The Lions held a regional cavalcade in Craik June 9 in conjunction with the Ride for Dog Guide. Motorcyclists cruised to and through Craik to raise money for the Dog Guide program. Craik and District Lions Club hosted the Lions Cavalcade, which cycles through various communities; this was the first time in a long time the event was held in Craik. Funds raised go towards diabetes awareness and research.
Craik and District Lions club past-president Katie Ball found herself on the inside looking out. She was arrested last Friday for “going postal”. (She works at the local post office.) While in the lockup she racked up more charges, including one for kidnapping Holly Vibert, who was also charged with “being too cute”. It was all in good fun though, part of the Lions Club’s Jail & Bail event June 8 to raise money for the Dog Guides program.
(Leader photo by Kevin Gilby)
CRAIK—A positive change in culture is underway at Craik School.
The proof: nearly perfect attendance at last Tuesday’s gymblast event.
For an action-packed two hours, students from grades six to 12 played a series of fast-paced, silly games.
Principal Charla Edwards said only three students failed to attend the gymblast. One of the absentees was taking their driver’s test.
From the first minute, it was full-speed ahead.
“No one can be good at this,” Edwards said as she watched students playing a variety of games with such names as beach-butt relay.
“Everyone has to work together and everyone is.”
Students were all active, excited and smiling as they worked together to generate as many points as possible for their teams.
More importantly, for the staff at Craik School, the students were engaged, which was the point of the whole event.
“Kids who don’t usually smile are smiling. I’m just loving watching them,” Edwards said.
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DAVIDSON—Come September Emily Jones and Jacob Heinrich will have the best answer to the perennial question: “What did you do on summer vacation?”
If all goes according to plan, by the end of August, they will have earned their wings.
Last Tuesday, the two received their power pilot scholarships at 40 Snowbird Royal Canadian Air Cadet Squadron’s annual review.
They are among seven cadets, selected from a group of 25 applicants in Saskatchewan, to receive the prestigious award valued at $9,200 to $10,000. The application process including passing a Canadian Forces qualifying exam as well as an interview and they had to write an essay. Emily and Jacob had to demonstrate they were motivated and have a sincere interest in learning to fly and that the are prepared to commit to the demanding study time required to become a pilot.
The scholarship covers the cost of the seven-week flight-training course. All the cadets have to pay is $160 for the Transport Canada examination fee and the pilot licence application fee.
If they successfully complete the training Jacob and Emily will be able to fly a single-engine aircraft such as a Cessna 152.
“I’m very excited. It gives me butterflies,” Jacob says.
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CRAIK—The music will continue to play at Craik Health Centre.
Last Tuesday, Craik Farmers Market presented the health centre with an electronic piano it purchased with proceeds from the market.
Farmers market committee member Pauline Dixon said they made the piano donation in memory of Adele Boyce.
Music was very important to Boyce, who passed away in November 2016 at the age of 89. Originally a pianist, Boyce took up the organ in the 1970s because Craik United Church was in need of an organist.
In 2008, at the age of 81, she started playing organ at the Penzance United Church too.
Boyce also played piano and organ at many funerals and community events and gatherings.
In addition to playing music, Boyce also supported having instruments within the community. Dixon said Boyce provided pianos to some of Craik’s public facilities, including the Midlakes Manor where Boyce resided for a few years.
Dixon said Boyce also kept the town’s pianos in tune.
“Once a year she called the piano tuner and she stroked a cheque for it,” Dixon said. “Adele was very generous about a lot of things.”
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.