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weyburn Vol.111 No. 01 - Weyburn, Saskatchewan Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 10 Pages
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Red Wings in action
Inflatable decorations
The Weyburn Red Wings had a home-and-home series vs the Estevan Bruins Page 6
Sutter Busch of Weyburn is sharing his love of inflatable decorations in front of his Ash Drive home. Page 7
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Ghosts re-hearse for Halloween night
Review Photo 1749 — Greg Nikkel
A hearse filled with dubious characters are lit up by spooky floodlights alongside grave stones and ghosts, on the front yard of the home of Steve Hermann on McGillivray Drive in Weyburn. This yard is often dressed up with a Halloween scene at this time of year, along with another home across the street, getting people into the trick-or-treat mood for Halloween night, set for Saturday, Oct. 31. Some families may not be venturing too far because of concerns over COVID, but brave trick-or-treaters will likely be out and about.
Dustin Duncan, Sask Party win strong majority
By Greg Nikkel Weyburn-Big Muddy returned their MLA, Dustin Duncan, to another strong win in the provincial election, along with a strong majority for the Saskatchewan Party province-wide. As of Tuesday morning, the Sask Party had won 50 seats to the NDP’s 11, with no other party winning any seats in the province. In Weyburn-Big Muddy, with all 55 polls reporting, Duncan garnered 5,612 votes to 891 for Regan Lanning of the NDP, 657
for Collin Keith of the Buffalo Party, and 81 for Shane Caellaigh of the Saskatchewan Green Party. There were 15 rejected ballots. One factor yet to be determined are the mail-in ballots, with 61,255 ballots issued province-wide, and 568 for the Weyburn-Big Muddy riding. Due to the pandemic, votes by mail received by 8 p.m. on election day will be counted by Elections Saskatchewan on Oct. 28, instead of on the date of the final count, which will be Nov. 7. The results of some
seats may yet change once these ballots are counted, including that of NDP leader Ryan Meili. The Saskatchewan Party garnered 62.95 per cent of the popular vote; the NDP had 29.12 per cent, the Buffalo Party had 2.87 per cent, Green had 2.36 per cent, the Progressive Conservatives received 2.07 per cent, independent candidates got 0.25 per cent and the Liberals had 0.09 per cent. Duncan gathered with his party executive at the Curl-
ing Rink lounge to watch the election results, and he thanked his supporters for helping him win another term in the Legislature. In an interview, he said, “I’m feeling great about it, and tremendous gratitude to the people of WeyburnBig Muddy. I’m very blessed and I just can’t thank them enough for their support, and I’m excited to get back to work.” Duncan said overall it was a fairly quiet campaign in this riding, with the biggest unknown factor being
the fledgling Buffalo Party and their candidate Collin Keith. “It was pretty hard to gauge how much of a factor the Buffalo Party would be. That was a bit different from other elections that I’ve been involved in. Typically it’s been us and the NDP, and maybe a Green Party or Liberal candidate, but having a new party was a bit of a challenge to try to understand what that would mean for the dynamics of the race,” he said. Duncan noted that he
found there weren’t very many undecided voters as he made his way around the riding during the campaign, and many of the issues that were raised were ones he had been dealing up until the writ was dropped, such as Weyburn’s doctor shortage for example. As for other races in the province, he said it will be interesting to see what impact the mail-in ballots will have on some of the close races. Continued on Page 3
Communithon exceeds goal, reaches $206,431 By Sabrina Kraft The 2020 Communithon exceeded their goal on air on Friday, reaching $206,431 before going off the air at 11 p.m. Executive members, volunteers and community agencies were overjoyed at the fact that the goal was exceeded while still on air. The goal for the 2020 Communithon was $82,020. From recollections of volunteers who have assisted with Communithon for a number of years, it has been at least seven years since the last time Communithon met or exceeded their goal while on the air. The main reason that Communithon exceeded the goal this year was because of a large bequest from the Charles Henderson Estate, which was announced by Wanda Miller,
chair of the Communithon committee. “Our community came forward, as they always have in the past, and donated to the community. We were on our way to reach our goal, as this bequest really put us over the top.” “It was just a wonderful surprise. It was a well-earned donation for our community agencies and their services. I am still speechless, that the family put so much forward as a donation in memorial of their loved one,” said Miller. “We don’t know a lot about Mr. Henderson, but we are starting to learn a little bit. We have heard that he was a quiet person who had attended Communithon in the past, and must have loved the event to give such a generous donation.” “People in Weyburn and
area definitely do have a commitment to the Communithon. There are so many people who have performed
or volunteered to the event in the past, and unfortunately who have passed. We had a few examples this year, with
Blaize Messer, Jim Brown, Jackie Hudson and Melvina Trumpour. We really appreciate these people who had
Communithon exceeds goal before going off air
a love of the Communithon, and the love of the community,” said Miller. Continued on Page 3
Review Photo -- Sabrina Kraft
The Communithon Committee gathered around the digital total board, with $206,431 announced as the final total for the 2020 Communithon, before the annual fundraiser went off air on Friday at 11 p.m. From left are Tasha Collins, Finance Chair; Spencer Mackenzie Burridge from AccessNow TV; Brenda Clark, secretary and Allocations Chair; Wanda Miller, Communithon Chair; Korryn Kubashek, Communithon Vice Chair; Sabrina Kraft, Communications chair and past president of the former Weyburn and District United Way; and emcees Glenn Rogers and Jessica Jack.
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DR. JoHN CoRRIGAN FoR WeYBURN CItY CoUNCIL Authorized by the committee to elect Dr. John Corrigan