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Volume 22 Number 7
July 2021
Your COMMUNITY... Your NEWSPAPER
Robin’s Nest Cafe in Vanscoy for 25 Years 25th Anniversary Specials Every Week in July Pizza Sunday Free 2 litre pop and popcorn with any pizza. Movie Night ?
Coffee Monday Free Coffee All Day !!
Burger Tuesday Free canned pop with the Daily Feature Burger
Gift Basket Draw Thursday Come in and Enter to Win ! Mon - Fri 7-8 Sat - Sun 9-6 Vanscoy 306-931-6996
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Class of 2021
High School Graduates Photos Pages 6 & 7
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obin & Quinten Odnokon were married in 1995 and moved to Vanscoy in 1996 where, after getting a tip from a good friend in the food wholesale business, they opened Robin’s Nest Cafe on June 6th. Robin, originally from Outlook, and Quinten, from Saskatoon, have since been operating the successful business for 25 years. During those years they have employed well over 100 local residents, mostly teenagers gaining their first work experience in a caring and responsible environment while they continued with their eduction. Some have gone on to successful careers in the food service, and almost all of them have maintained a friendship with them to this day. The same can be said of their customers. “They have been very loyal to us” says Robin, “and we have become lifelong friends with many of them as well.” The menu has always had a diverse selection of breakfast, lunch and dinner options, and the food quality has been consistent for all these years. This is likely why their catering service took off right from the start too and has grown constantly since then. From back yard BBQ’s to weddings and other events, as many as 300 people, to corporate accounts.
They have always maintained an active presence in the community, supporting providing catering many local community organizations and events and Robin is currently serving as Mayor of Vanscoy. “Supporting our community has always been very important
Contest Winners on Page 2
INDEX
Editorial ........................... p. 2
to us” says Quinten, “and we have found that in the end it all comes back to us 10 fold.” Operating a business 7 days a week is very demanding. Some years they have only been able to take a one week holiday during the year but still they have managed to find time to pursue other activities. This past year has been especially challenging due to the pandemic. With a few months of being closed, take out only or reduced seating, resulting in staff layoffs, Quinten and Robin had no choice but to run the business completely by themselves, working 14 hour days, 7 days a week. It takes something special to be married for 25 years, but to work every day with your spouse for that time is something even more incredible. Maybe it’s because they both share a passion for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, as you can see by the Rider gear that adorns much of their restaurant and the outfits worn by their staff on game days. Though Quinten is the more fanatical of the two of them, they have been seasons ticket holders for many years. Robin and Quinten say “we would like to express our thanks for being able to be a small part of our great customers, employees and friends lives, through good times and bad. It seems they are always with us”. Be sure to stop in and join them in their celebration through the month of July.
Summer STAY-Cation Guide on Page 8-9
Class 0f 2021 .................. p. 6-7 Community Reports ........ p. 10
Council Reports ................ p. 4
STAY-Cation Guide
Local Businesses .............. p. 11
.MP Report ........................ p. 5
Page 8 - 9
Business Directory ........... p. 12
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