Weyburn Review

Kristin Waroma, nee Bahsler, experiences elephant feeding at the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Foundation in Kenya, during a visit in September of 2010.

After their first meeting of 2011 on Jan. 20, the Weyburn Communities in Bloom committee made the decision that Weyburn would run again this year in the national competition for the program.

The date has been confirmed for the Ulterra Presents The Graham DeLaet Charity Golf Tournament in Support of the Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation. It will take place on Wednesday, July 27 at the Weyburn Golf Course.

The condition of roads, the presence of rats, and the possibility of flooding in the spring, were all topics of discussion at the RM of Weyburn's annual ratepayers meeting held Thursday evening in the Captain's Hall.

The Weyburn and District Hospital Foundation received a boost from the community, after the Weyburn Travelodge and El Rancho hosted its second annual Greek Feast fundraiser for the Foundation on Jan. 15.

Officials for Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) need to take a long look at the railway crossing on Queen Street just off Highway 39. There have been a number of collisions with trains at that crossing, and on Jan.

The Weyburn Police Service attended to 113 calls over the week of Jan. 23-30, including break-and-enters, thefts and a violent assault. Police attended a residential break and enter on the 1100 block of Park Avenue on Jan. 23.

Grade 9 students try to pile on three and four-deep as they sled down the tobagganing hill on Confederation Drive near River Park on Jan. 25.

The Saskatchewan Watershed Authority says there is a high potential for spring flooding from runoff across southern Saskatchewan, especially in the southeast.

A regular meeting of the Weyburn City Council was held on January 24; here are the major points of interest: *Councillor Nancy Styles discussed the Communities in Bloom committee's desire to continue with the program, despite not winning the national