MAIDSTONE — Ralph Cox of Maidstone passed away July 9 at the age of 78. Sincere sympathy is extended to Kathy, his wife of 58 years, his children Lorie (David) Eggeson, Wendy Smith, Wade (Donna) Cox, Clint (Erin) Cox and Elaine (Kirk) Schempp, 19 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, as well as two sisters and one brother. Ralph was described by those who knew him as “a good guy, great to visit with, a jewel.” He will be missed by all his family and friends. In keeping with Ralph’s wishes, no formal service will be held.
Congratulations to Lloyd and Idell Robb on their 70th anniversary July 15. Over 100 people attended the milestone anniversary celebration at the United Church CE Wing, July 13. Many guests were from Maidstone and surrounding area, while some came from Calgary, Lloydminster, North Battleford and Saskatoon. Jean McPherson entertained everyone with many tunes Lloyd and Idell grew up with, danced to and which Lloyd played on the piano, ending with “The Anniversary Waltz.”
Idell said, “We really enjoyed it and were amazed at how many people came to celebrate with us! We would like to thank Jean for playing so many songs we remember, Brenda Mitchell for taking pictures, our family for putting it on, the UCW for the lovely lunch, and everyone for coming.”
Congratulations to the Duhaime family from Paynton who had a fantastic time at the Calgary Stampede Heavy Horse Show, coming home with Junior and Reserve Junior Champion and Reserve Grand Champion Mare. Duhaimes raise Belgians and Percherons and are known far and wide for their beautiful horses and world class horse showing.
Grace Community Church had an amazing Vacation Bible School all last week. Pastor Alex and Melanie Pompu along with several volunteers did an amazing job with the children. At the end of the last day, families were invited to watch a video of the week’s activities and have lunch together. Three prizes were drawn: one for learning all the verses, one for perfect attendance and one for just coming. The video and the daily reports were testaments to the success of this week of outreach and how much fun the kids had. From donations made during the week, two young girls will be attending Bible camp this summer.
Maidstone Disc Golf top averages from Week 10 were: Tier 1 Matt Sayers -7.22, Tier 2 Andrew Williams +1, Tier 3 Alex Lorence +13. Drawn winners were Jacquie Donovan and Kerigan White. For Week 11 top averages are the same for Tiers 1 and 2 with Noah Schempp +12.5 in Tier 3. Drawn winners were Shelton Paton and Chase James.
Maidstone Library welcomes all children kindergarten to Grade 3 to come to their fun program every Wednesday 2 to 4 p.m. until Aug. 19. Don’t forget the Summer Reading Program is on. Earn ballots for prizes by reading: the more you read, the more chances you earn.
Reminder: Saskatchewan Summer Games in Lloydminster July 21-27. The schedule for Maidstone athletes was in last week’s newspaper.
