Dance Images by BJ celebrated 30 years
Dance Images by BJ celebrated its 30th season in September, with owner Barb Jackman. Jackman has been a part of the dance community in Moose Jaw for much longer than 30 years, having taken her training here and began teaching at Silver Stars Dance Club before investing in her own studio on South Hill. Since purchasing the building in 1989, Jackman and her loyal team have expanded and renovated to house three studio spaces in the building.
Prestige Patching Inc. debuted new, more efficient pothole repair technique
A new form of road surface repair debuted as local company Prestige Patching Inc. Dean Lang, company president, brought the spray-injection pothole patching equipment to the country, having partnered with the UK-based company Velocity Road Repair Services who produce the equipment. With a turnaround time that is less than half an hour, road crews would no longer have to block off roadways for extended periods of time to properly repair a defect in the road surface. Prestige Patching Inc. is open to do sub-contracting work and can be found on their website.
Local optometrist awarded for work with mobile eye health unit
Dr. Shannon Gatrell joined the Primary Eye Care Centre team in Moose Jaw in 2008, and her work here in southern Saskatchewan was recognized with a prestigious award. The Saskatchewan Association of Optometrists (SAO) named Gatrell as the 2018-19 Optometrist of the Year.
Lepine claimed first men’s city golf championship
Nick Lepine came close to winning the Moose Jaw men’s city golf championship the year before but this year won his first men’s city championship. The win marked the last golf milestone for the season, as earlier in the summer he shot a 63 to set a new course record at the Lynbrook.
Col. Ron Walker took over as commanding officer of 15 Wing
Col. Ron Walker officially became the new commander of 15 Wing Moose Jaw.
Walker, 51, became the 27th commander of the local Canadian Forces base in August during the official Change of Command ceremony, taking over from outgoing commander Col. Denis O’Reilly.
Old time harvest experience at Sukanen threshing bee
Fifty continuous years of threshing bees were celebrated at the annual Sukanen Ship Museum bee on Sept. 7 and 8.
15 Wing held change of command ceremony for The Big 2
When Lt. Col. Blair Springate was last at 15 Wing on a full-time basis 26 years ago, he had little idea that all these years later he’d become the commanding officer of the storied ‘Big 2.’ On August 26, sitting alongside 15 Wing commanding officer Col. Ron Walker and outgoing commandant Lt. Col. Jody McKinnon, signing orders saw him officially take over as boss of the 2 Canadian Forces Flying Training School.
