MOOSE MOUNTAIN PROVINCIAL PARK - The annual Remembrance Day service was held at the cenotaph in Moose Mountain Provincial Park, with approximately 90 people in attendance.
MC Joan Adams led the service, which opened with the singing of O Canada, followed by a prayer by Jim Sedor of the Moose Mountain Church of Christ.
Sisters Bobbi Lochbaum and Lorraine Johnston recited In Flanders Fields. A response to that poem was done in unison by all in attendance.
Ken and Pat Ferguson addressed the group regarding a recent funeral service, held for an uncle that was killed in the war and buried in France. Ken had an in-depth history of his uncle’s final days of the war.
Wreaths were laid on the cenotaph by numerous representatives, including Gerry Kuziuk for the Royal Canadian Air Force; Alexis Paton for the Royal Canadian Army; Carla Murray for the Royal Canadian Navy; RCMP Const. Doug Pilgrim for veterans' families and search and rescue; Joe Cornforth with the Moose Mountain Church of Christ; Tim Sedor for the Wa-Wa Shriners; and Mickey Adams for the Cannington constituency, on behalf of MLA Daryl Harrison, who was unable to attend.
Paul Kapell and son Andy were on flag detail, while Shelby Adams played the Last Post. There was two minutes of silence and then Reveille, also performed by Adams.
Kuziuk recited the Act of Remembrance and then all in attendance were invited to place their own poppies on a wreath in their own act of remembrance.
Jim Sedor asked the blessing for a lunch served to approximately 60 people at the Moose Mountain Church of Christ after the service. It was a joint effort by the church, Sacred Heart Church and the Four Seasons Drop In Centre.
During the lunch, Clay Johnstone had a wonderful display set up of war memorabilia of pictures, medals and several books of information on an uncle’s military career.
