It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our loving wife, mother and grandmother. Surrounded by family, Gloria passed peacefully on April 10, 2025. She will be deeply missed by her family, husband, Alan, children Ryan (Megan), Kari (Julian), Shalene, Chad (Kylee), grandchildren, Cameron and Connor, Asher, Karson and Deklan, Brielle, Brynn and Blake, mother, Nina Gust, as well as her siblings, nieces, nephews, friends and all who knew her. Gloria was predeceased by her father, Robert Gust, sister, Sandy Manz, brother, Brian Gust, father-in-law Leonard Gieselman, and mother-in-law Vivian Gieselman. Family Internment will be held on Saturday, June 7, 2025, followed by reception at the Parish Hall at 2:30 pm. Reception open to all who knew and loved Gloria. Arrangements entrusted to Hanson’s Funeral Home, Davidson, SK. If you wish, memorial donations can be made to Kinsmen Telemiracle or Davidson Cemetery Fund c/o Town of Davidson.
Clayton Schneider, the president of Panther Industries, thanked Davidson firefighters for their work at the scene of the fire. (Photos by Kevin Gilby)
Fire ravaged a building at a local business in Davidson on April 15. A pallet fire spread to an adjacent structure at Panther Industries, resulting in the loss of a building. “Lots of little blessings,” said Clayton Schneider, the president of Panther Industries. “No one got hurt; that’s the main thing. “First and foremost, what a wonderful volunteer fire department we have,” he continued. “It was minutes from the call to when they got here. They are just the best team a town like David- son could ask for.” Davidson Volunteer Fire Department (DFD) responded to a call at 3:46 p.m. on April 15 to a fire in the northern commercial area of Davidson. Fifteen members responded with four emergency vehicles in efforts to put out the fire. The rapid speed of the fire forced the firefighters’ efforts to change to containment to pre- vent further damage to adjoining lumber storage. EMS was on scene.
DFD cleared the scene and returned to base just before midnight that evening. Sask Power, SaskEnergy, EMS, RCMP provided support and assistance. The building — colloquially referred to as the Arlend Building named after the previous owner — housed equipment used to prepare lumber for the production of pallets. The firm recently installed new equipment to facilitate lumber cutting, notching, and other related production tasks. Schneider said having a fire hydrant mere metres from the property line, a dugout full of water across an adjacent road, and the favourable, although rare, south-east wind were silver linings to an otherwise costly fire.
“(The wind) was absolutely a gift from Baby Jesus,”
Schneider said. The wind and locality of the fire on the edge of property, in
addition to the work of the firefighters, are what prevented the fire from
spreading to other structures or inventory on site. The loss of
equipment and building have caused Panther staff to quickly find alternatives
to prevent shutting down. Schneider said he met with staff while the fire was
still being extinguished to draw up contingency plans. Schneider indicated that
while they determine the long-term solution, Panther will transport product
from two of its other locations based in Edmonton.
“Unfortunately, there’s nothing you can do when you’re
watching things burn down,” he said. “But you have to take care of business and
people’s jobs. “I assured the five people affected by this that we are going to
take care of them and we’re going to get through it. There’s lots of silver
linings in here; we’re going to build a building that’s bigger, better, and
we’ve got the most loyal staff. “You’ve got to take care of your people. You
just have to.”
(From left) Gord Taylor, Zig Bagg, Tyler Bahnman, Zandre Botha, Jeff Doyle, Rhyder Schmit (front), and Cory Dieno were winners at the event. (Photos by Kevin Gilby)
About 80 hunters, fishermen, and those involved in wildlife preservation met on April 5 at the Bladworth Hall to celebrate their achievements and support local wildlife projects at the Arm River Wildlife Federation’s annual awards night. Vice-President Jeff Doyle provided a brief update on work being done at the Trout Pond Project west of Davidson. Among the enhancements, 40 additional seedlings will be planted this spring and an additional 1,000 trout have been ordered to replenish stocks. Doyle indicated that once the snow has receded, the organization plans to invite Davidson School Grade 6 students to assist in the planting of wildflowers. A boundary fence installation is hoped for this year, and organizers are hopeful they can have a few heavy-duty picnic tables brought in if anyone wants to donate them. “A big thank you to all the sponsors, we are trying to do projects like the gun range and trout pond, but it’s all volunteer work and it all takes money, so any help we get is greatly appreciated,” said Doyle. “Also a thank you to all that are using the pond. “We are very pleased with how the garbage has been cleaned up and just random people taking the full garbage bags and changing them. So awesome to see the area used and respected. Thank you.”
Approximately 80 people came to share hunting/fishing tales, while enjoying a smoked roast beef and the fixings prepared by the Bladworth Elks.
Award winners
Cory Dieno, 12.6 lbs – Walleye – Diamond A Farms
Tyler Bahnman, 24.8 lbs – Pike – Hansons Funeral Home
It is with great sadness and celebration we
announce the death of Randy. Davidson born and raised, he went from a farm boy,
to the man who could keep your farm running.
He was a father of four, his three sons Jeff,
Jason and Jordan, and his stepson Matt.
He leaves behind his loving spouse,
companion and caretaker Debbie, brothers Lorne and Brian and sisters Arlene,
Beryl, and Terry and six grandchildren.
Celebrations will be held Tuesday April 15th, 2:00 pm at the Davidson Town Hall. Lunch to follow.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Kenas- ton Blizzards are the top team in Saskatchewan Senior A hockey. The Blizzards won the title with wins on March 29 and March 30 against the Round Lake Bears in the best-of-three final. The Blizzards took it to the Bears in the deciding game, scoring an 8-3 victory. The Blizzards won 7-5 on March 29 to prolong the series. They had dropped the opener 8-4.
Blizzard players do a good job of keeping Bears players away from goalie Tyler Peterson (Photos supplied)
In the series-clinching game, Kevin Dulle, Kade Kehoe and Carson Stadnyk each had two goals for the Blizzards. The others were scored by Shane Collins and Jordan Tkatch. Levi Cable had four assists in the win. Tyler Peterson was in goal for the Blizzards. Scoring for the Bears were Kenrad McKay, Colton Yellowhorn and Ryan Stanton. In the Blizzards’ 7-5 win, Levi Cable and Kade Kehoe each had two goals, with singles going to Carson Stadnyk, Jordan Tkatch and Logan McVeigh. Tyler Peterson tended the net. Tyler Fiddler and Brady Keeper each had two goals for the Bears. Ryan Stanton scored the other one. The Blizzards also won the Saskatchewan Valley Hockey League.
The Blizzards celebrate one of their eight goals in the final game.
The Davidson Cyclones are the provincial B senior hockey champions. The Cyclones defeated the Moosomin Rangers by scores of 4-2 and 6-4 in the bestof-three final. Scoring was spread among Tory Allan, Braden Olzsewski, Jesse Shynkaruk, Bryce Prpick, Brenden Kemp, and Blair Jones in the 6-4 win. Mark Zoerb was in goal for the Cyclones. Drayson Skulmoski had two goals for Moosomin, with the others going to Rykr Cole and Monty Driver. In provincial A play, the Kenaston Bliz- zards dropped the first game of their best-of-three final 8-4 to the Round Lake Bears. Scoring for the Blizzards were Kade Kehoe, Kenton Dulle, Shane Collins and Eric Asbjornhus. It was a frustrating game for the Blizzards, who outshot the Bears by a 47-36 count, and hit posts four times. Nine hundred fans turned out for the game in Kenaston. The second game was scheduled for March 29. The third, if needed, was scheduled for March 30. Earlier in March, the Blizzards swept a best-of-five series against the Kyle Elks to win the Saskatchewan Valley League cham- pionship. The Blizzards have played 18 playoff games over the past two months, with at least one game to go.
