Town of Dalmeny

Crystal Benoit , a resident of Dalmeny for over 10 years , has been chosen as the 2015 Citizen of the Year by the Dalmeny Recreation Board . Crystal has donated her time and talent for a variety of projects in Dalmeny , but is widely known as the Chair and founder of the Dalmeny Spray and Play Intergenerational Park Project where she has raised over $ 200,000 and brought to life a new exciting park for our community . With phase one

Upcoming Events :

June 23 , 2016 - Membership BBQ at the Canalta Hotel in Martensville from 5:30pm-8:30pm

For more information about the MCOC , contact : ( 306 ) 291-6262 , martensvillechamber @ sasktel . net , visit www . martensvillechamber . com or find them on Facebook under ‘ Martensville Chamber of Commerce ’ complete we are excited to continue working alongside her and her committee of volunteers .

Crystal ’ s many other contributions to the Town of Dalmeny include volunteering at both the high school and elementary in various capacities . She is a member of the SCC ( School Community Council ) at Prairie View Elementary . She has been involved coaching junior volleyball at the high school as well as coaching soccer .

As the Town Librarian for the past five years , Crystal organizes various workshops for kids and adults to attend - from nutrition workshops and story times to crochet nights , wine tastings and more .

The town cannot thank Crystal enough for her dedication and efforts . She has shown true commitment while being a valuable asset to the community . Thank you Crystal Benoit for all you do !

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Picture it . It is 1909 , just five years before President Woodrow Wilson would sign a national observance of Mother ' s Day into effect . Several states had been celebrating Mother ' s Day for years , and while listening to a sermon about the day , young Sonora Smart Dodd wondered why no day had been set aside for fathers . Her own father had raised her and her siblings single-handedly after their mother had died . There should be such a day , Dodd thought , and decided to start campaigning for one .

Dodd selected her father ' s birthday , June 5 , for the celebration . However , this did not give officials in her hometown of Spokane ,

WA , enough time to prepare . They selected the third Sunday in June , June 19 , to be Father ' s Day . On June 19 , 1910 , the first Father ' s Day celebration took place in Spokane . Dodd selected the red rose as a tribute for living fathers and the white rose as a tribute for deceased fathers . Many young men wore roses to church in honor of their fathers on that day .

Dodd continued campaigning for a national observance of Father ' s Day , and other towns hopped onboard , throwing their own Father ' s Day celebrations . President Woodrow Wilson gave his support to the cause , speaking at Father ' s

Day services in Spokane in 1916 . President Calvin Coolidge followed this with a call for a national observance of Father ’ s Day in 1924 .

In spite of Dodd ' s efforts , it wasn ' t until 1966 that President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation establishing the third Sunday in June as Father ' s Day . President Richard Nixon made the national observance permanent in 1972 .

Today , over 30 countries around the world celebrate Father ' s Day . Sonora Smart Dodd would be extremely proud of how far her idea has come .

A listing of upcoming events in and around Martensville

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Thursday , June 16 Summer Fun Program Registration

North Side RECYCLE Collection Day

BELOW : What is believed to be an albino baby robin was spotted on Geisbrecht Court in Martensville . Little Ella discovered the rare bird and was careful to stay back , so the baby bird wouldn ’ t be scared . ABOVE : Crystal Benoit with Joel Mireau , Deputy Mayor at the 2016 Dalmeny Days weekend .

MHS Grad Ceremony 3:00pm TCU Place

Tuesday , June 21 Council Meeting - City Hall 5pm

Wednesday , June 22 South Side WASTE Collection Day

Thursday , June 23 North Side WASTE Collection Day

Sunday , June 26 KidSport Playhouse Draw Date