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Laketown leader’s regular meeting is the 1st Monday of every month. March 7 is open to 50 plus. The regular monthly Pot Luck Luncheons are the 3rd Monday of every month. March 21, 2016, April 18, May 16 and June 20.

Calder Annual Poker Derby is set for March 6, 2016. Registration at the Rink starting at nine o’clock till noon. Breakfast starts at nine till eleven. Beautiful trail through the scenic Assiniboine Valley. Food, Gas at half way point.

A total of 225 sleds, both contemporary and vintage, were taken to Togo on February 14 so that they could be operated in the community’s seventh annual Togo Snowmobile Derby.

After close to 350 performers participated in the Parkland Music Festival at the Canora Composite School during the week, a number of the top candidates performed for the final concert on February 13. About 75 persons attended the concert.

Police are looking for a Norquay man wanted on several Criminal Code warrants. On February 16, RCMP Media Relations issued a press release saying Kamsack RCMP were seeking the public’s assistance in locating Wayne M. Babiuk of Norquay.

By Colleen Hunter With St. Valentine’s Day, art classes and being interviewed on television, February has turned out to be an exciting month here at the Lodge.

At the January 27 meeting of the Sunrise Regional Health Authority, Lawrence Chomos, the board chair, reported on activities for the previous month which included a January 15 meeting with Senator Ted Quewezance of Federation of Saskatchewan Indian N

District residents have until tomorrow (February 26) to place their orders for apples, oranges, pears, juice and cookie dough which are being sold by students of the Kamsack Comprehensive Institute.

Column by Gail Krawetz

The World Day of Prayer service, which was written by the Christian women in Cuba, will be held on March 4 at St. Stephen’s Roman Catholic Church and at Emmanuel Lutheran Church in Norquay. "Receive children.