Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan Roughriders are counting their blessings after sneaking out of their Saturday game against the Edmonton Eskimos with an ugly win. Up 14-9 with one play left on the clock, Ricky Foley stopped the Eskimos on the Riders' one-yard line.

Fall Outreach Supper @ St. Mark Orthodox Church, 160 Betts Ave., Yorkton, Sun., Oct. 27. Service of Thanksgiving 5 p.m. Supper & entertainment to follow. Admission: freewill offering.

Picture yourself enjoying a delicious meal with your family this Thanksgiving. Everyone is having a great time reminiscing about all of the wonderful memories each has shared. It is a perfect end to a wonderful summer.

Home ice proved no advantage in a home-and-home set between the rival Yorkton Terriers and Melville Millionaires. The two Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League teams split the set with each winning in the other's barn.

An ancient self defence method will soon be taught in Yorkton. Shaolin Kung Fu traces its roots 4000 years to Hunan (now Honan) province in China, explained Master Scott Allan Craig.

A former Sturgis Elementary School teacher will not be incarcerated for the sexual assault of a 12-year-old Yorkton girl. In an oral decision October 11, Judge Darin Chow issued a suspended sentence with 18 months probation to Trevor Latham.

Chase and Brady Norrish have been teammates in hockey for as long as they can remember.

With the leaves turning shades of red, orange and brown, and the calender turning ever closer to Oct. 31, homes and businesses in Yorkton are taking on the flavour of Halloween with display ranging from whimsy to the macabre.

When you grow up with Bonanza being the highlight of every Sunday night, Sheriff Matt Dillon and Paladin being heroes, you might be a western fan.