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In the middle row are Mayor Larry Tomlinson and Yvonne Down with the Seniors group. In front is Velma Moore with the Seniors Group. On a stay in the hospital, Moore realized there is a need for new mattresses. Seniors donate $60,000 to Health Care Foundation BY VICTOR VAN DER MERWE needed new mattresses. That is why I wanted to give to “They were interested in us having some new mat- LOCAL JOURNALISM INITIATIVE REPORTER the hospital. We had sold our building and the money tresses. It is really nice to get recommendations from the At a cheque presentation held Friday at the Southeast was there,” said Velma Moore of the Seniors Group. people that are using the services so we had a representa- Intergrated Care Centre, the Moosomin and District Se- The building that was sold was at the site of the new tive come out and we’ve done a mattress audit, so now niors Group presented $60,000 to the Health Care Foun- head quarters for the Co-op. The group is using the mon- we know exactly what we need to do to make the best use dation. The money will go towards new mattresses for the ey to give to various worthy organizations. of the donation, we are going to move forward with all 23 beds in the Acute Care Department. Joni Wielgoz, Acute Care Manager at the SEICC, is ex- new mattresses,” said Wielgoz. “I’ve been in the hospital quite a bit, and I felt that we cited to get the new mattresses. Continued on page 3 YEAR END SELL DOWN ON NOW! 2020 EXPEDITION CELEBRATION Guy Wall: BLACK OUT EDITION SYNC3 NAV –FORD SALES– (306) 435-0215 WAS: $74,100 • SAVE $5,500 NOW $ 499 BI-WEEKLY Eli Tremblay ONLY (306) 434-9101 ACT NOW LAST ONE IN STOCK 1-800-880-4533 • 306-435-3313 Check out celebrationford.com for all the amazing inventory! 2 The World-Spectator - Moosomin, Sask. Monday, December 7, 2020 Covid-19’s impact on restaurants continues BY ROB PAUL much good anyway. You put them between your booths LOCAL JOURNALISM and even with plexiglass you have to have two metres INITIATIVE REPORTER and you have to close down every second booth. When the Covid-19 pandemic began changing every- “Still though, as far as protocols go for us with seat- thing in March, few industries were hit as hard as the hos- ing, nothing has really changed. We’ve had to do the same pitality industry. thing we’ve had to do for a while now, since Covid-19 With health and safety restrictions forcing them to tem- started we’ve been doing all the extra cleaning and fol- porarily close and pivot to delivery and curbside pickup lowing the sanitary protocol—that part of it has been in for a long stretch, it was devastating for many in the res- place for quite a few months now. Really we just took taurant business. some tables out, that’s been the only change for us.” Even when they were able to re-open in Saskatchewan, $WWKHHQGRIWKHGD\'DYLGVRQNQRZVWKLVLVQ·WLGHDO it was with new protocols in place that reduced capacity and there will be losses, but dwelling on the negativity which in turn reduced sales. won’t do anybody any good so he chooses to focus on the Locally owned restaurants relied on strong community positives that are coming around the corner, especially in support to survive some of the tougher times of the pan- the Moosomin community. demic. ´:HGRKDYHDELJJHUEXLOGLQJ PDNLQJFUHDWLQJVSDFH The hospitality industry has once again been put in easier), but it’s also a lot more costly of a building to op- DGL΀FXOWVLWXDWLRQ$V&RYLGFDVHVULVHLQ6DVNDWFK- erate as well,” he said. “The costs are much higher. Just ewan, so to do the protocols for restaurants to continue our decreases alone would maybe be bigger than a lot of to operate. restaurants do for sales. The Government of Saskatchewan implemented new “But it is what it is, once we got into it we decided we’ll &RYLGUHVWULFWLRQVWKDWZHQWLQWRHͿHFWRQ1RYHPEHU just do our best. We’ll still be here no matter what hap- 27 and will continue until at least December 17. For res- pens and hopefully by next June everybody can get vac- taurants, that means more space, which means lowering cinated and things will be getting back to normal. I’m just capacity. looking forward to next summer, hopefully by May we’re Covid-19 restrictions for restaurants and licensed estab- RQDQXSVZLQJZLWKWKLQJV,NQRZZHKDYHDORWRIVWXͿ lishments implemented by the Government of Saskatch- JRLQJRQDWWKH1XWULHQPLQHQH[WVXPPHUDQGDORWRI ewan include: construction so that makes our hotels busy which is good • $OOUHVWDXUDQWVDQGOLFHQVHGHVWDEOLVKPHQWV EDUV for the town and good for us. I feel we’re very lucky to taverns, nightclubs) are limited to seat four at a have that project going on with lots of work at the mine single table. starting next May. If we didn’t have that it would be a • If there are impermeable barriers between the much harder battle, but they’re going to bring in a lot of tables, tables must be placed two metres apart. If Red Barn Family Restaurant owner Dan Da- out of town people and a lot of extra money to circulate there are no impermeable barriers between tables, vidson says he has to keep a positive attitude LQRXUFRPPXQLW\:H·UHJRLQJWRJHWDELJEHQHÀWRXWRI there must be a three metre distance between all that.” tables. through the pandemic despite the impacts it Davidson believes staying optimistic is the only way • Restaurants and licensed establishments must has had on the hospitality industry. to get through everything going on in the world right maintain guest/reservation information on all pa- now and even though the holidays won’t be the same, he trons. knows this communities support is how everybody will • 7KHFXUIHZRQOLTXRUVHUYLFHUHPDLQVLQHͿHFW right now. In our industry there’s not a whole lot of posi- get past these troubling times. tive going on—takeout and delivery is half-decent, but “It would be too depressing to be negative,” he said. Dan Davidson owns the Red Barn Family Restaurant it’s always been a smaller part of our business. We’re a “You can’t go out and do anything right now, Christmas and Dano’s Lounge in Moosomin, with everything that pretty big operation to focus just on takeout and delivery. isn’t going to be as exciting, and it’s just everything going has impacted his industry this year, seeing the new proto- ,WKDVQ·WEHHQVREDGWKRXJKLWLVZKDWLWLV$VIDUDV,·P on. cols was no surprise to him. concerned, I can’t worry about it all the time. “I can’t live that way, we have to be positive and upbeat “I wouldn’t say anything is out of the blue,” Davidson “I just have to do my best to keep it running tight and and get some fresh air and get outside! We can control said. “To me, you see everything coming based on what’s keep us functioning the best we can until we’re out of what we do with wearing masks, distancing, cleanliness, been going on around us with the cities in Manitoba and this,” he said. “For me to get all worried about it and ev- DQGWKDWVWXͿEXWZHKDYHWRFRQWURORXUPHQWDOVLGHWRR $OEHUWD:H·UHNLQGRIWKHODVWRQHVZHKDYHQ·WKDGPXFK erything is just not going to work. We’ve just got to roll To do that we have to be positive, talking negative isn’t here, but obviously this is a provincial thing and it’s not with it and do the best we can. We’ve been in business going to do anything but make things worse. We all have just here in Moosomin. I expected it and I wouldn’t be D ORW RI \HDU VR ZH·UH LQ D OLWWOH ELW GLͿHUHQW RI D VLWXD- WRVWD\DVSRVLWLYHDVZHFDQDQGMXVWÀJKWWKRXJKLWDQG surprised if it goes a little further in the near future.” tion than some—I think being in the city is probably even we’ll come out of it.” $OWKRXJK FKDQJHV KDYH WR EH PDGH DW KLV UHVWDXUDQW worse. Davidson is rolling with the punches and not letting the “This isn’t a surprise to me, I expected this so we were XQNQRZQLPSDFWKLPRUKLVVWDͿLQDQHJDWLYHZD\DVWKH prepared. We just have to watch what we’re doing and holiday season gets underway. there’s programs that help the industry a little bit so for Daryl Harrison “I didn’t really think too much about it,” he said. “I ex- the most part, we’re surviving.” Daryl Harrison SHFWHGLW$VWKHFDVHVJHWELJJHUSHRSOHJRRXWOHVVDQG Even though the new restrictions do lead to more there’s less going on so now there’s less of things like changes at his restaurant with fewer tables to create more MemberMember of ofthe the Legislative Legislative Assembly Assembly for for hockey and less of just everything.