Weyburn Review

There is growing interest in the upcoming casting calls for “Rocky Horror Show” for Crocus 80 Theatre. Casting calls will be held at the Tommy Douglas Performing Arts Centre on Monday, Jan. 5 and Thursday, Jan. 8, both at 7 p.m.

The Comp Eagles girls basketball team will have a special “Pink Tournament” as their first home tournament of the basketball season. The tournament is set for Friday and Saturday, Jan. 9 and 10, 2015.

The year 2014 was one of the busiest 12 months Mayor Debra Button has ever had, and she is optimistic that the year to come will be a good one for the City of Weyburn.

Midale (cpd) — Beginning on Friday, January 2, the Midale Public Library will be open three days a week. The new hours will be as follows: Tuesdays 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m., Thursdays from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m.

City police received a report that a vehicle had struck a fire hydrant in the 500 block of Dieppe Drive on Dec. 27 and fled the scene.

The winners of the 2014 YouthBiz competition were announced on Dec. 12, with $2,000 in prize money awarded to students in southeast Saskatchewan for their efforts in describing their business ideas and developing business plans.

It appears that the Cugnet family have appeared in ‘A Christmas Carol’ this holiday season. The movie sees ghosts of Christmas past, present and future appear, but there was definitely no Scrooge on site.

With Christmas just ahead of us, I found this great column by Kristen Welch which hopefully will wake up some of the parents out there who are giving their kids everything but still seeing no difference in their attitude.

The Canadian Pacific Holiday Train made its last stop of 2014 in Weyburn on Wednesday, December 17.

Over the past 11 years, Sandy Johnson and her three daughters have been spreading their Christmas cheer to residents of the community without anyone to spend the holidays with. "We have donated over $10,000 back into the community," said Johnson.