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Norquay Legion holds Remembrance Day service

The Norquay branch of the Royal Canadian Legion held a Remembrance Day service at 11 a.m. on November 11 at the Norquay Communiplex. The service began with the singing of O Canada and was followed by the playing of The Last Post by Ewen Achtymichuk.
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Participants in the Norquay Remembrance Day service, from left, included: (back row) Genevieve Galay, Cst. Kim Lam, Ewan Achtymichuk, Jude Achtymichuk, Neil Cox, Marlene Jacquemart, Brad Knutson, Nadia Ewachow, Jeremy Korpusik, Mary Sellers, Margaret McCallum, Ken Paluck, Kathy Ostafichuk, Cst. Conal Shepherd, Barb Fraser, Roberta Taylor, Alexis Lyons, Frankie Kim, Arden Gustafson, Courtney Lyons and Lovern Yagelniski, and (front) Lennie Abbott, Millie Abbott, Betty Lou Skogen, Donna Lulashnyk, Denise McGonigal, Tom Brown, Cora Stobee, Smith Thompson and L.R. Abbott.

            The Norquay branch of the Royal Canadian Legion held a Remembrance Day service at 11 a.m. on November 11 at the Norquay Communiplex.

            The service began with the singing of O Canada and was followed by the playing of The Last Post by Ewen Achtymichuk. After two minutes of silence, Jude Achtymichuk played Reveille.

As vice-president of the Norquay Legion, Donna Lulashnyk had the privilege of reciting the following: “They shall not grow old as we who are left grown old. Age shall not worry them nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them.”

Marlene Jacquemart of the Lutheran Church did the invocation and then wreaths were placed at the indoor cenotaph.

Mary Sellers of the Roman Catholic Church said the opening prayer.

With Kathy Ostafichuk at the piano, the hymn Faith of Our Fathers was sung.

Franki Kim Mathew of the Fellowship Chapel and Lovern Yagelniski of the Baptist Church read scripture and then Alexis and Courtney Lyons performed a musical interlude.

Arden Gustafson of the Covenant Church delivered the meditation and then the hymn Oh God Our Help in Ages Past, with Kathy Ostafichuk at the piano, was sung.

Nadia Ewachow of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said the closing prayer; Margaret McCullum of the United Church said the benediction.

The Colours were retrieved, God Save the Queen was sung and the service was over.

Following the service Wayne and Gladys Prokopchuk were available for those who had wished to pay their Legion dues.

At the noon meal, the toast to the Queen was said by Bob Abbott. Messages from the Prime Minister and the Norquay mayor were read. Roberta Taylor was the guest speaker.