Home-Grown Hockey Hero

Staff Photo By: Darcie Thom

Brooks Laich plays street hockey with children 12 and under during the Wawota Centennial Celebrations

By: Darcie Thom

Is he the next big name in the NHL, or just the guy next door? Depending on who you talk to, 25-year-old, Brooks Laich of Wawota, is making an impression on young people, whether he be a well-known hockey player or the guy down the street.

His fellow neighbors of Wawota joke that he is just the guy next door, a simple and motivated person with plenty of star-quality talent. Young and impressionable hockey fans don’t see Brooks the same way, many see him as the NHL superstar who has accomplished his dreams.

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By: Ivy Vesey, Bekevar Presbyterian Church

Our Anchor - HOPE

Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,

When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?

When the strong tides lift and the cables strain,

Will your anchor drift or firm remain?

Will your anchor hold in the straits of fear,

When the breakers roar and the reef is near?

While the surges rave and the winds blow,

Shall the angry waves then your bark o’erflow?

Will your eyes behold through the morning light

The city of gold and the harbour bright?

Will you anchor safe by the eavenly shore,

When life’s storms are past forevermore?

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By: Darcie Thom

“Don’t stare, always say please and thank-you, and show your manners.” This was a daily instruction in my younger days. Having grown and learning, not only the embarrassment of the lack of manners, but also the respect value that manners hold, those words that were embedded all make sense to me now!

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Staff Photo By: Darcie Thom

Various teams played at the “volleyball beach” during the festivities.

Staff Photo By: Darcie Thom
The money pit kept the kids, ages 12 and under, busy throughout most of the day on Saturday until the late hours in the night. 10-year-old Devin Stewart was one of the lucky kids to find a $20 bill hidden in the sand. Approximately $200.00 was buried within the sand in different forms such as coins and bills.

Photo Submitted By: Debbie Eastland

Six settlers homesteaded here in 1882 and Wawota was born.  Their descendants are: (from back left to right Molly Mitchell - Brandon, Man.; Nora Jacques - Wawota, SK; Marg Beitel - Regina, SK - Marg and Arlene are sisters and wanted to go together at the last minute so Marg’s name never got in.

Arlene Lloyd - Regina, SK ; Bob Bourgon — Wawota, SK; Garth Taylor - Wawota, SK; Larry Greenbank - Wawota, SK; Ron Coffey - Wawota, SK

By: Darcie Thom

Wawota has created a new definition of the word celebration. The Town of Wawota hosted a record-breaking celebration for their 100th birthday this past weekend in and around the town. Over 1330 visitors and local town-folk pre-registered for the Centennial Celebration, along with hundreds of visitors throughout the August long weekend.

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