4th Annual Parent & Child GOLF TOURNAMENT Sponsored by
$20 per team. Includes: -9 Holes of golf for both parent & child
Date: Sunday, September 15, 2019 Timer: 1:00pm Shot Gun Start Where: Deer Park Golf Course,Yorkton,SK
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Format: Tournament will be 9 holes of alternate shot golf. Age Divisions: 10 & under Mother/Daughter 11 & over Mother/Daughter 10 & under Father/Daughter 11 & over Father/Daughter 10 & under Mother/Son 11 & over Mother/Son 10 & under Father/Son 11 & over Father/Son Spaces are limited, to sign up or ask questions please contact:
Deer Park Golf Course: 306.786.1711
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“Please note if parent is unable to golf other adult golfer are welcome to team up with child”
Robert Kozak cell: 306.621.5047 email: rkozak@remax-yorkton.ca
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Wednesday, September 11, 2019
The Raider Gridders were a force to be reckoned with at Friday Night Lights, dominating the contest against the Moose Jaw Vanier Vikings 42-3.
Raider Gridders dominate Friday Night Lights By Devin Wilger Staff Writer The Friday Night Lights game sets the tone for the YRHS Raider Gridders. Playing under the lights to the enthusiastic home crowd, it’s a chance for the team to
give it their all and show what they’re capable of at the start of the season. This year, the team showed that they’re going to continue their legacy of dominance, taking down the Moose Jaw Vanier Vikings 42-3. Coach Roby Sharpe
admits it wasn’t a perfect game. In particular, the team took many more penalties than they should have, and he said that’s one of the things they’re going to have to work on going forward, but he’s happy to see that the team is looking strong
for the new season. “It’s a nice way to start. We’ve got stuff to work on, but we look pretty good. We thought we were going to be pretty good, but you never know until you kick that ball off,” said Sharpe. Many strong players
graduated last year, but with Connor Watrych taking over at QB and lots of young players already starting to make a name for themselves, the future looks good for the team. “We keep saying, we don’t need to rebuild in Yorkton anymore, we just
need to reload. We have lots of good players coming up through the ranks, hopefully we will be strong for a while.” The next match is against Swift Current, at home on Sept. 21 at 2:00 p.m.
City gets nearly $1 million in gas tax top up By Devin Wilger Staff Writer The City of Yorkton has received some extra funds from the federal government. The city received a one-time transfer of $996,548 thanks to a ‘top up’ from the Gas Tax Fund, which is intended to be used for infrastructure projects in cities in Canada. “We’re lucky enough that they decided to double the total amount available this year, so we’ve received double the normal, one million amount we get,” said
Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance for the City of Yorkton. Yorkton regularly receives approximately $965,000 from the fund, which has been used for such as the Highway #9 I n t e r s e c t i o n Improvements (2006 – 2007), Street Light Improvements (2007 – 2008 – 2009), Broadway and Bradbrooke Reconstruction (2010 – 2011) and Storm Water Management project (Drainage project). While Councillor Ken Chyz noted that it was ‘humerous’ that the city received the extra funds
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We’re lucky enough that they decided to double the total amount available this year so we’ve received double the normal, one million amount we get. — Ashley Stradeski, Director of Finance with an election on the horizon, council was appreciative of the increased funding. “We’re doing a lot of good infrastructure work and I think we have a lot more to do, and that’s
exactly what this money is intended for,” sais Stradeski. The money has been allocated towards approved projects which were not fully funded. In other words, the city will
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not have to borrow money in order to complete these projects, allowing them to pay less money overall as well as continue to new projects sooner. “It prevents us from
having to fund these projects over a longer term using external debt. It keeps our interest costs down, which is a benefit to all taxpayers,” said Stradeski. One project specifically which will benefit from the funds is scheduled for next year, a reconstruction on Darlington Ave. and Mayhew St. at the intersection. “Those are projects large enough that we would be borrowing for, so this lowers the amount we would have to borrow and shortens the payback period.”
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Serving Yorkton and Area for 20 years.