Estevan Mercury

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.

The Editor: I was reading the Leader-Post on April 13, 2012 about how SAHO came to the bargaining table with SGEU Cancer Agency Nurses and gave them a final offer of a 5.5 per cent increase over 39 months.

The season opener at Estevan Motor Speedway fell victim to the weather on Saturday as the heavy rainfall that hit the area Friday forced it to be postponed. No makeup date for the races had been announced as of Tuesday.

The Editor: My wife and I sat in the car outside our polling station this last provincial election and discussed how each of us would cast our vote.

A trio of incidents in the rural areas surrounding Estevan and Torquay have led to investigations being established by the Estevan detachment of the RCMP.

Our senior governments have embraced ideas and plans to increase our skilled workforce and the importance of hiring and training skilled tradesmen and women has never been more pronounced.

Southern Plains Co-operative has doubled sales and quadrupled profits over the past five years and that spectacular pace of growth continued in 2011 and into 2012 for the 65-year-old institution that is headquartered in Estevan.

The students of the Lampman School were given a startling reminder about the pitfalls of drinking and driving Thursday.