Category Archives: Davidson

Davidson, Loreburn, Sports

Aztecs meet Raiders in junior basketball play

Davidson’s Nathan Chomyshen dribbles the ball with Loreburn’s Brennan Graham at his side.
Davidson’s Nathan Chomyshen dribbles the ball with Loreburn’s Brennan Graham at his side.

DAVIDSON — Junior teams from Loreburn visited Davidson School to take on both the boys and girls teams in basketball action on Tuesday.

The girls played first, with the visiting Aztecs holding a slight 18-13 lead at the halfway point and going on to claim a 32-18 win.

Baylee Batza led the scoring for Loreburn with 14 points, followed by Alyssa Glubis with eight points. Jordyn Dorward and Nicole Yakimoski also scored.

Tolu Arowolo was the top scorer for Davidson with eight points, including a three-point shot. Also scoring were McKenna Doell, Halle Herback, Leila McDonnell and Courtney Payne.

Next up, the boys’ teams faced off. Davidson led 19-12 at the end of the second quarter and eventually won with a score of 57-29.

Gabe Charette led the scoring for the Raiders with 12 points, while Deiondre Boychuk had 11 points and Riley Berry scored 10.

Jackson Norrish was the top scorer for the Aztecs with 18 points, while Dylan Glubis, Brennan Graham, Lance Hefervez and Emmitt Hundeby also scored.

For the full story and more photos, please see the Dec. 12 edition of The Davidson Leader or call 306-567-2047 to subscribe today.

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Enchantment under the sea

A group of four pirates — Tyce Farden, Jaxon Wightman, Finn Low and Reece Johnson — sets sail during the elementary drama club play “The Little Mermaid,” presented at Davidson School on Nov. 25.
A group of four pirates — Tyce Farden, Jaxon Wightman, Finn Low and Reece Johnson — sets sail during the elementary drama club play “The Little Mermaid,” presented at Davidson School on Nov. 25.

By Joel van der Veen

DAVIDSON — For an actor just a few months into his Grade 6 year, Aiden Pasher is proving to have quite a wide range.

In May, when Davidson School hosted the Missoula Children’s Theatre and presented The Jungle Book, Aiden played a young buck, one of the animals preyed upon by the villainous Shere Khan.

Last weekend, in The Little Mermaid, he had a rather more dignified role — King Neptune, ruler of the sea.

Pasher said memorizing the lines and rehearsing adds up to a lot of work, but it’s worth the effort.

“You get to show your passion and who you really are,” he said. “You get to express your feelings, put your heart out there.”

An audience of 200 gathered in the Davidson School gym on Nov. 25 for the elementary drama club production, which was more than two months in the making.

About 45 students between grades 3 and 6 were involved, including the actors and crew.

Arlene Low, who directed the show along with Crystal Johnson, Correne Pedersen and Cassandra Delorme, said it was the largest cast she has directed.

The production got underway in mid-September, with parts given to all interested students. Many parts were shared by multiple actors, allowing more kids to participate.

For the full story and photos, please see the Dec. 5 edition of The Davidson Leader or call 306-567-2047 to subscribe today.

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Panther breaks new ground, loading lentils for area buyer

Employees at Panther Industries loaded the company's first railcar of lentils for Saskatoon-based Alawa Foods on Nov. 15.
Employees at Panther Industries loaded the company’s first railcar of lentils for Saskatoon-based Alawa Foods on Nov. 15.

By Joel van der Veen

DAVIDSON — Panther Industries is breaking into new territory, thanks to a partnership with Saskatoon-based Alawa Foods.

Staff at the company’s Davidson plant loaded their first railcar of locally-grown lentils for Alawa on Nov. 15.

General manager Clayton Schneider said Panther was looking to expand beyond its current offerings, which include distribution for the oil and gas industries, custom packaging and manufacturing of wooden pallets.

“We were just looking at different ways of diversifying,” he said.

The plant is outfitted with a transloading station that can move goods from truck to rail or vice versa.

Several months ago, Schneider began discussions with Alawa Foods CEO Heidi Dutton Weber about using Panther as a transload station.

Alawa has been in operation for roughly a year and a half. Company officials were interested in doing business with local producers, but needed a location to transfer crops into railcars.

Dutton Weber, a 15-year veteran of the pulses industry, said the company saw room for more competition in the area. Their current focus is on red lentils.

Alawa is currently constructing a 30,000 square-foot pulse processing facility at Vanscoy, with plans to begin operations there by the fall of 2017.

Feedback from producers has been positive since the first railcars went out from Panther, and Dutton Weber said they’re open to talking to others.

“We’re ready to engage other producers in the area,” she said. “Our hope is to give them another choice to help market their grain.”

For the full story, please see the Dec. 5 edition of The Davidson Leader or call 306-567-2047 to subscribe today.

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Sr. boys and girls host LCBI to begin basketball season

Davidson’s Elena Nykiforuk attempts to stop LCBI’s Maia Jorgensen during a senior girls basketball game on Wednesday.
Davidson’s Elena Nykiforuk attempts to stop LCBI’s Maia Jorgensen during a senior girls basketball game on Wednesday.

DAVIDSON — Basketball season began Wednesday at Davidson School as both the senior boys and girls hosted teams from Outlook’s Lutheran Collegiate Bible Institute (LCBI).

The senior boys easily triumphed over the LCBI Bisons. The Raiders led 39-21 at the end of the second quarter and finished with a score of 85-45.

Andrew Read was the high scorer for Davidson with 26 points, also racking up 17 rebounds and five assists.

Parker Smith scored 16 points and Mark Rettger, who recently returned to Davidson, added 13 points to the tally. These included a successful three-point shot for both players.

The senior girls began the afternoon with a tight game against the Lady Bisons.

The Raiders led 21-20 at the halfway point, but LCBI pulled ahead and maintained a slim lead for most of the second half, winning 40-37.

Two players from Loreburn led the scoring for the Raiders. Merkayle Lakinger scored 12 points, while Tori Rendall had six points.

For the full story and more photos, please see the Dec. 5 edition of The Davidson Leader or call 306-567-2047 to subscribe today.

 

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A Grey Cup to call their own

Cliff (51, left) and Wayne Shaw (50) pose with their father Edwin "Mud" Shaw after winning the Grey Cup with the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Vancouver's Empire Stadium on Nov. 26, 1966.
Cliff (51, left) and Wayne Shaw (50) pose with their father Edwin “Mud” Shaw after winning the Grey Cup with the Saskatchewan Roughriders at Vancouver’s Empire Stadium on Nov. 26, 1966.

By Joel van der Veen

BLADWORTH — Being a Roughrider fan in the 1960s was, in the words of Ron Bessey, “basically the way it is now — wild and woolly.”

Five decades into its existence, the team had yet to bring home the Grey Cup, even after reaching the championship eight times.

They’d ended the 1959 season with a 1-15 record, still the worst in the team’s history. After that, there was nowhere to go but up.

The Riders steadily improved through the decade, and the 1966 season was their best in many years — a 9-6-1 record, and a win over Winnipeg in western conference finals.

As they made their way to Vancouver for the Grey Cup final in November, the team knew they were still fighting an uphill battle.

“We were the underdogs,” said outside linebacker Wayne Shaw.

Indeed, the Ottawa Rough Riders were so heavily favoured to win that the TV networks had set up cameras in Ottawa’s dressing room on Saturday afternoon.

But the banner headline on Monday’s Leader-Post told the story: WEST RIDERS BEST.

Saskatchewan had its first Grey Cup with a 29-14 win over Ottawa.

Roughrider history was made on Nov. 26, 1966, and two boys from Bladworth — Wayne and his brother Cliff — were part of it.

For the full story, please see the Nov. 28 edition of The Davidson Leader or call 306-567-2047 to subscribe today.

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Co-op gets permit for Davidson liquor store

Davidson's current liquor store is pictured.
Davidson’s current liquor store is pictured.

By Joel van der Veen

DAVIDSON — Local shoppers will be looking for liquor in a new place come next year.

The province announced Wednesday that Riverbend Co-op was awarded the permit to operate a new private liquor retail outlet in Davidson.

Riverbend plans to integrate the liquor retail into the Home and Agro centre on Railway Street in Davidson, in what they dubbed a “store within a store.”

The existing public store, located on Washington Avenue and in operation since 1960, will close once Riverbend’s outlet is up and running — expected by the summer of 2017.

The Co-op building has recently been updated on the outside with fresh siding and signage. Interior renovations are planned over the next few months.

Space on the store’s retail floor will be designated for liquor. The company plans to build a 500 square-foot walk-in cooler, allowing customers to purchase chilled products.

Riverbend general manager Greg Sarvis said the company was thrilled to receive the opportunity in Davidson, noting Co-op’s long history in the community.

He said Friday the company is finalizing its plan for the space, so a formal timeframe isn’t ready yet.

“We’ve got the end vision in mind of where we want to go,” he said. “Our hope is that this summer, we’re ready to go.”

 

For the full story, please see the Nov. 28 edition of The Davidson Leader or call 306-567-2047 to subscribe today.