Yorkton This Week

WARCOMIKA - It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Elsie (nee Paley) Warcomika, beloved wife of the late Steve Warcomika.

For millions around the world, for as long as our tired globe spins (and can it endure much longer before Jesus returns?) the year of 2017 will be remembered as a year of tears. Loss. Devastation. Unspeakable horror.

This week we really get back into our routine! The Yorkton and District Horticultural Society will be holding their first meeting of the fall on Wednesday, September 20 at 7 p.m. in the SIGN building on North Street in Yorkton.

While I am one of those people who would like to see mid-November come and go before Christmas creeps into everything, the early arrival of more toys in stores in fall in preparation for the gift-giving season. I very much remain a kid at heart.

The Salvation Army in Yorkton has a new pastor. Lieutenant Samuel Tim arrived in the city to assume his new position. Tim is originally from Nigeria, moving to Vancouver with the Salvation Army.

Beginning Oct. 1, patients requiring continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines will be able to purchase a machine at a discount made available through the Government of Saskatchewan’s bulk purchasing process.

Starting off the 2017-18 school year Stephanie Lockhart and Chlorisa Erickson will be job sharing the role as Early Years Community Developer with Regional KidsFirst and GSSD.

When the Dominion Government opened lands for homesteading, in 1872 — lands in the North West Territories were Dominion Government lands, often referred to as Crown lands.

The Yorkton Regional High School opened on November 10, 1967. The $5 million school had its own dedicated section in the Yorkton Enterprise to celebrate the grand opening of the facility.

When it comes to the future of farming regular readers will know I have a decidedly ‘scifi-inspired’ vision of what is likely to occur. That future vision has long been a two-pronged one.