Tonight's celebration was lovely. The Co-Op Rink was decorated and 450 people filled the rink to eat good food (Jodie Deanna) and have good conversations.
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| The Rink Decorated for the Co-Op's Celebration. June 11, 2014 |
The Co-Op had its start December 3, 1914 as the Merrington Ag Co-Operative Ltd with Mr. Campbell as President. It started with 10,000 shares at a $1 per share for a $10,000 start up. Today Rod MacDiarmed is the General Manager and oversees a co-operative with about $65 million in revenues.
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| Co-Op History Display at 100th Celebration. June 11, 2014 |
As Tom Watt said, the President, 100 years is a lot of candles and they had the cake for it.
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| The Front Display with Cake and Gifts. June 11, 2014 |
As part of the celebration customers who had placed their name in the draw barrels were eligible to win one of ten prizes. The winners were chosen from all of the barrels in their respective outlets and then drawn again to determine their prize. It was an elimination draw in which the first person drawn had their choice of the 7 consolation prizes and the last person drawn had their choice of one of three grand prizes. Deanna Milner won the grand prize and choose a trip for 4 to Disneyland.
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| Elimination Contestants at Co-Op's 100th Anniversary Celebration. June 11, 2014 |
Also drawn at the end was a door prize for a trip for two to Las Vegas.
The evening was a good celebration with Harland Lesyk as Master of Ceremonies. Remarks were given by:
- Tom Watt, Board President, Kindersley & District Co-operative Ltd
- Dusty MacDonald, President/Chair of the Board, Federated Co-operatives Ltd
- myself (for remarks please see previous post), and
- Donna McBride made a presentation to the ladies of the Women's Guild which has folded
I had a good time this evening and I want to thank Tom Watt and the staff for the wooden pen set that was given to me; I appreciate it very much.
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