By Kevin Gilby

CRAIK — With a little luck, weather and water held out for the Craik and District Lions and the Craik Museum Club as they shared a weekend to make memories for years to come.

Though it began as “merely” a 50th anniversary for the Craik and District Lions Club, the weekend of July 18 and 19 held more events than anyone can recall in recent years.

Museum club member Pauline Dixon said the weekend was “to celebrate the new building in the Craik Museum and to bring back a new version of the old-time town fare.”

The museum club holds an annual hamburger day. Dixon said, “We provide tours and kids events. We usually provide demonstrations. But this year, we expanded. We had a blast from the past.”

Collaborating with the Craik and District Lions Club, the partnership hosted events for all ages and interests and provided entertainment never before seen in the growing community.

With Saturday being the Lions’ 50-year celebration as a service group in Craik, they exceeded all expectations, hosting a street dance with music by Canadian Country Music Award-winning artist Julian Austin.

Past-president of the Craik Lions, Kati Ball, said, “It took five months and 11 members and countless volunteers to pull off a successful 50th anniversary for the club.”

“We were kind of nervous on Friday when there was no power and no water. We thought we may have to cancel the whole event,” Ball said. “But by some miracle we had power and water for the next day, and the rain stopped.”

With over 300 people passing through the gates, Julian Austin performed over 90 minutes of original songs and popular covers of classic rock songs.

To learn more about the Craik Lions’ 50th celebration and to see more pictures please see the July 27th print edition of The Davidson Leader. To subscribe, call 306-567-2047 or email: davidsonleader@sasktel.net