Premier Visits Museum in Cut Knife

This morning we were pleased to welcome Lorne Calvert, Premier of Saskatchewan, to our museum. He came to see the restored Tomahawk and view a few of our displays. He listened to Lucille's blatant promotion of small town museums, the proposed 1885 Coalition, and Saskatchewan Tourism.

Also there was "Mr. Cut Knife", Roger Emberley, who has been promoting our town and museum since he moved here from Newfoundland several years ago. Present were Cut Knife Mayor, Germaine Vany, interested citizens, and other CMMM Board Members.

It is not every day we can say we hosted a Premier!

Winter Project

We are beginning our winter project which is a Community Memories virtual story, Atton's Lake - A Summer Meeting Place. CHIN (Canadian Heritage Information Network) has approved our story proposal and given us funds for computer equipment so now we begin the work.

If any of you out there in computer land have photos of the Triple Lakes area, especially of Atton's Lake over the years, please contact Noreen F. or Lucille B. through the addresses listed on this blog. Or post a comment.

We are especially looking for photos of the Dance Pavillion, unique cabins and their stories, amusing/interesting anecdotes about the lake, winter photos, and sports teams photos and information.

Thanks to our summer staff!

Summer's over and the museum is now open when appointments are made.

Our staff did a great job.

We'd also like to thank the Department of Advanced Education and Sask Culture who provided funding for our team leader.

The Young Canada Works in the Heritage Sector gave us grants for three positions.

And last but not least, we received money through Student Employment Experience (Advanced Education and Employment, Enhanced Access for Students with Disabilities Sector).

It's these grants that help us provide jobs for our young people and also help us run the museum in the summer months.

Thanks to our staff for help making a very successful museum summer. (Photos are not identified for their protection. One person missing - I think the camera was avoided??? Or the photo is lost among the hundreds of artifact pics??)

Summer Winding Down

Today was a outdoor maintenance day at the park. Lots of trim work was done. Our park is looking great!
We are building up the grade around the Ovenstown building in hopes of keeping water from sitting close to the building and seeping into the basement.
A new and improved flowerbed will be in place next spring. It is amazing how many roots that a daylily has. We dug and dug and dug to get them out.

Young Friends of the Museum, Day 5

The young people put on a play that portrayed the Battle of Cut Knife Creek.
Parents were invited to see it at the end of the day.

This day concluded a great week with a super bunch of children. Their parents should be proud of these young people - Our young friends of the museum. They are welcome back any day!
Hopefully they are inspired to learn more about the history of the area.

Thanks to Marcy, Walter, Orval, Noreen, Nicole R., Nicole D., Amber, and Kylie for helping to make it a success.