If you were among the teeming crowds on Saturday at the annual show-and-shine hosted by the Weyburn Car Club, you may have taken in the induction ceremony in front of City Hall for the City鈥檚 Walk of Fame.
This is a neat little feature that is fairly unique, in that it publicly displays tributes to people from this community who have made their mark in some way on the national or international stage.
The latest inductee to be honoured was actress Trenna Keating, who has done extensive acting work on stage, television and in film.
During the introduction of the ceremony by Coun. Dick Michel, he admitted that the criteria for this honour is stringent, but for a very good reason. If the wall was to honour just the most well-known people who have worked and lived here, there would need to be a whole lot more space than has been allotted at the front of City Hall.
But for this public display, the city committee and council decided that it should have a particular focus, namely to recognize those who came from here and have gone on to make their mark at the national level, or even the international level.
Trenna Keating was certainly a worthwhile addition to the Walk of Fame, as she has been in numerous productions, and continues to be active, which was why she wasn鈥檛 able to be present for the ceremony. According to her 鈥渕uch older and much wiser sister鈥�, Tara, she is busily filming her role as Josie Pye鈥檚 mother in the latest version of Anne of Green Gables, 鈥淎nne with an E鈥�.
Some of those honoured in the past have ranged from the 鈥淕reatest Canadian鈥�, Tommy Douglas, and novelist W.O. Mitchell to NHL hockey player Dave 鈥淭iger鈥� Williams and Art Mainil, who was known nationally in his day for actively promoting the right of farmers to market their grain.
There have been some remarkable talents come from this community, and there are yet more names that could (and should) be added to the Walk of Fame in coming years.
Just one example off the top of my head is a certain little lady who鈥檚 making her mark as a singer 鈥� but I won鈥檛 say anymore about that, as hopefully somebody will know who I鈥檓 talking about and make her nomination. There is also a golfer who did well on the PGA Tour for a little while 鈥�
Anyway, the point is, there have been and continue to be some truly remarkable people who made their start right here in Weyburn, and possibly there are people who saw the car show and the induction ceremony who may well go on to make their own mark nationally in the future.
