A Memorial Service was held for Terry on
March 30, 2019 at Kenaston Place.
Terry was born on March 4, 1960 and passed
away peacefully with his family and mother at his bedside in the General
Hospital in Regina on January 29, 2019. He courageously battled cancer for five
years enduring the pain with faith in God and a positive attitude.
Terry was trained as a plumber and had his
own company. He was talented and had expertise in electrical, mechanical and
roofing work.
Terry was a member of the World Cancer
Organization and was an inspiration to many cancer patients in other countries.
He trusted in his Lord and was always
grateful for every day. His positive attitude always saw the best in everyone.
He was predeceased by his dad, Steve, baby
sister Diane and grandson Quinton, his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins.
Left to cherish his memory are wife, Gwen,
three sons Terry (Michelle) and family, Kyle (Taylor), Ian (Christine) and
family, two stepsons, mother Verna, who really misses him, sister Nola (Bob),
niece Cheryl, nephew Merle, aunt Stella and many cousins and friends.
Verna thanks Rev. Gregg
Rustulka, all those who participated in the service, the women and men on cleanup
as well as everyone who attended this special day.
Ashley was born in Regina on April 15, 1988
on her father Cliff’s 33rd birthday “the best gift ever.”
Ashley enjoyed her childhood growing up
with her three brothers on Stillwater Farm near Aylesbury, Sask. She loved
animals especially her kittens. There was rarely a photo taken without a kitty
in her arms. Ashley loved spending time with her great-uncles Ken and Robert
Leslie and her grandparents Myrna and Martin Luther at Riskan Hope Farm and
also her grandparents Reg and Alice in Moose Jaw. She attended Craik School for
her elementary years, growing up in such a loving community was truly a
blessing that made Ashley the caring person that she was. She continued her
education at Luther College High School where she enjoyed drama, cheerleading
and was an accomplished swimmer, lifeguarding and instructing at Craik Regional
Park in the summer. Ashley moved to Vancouver where she became a flight
attendant for Sunwing travelling to many exotic destinations while also
waitressing at Lucy’s Diner. There she met the love of her life Felix Heide
from Germany. Ashley’s time at the ‘50s style diner sparked her interest in
pinup modeling and she adopted her pinup name Elly Mayday inspired by a
combination of the Beverly Hillbillies T.V. character Elly May Clampett and a
nod to her aviation career.
At age 25 Ashley was diagnosed with ovarian
cancer. Rather than let this news dull her light, she decided it was her time
to shine. Ashley was a pioneer modeling with her scars. It was the raw
unflinching honesty of these photos that sent them racing virally around the
world. Ashley was suddenly thrust into the limelight as an international role
model setting the gold standard for body positivity, inspiring women of all
ages to love themselves just the way they are. Ashley’s professional modeling
career took off and she was signed in NYC, Miami and London U.K. landing the
biggest contract of her career with Lane Bryant. Her photos appeared in Times
Square, on buses, subways and billboards across the country. Ashley continued
to raise awareness. She travelled to Australia and worked with ovarian cancer
research and Women’s Weekly and the Ladyballs campaign. She had numerous modeling
and speaking engagements across Canada. She received the Virginia Greene
achievement award in 2017 honouring her life’s work.
Ashley leaves to celebrate her life and
continue her legacy, her parents Deb and Cliff; brothers Dallas (Audrey),
Dustin and Clinton; Felix Heide and family in Germany; grandmother Alice;
numerous aunts and uncles and cousins.
The family would like
you to join them in a celebration of Ashley’s life at Aylesbury Hall on
Saturday, April 27 at 2 p.m.
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Leland Millham uses a diagnostic scanner on a pickup truck that’s being repaired at Legend Autobody in Davidson. Legend Autobody and other small collision repair shops are worried about the sustainability of their enterprises once changes SGI is making to the accredited repairer program take effect April 2020.
DAVIDSON—Small, mom and pop collision
repair shops fear that new requirements for autobody shops to keep their SGI
(Saskatchewan Government Insurance) accreditation will force them out of
business.
SGI recently announced that it intends to
introduce new equipment and training requirements that autobody repair shops
must meet in order to retain their SGI accreditation.
SGI says the changes are needed due to how
new vehicles are made. New vehicles have significant advancements in vehicle
construction and driver safety technologies that require new tools, equipment
and training to ensure the vehicles are repaired safely to the manufacturer’s
standards.
SGI collision repair work is the main
source of revenue for autobody shops.
“I feel this is going to close down a lot of smaller shops. I don’t know who is going to be left after this sweep,” Barry Millham said last Wednesday.
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It is with deep sorrow that the family of Ronald
Hamre, age 92, announces his passing on Friday, March 29, 2019 at the Meadows,
Swift Current, SK. Ronald Clare Hamre was born on December 28, 1926 in Hanley,
SK — the third son of Tandrup & Marie Hamre. Ron married Wynona Adams on
August 4, 1949 and they lived in Kenaston, SK and Swift Current. Ron spent much
of his early working career working in his parent’s Red and White Store in
Kenaston. Ron held a Journeyman Electrician Certificate and was involved with
rural electrification around Kenaston. He also operated a TV and radio repair
business. Ron was very involved in the community, serving on the Kenaston
School Board for many years, and for nine years on the Davidson School Unit
board — two of those as the Chair. Ron was a Boy Scout Leader for many years
and was proud to help several young men become Queen Scouts. He was a Mason and
member of the Order of the Eastern Star, and was a past Master of both. In
1969, Ron went to University and he was awarded a Bachelor of Education with
Distinction in 1975. He and the family moved to Swift Current in 1971 and Ron
taught Electronics, Electricity, Machine Shop, and Math at the Swift Current
Comprehensive High School. He also established a Photography Club and a Ham
Radio Club at the high school. Ron retired from teaching in 1990 and was able
to spend more time pursuing his hobbies — Big Band music, amateur radio,
camping, photography, gardening, stained glass, and model boat building.
Special thanks to the caregivers at the Meadows for many years of excellent
care provided to Ron. Ronald was predeceased by his parents, Tandrup &
Marie Hamre; his brother and sister-in-law, Glenn and Dorothy Hamre; his
sister-in-law, Muriel Hamre; and by his brother-in-law, Jim Adams. Ron will be
lovingly remembered by his wife of 69 years, Wynona Hamre (nee Adams); his
children, Kathryn (Evanna Simpson) Hamre (Regina, SK), Nancy Kirk (Climax, SK),
Lyle (Chris) Hamre (Fredericton, NB), and Alynne Hamre (Swift Current, SK); his
grandchildren, Blair (Stacy) Wasmann, Jori (Emma) Kirk, Logan (Kayla) Kirk,
Rhett Kirk, Kate Hamre, and Spencer Hamre; his great-grandchildren, Elizabeth
and Aidan Wasmann, and Jaxon and Cooper Kirk; his brothers, Vance Hamre and Keith
(Ethel) Hamre; and by many nieces and nephews. The Funeral Service for Ronald
Hamre was held on Wednesday, April 3, 2019 at 2:00 pm from the Swift Current
Funeral Home Chapel, Swift Current, SK with Rev. Eleanor Rockabar officiating.
“Just a Closer Walk with Thee” was sung by the congregation, with Mary
Henderson serving as song leader and pianist. The eulogy was given by Jori
Kirk. Ronald’s grandchildren, Blair Wasmann, Jori Kirk, Logan Kirk, Rhett Kirk,
Kate Hamre, and Spencer Hamre served as Honorary Pallbearers. A Private
Interment Service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers and in
memory of Ronald Hamre, donations made to the Alzheimer’s Society and the
Meadows Auxiliary would be appreciated by the family. Funeral arrangements were
in care of Swift Current Funeral Home, Swift Current, SK. For further
information, or to leave a personal message of condolence on the family’s
obituary page, please go to swiftcurrentfuneralhome.com
Meet one of the newest editions to the herd at Read Farms. This cute little guy served as th emodel for our three-headed calf that was the star of our April Fool’s Day prank.
DAVIDSON—To quote Gordon Willner’s daughter
Jessica Foster’s comment about the three-headed calf story: “No
three-headed calves were harmed in this joke”.
A practical joke or an April Fool’s day
prank isn’t born overnight. It takes a bit of thought and planning to pull it
off.
In the case of the three-headed calf story
that appeared on the front page of the April 1 edition of The Davidson Leader, this three-headed calf was born 20 years ago.
In 1999 I visited the Wilson Museum in
Dundurn, where a stuffed two-headed calf that had been born in the area was on
display. I found it fascinating and a freaky thing to look at.
The year before, I worked at a newspaper in
Cold Lake, Alta. April 1, 1998 happened to occur on our publication day, so we
played a joke that our offices had been flooded by spring runoff. Thanks to the
magic of Photoshop, we created convincing images of water that was a metre deep
threatening the computers. We even had coffee cups and rubber ducks bobbing in
the floodwater. We included a story about how we persevered through this
natural disaster to bring people the April 1, 1998 edition of their paper.
Despite the fact our offices were located
on higher ground and the land around was bone dry, people fell for it, hook,
line and sinker.
After seeing that two-headed calf in Dundurn,
I decided if I ever got another chance I would do an April Fool’s Day joke
using a three-headed calf.
The first opportunity was April 1, 2002,
however, I didn’t own The Davidson Leader
at the time and I was on a maternity leave with my first child.
The next time that April Fool’s Day was on
a Monday, which is our publication day, was April 1, 2013. I started to make a
plan, and then realized April Fool’s Day was also Easter Monday and we would be
unable to distribute the paper until April 2.
After that, I hadn’t given it much thought
until I realized in February of this year that April 1 landed on a Monday.
The calf was born March 24, the day I wrote
the story, but the pump of believability was primed, so to speak, with the news
that a cow near Leross, Saskatchewan had given birth to quadruplets in late
March.
The story was easy to write. After a
straightforward start, about a quarter of the way through, the reader was
introduced to Dr. April Fool AKA Olaf Lipro. He is a reoccurring character in
my April Fool’s Day pranks. Last April Fool’s Day he was a bylaw nuisance
officer employed in the Inspections and Investigations Department of the City
of Saskatoon. On April 1 last year, my husband received a letter from Inspector
Lipro requiring him to obtain a backyard skating rink permit due to complaints
that his skating rink was deemed an eyesore and failed to comply with City’s
backyard rink regulations. The aftermath of that letter was fun to watch….he
even filled out the City’s online forms to obtain a building permit so he could
bring his rink into compliance.
…Back to the three-headed calf, the
pug/Rottweiler pups was the second clue that something about this story was a
bit fishy as was the detail the young vet had to consult his textbook while
performing his first C-section on the cow.
After doing a bit of research on the
website wikiHow regarding how to perform a C-section on a cow, the story took
off from there.
I saved the reference to the fictional Newt
Scamander for last, hoping it would tip off many readers to the fact it was a
joke.
I let my children read a draft of the
story. They immediately wanted to come out to the Willner Farm to see it, even
my16-year-old daughter believed it. This was a bit disappointing because we had
watched the Newt Scamander character in the movie Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them a few days before.
The story needed to be more preposterous,
so I added the bit about using straws from Tim Hortons and Twisted Sisters to
suck out amniotic fluid. We double-checked on Friday prior to publication that
Twisted Sisters was still closed for the season. Imagine my dismay on Monday
when I saw on social media that the Chamberlain eatery had opened for the
season April 1.
The key to the story was the fantastic
Photoshop skills of Leanne Read, who had taken a picture of the calf that was
born on her and Troy’s family farm. She even fooled her mother in-law. But we
couldn’t have pulled it off without the consent of a well-respected farmer.
Thank you Gord Willner.
So folks, now you know the rest of the
story…
To all the people who believed there was
indeed a three-headed calf born, I hope you are able to chuckle about it and
not be too sore about being fooled.
It happens to me every April Fool’s Day
too, just ask my husband who’s burned me quite a few times.
Readers are safe from these hijinks for the
foreseeable future.
The next time April 1 lands on a Monday is
in 2024, but this is also an Easter Monday.
Rest assured that you may continue to trust
The Davidson Leader as a reliable source
of local news. We appreciate your support.
As a point of interest…this
spring, local shed hunters have been finding spiral shaped horns northeast of
Davidson and Kenaston. This coincides with reports of sightings in the Allan
Hills east of Hanley of a wild horse with a horn protruding from its head…you
may read more about it on April 1, 2030.
