Weyburn Review

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.

Hollywood film star and grandson of the late Tommy Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, will represent the Douglas family for the unveiling of a new bronze statue of the former premier on Friday, Sept. 10 at 3 p.m. at the Riverfront Boardwalk.

The Weyburn Independent Riders will have a busy weekend, with the annual Toy Run on Saturday, Sept. 11 and the annual Ronald McDonald Challenge on Sunday, Sept. 12.The Toy Run parade will leave from the parking lot of the Weyburn Junior High at 1 p.