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Isabel Wilson waits for the finishing touches during her visit to the face paint booth

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The midway area kept the youth entertained throughout the day

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6-year-old Shayla Moore, with her pony “Bubbles” and puppy “Roxy”, during her performance in the Western Pleasure

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Glenavon Annual Summer Fair and Sports Day parade

By: Darcie Thom

Cotton-candy, candy apples, ice cream, hotdogs, hamburgers and bellyaches are all a part of summertime fairs. Glenavon provided all that and more for their annual summertime fair this year.

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By: Darcie Thom

The Wawota 100th Birthday Celebration is showing future success through the number of people who have pre-registered for the Centennial event. Well over 1125 people have pre-registered for the 3-day celebration, welcoming over 650 distant visitors.

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Over 125 visitors to the Bekevar Church exit the historical building after a service on July 13th.

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People wait anxiously for the spread of desserts and BBQ

By: Darcie Thom

People of the community gathered at the Old Bekevar to celebrate an annual non-denominational church service and BBQ on Sunday, July 13th. The Church service was presented by Pastor Ivy Veysey and organist, Adele Daku. Garnet and Anne Smalley, Brian Bernat, Jerry Bagu and Joe Daku along with a wide range of volunteers, put their time into preparing the historical site for the Sunday service and BBQ to follow.

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A large variety of items were for the taking at the Put and Take Sale

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The community was welcome to a BBQ lunch to raise proceeds for the Health Foundation

By: Darcie Thom

Citizen Staff

The Kipling Chamber of Commerce and Health Foundation kicked off the Red Paper Clip Trade Day with a Put and Take Sale held mid-day of Saturday, July 12th.

Max Krecsy, member of the Kipling Chamber of Commerce, was informed of a garage sale technique known as a Put and Take Sale by a family member from Edmonton. “In Edmonton, people get together in a (designated) parking lot, people bring their unwanted items and are free to take whatever they want from the sale,” Krecsy explained.

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Nineteen-year-old Mandy Mercer welds wing stops onto a main frame for one of Seed Hawk’s machines.

Staff photo by Lizz Bottrell

Mandy Mercer, now a welder, began working at Seed Hawk in January as a welder trainee.

By Lizz Bottrell, Citizen Staff

At first glance, people would not notice anything unique about the welders in the welding shop at Seed Hawk - that is until they spotted nineteen-year-old Mandy Mercer. The blond hair, blue-eyed young woman hangs out with guys all day long, constantly proving that women can indeed do anything they wish.

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By: Darcie Thom

It’s that time of year again to take out the boots, dust off the ol’ cowboy hat and mosey on over to the Kennedy Rodeo. A full spread of talent will be showcasing the truest rodeo experience that one could ever endure from July 19th to July 20th.

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Kipling Co-Op Home And Agro Centre

By Lizz Bottrell, Citizen Staff
On Tuesday, July 8 at 8 p.m., Kipling Co-op plans to hold an information meeting regarding the potential merger of Kipling Co-op with Broadview Co-op. The Board of Directors as well as both Co-ops hope to see a good turn out at the meeting in order to fully explain what sort of affect the merger will have on the communities.

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Doug and Joan Danielson residence at 102-7th Avenue in Kipling.

By Lizz Bottrell, Citizen Staff

Over the past few weeks, some residents in Kipling have expressed concern as well as outright anger towards the new taxation system the Town of Kipling recently put into place. With the new method, which is a base tax method, residents pay a more equal amount of taxes. The old method was based on a property’s assessed value, making some residents pay as much as $2,500 while others paid as little as $775.

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Photo Submitted by: Kim and Darryl Balog

Tayler Balog, grade 8 student from Kipling - who was a part of the Sask Can Hustlin’ Huskies AAA 1994 Hockey team this spring. The team claimed A-side championship titles in Edmonton AAA tournament, Winnipeg AAA tournament and the most recent Saskatoon Huskies Prospect Cup AAA tournament. The team consisted of players from Beauval, Tisdale, Saskatoon, Warman, Prince Albert, White City, Battlefords, and Weyburn.

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Kipling Under 10 Team and Kipling Under 8 Team at the soccer wind-up.

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Kipling Under 6 Team and Kipling Under 4 Team at the soccer wind-up.

Submitted By: Paulette Guider

Kipling minor soccer has reached the end of another fun and busy soccer season! We started practicing Tuesdays after school in late April with 83 kids registered in the U10, U8, U6 and even U4 age groups. This is the biggest turnout since beginning two years ago! The youngest age group was coached by Jason Balog and Lauren Grayson, Chris Toth instructed the U6s, and Paulette Guider led the U8 and U10s. Practices were successful thanks to the excellent and consistent help of many dedicated parents and high school students. Our hats go off to them in appreciation, soccer could not have happened without all their support!

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The new Bell Park Gazebo is well underway

By: Darcie Thom
Construction was well underway at Bell Park recently. Heaton Redi-Mix poured cement for the Gazebo that is being built in the Garden area of Bell Park.

The Lions Club has been busy with organizing and providing the funds, and builder, for this project. The Lions Club donated the funds for this project by using the Kipling Community Betterment Lottery, which is an annual lottery that is used to collect proceeds for community projects. Lions Member, Elmer Teskey, is the person over-seeing the project.

There are still a few more details to finish on the gazebo, but when it is finished, it will be a beautiful addition to the Bell Park.

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Darren Szakacs, manager at Kipling Co-op Home & Agro, explains some of the features of the on-site RTM Home to Ruth Glydon.

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Six-year-old Vanessa Mytopher of Glenavon was one of 100 who attended the Peebles Co-op Customer Appreciation BBQ on Saturday, June 21.

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3 generations of the Cross Family: Allan and Julie with their son Ward, wife Crystal and children Kaitlyn and Austyn

By: Darcie Thom

Last year the Moose Mountain Rural Development Council (RDC) held a contest for the ‘Farm Family of the Year’. The recipients, The Vargo Brothers, were nominated because of their continued hard work and loyalty to their family farm.

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The aging interior of the Bekevar Church shows a true architectural beauty.

By: Darcie Thom

Looking at the Bekevar Church from the gravel road, one would expect that there may not be that much to look at inside. But, as the door was opened, all ideas were changed. There is a true beauty in the church, from the handcrafted pews to the wooden floors and the many historical pictures that hang above the entrance.
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