Yorkton This Week

Maybe you were in one of the northbound cars I met on Highway Nine between eight and eight-thirty that Monday morning. You couldn’t have known, and neither could I, that with every rotation, all five bolts on my front tire, driver’s side, got looser.

Months ago, I vanquished my pint-sized enemy, banishing him to obscurity on my desk. Now, as the temperature soars and BBQ fundraisers demand coverage, I’m discovering that he may be exacting a long-awaited revenge.

In July of 1919, the YORKTON AUTO CLUB held an old time dance and bon fire party at York Lake as their annual big celebration. A supper was served followed by dancing in the War Veterans Pavilion.

Recently I was on one of the more notable social media sites and there was a post that was drawing a lot of attention (mostly disgust). The post was about baking bread containing flour made from ground-up cockroaches.

It continues to amaze me how modern-era game designers can still come up with ideas for games that “feel” as though they could have been created a few centuries ago. And the games offer mechanics which work and provide a fun gaming experience.

Camryn Danchilla is a multisport athlete that is being awarded for capturing the Midget girls aggregate award for track and field.

The 19th Annual Charity Golf Classic held at Deer Park Golf Course in Yorkton on June 7 was a huge success with golfers and sponsors raising money to buy medical equipment for five facilities in the region.

Soccer players competed for more than field glory on Saturday. The Yorkton United Football Club (YUFC) hosted a day-long tournament at Logan Green on Jun. 16. Players from Yorkton and Canora raised over $200 for breast cancer research and awareness.

Professional basketball appears headed to Saskatchewan. As you might well have guessed as you read the opening line of this column, it’s not a National Basketball Association franchise.

The Raiders Connecting Raiders program is a way to connect the students in the Yorkton Regional High School and build community, giving them advisory groups with a teacher to guide them through their school career.