Assiniboine Valley Shopper 2016 – Week of June 26
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Kamsack can boast about many cultural and sporting groups Continued from Page 8 T h e Ka m s a ck P l ayers Drama Club has been producing at least two live productions a year, both, at the Playhouse or as a dinner theatre in the OCC Hall. As its next production, the group is expected to enter a play in Theatre Saskatchewan’s TheatreFest of oneact plays this autumn. The Kamsack and District Horticultural Society is a group for gardening enthusiasts which includes activities like seminars, plant swapping and an annual show, which is held the weekend following the August long weekend. The Trackside Garden
committee is responsible for one of Kamsack’s greatest attractions, the Trackside Gardens located along the tracks of Nykolaishen Drive. The garden is so attractive that brides and graduates have chosen it the site for photographs of their special day. T h e Sa d o k U k ra i n i a n Dancers is a group, which fosters traditional dance for persons wishing to maintain a Ukrainian tradition. Nearby Veregin is the site of the National Doukhobor Heritage Village, while near Pelly, located a half hour north, are the sites of the former Fort Pelly, a trading post, and Fort Livingstone, once the home of the North
West Mounted Police. The Fort Pelly-Livingstone Museum had preserved elements of the area’s history until last year when the building was destroyed by fire. Ka m s a ck h a s a nu m ber of spor ting and recreation facilities for public use, including: the Broda Sportsplex, which contains curling, skating and hockey facilities and open during the winter season, and for other special occasions during the year, including the annual indoor rodeo at the end of September. The OCC Hall on Park Street is available for weddings, anniversaries, public dances, socials, banquets
and public meetings and can seat 325 people with a building capacity of 850. Among Kamsack’s sports and recreation clubs and organizations are: Club 55 Curling, with league play beginning in November and lasting to March; Kamsack M i xe d C u r l i n g L e a g u e; Kamsack Ski Club, which meets to enjoy the trails of Duck Mountain Provincial Park and hosts the annual Duck Mountain Loppett at the end of February; the Kamsack Minor Hockey Association; the Kamsack Royals senior slo-pitch team, and the Kamsack branch of the Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation. Being a community on
the Trans Canada Trail, efforts continue to assure that the trail will become a viable feature into the future. Work began this year on extending a walking trail through the community and linking to the Trans Canada Trail. Each year on the weekend following the August long weekend, a group of adventurous cyclists, all of at least 50 years of age, cycle the distance of about 100 miles from Kamsack to Yorkton and back. Not only is the Old Dog Run a great way for residents of a certain age to keep fit, but each year participants gather pledges and a welcoming home reception is held to raise money for different charitable initia-
tives. This year the beneficiary of the event will be the Horizon Project, a plan to have a new outdoor patio constructed at the Kamsack Nursing Home. Of course Kamsack residents boast the proximity of Duck Mountain Provincial Park, and its Madge Lake, located only 12 minutes away, for excellent camping, fishing, beaches, golfing, horseback riding, boating, picnicking and nature trails. In winter, ice fishing, crosscountry skiing and snowmobiling are popular, and downhill skiing and snowboarding are two great reasons for people to find their way to the Duck Mountain Regional Park.
Terry Dennis, MLA Canora-Pelly Constituency 106 1st Avenue East, Canora, SK Phone: 306-563-1363 Fax: 306-563-1365 Office Hours: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. - 4 p.m.
A fountain was constructed at the Cenotaph park on main street from proceeds from a Kamsack centennial reunion.
Email: Canora.PellyMLA@sasktel.net
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