The project will proceed with these three initial banners. (Town of La Ronge)

By Derek Cornet

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Council approves banner project honouring local veterans

Aug 25, 2023 | 4:49 PM

La Ronge council voted unanimously at a regular meeting this week to allow the installation of up to 25 banners honouring local veterans along La Ronge Avenue and Patterson Park.

The request to council came from Chuck Mackinnon and Teron Roberts, who are working on the project with support from Royal Canadian Legion Branch 371 President Shaune Lapworth. The project involves the installation of 30-inch by 60-inch banners on electrical and lighting poles with the banners to be raised in the spring of each year and taken down for the winter following Remembrance Day.

“Each banner includes a photo of a local veteran, their name, the conflict they served in, as well as the years of their births and deaths,” their letter to council stated. “Ultimately, there may be around 20 of these banners.”

In order for the project to move ahead, permission from SaskPower is still needed to install the banners. Once given the go-ahead, they will start with the placement of three banners on La Ronge Avenue in the vicinity of the Backlund Street intersection at the post office.

If permission is not received in a timely manner, the banners may appear in Patterson Park first.

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“Regardless of the outcome in dealing with SaskPower, this sounds like a great alternative, and it would be nice if we could have council’s blessing for either option,” the letter notes.

“We would be responsible for the costs of having the banners prepared, purchased and installation of banner hardware, as well as putting them up and taking them down each year. We are also aware that the town reserves the right to revoke its approval for the banners at any time, particularly given other initiatives the town may undertake with respect to downtown beautification and revitalization.”

The banner project is currently being undertaken in other communities in Canada, including six municipalities in Saskatchewan such as Carlyle, Kelvington, North Battleford, Watson, Wynyard and Yorkton.

At a regular council meeting this week, council members did not have any issues with the project proceeding.

“I think it is a great request and I’d love to see it go forward in our community,” Coun. Ryan Veteri said.

larongeNOW reached out to the project organizers, who were unavailable by publishing.

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derek.cornet@pattisonmedia.com