Estevan Mercury

It was the culmination of a long winter, busy spring and frantic early summer of preparation for the 4-H members who gathered at the Estevan Exhibition Grounds Thursday through Saturday last week for their annual individual club achievement days.

I am convinced there are only three days a year where we are allowed to conduct anything of note in this province. OK, maybe four, but that's it.

The next municipal election may be a few months away yet, but it has already become a major point of discussion for Estevan residents. Obviously the bulk of the conversation is about who will be the city's next mayor.

The recent past is littered with examples of young hockey players who spent some time in the Estevan Minor Hockey Association, then moved elsewhere and went on to succeed. Jordan Martinook is one of them.

The Estevan TS&M Tornados wrapped up the Baseball Regina peewee AAA regular season with a pair of losses to the Swift Current Indians on Saturday at Cactus Park.

The lead may have slipped away from him temporarily, but Aaron Turnbull made sure he got it back.

The ball diamonds at Luscar Cactus Park will be hopping next weekend as Estevan Minor Baseball hosts both the bantam AA and peewee AA provincial championships. Both tournaments begin on the afternoon of July 20 and wrap up the afternoon of July 22.

Estevan Police Service personnel were kept busy tending to a variety of incidents in the city on the night of July 5 beginning with a call to the east side to deal with what had been reported as a disturbance.

Editor's note: The Grade 7 class directed by teacher Angela Smeltzer at Pleasantdale School completed their research into environmental issues shortly before the end of the academic year.

After having a significant lead waylaid by a caution with four laps to go, Hank Berry held off challenger Steve Arpin to win the Estevan stop on the Dakota Classic Modified Tour on Tuesday at Estevan Motor Speedway. Berry, from Sidney, Mont.