Oyen and District Seniors Report: Seniors Pot Luck
By Beth Symes
Seven people gathered on the beautiful evening of February 4th for the Seniors Pot Luck. (Attendance was impacted by members being away on vacation, or closer to home but celebrating family birthdays, etc.) The meal was delicious, as usual, including a goodly number of desserts as well as main-course dishes.
Three other members came at 7:00 p.m. for the meeting, which Shirley Foot called to order at 7:05. The minutes from the January meeting were presented and adopted. Sherry Bamber presented the financial report for the month of January. Sherry had also had our 2025 financials audited and presented that report as well. Both reports were adopted as presented.
Following that business, several items of old business were discussed. Sherry updated the meeting that the grant from the Community Foundation, which had been applied for to pay for part of renovating the kitchen, had been approved. She will learn about the results of the application for a New Horizons grant in March. If that is approved, it will also be designated for renovating the kitchen. Sherry also updated the meeting on other grants she will be applying for during the upcoming year.
The Fun Night on January 30 was attended by seven people, somewhat impacted by people being away as well. Those attending enjoyed playing cribbage and several table games. The next Fun Night will take place on February 20, the third Friday as opposed to the fourth. A decision to make this change was made as games nights are being held in the Legion Hall on the second and fourth Fridays of the month.
We had a further discussion about hosting a games event at the Seniors Hall, to which we invite seniors from seniors groups in the surrounding area. We will reach out to these groups prior to our meeting in March to determine if there would be interest among other senior associations in the area to attend such an event.
Somewhat related to that, we had a short discussion about the media that is available in the hall. In 2023, the Seniors Association received grant money from the federal government that was designated for media. Two large TV screens, which are hooked up to Optik TV, and a projector were purchased at that time. This is to remind individuals and/or groups of this availability. The Seniors Hall could be used to host a gathering around a sports event such as the Super Bowl (too late for this year), Stanley Cup, World Series, Grey Cup, etc. Please keep this in mind for 2026.
Regular activities continue to take place in the hall during the week (crafting on Tuesdays, floor curling on Wednesdays, pickleball on Thursdays). Newcomers continue to be welcome to join any of these activities in 2026. Phone Beth (403-664-2462) or Lynda (403-664-0908) for further information.
The next Pot Luck and Meeting will be on March 4.