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Elizabeth Darveau, a life-long resident of Redvers, has received the 2012 Al McGuire Award for Transition to Independent Living, at SARC's Celebrate Success Awards Banquet on October 16, 2012, in Regina.

The 2012 Farmer Appreciation Night was held at McKenna Hall on October 30. Presented by the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce, the evening is an annual celebration of the contribution of agriculture to the success of the community.

Volunteer students from the Weyburn Comprehensive School crowd into the storage room of the Salvation Army's food bank on Wednesday evening, after they did a door-to-door collection of food for their annual Halloween for Hunger food drive.

On Sept. 26, 1912 the Canadian Elks were established with a lodge being built in Vancouver, B.C. It grew quickly and has become "the largest, all-Canadian, fraternal organization in Canada," according to their website.

Lisa Vick, Karol Ruckaber and Shannon Winter of the St. Michael School-Community Council put plates of spaghetti together for students at St. Michael School on Thursday.

By Marna McManus The Weyburn and District United Way held the 31st Annual Communithon on October 26 and 27. The televised fundraiser was broadcast by Access7 on local cable as well as via live stream on the internet.

Two tractors, driven by Ed Howse and Bryon Ledingham, set in place the steel framework foundation for what will be the railway platform at Pangman, as Dan Cordick watches from the track at right; the community project set up a platform to receive the

The biggest festival for Hindus is coming up and the East Indian community in Weyburn is ready to celebrate. The Indian festival, "Diwali" is being celebrated on Friday, Nov. 9, in the McKenna Auditorium at 6 p.m.

Lake Alma (cpd) - Ken and Wanda Johnson spent Oct. 18 to 20 at their daughter, Joanne's. Wanda and Pat Petersen took in "Bloom" and "The Script" put on by Crocus 80 at the T.C. Douglas Performing Arts Centre on Oct.

Weyburn city council has two new members joining four incumbent councillors, plus Mayor Debra Button won her race handily, in one of the lowest voter turnouts in city history on Wednesday.