Local Arts

Homeowners are encouraged to prune their elm trees again to help keep them healthy, as Saskatchewan’s annual ban on elm tree pruning ends August 31.

Parkland College accepted a donation Thursday to the Trades and Technology Centre.

Heritage Baptist Church held a community open house September 6. Pastor Brian Kirsch explained prior to the event: “We’re having an outdoor service just to be a little bit visible to the community,” he said.

The RM of Grayson has presented a cheque for $2,000 to Ross Fisher of The Health Foundation, to assist paying for a new CT Scanner.

The Purina® Walk for Dog Guides is in its 30th year of supporting Canadians with physical and medical disabilities, and Esterhazy is set to host a walk to assist this mission.

Yorkton Co-operative Association Limited is celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2015 with various activities including a customer appreciation BBQ held on August 29, 2015. Yorkton Co-operative Association Limited reported sales of $99.

Last week I introduced the idea of Looney Pyramids, which are simply fantastic game pieces used in a rather broad array of games. This week we’ll look at Icehouse, the first of four games using the pyramids I will cover through September.

Among the health and fitness apps for computers and smartphones are sex-tracking programs to document the variety of acts and positions, degrees of frenzy and lengths of sessions (via an on-bed motion detector) — and menstrual trackers aimed at males

The Mosaic Company has announced a donation of $3 million to the Child Life Zone at the new Children’s Hospital of Saskatchewan.

Saskatchewan’s unemployment rate was 4.7 per cent (seasonally adjusted) in August 2015, down from 5.2 per cent in July. For 23 straight months, Saskatchewan has had the lowest unemployment rate among the provinces.