and Saskatchewan are all so proud of your achievements.
Upcoming at Radisson are bingo on June 30 at 7 p.m. in the Goodrich Centre and July 1 celebrations starting at 2 p.m. in or near the curling rink with vendors, games, 50/50, raffles, food, beverages, birthday cake and fireworks.
