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An aunt-niece team read out their first children’s book to the patrons of the Melfort Library. Angela Joelle grew up around Melfort and Star City, but now works as a visual artist in Vancouver. Her niece Brynna Beaupre is from Regina.

Two local fishers won one of the flagship fishing tournaments in this province. Spencer Kozun of Nipawin and Wade Maynard of Carrot River won the Premier’s Walleye Cup on Tobin Lake with a total of 42.30 pounds of walleye.

The three Northeast Dairy Queen locations raised $24,009.73 for Miracle Treat Day. The national campaign, held Aug. 10, has each location donate the net proceeds from each Blizzard to the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital Foundation.

From the Tisdale Recorder Files, Aug. 13, 1997

A purse was stolen after a truck was broken into during the Kelvington Fair. The vehicle, parked outside the horse corrals, was broken into Aug. 5 at around 9 p.m. The stolen purse was black and had silver horseshoe-shaped buckles.

Brad Wall , the Premier of Saskatchewan, has announced his retirement – something that Fred Bradshaw , the MLA for Carrot River Valley, said was a shock. “Nobody had any inkling that this was coming,” he said. “I kid you not.

The North East Red Sox made short work of their first round playoff series against the Selects, sweeping them two games to none.

A new footrace in Nipawin aims to invite the community into the grounds of the Nipawin Bible College. The first annual Nipawin Country Run, held Aug. 5 also had a more practical purpose.