Weyburn Review

The Southeast Connection Sport, Culture and Recreation District held a HIGH FIVE Principles of Healthy Child Development workshop on Friday, June 27th at the Weyburn Credit Union Community Room.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Health advises the public to avoid swimming and other in-water recreational activities in lakes and rivers that have been significantly impacted by flooding.

Shelley Hansen and Darla Peterson bring over a sheet of plywood as contractor John Hulbert, rear left, sets the plywood sheets on the basement forms, at the site for the Habitat for Humanity home at 412 Victoria Street on Wednesday.

Weyburn area residents and businesses are being warned to be on the lookout for counterfeit bills, after an Ontario girl was recently arrested for passing counterfeit $20 bills at a local restaurant.

1984 - 2014

The Saskatchewan Roughriders fell 48-15 to the Toronto Argonauts on Saturday. This was the first road game of the regular CFL season for Brendon LaBatte and the Riders. Both the opening drives for the Argos and the Riders were two-and-out.

The Water Security Agency (WSA) increased the release of water from Alameda Reservoir from three cubic metres per second (m3/s) to 30 m3/s.

Thursday The Weyburn Public Library will be offering their summer reading program, with programs for ages 10 to 12 from 10 to 11 a.m., and ages six to nine from 2 to 3 p.m.

Jerome Ordahl, late of Tribune, passed away June 28, 2014, at the age of 83 years.

Cyrus "Cy" Lee Bechtel passed away suddenly on June 26, 2014 at the age of 76 years. Cy was born on December 5, 1937 in Kelvington to Ora Lee and Mary Bechtel.