Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Regional High School is scheduled to host their third basketball tournament of the season Jan. 7-8 when the Gr. 9 boys team gets ready for action on their home court.

Yorkton was on a list of stops in the week leading up to Christmas for Saskatchewan New Democrat leader Dwain Lingenfelter.

After going through his redshirt freshman year in Saskatoon, Logan Wilk is ready for more. Following his final year as a member of the Yorkton Regional football program, he accepted the invitation to join the university ranks.

Camel Lot, a story set around a Bethlehem camel dealership, was MC Knoll Elementary's choice for its annual Christmas Concert on December 15. St.

A more than 50-year career in aviation maintenance and mechanics was recently recognized by the Saskatchewan Aviation Council.

The Bantam AA Terriers played a pair of home games over the weekend, beating the Regina Canucks 3-2 then falling to Swift Current Raiders, 5-1. They also played the Regina Oilers and lost 4-1, said Damon Kustra, coach of the Bantam Terriers.

Yorkton Rotary Club is seeking young professionals and businesspeople interested in expanding their horizons with a trip to England next fall.

The Yorkton Sports Hall of Fame is starting to accept for next year's induction dinner. Please contact Community Development Park and Recreation for nomination forms. The deadline for nominations to be made will be Jan. 28, 2011.

A dear friend of ours gave us some Haskap jam. It's a deep, rich, luscious-looking purple jam that tastes like blueberries, but not quite. Haskap is new to us, so I thought I'd do a little homework and you and I can learn about it together.

The fares for Yorkton's Dial-A-Bus service are inching up, but only marginally following a unanimous decision of Yorkton Council at its regular meeting last Monday.