Inside this week’s paper:
• Kenaston Cleans Up!
• Garden plot moves
• Sectional Track & Field Results
• plus much more
The Davidson Leader is available at these fine retailers: Davidson – Stedmans, Shell, Riverbend Co-op Gas Bar and Food Store, The Davidson Leader; Craik: Palliser Plains Co-op Food Store; Kenaston: KC Distributors.
DAVIDSON—It’s fun, it’s fast and it’s a great fitness activity say enthusiasts of the popular sport of pickleball.
An informational session on establishing a pickleball club in Davidson was held May 11 at the Davidson Community Centre. Pickleball enthusiasts Lorraine Gust and Kelly Foster organized the meeting with hopes that Davidson and area residents will embrace the popular sport.
“Apparently it’s one of the fastest growing sports in North America. Lorraine and I play it down south,” Foster said. “We both think it would be something that goes over really well in our community.”
Gust even set up a court in the Quonset at her home.
Foster says pickleball is a great way to meet people and it’s an inclusive sport for people of all ages and abilities.
“It can be very competitive, but it doesn’t have to be,” she said.
If there is enough interest, they hope to start a club in Davidson. Foster said if they can sign up at least 10 people over the age of 55, Pickleball Saskatchewan will give them equipment to get them started. The free equipment includes a portable net, four paddles and 10 balls.
Foster said they want people of all ages to join and if there is enough interest they hope to have an adult night and a family night.
Davidson will be the most recent community to have a place for people to play pickleball. In Craik there are drop-in sessions at the Craik School during the evening. Elbow has had a pickleball club for several years now.
Anyone who wishes to learn more about pickleball in Davidson, or would like to add their names to the list should contact Kelly Foster or Lorraine Gust.
Local RCMP detachments need the public’s help to solve recent property crimes in the region.
On May 10, a truck was stolen from Loreburn, reported Sgt. Mark Langager of the Outlook/Elbow RCMP detachment. The truck has since been recovered in Prince Albert.
On May 9, Outlook/Elbow RCMP received a report of the theft of several car batteries from the Central Butte Co-op.
If anyone has information about these crimes, they are asked to contact the Outlook/Elbow RCMP or their local RCMP detachment.
Scrap metal theft
Craik RCMP are investigating the theft of metal from the Davidson NAPA yard.
Sometime between 5 p.m. May 10 and 6:30 a.m. May 11, Scrap metal including radiators and air-to-air exchangers were stolen from the NAPA yard. Clayton Schilling, owner of NAPA, said the thieves came back last Tuesday night (May 15) and stole the remainder of the material that they didn’t take the first time around. The stolen metal is big, so mostly likely the suspects loaded the items into a truck. Const. Kam Hay of the Craik RCMP reported that scrap metal thefts are becoming more common in recent years due to the increased value of metal.
If anyone has information about this or other crimes, they may contact Craik RCMP at 306-734-5200 or Saskatchewan Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
DAVIDSON—Property taxes remain unchanged as does much of the Town of Davidson’s 2018 budget when compared with last year’s plan.
On May 3 town council approved the $2.6 million operating budget, which contains a small surplus of $14,698.
Mill rates are staying the same as 2017, so municipal property taxes will generate about $1.4 million, about the same as last year.
Administrator Gary Edom said the town has budgeted some money for pavement for Davidson streets. Council has earmarked $200,000 towards repaving projects. In 2017, the town spent $245,423 on asphalt. It has also set aside $75,000 to reline a couple of blocks of sewer mains.
Other expenses of note include money for upgrades to the lounge at the AGT Centre and for renovations to the fitness centre.
At $829,400, recreation and cultural services is the greatest expense in the town’s budget. This is less than the $906,444 spent in 2017, largely due to the repayment of the new swimming pool loan.
The town spent less than half of what it anticipated on snow removal last year. It budgeted $19,200, but due to the lack of snow, spent only $7,858. For 2018, the town is budgeting $15,500 for snow removal.
The May 14 edition of The Davidson Leader is available at these fine retailers: Davidson – Stedmans, Shell, Riverbend Co-op Gas Bar and Food Store, The Davidson Leader; Craik: Palliser Plains Co-op Food Store; Kenaston: KC Distributors.
DAVIDSON—The Prince Albert Raiders used their third overall pick to select Davidson’s Nolan Allan in the 2018 Western Hockey League (WHL) Bantam Draft on May 3.
The 15-year-old defenceman, played for the Humboldt Bantam AA Broncos the last two seasons. He scored 12 goals and had 32 assists in 26 regular season games, adding another two goals and two assists in four playoff games.
Along with Allan’s defensive skills, his ability to move the puck attracted the Raiders’ attention.
“We really liked Nolan’s ability to skate, he is a very good skater with an offensive upside,” said Ron Gunville, Raiders’ director of player personnel. “We like his ability to move pucks out of trouble by making nice first pass as well as skating the puck out of trouble. Nolan has the potential to play on our power play and he has a great shot from the point.”
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