Kamsack Times

A Kamsack resident pleaded guilty to guiding without a license and was fined $7,000 in North Battleford Provincial Court on June 8, and the two American hunters he was escorting were fined $1,400 each.

A Lebret couple that has published a book on Ukrainian churches in the Saskatchewan countryside was in the area last week distributing copies of their book, which they received from the publisher on June 6.

Luisa Marshall, a Vancouver-based entertainer who has made a name for herself as a Tina Turner impersonator and is on tour with her Hope Beyond Thunderdome show, will be performing at the Kamsack Legion Hall tonight (June 30).

A total of $3,643 was raised for the Heart and Stroke Foundation after its Big Bike drove through the community on June 14.

Century Field in Yorkton, for the sixth year in a row, was the venue to host the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay for Life fundraiser.

Prairie Soil Services donated $,1500 towards the fireworks that will be held on Canada Day in Norquay. Patty Strocen, accounting and administration manager presented the money to Norquay Mayor Don Tower.

Canadians had the opportunity to acknowledge National Aboriginal Day on June 21 and at the TD Canada Trust branch in Kamsack, clients were able to sample bannock supplied by Anita Tourangeau.

By Marlene Jacquemart

At the annual pie-and-ice cream band concert on June 15, Darren Kitsch presented awards to members of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute beginner, junior and senior bands.