Estevan Mercury

Thursday, Aug. 20, is a Burgers to Beat Multiple Sclerosis (MS) fundraiser day at the Estevan A&W fast-food restaurant. Two dollars from every Teen Burger sold at A&W will be donated to support Canadians living with MS.

There are four new cases of COVID-19 to report in Saskatchewan on Aug. 20, according to the Ministry of Health, bringing the total to 1,590 total cases. Three new cases are in the south central region. One is in the Saskatoon zone.

Favorable conditions allowed harvest to progress in the region.

The Rotary Club of Estevan kicked off the fundraising campaign for the St. Joseph’s Hospital Foundation’s Radiothon for Life with a major donation of $14,000 earlier this week. The fundraiser will take place Sept.

The Estevan Kinette Club Viragos U18 female football team continues to make important strides towards the start of their first season. The Viragos, which is a word for a female warrior, will feature young women in Grades 7-12.

A Saskatchewan company, Prairie Clean Energy (PCE) of Regina, has found a way to take the thousands of tonnes of Saskatchewan flax straw that gets burned or trashed on the prairies every year and turn it into something that can provide income to prod

Cheers: Cheers to SaskEnergy for beautifying the area near 7-11 in north-central Estevan. The grass that’s now in place looks great.

By the time you have this paper in your hands, I’ll be back from a holiday through much of western Canada. It’s amazing how much ground you can cover in just a few days.

We missed putting in a June column because the Mercury did an article on us instead, so we didn’t want to overtake the paper with too much about ourselves. I will try and update our June and July information in this column.

Bright sunflower fields west of Estevan have been making hundreds of people driving by smile, stop, take pictures and enjoy one of the most happy-looking plants. But sunflowers are not just beautiful to look at.