WEYBURN – Valedictorian Ross VanDeWeyer gave an encouraging and positive message to his fellow graduates from the Class of 2021, as part of the virtual grad ceremonies shared with grads and their families on June 19 by the Weyburn Comprehensive School; in-person activities included a grad parade through Weyburn’s downtown area, the Grand March at the fairgrounds, and a fireworks display synchronized to music.
Three elementary schools in Weyburn, Haig, Queen Elizabeth and Souris, closed a rich history of serving the community at the end of June, as their staff and students all moved to the new Legacy Park Elementary School in September.
Arliss Sidloski of Weyburn, an Engineering student at the University of Saskatchewan, was named the 2021 Marie Carter Memorial Undergraduate Engineering Scholarship winner.
A Weyburn mother, Becky Grad, is baffled and frustrated at a mysterious condition that has afflicted her 14-year-old daughter, and it seems to have affected a number of girls of the same age in the city.
Megan Ebel of Weyburn was announced as one of the recipients of the 2021 Junior Citizen of the Year Award for Saskatchewan.
Barber Motors came away with the top prize of Business of the Year as well as winning the Golden Service Award in the WEYBEX Awards on June 11.
Radville Regional High School received a grant of $30,000 from the Co-op Community Spaces fund.
Federal Conservative leader Erin O’Toole proposed a plan to help Canada recover after the COVID-19 pandemic, in an address he gave electronically to three southeast Chambers of Commerce on June 17.
A longtime volunteer from Weyburn, Fred Sandeski, received a Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers in a virtual ceremony on Canada Day, with the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.
A Junior Achievement student company, Bubble Up, was recognized as the provincial Junior Achievement Company of the Year.
The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced they would be without veteran offensive lineman Brendon LaBatte of Weyburn for the 2021 CFL season.
The Skydive South Sask club got an extended stay at Weyburn airport to the end of July as the work on their home airport in Moose Jaw was not completed.
