Local Arts

The Weyburn Review will have Mike Blinder, a media industry leader, coming to educate local businesses during a special free luncheon seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 17.

The works of Pieter van der Breggen and the late Cornelius Kievits called "Weyburn's Dutch Masters" will be shown at the Allie Griffin Art Gallery. There will be a public reception on Sunday, September 7, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

During July and August, the Weyburn Duplicate Bridge Club met once a week on Monday evenings, but starting in September, the club will resume playing on Thursday afternoons at 1 p.m. as well as on Monday evenings at 7 p.m.

The WheatlandSenior Centre holds weekly activities. The following are the results from August 15 to August 21: Friday's Bridge tournament ended with first place going to Linda Kot, with second place to John Whitell, and George Gillies in third place.

The Weyburn Crocus Quilters Guild will hold its first meeting of the fall on Tuesday, September 2 at Grace United Church upper hall. Socializing starts at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to begin at 7 p.m. All quilters are welcome.

By Betty Guest, 306-456-2876 Yellow Grass (cpd) - Kids' Club Vacation Bible School (VBS) was held Aug. 6 and 7 at the Yellow Grass Communiplex and Aug. 8 at Yellow Grass United Lutheran Partnership (YGULP) Church on Souris Street.

When Winnipeg resident James MacDonald came to see his father's headstone in the Hillcrest Cemetery in Weyburn, he was concerned to see how many fellow veterans headstones were discoloured with moss or lichen with the lettering crumbling and difficul

A number of runners head down Third Street from the start line for the Opportunity Road Race, which was held on Sunday afternoon.

The headstone for a veteran, identified as Sgt. David Moore, is almost indecipherable as the stone has been badly weathered with moss or lichen appearing on it.

When a loud, intense thunderstorm comes rolling through an area, people react in one of two ways, usually: one group will close the blinds and hunker down, and hope the storm passes without too much damage from the wind, rain or lightning.