Yorkton This Week

The Yorkton Cardinals are about to miss the playoffs for only the second time following road losses in Weyburn and Regina. The Cards were scheduled to close out their season last night at home to the Regina Red Sox.

The Parkland Racing Association will be holding their third race day of the season Aug. 14-15 at the Yellowhead International Speedway. Races will be held on both days and racing starts at 2 p.m.

Yorkton Public Library has been stripped bare, but renovations have not yet begun and a temporary location is still weeks away.

What are the plagues that can hit the prairies? While ancient peoples had locusts, we have potato beetles and slugs. We've had hail, we've had flood, and now we have one more thing to worry about: giant hogweed.

Congratulations to all the students at the Yorkton Regional High School, who graduated this year.

The Godfrey Dean Gallery is hosting a show which afford local people to see pieces of ancient art up close. "It's one (a show) with some interesting little items," said Gallery manager Don Stein.

The annual Walk4Justice honouring all missing and murdered Aboriginal women stopped in Yorkton Friday evening.

Justice Minister and Attorney General Don Morgan announced that funding has been approved for the community agencies that offer community justice and the Aboriginal Courtworker programs.

When I was growing up in London, Ontario, in the early 1950s, back doors would flap open between 5:30 and 6 p.m., and parents would call Johnny or Mary to come home for dinner. We'd be out playing in the park, empty lot, or nearby ditch or creek.