Estevan Mercury

News and notes from the April 30 regular meeting of Estevan city council.

About 80 Roche Percee residents packed into Al Turnbull's auto body shop last Thursday to hear the redevelopment proposal for the village.

After making four separate drug deals to undercover police, a local man received 20 months in jail. Jason Lunn was arrested last June, charged with trafficking cocaine and possessing the proceeds of crime. Guilty pleas were entered on Jan.

Every year the Royal Bank Cup comes around and every year the British Columbia representatives are regarded as something of a favourite, aside from those rare times when they don't get past the Alberta champions.

The Editor: At this time last year we had already been through flood one and were about to go into flood two here in Roche Percee.

The City of Estevan says it was shortchanged and will ask the federal government to look into the matter.

The City of Estevan has yet to receive final word on their claim to the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program but there is a chance they won't be getting as much as they hoped for.

It was an ugly way to win a baseball game, but the Southeast Legacy Twins will take it.

The Western Hockey League held its annual bantam draft on Thursday, and for the third straight year, no Estevan-bred players were selected.

As a much younger person, I recall lobbying my high school's administration to implement a "Tried Hard" scholarship or prize at the end of the academic year. I had to admit that finding worthy recipients on an annual basis might be daunting.