Wilkie’s Canada Day at the Museum another huge success

By Phil Heilman

WILKIE - The Wilkie Museum hosted their 2nd annual Canada celebrations on July 1st.

The morning started off with Pancake breakfast at the New Horizons Hall. Along with the flapjacks, ham slow cooked to perfection and hashbrown patties was also served.

Danny Wilgenbusch, Colin Keller and Eddy Keller play tunes.

The Swingsters entertain the early evening crowd.

Museum President Laura Heilman presenting Joe Jaindl with his prize package of leather bags and wallets.

The party moved over to the Ed Elder building where the bays that house the 1929 Ford Model A and 1954 Chevy Fire Truck were cleaned out for entertainment. Dan Wilgenbusch, along with Colin and Eddy Keller performed for the big crowd in the afternoon.

In the evening, the Swingsters moved in and played some old tunes for the crowd as BBQ supper was served, which included 3 different kinds of salads, beans and dessert.

The final push for the Hometown Raffle was happening in the background, and at 5pm, the draw for the Leather Package and Pharmacy gift basket was done.

The winner of the Pharmacy package was Saige Veit of Wilkie, while the grand prize was won by Joe Jaindl.

With all the large pile of money the museum has fundraised, work has been started on redoing the steps for the RM Building and the Cavell School House, with work of the Bachelor House to begin soon as well. The Museum has also been able to open with 2 students at the helm of the summer programming. The Museum will be open Tuesday-Saturday from 9am to 5pm, closed for lunch from 12pm to 1pm.

Fundraising continues with a Saskatchewan Day (August 4th) breakfast, followed by musical entertainment and activities in the afternoon.