Rick De Vries

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And Valard health and safety supervisor Jim Friesen, one of the first to see the grassfire Whittaker responded to, said he happened to be driving through the area and had no choice but to stop. “What was I going to do? I had a fire extinguisher in the back of my truck and a shovel and when the fire extinguisher ran out, I just grabbed the shovel and did what I could,” Friesen said.

“Daphne and David began volunteering in the school when their grandchildren were in attendance and while they no longer have any enrolled, they have adopted the staff and students as members of their family, planning monthly meal menus, grocery shopping, delivering food and prepare all of the meals,” McElroy said of the Dowbushs, adding he believed it would not be possible to run either of the school’s meal-based programs without the support of community members like them.