MOOSE JAW — Moose Jaw’s militia, the Saskatchewan Dragoons, invested a new honorary lieutenant-colonel at a recent ceremony in the D.V. Currie Armoury in Moose Jaw.
Holly Jorstad of Moose Jaw was invested by Lt.-Col. Gillian Dulle, deputy commander of the 38 Canadian Brigade Group.
The position dates back 2,000 years in British history, but has been used in Canada for 100 years.
Prime Minister Robert Borden said in the 1920s the position connects the military to the community.
Lt.-Col. Jorstad has been and still is involved in many local community organizations.
She is an honorary “Snowbird” of the 431 aerial demonstration squadron, a board member of the Moose Jaw Family Resources Centre at 15 Wing and, as a member of the Flying Framers, was appointed queen of that group in the 1990s.
She is also a member of the Friends of the Forces Fellowship.
Her community organization volunteer work also includes Girl Guides commissioner and Moose Jaw Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
Jorstad is a licensed marriage commissioner American American-ordained minister, and has officiated more than 200 marriages.
Owner and operator of Holly Would Rentals, started 18 years ago, she has been involved in over 1,000 functions.
Her husband, the late Cal Jorstad, was honorary colonel of the Big 2 Flight School at 15 Wing.
She was born in Rockglen and grew up on a farm.
She moved to Moose Jaw in the 1970s, was married in 1980. The Jorstads had two children, Shelly and Curtis.
She lives on the family farm.
Ron Walter can be reached at ronjoy@sasktel.net
