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Volume 9 No. 8
Friday, February 23, 2018
Wakaw celebrates homegrown Olympic hero By Christopher Lee Journal Reporter
For most communities in Saskatchewan, watching the men’s Olympic hockey tournament is just an opportunity to watch Olympic hockey, but for the Town of Wakaw it means so much more. Wakaw has the distinction of being the hometown of the only men’s Olympic hockey player, Linden Vey. “Hockey in Saskatchewan both urban and rural is huge, we all know that and we’ve all grown up with it. To have Linden as the only male Olympic hockey player was a little bit surprising because we would think there would be more but it definitely just sort of heightened our excitement as a community and made everyone jump up a little faster,� noted Wakaw Community Developer Erin Standish. To celebrate having one of their own at the Olympic games, the Town of Wakaw played host to a number of events, many of them in the lead up to Canada’s first Olympic game. Standish noted it became an easy decision to host the events, once it became clear that Vey was selected to the team. “It was a chance for our community to come together and celebrate him and community spirit and the pride that we have. The Olympics are a whole other level of athleticism and competition and truthfully in our community it is undeniable everyone’s support for him.� To kick off the celebrations and show Vey that the community was behind him, the Town of Wakaw passed around a Canadian flag, which could be signed, and was subsequently sent to Vey in South Korea. Then, while the rest of the world were celebrating Valentine’s Day, the Town of Wakaw was celebrating their own “V� Day, as Mayor 12 Robertson Road Lanigan SK718682
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Ava Mourot (left) and Belle Standish were two of the nearly 1,000 residents of Wakaw, who were in the Olympic spirit last week as they celebrated their lone Olympian Linden Vey. Vey will be competing as the lone Saskatchewan hockey player on the Men’s Olympic roster. photo courtesy of Erin Standish Steve Skoworodko declared Feb. 14 Vey Day in the community of Wakaw. “Wakaw will be wearing red in support of Linden, with many sporting custom Vey 91 shirts,� noted the Town of Wakaw’s press release. To show further support for Vey, the community engaged in window wars, where businesses were encouraged to decorate their buildings to show their support for both Canada and Vey himself. With Canada’s first game of the tournament coming at 6:00 a.m., the community wanted to spear-
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head a social media campaign with the hashtag SmallTownBigPride, with residents encouraged to take selfies in their pajamas while watching the game. During the course of the contest, the community of Wakaw enjoyed a big sense of pride as play-by-play broadcaster Chris Cuthbert mentioned Vey being from Wakaw, with both Cuthbert, and colour commentator Ray Ferraro noting that the town was observing Vey Day. Standish called that a cool moment, and noted a lot of that attention is thanks to Vey himself. Continued on pg. 3
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