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Producing produce You can’t get much more fresh than straight out of the garden, and the Yorkton Gardeners’ Market exists to get local produce from the city’s gardeners to its hungry residents. Pictured, Glen Tymiak sells some produce at the market. It runs every Saturday until the end of September, starting at 9:00 a.m. behind the Prairie Harvest Christian Life Centre on Melrose Ave., though the produce tends to fly off the tables and disappear early. Staff Photo by Devin Wilger
Fencing in the CN tracks By Sean Mott Staff Writer Skateboarders and pedestrians who want to cross the train tracks might have to walk around them in the near
future. The Yorkton Business Improvement District (YBID) is looking to build a chainlink fence running along the train tracks near the skate park. The fence would start at Broadway Street
and extend down to Independent Street. “It’s a fair stretch of chainlink fence,” said Phil Devos, YBID Executive Director. YBID started the project two years ago when they heard complaints
from Yorktonites and railroad operators that people at the skate park had a tendency to “play chicken” with oncoming trains. Engineers are forced to slam their brakes when they see people on the tracks,
which brings the trains to a halt in the middle of Broadway Street, clogging up vehicle and foot traffic. “That causes a lot of people a lot of inconvenience,” Devos said. YBID brainstormed a
possible solution to the problem and they settled on a fence. There won’t be direct access from the skate park to the tracks; people will have to walk around it. The hope is the
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Cardinals need financial boost By Calvin Daniels Staff Writer The future of the Yorkton Cardinal baseball team is up in the air. The Cardinals’ season in the Western Major Baseball League has just completed,
with the team in last place in their division, and out of the playoffs, and now questions swirl about whether the team will be in the city by the time the 2019 season begins. One rumour surfacing on social media was a potential move for the team to Warman.
“I don’t know if they’re moving to Warman,” said former player Derek Marshall, but he added financially “it has not been good the last couple of years. They’re hurting for money right now.” That reality was confirmed by Darryl Rock president of
the Cardinals. Rock said the rumor of a move is at this point just that, a rumour. “But, it’s no secret we are certainly in dire need of some financial injection to make it viable,” he said. Rock said two seasons ago
the Cardinals made a modest profit, then lost money in 2017. While the final numbers for 2018 are not in, the likelihood is more red ink. The situation is not unique to the Cardinals. The rival
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Ogunbiyi wins gold against Canada’s best By Devin Wilger Staff Writer He’s the fastest young man in Canada, because he blitzed the field at the Canadian National Legion Youth Track and Field Championships in Brandon, Manitoba. Dami Ogunbiyi, who competes in the U18 category, ran the 100m dash with a time of 10.71 in the finals on August 10. In second place was Nick Beaulieu from the Nova Scotia/ Nunavut team, with a time of 10.82, and in third
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was Joakim Généreux of Quebec with a time of 10.84. A student at Sacred Heart High School, entering Grade 12, the 17 year old said he went into the race feeling really good, after a year of hard work. “I warmed up, stayed focused, and my body was feeling really good. I went through my heats and I had a really good time and was happy with it. For the final, I was sitting in third place, and I had to give it everything
that I had.” On the blocks before the final, Ogunbiyi said that while his fellow runners had surprised him with good times, and he took their race seriously, he stayed relaxed and focused on his plan, to get a good start and use his top end speed to separate himself from the crowd. “I had a plan going into the race and I just had to execute it.” The time in the final of 10.71 was a personal best for Ogunbiyi.
Dami Ogunbiyi. “It’s a really good feeling knowing that all the hard work paid off and
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that I can finally call myself a national champion.” Also competing in the 200m on August 12, Ogunbiyi admits that race did not go as expected – he finished sixth with a time of 22.82. That race was won by Joakim Généreux of Quebec with a time of 22.28. “It happens, you can’t win them all. I’m just happy to be here, to represent Saskatchewan.” Proud to represent the city, Ogunbiyi thanks people for their support as
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he works hard to improve his times and become a better runner. “It’s really, really, really motivating, and it’s humbling that so many people are following me and so many people are cheering for me from home. It’s really important because it keeps me going, that’s for sure.” Ogunbiyi’s goal right now is to take a break, start preparing for the indoor season and, hopefully, get on the Canadian team for the Pan Am Games in 2019.