Estevan Mercury

The Editor: My family moved just below Boundary Dam 42 years ago. In the 1970s, flooding was nearly an annual occurrence. Long Creek would come first, then the Souris, about a week later. They always came after the snow was gone.

Dear Estevan, I'm writing to you as a man who grew up there and left in 1998. After a few years of wanderlust I eventually settled in Winnipeg. I had a rare chance to visit you a few weeks ago.

After the long road they had to travel to reach the provincial senior A baseball championship, the Estevan Tower Wolves made a quick exit.

It's a simplistic learning experience, but an important one. Now that mid-block pedestrian crosswalks have been introduced in the central business district of Estevan, the awareness level has to go up for everyone.

One trade request down, one to go for the Estevan Bruins. The Bruins dealt 20-year-old defenceman Brett Rock to the Sherwood Park Crusaders of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for cash last week. The Redwater, Alta.

There will be many extraordinary moments when SportsCentre touches down in Estevan on Aug. 25. One of the most entertaining, surely, will be anchors Jay Onrait and Dan O'Toole duking it out behind the wheel of stock cars at Estevan Motor Speedway.

Carla Smith knew her past training put her at a disadvantage heading into the Canadian Fitness, Figure and Bikini Championship July 23 in Saskatoon.

It wasn't an easy road, but the Estevan Tower Wolves have secured a spot in the senior A provincial championship this weekend in Carlyle.

Michala Brasseur may not be Miss Teen Canada World, but she definitely left the competition having learned something positive.