COMING EVENTS

Christmas Cantata, featuring members of Shell Lake and Spiritwood choirs, on Sunday, December 16^th at 7:30 p.m. at Partners in Worship Church. Coffee will be served. Everyone welcome. Free will offering.

Christmas Program presented by the Shell Lake School Students in the Shell Lake Lions Hall on Dec. 20 at 7 p.m Everyone please come out!

Village of Shell Lake Mayor Update

Season's Greetings to all and a wish that you and your family have a safe and peaceful holiday.

December also brings financial year-end for the village. Village operations rely largely on the municipal portion of the taxes collected; please insure that your taxes are paid for the year including the sewer and garbage fees. Village Office will be open Monday, December 31^st for your payment convenience, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The new sewage lagoon is complete and is in operation; in order to keep the maintenance and repair costs low, we are asking each household to be diligent in the practice of not flushing hygiene products into your septic tank.

Village Office will be closed from January 01 to January 21, 2008. Regular office hours will resume thereafter as follows: Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Office phone number is 427-2272.

Good luck to everyone that has purchased a ticket on the Memorial Lake Regional Park & Community Lotto.

Mayor, Paula Stalwick

Committee/Club Announcements

Shell Lake Curling Club

We will be open. The annual meeting was held on November 15, the meeting had to be moved because of furnace problems, we hope you found us! New enthusiastic individuals attended the meeting. We will be preparing the ice surface and flooding immediately as well as doing other maintenance.

We hope to have the ice ready for mid December. We are sending personnel to an ice technician course in December to aid them in ice making. We are in need of volunteers to assist in making, painting and cleaning up before we can begin curling. Contact David Jensen (427 2078) or Greg Ardagh (427 4749) if you can help. We also need individuals to assist before and during bonspiels please contact Della Ashe (427-4548) or Joy Ardagh (427 4749).

We will be looking for curlers, please contact Joy (427 4749), Shan (427 4712), or Kim (427 4907). We are looking at Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings. Enter as a rink or as individuals.

Shell Lake Minor Sports

Junior curling will begin in January when school is back in. Please contact Joy to register. We hope that the older players will be able to have games along with instruction. We will try to set up exhibition games possibly with Canwood and Debden for all ages.

Shell Lake Metis Local

Santa Claus Day supper on Sunday, December 9/07 at 6 p.m. at the Metis Hall. If the residents of Schwartz Villa or the duplexes wish to attend we will supply rides or if you wish to have a meal delivered just call Blanche Pott at 427 4717 to have it arranged.

RC Legion #15

Thanks to the many businesses and families that supported the Legion by buying poppies and wreaths for our Remembrance Day Service and to the many people who joined us at our service on Nov. 11th. R.C. Legion wish you and yours best wishes for the coming year.

The lucky winner of the November Lottery was Valerie Chaykowski.

The Legion Hall will be open Friday Dec. 7 from 12:30 - 4:00 p.m. Please come and pick up your birthday calendar and have a cup of coffee.

Shell Lake 50 Plus

Annual Christmas Party for the seniors of Shell Lake is to be held on December 2. Plan to attend.

A successful Kaiser tournament was held with ladies first prize won by Dora Gustafson and Blanche Crowder taking second. For the men Fern Lamontagne won first and Harvey Heckel second. The 50/50 was won by Alf Primeau and door prize taken home by Gerri Solinger.

The curling rink is to open for the season on Dec 20. The first seniors game will be held on Dec 21, Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Curlers of all ages are most welcome.

Remember no Birthday party or General Meeting for the month of December.

Happy holidays to all.

Sell Lake Lions Club

TURKEY BINGO to be held on Wednesday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m. in the Shell Lake Lions Hall. Regular bingo's on December 5 & 19.

January 2,2008 Bingo is cancelled. Bingo will resume on Wednesday, January 16, 2008.

DONORS CHOICE

Reminder for a 2007 Tax Receipt, fill out the Donor's Choice sheet that was distributed in the mailbox, indicate your charity of choice, include payment and return to Donor's Choice, Box 69, Shell Lake or leave at the drop box at the Shell Lake General Store. Extra Donor's Choice sheets are available at Shell Lake General Store. Thank you for supporting Shell Lake Donor's Choice.

Shell Lake Library

The library will be closed Dec. 25 & 26 as well as January 1 & 2/ 08.

Shell Lake Tourism

The biennial publication of "the Spirit of the Northern Lakes" is being prepared If you haven't been contacted about advertising you may contact Anita Weiers. If you would like to write an article or put some pictures in the magazine please feel free to do so .Let's give the issue a fresh new look.

Patchwork players

If you are interested in acting or helping to produce a play this year please contact Judy Mayo.

CHURCHES

Partners in Worship

Partners in Worship Christmas schedule is as follows: Dec. 16 - Regular service at 10 a.m. and the Christmas Cantata at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 23 - Regular Service including children's program 10:00 a.m. Dec. 24 - Christmas Eve Service of Word and Carols 8:30 p.m. No Christmas Day Service December 30th Return to regular Services 10:00 a.m.

Roman Catholic Church

Mass in Spiritwood on Sundays at 11:30 a.m..

The annual fall supper was a tremendous success. Thank you to everyone for attending.

Evangelical Free Church, Mont Nebo

Sunday school at 10 a.m. and church service at 11 a.m.

Thank You

A special thanks to my family for their love and support to me while in the hospital and at home. A big thanks to all our friends who came to visit me in hospital, for the cards, phone calls and flowers and also since I've come home.

Thank you to the Home Care Nurses that travel in our Saskatchewan weather for their wonderful care.

God bless each and every one of you.

Lloyd Lang

I would like to express my sincere thank you to everyone who sent cards, gifts, flowers, visits, phone calls, money gifts, all who offered help in any way during my stay in the hospital and my recovery at home. Your general show of care and concern will always be remembered. A special thanks to Gloria Skene for her tutoring and to Wendy Brewer for delivering my homework.

Shawna Battersby

I would like to thank the following ladies who helped me make the salads for the Novembervest: Ruby Lalonde, Jean Clark, Joyce Anderson, Lynn Sanders, Loretta Lamontagne, Lynn Schutte, Fay Brewer, Rhonda Kjerstad, Joyce Skarpinsky,Sylvia Jensen,Bremda McNeilly, and Phyllis Johnson.

Anita Weiers

Internet Guestbook

Name: Kim

Comments: Thanks to all the family and friends that were able to make mom and dads (Aggie & Eddy Fu's) pension party such a huge success...a great time was had by all! Also just sending out congratulations to my daughter, Dana Spriggs for bringin home the Gold Medal from the SHSAA Provincial Golf Competition! YOU ROCK DANA!

Name: Anita Pierce (Fraser)

Comments: Thank you to all friends and family of Robert for being a part of his life and shaping him into the man he became. He always shared his memories of home, that I feel I should Know everyone. I am glad we went for a visit this spring. It was an honour to meet some of Roberts old friends. He tried so hard to see everyone that he could.

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