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Once, as a young man, I asked my mom to explain the 1970s. Having lived through them, I reasoned that she would have some sort of explanation for the thick carpet, the strange colours like harvest gold and avocado, the generally off-putting design.

Sacred Heart High School (SHHS) hosted its annual senior boys’ volleyball tournament last weekend, attracting players from across Saskatchewan for two days of high-energy, kinetic court action.

Preparations continue for the Yorkton Terriers on the eve of the upcoming Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. “There’s been a lot of hard decisions to be made,” said Terrier head coach Mat Hehr on Monday.

Yorkton’s youngest players continued on their path to football supremacy over the weekend. Dozens of pint-sized players occupied the field at YRHS on Sept. 8 and 9 for two days of gridiron action.

The Yorkton Terriers have made changes to their season tickets, and it is causing a ripple of concern with some. “There’s been a little bit of minor controversy,” admitted Ryan Kormos marketing and public relations manager with the team.

The Yorkton Canoe and Kayak Club (YCKC) brought its summer season to an epic close this past weekend with its fifth annual fall dragonboat race. Four teams competed in the day-long event on Sept. 8 at York Lake.

It is often a case where society, on a general scale, looks at the youth of the day and laments the future.

The tradition of using working horse in the field continued in Rama on August 25 and 26. The Rama Performing Arts and Leisure Society (PALS) hosted its annual fall draft horse field days at the Rama Sports grounds.

The annual Memorial Ecumenical Church service in the old Mission Church two miles north of Norquay was held on August 12, and for the first time, organized by the Norquay Ministerial group.