Local Arts

Don Taylor, the Reeve of the RM of Saltcoats presented a cheque for $1,000 to Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation, to help fund planning and preparations for a new regional hospital.

Dean Shyiak, owner of McDonalds Restaurants in Yorkton, announced that on Tuesday, April 24, both Yorkton McDonalds restaurants will donate $1 per sale in support of The Health Foundations' annual Airwaves for Health Radiothon.

Parkinson's Disease support Group meeting Thurs., April 26 2 p.m. @ the Yorkton & District Nursing Home. Guest Coleen Crossman Parkinson's Nurse Educator. All Parkinson's patients &interested persons welcome.

On Sunday, April 22, more than 500 million people will celebrate Earth Day. This important environmental event is an attempt to mobilize the planet and remind everyone that even small gestures are essential to save our environment.

Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Brad Bird. Starring Tom Cruise, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg. The fourth entry in an obnoxious spy series turns out to be something close to the perfect action film.

Parents whose children participate in paid artistic, cultural, recreational, and developmental programs will now enjoy the same benefit as parents whose children participate in paid programs of physical activity.

Happy Easter Everyone!! Adrian and Louise McLachlan have returned from spending the winter in Seattle, Washington. Thankfully, Adrian has returned to good health again. Shirley Kirkwood has returned from a month holiday in Winnipeg.

This book published in 1995 by the Electa Press of Windsor, Ontario was translated from the Dutch by Hendrika Ruger, with a Preface By J.Th.J. Krijff, gives an account of Dutch immigrants to Western Canada.

The lack of a funding allocation in this year's provincial budget for Parkland College's proposed Trades & Technology Centre is another setback for the project, but the college says it remains committed to the idea.

The following scholarships and awards were presented at the Yorkton Music Festival Competition Hi-Lites Concert on April 1, 2012. 1. Shani Apland offers $100 - Hayley Popick (senior piano) 2.