Weyburn Review

The Wheatland Senior Centre holds weekly activities. The following are the results for August 29 to September 4: Friday's Bridge tournament saw first place go to Joyce Hemphill, with second to George Gillies, and third to Jim Brown.

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Enform celebrated the grand opening of the Weyburn on September 4 at Memorial Park. Enform's new Weyburn office, located on the second floor of MNP Place, will support and strengthen the oil and gas industry's focus on worker safety in the region.

On September 7, the Weyburn Police Service received calls of a disturbance in the area of Government Road and First Avenue. Police members attended and located a male and female who were having a loud verbal argument.

Athletics is in full swing at WCS with the boys' volleyball team hosting a tournament September 5 and 6. The football team was in Swift Current on September 6 and will travel to Estevan on September 13.

Hundreds of participants and volunteers took part in the Ovarian Cancer Canada (OCC) Regina Walk of Hope on September 7. The annual fundraising event, which took place from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Rick Hansen Park in Regina, raised $74,601.

Cool, wet weather continues to delay harvest operations for many producers. Seven per cent of the provincial crop has now been combined, while 28 per cent is swathed or ready to straight-cut.

The Weyburn and District United Way kicked off the 33rd Annual Communithon fund raiser in Memorial Park with a barbeque on September 5.

In August 2009, Lisa Loustel and her husband Jordan were looking forward to the birth of their first child. Little Iyanna was born August 13, full term, just four days before Lisa's due date. Her heart stopped beating instantly once she was born.

Claude Duret of Enform unhooks a safety line during a fall protection demonstration on Sept. 4 in Weyburn.