Supplementary Newsletter – January 2019

MARK YOUR CALENDARS! Special Presentations: The museum’s

Winter / Spring 2019 public programming series has just been finalized.

Each presentation will take place at the museum’s C.M. Glascock Building

(222 Jasper Street) starting at 7:00pm. Admission is by donation.

Refreshments will be served. Everyone is welcome!

January 24th

: 50 Photos from 50 Years of Walks in Waterton: A narrated slideshow by David & Margaret Larson documenting half

a century of images and visits to Waterton Lakes National Park.

February 28th

: Maple Creek Heritage District – Virtual Tour: If you have ever wondered about the stories behind the buildings that

make up the Maple Creek Heritage District, join us for a virtual tour of

our community’s remarkably intact early 20th

century streetscape.

Using the museum’s extensive period photograph collection, this

narrated slideshow will explore the history and architecture of rural

Saskatchewan’s first formally recognized Heritage District. Photo

below right: A mid-20th

century photo of the east side of the 100

block of Maple Creek’s Jasper Street.

March 28th

: A Tour of Uganda:

A narrated slide show by Dick Kennedy of his

2016 visit to Uganda.

Living Heritage Art Workshops:

Each month the museum will be offering our

“Living Heritage” art workshops in

collaboration with The Art House and with

funding support from the Saskatchewan Arts

Board in cooperation with SaskCulture. The

next workshop will be held at the museum’s

C.M. Glascock Building on Jan. 15th

, 2019

between 10:00am and 3:00pm. This session will focus on the arrival of the NWMP in the Cypress and

water colour painting. Watch www.facebook.com/OldtimersMuseum for updates on other workshops.

Garage Sale @ The Garage!: Spring Cleaning? Consider donating your unwanted quality household items to

“Garage Sale @ The Garage!” Please contact the museum at 1-306-662-2474 to arrange to drop-off items at the

museum’s C.M. Glascock Building before May 15th

, 2019. Unfortunately, the museum does not have the ability

to coordinate pick-ups. The sale will run May 17th

& 18th

, 2019. All proceeds go to the Log Museum project.

Thank you for your continued support of this fund-raiser!

Log Museum Restoration Travel Lottery - Update:

The final (September 2018 - Victoria) winner of the 2017 – 2018 Travel Lottery was Jamie-Lee Schmitt.

Although following this draw the museum took a one-year break from the Travel Lottery, there was almost

unanimous support expressed by the attendees of museum’s 92nd

Round-Up on Oct. 6th

, 2018 for the Travel

Lottery to be continued as a fund-raiser for the museum. Therefore, watch for details on the return of the Travel

Lottery later this year.

Membership Renewals:

Unless you are a Life Member, or already have renewed, your museum membership

will have expired October 6th

, 2018. Renewals are $10.00 per year or $150.00 for a

Life Membership. Cheques for memberships can be made payable to “S.W. Sask.

Oldtimers’ Museum” & forwarded to: Box 1540, Maple Creek, Sask., S0N 1N0.

As a Registered Charity, the S.W. Sask. Oldtimers’ Museum is able to

issue tax deductible charitable donation receipts. Please consider the

tax benefits of charitable and planned giving.

Log Museum Update: The end of the restoration/construction project at the Log Museum

complex was marked with a Contractors & Benefactors Reception

on Sept. 29th

, 2018 (photo right). This was the first event held in

the newly completed facility. That evening the contractors who

have worked on the building since the project’s inception were

honoured. Greetings were brought by Her Worship the Mayor of

Maple Creek Ms. Michelle McKenzie, our MLA Mr. Doug Steele

(photo below), as well as project benefactors including; Uli

Cartman representing the CO-OP Community Spaces Program,

Jerry Federowich on behalf of project benefactor the late Don

Beck, and Gordon Forbes on behalf of project benefactor the late

Alex McDougald. It is hoped that a grand opening will take place

during the summer of 2019.

Museum in The Community:

During the 2018 SPRA Conference held in Maple

Creek in Oct. 2018, the Log Museum was used as one

of the concurrent session venues. The photo bottom

right shows Dawn Thompson demonstrating bannock

making for conference delegates on the museum lawn.

The photo bottom left shows museum Board Member

Kristi Yarshenko speaking in one of the sessions.

The Log Museum also hosted the CHDA Inc. Fall

Forum in Nov. 2018. This past fall the museum was

pleased to host three “Living Heritage” art workshops

in collaboration with The Art House and with funding

support from the Saskatchewan Arts Board in

cooperation with SaskCulture. The first workshop

explored the early human history of the Cypress Hills

and the fur trade. The second workshop explored the

relationship between Nekaneet First Nation & Maple

Creek. The third workshop explored the Métis

heritage of the Cypress Hills. The photo below left

shows Nekaneet Elder Lena Buffalocalf giving a

presentation on tipi making. The photo below right

shows former museum Board Member Caroline

Mosquito demonstrating bannock making. The

photo far right shows Métis Elder Donna Kennedy

demonstrating capote making. Photo right shows

Emilie Landrie demonstrating Métis fiddle playing.

The next workshop will be on Jan. 15th

, 2019 and will

explore the NWMP history of the Cypress Hills.