DUNDURN—Ratepayers in the R.M. of Dundurn overwhelmingly voted “No” in a March 28 plebiscite on the question of building a multi-purpose community complex.
Results of the plebiscite were posted March 29 on the rural municipality’s website.
They were asked: “Do you support the construction of a multi-purpose community complex?” To this question the R.M. received 268 “No” responses.
To the question: “What is your preferred location in the R.M. – North End or Close to Town of Dundurn, 19 said the North End and 38 said Close to the Town of Dundurn.
There were 16 spoilt ballots.
The vote should give council some guidance concerning voters’ thoughts on the issue of building a multi-purpose community complex in the municipality. However, according to The Municipalities Act, a question put to voters in the form of a plebiscite does not bind council to the results.
The council of the R.M. of Dundurn’s next meeting is April 10.
Thieves broke the window int he door of KC Distributors in Kenaston during an early morning break and enter and theft March 26.
KENASTON—When Katie McDonald was woken by her telephone ringing at 3 a.m. Monday, March 26 she immediately knew something was wrong.
It was the alarm monitoring company alerting her that someone had tripped the security system at the gas station and convenience store, KC Distributors, she runs.
“I won’t tell you the exact words I said…but when you look at the phone and it says ADT, you know what’s happening,” McDonald said.
She immediately went to the service station at the corner of Front Street and Highway 15 in Kenaston to find thieves had broken into the store and stole two cabinets containing tobacco products.
McDonald said an RCMP officer arrived shortly after, at about 3:30 a.m.
The store’s surveillance cameras captured the break-in. One camera is pointed at the door and the video it recorded clearly shows how the break-in occurred. The video shows someone smashing the door’s glass window and then an arm reaching in to turn the lower door lock. The person’s arm wasn’t long enough to reach the lower lock, so another person with longer arms reached in and unlocked the door.
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With paint roller at the ready, Don Bessey of Roughcut Enterprises was busy working in the hall painting. Roughcut Enterprises also installed the ceiling grid for acoustic tiles.
BLADWORTH—Works is progressing on renovations to the Bladworth Hall.
Community volunteers and local contractors have been hard at work fixing up the interior and exterior of the community hall.
Most recently, Groute Construction installed new soffit and fascia and Edwards Cabinet Works put in a new door and new windows.
On the inside, Roughcut Enterprises was busy painting the interior walls and installing a ceiling grid for acoustic ceiling tiles.
Diakow Plumbing and Heating will be replacing the furnace, as well.
The Bladworth hall committee reports that donations received to date have covered all expenses associated with the interior work. If work proceeds as well as it has, they hope the inside will be done by April 14 for the Bladworth Elks Steak Fry.
Hunter Wall goes for two points, beating two Rocanville players.
DAVIDSON—The Davidson Raiders capped off a successful season with an appearance at the 2018 Provincial High School Basketball Championships in Prince Albert March 23 and 24.
The Raiders played the Middle Lake Three Lakes School Avengers in the semi-final game on Friday, March 23. The score was close at the half, with the Avengers leading 40-31. The Middle Lake team pulled away in the second half of the game as the Raiders struggled with making their baskets. The Avengers won the game 81-69 to advance to the gold medal game against Lake Lenore. Mark Rettger led the Raiders in the semi-final with 37 points.
Davidson played Rocanville for bronze Saturday morning. The score was close after the first quarter, but was 53-19 at the half in favour of Rocanville. The Raiders rallied to try and close the gap. The final score was 88-59 for Rocanville. Middle Lake defeated Lake Lenore 75-53 to win the gold.
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The Kenaston Kodiaks won silver in the 1A girls division at the 2018 Provincial High School Basketball Championships (Hoopla) in Prince Albert on March 24.
The Kodiaks beat the St. Brieux Crusaders in the Friday, March 23 semi-final game.
Rachael Matovich led the Kodiaks with 19 points in the come-from-behind win. Kenaston was trailing by a score of 14-20 at the half, but came back in the second half, outscoring the Crusaders by 10 points in the half to clinch a spot in the gold medal game, winning by a score of 44-40.
The Kodiaks met Middle Lake’s Three Lakes School Avengers in the Saturday, March 25 final game.
For much of the game, the score was close with Kenaston leading for most of it.
Kenaston had an 11-9 lead at the end of the first quarter and led 28-23 at the half.
The score was tied 35-35 at the start of the fourth quarter. Early in the fourth, Kenaston’s Eve Matovich was injured by a Middle Lake player and had to spend the remainder of the game on the Kodiaks’ bench.
This seemed to be a momentum changer in the game as Middle Lake took advantage of Eve’s absence on the court to make a push and win the game by a score of 60-43.
Again, Rachael Matovich was the leading scorer for the Kodiaks with 15 points.
The two schools have a rivalry at Hoopla these past five years Kenaston won gold in 2017 and Middle Lake won silver. Middle Lake won the championship in 2016, 2015 and 2014 with Kenaston winning silver in 2015 and 2014. Kenaston won gold in 2013 with Middle Lake winning silver.
In the bronze medal game, St. Brieux defeated the Gladmar Falcons 55-42
It’s farrowing time at Cobblestone Farm. Joanna Shepherd offers Pickle, a purebred Berkshire pig, offers Pickle something to eat as her four, three-week-old piglets follow her around.
By Tara de Ryk
DAVIDSON—Of all the pigs roaming the land at Cobblestone Farm, Joanna Shepherd admits to having a favourite.
A purebred Berkshire sow named Pickle is closest to her heart.
“She’s just a really good mom,” Joanna says as the object of her affection tends to her three-week-old piglets. They are asleep on a bed of straw, soaking up the sun on the first day spring.
The pigs have free-range at Cobblestone Farm, although during farrowing season, as it is now, the sows and their piglets’ room to roam is somewhat curtailed to fenced-in corrals in the farmyard so Joanna can keep an eye on things.
Most of the sows and the registered Berkshire pigs have names. Joanna points to one sow. “She’s Bonnie—on a good day.” Joanna says, adding, “She’s not super duper smart.”
They have Gertie, a registered Berkshire who had that name when the Shepherds acquired her. Another one is called Punky because it came with three rings in her nose. Somewhere on the farm a sow named Pitter Patter is wandering around. Joanna says she named her that because when she was born, it was very cold outside and her mother laid on her so Joanna took the piglet off her and bottle fed her in the house. She called her Pitter Patter for the sound the tiny piglet’s hooves made while wondering around the house.
And then there’s Pancake, thus named a couple of years ago after she was found laying under a hay bale that had fallen on her.
Joanna figures she was under the bale for two days until they realized what had happened.
“Pigs have a will to live. They’re a lot better than sheep. Sheep have a will to die,” she says.
She was raised on a family sheep and cattle farm in England, so she has a lifetime of experience on which to base this opinion.
Pancake is due to farrow soon. Joanna checks to see if her milk has come in. It’s not there yet, so Joanna won’t be straying too far from Cobblestone Farm.
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