Yorkton This Week

In the battle of two teams who were winless going into Saturday's football game, something had to give. With a 32-26 win on home field, the Yorkton Pee Wee Gridders snapped a three-game losing skid.

This year the Rural Municipality of Wallace celebrates 100 years. We have already published a photo of the first council. This photo from the Howard Jackson Collection features the members of Council for 1927. They are J. M. Cowan Division 2; F.

I read a media list of 25 Influential Atheists recently. They were all well-educated, and highly respected. The list inspired a search for a similar list of 25 Influential Christians. Nothing. 25 Prominent Thinking Christians? Zip.

For years, many traditional funerals in Taiwan - especially in rural areas or among working classes - have included pop singers and bikinied dancers, supposedly to entertain the ghosts that will protect the deceased in the afterlife.

The Ministry of Environment is offering Big Game Management licences to increase the harvest of antlerless white-tailed deer in some portions of the province. Antlerless deer are adult females or young animals born in the spring of 2011.

A very kind friend shared a beautiful magazine called "Birds and Blooms" with me. It's a lovely magazine that features all kinds of information on "beauty in your own backyard.

Kelsie Hendry competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games in the pole vault event. Her message came to the St. Mary's School of 250 students when she spoke about her dreams and her ambition to always strive and believe in herself.

Some students of Parkland College were affected by last week's SIAST workers strike, but the impact should be minimal if the employees do not strike again.

The Parkland Racing Association will be holding their race finale on Sept. 17 at the Yellowhead International Speedway. Sponsored by C.J. Audio and Truck Accessories and Crystal Clear Imprints. Time of racing is 2 p.m.

The City of Yorkton was bustling with two craft fairs this past week. The Yorkton Arts Council presented their annual Sunflower Fine Art Craft Market at the Gallagher Centre.