Yorkton This Week

By Jeff Schneberk Staff Writer

Yorkton's Jeff Buettner is hoping his sense of humour is something others will appreciate as he launches a new cartoon series - Bereft of Center. Buettner said he has always had what he calls "funny ideas.

Nomination forms are now available for the 5th Annual Employee of the Year Award.

Which of these things is NOT allowed on Parliament Hill - smoking drugs, or the Canadian Taxpayers Federation's (CTF) National Debt Clock? You guessed it: the Debt Clock has been banned from Parliament Hill.

The two Yorkton high schools will be teaming up for a good cause when they get together to help raise money for Melissa Mish, a Gr. 10 student in Melville who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease.

One of Canada's longest-serving politicians, Gordon Campbell, recently stepped down as leader of the B.C. Liberal Party and premier of British Columbia. Mr.

Agriculture Minister Bob Bjornerud announced $500,000 in new funding to help RMs remove beavers and dams in areas where beavers are causing damage.

QUILTS! - March 6 to April 21, 2011. The Godfrey Dean Art Gallery is pleased to present Connections, an exhibition of art quilts by three Edmonton area quilters.

There are few things that I always think of whenever the month of March comes around.

By Jeff Schneberk Staff Writer