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They are a little bleary eyed and lacking sleep, but the members of the city's Emergency Measures Committee are managing to keep up with the flood situation in Estevan and area.

Dee Armstrong and her dog, Kai, are Estevan's first therapy dog team, and the experience is a positive one -- both for Armstrong and for the people she and Kai visit.

The Holy Family Roman Catholic Separate School Division held their annual joint meeting on June 6, with the Southeast Cornerstone School Division to discuss items of common interest.

Meagan Milatz competed in the Saskatchewan Music Festival Association's provincial competition, held in Moose Jaw over the June 3-5 weekend, and Meagan came away as a top winner.

While much of the focus on flooding in the area has centred on areas along the Souris River, a number of rural municipalities and communities north of Estevan are also battling to stay dry.

The popular hairstylist program at the Estevan campus of the Southeast Regional college will be moving to Weyburn as of fall 2011 in an effort to meet the demand of the application and employer pool in the area, according to Jamie Hilts, vice preside

Stoughton Daze will be taking place on Saturday, July 2 and Sunday, July 3 this year, but the party will last for more than just the two days. The festivities will be combined with the Canada Day celebrations on Friday, July 1.

Matthew Wock, who previously pleaded guilty to defrauding Redhead Equipment Ltd. of $75,000, escaped a prison sentence during Monday's provincial court proceedings.

It ain't over till it's over. That memorable line uttered by Yogi Berra about a baseball game could very well translate into a comment on flood conditions that are wreaking havoc in southeast Saskatchewan.

Any last hopes of getting additional seed into the ground were lost by farmers, after heavy rainfall on Friday created a "frustrating" situation that will have an effect on other areas of Weyburn and the southeast.