Kamsack Times

The Christmas season is upon us once again. Christmas is my favourite season of the year, a time of celebration, giving, music and of course, food.

By Rev. Franklin Emereuwa St. Stephen’s Catholic Church, Kamsack A shoot will spring up from the stump of Jess. (Is.11:1) As long as there is life, there is hope. Life itself points towards hope for something, and hope in return brings back life.

By Rev. Nancy Brunt Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Kamsack When it comes to Christmas, it isn’t just new and old but it is also a matter of good and bad. We need to be able to discern what to hold onto.

Members of the Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Kamsack celebrated the beginning of Advent on November 29 with Rev. Archdeacon Kim Salo and Rev. Nancy Brunt in attendance.

A Kamsack resident known as “the elder statesman of Saskatchewan earthmoving,” is the 2014 recipient of the Garden of Saskatchewan Citizenship Ring.

A home on Hudson Bay Avenue was destroyed by fire during the night of December 4/5. The Kamsack fire brigade was alerted to a possible structure fire at 142 Hudson Bay Saturday at 12:45 a.m., said Jim Pollock, fire chief.

Members of the Heart and Home Quilt Club in Kamsack wrapped up their season last week by showing one another their work and by preparing the nine quilt tops they made for the Victoria’s Quilts program.

By Doug Elsasser Draw five in the Duck Mountain Super League of men’s curling was played December 8 in Norquay where all three sheets of ice were occupied. The game between Terry Dennis of Canora and hometown favourite Ken Newell was a brief affair.

Although the board and staff at the Duck Mountain Ski Hill had hoped to open the facility this winter by this week, the relatively mild season has convinced them to wait until Boxing Day to open.

The Parkland Midget AA Lions female hockey team split a pair of weekend games against its Regina counterparts in the South Saskatchewan Female Hockey League (SSFHL) on the weekend. On December 12, the Lions hosted the Regina Capitals in Churchbridge.