In the Community

Helping Rotary throw Yorkton disc golfers were busy teaching the sport they enjoy on Monday, June 13. The local throwers were at Patrick Park Disc Golf Course giving some basic instruction to members of the Yorkton Branch of the Rotary Club.

The Preeceville Arena board created a fun way to generate funds that will be utilized for up-keep and maintenance of the arena.

The youngest person who predicted the correct snow melt date in the Town of Sturgis Snow Be Gone competition was Avery Masley. The Town of Sturgis sponsored the event. Her chosen date was May 9.

Old Home Week festivities have been organized to run all week prior to the Lions Western Weekend on July 14-16.

The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday. --- At the Godfrey Dean Art Gallery: Landscape & Memory, June 5-24, 2016.

The Asessippi National Disc Golf Course 2 Disc Challenge will be held Friday, July 1, at Asessippi Beach & Campground north of Russell, MB. It is the inaugural tournament for this course which was just put in this year.

Disc golfers looking for a longer course to challenge can now head to Whitesand Regional Park, just northwest of Theodore. The new course is now open for play, after completion of 18 tonals, utilizing repurposed 20-pound propane tanks.

The Town of Preeceville recreation department has been working hard to keep the summer fun activities rolling for all ages. The rock wall offered many challenges of many difficulties on May 24 at the Preeceville Skating Rink grounds.

The students and their parents enjoyed challenging their physical and mental abilities when they had the opportunity to climb a rock wall.

The Sturgis READ club and the students of the grades 6 and 7 class at the Sturgis Composite High School joined together for three afternoons of old time dancing. The dancing took place over the course of the year and concluded May 24.