Local Arts

Those looking for a taste of small town excitement - and homemade perogies - found it at Theodore's fifth annual SuperSwamper competition on August 11.

Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Kevin Doherty officially opened a number of new capital projects in Duck Mountain Provincial Park including upgraded electric campsites, the Fen Trail and a new service centre for Birch Campground.

Yuma Justin Townes Earle 8.5-out-of-10 Justin Townes Earle seems to have seen a lot in his 30 years. I can't imagine having Steve Earle as your father was any easy task, and Justin was admittedly addicted to drugs by the age of 12.

Don't panic. Computers have not taken over the world yet, but they can help you get through library checkout quickly. The Yorkton Public Library's self checkout computer is going over smoothly since its arrival several weeks ago.

A former employee of Leading Edge Aviation recently ended the company's 66 years as the only flight training school in the Yorkton area.

Genealo-gists know that there is more to tracing ancestry than just finding family names. Locations are also very important, as are the landmarks that grew as the result of the pioneers' arrivals. One such landmark is the beautiful St.

STARS air ambulance is beginning 24-hour-a-day operations at its Regina base. Until now, the STARS Regina base has only operated 12-hours per day from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

When Bev Oda's resignation from Parliament and cabinet took effect on July 31, she lost her $233,247 salary, her car and driver, and allowances for travel and housing. Oda's career went up in smoke. Literally.

For the first time, this year's Threshermen's Show at the Western Development Museum ran in conjunction with the annual show of the International Harvester Collectors Club (Chapter 38).

Tourism Yorkton has announced that its Visitor Information Centre received 843 visitors in the month of July. Visitors to the centre came from 10 different countries, 12 provinces/territories, and 11 US states.