Yorkton This Week

The Clearing Bowerbirds Indie 8 out-of 10 Death is so uncomfortable and unavoidable that we spend the majority of our time trying to avoid it. Whether in conversation, or in its physical form, it's something most people don't think about.

Roller Derby is a growing sport in Saskatchewan, and while a team is just now forming in Yorkton, a former resident is turning the track on a regular basis in Regina.

I followed the highway preacher (at far less than highway speed) for a few miles, before I passed. The car's licence plate read REPENT. As I pulled ahead, I craned my neck for a glimpse of the owner of the rolling pulpit.

Saskatchewan residents have until April 30, 2012, to nominate provincial employees for the 2012 Premier's Award for Excellence in the Public Service.

Every once in a while a really great idea surfaces, the sort of idea where you are left wondering why it had not been thought of before.

A Yorkton youth bowler, 10-year-old Ashley Schrader is headed to Newfoundland in May to compete at the national level. Ashley won the provincial Bantam Girls' Youth Bowling Council (YBC) crown in Saskatoon recently.

Yorkton students came home with nine medals, including three gold, from the 2012 Skills Canada Provincial Competition last week.

In the world of boardgaming Looney Labs will forever hold a place of near reverence for its creation of the stackable plastic pyramid as a versatile gaming tool. The Looney Pyramids are so simple, yet no one had envisioned it back in 1989.

If it is true that Canadians drink more than 2.3 billion litres of beer each year, I wonder how much of that is consumed on St. Patrick's Day? Why do people insist on drinking green beer on St. Patrick's Day? It tastes terrible.

Joseph Maderos passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 10, 2012 at the Yorkton and District Nursing Home at the age of 78 years. Joe was born on January 17, 1934 in the Fenwood district. He was the oldest of four children.