Davidson School is home to three aggregate champions from the West Central District track and field meet that took place in Outlook May 25 & 26.(From left) Jordan Matheson was the aggregate champion in the midget girls division, Hayden O’Brien was the aggregate champ for the bantam boys and Heather Gust was the champ for bantam girls.
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Inside: Salute to Hanley Composite School and Loreburn Central School graduates.
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DAVIDSON—Craik RCMP have charged the driver of a Dodge pickup truck with proceeding before safe as a result of a Victoria Day motor vehicle collision at Davidson’s busiest highway intersection.
At about noon, Monday, May 21, Craik RCMP detachment were called to the intersection of Highway 11 and Enterprise Lane. A Dodge pickup truck that was turning east from the southbound lane of Highway 11 was struck by a Ford pickup truck that was heading north on Highway 11, said Const. Nathan Boyd of the Craik RCMP detachment.
A third vehicle, a small Chevrolet car, was also involved.
Boyd said the car was at the stop sign waiting to merge onto the highway when the Dodge pickup truck, due to the collision, spun around into the front corner of the Chevy. There was a family in the car including a toddler and a pregnant woman. No one in the car was injured.
Davidson Fire Department and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) also responded to the collision. EMS transported the driver of the Dodge truck and the driver and passenger of the Ford truck to Davidson and District Health Centre were they were evaluated and released.
Firefighters assisted EMS with transferring patients to the ambulance and helped with traffic control, which was restricted to one lane.
Boyd said people need to be cautious when they are crossing the highway.
“People need to make sure they actually stop and look,” Boyd.
He said the traffic was moderately busy on the highway, but it wasn’t extremely busy. Nor was excessive speed a factor in the collision.
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.
Travis and Trevor Remmen of Blaze Solar and Electric just finished installing this 52-panel grid-tied solar system at the Bladworth farm of Ian McCreary and Mary Smillie.
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BENDER – Marvin Bender of the Melville district, husband of Sherrine Bender passed away April 27, 2018 as a result of a motor vehicle mishap. He was 73 years of age.
Marvin Barrie Bender was born on March 6, 1945 on the family farm in the Loreburn District of Saskatchewan, the fourth of nine children born to Edward and Rose (nee Doelle) Bender. He grew up on the farm and attended Cherrygrove School in the district. He worked at an early age for his relatives and later went to Alberta working on Seismograph Crews.
Marvin married Sherrine Hodge on May 3, 1969 in the United Church in Carrot River. The couple moved to various places before they lived in the Stoughton District where they raised their two boys. In 1981 the family moved to the Melville District.
Marvin loved being with his grandchildren and travelling. He also had a love of Hummingbirds and enjoyed gardening and flowers.
Marvin was predeceased by his parents Edward and Rose, in-laws William and Jessie Hodge (nee Hagen), brother’s Harold, Dennis and Rodger, sister Marilyn and nephew Mark.
He is survived by his wife Sherrine, son Michael (Sharlene) and their children Christopher and Jessica; son, Laurie and his children Arden and Devin; brothers and sisters Eleanor, Ronald, Ronna and Valerie as well as many nieces, nephews, friends and relatives.
The funeral service was held on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Melville. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Society, 2550 – 12th Ave. Regina, SK S4P 3X1
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.baileysfuneralhome.com