Preeceville Progress

Agriculture Minister Lyle Stewart has proclaimed October as Agriculture Month. This year’s theme, “Stewards in Sustainability,” celebrates the dedication of farmers, ranchers and agribusinesses to maintain and improve the environment.

The Preeceville School and Sturgis Composite High School senior boys teams co-hosted an eight-team volleyball tournament on October 3. The teams were divided into two pools from which winning teams would move on to the finals.

Saskatchewan’s population continues to grow at a steady pace in spite of lower oil prices. There were 1,133,637 people living in Saskatchewan on July 1, an increase of 3,100 since April 1.

Maintaining a strong focus on Saskatchewan’s proud military heritage, Provincial Military Liaison D.F. (Yogi) Huyghebaert will visit the province’s top Saskatchewan cadet corps and squadrons.

Interested candidates can apply from October 13 at noon until November 9 at noon to be the next Saskatchewanderer. Over the course of 2015, the Saskatchewanderer project has experienced unprecedented growth.

Staff at the Preeceville and District health Centre, LTC centre joined residents for a coffee break in support of the Alzheimer Society’s coffee break in the facility’s dining room at the Centre on September 21.

Growing a vegetable garden is a lot of work but benefits outway the hard work and sometimes the abundance of a bumper crop exceeds all expectations.

The Preeceville School Biology 30 class has been learning about scientific classification of living beings in Biology 30 so that they can classify some of the insects in and around the Preeceville area through a School Malaise Trap Program.

Preeceville School students and staff members held their annual Terry Fox Run on September 25. They were accompanied by a few parents who enjoyed a walk in the summer temperatures.