Kamsack Times

A former Kamsack recreation director has won a Golden Duck trophy to place beside the one he won in 2013.

The Norquay Horticultural Society hosted its 50th annual horticulture show on August 16 when 16 members entered 153 exhibits.

Kamsack Mayor Nancy Brunt was among mayors and deputy mayors from 44 Saskatchewan municipalities who attended a mayors’ summer school on the University of Regina campus August 20 to 22.

A total of 56 area residents were tested for HIV infection during another clinic held at the New Beginnings outreach centre in Kamsack on August 23.

The first steps towards the forming of a business association in Kamsack, after many years without such an organization in the community, were made last week.

A young Cote First Nation archer has returned from the North American Indigenous Games in Toronto July 15 to 23 with a bronze medal, one of a collection of 12 medals he has won since picking up the sport about a year ago.

Town council decided to make changes to its noise bylaw, wanting to further regulate the level of noise in Kamsack.

Although organizers of the 11 th annual Old Dog Run were still counting pledges and adding up receipts last week, indications are that at least $10,000 was raised for equipment needed by the Kamsack fire department.

A Kamsack auto body shop is closed temporarily until the effects of a fire are remedied. The Kamsack fire department was called to Blaine’s Auto Body on First Street at 6:25 p.m. on August 15, said Ken Thompson, deputy fire chief.