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Memorial car show to honour Limerick community member

The memorial car show event is all inclusive as it will include 35 vendors attending, a petting zoo, bouncy castles and beverage gardens.
Sherri Solomko/Freelance Reporter
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The Limerick Daycare will host the the inaugural JCS first annual Car Show.Greg Nikkel

ASSINIBOIA - Brandy Gyman became the president of Limerick’s Daycare in 2023. She is a driving force behind an upcoming summer fundraiser to be held August 17 that will pay tribe to Jamie Spidla, who sadly passed away at Easter in 2023.

“My goal was to bring some fun back to the town but also to attract more visitors to our small community. Every August the Daycare puts on a Farmers Market, this money raised helps with upgrades or expansion plans at the daycare. Last year we tried a trial car show to see if we could make something happen. It did very well over 26 vehicles showed up,” said Gyman

Gyman decided to do something a little more special in 2024 so chose the Spidla memorial tribute to highlight the event. With approval from the family a new event was created and the inaugural JCS first annual Car Show was established for 2024.

“In memory of Jamie Charles Spidla. Jamie was a very caring, joking and friendly member of this community, He would always lend a helping hand to anyone. Jamie is a friend that will never be forgotten about. Jamie and his dad have quite a beautiful collection of cars, which I believe will be attending the Car show on August 17th,” added Gyman.

Organizers are grateful to the Spidla family for allowing their group to start this car show up this year, and continue for many years to come.

“We are proud that we can honour him this way”

The memorial car show event is all inclusive as it will include 35 vendors attending, a petting zoo, bouncy castles, beverage gardens as well as food and snacks, offering the best in fun, fellowship and food while honouring the memory of this community member, while sharing memories with him.

Gyman acknowledges, “Our daycare in the summer will have 26+ children attending. We have three classrooms split into different age groups. As well we have our director and six other ladies working there. It was opened in 2014. With only couple rooms in operation and has expanded from there.”

“The board of five ladies is the backbone behind the operation of these events” affirms the Limerick Daycare President.