Kamsack Times

Seventy-five junior curlers representing 10 schools within the Good Spirit School Division will be in Kamsack next weekend participating in the district competition.

A Kamsack district couple, who are not shy with their praises for the district’s beautiful scenery and outstanding opportunities for outdoor adventure, has decided to share their home in a new accommodations business.

The “good eats” part of the festive season in Veregin was extended to January 10 when district residents assembled to enjoy a ham-and-perogy supper held to raise money for the community’s hall.

Tickets for Saturday’s Malanka Ukrainian New Year’s Banquet and Dance are nearly sold out, the Norquay Recreation Board was told at its regular meeting on January 11.

On Saturday, in spite of the mercury having dipped south of minus 20 degrees Celsius, members of the Pasternak family of San Clara, all bundled up, headed to the Ministik Beach toboggan hill for a sunny afternoon of sliding fun with an oversized inner tube. With Trevor Pasternak were his children Keagan, left, and Allie.

“Overall 2015 can be chalked up as having been a very successful year,” Kamsack Mayor Rod Gardner said in his annual beginning-of-the-year discussion when he reflected on the past year and looked forward to 2016.

There were no incredible yields to report through the Canola King and Commodity King programs because a very challenging seeding season resulted in the decision to suspend the competitions in June, said Parker Summers, president and general manager o

It was a great party in Kamsack on New Year’s Eve when about 325 people got together at the OCC Hall to ring in 2016 while raising money to help with medical expenses being incurred by a teenager who had suffered a spinal cord injury in April.

Kamsack received a bouquet from Ottenbreit Sanitation Services (OSS) regarding the community’s new method of recycling and garbage disposal.

Among the 16 successful applicants of TD Bank Financial Group and The Health Foundation fall education awards for 2015, which were announced last week, were several from this area.