Yorkton This Week

Dear Editor: On June 30, I went to Dauphin for the first time to the Country Music Festival which was just great. Great weather there and what caught my attention was the sun and how long it was light - almost until 11:00 p.m.

Police kept a close eye on the Yorkton Summer Exhibition after an eleven-year-old girl reported being abducted from the fair by a strange man on the first day of the event.

Dear Editor: In the June 29th edition of the Yorkton This Week, a letter to the editor from Claudia Wagar was printed that unfortunately leaves the impression that the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency has patients waiting without a diagnosis or treatment f

Parades are a big part of the annual Yorkton Exhibition Association Fair and as usual there were two this year. The Kiddies Day Parade was held Thursday The main parade which went down Smith Street and Broadway on Saturday morning.

The Yorkton United Under 16 Girls soccer team won a silver medal in the annual Regina Summerfest Tournament held on July 1- 3. The girls played 4 round robin matches.

Bert & Gloria Parons of Dauphin, MB visited Jim & Ann Purves and also attended the funeral of Albert Dressler and visited friends and relatives in the area.

Yorkton's summer children and youth program has started again at the Gloria Hayden Community Centre. The S-CAPE program (Summer Culture, Arts, and Physically Active Experiences) runs between July 4 and August 12, welcoming children ages 6 to 12.

Yorkton Council approved the City's 2011 sidewalk tender, but less work will be undertaken than initially planned. City Engineer Moshiur Rahman said tenders were issued in June for the 2011 Concrete Sidewalks Construction Program.

Hobo with a Shotgun (DVD/Blu-Ray) - Dir. Jason Eisener. Starring Rutger Hauer, Pasha Ebrahimi, Robb Wells. A hobo (Rutger Hauer) rides the rails into a city to pursue his dream of owning a lawnmower.

The tiny community of Springside is again coping with grisly news after the discovery of a deceased local couple whose dogs survived for at least a week on their remains.