In the Community

She kept it simple with no false airs. She was our rock and now she’s gone. The Estevan Mercury family lost one of their most cherished members last week with the passing of Kim Schoff. It was Kim, not Kimberley.

The Woodlawn Regional Park Authority has found a lasting way to pay tribute to long-time employee Larry Horrocks. The walking bridge that crosses the Souris River has been named the Larry Horrocks Bridge.

A man planning a vacation wrote to small town hotel where he wished to stop. "I would very much like to bring my dog with me. May I keep him in my room at night?" The reply came, "I've never had a dog steal towels, bedclothes, silverware or anything.

With just a few more minutes needed to complete another lap, I enter the final curve of the track, eyes fixed on the barracks.

Jeanne Corrigal, a Métis filmmaker and storyteller, made an appearance at Hillcrest School to share a series of life lessons from an old friend.

In Young Empire’s song “The Gates” the group reflects a universal search for the Gates of Heaven: “ No, I won't lose hope, no, I won't lose sight
But heaven is a place I just can't find Run from the shadows and run to the light Running from a past I

Rounding the bend at the south end of the track, my thoughts and the view automatically change and I hear myself exhorting myself: "Nearing the end of another lap, Linda. Just this many more to go".

The Estevan Leisure Centre became a small global village on Saturday with the Collage Cultural Festival living up to its name by providing a diverse and educational global experience for everyone involved. The festival ran throughout the day on Sept.

One line in a submitted obituary summed it up succinctly. Dick Henders “was the real deal.” The community is mourning the loss of local businessman and community leader, Richard “Dick” William Henders who died Sept. 20 at the age of 84.

The Children’s Wish Foundation has been dramatically changing lives in Canada for more than 25 years and they will continue to do so, said Gay Oldhaver, provincial director for the foundation.