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“Volunteers have compassion and the ability to be nonjudgmental as all feel welcome and part of our family,” Karen Rubletz, recreation co-ordinator, said during the volunteer appreciation event held at the Kamsack Nursing Home on April 26.

More than 1,000 district residents signed their names to a petition that was circulated in Kamsack during April calling for the provincial government to take steps to continue “to provide safe, affordable and accessible bus service” in Saskatchewan.

Representatives of seven of the nine members of the Seneca Root Museum Association met in Kamsack last week for the first of two meetings the association has each year.

Because of Canada’s 150 th anniversary this year, special emphasis is being placed on the July 1 celebration in Kamsack.

On April 26, which was celebrated around the world as Administrative Professionals Day, a bouquet of flowers was delivered to the staff at Cottenie and Gardner in Kamsack because the name of that business had been drawn from all the businesses that p

It is possible that within the next two weeks 50 residents from each of Kamsack, Togo and Norquay will have made their own beautiful oil paintings while raising about $1,000 for charities in each of those communities.

By Elena Gustafson