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Managing a building with a heating, ventilation and air conditioning system that is obsolete and inefficient, the board of Eaglestone Lodge is facing making improvements expected to cost $300,000.

Town council approved a revised employee code of conduct and made several professional appointments during its regular meeting of January 9.

Acute care patients in the Kamsack Hospital were among many clients of Sunrise Health Region to receive a special gift from the “Breast Friends” group of Foam Lake which produces cookbooks as a fundraiser for cancer research.

Kamsack’s representatives at the 111 th annual convention of the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) plan to support nine of the 15 resolutions that will be debated by delegates.

A Kamsack district couple, who are not shy with their praises for the district’s beautiful scenery and outstanding opportunities for outdoor adventure, has decided to share their home in a new accommodations business.

The “good eats” part of the festive season in Veregin was extended to January 10 when district residents assembled to enjoy a ham-and-perogy supper held to raise money for the community’s hall.

Tickets for Saturday’s Malanka Ukrainian New Year’s Banquet and Dance are nearly sold out, the Norquay Recreation Board was told at its regular meeting on January 11.

On Saturday, in spite of the mercury having dipped south of minus 20 degrees Celsius, members of the Pasternak family of San Clara, all bundled up, headed to the Ministik Beach toboggan hill for a sunny afternoon of sliding fun with an oversized inner tube. With Trevor Pasternak were his children Keagan, left, and Allie.

“Overall 2015 can be chalked up as having been a very successful year,” Kamsack Mayor Rod Gardner said in his annual beginning-of-the-year discussion when he reflected on the past year and looked forward to 2016.