Pangman

The book club continues to meet at the Pangman Library on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m.

In March our book selection was The Bishop Man by Linden MacIntyre,  the 2009 Giller Prize winner. This book is about a sensitive topic, the sexual abuses perpetrated by the Catholic priests in Canada. It tells the story of Father Duncan who has been the Bishop’s dutiful enforcer whose duties were to check the excesses of priests and to suppress the evidence. When  events veer out of control, he is sent to a small parish were he is forced into painful self-knowledge as family, community and friendship are torn apart under the strain of suspicion, obsession and guilt.

Everyone enjoyed this selection. This book generated a great deal of discussion in the group about sexual abuse in the Catholic Church, about Father Duncan’s life as an enforcer and as a small parish Priest and how he worked through this difficult time in his life.

In April we read 2nd Chance, the second book in James Patterson’s Women’s Murder Club Series.  After a young girl is shot down on the steps of a San Francisco church Detective Lindsay Boxer decides that the time is right to reconvene the Women’s Murder Club. Also, Boxer’s father returns after many years and she is unsure of her feelings towards him. She and the Women’s Murder Club begin to believe that the killer might have been on the force. When their suspect is killed they find out that he could not have committed the murders due to a medical condition, so they have to convince the brass that the killer is still on the loose. In the end, everyone is shocked by who the killer actually was.

Everyone generally enjoyed this book. We did all agree that it was a bit slow in the beginning, but it became more suspenseful later on. We were all surprised when we found out who the real killer was.

In May and June we are reading World Without End by Ken Follett.  We have allocated two months for this book as it is over 1,000 pages.

If you love to read and would be interested in joining the book club feel free to come to our next meeting or  call Debra at 442-2055 for more information.

The Recreation Board would like to remind everyone that the Community Center is available for rent for functions (showers, teas, meetings, etc).

Below are the rental rates for the Community Center:

• 4 Hours Rental $25.00
• 1 Day (over 4 hours) $60.00
• Damage Deposit/Cleaning $100.00

Please make 2 separate cheques for the above.

To rent tables and chairs to use outside the community centre the rates are as follows:

• 1 Table $5.00
• 1 Table plus 10 chairs $10.00 per day
• Each chair – .50 cents

To rent the Community Center please contact Kathy Bryson at 306-442-4787.

We would like to thank John and Karen Strutt of Strutt Corvettes for their donation of $100.00 towards the purchase of flowers for main street. This is the 2nd year that John and Karen Strutt have donated funds for the purchase of flowers which help to beautify our main street each summer.

On Friday the Ladies Auxiliary put on a Mother’s Day tea at the Care Home.  They served about 50 people Angel Food Cake with strawberries and ice cream, coffee and tea.

Cakes that were baked and donated by the Ladies Auxiliary were given to the winners of the cake walks.  Also a beautiful Mother’s Day basket was raffled off.

On Friday May 7th, 2010, three grad twelve students graduated from the Pangman School.

The stage was decorated with lights, flowers and a beautiful backdrop with the following saying on it “Don’t wait the time will never be just right. Live life to the fullest right now”.

Congratulations to our 2010 Graduates!!

The last few days we have been waking up to snow here in Pangman. This morning it has been snowing quite a bit and there is lots on the ground as well.  Strange weather for May.

Lets hope that the warm May weather will return soon.

Kathy’s Place is hosting a brunch and supper on Mother’s Day, May 8th, 2010.

Mother’s Day brunch will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Mother’s Day supper will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with sittings at 5:00, 6:00 and 7:00. Supper specials are: Pork Souvlaki,  Steak & Shrimp or Chicken Parmesan.

Please call Kathy’s Place at 442-4244 to make your reservation.

Group Photo

This afternoon the Pangman Dance Recital was held at the Pangman School Gym. There was a good turn out for this event.

Congratulations to all the dancers who performed wonderfully. After the performances the dancers presented their teachers with a bouquet of flowers.

The new stage arrived last week just in time for the Dance Recital and Graduation.

The new stage has been provided for the community and school activities as part of the Charity Farms project.

Thank you Charity Farms.