Local Arts

The Painted Hand Casino held their 11th annual Pow Wow this past weekend at the Gallagher Center.

Brett Kemp balances 11 nails on the head of a single nail at the MC Knoll Grade 5 Science Fair. Forty students formulated hypotheses, performed experiments, and shared their results at the fair on June 2.

The Boston Pizza Yorkton Regional High School Female Student of the Month for May is Emily Kohlert. Emily is a grade 12 student who has been involved in band, jazz band, choir, vocal jazz, the school musicals, guitar club, and marching band.

The Sunrise Health Region has reported a small surplus for the year ended March 31, 2011: its first in four years. The bottom line for the region is a surplus of $114,210, a razor-thin variance of 0.

Guest speaker at the Yorkton Chamber of Commerce's June luncheon was Les Anderson, purchasing manager of projects for Mosaic.

Big Brothers Big Sisters Yorkton hosted their 10th annual Show N Shine in the Walmart parking lot on Saturday. Automobiles were registered for an award ceremony voted upon by attendees and competitors.

Sunrise Health Region is using a $2.4 million capital funding investment by the province to make health facilities safer and more comfortable for patients and the people who serve them.

With further job action off the table while mediation is underway between the province and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation, the province's school divisions are now focused on catching up in the classroom.

It is 70 years since the official opening of the British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, #11 Yorkton Service Flying Training School took place June 11, 1941. The ceremony was attended by 11,000 people.

Texting MacKenzie is an Ontario band looking to broaden its horizons with a new tour west. "We've played almost every decent and not-so-decent venue in Guelph," said band spokesperson Robin Jools Wright.