Local Arts

Grandma Knox recalled that after her father ploughed up seven acres of virgin prairie, he seeded his entire 1933 crop to oats. “He just seeded it by hand,” she wrote. “Beautiful crop. Grew up about six feet high, and froze right down in August.

The General Alexander Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Yorkton held its annual Decoration Day Service Wednesday, June 6, at the Yorkton Cemetery.

Members of the Yorkton Navy League and Yorkton Army Cadets cleaned and placed flags on veteran’s graves at Yorkton Memorial Gardens May 31.

Ready for takeoff. Parents and kids enjoyed hamburgers, drinks, and airplanes in a hangar at the Yorkton Regional Airport on Jun. 2. The BBQ raised $1000 for the Circle o’ Friends summer camp, which helps children affected by cancer.

George Plews was one of the founders of Yorkton’s Habitat for Humanity branch, as well as being an integral part of Habitat in Selkirk, MB before moving here.

Wunderkind dancers tore up the Anne Portnuff Theatre stage last weekend for appreciative audiences. Dance Innovations hosted their annual weekend production on Jun. 2-3.

The City of Yorkton is going to invest the lion’s share of its 2017 surplus in a pair of soccer pitches.

Visitors and residents enjoyed hot dogs at an indoors BBQ at Yorkton Crossing on Jun. 1. The event raised over $350, which will goes toward the Walk for Alzheimer’s on Jun. 7.

Dozens of students drenched their peers during the epic Yorkdale School Royal Water Fight on May 31. Kids bombarded each other with various water weapons.

Rhythm ‘n Ribs returns to Yorkton for its second year July 27-29. “We had a really good event last year,” said Ross Fisher, Executive Director of The Health Foundation, adding some 15,000 people attended the event.