Estevan Mercury

It's still a sombre ceremony, still respectful and still hopeful that some day devastating wars will cease.

In a room darkened with black cloth and no overhead lighting, with only a sparkling circle of diffused light coming from two projectors, Lenka Novakova is in one of her more treasured elements.

The ECS senior boys' volleyball team advanced to the provincials in Melfort by finishing second in the south regional championships held at the Estevan Comprehensive School last Friday.

All kinds of crazy observations this week. I can't help it, please forgive. Let's start with cell phones.

As heartening as it is to hear that another organization is taking up the challenge of attempting to solve the local housing shortage in Estevan and area, we've pretty well run out of talk time.

If you were watching a movie about someone accidentally coming across a Second World War-era bomb on Remembrance Day, no less, you would probably roll your eyes and dismiss the plot as contrived and fake.

The Estevan Mermaids Synchronized Swimming Team travelled to Saskatoon last weekend.

The ideas came quickly so it was obvious that those attending the Roche Percee Park strategic planning meeting on Saturday had spent some time thinking about what the newly resurrected park should be in the short term and further into the future.

The Eagle Drilling Estevan Bruins were in action with a pair of games over the weekend. After a 5-4 loss in Yorkton on Friday, the Bruins improved their home record to 10-1-1-1 with a 5-3 win over the La Ronge Ice Wolves on Sunday evening.