Local Arts

The 11th Annual Prairie Thunder Drag Races shut down Yorkton Regional Airport July 20 and turned the tarmac into an eighth mile track.

Saskatchewan's manufacturers continue to impress in the global marketplace after another thriving month of sales according to reports issued by Statistics Canada. Shipments for May hit a record-breaking $1.5 billion (seasonally adjusted).

A local author who writes under the pseudonym Marsha Meadows has recently released the second book in a planned trilogy; Jessica Awakens Meadows said while now a veteran writer in the respect she had book one of the trilogy; 'Jessica's Perception', r

A recent Yorkton Regional High School graduate will be representing southeast Saskatchewan on a trade mission to China this summer.

The Parkland Writers' Alliance (PWA) is hoping a new partnership with the Yorkton Public Library and this newspaper will bring aspiring scribes out of hiding.

Yorkton Peace Day Parade July 19, 1919. Margaret Ball Collection. It is still often forgotten that the First World War did not officially end on 11th November 1918.

Thirty thousand spiders, led by members of the British Tarantula Society, gathered in Coventry on May 18 for the annual BTS exhibition, with a Socotra Island blue baboon spider taking Best in Show for first-time entrant Mike Dawkins.

New Horizons Friday Night Dance, 78 First Ave. North, Yorkton, Sk. Great night of dancing. Every one is welcome. Lunch is included. Time: 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 a.m. Music by Old Country Lads, July 25. Music suject to change. Admission is at the door.

It was a busy weekend for motoring in Yorkton including the Rolling Thunder Cruisers Cruise Weekend which included a cruise night and cabaret Friday and Show and Shine and barbecue Saturday at Painted hand Casino.

Tom Lukiwski, Member of Parliament for Regina - Lumsden - Lake Centre, was joined by Nancy Heppner, Minister of Highways and Infrastructure, to announce the first eligible project in Saskatchewan under the New Building Canada Fund.