Davidson, Sports

Cyclones crowned as East Central Hockey League champs

Members of the Davidson Peewee Cyclones celebrate their league championship win.

By Tara de Ryk

DAVIDSON—Davidson Peewee Cyclones last Wednesday won the East Central Hockey League championship with an 11-2 win over Wynyard 1 in the final and deciding game of the best of three games series.

The series was tied 1-1, after Davidson won Game 1 by a score of 9-2 in Davidson on March 15, but recorded a 9-5 loss in Wynyard on Monday, March 19.

After the first period in last Wednesday’s game, the Cyclones left little room for doubt over who’d win the game. The Cyclones dominated the game and had a 4-0 lead after the first period and held a 7-0 lead by the end of the second.

Wynyard used its man advantage early in the third period to score a powerplay goal. Davidson responded to score three more goals for a 10-1 lead. With 11:45 remaining, Wynyard scored on the powerplay, but that was all the outmatched team could do.

The Cyclones scored their final and 11th goal of the game for the 11-2 game and league championship win.

Hayden O’Brien led the Cyclones with four goals and an assist. Zack Prpick had two goals and three assists, Parker Ackland had two goals, Kale O’Brien and Mason Palmer each had one goal and an assist and Cameren Rudniski had one goal. Quayden Dean and Evhan Allan each had a pair of assists, and Carson Palmer, Aiden Pasher, Kaden Berry, Dylan Hryniuk and Morgan Tastad each had assists in the game

Davidson, Obituary

Winnifred (Winnie) Scott

June 19, 1919 – March 10, 2018

Winnie Scott passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018 at the Davidson Health Centre at the age of 98.

Winnie was born at the family farm between Craik and Aylesbury, Saskatchewan, the third child of Arthur and Fanny Boyce. She attended Foxbury School with her five other siblings until she graduated from Grade Twelve. She worked for a year as a hired girl and then went on to Normal School in Moose Jaw to get her teaching certificate. She taught school in several different places before and after she was married. One of her teaching positions was at Meryton School just east of Davidson. Here she met Ken Scott and they were married in 1943. Their first home was in the yard at the Scott family homestead. A couple of years later they moved to the Concord district remaining there raising a family of four children. In 1972 they quit farming and moved into Davidson where they had bought the pool hall.

Winnie was always a very active member of the community serving as secretary-treasurer of the Concord School board, the Trenton-Concord Ladies Aide, local farmers union, and teaching Sunday School at Maple Valley. When they moved to Davidson she became very active in the United Church singing in the choir and serving as lunch convener for several years. After moving into town she enjoyed travelling to England and several places in the United States. She enjoyed golfing, re-upholstering furniture, reading, camping, going to the lake and having coffee with a neighbour. She also did a lot of sewing for herself and family. She made quilts for some of her grandchildren doing the quilting by hand.

After Ken passed away in 1987 she became a active member of the Davidson Seniors serving as treasurer for awhile and spent many enjoyable hours there socializing, playing cards and participating in the clubs many activities.

In the fall of 2012 Winnie moved into the Davidson Health Centre where she was well cared for until the time of her passing.

She was predeceased by her husband George Kenneth Scott, an infant son Douglas David Scott; her parents Arthur and Fanny Boyce; sisters Hilda and Mary; brothers Geoff, Harold and Dave; brothers-in-law George Miller and Harlon Bowen; sisters-in-law Lillian, Adele, Gladys and Helen.

She is survived by sons Ron (Lynn), Dick Susan Amrud ) and Grant, one daughter Joan (Paul) Didur; as well as seven grand children and twelve great-grandchildren.

A Celebration of Winnie’s life was held on March 17, 2018 at the Davidson United Church, Reverend Mathias Ross officiating.

Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson was in care of arrangements. If you wish donations can be made in her memory to the Davidson United Church, the Davidson Senior Centre or the Davidson Health Centre.

Kenaston

Kenaston wins in motion Go Out & Play Challenge

They did it! Kenaston celebrates winning the $10,000 grand prize from the 2018 Go Out and Play Challenge. The community logged more than 419,650 minutes of physical activity during the 10-day Saskatchewan in motion community challenge, including a walk March 8 that ended with school children climbing this giant pile of snow.

KENASTON—That big dump of snow in early March and all the shovelling that resulted, came at an opportune time for the Village of Kenaston.

It provided the community with lots of extra minutes of physical activity for its citizens and its supporters to log in the Saskatchewan in motion 2018 Go Out and Play Challenge.

That snowfall turned into a windfall. It put them over the top and Kenaston won the $10,000 grand prize for logging more than 419,650 minutes of physical activity in the 10-day community challenge. Stockholm came in second place with 381,200 minutes to win the $5,000 prize.

Into its seventh year, the Go Out and Play Challenge is sponsored by Saskatchewan Blue Cross to get more kids, more active, more often outdoors. Towns, villages and cities across the province sign up, create activities to get people in the community moving and then remind them to log their minutes of activity during the challenge, which took place from March 1 to 10.

To encourage physical activity, Kenaston’s Community Recreation Board offered free fitness classes during the 10 days, they had a skating party and community and school walks to promote the challenge and get people active, says Elaina Guilmette, chair of Kenaston’s recreation board.

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Davidson

RCMP seek help to solve property crimes

DAVIDSON—Craik RCMP are seeking the public’s help to solve some property crimes that occurred in Davidson in February.

The first report concerns a break-and-enter and theft that took place sometime between Feb. 10 and 20. A residence on the 200 block of Ottawa Street was entered and a baby swing and a home theatre system with speakers were stolen.

The second incident happened sometime over night on Saturday, Feb. 24 and Sunday, Feb. 25 on the 200 block of Garfield Street.

RCMP report that an SUV that was parked legally on the road appears to have been struck by another vehicle. The damage to the rear hatch of the SUV caused the rear windshield to shatter.

Police ask that if anyone has information that will help with their investigation of these or other crimes to contact the Craik RCMP detachment at 734-5200 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477, text *8477 on SaskTel Mobility or submit a tip online at saskcrimestoppers.com where you can also view other unsolved crimes. Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers will pay up to $2,000 for information that leads to the arrest of any person responsible for this or any other serious crime. You do not have to give your name and calls are not traced or recorded.

Aylesbury, Obituary

Pratt

Cecil William Pratt, son of Bill and Jessie Pratt, born June 28, 1946, passed away due to a heart condition on March 5, 2018, at home in Aylesbury.

He was predeceased by his mother Jessie in 1973, his father Bill in 1989 and his sister Iris in 2015.

Left to mourn are his younger brother John and wife Albina, their sons Jasen, Nolan and Harlan and their wives and children, as well as Iris’s daughter Debbie and son Brad and their families, also numerous cousins.

Cremation has taken place; a private memorial service will be scheduled for the family. Remember Cecil with your own personal memories. Special thanks from the family to all who knew and helped Cecil and made him part of the community. Also, thank you to Hanson’s Funeral Home. Donations in his name, if you wish, to the Aylesbury Cemetery or Craik Library.

He was a wild Cowboy at heart!

Davidson

SGI drops non-productive call rate

Pictured is Davidson’s town hall.

DAVIDSON—Services provided at motor vehicle collisions by volunteer fire departments such as Davidson’s will now be better compensated.

SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance) recently announced it is dropping the non-productive call rate for time spent by fire departments responding to motor vehicle collisions on provincial highways.

As of March 1, fire departments will now be compensated at a rate of $913 per hour spent at a collision in 2018 instead of having their time spent at a call being classified at the lower, “non-productive call” rate of $549 per hour.

It’s good news for municipalities such as Davidson with a fire department that serves busy Highway 11. The change means the time spent by fire departments taking care of people in car wrecks or controlling traffic will be better compensated.

“This is going to make a big difference. It’s great that we kind of won one for a change, but we can’t give up the fight yet, but we’re a lot closer than we were,” Davidson’s community development officer Donna Bessey said.

She said according to a study conducted by fire departments last fall, $1,200 per hour is the number needed to break even, so they’re still about $300 short.

Davidson’s volunteer fire department responds to motor vehicle collisions and provides support throughout the area from north of Kenaston to Aylesbury on Highway 11, to Gardiner Dam to the west and Highway 2 to the east. Its costs are borne by the Town of Davidson and the local rural municipalities.

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The Davidson Leader, Davidson, Saskatchewan