Fire Departments train with controlled burn

   The Killam and Daysland Fire Departments conducted a controlled burn northeast of Killam on Saturday, Mar. 10, at the request of landowners Howard and Brenda Siebold.

    Siebolds are planning to put a new home in their yard, and needed the original homestead, which had fallen into disrepair, removed.

    The log cabin, built in 1918, was the original home of the Cleven family.

    A newer home was moved onto the property in 1963, and the cabin has not been used since. Siebold said the structure was built entirely with logs, using no nails, and the dovetailed corners of the cabin showed the homebuilding craftsmanship of the era.

By Leslie Cholowsky

For more see the March 13/12 issue of The Community Press