Preeceville Progress

The Preeceville School students and staff took the opportunity of the walk-and -roll incentive to walk or ride a bicycle to school on June 1. The group gathered at the Preeceville Wildlife Campground and walked back to the school as a group.

Ken Stearns wasted no time in double-checking his April 22 lottery ticket after he realized that the EXTRA numbers drawn were a direct match to his numbers. The Preeceville resident won $250,000.

( see photo galleries below ) Thirteen graduates were honoured at the Sturgis Composite High School graduation exercises on May 27.

( Editors note : Cole Bilanchuk was selected by his classmates to give the valedictory address .) High school is a time when a person really begins to develop his or her personality and a time of growing and transition.

Loran Chapman was the guest speaker at the Sturgis Composite High School graduation exercises on May 27. “For the past five years I have attended each graduation and have always enjoyed being part of them,” Chapman said.

When you think about it, both the Saskatchewan Party government and rural Saskatchewan have a very odd relationship with our Crown corporations. Both the Sask.

The last week in May sees me in Bismarck, N.D., for the Williston Basin Petroleum Conference. It alternates between Regina one year, and the other in Bismarck. This is my fourth time at this conference.

It shouldn’t come as a great surprise that people base their positions on purely emotional responses, ones usually devoid of scientific evidence, solid reasoning, or at times even rational thought.

Emergency personnel at the Preeceville Ambulance hosted an appreciation day to provide reassurance to the public that no matter the time or scenario, emergency staff are always on hand.

Preeceville and area residents continue their quest to save the Preeceville Hospital from having the doors if its emergency and acute care departments closed on June 1.