Estevan Mercury

April snowstorms improved moisture levels for the region, but not much so far. "It certainly improved conditions, it did help replenish some of the reservoirs down there with Grant Devine being one of them, Boundary, Rafferty. But because of very hot, very dry conditions that we saw in most of southern Saskatchewan last summer, we're still below normal," said Sean Osmar, communications manager with the Water Security Agency.

With enough people, the plan is to form various musical groups in the Estevan area in the coming fall.

Estevan was chosen due to its abundance of sunny days, its proximity to suitable transmission infrastructure and the relatively flat neighbouring landscape. Don Morgan, the minister responsible for SaskPower, said SaskPower also considered the lack of wind power generation in the Estevan area.

The annual community celebration of the school’s Grade 12 students will take place on June 18, starting with the cap and gown celebration at Affinity Place at 2 p.m. There will be the tributes and speeches associated with grad, and then diplomas will be presented to the 156 kids scheduled to graduate.

Flin Flon defeats Estevan 6-1 in Game 6 Tuesday night to force Game 7.

For the first time in two years, the Flamethrowers were able to invite other teams for a tournament, which was also a fundraiser. The tournament has been going on for over 10 years.

Norm Foster's play Ladies’ Foursome will run from July 12-30. Each week they will have shows Tuesday through Saturday, and there will be one matinee during each week. The first and the third week, they'll have a Saturday matinee and the middle week it will be a Thursday matinee.

Estevan Wildlife Federation hosted fundraising dinner Saturday night.

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