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Volume 17, Issue 28 | Wed., July 10, 2024
Highway to Heroes Car Show salutes wheels, wings and RCAF centennial
For Moose Jaw Express Cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats and other vehicles of interest will be on display at the eighth Highway to Heroes Car Show in Moose Jaw. The show, presented by Friends of the Forces Fellowship, in partnership with Serco as the presenting sponsor, will take place Saturday, July 20 at the Moose Jaw Exhibition Grounds, 250 Thatcher Dr. E. Show car gates will open at 8:30 a.m. and spectator gates open at 10 a.m. Admission is $10 for adults and $5 for ages six to 12 years. This vehicle won the “best modern Pre-school children will be admitted free as car or truck” title in 2022, a 2004 will military personnel in uniform or showing Honda J2000 displayed by Tyler Arner of Moose Jaw. D PLOLWDU\ LGHQWL¿FDWLRQ FDUG This year’s show salutes 100 years of the is also expected. Moose Jaw band, Runaway Train, will RCAF and a number of souvenir items will be distributed free of charge while supplies last. provide two 45 minute concerts on the outRod Dignean of Saskatoon returns this door stage. The band features well-known loyear with a full-sized museum display of mil- cal musicians, Brian Tkachuk, Gregg Gower, itary memorabilia. Dignean was at last year’s Rod Johnston and David Banmann. Close to 100 volunteers will work at the show with a smaller display. His memorabilia VKRZ ¿OOLQJ SRVLWLRQV DV JDWH DWWHQGDQWV WUDIcollection will be located indoors in the convention centre building and is included in the ¿F GLUHFWRUV SDUNLQJ DWWHQGDQWV KRVWV DQG hostesses, customer service and other duties. price of admission. The Saskatchewan Dragoons will return The show would not be possible without this this year with a number of vehicles on display group of dedicated car show enthusiasts. This year’s show will be dedicated to the and personnel on hand to answer questions memory of the late Cal Jorstad, a long-time about the equipment and recruitment. Vehicle entries will be judged in a number member of the Fellowship and Honorary Colof different and new categories this year, with onel of the Big Two pilot training school at WURSKLHV DZDUGHG IRU ¿UVW SODFH LQ HDFK FDWH- 15 Wing. The car show is supported by the gengory. Runner-up ribbons will also be presented. New this year will be a People’s Choice HURXV ¿QDQFLDO DQG LQ NLQG VXSSRUW RI ORFDO Award. Judges will also present rosettes for businesses and individuals. Proceeds from the Judge’s Choice Awards, over and above the show will once again go to assist programs for regular awards selected by the judging panel. military families, veterans, cadets and other Face painter Nicole Mader returns for her local charities. More than $135,000 has been donated to these causes since the Fellowship’s third year at the show. Other activities will include food and ice ¿UVW FDU VKRZ Further information about the show is cream concessions, vendor displays, a 50-50 available by calling 306-692-7357. GUDZ UDIÀH SUL]HV DQG VLOHQW DXFWLRQ An early form of transportation — a cart powered by a miniature horse — will make the rounds of the cars, trucks and motorcycles, offering an opportunity for photographs. A group of car owners from the 306 Bassheads Car and Truck Club will assemble at the show and at intervals during the day will play their specialized car stereos, with PRGL¿HG EDVV DSSOLFDWLRQV $ GLVSOD\ RI FDUV and merchandise from the Next Gen Car Club
Serco expands community support to car show The Diamond level, presenting sponsor of the 2024 Highway to Heroes Car Show is Serco Canada Inc. Serco Canada, with 1,200 employees in Canada and 57 employees in Moose Jaw, supports 15 Wing with a number of site services, ranging from DYLDWLRQ ZHDWKHU DLU WUDI¿F PDQDJHPHQW system maintenance, augmentation of Department of National Defence air traf¿F FRQWURO VWDII WR DLU¿HOG PDLQWHQDQFH including grass cutting and snow and ice control, work control and planning. Serco is also responsible for NFTC infrastructure and facility maintenance which has been sub-contracted to Canadian Base Operators. Serco has been at 15 Wing supporting NFTC since July 1999 and will celebrate 25 years at 15 Wing this summer. Around the world Serco is at work in 35 countries, employing more than 50,000 individuals. The company is involved in a number of community endeavors. Employees sponsored hampers for families at Christmas, collected winter clothing and blankets for a local charity, and participated in the city’s spring clean-up. Program director of Serco in Moose Jaw is Robb Nesbitt. He has been with 6HUFR IRU ¿YH \HDUV +H VSHQW \HDUV LQ the RCAF (air defence, space, AWACS DQG DLU WUDI¿F FRQWURO D IHZ \HDUV LQ robotic aviation, and was involved with three tours in Afghanistan. After leaving the military Nesbitt was the airport manager in Brandon for two years before joining Serco. Nesbitt is a volunteer with the Friends of the Forces Fellowship, and a member of the board of directors of the Moose Jaw Municipal Airport Authority. He supports the Lieutenant-GoverQRU¶V RI¿FH ZLWK WKH 1HZ <HDU¶V OHYHH and Canada Day garden party. He reFHQWO\ TXDOL¿HG WR SURYLGH VXSSRUW WR those in grief as a grief recovery specialist.