Low
On Saturday, December 14, with the snow softly falling, family and friends gathered at the Bladworth Cemetery to remember and honour Terry “Cash” Low. The service beautifully led by Brian Hanson, included Terry’s uncle Bill Tomyn reading Psalm 23 and concluded with all reciting “The Lord’s Prayer”. Lovingly placed by family members were red roses while grandchildren released white balloons for Grandpa. Following the service people were greeted by Don and Leslie Cunningham at the Bladworth Elks hall to celebrate Cash’s life. With some of Cash’s favourite songs playing in the background, those gathered enjoyed sharing their memories. His son Jason led everyone in a heart-warming toast while showing on a screen was a video presentation created by his daughter Jamie – a montage of photos of Cash and his family taken through the years. Terry was born in Craik to Jim and Jeanette Low and grew up in Girvin. He lived in a variety of places, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Regina, Bladworth and Davidson. Cash married his soul mate Annette Muzyka and together they raised three children Jason, Janna and Jamie. They in turn brought new family members Arlene, Charlie and Rogan and grandchildren Austin, Aiden, Farrah and Finn. He passed into eternity on November 21 at his home surrounded by those he loved.
Terry is survived by: Annette, children Jason and Arlene, Janna and Charlie Gray, Jamie and Rogan Busche and grandchildren Austin and Aiden Gray and Farrah and Finn Low, sisters Mary Lynne and Paul Golphy and Bonnie Jean Low. Also numerous aunts and uncles and cousins. He was predeceased by his parents Jim and Jeanette, in-laws Liz and Edward Muzyka, his grandparents and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Here’s to the man the world knows as Cash
And our family knows as Dad
He was friendly, loyal, loud and proud
And was the best father we could have had.
He was a gentleman, a scholar and lover of fine drink
But spending time with family and friends was his favourite I think
He would want us to be happy and not shed anymore tears
But rather tell stories and laugh over a few beers
So join me ladies and lasses and please raise you glasses
Here’s to you Dad.
He lived his life for those he loved.
Monthly Archives: December 2013
Lawrence, Bernice
Nov. 29, 1911 – Dec. 9, 2013
Bernice Lawrence passed away peacefully on December 9, 2013 at the age of 102 years. She was a loving and caring mother, grandma, great-grandma and great-great-grandma who devoted herself to her family. Bernice was predeceased by her husband Norman (Ted, parents Ralph and Neva Armstrong, brothers Don and Bernard Armstrong, sisters Genevieve Hill and Geraldine Cummings. Left to cherish her memory are her sons Norman (Auldine) of Regina and Gary (Loraine) of Calgary; seven grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; seven great-great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law Gerda Lawrence (Hanley, Sask.), Ruby Lawrence (St. Paul, MN), and Finnie Armstrong (Surrey, B.C.), as well as many nieces and nephews. Bernice was proud to call Hanley, Sask. her home for 99 years and cherished the many friends she had there. The family would like to thank Sandra and the staff at Two Hearts Personal Care Home and Starla and the staff at The Star Treatment Home in Regina for their incredible care and compassion. A celebration of Bernice’s wonderful life took place at one o’clock Monday, December 16, 2013 at the Hanley Evangelical Lutheran Church. Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson in care of arrangements.
Students raise hope this Christmas season
Grades 4 and 5 students at Davidson School are leading the charge against homelessness and hunger this Christmas season.
Twenty-five kids from the two grades recently contributed to the Habitat for Humanity and Genworth Canada “Meaning of Home” online writing contest. With every entry received $5 was donated to over 30 Canadian Habitat affiliates by Genworth Canada.
In total 7,038 entries were submitted this year from grades four to six students with 546 of those coming from Saskatchewan placing student participation in this province fourth largest in the country. The entries raised $35,190 so far as a further $60,000 grant to a Habitat for Humanity affiliate of the winning entry’s choice along with five runner-up prizes of $5,000 each are going to be awarded in January.
“I would donate (the prize) to either the Saskatoon or Regina Habitat for Humanity shelter, so they can expand on it and take more people in,” said Grade 5 student Baylie White, 9, on what she would do if her entry was chosen as the winner.
In her entry Baylie wrote: “Home is something that everyone should have. Home is shelter, warmth and coziness. Home is a place where you can run and hide when you are scared. Home is somewhere you can have your family over for dinner. Home is somewhere you can watch your kids grow up. Home is something everyone should be able to call their own. Please help everyone have a house to call their own because home is where the heart is.”
Baylie said she had a little bit of help from her mom with the entry, but she likes writing and found it fun as well as important to contribute to the “Meaning of Home” contest.
“Seeing homeless people on the streets makes people really sad, so it’s kind of nice to try and donate to them,” she said.
Fellow Grade 5 student Logan Farrell, 10, said it is extra special for the kids to contribute to this contest because this is the Christmas season and this is a good way to give back. He said it was important to participate because it gave the kids a chance to “donate things to the homeless people.”
Habitat for Humanity “build houses,” said Logan. “If (people) need a house they do help them or they raise money for shelters.”
Logan’s entry into the contest read: “Home is (warm) and a (warm) bed. A place you can spend time with your family. Home is a place you can eat. Home is a movable place. Home is where you have Christmas and (Thanksgiving). Home is where I feel happy. That is what home is to me.”
Logan said the grades four and five kids are not the only ones at Davidson School trying to help the less fortunate this Christmas season as all the grades are participating in the Davidson InterChurch Association (DICA) Christmas Community Hamper project. For their effort, students and family members purchase “plates” from Dec. 3 to Dec. 13 with all proceeds donated to the Christmas Community Hamper project.
“Now we donate $2 to buy a plate for the homeless people,” said Logan. “I’ve looked around and I’ve seen lots of plates hanging on the doorways.”
Davidson deals with Christmas Grinch
Herman Crescent resident Pat Rhodes is asking anyone who lost Christmas decorations from outside their home to contact her, as they may be the ones she found spread around her property.
“We found some laying in the street in front of our house then we found more laying in the alley behind our house,” said Rhodes about her Dec. 4 and 5 discoveries. “The one in the front was the Abominable Snowman and he was claimed and then in the back there was a candle and a couple strings of lights and one of those white spirals…they’re supposed to look like a Christmas tree when you stand them up. Then there was three light-up gifts with a star and another set of lights attached to it.”
Rhodes said the candle and one string of lights was claimed by the United Church and returned, but the Christmas tree spiral, the gift bags and a string of blue LED lights is still in their possession. She said all the lights are still in working order and nothing seems too damaged.
“We’ve had some people phone asking about reindeer, but nope there wasn’t any reindeer,” she said. “So there was more (decorations stolen around town) and I guess the Catholic Church had some stolen too, but they found theirs by the school.”
Rhodes said there hasn’t been any mention to her of anyone else around town who found missing decorations. She said the job right now is just to get these ones back to their rightful owner before Christmas comes.
“It’s just they’re here for whomever that they belong to to come and claim them.”
Tommy John Ehman brings band to Craik for New Year’s Eve bash
Country rock recording artist Tommy John Ehman is set to bring in 2014 with a toe tapping show Dec. 31 at Craik Legion Hall for the Craik Lions Club 2013 New Year’s Eve Cabaret.
“It’s going to be pretty fun playing New Years,” said Ehman, who is bringing his band with him to his hometown show. “I haven’t played a New Years in Craik since probably my very first band when I was growing up here. We probably played a New Years or two back then, but not since then. I’m pumped about it.”
Ehman said the band would be treating the crowd to original music mainly from his fourth studio album, 2008’s “Wheels of Life”, and his most recent recording, 2010’s “Turn On The Radio”, during their set. He said they’ll also be mixing in some classic and country rock standards during the evening.
“Generally we start off a little mellower and a little more country,” he said. “As we move into the night we’ve got some Tom Petty, some John Mellencamp, some Steve Earle, some Trooper and who knows. It’s that kind of thing. It’s songs people like to tap their toes to and sing along with and hopefully get them up on the dance floor.”
Since releasing his first album, “Wasted Nights”, back in 1996 Ehman has kept busy writing songs and touring both solo and with his band at house concerts, clubs, cabarets and festivals throughout Western Canada and beyond. Ehman said his focus at the start of his music career was songwriting and that continues to be his focus, but his writing style has changed since those early days.
“It’s matured and I assume it’s got a little bit better and more focused,” he said. “When I pick a topic I want to write a song on I think I can drill down on it a little better. I’ve been writing songs for over 25 years, so you better get a little bit better. I think more than anything I’m just maturing as an artist, as a songwriter, as a singer (and) as a guitar player. You just get better with time.”
The band, which includes bass player Rob Ehman, drummer Rod Mochoruk and new guitarist Billy Ray Houston, has matured as well, which puts a damper on the heavy touring schedule they enjoyed back when they were first starting out. Ehman said 20 years ago they could go on the road and play shows whenever they wanted and that is not the case now with family responsibilities, but that doesn’t mean they have stopped completely or toned down their high energy shows.
To read more please see the December 16 print edition of The Davidson Leader.
Sabers fall short in comeback attempt
The Davidson Raiders senior girls basketball team’s 43-33 win over the Hanley Sabers at home last Wednesday never appeared to be in doubt during the first three quarters, but then the Sabers started showing their strong athleticism in the final minutes of the game.
Down 39-16 heading into the fourth the Sabers finally started breaking through the Raiders defence thanks to strong drives by point guard Megan Fairbairn to get the ball in close to the Davidson basket where forwards Jill Kroeger and Taylor Shpyth were waiting to drain a few shots. In those last 10 minutes Hanley put up more points than they did in the first 30, but just didn’t have enough time to complete the comeback.
“It was our first game of the season and we’ve had several practices already cancelled because of weather, so we’re pretty raw,” said Sabers coach Kelly Graham. “That’s about what I expected (is) to come out there and make some mistakes, but by the end of the game we were starting to learn and play together. As the game got going we got better. We lost, but I still feel pretty good about it.”
Both the Raiders (3-1) and Sabers (0-1) got off to a slow start in the game with each team firing bricks on their scoring opportunities during the opening minutes. The Raiders were the first team to wake up halfway through the first leaning on strong defensive play from guard Tina Stone who swatted a number of Hanley attempts and post Kim Baldwin who wasn’t afraid to put herself at risk by fighting hard defensively against the Sabers.
Leading 14-6 after one, the Sabers started making a charge, but Davidson matched them along the way bringing the score to 21-14 at the half. The third quarter is when the Raiders put the game away thanks to point guard Sydney Booker and her prowess moving the ball down the court and making plays and centre Cheyanne Nordmarken who made good on a number of shots staking the home side to a comfortable 39-16 lead.
“It was a really good practise game because we have been working on things like press and a couple of plays and we had a really good opportunity there to get to practise them,” said Raiders coach Karielle Willner. “That was excellent. It was really good for that. It’s always good to play Hanley because they have such raw excellent athletes. They are just going to give you a good game no matter what because they have such raw talent in terms of athleticism. It’s fun to play them.”
To read more please see the December 16 print edition of The Davidson Leader.