Yorkton This Week

You do not have to go far to find the fastest high school student in Saskatchewan, but you might have trouble keeping up.

Gary Gott didn’t always understand the importance of the Treaty 4 flag. As a younger man, Gott, a member of Sapotaweyak Cree Nation, didn’t fully appreciate the flag. Now he sees its value.

“It was just a small lump,” said my friend. “I never worried at first.” But it nagged her, so she made a visit to the doctor. Tests revealed a rapidly growing cancerous tumour.

Gardeners are always learning; there is always new information available, exciting new plants to discover, and exciting new ways to garden! I always encourage you to go to the library and see the wonderful selection of gardening books available: just

Grandma Knox recalled that after her father ploughed up seven acres of virgin prairie, he seeded his entire 1933 crop to oats. “He just seeded it by hand,” she wrote. “Beautiful crop. Grew up about six feet high, and froze right down in August.

The Fourth Annual Fort Qu’Appelle Disc Golf Tournament was held on May 19. Local disc golfer Jack Talsma topped the field for the third straight year throwing a minus-four. Josh Istace, Moosomin, SK. was sexond shooting a plus-six.

It never ceases to surprise me the entrepreneurial spirit of rural Saskatchewan to try to develop new economies.

This book by Sean Arthur Joyce is about the plight of British “Home Children” — orphans, children from poor families, neglected and living on streets of cities in England.

Hundreds of school students from Yorkton, Sturgis, Saltcoats, Canora and Churchbridge took in Western Major Baseball League action Wednesday at Pioneer Park.

The General Alexander Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion in Yorkton held its annual Decoration Day Service Wednesday, June 6, at the Yorkton Cemetery.