Weyburn Review

It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Edna Lillian Clarke on February 10, 2012 at the Regina Pasqua Hospital. She will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by her family and many friends.

Workers watch to see if a track hoe and a CAT bulldozer can combine their efforts to pull this 40-ton rock truck out of the mud and water, after it fell through the ice on a large slough north of Hume on Feb. 1.

Graham DeLaet competed at his fourth-straight Professional Golf Association tour event last week. DeLaet finished tied at 44th at the Northern Trust Open, earning $20,512.80.

The Weyburn District Regional Planning Commission announced on Thursday that the City and RM of Weyburn have entered into a joint agreement with a land owner that will add to the development of residential and commercial land in the area.

Weyburn's Legal Aid office will be closing as it will be "consolidated" with the office in Estevan - but the head of Legal Aid Saskatchewan assures that the Legal Aid services will still be available to those who need them in Weyburn.

Alfred Sykes Rederburg, late of Weyburn, passed away February 7, 2012 at the age of 88 years. Alfred was born January 9, 1924 at Lampman to Oscar and Doris Rederburg. He was the eldest child of three brothers and two sisters.

If you are a Saskatchewan artist or artisan, not supported solely by the sale of your work, you are eligible to enter your works in "Art Reach", the Weyburn and area Local Art Adjudication.

Carla Mae (nee Kelley) Kristensen passed away February 13, 2012 at the age of 98 years. She was born March 9, 1913 to Esther and John Kelley.

Saskatchewan's dynamic oil patch continues to attract interest and investors, as shown by the results from the first sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights for 2012. February's sale generated $28.7 million in revenue for the province.

The City of Weyburn removed a precautionary drinking water advisory today. "All necessary samples have been taken, and have come back with good results," said Bob Smith, city manager. "No positive bacteria were found in any of the samples.