KERROBERT — It has been a while since my last message due to a busy stretch at work and family obligations. I am finally getting the chance to sit down and take in some things that have happened over the last couple of months.
There is no shortage of things going on in Kerrobert. I want to start by welcoming back a group that Kerrobert has missed over the last several years, the Kinette Club. I had the privilege of being invited to a charter night for the newly established Kin Club of Kerrobert. This group does many wonderful things in our community and has already been active in setting up games in the park and swimming for kids as well as hosting a family barbecue. Kin Clubs have been an integral part of Kerrobert for as long as I can remember.
The town has been going through some staff changes. We hired a new assistant administrator after spending a few years with our CAO doing both the CAO and assistant administrator jobs. Ariel Murphy was hired last month, and we are excited to have her join our team. It is great to have a young local person take on a job like this. Town council is proactive when it comes to succession planning, and if everything works out the way we believe that it will, Ariel may one day be able to advance into the role of CAO. She has many years in front of her to settle in and learn all the ins and outs of the position. We wish her a very long career with the Town of Kerrobert.
We are losing Recreation Director Bobbi Hebron. After eight years of fantastic work, Bobbi has decided to change careers and will be the new librarian at the school in Kerrobert starting this fall. Bobbi is an amazing cheerleader when it comes to building up and promoting our community. I will miss her detailed articles that were always so informative and written so well. She did an amazing job making all our facilities great and setting the bar to a higher standard. I wish her much happiness in her new job, and I want to thank her for all her hard work over the past eight years.
We didn’t have to search too far or for too long for someone to show interest in the position of recreation director. Marli Sheppard, who already works in our town office, expressed her interest in the recreation director position. Marli has been heavily involved in many different groups from our local Junior B hockey club to high school football, where she was one of the founding committees that raised funding for the new lights on the football field. Marli is also a member of the wildlife federation. These are just a few things she either was or is involved with. I honestly couldn’t think of a better choice to carry on with the excellence in our local recreation. Congratulations, Marli.
It is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to Father Daniel Yasiniski. Over the past eight years, Father Dan has been an amazing addition to our Catholic Church as well as our community. I know he has been a steady force of faith for so many of us, especially when we lost people close to us. In my family in particular, we said goodbye to our mother and my brother just a few weeks apart this past January, as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. It was comforting to have Father Dan sit at their bedside offering prayer and friendship. Beyond Kerrobert, many people from near and very far away tuned in to watch live stream mass and we can’t forget coffee talk. I hope Father Dan continues to do these things so that we can keep tuning in from time to time. The community held a special going away barbecue at the park for Father Dan at the beginning of July, which saw members of Kerrobert, and several surrounding parishes come out to wish him well as he gets ready for a new chapter in Saskatoon. Thank you, Father Dan, for everything you did for our community. Keep curling and keep cheering on those Roughriders. We will cheer you on as you have done for all of us.
