H E A R T B E A T. J U LY issues of this Birch Hills. Birch Hills Seniors Club. Happy 40th Birthday. *Happy Canada Day*

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1 H E A R T B E A T The Birch Hills Heartbeat newsletter is printed bi-monthly 1st and 15th of the month. It is available at the following locations: Birch Hills Recreation Office, Lake Country Co-op, Grumpy s Confectionary, Quayle's Pharmacy, and other businesses downtown. Pick up your free copy and share with a friend. Send your address and request to be added to newsletter ing list to birchhillsrec@sasktel.net July 15th, 2018 EVERY WEEK IN THE HILLS Open to Community *Happy Canada Day* MONDAYS 2 fore 1 Mondays Golf 2 golfers, 9 holes, $20 (Not applicable on STAT Holidays) Bowling 2:00 Seniors Hall Dreamland Optimists Group Fire Dept Meeting (every 2nd Mon) 7:00 Fire Hall TUESDAYS Ladies Golf 9:00am beginning June 5th Moms & Tots 10:00 am-12:00 Youth Centre $2 drop in fee Library Open 11:00 am-4:00 pm and 5:00 pm-8:00 pm Knitting Grannies (2nd & 4th Tues) museum Birchview Ladies Auxiliary (1st Tues) 11:00am WEDNESDAYS Thrift Shop Open 9:00 am-4:00 Museum Coffee Museum Line Dancing 9:30-11:00 Civic Centre Museum Open 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Ladies Golf Birch Hills Golf Course Town Council Meetings 2nd and 4th Wed of the month THURSDAYS Moms & Tots 10:00 am-12:00 Youth Centre $2 drop in fee Library Open 9:00 am -12:00 pm and 1:00 pm -6:00 pm Story Time 1:30 pm - 2:15 pm Library Men s Golf 5:30pm registration 6:00pm Golf@ Birch Hills Golf Course Legion Meeting (every 2nd Thurs) 7:00 Legion FRIDAY GFI Fridays Golf- 9 holes and 1/2 cart $25 SATURDAY Thrift Shop Open 1:00 am-4:00 Museum Coffee Museum Senior Centre Contact: Delores Jones Issue 170 J U LY issues of this Birch Hills activity newsletter was sponsored by: Birch Hills Seniors Club Happy 40th Birthday If you would like to be a sponsor of the Heartbeat newsletter, contact /birchhillsrec@sasktel.net. The cost is $100 by 3 sponsors ($300/mos) for printing, advertising and ensuring that the newsletter stays free for everyone. Upcoming Events July 17 -Junior Fun Golf Tournament 21 - BH Seniors 40th Anniversary & Legion Memorial Golf Tournament 28 Sr. Blackhawks Golf Tournament August 1 Minor Sports & RYSK Contest Draw 12 - Threshing Days 18 Donkey Cup Golf Tournament 24-Last Day of Playground Program 26-Junior & Adult fun Golf Tournament September Sask Culture Days Birch Hills Legion Memorial Golf Tournament July 21, 2018 at Birch Hills Gold Course, 9 holes. Steak supper at Legion Hall. Cost $50.00, supper only $25.00 Everyone welcome. Ron Lyons or cell 1

2 BIRCH HILLS NEWSLETTER SPONSOR BIRCH HILLS SENIORS CLUB The Birch Hills Senior Citizens Recreation Club was formed on July 21 st, 1978 with Samuel Foster as President and Louise G. Lewis as secretary. The objective of the group was to provide a place where Senior Citizens 50 years or older could gather for games, dancing, parties, socializing and craft instructions. A membership fee was established and upon payment it was approved by the directors. The objectives, code of ethics, articles and bylaws were very well written and are used by the present seniors club. The seniors meet in the former Masonic Hall which has served them very well over the past 40 years. As we look forward to relocating to the new Multi-Purpose building, it is time to rejuvenate the Club by encouraging new members to join and inviting people to rent the hall for birthday parties, anniversaries, funeral lunches, etc. We recently applied for a New Horizons Grant that will enable us to replace some of the ageing equipment, purchase new games and get ready for the new building. We want to thank Jessica Kernohan, our new Recreation Director, for her help with the application. We will soon have a Seniors Club page on Facebook and we invite you to follow us. The Heartbeat newsletter is a real asset in our community. The Seniors Club is pleased to sponsor the July edition and encourage other groups and individuals to do the same. We are members of SSAI, Saskatchewan Seniors Association Incorporated, which boast having 120 clubs and a membership of about 5,000. It is interesting to note that Annie Douglas, mother of future Premier of Saskatchewan Tommy Douglas, was one of the strong people who saw a real need for seniors to organize. In 1939 Annie Douglas became the founding president of Pensioners & Pioneers, Number One. She held the position for 18 years. Please join us at 2:00 pm on July 21, 2018 as we have a party to celebrate our 40 th Anniversary at the Seniors Hall located at 370 Bellamy Avenue. There will be fun and games, a sing-a-long, socializing and, of course, lunch to go with it. Everyone Welcome! An Open Invitation to The Birch Hills Seniors Club 40th Anniversary Party Saturday July 21, :00-4:00 pm Senior Hall, 370 Bellamy Ave. Dessert & Coffee (No Charge) Enjoy some games or just come for a visit, bring a friend 2

3 Birch Hills and District Historical Society 22 nd Annual Threshing and Family Fun Day SUNDAY, AUGUST 12 TH, 2018 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 7:30-9:30 Pancake Breakfast (Civic Center) (sponsor -Town Council, proceeds to Multiuse Facility) 10:30-11:30 Church Service (Coverall Building on Museum Grounds) (Collection proceeds will go to the Birch Hills Ministerial Assoc.) 12:00 Parade (B.H. Dreamland Optimists - coordinators, Stuart Matice parade marshal) Food Concessions 12:00-3:30 Silent Auction (Large Metal Shed) NOTE: Auction closes at 3:30 pm SHARP!! 1:00 Children s Events (The Hovdebo Family and Summer Playground Program) 1:15-2:45 Musical Entertainment (Ralph Galambos) 2:30 Soap Box Derby 1:00-3:30 TICKETS: 50/50 Raffle -3 (Bob McRury) 3:00 Threshing Demonstration 3:30 Silent Auction closed (please pick up your winning bid then) FOOD 11:30-2:00 Sloppy Joe s Museum Auxiliary (served downstairs in museum) 11:30 BBQ Stand & Beverage Booth B.H. Optimists 1:00 Pie & Coffee (downstairs in museum and outside in tent) Ice Cream Cones (outside in tent) Threshing Day Parade The Dreamland Optimist Club will be organizing the Threshing Days Parade again this year. If you or your business or group would like to be in the Parade on Aug 12, please contact Stuart or smatice@live.com Birch Hills PUBLIC LIBRARY News Library Hours Tues 11-4, 5-8 ; and Thurs 9-12, 1-6pm Summer Reading Program starts July 3. This program is free and is designed to keep the kids reading all summer. Sign up your kids ages 5-12, keep track of the books they read, and they will be eligible for a draw for great prizes. Every Tues in July is craft night at the library from 6:30pm-7:30pm. This is also for ages 5-12, and is a free program. Birchview Nursing Home April Activities All are welcome to attend. 2:30pm start, unless otherwise noted July 16th Lydia & Samantha entertain 2:30 25th Ralph Galambos Birchview s 35th Anniversary Celebration Aug. 1st 2:00. Salt Water Joy will be entertaining! If you have a talent to entertain, contact Shelley to set a date. 3

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5 Join Birch Hills Community Church and Saron Lutheran Church VBS Monday to Friday August 6-10 Birch Hills Skatepark 4:00 PM Wide Games 5:45-6:15 pm Family Supper 6:20-6:50 pm Campfire/teaching Followed by Family Game Time FRIDAY family windup Fishing & Beach Day at Emma Lake! Starting at 1 pm Weiner Roast 5:30 pm EVERYONE WELCOME!!! Men s Night Golf July 19th Men s Night is sponsored by 100% Construction and SaskTel. July 19th Steak Supper Please sign up by July 16th Ladies Harvest Golf Tournament Tournament is full and a waitlist has been started. If you are interested in the harvest meal please contact the Clubhouse at Sask Culture Day September 28-30, 2018 If you would like to help plan an event to help the community of Birch Hills celebrate Sask Culture Days please contact the Birch Hills Recreation Office. TO REGISTER OR FOR INFORMATION CALL CLINT OR KATHY WEINER WEDNESDAYS! 5:30-7:00 pm Join Us at Skatepark COME AND GO!! Bring Your Hot Dogs/Smokies, Beverages & Lawn Chairs, and enjoy a relaxing time of visiting around the campfire! BASKETBALL FUN LEAGUE Beginners 7 pm Adults vs. Teenagers 7:30 pm Come Show Who s Got Game!! The Annual Memorial Service at St Saviour s Church will be held on July 29th at 3:00 pm. Potluck to follow. Rev Chris Dow officiating. CRYSTAL SPRINGS COMMUNITY EVENTS Coffee Row: will resume in September Bingo at Crystal Springs every Tuesday, start time 7:30 pm The hall is available for rent. Contact Lynn Third Annual Donkey Cup Golf Tournament August 18/2018 Registration begins at 11am, tee off 12pm 2-person Best Ball 50/50 draw and raffle prizes $65 a person, includes steak supper and round (golf cart not included) To book your spot call The Birch Hills Golf Course. Come out and enjoy the beautiful course and have fun and enjoy the day!!! First 36 Golfers!! TLC Daycare Inc. Trip of the Month!! Buy a ticket for your chance to win an $1800 travel voucher or $1400 cash prize alternative. December's draw is $2200 travel voucher!!(no cash alternative) Draws are made on the 2nd Monday of every month starting September 10th 2018 and concluding August Tickets are $ each and can be purchased at TLC, Affinity Credit Union, or from any staff, board member, or any family whose children atttend TLC. Buy your ticket before August 31st and be entered for our Earlyn Bird Draw of $500 drawn on September 5th Hurry!! Only 400 tickets sold!! One ticket gives you 12 chances to win!! Lottery licence RR

6 It s Time to Ask... :) Sometimes we need a helping hand...and it s hard to ask. But sometimes the goal is worth the risk, so here we are. Looking back to 2009, our Town had friction between youth and adults, largely hinged on skateboarding. Instead of remaining in the 30 year cycle, a group of youth, parents and RYSC Youth Group committed to working together to fundraise and build a small Skatepark for our Community. What started out as a simple idea has resulted in a Community Park that not only has a modest concrete Skatepark, but a full size concrete basketball court as well. As each phase of the Park was completed, other ideas from community members came forward which resulted in a large community garden, a sandbox and play area for younger children, and a large grassed play area for wide games in the future. Saskatoon and Chokecherry trees were planted which will be available to community members for picking as they mature. As the Park grew in size and use, we set a final goal of a Camp Gazebo with washrooms. The original budget at the beginning of 2016 was set at $20,000. By the Spring of 2017 the budget was increased to $35,000 with the desire to build a 40 x 60 Camp Gazebo which would contain 2 washrooms and replace the storage for our Park equipment previously provided by our Sea Can. The addition of this Camp Gazebo would enable the Park to be utilized for Family/School Reunions, birthday parties as well as provide shelter and seating for the weekly planned Community Weiner Roasts and other recreational and family events held at the Park. It has become a place where people of all ages gather to garden, to visit and to play. Our Park in the only recreation facility in our area that is of no cost to the user or to the taxpayer, fully built and maintained by fundraising, volunteers and donations. In Summer of 2017 RYSC Youth Group entered the Tangerine 20 contest and with unbelievable community/provincial support was awarded the $20,000 Grand Prize! Excited to be at a point of completing the Park, we received quotes for the Gazebo only to find that the prices of building materials had escalated and our Budget needed to be increased to $60,000. In an effort to continue to raise needed funds, RYSC partnered with Birch Hills Minor Sports to conduct a Let s Go Fishing Raffle. Tickets are on sale from Minor Sports or at the Youth Centre or by ing bhfishingrafflle@gmail.com and will be drawn for at a Community BBQ at the Park on August 1 at 6:00 pm. We have until August to begin construction so time is running short. Downsize (to a smaller building of 2 washrooms) or dream on... that becomes our choice. Before we make that choice we are reaching out to anyone who may wish to donate to create a much needed and appreciated addition to our Community Park. Receipts for Charitable Donations are available and any amount is greatly appreciated. For more information please feel free to call Clint or Kathy at the Youth Center at Our Children, our Youth, our Families and our Community appreciate your consideration. Birch Hills Minor Sports & RYSC Youth Group 1st Place - 2 Ultraskiff Watercraft 2nd Place - 2 Night Cabin Stay Shorebird Inn Tobin Lake 3rd Place - Fishing Gear Package Sponsored by Anglers Drawn at Community BBQ on Wednesday, August 1, 2018 GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY!! All Tickets purchased by June 2 will be entered into the EARLY BIRD DRAW for a 2 Night Cabin Stay at Shorebird Inn Tobin Lake (Sponsored by Shorebird Inn)! Early Bird draw will be held Saturday, June 2 at 6pm at Birch Hills Youth Center Tickets $20 each Or 3/$50 Available from BH Minor Sports Or bhfishingraffle@gmail.com 6:00 pm Birch Hills Skatepark Must be 18 yrs to Purchase Tickets Sold Only Within Saskatchewan 5,020 Tickets Printed Prizes Totalling $8,440 - No Cash Value Lottery License #RR

7 Tuesday Nights Slow-pitch Come watch community members compete again one another on Tuesdays at 7:00pm at the Lion s Club Ball Diamonds in Birch Hills. COME AND GO TEA FOR EUNICE EVANS 90th BIRTHDAY SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, :00-4:00 pm BIRCH HILLS CIVIC CENTRE ABSOLUTELY NO GIFTS PLEASE A huge thank you to everyone for taking time to GRAB THE TAB from their cans last year. Our community did very well in supporting the Kids With Cancer project and hopefully we can do it again this year. I will announce a drop off place later in the summer and if you have questions please call Shirley Vacation Bible School Theme: One of Us Bible stories, Crafts and more! Ages 4-12 St. Mary s Anglican Church 279 McCallum Ave. Offered in collaboration with Crosstalk Ministries Campers should bring a lunch, water bottle, hat and sunscreen. For more info. or to register, please contact Rev. Chris Dow at or cdldow@gmail.com RECYCLE Please Share the Heartbeat with a friend. Send request to birchhillsrec@sasktel.net 7

8 2018 SUMMER PLAYGROUND PROGRAM Tuesday July 3rd to Thursday August 23rd Monday to Friday 1:00-4:00pm (Excluding Holidays, field trip hours may vary slightly) Free to all kids ages 5-12 years *Younger children are welcome to participate with an adult* All children must have a signed permission form handed in to the Playground Coordinator before they can participate. Please contact the Recreation Office or see Taylor for a permission form. Watch for the Playground Program Calendar of events that includes field trips! Summer Playground Program would like to give a huge thank you to Beth Rude and the United Church Men s Breakfast for their donations towards our program. These donation will help keep the playground program free, provide nutritious snack, purchase craft supplies, and help with fieldtrip funding. JULY PLAYGROUND PROGRAM 2018 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Welcome Party Mad Science Show and Tell Superhero Day Bring a Friend Water Day Minute to Win Games Day Melfort Wave Day It Pool Scavenger Movie Messy Day Water Day Hunt Mane Event Puzzle Day Sunglasses Day Fortnite Day Fiesta Day Struthers Lake Game Show Water Balloon Day Day Please ensure children dress for the weather and bring a swim suit and towel on nice days. Bring sunscreen, hat, waterbottle, and bug repellent. NOTES Playground Program Monday to Friday 1:00 pm- 4:00 Lions Club Ball Park Hours may be slightly altered on fieldtrip days, details will be outlined on permission slips sent home Playground Coordinator - Taylor Mitchell Recreation Director- Jessica Kernohan Jessica Kernohan- Recreation Director text or call or birchhillsrec@sasktel.net Birch Hills & District Recreation Board Box 280, Birch Hills, Sk S0J 0G0 Facebook Page: Town of Birch Hills Community & Recreation Town Website: Birch Hills Summer Playground Program to stay up to date. STAY UPDATED LIKE our Facebook page to get activity and news updates. Feel free to add your own event or activity info on the Birch Hills Community & Recreation Facebook page. 8