Local Arts

Two Weyburn families whose sons are afflicted with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy will be holding their second annual walk-run "Campaign to end Duchenne" in May.

Two exhibitions will share the limelight at the Allie Griffin Art Gallery this month."Entangled" features the work of Estevan artist Twyla Exner.

Weyburn Concert Series will be hosting their sixth concert of the season on Monday, April 4. Blackthorn, a Vancouver-based Celtic folk group, will be appearing at the Weyburn Comprehensive School Cafetorium at 7:30 p.m.

The Weyburn Public Library is hosting a month-long reading contest for children. April l is the beginning of the Read-A-Ton Challenge and Children's Book Week. The contest is for children up to 14 years old and runs from April 1 to May 7.

Successful collection nights have given the Weyburn Young Fellows a lot of support, as they organize for their 54th annual TV Auction. The event will be held on Saturday, April 30 at the Weyburn Comp Cafetorium.

Weyburn Big Brothers Big Sisters (WBBBS) is holding their most important fundraising event of the year on April 9. The 16th annual Bowl for Kids Sake will take place at the Weyburn Superbowl.

The results of the senior centre's activitiesfor the week ofMarch 13to 19: Bridge: (Monday) 1stMildred Sandiford,2nd Eileen Langedahl, 3rd Andy Dumba Bridge: (Friday) 1stJim Brown,2nd Stan Sampson, 3rdErskine Sandiford.

The Weyburn Rotary Club recently had March 30 proclaimed as Rotary Day in Weyburn and will host a concert to eradicate polio to celebrate.

The second annual Dance Nation Invitational Charity Dance Festival will see approximately 600 dancers converge on Weyburn from April 1 to 3. The festival is being held at the Weyburn Junior High School.

The Relay For Life, one of the year's major fundraisers for the Southeast Unit of the Canadian Cancer Society, will be held in River Park on Friday and Saturday, June 10 and 11.