Local Arts

The Western Financial Group Yorkton Regional High School Male Student of the Month for September is Braden Oystrick. Braden is a "co-operative, humorous" young man who achieves excellence in the things he takes on.

All public influenza immunization clinics in Saskatchewan, including those throughout the Sunrise Health Region, are on hold until further notice.

The 2012 Throne Speech was delivered last week by Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield.

Pink Bootie Congratulations to Josh and Natalia Edlin on the birth of a daughter, Cadence Lynn Marie, on Wed., Oct. 17. Congrats also to Great Grandma Doris and Dan Krepakevich from Yorkton and first-time Grandma Deanna (Sean) Letestu of Mortlach.

Over the past two weeks the Good Spirit School Division has been handing out its Student of Distinction Awards.

And What Were Y-o-u Doing at Age 14? Among the students featured in Popular Science's September list of young inventors was Fabian Fernandez-Han, 14, of Conroe, Texas, who invented a bicycle that, when pedaled, also desalinates seawater (via reverse

Yorkton Municipal RCMP is requesting the public's assistance in identifying a suspect involved in an assault at a Yorkton business. On September 4th, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.

Ray Sass, the current chair of Good Spirit School Division, was not re-elected in October 24 election. Sass, a regional manager for SARCAN, has been a trustee with the school board for 10 years, eight of which he served as chair.

Bob Maloney is Yorkton's new Mayor-elect. Maloney, who will be sworn in at the regular meeting of Council Monday, won in what has to be termed a landslide victory polling 3590 votes or 94.

Treasures from the Vault Godfrey Dean Art Gallery September 30 to December 14, 2012. A special exhibition drawn from the Saskatchewan Arts Board Permanent Collection to celebrate Yorkton arts and culture.