Snow Lake’s 70th anniversary wasn’t just an opportunity to celebrate the community, its heritage and residents. It appears there were other things afoot when Regina, Saskatchewan’s Jared Britton (local cottage owner Cam Britton and wife Coreen’s son) and girlfriend Lindsay Michaelson of Minneapolis, Minnesota took to the skies during Gogal Air’s July 2nd chopper tours.
The couple had no sooner been strapped in and the chopper took flight, when Britton pulled a small brown box from his pocket and proposed to his sweetie. She of course said yes and when they landed back at Gogal’s dock congratulations were offered all around.
There is an interesting story that goes along with this proposal and Jared’s dad Cam relayed it. “Very early in their relationship, they went for a helicopter ride over New York City and he told her then, someday he would propose in a helicopter,” wrote the senior Britton in a recent email. “They were out fishing Sunday morning before the ride and Gogal’s were flying over; she said, ‘remember what you promised – ha ha?’ He just laughed and she had no idea he was actually going to do it that afternoon.”
Although from Regina, Jared Britton now lives in Minneapolis, where he graduated from nearby St. Cloud State. He is now an engineering supervisor for a medical manufacturing company.
Ms. Michaelson was born and raised in Minneapolis. She graduated from Iowa State University and now works for an ad agency called Latitude.
The couple is planning a wedding, which will take place on the Labour Day weekend in 2018.
In other news, residents Ken and Hilda Anderson were presented with a mock-up of the new sign that will be put up at Anderson Point in a hastily arranged presentation at 1 p.m. on July 2.
Mayor Kim Stephen, the Andersons, and some of their children were on hand for the second ribbon cutting.
The initial ribbon cutting took shortly after noon on July 1, 2016 when Town of Snow Lake Coun. Robin Turnbull gathered with the Andersons and a small crowd of onlookers to unveil a temporary sign and cut that first ribbon on Anderson Point. In doing so, Turnbull stated the following: “In honour of the decades that local residents Ken and Hilda Anderson resided on Copper Road, the Town of Snow Lake is pleased to have unanimously passed Resolution #219/16; declaring this area ‘Anderson Point’. Both Ken and Hilda are pioneers of the area. Hilda resided and went to school in Herb Town in the 1940s and the couple were residents at Wekusko Siding prior to moving to Snow Lake. Anyone who knows Ken and Hilda would know they are kind, generous and unassuming people - people that this community is proud of. Therefore be it resolved that Anderson Point will now be officially recognized.”
The new sign should be in place in several weeks’ time.
In still further news, Snow Laker’s Glen and Dianna Bartley were honored by family and friends during an afternoon come and go 50th anniversary celebration. The event took place on July 2 in the Snow Lake Senior Centre.
The couple's daughters Kari and Cory, their husbands and a bevy of grandchildren were on hand for the event. As well, several siblings and numerous friends and acquaintances in for the 70th anniversary celebration attended and wished the couple well.
