聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 A celebration was held at the Kamsack Power House Museum to commemorate 鈥渁nother good year for our beautiful museum鈥� and to cut a cake for Canada 150.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A pancake breakfast kicked off the event at 9 a.m. and ran until 1 p.m.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lydia Cherkas, Museum president, along with Museum board members and volunteers, were on hand to host this event at the Museum grounds in Centennial Park on September 3.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Cherkas welcomed everyone to the celebration, and thanked the meat department of the Kamsack Co-op Food Store for providing two baskets full of meat products that were available to be won as door prizes. There were also tickets available for a 50/50 draw.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 聽Board members expressed relief that the rain which had threatened earlier in the morning had dissipated, leaving behind sunshine, allowing for those who were in attendance to stroll about from building to building to observe the many displays that are indoors and out.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Peter Cherkas, Museum board member, was available to chat about the new items on display at the Museum as well as physical improvements that have been made to the buildings.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e were able to finish putting in all new doors to the Northern Petroleum Corporation (NPC) building and on the northwest side of the Museum,鈥� said Cherkas.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e also have our new mannequins set up as part of our displays in the main Museum building and in the one-room schoolhouse, and we are very proud of our mannequin on display with the RCMP uniform.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淎nnie Morinos of Kamsack has lent us several items for a temporary display to depict the history of the Philippines,鈥� he said.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Musical entertainment was provided by Colleen Kazakoff, accompanied by Rick Chernoff on guitar.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Lawrence Kazakoff, Colleen鈥檚 husband, provided some entertainment as well when he shared several humourous 鈥渟tories鈥� with the audience during breaks in the music.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 鈥淲e are going to conclude our performance with the song This Land is My Land, which I think is appropriate because it is Canada鈥檚 150th birthday, and I am going to finish the song in the Ukrainian language,鈥� said Kazakoff, which she then did.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 A large cake which was dedicated to Canada鈥檚 150th birthday was brought out and served with ice cream to everyone in attendance.
聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽聽 Bill Matthew of Kamsack won the 50/50 draw. Betty Toporowski and Madeline Buenneke, of Yorkton, were both winners of the door prizes.
