Members of the Forget-Me-Nots take a break from their Coffee Break fundraising activities for the Alzheimer Society last Wednesday to gather around the willow tree and memorial marker near the bridge on Davidson’s walking trail to remember their friend and fellow Forget-Me-Not Marj Crabbe. This is the fourth year, since Crabbe’s death in 2014, that the group has come out to the willow tree to share some memories and pay tribute to Crabbe, who was an active member of the Forget-Me-Nots since the group’s inception 20 years ago. Crabbe was known for her tenacity in raising money for the Alzheimer’s Society. She developed the group’s marketing concept for strong cookie sales. She refused to take ‘no’ for an answer. The Forget-Me-Nots provide supports for people dealing with Alzheimer’s disease. They also raise money for Alzheimer’s disease research. Through fund-raising activities and years of Coffee Breaks, they have raised $25,500. Pictured are: (from left) Carol Barlow, Sandra Zoerb, Lois Sarich, Mary Ann Chomyshen, Carol Schneider and Lana Schmiedge. As a point of interest, some wild roses have taken root at the base of the willow tree.

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DAVIDSON—Spontaneous combustion is likely the cause of a fire in the burn pit at Davidson’s landfill Friday, Sept. 7.

Shortly after 3:30p.m. Davidson’s volunteer fire department responded to a fire call at the landfill southeast of Davidson.

The fire was spotted at about 2:30 p.m. by nearby landowners who saw smoke and flames coming from the burn pit at the dump.

Concerned that the fire would spread, they called the town office.

Members of Davidson’s public works department attended. One employee had a small fire extinguisher and was using it to put out flames. Public Works foreman Trent Thomson arrived with the town’s tractor and began pushing dirt to create a berm around the burn pit to prevent the fire from spreading.

At 3:36 p.m. Davidson Fire Department was called out to the landfill to put out the fire in the burn pit. They were there for three hours and didn’t return to the fire hall until 6:47 p.m.

Davidson Fire Chief Clayton Schilling said the exact cause of the fire is unknown.

“No one started it on purpose,” he said.

He said spontaneous combustion is likely the cause.

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DAVIDSON—The search is on for a four-door sedan that crashed into Keepers Restaurant in Davidson late last Monday night and then drove off.

The car caused extensive damage to the building, when, at 11 p.m., Sept. 3, it smashed through a plate-glass window and destroyed some of the structure around it.

“It looked like he was going to slow down and then he accelerated into the building. The driver backed out, almost immediately and took off,” Marcia Palmer said.

Palmer works at the Shell and had seen the footage captured by the business’s security cameras.

The footage shows a four-door sedan drive in from the north end of the parking lot and then go towards the building as if to park, except it doesn’t stop. After crashing through the window, the driver puts the car in reverse, backs out and drives away.

Palmer said they were able to see the license plate but couldn’t make out the number.

The video was shared on social media by a Shell employee. A comment with the posting states, “We think it’s maybe a 2011 silver Chevy Impala.”

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