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DOUGLAS PROVINCIAL PARK—Wayne Willner is living proof that it pays to be kind to people.
The friendly hospitality Wayne and his wife Anne have bestowed over the years has made them people whom others want to be around.
After all, you never know when you’ll need a few people nearby to save your life.
The lifesaving actions of those around them the night of May 19, when Wayne went into sudden cardiac arrest, were recognized last Wednesday.
The Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program and Saskatchewan Parks, Recreation and Culture held an event at Douglas Provincial Park to recognize Eric Packet, Alissa Forman, Jill Rettger, Josh Dolinski, Elbow volunteer First Responders Mark Janke and Dale Hundeby and the EMS crew from Central Butte who assisted in getting Wayne to hospital by STARS Air Ambulance.
They all helped Wayne beat the odds.
In Canada, the odds of surviving an out of hospital cardiac arrest is 5 per cent, said Amber Gorman, co-ordinator for the PAD program in Regina.
It’s her job to help businesses and organizations become automated external defibrillator (AED) sites. She knows they are crucial in helping people who experience a sudden loss of heart function.
“If you can start chest compressions on someone who goes into cardiac arrest immediately it increases chances of surviving by 30 per cent. If you can get an AED on somebody within two to five minutes, it increases chances of surviving by 80 per cent,” she said. “If you do nothing for 10 minutes, chances of surviving go down 10 per cent every minute. There is a less than two per cent chance of surviving after 10 minutes.”
Elbow First Responders Dale Hundeby and Mark Janke know the importance of bystanders getting involved.
“The CPR they were doing before we got here was the critical difference,” Hundeby said.
“To be there on the spot made all the difference in the world,” Janke agreed.
Hundeby recalled the words of an instructor during a first responder training session that could help people overcome fear or reluctance when it comes to performing chest compressions and using an AED.
“You can’t do anything wrong if they’re already dead. You can’t get any worse than dead,” Hundeby said.
That’s where Wayne was headed shortly after 10:30 p.m., May 19 when Anne discovered him unconscious in the backyard of the Store by the Shore.
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Gord McRae recently brought this picture into The Leader office. The photo is from the collection of Joe Schmit. Gord figures it was taken in about 1969 due to Highway 11 being a single lane. The place has changed much since the days when it had five elevators and skating and curling rinks. If you have any old pictures you’d like to share with our readers, please send them in. Drop them off at the office and we’ll scan them on the spot or email them to: davidsonleader@sasktel.net
Violet Patricia Barna passed away peacefully on August 15, 2018 in Saskatoon. She is survived by her husband Zoltan, son Steven (Leslie), daughter Debra, grandchildren; Dustin, Jason, Bryce (Emily) Chantel, Shawn, and Alysha. Great-grandchildren: Tristan, Eliza, Natayah and Clara. Sisters: Marlene and Iris. As per her wishes there will be no service.
August 10, 1930 – August 6, 2018
June Webster (nee Roney) of Imperial, SK passed away peacefully at the Long Lake Valley Integrated facility in Imperial, SK at the age of 87. She was born on the family farm to Joseph and Phoebe Roney, and was the youngest of five children. June grew up on the family farm west of Imperial where she attended Rolling Ridge School and then Imperial High School. She often talked about the two-mile walk, sleigh ride or horseback ride to school with siblings, neighbours and friends.
After high school she moved to the big city of Regina and worked at Sears. She returned to Imperial to work at Shore’s General Store. During that period she met her future husband Don Webster. On their first dates they would often go to town on Saturday night for a coke and a Cuban lunch chocolate bar. They were married October 20,1953 and they made their home on the Webster family farm east of Imperial.
In 1955 they had a son Darwin and eight years later adopted a daughter Gloria. Don and June farmed until the early seventies and then the family moved to the town of Imperial. June worked at Shore’s General Store and Hill’s Meat Market until her retirement. June and Don enjoyed traveling all across Canada. They loved visiting family and friends in B.C., Ontario and Prince Edward Island. In the summers they would often go camping, fishing and golfing. In the winters their time was spent at the rink enjoying curling and watching the Imperial Sabres hockey team. When the Brier and the Scott Tournament of Hearts began you could find June watching every game. June enjoyed playing ball when she was younger and was a Toronto Blue Jays fan right up until her passing. June enjoyed the regular coffee and card dates with her friends. Her children remember her for her apple pie, her pretty aprons and always having the coffee on for anyone who stopped by. Her grandchildren remember her for the bike rides and walks around town, revels in the freezer, her garden, teaching them how to knit, her baking and her love for card games. Grandma Hoot Owl will be missed.
June is lovingly remembered by her son Darwin (Elaine) and their children Pamela (Matt), Melanie and Blair, and her daughter Gloria (Reinhard) and her children Jeremy (Stephanie), Megan (Shawn) along with her great-grandchildren Sean, Alissa, Brody and Oliver. She is survived by her brother-in-law Ken and sister-in-laws Gladys Webster, Eva and Norma Roney. June was predeceased by her husband Donald (2006), her parents Joseph and Phoebe, her siblings Lawrence, Ross, Dale, Louise (Jim), brothers- and sisters-in-law Lorne and Dorothy, Helen and Kelly, Wilbur and Lois.
Memorial donations may be made to the Imperial Hospital Auxiliary in Imperial, Saskatchewan. A Memorial Service was held in Imperial Community Centre, Imperial, SK on Saturday, August 18, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. Raymond Purdie officiating. The Urnbearer was Jeremy Nimchuk. Register Attendants were Elaine Joa and Irma Capelle. The eulogy was given by Gloria Bachmeier. The pianist Sharon Crittenden was accompanied by the Imperial Community Choir. A Private Family Interment followed in Imperial Cemetery. For online condolences, tributes or to make a donation in her memory please visit http://www.fotheringham-mcdougall.com
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