Preeceville Progress

Bill Lesko, who was raised in the Lady Lake area and graduated from Sturgis Composite High School in 1968, says he had little interest in going to university. So, in March of 1969 he decided that he wanted to work in the bush.

Members of the Preeceville Harvard Air Cadets 606 Squadron canvassed the Town of Preeceville on November 6 to promote wearing poppies prior to the Remembrance Day service.

By Gail Krawetz

The Preeceville and Sturgis junior boys volleyball teams co-hosted the East Central District Athletic Association playoffs in both Preeceville and Sturgis on October 28 with eight teams participating.

Members of the Wa Wa Shriners of Yorkton visited the Preeceville School and Sturgis Composite School on October 25 to promote fire safety and to present their stop burn injuries program.

The 1 2 3 Care For Me Daycare Halloween toy bingo held in Sturgis on October 29 was said to have been fun for all ages. "There were approximately 50 children in attendance," said Rhonda Olson, one of the organizers.

Sigmund Brouwer, the writer in residence at the Preeceville School, shared some valuable writing strategies and stories with grades 3, 4, and 6 students during his visit to the Preeceville School on October 24.

Half a millennium to the day, on October 31, 1517, an Augustinian friar, Dr. Martin Luther, nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle Church, or “Schlosskirche,” in Wittenberg Germany.

Lillian Smith of Sturgis and 33 other individuals and groups from across the Yorkton-Melville constituency were presented with the volunteer award medal by Cathay Wagantall, MP, on October 22.

By Brian Zinchuk