Pangman

The Community Town Meeting took place on Saturday Feb 13, 2010 at the Pangman School Gym.

This was a joint meeting with the community and representatives from the Village of Pangman, RM of Norton and Economic Development Board. There were about 35 people in attendance.

The Deep South Personal Care Home Auxiliary provided chili, buns and delicious pies for lunch.

The meeting was chaired by Gene Kessler.  It was an occasion for the group to hear of the happenings of the area as well as have an opportunity to voice our opinions and concerns as each individual sees them.  A report was given on the Day Care (opening in September 2010), Charity Farms, the Community Kitchen (which is to be built onto the school), the Water Treatment Plant, Paving of Main Street in Pangman, the Wind Farm, the Care Home, the Economic Development Board, the Website and more.

There are a number of planned projects for the upcoming year with the main one being the new water treatment plant.  Wednesday, June 16th was suggested for the Cemetery Clean up and early part of June for the Campground Clean-up, near Bourassa’s. Also it was suggested that the Farmer’s Market be held from 9 to 12 this year.

If you can help out at any of the events held in the community, it would be greatly appreciated. Watch for posters at the post office or the town bulletin board for upcoming events.

This past weekend a winter storm hit Pangman and area causing power, telephone and internet outages.

We received a lot of snow and the high winds caused many snow drifts around town. It took the majority of the day on Monday for the graders to clear snow and there is still more to be cleared today.

The power started to go out on Friday, January 22nd, and then on Saturday, January 23rd, the power went out in the afternoon for about 3 hours. It came back on for about 4 hours or so. Then around 10:30 p.m. or so it went out again and did not come back on until around 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 24th. Then during the night it went out again, but was back up yesterday morning. Apparently some power lines broke due to heavy ice on the lines. Other communities near us did not have their power restored until late Monday, and some farmers in the surrounding area are still waiting for their power to be restored.

The telephone and internet was restored in the early afternoon yesterday.

The Deep South Personal Care Home has a power generator, so many of the elderly were taken there to stay while the power was off.

We would like to thank the Sask Power and Sask Tel employees for coming out to repair the power and telephone problems during the storm.

Below are a few articles about this winter storm:

• Thousands of Saskatchewan residents without power after winter storm
• Winter storm pounds Saskatchewan

• Powerless communities open shelters

• Saskatchewan highways shut down, power out due to weather

Here are some photos of the Pangman after the winter storm.

2009 Wall of Fame Inductees

The 2009 Wall of Fame inductees were Tom Webb and Ewart Hone. The inductees were honoured on October 23rd, 2009 following the Fall Supper. Their photos and citations are on permanent display at the Pangman Community Center.

Tom Webb

As a young boy, Tom had always wanted to skate and play hockey, but as the times were hard, work on the farm was the priority. It all started when Belt Vogeli approached Tom about coaching a hockey team in Pangman, which he did for the next 11 years. The addition to the hockey rink was built during the time that Tom was president of the Pangman Rec. Club, and he sponsored the “Webb’s Comets”. He tried to instill in the boys a dedication to the sport and loyalty to the team. In 1976 he offered to buy the Weyburn Red Wings, and was involved as owner for the next 11 years. “Promoting hockey promotes business in the community,” said Tom Webb in an interview for the Weyburn Review in 1981. The thrill of a lifetime came in 1984 when the Weyburn Red Wings captured the Centennial Cup, the National Championship of Junior A hockey. In 1995 Tom was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in Regina. Over the years he has continued to run a prosperous farming operation. Having served as a Wheat Pool delegate for District 2 and as president of the Pangman Co-op, he is currently a director of Red Coat Road & Rail, a Councillor for the R.M. of Norton, and a member of the Pangman & District Economic Development Board.

Ewart Hone

“When I see something that needs doing, I like to get it done or try to find someone to help me get it done.”. These are the words and philosophy of EWART HONE who has lived in Pangman since 1992 after retiring from farming. He is Pangman’s most dedicated volunteer who willingly gets involved in countless activities and functions in our community. On any given summer day, Ewart can be seen watering the flowers at the highway and in town or cutting grass at the gazebo park or checking the boilers at the swimming pool or trimming trees with Jack or preparing for the weekly Farmers Market. When he manages to get away for a few days fishing, the invariable question arises, “When is Ewart coming back?”. Through volunteerism, Ewart has made many friends as he greets young and old with a cheery smile usually followed by some good-natured quip. At a ceremony in Creelman in 2004, Ewart received the regional “Volunteer of the Year” Award from the South East Saskatchewan Association for Culture, Recreation and Sport under the recommendation of the Pangman Recreation Board. The award was in recognition of his many years of dedicated service as a volunteer at the Pangman Recreation Centre. Ewart’s generosity of time and spirit has earned him a well-deserved place of honour on Pangman’s Wall of Fame.

There were articles on the Wall of Fame in The Weyburn Review and in the Radville Star.

Arrangements were made in January 2009 for a landowners meeting to be held on March 4th, 2009 with the executives of Algonquin Power Trust. They were in attendance to give details of the proposed wind farm south of Pangman.

As a result of this meeting 65 quarters of land were signed up which Algonquin Power Trust has the option to install wind farm infrastructure.

A metrological tower was erected June 22nd and 23rd, 2 1/2 miles south of the east entrance to Pangman. The tower will be in place for 3 to 5 years collecting data for wind direction, and speed.

Landowners of the project are all aware that the proposed wind farm will only come to fruition if and when Sask. Power awards Algonquin Power Trust a Power Purchase Agreement.

Algonquin Power plans to pursue the development of this project further, with the support of local landowners, the community, and municipal government, wind regime and transmission line capacity.  If an agreement can be made with Sask. Power and Algonquin Power Trust, the community and the landowners will benefit.

You can find more information about Wind Power in this article on the Government of Saskatchewan website.

(L to R): Village of Pangman Councillor Gary Penner, Village of Pangman Councillor Jack Rainey, M.P. Ed Komarnicki, R.M. Administrator Wayne Lozinsky, Mayor Rodney Rowland, M.L.A. Dustin Duncan.

On August 24, 2009 Ed Komarnicki, Member of Parliament for Souris-Moose Mountain and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to the Minister of Labour, and the Honourable Dustin Duncan, Member of the Legislative Assembly for Weyburn-Big Muddy and Minister of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport, announced that the governments of Canada and Saskatchewan have set aside $577,066 in funding to support $865,600 in upgrades to the water treatment plant in Pangman.

Click here to read more of this article which appeared in the Thursday, September 3rd issue of the Deep South Star.

More photos from the meeting at the Community Centre in Pangman, SK about this announcement:

Painting of the Pangman Elevator by Barry Webster from Oyama, BC

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Village of Pangman website.

This is a project of the Pangman and District Economic Development Board to promote Pangman.

We will be posting photos and local news in the blog portion of the website. If you have a story to share, ie Anniversary celebration, Birthday celebration, special events etc., please use the contact us form or email us at welcome@pangman.ca.

Our goal is to make this website a place where members of the community and visitors can find information and local news about Pangman and area.