Oyen and District Seniors Report: Pickleball

By Beth Symes

Twelve members attended the delicious potluck on April 3 and three more members came for the meeting. Shirley Foot called the meeting to order at 7:05. The 50/50 draw of $15 was won by Keith Foot. The minutes of the past meeting and the financial report from March were presented. Following that, items of old business were discussed.

The first item was that of the new rental agreement which people will now receive when renting the Seniors Recreation Centre. Jessie presented this agreement which had been discussed at the March meeting.

Lorraine reported on having set up the Facebook Page for the Seniors Group.  It is set up under the group Oyen and District Senior Citizens Association. 

Once again there was a discussion about grants which already have been approved or received and might be applied for. The Association has been approved for a grant from New Horizons. It will be used for beautification of the outside property around the hall. Later in the year a grant will be applied for to do some renovations in bathroom and possibly the kitchen. No final decision has been made yet about the remaining funds from the media grant.

Pickleball continues to attract new players. The designated time for that has been changed from Tuesday evenings to Thursday Evenings because Alsask has a Tuesday evening Pickleball Group. It was decided that we would have a drop in fee of $5.00 for people who come to play who are not members.  Floor Curling continues on Wednesday afternoon at 1:00 pm.

A committee has been established to review the bylaws of the organization as no review or updates have been done for a long period of time.

The next Fun Night will be held on April 26 at 7:00 PM for members and their invited guests.  The next potluck and meeting will be on Wednesday,  May 29th.