The Yorkton Public Library is open at 9 a.m. Monday-Friday.
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Walk for Peace - Sun., Sept. 17, 1:30 p.m. Everyone welcome. Western Development Museum, Yorkton. Hosted by Living Peace Association. Email: livingpeacematters@gmail.com. Facebook: www.facebook.com/livingpeacematters
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Godfrey Dean Art Gallery, 49 Smith St. E. in Yorkton, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Fri., 1-4 p.m. Sat. Admission is always free! Kelly Patterson: Surface and Seduction - Sept. 11 to Nov. 17, 2017. Large acrylic paintings form glistening aquascapes with gold leaf details, finished in high-gloss lacquer. Shiny and impossible to resist. This is the first solo exhibition for Yorkton painter Kelly Patterson. Haley Polanski: Morocco! - Sept. 11 to Nov. 17, 2017. Pride of Theodore, SK Haley Polinski is back with another look at food and culture. Haley is based in Toronto and spent several months in Morocco.Accompanied by the latest version of Haley’s online food blog and magazine, this is a behind the scenes look at daily Moroccan food culture.
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Liver Disease Fundraiser Night for Murray Thiele (Oldest son of Fred & Mildred Thiele) - Sat., Sept. 23, 5:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. at Faye’s Café & Bar (in copper coloured shop), Jim & Cyndi Williams Acreage (north of Yorkton). Take Hwy. 9 towards Canora for 5 miles, turn left (west) on Mehan Road and drive for 3 more miles. Destination is on your right. $25.00 ticket (includes roast beef/chicken dinner, dessert & a drink). Murray was diagnosed with advanced stage liver disease in Sept. 2016. His health has deteriorated now to a point where he is no longer able to work to support his family. He is on the transplant waiting list. We are hosting this fundraiser to help assist his family financially while he waits (and recovers) from transplant surgery. Evening’s festivities include a 50/50 draw, silent auction, door prizes and cash bar.
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Breakthrough Banquet with Terry Noel - Sat., Sept. 23, 6:00 p.m., Yorkton Victory Church, 38 Bradbrooke Dr., Yorkton. Experience prophetic breakthrough with guest speaker Apostle Terry Noel - banquet with prophetic to follow. Banquet tickets are $15.00 for adults, $7.00 for youth (6-14) and free for kids under 6. For tickets call 306-291-2084 or 306-621-4745 or visit the Golden Rule.
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Yorkton and District Horticultural Society Fall Plant and Bulb Sale - Fri., Sept. 22, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Parkland Mall, Yorkton. There’s still time to add to your garden. Great plants at great prices! Gardeners on hand to answer your questions! One day only. Don’t miss it. Everyone is welcome.
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Parkland Writers Alliance will be hosting a hands on creative writing session for Culture Days on Sept. 30 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Land Title Office, 49 Smith St. in Yorkton. If you want to write but don’t know where to start, come join us for some on the fly creative writing.
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Sun., Sept. 17, 2017, 2nd Annual Classic Car Show for a Cause at Yorkton Crossing, 348 Morrison Drive, Yorkton. Fund raiser for the Terry Fox Run. Selling Hotdogs, drinks and popcorn. Proceeds going to Terry Fox. Yorkton Car Club will be bringing a variety of Classic Car’s to view and Ray Sedley will be providing 50 and 60’s music. We will have yard games, draws for the whole family. Tours will be available for those that are interested.
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Parkinson’s Support Group Meeting Wed., Sept. 20, 2 p.m. at the Yorkton & District Nursing Home (office entrance). All Parkinson’s patients & interested persons welcome. For further info contact Marj at 306-783-7519.
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The Canadian Federation of University Women in Yorkton is proud to announce that through the offices of the Department of Social Services and the Department of Advanced Education the Government of Saskatchewan has proclaimed September 14, 2017 as CFUW Day in Saskatchewan. CFUW’s vision is of a strong national organization working to ensure that all girls and women have equal opportunities and equal access to quality education. CFUW will continue to enhance its role as a national, bilingual, independent organization striving to promote equality, social justice, fellowship and life-long learning for women and girls. CFUW Yorkton club plans to commemorate this proclamation at a later date. We invite all women who would like to support the club with this mission, to consider joining our club by speaking to a club member or check us out at www.cfuw.org.
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Fri., Sept. 15, 2017 to Sat, Sept. 16, 2017. Coming Home to 50 years of Excellence in Yorkton. Supper and Dance ticket $50 at YRHS, 306-786-5561 (Amy). Fri., Sept. 15: Friday Night Lights at Century Field. Football game, 7 p.m. (former grads of the music/band program invited to take part in pregame performance. Contact larry.pearen@gmail.com. Sat., Sept. 16: Homecoming Saturday, YRHS School tours at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Social, Supper and Dance at Flexihall starting at 5 p.m. $50/ticket at YRHS, 786-5561 (Amy).
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Ford of Canada will donate $20 for every test drive completed at Drive4UR. Sept. 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. BBQ to be run by Habitat from Humanity (profit goes to them), the Superstore parking lot, 206 Broadway St. E., Yorkton, SK S3N 3K4.
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CANADA 150 Dinner for Old Brick Mill – Wed., Sept. 20. Tickets now on sale! In the spirit of Canada’s 150 birthday, the Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society will be hosting a dinner to celebrate the York Farmer’s Colonization Company who settled here and were responsible for making Yorkton what it is today. The dinner will also act as a fund raiser to help the society complete more work on the brick mill that is required to finish stabilization of the building. The dinner will be held on Sept. 20 at St. Gerard’s Parish Hall in Yorkton. The Honourable Madam Justice Nancy Morrison will be the guest speaker telling the story of her family connections with the Hopkins and Christopherson family who were settlers of the York Colony in 1882. Tickets are $50.00 and available at Park’s Jewellery, Vern Brown – Chairperson or any Committee Member.
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Sun., Oct. 1, 2017, 10 p.m. - 1 a.m. CCST, Logan Green, Yorkton, Sask. Show Your Colours! A 5K Walk/Run event in support of Habitat for Humanity Yorkton projects, our First Colour Fun Run Ever! Pancake breakfast to follow event, free for registered participants, $5 for non-registered participants. http://www.habitatregina.ca/chapters/habitat-yorkton.
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Attention duplicate bridge players: come join the Yorkton Duplicate Bridge Club for an afternoon of fun. We meet every Wednesday afternoon at the Yorkton public library at 1:00 p.m. We will be starting the season on Sept. 6 - end of May 2018. All bridge players are welcome and encouraged to come and join us. For more information please call 306-782-1689 or 306-890-0417.
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Tune in each Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m. on Access Channel 7 to hear Pastor George Lewis. Sponsored by Yorkton Immanuel Baptist Church.
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Yorkton Retired Senior Citizens Cribbage and Pool Players Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., lower level at St. Gerard’s Church east entrance off 4th Ave. N. Light lunch w/coffee/tea. Non-denominational club. Contact Joan at 306-783-6042.
