You don't see a guy with dreadlocks every day in a small Saskatchewan town and you may not see one in Maidstone again for a while.
Jeff Watt, affectionately known as "Turkey" in the community, sported nearly waist-length dreadlocks for almost nine years before having them cut off for a good cause Friday.
He let people know of his plans to have most of his 40 dreadlocks cut off at the Maidstone Oilmen's Golf Tournament supper and began taking pledges for the Canadian Cancer Society's Relay for Life in Leader.
Before the haircut Watt's sister Amanda marked some of the dreadlocks with coloured ribbon. A couple of sponsors had paid to have Watt wear a small number for a few extra days, those were marked with pink ribbons. Orange ribbons were tied onto the ones reserved for the $1,000 sponsors, Keranda and TWBto cut. Other friends, family members and participants in the golf tournament paid $100 or more to take a turn with the scissors.
Watt looked a littleapprehensive as his son Dolan made the first cut, but was all smiles of gratitude as his pledge sheet filled. He even took a turn cutting, representing the $1,000 donation from the Maidstone Oilmen's Golf Association.
Following the dinner he and his family headed to Leader for the relay.
"We put in a family team with two cancer survivors, the M&Ms, figured there was no better cause than for family," he said.
Thesacrifice of the dreadlocksraised nearly $10,000 with over half coming in at the golf tournament supper.
"It turns out our team was the top fundraising team and my $10,000 hair cut was the top individual effort at the event," said Watt no longer standing out because of his hair but because of his heart.
