August 14, 1989 – October 10, 2014
It is with heavy hearts the family of Danille Brooke Kerpan announces her passing on October 10, 2014 at the age of 25 years. In her time on earth Danille touched so many lives with her kindness, intelligence and internal beauty. Danille was wise beyond her years and was the first person many went to when they needed support or advice. Family and friends were Danille’s life and what she cared about the most. She was a gift that we were able to enjoy for a brief but wonderful time. Danille will forever be remembered and survived by her parents Allan and Melanie Kerpan; siblings Josh (Paula) and her ray of sunshine, cherished nephew Casey, Tyrel (Serene) and Stefanie Kerpan; loving partner Rylan Dezotell and his family Marvin, Marla and Raelene Dezotell; her Grandpa Paul Kerpan and numerous aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. She was predeceased by grandparents Earl and Elaine Kieper, Helen Kerpan and Uncle Ernie Janzen. A celebration of Danille’s life was held at 2:00 pm on Friday, October 17, 2014 at Kenaston Place, Kenaston SK. Donations wishing to be made in honour of Danille can be directed to “Donations – Danille Brooke Kerpan”, with proceeds to be distributed by the family or donations may be directed to a charity of your choice. It would take more than a few lines to explain Danille’s accomplishments and the affect she has had on our lives, so all we can say is how grateful we are to have had our angel on this earth. We will forever cherish the memories with our beautiful ‘Nille’. We love you. Hanson’s Funeral Home of Davidson was in care of arrangements.
Kenaston celebrates new playground
KENASTON—Kenaston School celebrated its new playground structure Oct. 3 with a ribbon cutting and dedication ceremony.
Dignitaries were on hand to officially open the structure that was constructed on the Labour Day weekend thanks to the efforts of many volunteers.
Oct. 3 also marked the dedication of Purves Field in honour of former Kenaston School primary teacher Linda Purves.
“It was very humbling and greatly appreciated,” Purves said of the School Community Council’s decision to name the field in her honour.
Purves taught at Kenaston School since 1980. During her tenure she headed the school’s recycling and environmental programs, leading the Blue Green Team. She harnessed the enthusiasm of elementary-aged students to promote recycling and at the same time collecting recyclables to raise money for school initiatives.
Purves retired from teaching in 2010. She said that year her Blue-Green Team did its final campaign, donating proceeds from recycling to the library.
Purves said at the time she’d asked then school principal Darren Gasper to designate any money left over in the account to go to elementary students because those were the students on the Blue-Green Team.
“It wasn’t until after I retired they talked about revamping the playground,” she said. “My vision became a reality.”
Local blood donors help boost Canada’s supply
DAVIDSON—Donors from Davidson and district did their part Oct. 1 at a Blood Donor Clinic to boost Canada’s blood supply.
Describing Canada’s blood inventory as critically low, on September 30 Canadian Blood Services appealed to all eligible donors to make a blood donation immediately. All blood donors were needed, in particular those with type O and A blood.
Canadian Blood Services Clinic in Davidson saw 106 people attend to donate blood with 87 units being collected. The turnout was better than organizers had expected, given the fact that many people in the area were still busy harvesting their crops.
This was up from the February clinic when 75 units were collected. There is room for improvement. The quota for the Davidson Clinic is 100 units of blood.
Public gets first peek at Davidson’s new swimming pool
DAVIDSON—Last Tuesday the public got its first look at Davidson’s new swimming pool.
Drawings and plans for the $1.5 million pool project were unveiled at the first in a series of three open houses being held to inform people about the pool and collect people’s input.
Attendance at the Oct. 7 open house was poor with four people turning out.
By not attending the community missed a chance to see its new pool. In coming up with a design, the committee attempted to meet the needs of every potential user of the pool from toddlers to teens, adults, older people and people with disabilities.
“I think it’s exciting and hopefully we’ll get people to future meetings. We want people to voice concerns and suggestions,” Davidson swimming pool steering committee member Brenna Siroski said.
The pool plan is for an El-shaped pool that has a surface area of 3,821 square feet. Depth ranges from a zero depth beach entry to 12 feet in the deep end. Included in the beach entry area are $10,000 worth of water features that are sure to appeal to toddlers and young children. The beach entry area, which starts at zero and gradually reaches a depth of 3 feet, narrows where it meets with a rectangular shaped junior Olympic 5-lane pool.
The plans include two diving boards. One will be 1 metre above the water surface and the other diving board will be 3m above the water.
That 3m diving board adds to the cost of the project because the depth of the deep end must be 12 feet to make it safe, whereas the 1-m diving board is safe at 9 feet.
“That extra 3 feet adds about $25,000 to the cost of the pool,” Trevor Ouellette, Davidson recreation director, said.
It is a worthwhile expense if it attracts more users to the pool, particularly high school age swimmers.
Pool committee member Jessica Foster said diving boards topped the wish lists in surveys completed by teenaged respondents.
A beach entry was another desired feature, according to responses to surveys the committee sent out to the community at large.
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Plan in works to fix Craik water
By Kevin Gilby
CRAIK – Town officials approved a fix-fee charge to determine the necessary actions required to resolve limitations in its water treatment plant. The plant has under-performed since its installation and the town has been under a boil water advisory since 2010.
The town had been in contact with Randy Schatz of Element Water Systems, a Regina-based company that specializes in water treatment systems.
During the last town council meeting, Oct. 7, members reviewed the results from interviewing his references from other communities. Results were very supportive of his experience and convinced the town to approve the $3,500 fee be awarded to produce a work plan to resolve the issues of the treatment system.
“We asked the three references and they were all very happy with his work, “ Mayor Rick Rogers said, adding, “One town in particular has the same plant as us, and the same problems as us, and he fixed it. So hopefully he can fix ours.”
Randy is expected to initiate his work within a week. His solution will be provided in about a month’s time.
New residential development coming to Dundurn
DUNDURN—Work is expected to start this month on the first-phase of a new 300-lot residential development in Dundurn.
Developers Ed Weening and Carman Dodman unveiled the plans for Sunshine Meadows at a meet-and-greet in Dundurn Sept. 30. Weening purchased 90 acres on the southeast edge of Dundurn a few years ago with the intent of creating a new development consisting of residential and mixed commercial.
Weening said the first phase of the development, which will see 102 residential lots varying in size from 50 feet and up, is scheduled to begin soon. The “solar friendly” subdivision will be serviced by City of Saskatoon water and the layout includes green spaces, walking paths and a water feature that will handle runoff water. Within the development 4.17 hectares has been designated for commercial use and another 6 acres has been deeded to the Town of Dundurn for future recreation facilities and new municipal offices.
Dodman, owner of DDD+ Construction, said the first part of construction is to build a berm around the area alongside Highway 11.
When complete, Sunshine Meadows has the potential to double the size of Dundurn and will be the town’s first residential development in more than 10 years.