Kamsack Times

Returning principal Jonas Cote welcomed around 160 students and 28teaching and support staff members to the Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex (CGCEC) for the 2019-20 school year.

The Keeseekoose Chief’s Education Centre (KCEC) has welcomed a new principal and nine new teachers to its staff for the 2019-20 school year. Crystal Whitehawk has assumed the role of principal, replacing Richard Fiddler.

The Friends of Madge Lake (FOML) organization is a non-profit corporation whose goal is to raise funds to support projects at Madge Lake and the Duck Mountain Provincial Park.

A video described as an “exceptional documentary which has been two years in the making” is now ready for public viewing.

Mostly sun with a breeze greeted players participating in the second annual Sas-Kam Open Disc Golf Tournament that was held at the Kamsack course on September 7.

A good crowd took in the Kamsack Power House Museum Harvest Time event held recently. “The sky was nice and sunny for our event, and this may have helped to bring people out,” said Lydia Cherkas, president.

I’ve attended a lot of meetings with politicians at the front of the room since I moved to Estevan in late 2008, but in all that time, I have never seen a small-c conservative politician roasted as I did on September 4.

The sixth annual Hint of Garlic Festival and Trade Show was well attended, exceeding last year’s numbers, according to organizers.

The Norquay Recreation Board recently held its annual general meeting. It was said by Robin Holodniuk, that the minor hockey association was planning to host a Jamboree on January 20 of 2020.

The number of visitors at Duck Mountain Provincial Park were up this summer, and overall, it was a “very enjoyable summer,” according to Greg Podovinnikoff, park manager.