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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.

Brandi Kashuba of Preeceville was chosen as one of ten core riders for the Prairie Women on Snowmobiles 2019 Mission. "I’m excited to be chosen as one of the 10 core riders with Prairie Women on Snowmobiles for the 2019 mission.

Gardeners from the Norquay area displayed the bounty from their gardens and yards at the annual Norquay Horticultural Society show held at the Norquay Communiplex. Twenty exhibitors brought in a total of 197 entries on August 15.