Aerial photo business gives a memory to man who lost his farm in the Bindloss grassfire
By Jeremy Appel on October 14, 2017.
Louise Schlaht on behalf of the Bindloss community presented a framed farm aerial photo to Morley Sarvis, whose farm was lost in the raging prairie fire Sept. 11. Homestead Aerial of Calgary has a massive archive of farm photos and owner Kim Bessette found Sarvis's farm and gave it to him in a gesture of goodwill.--SUBMITTED PHOTO KIM BESSETTE/HOMESTEAD AERIALjappel@medicinehatnews.com @MHNJeremyAppel Calgary-based Homestead Aerial Farm Photos has inserted a little light into the life of Bindloss-area farmer Morley Sarvis, who lost his home Sept. 11 in an accidental grassfire started by the military. The firm dug into its archives and found the Sarvis farm from 1999, had the photo framed and presented it to Sarvis. “It was just the right thing to do,” Homestead Aerial owner Kim Bessette said, adding that Sarvis, 89, could use the 18-year-old picture of his farm for insurance purposes. “That way they can see exactly what was in the yard before it was wiped out,” said Bessette. “There’s nothing left,” Bessette said, stressing the extent of the damage. “I don’t even think there’s a tree in the yard left.” It’s important to give someone who lost everything at that age something to hold on to from the past, he said. “He barely got out of there with his life. He didn’t have anything. Just the clothes on his back and whatever he was sleeping in.” Sarvis is currently living in the Oyen Seniors’ Lodge, where Bessette said he’s doing well. “He’s getting three square meals a day now. He was living on a farm by himself, so maybe he’s enjoying spending more time with people that he knows. He’s probably comfortable there now.” 11
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