First Place Honours for Veteran’s Section

Your West Central Voice / The Kerrobert Chronicle were awarded top honours for their Salute to Veterans supplement last week at the Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association Better Newspapers Competition last week, receiving full marks! Here is the judge’s comment.

Drawing on my own background as the now retired editor of the award-winning Shilo Stag community newspaper serving the military at CFB Shilo, MB, it was an easy choice to name the West Central Voice's 24-page special edition with the headline 'Age Shall Not Weary Them' - scoring a perfect 100. A keepsake for those who had grandfathers, fathers, brothers, uncles and nephews who served Canada during wars starting with the Boer in South Africa, up to the recent Afghan War. Made use of the Legion or local museum to find photos plus biographies of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice and now lay in graves overseas, and for some, having no known grave but have their name etched on a monument in places like France and Belgium. Moreover, the special edition received plenty of advertising support, and I would recommend teachers to save a copy and use it to instruct students on the local involvement of military members who fought so that they enjoy our freedom today.