Weyburn Review

The 2012 Weyburn Wheat Festival attracted people from far and wide and the Heritage Village Days saw a large increase in visitors. The estimated attendance was approximately 1,200, while only 750 signed the registries this year.

New equipment is placed into a future classroom at the City Centre Mall, which will be the future location for the Southeast Regional College. This classroom will be used for first aid training and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.

Saskatchewan livestock producers continue to make good haying progress and now have 92 per cent of the hay crop cut.

Will the real Saskatchewan Roughriders please stand up? The team from the province which bares the phone prefix '306' was the toast of the Canadian Football League after a torrid 3-0 start this summer under rookie head coach Corey Chamblin.

The Weyburn Bantam Youngfellow Falcons have started their season. The Weyburn Youngfellows has become the official sponsor of the Weyburn Minor Football Bantam age group. With the new sponsor also came a new name and new colored jerseys.

The August sale of Crown petroleum and natural gas rights has brought in almost $23.3 million in revenue for the province. With these latest results, total land sale revenues for the 2012 calendar year now stand at $78.9 million.

The Weyburn Silver Seals had 22 swimmers attend a combined Provincial Semi-Finals and Provincial Swim Meet on August 4 and 5 in Regina.

Weyburn EMT Jason Schmidt carefullyl drives his scooter through a course set up in the courtyard of the Weyburn City Centre Mall on Aug. 11, while in the background at left, Mayor Debra Button just finishes up the course.

The Saskatchewan Roughriders dropped their third game in a row, and are still struggling with fourth quarter issues.

The City of Weyburn will hold their fall city-wide registration on Wednesday, Aug. 22. This event is open to sport, culture and recreation groups that want to promote their activities. The city-wide registration will be held 6 to 8 p.m.