Weyburn Review

The art project to save a Chinese Down Syndrome orphan has raised over $2,500 in the first 11 days. The 21-day project features the on-line auction of an original oil painting a day by Montmartre resident, Christalee Froese.

If you enjoy curling and don't want to put stress on your body, try 2 Person Stick Curling. You are invited to a Curling Clinic to learn to use the curling stick.

With the Christmas season approaching, the Salvation Army is once again making sure no family goes without over the holidays. The annual Adopt A Family program was a huge success last year helping to provide Christmas to 48 families.

On November 9, Police responded to a local bar regarding a fight. Two males were having a discussion when one of them punched the other in the face. A 30 year-old male was arrested for being drunk in public and was lodged in cells until sober.

The Weyburn Nature Society would like to extend an invitation for everyone to attend the next WNS meeting being held at the Knox Presbyterian Church basement on November 19 at 7:30 p.m.

Volunteers with the School Community Council at Assiniboia Park School work on installing new playground equipment on Nov. 10, including this eight-swing set and a new set of equipment for younger children.

Weyburn has long had the reputation for being a leader in the province and in Canada in certain areas, such as with the carbon dioxide miscible flood project in the Weyburn Field, or with Weyburn’s status as the biggest grain-gathering point in Canad

Response is growing for a huge reunion, planned for all Weyburn Comp classes from the 1950s to the 1990s, which is being planned in Weyburn for the end of July in 2016.

Radio host and author John Gormley, left, chats with Ted and Rhonda Hillstead at the Farmer Appreciation Banquet hosted by the Weyburn Chamber of Commerce on Nov. 4.

It is with profound sadness and gratitude for her love that the family of Shirley Carswell (parents Albert and Margaret Spooner) announce her peaceful passing on November 6, 2014 surrounded by her daughters.