Preeceville Progress

The Preeceville Panther football program held its annual fall conditioning camp that focused on players performances during the week of August 28 to September 1.

The tradition of using working horses in the field is quickly becoming little more than a forgotten memory. Working to help preserve those traditions are a few dedicated teamsters that welcome the opportunity to showcase their horses.

The Sturgis Composite School will be welcoming the elementary students into the high school when the doors open on September 5. There are no new staffing changes at the school.

The Preeceville School staff and administration were busy on August 30, preparing to welcome students back for another school term prior to the first day of school.

Brad Cameron of Sturgis was one of the many volunteer mission workers at the Canada Summer Games held in Winnipeg on July 29 to August 13.

Keri Gardner of Preeceville and her family lived a normal live until her husband Rod got gravely ill. He's been seeing doctors since December and it seems no doctor that he has seen to date can figure out what's going on with him, said Gardner.

By Brian Zinchuk

The village of Endeavour is gearing up for its Canada 150 celebrations with an old time picnic on September 3.

The Town of Preeceville has been declared a Dutch elm disease-free zone with no trees having the disease. “We have done some investigating but to date we have not discovered the disease in the town," said Lorlei Karcha, administrator.

Combines were rolling in the field harvesting 145 acres of oats that were seeded with the purpose of a fundraiser for the Sturgis Composite School playground equipment.