In the Community

Lloydminster was ranked the number one Canadian entrepreneurial city by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business in 2014. It’s not surprising to discover theLloydminster Chamber of Commerce has 574 members at last count in August.

Summertime, and the living is easy. Fish are jumping and the cotton is high, Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin’ So hush little baby, Don't you cry…” (Hayward & Gershwin) We need a balance in the use of time.

The results of the Senior Centre's activities from August 21 to August 27: Bridge: (Friday) First Annie Easton, second Erskine Sandiford and third Berty Lou Dreis.

Submitted - The Weyburn Duplicate Bridge Club is proud to announce that one of our members and directors, Gord Bell, is a now a Silver Life Master with the American Contract Bridge League (ACBL).

There are some days when I simply don't have any answers. To those who know me best, that may seem highly improbable but it's true. And, I suspect, it applies to many of you as well.

He’d never ridden a bicycle so far in such a short time span, but Kelly Phillipchuk certainly had the incentive to cover 104 kilometres on his “regular old mountain bike.” this summer.

"Excuse me, sir," I spoke to the man pushing his buggy in the dairy aisle. "I love languages and I couldn't help but overhear you folks," I said.

Weyburn's second Habitat for Humanity recipients were announced on August 21, at the City Centre Mall. They are Robert and Shieron Phillips, along with their four children, Sydnee, Kezziah, Ethan and Victoria.

The results of the Wheatland Senior Centre's activities from August 14 to August 20: Bridge: (Friday) First Berty Lou Dreis, second Basil Holyer and third Marion Brown.

In rural Ireland Murphy was selling chicken burgers. These became very popular based on an old family recipe. Before long Murphy began exporting to Europe. Little did anyone know he had been mixing horsemeat with the chicken.