Local Arts

Yorkton Council moved ahead Monday with an amendment to its remuneration for members of Council policy.

A new initiative of the Salvation Army to help collect toys launched Friday at the Parkland Mall in the city. The ‘Kids Helping Kids’ toy drive will be hosted at the mall Nov. 16 to Dec. 16.

The Three Wise Women Trade Show was held at St. Andrew’s United Church in Yorkton Saturday. With the theme ‘Gifts of the Imagination’ the show focused on finely crafted treasures for the holiday season.

This newspaper now has some new leadership. John Bauman has joined Yorkton This Week as publisher. Bauman has been in the newspaper business for 16 years, starting with Sun Media in Clinton, On. He moved from there to Kincardine, On.

Equinox production wraps up this weekend

The Natural Health and Living Tradeshow was a weekend-long trade show running Nov. 9-10 which brought together a wide variety of booths and health solutions and different presentations at St. Mary’s Cultural Centre.

In mid-November, people start planning their Christmas decorations, putting together the trees, the lights and the wreaths.

The Yorkton Paper Bag Players were the host of the TheatreOne festival from Nov. 8-10. The festival featured eight one-act plays from theatre groups across the province.

On Nov. 10, the Royal Canadian Legion and local cadets lit candles to stand at the cenotaph on Darlington St. The candles stayed lit over the weekend, standing guard at the corners of the cenotaph.

Theresa Thompson went to a closet recently, dug out a box that had contained her wedding dress for years. “It was time to get rid of my dress, I’m divorced,” said Thompson. But she took a final look in the box, and it was not her dress.