Assiniboia Times

Submitted by Marusia Kaweski and S.Falconer The Mankota Stockmen’s Weigh Co. held a customer appreciation event to mark its 60th anniversary at the Agricultural Hall in Mankota on September 23.

The Assiniboia Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion made a donation of $4,000 to the Grasslands Health Centre in Rockglen on September 26.

The Farm Credit Corporation made a $15,000 donation to help renovate the Willow Bunch swimming pool. Willow Bunch Town Administrator Sharleine Eger, in the centre, received the funds from the FCC’s Carter Martin and Maureen Bonneau.

Wyatt Lightfoot won the championship in his classification of SS6 at the Second Para National Badminton Tournament in Vancouver on September 13-16. Lightfoot won this tournament for the second time.

For Shawn Helland of Assiniboia the Thanksgiving weekend of 2016 will forever be etched in his memory. Last year on October 10, he harvested a magnificent 288-inch mule deer buck. It is the fifth largest taken on record in North America.

The eighth annual TD Tree Days in Assiniboia saw Assiniboia branch TB Bank staff, First Assiniboia Scouts and other volunteers plant 109 new trees at the Mount Hope Cemetery on September 22.

These day, the modern farmer in Saskatchewan is turning more and more to the latest high-tech gadgets to help increase production and lower costs. Technology now extends well beyond the smart phone and computer in a tractor cab.

Rain showers the week of September 12 delayed harvest for some producers, but most were back in the field within a few days.

Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and Cereals Canada launched a National Report that aims to improve the profitability of Canada’s wheat industry on September 19.

Members of the Limerick Fire Department attended Fuel Good Day in Limerick with their truck. Missing in the photo is Kevin Silzer.