Assiniboia Times

Assiniboia Communities in Bloom held a Blooming Lunch fundraiser in Central Park in Assiniboia on August 23. Southland Co-op was the food sponsor for the event.

The Weyburn Chamber of Commerce and the Weyburn Red Wings announced that the Montreal Canadiens Alumni Tour, presented by Canadian Tire, will make a stop at Crescent Point Place on Friday, December 1 at 7:30 p.m.

A total of 4,183 head of cattle were sold in Saskatchewan for the week ending August 18. This figure is up from 2,389 head sold the previous week and up from 2,735 head sold the same week a year ago.

Assiniboia Composite High School’s Rockets football team opened its new season with its first practice on August 28. Practices will run Mondays at Bearss Field at 6 p.m., while games start in September and into October on Fridays at 4 p.m.

A relatively warm and dry week allowed many producers to continue with harvest operations, reported Saskatchewan Agriculture for the week of August 15-21.

Dozens of varieties of mouth-watering apple pies attracted huge crowds to Mossbank and District Museum’s annual Apple Pie Day at the Mossbank community hall on August 23.

The Assiniboia and District Arts Council featured a local artist for its Arts Up! exhibit at the Kay Cristo Room in the Assiniboia and District Library.

A&W locations across Canada participated in its annual campaign Burgers to Beat MS on August 24. Assiniboia’s A&W location also took part in the Multiple Sclerosis fundraiser for the first time, said Rod Rodil, A&W Assiniboia manager.

Wyatt Lightfoot came home to Assiniboia as a multiple medal winner after competing in the World Dwarf Games hosted by the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, on August 4-12.

Centennial Park was full of tiny smiling faces on August 21 for Assiniboia’s annual Kids’ Day in the Park. The event was organized by the Recreation Department.