Kamsack Times

Going along Nykolaishen Drive in Kamsack one cannot help but notice and appreciate the Trackside Garden which is now producing its peak summer show.

With 46 entries, which was nearly twice as many as had entered the Mud Bog competition last year, and with an estimated 600 people cheering from the sidelines, members of the Kamsack Mud Slingers are pleased with their Canada Day showing.

A former Kamsack air cadet, named a top Saskatchewan cadet, attended a leaders’ summit in Ottawa where she also met the Prime Minister and the American President. Warrant Officer Brooklynn Andrusiak was a Kamsack air cadet from 2011 to 2014.

The library, sidewalks and the sewage lagoon were among items to concern town council at its regular meeting on June 27.

A special transparent box has been placed in the reception area of the Assiniboine Valley Medical Centre in Kamsack containing the Saskatchewan Municipal Award the community received at the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities (SUMA) convention in Febru

By Gail Krawetz

Ratepayers of the RM of Cote were to receive their tax notices last week requesting property taxes at 13 mills, which is the same amount as was levied in 2015.

An executive committee to head the Norquay Recreation Board was elected for a two-year term during the board’s annual general meeting held June 20.

A Pelly woman and a Norquay woman had their eyes on China last week when their great-grandson, as a member of Team Canada, was competing in the 2016 International Federation of American Football (IFAF) U19 World Championship.

It was “a great band of volunteers” that helped create a wonderful Canada Day celebration for an estimated 1,500 people at the Kamsack Sportsground.