Monthly Archives: April 2012

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Elbow man receives Medal of Bravery

Mark Janke of Elbow was among 36 people from across Canada honored Friday for their bravery.

He received the Medal of Bravery from Gov. Gen. David Johnston at Rideau Hall in Ottawa for his actions in rescuing people from a submerged vehicle near Stoughton on April 28, 2007. Darren Bieber of Weyburn also received the Medal of Bravery for his actions in this incident.

A car with five people on board had lost control, left the roadway and flipped into a water-filled ditch.

One of the occupants got out and ran to the road to alert passersby.

Janke  stopped his vehicle and got out to help. He pulled two people out of the wreckage. At that point, Bieber arrived and helped Janke pull out the last two victims. Bieber and Janke then took care of the two survivors until the ambulance arrived. Unfortunately, three of the four died.

The Medal of Bravery recognizes acts of bravery in hazardous circumstances.

Obituary

Nickolas Lawrence Bonic

July 26, 1936 – April 17, 2012

Nick, late of Regina, passed away peacefully with family by his side. He was predeceased by his parents Anna (nee Prpick) and Nickolas Bonic. Nick will be lovingly missed, always remembered and forever cherished by his wife Shirley (nee Davidson) married July 4, 1959; daughters Deborah (Thomas) Rush and children Dylan and Taylor; Sue Heintz and children Jennifer (Blake and their children Bren and Ella), Jessica (Marcus) and Jayden; Melanie Loreth and children Riley, Kennedy and Samantha; as well as siblings Hazel (Ian) Gardiner, Tom (Jackie) Bonic, Shirley (Hank) Paquin and Margaret Krpan. Funeral service was held at Holy Family R.C. Church, 1021 McCarthy Blvd. North, Regina, Sask. on Friday, April 20, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. To leave an online message of condolence, please visit www.speersfuneralchapel.com

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RMs offer recycling to ratepayers

DAVIDSON—Ratepayers in the RMs of Arm River and Willner will have a place to take their recycling.

The councils of both RMs recently decided to rent a large bin from Loraas so they may provide recycling to their ratepayers on a trial basis.

The bin will be located behind the RM office on Lincoln Street in Davidson.

“We’re going to try it and if it doesn’t work, we’ll take it out,” Lorne Willner, Reeve of the R.M. of Arm River, said. “We’re happy to try it.”

The bin is there for the use of both rural municipalities’ ratepayers and residents.

The bin will be locked and will be accessible to ratepayers during office hours by signing for a key.

Willner said they will not accept any materials that may go to SARCAN including milk jugs and other beverage containers.

He’d rather see that people support SARCAN with these materials instead of the deposit money going to Loraas, which is charging rent on the bin.

The RMs have placed a notice in this week’s paper that explains the recycling bin policy as well as detailing acceptable and unacceptable material.

Willner said the spirit is to encourage people to recycle.

“We’re happy to still be using the landfill and will work with Davidson as much as we can,” he said.

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Davidson School's Senior Drama Club took its play Ten Actors in Search of a Cell Phone to the Drama Festival in Rosetown April 20 and 21 where they competed in the regional competition.
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Davidson School students hit the streets April 5 for their Day of Pink, to celebrate diversity and raise awareness to stop all forms of bullying. Students wear pink shirts as a show of solidarity that they will stand up against bullying.
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Schneiders proud of Sundance Film Festival award-winning granddaughter

CRAIK—Until her granddaughter won an award at it, Steff Schneider says she’d never heard of the Sundance Film Festival.

Nor has Steff seen Indie Game: The Movie a feature film created by Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky. The pair won the best editing award in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

Pajot is the daughter of Remi and Debra (Schneider) Pajot of Winnipeg and granddaughter of Ken and Steff Schneider of Craik.

Members of the Schneider clan and most Canadians will have a chance to watch the film, which for one night only, on May 3, is headed to theatres across Canada, including Cineplex movie theatres in Regina and Saskatoon.

Steff says she won’t be able to attend, but will soon catch a glimpse of the movie because Pajot has promised to send a DVD to Craik.

Indie Game: The Movie tells the story of four independent video game designers, who rather than work for major game developers, work independently to conceive, design and program video games with hopes they will become a success.

Pajot and Swirksy spent over a year gathering stories from indie game developers all over North America and did all the producing, directing, cinematography, editing and writing for the feature film.

Theirs was one of nearly 12,000 submissions to the Sundance Film Festival and one of 200 films selected for exhibition. More than 50,000 people attend screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. This year’s festival took place from Jan. 19 to 29.

To win an award at the Festival, which recognizes and celebrates the efforts of independent filmmakers around the world, is a pretty big deal.

“You better believe I’m proud of her,” Steff says.

She hasn’t been able to speak with Pajot, who’s busy making the rounds of film festivals and games conferences.

“She’s on tour now at 15 cities in the States,” Steff says.