Yorkton This Week

The Saskatchewan government made it abundantly clear in its recent budget they are into a cycle of trimming anything not seen as essential in terms of expenditures.

The Sunrise Health Region is recruiting volunteer First Responders in the Foam Lake, Theodore and Esterhazy area.

For Early Childhood Intervention Week in Saskatchewan - April 30 through May 5 - the Parkland Early Childhood Intervention Program (PECIP) is promoting the services it and the province's other 12 ECIP programs provide to families in the province.

Saskatchewan's average weekly earnings rose by 5.0 per cent in February 2012, compared to February of last year, the highest increase among the provinces according to Statistics Canada. Average weekly earnings in the province were $905.

The preparations for elementary school football is scheduled to start up on April 26 at the Yorkdale Central Public School. They play in two different leagues. The first one is 6-man football as well as a 9-man league.

Randy Moore will go down in history as one of the 'good' ones. His optimism, curiosity, and humour remained with him to the end. With courage, grace, and love in abundance, Randy passed peacefully at home, surrounded by his family.

The Yorkton Arts Council, "Stars For Saskatchewan" concert series presents The Saskatoon Children's Choir, Thurs., May 10, Anne Portnuff Theatre, 8:00 p.m. Tickets available at The Yorkton arts Council 783-8722 or Welcome Home Floral & Gift Shop.

The recent budget failed to mesh with the Saskatchewan way of doing things. At least that was the contention of John Nilson, interim lead of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party when he spoke at a Yorkton Chamber of Commerce meeting last week.

The development of Stormwater Detention Ponds on Logan Green received an $8,000 donation from the Assiniboine Watershed Stewardship Association in a presentation made at the regular meeting of Yorkton Council Monday.

The "Painter of Light," as the world knew him, died last month. Artist and author Thomas Kinkade, well known as a devout Christian, was among the world's highest earning and most popular living artists.