Nokomis & Lumsden
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Dennis Simpson
Nokomis - President and MC Doug Sather
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Dennis Simpson
Nokomis Legion members
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Dennis Simpson
Nokomis - Legion members
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Dennis Simpson
Nokomis - Laverne Sobus and Paul Valiquette laying the Government of Canada Wreath
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Dennis Simpson
Nokomis - Soloist Dennis Kriesser and Jack Robson Blue birds over the white cliffs of Dover
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Dennis Simpson
Nokomis - Community Choir
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Terri Young
Lumsden - Remembrance Day
Photos submitted by Dennis Simpson (Nokomis) and Terri Young (Lumsden)
Punnichy
Remembrance Day in Punnichy
On Friday, November 11th, Punnichy Legion Branch #45 and community members took part in the Remembrance Day celebration at the cenotaph at the end of Main street.
Chairman Ray Moldowan laid the wreath on behalf of the Punnichy Legion in honour of all who have fallen. Janice Graessli called the WWI and WWII Honour Rolls.
The Punnichy Legion Branch #45 would like to thank all those who purchased crosses, wreathes and poppies in support of veterans and their families. This year $200 donations were made to the “Paws for Veterans” Program, which provides Service Dogs to Saskatchewan Veterans, to the “Power in Me” Mental Health and Wellness Veteran Program, and to the “Leave the Streets Behind” program, which is committed to helping Veterans and their families with affordable housing.
The Royal Canadian Legion is committed to ensuring that the tradition of Remembrance remains relevant to our younger generations through creative art and literacy. The Punnichy Branch would also like to THANK the schools and especially the teachers in our area that provided student entries for the yearly National Poppy Poster/Literary Contest. At this time, we would like to thank all the Branch Winners from Raymore & Muskowekwan Schools and wish them the best in the Zone competition. Prize presentations will be held later this week.
Punnichy community cenotaph
Congratulations to the following:
- Primary Black & White Poster
- 1st – Chikaya Pelly – Raymore
- Primary Colored Poster
- 1st – Cassidy Desjarlais Patenaude – Muskowekwan
- 2nd – Quinn MacTavish – Raymore
- Junior Black & White Poster
- 1st – Heartley Alexander – Raymore
- 2nd – Ava Marshall – Raymore
- Junior Colored Poster
- 1st – Damon Purdue – Raymore
- Junior Essay
- 1st – Carter Forden – Raymore
- 2nd – Tori Thompson & Nixon Marshall – Raymore
- Intermediate Black & White Poster
- 1st – Brianna Benko – Raymore
- 2ND – Landyn MacMurchy – Raymore
- Intermediate Colored Poster
- 1st – Erica Son – Raymore
- 2nd – Brooklyn Cote – Raymore
- Intermediate Poem
- 1st – Cheyenne Leader – Raymore
- 2nd – Bailey Gerard – Raymore
- Intermediate Essay
- 1st – Gracie Currall – Raymore
- 2nd – Lyanna Papain – Raymore
- Senior Black & White Poster
- 1st – Payten Kihn – Raymore
The members of Branch #45 would like to express their gratitude and appreciation to the community for making and taking the time to remember.
-Submitted by Punnichy Legion Branch #45
Ministerial Message
Remembering
November. A month of remembrance, a time to remember the dead from the wars. Services are held, people are honoured, and poppies are worn. Justifiably so.
Throughout the month, many also take time to remember the deceased in their families, to remember their relatives who have died. I ask myself, do we also take time to remember the many others who have died due to addiction, drug overdose, mental health, mass shootings, suicides, cancers,and diseases? The list goes on. As wars are avoidable, many deaths because of societal woes are also avoidable. Do we remember to put as much effort toward the well-being of the poor and marginalized compared to the well-being of the rest of the population?
Remembering must be more than just remembering the dead. It must include remembering others in their plight and remembering to live as we should. Do we remember those we have wronged or those who have wronged us? Jesus said if you remember that your brother has something against you; stop what you are doing and go at once and make peace with your brother (Mt 5:23-24 GNB- Good News Bible). This is sound teaching. We are all meant to live in harmony. We can’t honour God without honouring every human being. The truth and reconciliation with our Indigenous brothers and sisters is an example where truth has to be faced, and reconciliation has to take place. This is all part of remembering to live as we should.
The letter to the Hebrews exhorts us to live according to the example of Christ. It presents our earthly life as a kind of pilgrimage toward our proper and lasting home in heaven. Hebrew 13:1-3 says, “Keep on loving one another as Christian brothers. Remember to welcome strangers in your home. ... Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are (GNB). These are not easy thing to remember. I suggest we follow the advice given in Proverb 3:5-6 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. Never rely on what you think you know. Remember the Lord in everything you do, he will show you the right way ...simply obey the Lord and refuse to do wrong. If you do, it will be good medicine, healing your wounds and easing your pains (GNB).
This year let’s not only take time to remember the dead but also remember the downtrodden and remember to live as we should. Happy remembering.
Deacon Norbert Gaudet, Sacred Heart RC – Raymore
