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Inside: Salute to Hanley Composite School and Loreburn Central School graduates.
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DAVIDSON—Craik RCMP have charged the driver of a Dodge pickup truck with proceeding before safe as a result of a Victoria Day motor vehicle collision at Davidson’s busiest highway intersection.
At about noon, Monday, May 21, Craik RCMP detachment were called to the intersection of Highway 11 and Enterprise Lane. A Dodge pickup truck that was turning east from the southbound lane of Highway 11 was struck by a Ford pickup truck that was heading north on Highway 11, said Const. Nathan Boyd of the Craik RCMP detachment.
A third vehicle, a small Chevrolet car, was also involved.
Boyd said the car was at the stop sign waiting to merge onto the highway when the Dodge pickup truck, due to the collision, spun around into the front corner of the Chevy. There was a family in the car including a toddler and a pregnant woman. No one in the car was injured.
Davidson Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) also responded to the collision. EMS transported the driver of the Dodge truck and the driver and passenger of the Ford truck to Davidson and District Health Centre were they were evaluated and released.
Firefighters assisted EMS with transferring patients to the ambulance and helped with traffic control, which was restricted to one lane.
Boyd said people need to be cautious when they are crossing the highway.
“People need to make sure they actually stop and look,” Boyd.
He said the traffic was moderately busy on the highway, but it wasn’t extremely busy. Nor was excessive speed a factor in the collision.
CRAIK—Members of the Craik’s RCMP detachment did their part to make Saskatchewan’s roads safer.
From May 15 to 21 RCMP members made more than 103 traffic stops and laid 32-traffic related charges within the Craik detachment area as part of Canada Road Safety Week campaign.
RCMP Const. Nathan Boyd said those 32 charges covered a wide range of violations including impaired driving as well as seatbelt, speeding, and cell phone use infractions.
The provincewide initiative had RCMP members focussed on impaired, distracted and aggressive driving, speeding and seatbelt use.
Saturday, May 19 there was a focus on impaired driving as part of National Impaired Driving Enforcement Day.
The extra attention and awareness may be having results.
Thursday, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) released statistics that showed a significant, 40 per cent reduction in the number of deaths caused by impaired driving in 2017. Preliminary data from SGI shows there were 39 deaths on Saskatchewan roads in 2017 from collisions involving alcohol or drugs and 340 injuries. Of those 39 fatalities, 34 were alcohol related and five were attributed to drugs.
From 2012 to 2016, Saskatchewan averaged 596 injuries and 57 deaths resulting from collisions involving alcohol and drugs.
Stolen Ram
Craik RCMP are looking for the people suspected of stealing a Dodge Ram in Humboldt in April.
At about 4 a.m., April 26, a bright red Dodge Ram 1500, with a wide chrome pinstripe on both sides, was stolen from the Humboldt.
Later that day, that truck and two Caucasian male occupants in their 20s were then reported to have tried to steal a licence plate from a vehicle in Davidson.
The truck then sped south of Davidson and turned off into Craik.
Craik RCMP report that on April 27, shortly after 5 a.m., a Stihl chainsaw with 16″ blade was stolen out a pickup truck parked at a yard office in Craik.
Police believe it to be the same vehicle, the bright red Dodge Ram and the occupants. One of the men was observed wearing a Crooks & Castles hooded sweatshirt. The driver was seen wearing a dark baseball cap.
If anyone has information about this or other crimes, they may contact the Craik RCMP at 306-734-5200 or Crimestoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
Travis and Trevor Remmen of Blaze Solar and Electric just finished installing this 52-panel grid-tied solar system at the Bladworth farm of Ian McCreary and Mary Smillie.
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BENDER – Marvin Bender of the Melville district, husband of Sherrine Bender passed away April 27, 2018 as a result of a motor vehicle mishap. He was 73 years of age.
Marvin Barrie Bender was born on March 6, 1945 on the family farm in the Loreburn District of Saskatchewan, the fourth of nine children born to Edward and Rose (nee Doelle) Bender. He grew up on the farm and attended Cherrygrove School in the district. He worked at an early age for his relatives and later went to Alberta working on Seismograph Crews.
Marvin married Sherrine Hodge on May 3, 1969 in the United Church in Carrot River. The couple moved to various places before they lived in the Stoughton District where they raised their two boys. In 1981 the family moved to the Melville District.
Marvin loved being with his grandchildren and travelling. He also had a love of Hummingbirds and enjoyed gardening and flowers.
Marvin was predeceased by his parents Edward and Rose, in-laws William and Jessie Hodge (nee Hagen), brother’s Harold, Dennis and Rodger, sister Marilyn and nephew Mark.
He is survived by his wife Sherrine, son Michael (Sharlene) and their children Christopher and Jessica; son, Laurie and his children Arden and Devin; brothers and sisters Eleanor, Ronald, Ronna and Valerie as well as many nieces, nephews, friends and relatives.
The funeral service was held on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Melville. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society, 2550 – 12th Ave. Regina, SK S4P 3X1
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com
Norman Callaway formerly of Davidson passed away May 13, 2018, in Saskatoon.
Norman Franklin Callaway was the eldest son of James and Bertha (Vandegrift) Callaway. He was born July 31, 1933, at Simpson, SK. Norm attended Maple Valley School located only one mile from the farm. He started farming in 1951 and also attended the University of Saskatchewan taking Vocational Agriculture.
Norman was a member of the Oddfellows Lodge in 1957, a charter member of the Kinsmen and K40, a volunteer firefighter, and served on a group committee of the Cubs and Scouts. Norm also earned his Private Pilot license in 1974.
Norman also enjoyed restoring old tractors of which he had numerous. Throughout many of his farming years, every July was his annual trek to Crosby, ND, home of the Divide County Threshing Bee. In earlier years, he attended with his brother Bud and friends, and later years with his grandsons Josh and Matt.
Norman met Velma Palmer in March 1957 and by November 1957 they were married in Davidson, SK. They farmed from Davidson from 1958 to 1966. In 1967 when Norm’s parents retired to town, Norm and Velma moved to the farm for the summers and back to town for the winter in a house that they had built in 1963. They continued to do this until 1978 when they built a new home on the original Callaway farm.
Along the way, Norm and Velma raised four children. Debra in 1958, Allan in 1960, Duane in 1962 and Michael in 1967. In 1980 they received the Family Farm Heritage Award for being the third generation of Callaway’s to continuously operate the family farm since 1907.
In 1999 Norm retired from active farming and in 2000 rented out the land but continued to live on the farm until August 2017 when he and Velma moved to Saskatoon.
Norm also enjoyed travelling with Velma. In January 1983 to celebrate 25 years of marriage, they travelled to Hawaii. They travelled twice to Australia in 1992 and 1997, staying in a farming area around Walgett, NSW.
In 1997 they travelled to Florida, touring around Cape Canaveral, Epcot and Disney World, (they may even have gotten Mickey Mouse’s autograph).
Norm will be greatly missed by his wife Velma of over 60 years and his children, Debra (Stuart), Allan (Lillian), Duane (Cindy) and Michael.
Grandchildren: Brandi (Chris) LaPointe, Nicole MacVicar (Sean), Kim MacVicar, Joshua, Matthew, MacKenzie (Jody) and Chantelle.
Great Grandchildren: Braydon, Austyn and Kaylie LaPointe.
He is also survived by his remaining siblings, Dorothy Hillestad and Morris “Bud” (Debby). He is predeceased by his sister, Myra McFie (Jim) and Dorothy’s husband Harold. He also leaves behind numerous nieces and nephews.
Hanson’s Funeral Home in care of arrangements.