Yorkton This Week

A former Yorkton resident was behind a weekend zombie infestation in Regina. Craig Kozachenko was Zombie Obstacle Challenge co-chairman with the Regina Queen City Kinsmen Club.

There are many changes that take place as fall approaches. The leaves fade from green to yellow, the warm morning air becomes brisk and cool, and children are out of the house and back in school.

Every year, on the first Saturday of October at 11:00 a.m., mothers and children at sites across Canada and around the world compete to set the record for the most children breastfeeding at one time.

Parkland College teamed up with Parkland Regional Library on Thursday to co-host an Essential Skills Day celebration in Yorkton.

The Sacred Heart girls soccer team attended a 16-team soccer tournament in Moose Jaw on Sept. 21-22. Some of the best teams from Moose Jaw, Regina, Saskatoon, and Prince Albert attended.

If memory serves the money our provincial government works with is ours. We, the people of this province, take a cut from revenues generated by our resources. We pay taxes. In effect the money the government spends is ours.

One Saskatchewan resident has been hospitalized due to West Nile neurological syndrome and six others are under investigation for West Nile Virus infections. The recent cases likely became infected during the last weeks of August and early September.

Residents and staff will soon return to the Invermay Health Centre. Interior work in the resident areas is slated for completion by end of September, noted a report presented to the September meeting of the Sunrise Health Board held last Wednesday.

Flood the Stone All is Not Lost Revolution Studios 4.5-out-of-10 Flood the Stone is a new band coming out of the Yorkton area. I am always excited when new bands come out of Yorkton and look forward to what they have to offer.

Dear Editor: In response to Kathleen Gibson's column that appeared in September 25 edition of Yorkton This Week titled "Pope Francis is Dead Wrong", I would like to say the following: "Pope Francis is absolutely right in his thinking.