Yorkton This Week

The pro shop and the driving range at the Deer Park Municipal Golf Course is open for the 2012 season. The back nine opened to the public over the weekend. Any questions or queries can be directed to the pro shop at 786-1711.

By way of an obituary in the Saskatoon Star Phoenix, notice has been received of the passing of Gwen (nee Heuser) Dingwall on Feb. 28, 2012 at the age of 82. Gwen came to Dubuc when her husband, Rev.

The Yorkton Minor Hockey Esso Awards banquet took place last Tuesday. Another year, another whole bunch of awards handed out at the Yorkton Curling Club. They took the ice out to accommodate everything. Each team's coaching staff handed out awards.

I have a big problem with what went on in Yorkton last Thursday and Friday with regards to the enforcement of traffic laws and the City RCMP. In my opinion, traffic offenses are not at an epidemic level here.

A colleague told me his toddler was wandering through a neighbourhood park picking up twigs and sticks, brandishing them as tools for digging, poking, and tapping. Suddenly the boy stopped and pointed excitedly to the canopy of branches above.

You might notice increased activity in the Queen Elizabeth II Gardens at the Legislative Building in the next few weeks as upgrades to the gardens get underway.

Two newly redesigned programs that will improve and maintain affordable housing are being launched today.

It was the spring of 1999 when Nathan Lutz's Junior hockey career came to an end with the Yorkton Terriers with the heartbreaking Royal Bank Cup semi final loss on home ice. But for Lutz the loss was not the end of hockey.

Dear Editor: The Federal Government is attacking democracy in Canada. Farmers lost the Wheat Pool a few years ago. Its demise was brought about by legislation that killed the Crow Rate.

Yorkton Regional High School students brought home two of the top awards from the 2012 McKercher Cup Mock Trial Competition on the weekend.