Estevan Mercury

Several students from southeast Saskatchewan have earned scholarships to assist them as they continue their studies in the trades.

This week's flashback is from almost 20 years ago. Playpark leaders were getting ready for the beginning of the season. From left, Leah Skjonsby, Jennifer James, Becky Wock, Deena Wahba and Carmen Miller.

“You are still in Estevan?” That statement was said with a mixture of amazement and questioning, with the emphasis on the “still” part. My college buddy could not believe that I was still here.

Cheers: Cheers to all the staff at SARCAN. Having just reopened last week, they had everything running as smoothly and efficiently as possible. The staff member at the front, Rebecca, directing traffic is great.

The council of the Rural Municipality of Estevan has approved a 17 per cent reduction, from 1.00 to 0.83, in its commercial mill rate factor for the municipal portion of property taxes.

Those of us who have lived in southeast Saskatchewan for a long time know that there’s no shortage of great events every summer. It seems like most communities have something.

The weight room in the Estevan Leisure Centre will move from a pre-registration process to a drop in system, starting June 29. These changes will be made to accommodate a more flexible training schedule for our users.

A lot of recurring themes have emerged during the past three months of this pandemic. One of them is a growing appreciation for parks and recreation facilities, especially with the nicer weather.

The community-wide bottle drive that Sector 1 Construction and Renovations Inc. held for the Estevan Salvation Army earlier this year is believed to be one of the biggest such initiatives in years.

There are four new cases of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan to report on June 24, according to the Saskatchewan Ministry of Health. Three new cases were tested in Saskatchewan and one new case was a Saskatchewan resident tested out of province.