Yorkton This Week

While I am an avid sports fan my own skills in terms of sport have been limited. I enjoy throwing steel-tipped darts but a lone 180 throw in all the games I have played is telling that I am not very good at it.

One hundred years ago, Deere & Company purchased the Waterloo Gasoline Traction Engine Company with the intent of building tractors. That purchase lead to the John Deere we know today.

Last week, an event held in Regina indicated there is still a good future for farming on the Canadian Prairies. The Saskatchewan’s Outstanding Young Farmer Award was presented. at the Canadian Farm Progress Show.

Last week we presented a story of York Lake which featured a picture of the lake and some recreational events of the long ago — over a hundred years — since York Lake was a leisure time destination of the very early settlers.

National Indigenous People’s Day was a celebration of First Nations and Metis culture across the country. Yorkton City Centre Park hosted the event in town, with music, dance, and a barbecue for the attendees.

As we stepped out from the theatre, Saskatchewan slapped us in the face. Last Friday, as is tradition, I trekked to Yorkton Tower Theatre for my weekly movie review. The cinematic offering was Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Dance Innovations was barbecuing around the city over the weekend, with an appearance at Key Chevrolet’s tent sale as well as Save-On Foods. They are raising money to send dancers to camp this summer.

Refocused and reenergized. That was the main message at the Yorkton Terrier Junior Hockey Booster Club annual general meeting on Jun. 25.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Yorkton and Area were at Superstore on Saturday, Jun. 23, and they brought out a range of classic cars as part of their annual Show and Shine.

The Yorkton Chamber of Commerce has been around for 120 years. In that time, many people have been the president of the Chamber.