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McJannet, David Ian
passed away peacefully Wednesday night, March 6, 2013 with family around him and has gone to be with the Lord. Ian was born in Davidson, Saskatchewan and migrated to Ontario in the 1960s. He and his wife Kay purchased and operated the very successful Love Printing in Ottawa, from which he retired as President and CEO. He was passionate about many things, not least of all his love of flying, having earned his private pilot’s license in his 40s. He loved time spent at the cottage in Quebec but beyond all, his family was the centre of his life. Lovingly remembered by his wife Kay (nee Sweet). Dearly missed by his children Cheryl, Dean (Martha), Cynthia and Melanie (Paul). Beloved brother to Reed (Valerie) and Mary. Adored and missed by his grandchildren Andrew, William, James, Ashley, Nicole, Benjamin and Grace. Dear nephew of Max (Joy), Eleanor and Grace. Loved by brother-in-law Ernie Murray (Sandra). Predeceased by his loving parents David and Rose Marjorie, his brother James William Roland, and uncles and aunts Agnes (Lenard), Jean, John (Helen), Annie (Charlie), Teddy, Isabel, Flip (Bert), Mary (Harry) and Dorothy (Tom). Also predeceased by loving uncle and aunt, Jack and Inez Howland. Fondly remembered by many nieces and nephews, as well as grand nieces and nephews.
A Celebration of Ian’s life took place at the Irvine Memorial Chapel at Roselawn in Maitland, Ontario on Monday, March 11. In remembrance, memorial donations to the Ottawa Heart Institute or to the Canadian Cancer Society will be gratefully acknowledged. Visit an online memorial at www.irvinememorial.com. For all who knew and loved him; he is flying with the angels and this is Gulf Alpha Zulu Quebec signing off.

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Davidson harbours stranded motorists

Davidson’s population rose by about 200 the evening of March 3 and early morning of March 4 thanks to a blizzard that swept through the area closing Highway 11 between Chamberlain and Davidson for approximately 10 hours.

Trish Schilling, Davidson emergency management officer (EMO), said around 150 to 200 people ranging in age from a one-year-old baby to a 93-year-old lady were routed from Hwy. 11 to Davidson Town Hall between the hours of 7 p.m. March 3 to 1 a.m. March 4. She said the majority of people waited out the storm at the town hall, but many were also redirected to billets in the community and a sleeping space at the Davidson New Life Pentecostal Assembly.

“We have a billet list (of people) who are willing to take in stranded travellers, so we phoned them and exhausted that list,” said Schilling. “Then Russell and Angela Sparks opened up the Pentecostal Church and we billeted some out there. The remainder just held off (at the town hall) until the highways were opened (at 5 a.m.) and they took they their chances once the roads were clear.”

Around 20 billets in the community opened their homes to approximately 50 people, while another 25 people slept on bedding provided by the Davidson Health Centre at the Assembly. The remaining 75 to 125 people spent the night at the town hall where tables and chairs were set up, coffee was provided through volunteer work by Danielle Schneider, diapers were given by town residents and food in the form of pizzas and sandwiches were donated by Toppers Bar and Grill for the hungry stranded.

“We just provided a warm spot where travellers could be, so they weren’t on the side of the road,” said Schilling.

Craik RCMP constable Ian Smith said the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways closed the stretch of Hwy. 11 between Chamberlain and Davidson at approximately 7 p.m. March 3 due to three separate accidents on the curve at Hwy. 11 at Girvin and reopened it at around 5 a.m. He said there were “too many vehicles to count” in the ditch that night, but there were no injuries.

To read more please see the March 11 print edition of The Davidson Leader.

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Kinettes Club sells out Ladies Night Out

The Davidson Kinettes are thrilled their “Ladies Night Out” fund-raiser at Town Hall this Saturday has sold out.

Brenna Siroski, a member of the Kinettes, said the club doesn’t have their hearts set on a certain amount they’d like to raise as the main goal of the night out was just to provide a fun evening for the ladies in town. She said 224 tickets were sold for the event that features entertainment from Elvis impersonator Rory Allen.

“He was here quite a few years ago and is a phenomenal entertainer,” said Siroski, noting it was Stacey Siroski who recommended him for the show. “He really attracts a variety of a crowd of people. I know looking at my ticket sales that we have our young 20-year-olds coming out all the way up to my grandma who is in her 80s. We’re getting the whole spectrum with Rory Allen, which is really nice.”

Doors open at 7 p.m. for the night out with Allen taking the stage for the first of two 45-minute sets at 8 p.m. There will also be a silent auction and a 50-50 draw during the evening. There is not going to be a supper, but there will be a bar opened up for drinks along with a “bun lunch” after the entertainment.

A coat check at the door is being put on by Davidson School students, which will be run as a silver collection with all proceeds from the coat check going towards outdoor education trips.

Siroski said the Kinettes have been organizing a “Ladies Night Out” around every other year and always have a “really great turnout” with everyone in attendance having a good night. She said all money raised during the night would go towards “multiple” causes in the community.

“We don’t just designate it for one specific event,” she said. “Over the year the Kinettes give to individual families who apply for financial help or we’ve donated to the swimming pool and Telemiracle. We’ve helped with money going to the thrift store when it opened and we have a scholarship at the school. It’s just a variety of things.”

After the “Ladies Night Out,” Siroski said the next fund-raiser the Kinettes are putting on would be the second annual Davidson Amazing Race this June.

Sports

Raiders junior boys basketball team win Sun West district championship

The Davidson Raiders junior boys basketball team are the 2013 Sun West district champions after dominating a two-game round-robin tournament against the Biggar Blazers and Kindersley Kobras March 2 at Biggar.

Raiders head coach Kim Rettger said their first game of the tournament came against the Blazers and his team didn’t have any trouble against them beating Biggar by over 30 points. He said the whole bench played a lot in that game giving his starters a bit of a break before the much-tougher game against the Kobras coming up later in the day.

“We got off to a slow start against Kindersley, but we had an eight- or nine-point lead at the half,” said Rettger, noting he had to sit his starting point guard Huck Rettger for most of the first half after getting into foul trouble. “Then there was this really cool play at halftime.

“With about eight seconds left on the clock Kindersley had the ball, so we went ahead with this no-foul no-point defence where you find your man and stay in his face as close as you can and make sure he doesn’t get any points. Somehow this kid gets away from his defender and went for a layup and (Raiders centre Ben Nykiforuk) came from behind and stuffed the basketball against the backboard.”

The second half saw Huck get back into the game and take a hard foul right off the tip making him “mad” and he took the game over.

“Within about four minutes we had a 30-point lead,” said Rettger. “Huck scored about 12 to 14 points in a row, but was responsible for some really nice assists too doing some fast breaks. We had the press on then and they turned the ball over a lot and we capitalized a lot and he and Ben made quite a few points, but the real key in the game was our defence.”

James Morrison, Killian McDonnell and Huck took the Kobras’ guards out of the play by pressuring them the whole game and forcing them to take weak outside shots or turn the ball over. At the end of the game the Raiders would have a 40-point win to secure the district championship.

To read more please see the March 11 print edition of The Davidson Leader.

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Cyclones knocked out of LLHL playoffs

The Davidson Cyclones senior men’s hockey team are out of the Long Lake Hockey League (LLHL) playoffs, but still have a chance to advance to the provincial final.

The Cyclones lost their third straight game in a best-of-five LLHL semi-final series 6-4 to the LeRoy Braves last Tuesday at the LeRoy Rink nullifying their opportunity to repeat as league champions this year. The Cyclones still are the defending LLHL champions, for another few weeks at least, until the new crown is handed to either LeRoy, Watrous or Lanigan later this month.

“We got off to a bad start and got down early (to the Braves),” said Cyclones head coach Jason Shaw. “Then we worked our way back and had a lot of chances to score, but just couldn’t.”

The Braves stepped up the pressure early on the Cyclones jumping up to a 4-0 lead by the 14-minute mark of the first period, but Davidson clawed back. At the end of the first, the score was 5-1. At the end of the second, it was 5-3, but once again this season a short bench for Davidson sealed their doom in the third.

“We only had 12 guys, eight forwards and four defence,” said Shaw. “For what we had, we played well. They had a full lineup. That’s pretty tough in playoffs. You can get away with a short bench in league games the odd time, but in playoffs it’s a lot tougher.”

The lack of a full lineup was not the case in the Cyclones first game of their provincial “C” south final against the Radville Nationals March 2 at the Davidson Rink. Davidson matched the swift-skating Nats throughout the match-up coming out on top with a 4-3 win.

Shaw said the Nats caught them off guard scoring in the first minute of the opening period, but the Cyclones stood up and “worked hard” to gut out the win.

“It was a tough game,” he said. “They’re a good team. When you get down to the last four teams in provincials, they are all going to be decent.”

Davidson had to win another this past weekend either March 8 in Radville or March 10 at Davidson to take the best-of-three provincial series and move on to the provincial finals to be played later this month against Hudson Bay.

Results of Friday and Sunday night’s games against the Nats were unavailable at press time.

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Edwards
Douglas Grant
February 22, 1929 – February 16, 2013
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our father and grandfather. Surrounded by his family, Doug passed away on February 16, 2013 at the Moose Jaw Union Hospital.
Dad was born on February 22, 1929 at the Edwards Homestead in Craik. He was predeceased by his wife, Eunice; his parents, William and Maggie Edwards; his brothers, Bill and Bob Edwards; sisters-in-law, Sylvia Edwards, Freda Edwards, Faye Seiveright, Evelyn Dezotell, Doris Renaud, Shirley Manz, Laurie Craib; brothers-in-law, Cecil Dezotell, George Renaud, Bill Bearss, George Byrd, Martin Manz, Bob Craib, Warren Bogart and niece, Hilda Manz.
Doug will lovingly be remembered by his children, Rob (Norene) Edwards, Gail (Lawrence) Prill, Brenda (Colin) Reich, and Doug Edwards; his grandchildren, Heath Edwards (Christie), Laird Edwards, Tyler Prill (Lauren), Tristine Prill, Katelyn Reich (Jordan), Allie Reich, Levi and Selina Edwards. He is also survived by his sister, Peg Bogart; sisters-in-law, Anne Bearss and Audrey Byrd and by many nieces and nephews.
Dad married our mother, Eunice Craib September 26, 1955 and they made their home on the Edwards Homestead where they farmed and raised cattle. Mom passed away October 14, 2003. In November, 2010, due to health issues, Dad moved off his farm and into Craik where he made his home at the Craik Manor.
A funeral service was held February 22, 2013 at the Craik United Church with Anne Marie Francis presiding. Interment was at the Craik Community Cemetery.
He will be deeply missed by his family and friends.
Hanson’s Funeral Home in care of arrangements.

The Davidson Leader, Davidson, Saskatchewan