Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Cardinals are finally taking flight in the Western Major Baseball League winning four games-in-a-row, and five of their last six.

On the day a wedding was scheduled for our church, I thought of the eggs. A killdeer had laid four of them dead centre in the gravel parking lot. A slight hollow sheltered them not at all, though their speckled coloring camouflaged them well.

The Yorkton Exhibition Summer Fair is happening this week from Wednesday to Saturday.

The Yorkton Terriers managed to turn a modest profit over the 2010-11 season. Gerry Smysnuik, with Parker Quine Chartered Accountants in Yorkton told the annual general meeting of the Yorkton Terrier Junior Hockey Booster Club Inc.

The Yorkton Airport Authority has set out the work to be carried out this year under the Community Airport Partnership.

Yorkton Council has unanimously approved acceptance of a tendered contract for the City's 2011 Asphalt Paving Program. The tender closed on June 17, 2011. There was one bid from Fedorowich Construction Ltd.

On a recent trip to Regina, my sweet hubby brought back a fragrant surprise: a bag of coffee grounds! A popular coffee shop is making an effort to go greener, and bag up their coffee grounds in five pound bags for recycling.

The contributions of Harry Bronfman to the history of Yorkton is being marked by naming a park after the man.

On the last day of June, Yorkton's Dr. Ivan E. Daunt stepped down from the Broadway Street clinic where he has practiced for the last 45 years.

Saskatchewan's annual Free Fishing Weekend will be July 9 and 10. One weekend each year is designated where residents and visitors may fish in Saskatchewan without having to purchase a licence.