Weyburn Review

Well, it was a beautiful day for a football game on September 4. The Weyburn Bantam Raiders dressed in their new grey jerseys decorated with their names on the back held their first home game of the season at Darold Kot Field.

A group of youth interested in sustainable living has stopped in Weyburn to take some ideas with them on their 16,000-kilometre journey.

A symposium to assist southeast Saskatchewan business owners is coming to Weyburn. The third annual Saskatchewan Rising Symposium: Tools for Success will be held on October 21.

The results of the senior centre's activitiesfromAugust29to September 4: Bridge: (Monday) 1stAndy Goeres,2ndJim Brown, 3rdGeorge Gillies. Bridge (Friday): 1stJohn Whitell,2ndNorma Charlton,3rdJack Medwed.

Avonlea, not Weyburn, was declared Riderville by the Saskatchewan Roughriders centennial committee on September 4. Weyburn Rider Nation co-chairs Rochelle and Nicole Wendt were at the Labour Day Classic in Regina to hear the announcement first-hand.

Although the risk of West Nile Virus is decreasing in Sun Country Health Region, Dr. Shauna Hudson wants to remind people that they still need to take precautions in September.

Report from the Weyburn Police Service for the period of August 30 to September 5: *On September 5, police attended a complaint of a theft from a local business.

School is back in session and students are excited to prepare for the 2010 YouthBiz E-Show.

The City of Weyburn held an open house during the week of September 7 to give residents an opportunity to try out containers the City is considering for their new automated refuse system, to be installed in the new year.

Art Wallace, the president of the Soo Line Historical Museum Society, stands at the newly refreshed caboose at the Museum grounds.