Yorkton This Week

Visiting Arnold and Sheila Vickers and family were Kent and Sandy Ritchie of Swift Current. They were on their way to attend their granddaughter’s Graduation.

Sitting in our cottage – the six-foot-square red one in the backyard, with the pointy roof and two screened flip-up sides, I am as near to vacation as possible on the weekends for a working girl – or working woman. (Some days I don’t know which I am.

Empty Zone Vol #1 (Conversations with the Dead) Writer by Jason Shawn Alexander Art by Jason Shawn Alexander Image Comics I knew nothing of Empty Zone until it showed up among a batch of possible review comics.

Nine communities have been selected to receive funding for community beautification project through Community Futures Ventures. Community Futures Ventures has received overwhelming interest in its Community Beautification Works Project initiative.

It’s not the dying that I fear. It’s inevitable, unavoidable, an immutable reality. The realization of our mortality is something most of us encounter somewhere along the way – often with the death of someone close to us.

“Shed 10 lbs. before summer!” “Melt off the pounds fast with this simple trick!” These are titles and commercials we see almost every day.

A cheque for $855.00 was donated from the Yorkton Kidney walk held June 12. The donation was made by Audrey Parisloff Volunteer Coordinator for the walk to Ross Fisher Yorkton Health Foundation for the Yorkton Dialysis Unit. In addition, $590.

Until we are ready to admit what the problems are, we are going to continue to see more and more of what we saw recently in Orlando and I am not optimistic mass shootings will stop anytime soon.

Each month a male and a female student is selected as the SHHS Saint of the Month. Saint of the Month students are nominated by staff and students of SHHS.

Yorkton’s tourism director wants residents to get out and enjoy their own city on foot along with tourists. Randy Goulden has planned several tours that showcase some of the city’s best amenities.