August 2018 - Kenaston Crossroads

Donation to STARS

Kenaston SuperDraft donated $5000.00 to STARS in Memory and Honor of the Humboldt Broncos Hockey Team. Committee MembersDon George, Ole Remmen and Lorne Anholt, as well as, Office Manager-Deanne Bleackley were able to have a tour and meet some of the staff on June 7, 2018.
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Chamber of Commerce

A huge thank you to the staff at Affinity Credit Union for planting the flower pots and faithfully watering the park. Thank you to Joni Zdunich for trimming hedges and doing a lot of the raking. Thanks to the Chamber crew of Florence Greke, Kathy Matzner, Crystal Zdunich, Lorne Anholt and Susan Anholt for completing the raking, trimming and bagging.

Thank you to the staff at Riverbend Co-Operative for handling the garbage and watering at Snowman Park. Thanks to Tim Holder, Lorne Anholt and Andrew Lutz for getting the flags changed.

Chamber meetings are held the 4th Monday of the month at 12 noon at the Kenaston Hotel. The next meeting date is Monday September 24, 2018.

August Long Weekend 2018

Thank you to our Crossroads Sponsor: (PDF Version)

August 2018 Crossroads Sponsors

Canada Day Street Fair & BBQ

A huge thank you is extended to the Kenaston community for attending the Street Fair and making the afternoon another great success. High fives to the Village Council, Kenaston Seniors, Fire Department, First Responders, Distance Learning Centre and all of the local businesses and other volunteers who sponsored and manned the Street Fair events and community BBQ. Thank you to the sponsors who made the event possible:

Kenaston Lions Club, Millsap Fuel Distributors & Riverbend Co-Operative

Kenaston Seniors

Jeanette Holder and Idelle Westman attended the SSAI Convention June 6 and 7, finding the sessions interesting and informative. Several seniors volunteered to oversee the supper held at the Centre for the Kenaston Street Fair held on June 27.

Grade 3 & 4 students (19 students) and Grade 5 & 6 (17 students) did a smashed can craft at the Centre on June 19. On June 20 K-Gr 2 (15 students) created stickers on a visor with senior volunteers helping with the craft.

The community gathered at the Centre on June 14 to bid farewell to Gene and Anna Whitehead.

Jeanette Holder is now a Coordinator for the District. She will be attending the National Pensioners Federation Convention in Regina in September.

The next meeting of the Seniors is Tuesday September 18, 2018 at 3 pm.. Hope to see you there! If you wish to renew your membership, or join the club, please see Bev George. Membership for the year is $50, to be renewed by March 31 of each year.

"Just In Case"

A "Just in Case" seminar was held in Kenaston, presented by Harold Empey. Harold has developed a package of materials to help you organize your important information so those handling your affairs will have easy access to necessary information in the event of your death, serious illness, or loss of mental capacity. The binder has labelled dividers where you can file your will, the names of your executor and Power of Attorney, funeral wishes, contact lists, financial and pension information, insurance policies and other information. This is for people of all ages, not just Seniors. It is especially important if you have children or valuable assets. Kenaston Seniors obtained some extra binders to sell as a fundraiser for the club. A binder with the materials is available for $30.00, if you wish to purchase one for yourself or as a gift for a loved one. Please contact a Senior's Club member to purchase.

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Don’t just hang a poster:

Your announcements and notices can also be added to kenaston.ca so be sure to send them in. Posting on the webpage gives longer durability to your notice than Facebook since facebook posts disappear down the feed. If you have an event be sure to contact Glen or Susan to have your event posted on the Kenaston website, newsletter, and community calendar.

Our website is used by a wide sector of the community who also use kenaston.ca as their default browser page. Therefore this, the newsletter, and the Kenaston FB page are main communication tools and we invite you to take advantage of them.

Contact addresses are always available from the contact page tab at www.kenaston.ca

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Contributing to the Crossroads:

As space allows and content deemed appropriate, community members are welcomed and encouraged to contribute information or suggestions for articles to the Crossroads. Send your suggestion and contributions to Susan Anholt. Issue are published every 2 months. (Feb, Apr, June, Aug, Oct, Dec)

Kenaston Place

Kenaston Place now has its own domain name: kenastonplace.ca and has a group of pages on the kenaston website. Feel free to pass this along as promotion to anyone interested in renting the facility.
A full color brochure is also available from Village Office.

Kenaston Businesses:

Be sure to check out the on-line Kenaston Business Directory for a complete list of Kenaston businesses. We like to keep this list updated as much as possible. Contact Glen if you would like your commercial or home business information added. Services are listed separately.

Sponsoring the Crossroads:

To co-sponsor an issue the cost is $40, sponsoring in full is $80. You can have your name placed on our rotational sequence for sponsoring. Contact Susan Anholt.

Crossroads Distribution:

Sign up to receive the Kenaston Crossroads from the "Newsletter" page on the kenaston.ca website. Our growing list of email addresses helps us reach more of the rural and village residents who do not receive the printed copy of newsletter AND those who block fliers from their post box.

Kenaston Chamber Meetings:

Kenaston Chamber meets the 4th Monday of the month, for a one hour lunch meeting, at the Kenaston Hotel. Everyone is welcome to attend and to join the Chamber. Membership is $25. a year. Lunch is pay for your own from the menu. Come see what it's about!

Group Insurance for your Business and Farm Employees:

Special Program for farmers! If you operate a farm, large or small, look into the Group Insurance plan for employee benefits. Benefit programs help to retain employees.

Go to http://www.kenaston.ca/pages/chamber.htm and click the easy icon to request a quote.

Put your Kenaston Business on the new FaceBook Page:
This FB page is a great place to let others know of your new, home or small business, and to advertise your specials or let others know of your products. Click here and do a like!!