Melville Area Tourist Guide

Melville & Area

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Your Guide To Information, Events and Attractions in East Central Saskatchewan

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Melville offers a number of recreation opportunities!

From ball diamonds to the skateboard park, from the swim-ming pool to the dog park, there is something for everyone!

Melville Swimming Pool Open June, July and August

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Melville Tourism Centre offers a variety of information about Melville and area, including:

Maps & Brochures Souvenirs Community Events Tours of Caboose & Railway Museum

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Indoor Walking Track is open daily free of charge and open to the public. Summer ice rentals available. Cardiac Care Family Fitness Centre hosts a variety of fitness classes & wellness programming.

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Melville’s historic downtown is an inspiration for photographers and painters such as Wally Ouch-arek, a member of the Melville Art Club.


Rail line built Melville as transportation hubPeople coming to the city from the south will motor

over the overpass and the initial thing in sight is the CN rail yard, the main reason Melville is on the map.

Boasting a population of 4,600-plus, Melville was first settled with the intention of the city becoming a trans-portation hub for the Grand Trunk Railway. In the early 1900s the first parcel of land was sold to a Mr. Pope who was a representative of the Grand Trunk Pacific Town-site and Development Company.

In 1908, when the last spike of the railroad was driven, Melville, named after the president of the rail-way, Charles Melville Hays, became the city Pope had en-visioned just a few years earlier and it became the second divisional point on the railway, west of Winnipeg.

This wasn’t quite the beginning of the city, now known as Saskatchewan’s smallest. One year prior, in 1907, J.W. Regdewick brought a load of lumber from Killaly and built the Pioneer Store and at the same time, 30 blocks were surveyed and staked out with a lumberyard and hardware store soon to follow. Lots were selling from $40 to $400.

Melville was a bustling community between 1910 and 1914, a four-year span that marked the construction of the first power plant, hospital, the Melville Milling Company, Coal Docks and Luther College. The Melville Millionaires hockey club was also born during this time period and just three years into its existence won the Allan Cup, claiming national hockey supremacy.

In the early years, Melville saw rapid growth in pop-ulation, jumping from 66 people to 625 and then passed the 1,000 mark in 1909 with town status. The first coun-cil meeting was hosted in the office of the city’s first newspaper, the Melville Canadian, Jan. 4, 1909.

The Queen Street Arena was also constructed that year but fires in 1949 and 1962 spelled its end and marked the construction of the Melville Stadium on Sec-ond Avenue but it was also destroyed by fire two years later and replaced with a second version carrying the same name and used until 2011 when it was replaced with the Horizon Credit Union Centre, a fully modern structure with an ice surface area with a 1,524 capacity, convention centre and city offices.

This communiplex is more than just a rink. A rubber-ized walking track was installed so that residents and visitors could enjoy a walk, no matter the weather. In a partnership with Sunrise Health Region, a cardiac care rehab program has taken root. Participants are given a solid foundation of education about diet, exercise, and lifestyle to encourage them in their recovery from a heart event. The Cardiac Care Family Fitness Centre has also become a place to gather for fitness and yoga classes. The 500-seat convention centre is a very popular place for wedding receptions, cabarets, and meetings.

In 1990, just prior to the city hosting the Saskatche-wan Winter Games, another ice surface, the Merv Moore Sportsplex was erected.

Melville has grown to offer a number of services in-

cluding the home of the provincial government’s Saskatchewan Crop In-surance head office, with the addition of AgriStabil-ity and industrial leaders Babcock and Wilcox, and Century Glass.

The current 40-bed ver-sion of St. Peter’s Hospital is adjacent to St. Paul Lu-theran Home and is oper-ated by the Catholic Health Council.

There are four elemen-tary schools, Davison, Miller, St. Henry’s Junior and Senior Elementary, as well as one high school, the Melville Comprehensive School. MCS, as its known throughout the community, houses a full complement of student classes includingmetal, wood and automotive and is also home to the Parkland Regional College, located on the south end ofMCS. The college, affiliated with the Yorkton campus, offers a wide range of classes.

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Museums preserve Melville’s proud historyHistory buffs visiting Melville

will certainly want to add both the Melville Heritage Museum and Mel-ville Railway Museum to their itin-erary when paying the city a visit.

The Heritage Museum is one of the oldest buildings in Melville, hav-ing begun life in 1913 as the Luther Academy, a boarding school for high school boys of Lutheran faith until it evolved into a nursing home in 1927 and a regional museum in 1983.

The first museum board was formed in 1975 and the City of Mel-ville declared the building a heri-tage site in 1981. The grand opening of the Heritage Museum was held in 1983 in conjunction with the city’s 75th anniversary reunion.

The museum features four levels of exhibits with more than 13,000 artifacts and about 1,000 books. The books include language textbooks in German, English, Greek, Ukrainian and Latin.

The museum is always changing and adding exhib-its. Museum volunteers recently added a 1950s era Cana baseball uniform to the sports exhibit on the fourth flour, donated by Alvin Miller.

Main attractions are the chapel, library, railway and military exhibits. In the military room, an extensive ex-hibit of HMCS Melville features artifacts received from former members of the 1939-45 crew.

There are also more than 100 black and white original photographs on display throughout the museum, as well as a vintage 1910 portrait camera.

Other exhibits include a principal’s office, restored to its original condition when the museum was operating as a school.What is the oldest item in the museum?

A volume of German-language sermons, printed in Leipzig in 1721.

The museum seeks to bring visitors a history of sports and recreation, portraying some of the internationally re-nowned athletes who have ably represented Melville.

There is also a gift shop supplied with a selection of Saskatchewan-made souvenirs.

A video of the entire museum can be viewed as well. The video tour is a popular feature for those who might have difficulty using the stairs.

The museum’s newest exhibit area is the Victorian Room. It contains a variety of ladies’ accessories, hats and dresses and items related to royalty from days gone by. Volunteers hope to complete their RCMP exhibit onthe first floor of the museum by the end of the summer.

“If we didn’t have an are where we can collect and take care of these things, ultimately I think a vast majority of them would be lost through a variety of methods,” said Joe Kirwan, a member of the Melville museum board.

The museum opens for the season, starting with the annual Open House Tea, May 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. The museum will offer guests free admission, lunch and cof-fee, with door prizes to be won.

The museum will feature an artist-in-residence through the month of August. Former Melville resident Shelley Miller will show her work and create new works of art at the museum throughout the month.

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Friday, July 17 - Melville Comp.Free Outdoor Movie “Big Hero 6”

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A garden party and tea will also be apart of the August festivities at the museum. The tea will be Aug. 5 and will run from 2 until 4 p.m.

Melville Heritage Museum is open to the public starting May 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. seven days a week and will close for the season on Aug. 30.

Large groups may book tours by contacting [email protected] or calling 728-2070.

Melville Railway MuseumIn addition to the Heritage Museum, the City of Melville

is also home to the Railway Museum, located in the Melville Regional Park.

The Railway Museum is highlighted by a steam locomo-tive and a caboose; the railway station also contains many artifacts from years of railroading in Saskatchewan.

Exhibits include communications equipment used on the railway, tools such as a big wrench used for fixing rail lines and a pinch bar used to manually move cars up the line as they were loaded; the station agent’s office, restored to how it looked in the early days of the railroad; as well as a restored kitchen — used by the station agent who used to live in the railway station. There are also records from the Grand Trunk Railway and CNR, including employee records.

The station used to house the museum’s artifacts was

moved from Duff in 1978 and is one of only 40 Grand Trunk Railway stations left standing in Western Canada.

Melville was established as a railway town on the Grand Trunk Railway (now CNR) in 1908. The museum became official in 1986 when the City of Melville designated itunder the Heritage Act. The Melville Railway Museum opens May 1 and closes for the season on the Labour Day weekend. Tours can be booked by calling Melville Tourism at 306-728-3722.

The Railway Museum contains many artifacts from years of railroading in Saskatchewan.


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Melville City Hall, built in 1912, is still in full use today with offices as well as cultural events in the Opera Hall.

Historic buildings reveal Melville’s characterThere are a number of historic buildings in Melville

with some being significant because of the architecture and others because of why they were built.

Starting at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Main Street, Melville City Hall, at one time the site of luxuri-ous balls, is still in full use today with offices as well as cultural events in the auditorium portion of the building. Melville City Hall was built in 1912.

Across the street at 429 Main St. is the current home of Queen Street Plumbing, the former home of Motter’s Plumbing and Heating built by the first tradesman to go into business in the city, Ervin G. Motter in 1908.

At the northeast corner of Main Street and Sixth Ave-nue is All Saints Anglican Church. On that site in 1909, the congregation, led by Rev. King, raised $800 to con-struct the denomination’s original church.

At 633 Main St. is the one-time Central School. Con-struction on the school got underway in 1909 and in the early 1970s portions of the original building were torn down, leaving the structure still standing today as a day-care centre/playschool.

543 Main St. is site of the original Masonic Temple Lodge #62, built in 1923, which now houses a local mar-tial arts school.

Going west, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Queen Street. you’ll find the Bethany Evangelical Church, built in 1913. In recent times, there has been work done on the original bell and instead of it being housed in the bell tower, it sits adjacent to the front doors on display.

One block west, on the corner of Fifth Avenue and Sas-katchewan Street is the Jewish Synagogue, built in 1919 for the substantial Jewish community that resided in the city. A local contractor has restored the synagogue.

Venturing back to the east, at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and King Street is the United Church, representing the first United Church congregation in Canada with the Articles of the Union signed in 1908.

In the east end of the city there are two of the more ornate churches. Located at 598 Prince Edward St. is the

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Continued from Page 8often-photographed St. Mary the Protectress UkrainianOrthodox Church and at 708 Third Ave. E. is the Ukrainian Catholic Parish of St. George.

The Waverley Hotel, built at 145 Second Av. E. around 1915 is still in full operation for rooms and as a popular watering hole.

Perhaps the most iconic building in the city, the CN Station, is located at First Avenue and Main Street. Built in 1908 by Carter, Hall and Adlinger Co. It follows the type A station style dictated by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company at that time featuring a long hip ga-bled roof with a swept dormer at each end. The gables feature decorative timbering.

Originally it housed a restaurant (The Beanery), waiting rooms, operators, office, baggage room, and liv-ing quarters. The dormers were removed when the roof was repaired but the ongoing restoration of the heritage building will see their return.

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Check the Highway Hotline before heading outIf you plan to take a trip this summer, remember to

check the Highway Hotline before planning your route.During the summer, the Highway Hotline is updated

to inform motorists of construction zones, flooding, forest fires or other events. The travel planning route locator provides the latest information on frequently travelled highways in your preferred area. A visual system of con-struction pylons and alert icons has been created on the Highway Hotline map to denote road restrictions.

“With a record highways budget of $842 million, trav-ellers can expect to see a number of construction zones this summer,” Highways and Infrastructure Minister Nancy Heppner said. “The Highway Hotline is a great tool to relay up-to-date information to the public.”

The Saskatchewan Highway Hotline receives more than four million inquiries per year. In addition, the Highway Hotline social media pages continue to attract more and more visitors. The Highway Hotline hosts about 37,000 Facebook followers and almost 20,000 Twit-ter followers.

Many ferries are also launching regular operations. Check out the latest road condition and ferry status up-dates on the Highway Hotline at www.saskatchewan.ca/highwayhotline. Recorded reports are available by calling 306-787-7623 in Regina, 306-933-8333 in Saskatoon, the Sasktel cellular network at *ROAD, and toll-free across

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The Melville Rail Station Heritage Association (MRSHA) has received national historic site status for the city’s century-old CN rail station.

“It gives our station a kind of recognition that it really deserves,” said Merv Ozirny, MRSHA board president. “It acknowledges a unique rail station, unique in all of Canada; now designated a national historic site.”

Melville’s rail station is one of the Grand Trunk’s “special” designs and one of only two that were built in Canada using Plan 100-56. The other building was con-structed in McBride, B.C. several years after Melville’s was built however, it burned to the ground shortly after-ward.

MRSHA took ownership of the building in 2010 after CN moved its operations to a new building in the winter of 2002-03. The building was in need of repair while CN occupied it and deteriorated further during the years it sat vacant. MRSHA came into being in 2004 and was able to secure the building after lengthy negotiations with CN, which wanted to demolish the building and even went as far as seeking authorization from the fed-eral government to do just that.

Ozirny said the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada recommended the former Grand Trunk Pa-cific/CR rail station for designation as a national historic site because:

(GTPR) line, it is associated with the settlement and devel-opment of the West, and more specifically with the railway’s key role in this aspect of Canadian history. The expansion of the railway in the West at the beginning of the 20th cen-tury brough immigrants to newly surveyed regions and,through transporting grain, allowed the agricultural econ-omy to flourish;

standardized station plans. In the case of Melville, the com-pany chose a large “special” design for the station, reflecting Melville’s status as a divisional point on the rail’s main line through the West.

The MRSHA board will erect a plaque on or near the railway station marking it as a national hsitoric site.

Melville’s historic rail station has received national historic site status.

CN station granted national historic site status


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Melville’s Railway Days parade starts at 10 a.m. Sat-urday, July 18, following the pancake breakfast.

Some of the Railway Days activities and street ven-dors will move to the Merv Moore Sportsplex in the event of poor weather.

Railway Days celebrate Melville’s historyThe Melville Chamber of Commerce has decided to

hold this year’s edition of Railway Days in July with two days of fun for the whole family.

Melville’s downtown area will transform into “Party Central” Friday and Saturday, July 17 and 18, as the city celebrates its heritage.

Everything gets underway July 17, says chamber of commerce president Tammy Oryschak, with the north end of the city seeing most of the action including go-carts at Kal Tire; a rock wall for climbing; a display of vehicles by Melville’s Rodz ‘N’ Relics club; as well as a sidewalk sale at Extra Foods.

Friday night the highlights will be an outdoor movie at Melville Comprehensive School grounds starting at 9 p.m. with a gala fireworks display to follow. The movie for the night will be Big Hero 6 and spectators wanting to attend should bring lawn chairs and blankets for some fantastic family entertainment.

Saturday kicks off with a pancake breakfast, followed by a parade starting at 10 a.m. at Mall Road. Other events throughout the day include downtown beer gardens, side-walk sales, kiddies inflatables, a classic car show, a spray park and face-painting, an outdoor mini-market as well as various historical displays and food venues to please the palate — the day concludes with a downtown street dance with The Nightshift, all sponsored by the Melville and District Chamber of Commerce.

“The best thing about Melville’s Railway Days is that there is something for everyone, from the youngest child to their parents and grandparents,” Oryschak explained. “We have all kinds of entertainment going on and we’re hoping to have great turnouts at all the venues through-out the weekend. You don’t want to miss it because it’s going to be a great time for all.”

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Regional parks offer variety of experiencesFor campers, ballplayers, golfers and hikers, there are

a number of regional parks in the area. Melville Regional Park has everything anyone could

want for a holiday or a stay in the city while experiencing a camping atmosphere.

In the northeast corner of the city, adjacent to St. Hen-ry’s Senior Elementary just off Prince Edward Street, Melville Regional Park can be home for a night or for several, depending on your needs.

The well-treed park is home to the majority of the city’s baseball diamonds, that are well used during the summer months with the local slo-pitch leagues, Melville Minor Ball and the Western Major Baseball League’s Million-aires all playing in the park. There is also a yearly minor tournament featuring teams from across the province and on occasion some from outside Saskatchewan. This year’s tourney is set for July 11 to 13 and will feature teams at the peewee, mosquito and bantam levels.

For those who stay in the park, there are 100 camp-sites, with 85 of them electrified and each has a picnic table, a barbecue/fire pit and free wood for burning.

The park also features the outdoor swimming pool, a great spot for youngsters to cool off on those hot sum-mer days. There are also opportunities for adults to lane swim during certain hours.

Another popular destination for the younger set is the playground area, featuring plenty of apparatus for chil-dren to have some fun in the sun.

If you fancy a game of tennis, there are the tennis courts and adjacent to them is an off-leash dog park for man’s best friend to enjoy some fresh air and get some exercise.

On special occasions the Railway Museum is open for people to get a glimpse of how Melville’s forefathers may have made their living in earlier times.

There are also showers and bathrooms on site for those who may be tenting or who don’t have a modern camper.

Slightly west, at the junction of Highways 10 and 47 north, is the Melville Golf Club, a picturesque 18-hole grass green course that is able to provide a challenge for the more accomplished player or fun for the average

duffer.The modern clubhouse features a food and refresh-

ment menu and carts and clubs are available to rent.A popular camping spot in the area is the Carlton

Trail Regional Park.Spy Hill, Carlton Trail Five kilometers north of Spy Hill, Carlton Trail has

85 campsites, most electrical, and are in the process of adding 22 more electrical sites.

A popular feature at Carlton Trail is the golf course, with nine grass greens. Featuring automatic watering on fairways, tees and greens, the course is always green andready for play. The club has a practice green, as well as a fully licensed clubhouse.

There is also a mini golf layout and three hiking trails.The park has two man-made lakes in its boundaries,

one reserved for swimming, the other, South Lake, has summer cabins and is stocked for anglers.

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Melville and District Chamber of Commerce hosts Railway Days July 17 and 18, 2015 with fun for the whole family. Don’t miss the parade, which starts at 10 a.m. on July 18.


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Continued from Page 14Esterhazy Regional Park Esterhazy Regional Park has something for everyone;

surrounded by a nine-hole golf course, swimming pool and ball diamonds, activity for the whole family is readily accessible.

The park has 26 full hook-up sites and seven non-elec-trical sites that are well treed with washrooms at the pool.

There is a playground area between the campground and pool with upgraded equipment. There are four ball diamonds: one has lights, and one is for baseball, and all have red shale infields, bleachers and dugouts and are some of the best in the area.

The nine-hole grass green, golf course is nestled in the scenic Kaposvar Valley. The fully licensed clubhouse serves light meals, and rents clubs, pull carts, motorized carts. There is a well stocked pro shop.

For the nature lovers and cyclists, the park offers five kilometres of scenic and well-maintained hiking trails that wind around the golf course.

Ituna & District Regional Park The Ituna & District Regional Park exists on 80 acres

of well-treed parkland just south of Ituna on a paved road. An asphalt walkway follows the road that leads out to the park, ensuring safety for those who walk or ride bikes.

A large concession booth is situated near the ball dia-monds, picnic area, and swimming pool and is operatedduring special park events. The building has a natural gas hook-up, electricity, stove, fridge, hot and cold water.

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Melville Regional Park as 100 campsites, with 85 of them electrified and each has a picnic table, a bar-becue/fire pit and free wood for burning.


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MCW hosts the city’s vibrant art sceneWhen the city lost one of its schools, it gained an arts

centre.Melville Community Works (MCW) the former

Parkview School is a place where fans of music, dance and art meet to learn, laugh, have fun and enjoy a num-ber of terrific concerts and events.

City council purchased Parkview School in 2001 to create a cultural centre and it’s been going strong ever since.

The Melville Arts Council, a non-profit organization, formed an executive to govern this new cultural centre. MCW is an arts, culture, and recreation centre and has received grants to maintain programming allowing it the opportunity to employ staff.

MCW welcomes volunteers and new members to fur-ther strengthen its presence in the community and runs extensive day and evening art classes for children, youth, and adults, which include paintings, pottery, wheel-work and sculpture.

The mandate at MCW is to provide a place where or-ganizations of all ages within our community feel wel-come, and are able to pursue their group’s purpose and to provide adequate space and permanent homes for these groups at a fair and reasonable cost.

Located at 800 Prince Edward St., MCW features two public gallery spaces as well as an auditorium, which has hosted everything from cadet inspections to concerts to local community-based plays and musicals.

Highlights at MCW also include a yearly dinner the-ater production, as well as an annual art show and sale featuring some of the city and area’s top artists.

This year’s dinner theatre event will run three nights, Nov. 19 to 21.

MCW also hosts a number of workshops and features full wheelchair access, a gift shop and meeting rooms.

Stars for Saskatchewan Concert Series is also hosted

by MCW with this season’s series featuring the musical stylings of Ken Levigne, Nov.2; The Travelling Mabels, Feb. 23 of 2016; and country music trio the Wheatland band, performing March 18 of 2016.

For more information people can contact MCW at 728-4494 or by e-mailing [email protected] or [email protected]

The Melville Art Club’s gallery and gift shop are housed in Melville Community Works.

Megan Nash performed at Melville Community Works earlier in 2015. More artists in the Stars for Saskatchewan Concert Series are scheduled in the fall and winter.


Agri-Park grows city’s agricultural rootsThe Melville and Dis-

trict Agri-Park Associ-ation hosts events and shows to keep area resi-dents and tourists coming back year after year.

During the winter, the association houses and takes care of livestock in need of safe and warm boarding. But once the sun starts to heat things up a bit, the Agri-Park will be the site of agricul-ture events for the whole family.

“The Melville Fair has been our main event. And we’ve hosted different activities at the fair like rodeo and chuckwagon chariot racing, cattle shows, horse shows,” said Jamie McDonald, the manager of the Agri-Park.

This year, McDonald said the group will focus more on kids’ events and activities in an attempt to bring families to the park.

“We are allowing (kids) to try the different rodeo events, or just looking after livestock,” McDonald ex-plained. “We’ve kept sheep here for them, we’ve had steers here for them to look after, and they were avail-able for them to ride or lead or whatever the kids wanted to do.”

The 2015 Melville Fair is scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 12 and 13.

Over the winter, the Agri-Park often hosts small groups of children from Melville and the surrounding area, McDonald said, giving them the chance to prac-tice their riding on bucking barrels and their roping on wooden steers.

“And then I bring horses over and the kids that have never been around them can pet them or ride them, learn how to brush them, saddle them,” McDonald said.

McDonald added the association brings in clinicians to teach the kids proper technique in doing all things horse-related. She tries to run the programs twice a month, but this year it has been too cold and interest in these programs was low.

The Agri-Park also provides a meeting place for clubs and groups such as the Little Wranglers and the Archery Club. Agri-Park staff host barrel racing tournaments,

archery tournaments, weddings and dances throughout their busy season.

Dates to remember include the Dance in the Corral July 25 featuring One Night Stand; the Melville Fair, Sept. 13 and 14; the Melville Barrel Racing Futurity and Derby on Sept. 27, Oct. 4, Oct. 18 and Nov. 1.

The Melville Agri-Park Association hosts its annual fair and rodeo Sept. 12 and 13.

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Qu’Appelle Valley

Long known for its colorful tapestry of lakes, beau-tiful prairie wildflowers and abundant wildlife, the Qu’Appelle has become a mecca for those who thrill in taking to the air. The unique land formation that makes the valley such an appealing place is the rea-son for its suitability for hang-gliding.Photo by Gilles Normandeau.

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Melville boasts an active sports sceneYou can’t think of the City of Melville without taking

into account the city’s sports background: from minor baseball, softball and hockey, to school sports and a plethora of recreation opportunities.

The name “Millionaires” has become synonymous with the city and its two major sports franchises: the Sas-katchewan Junior Hockey League team and the Western Major Baseball League club bear the moniker.

The hockey version of the Millionaires is now more than 100 years old and last season, the junior A squad and the WMBL baseball Mils both exited after the first round of playoffs.

Melville has hosted a number of high-profile sporting events including provincial mixed curling championships in 2011; provincial senior men’s and ladies’ champion-ships in 2009; the Tankard men’s curling provincial curl-ing championships in 1998 and 2015; and the Canada Cup national midget baseball championships in 2001 and 2002.

Melville Minor Ball and Melville Minor Hockey are al-ways going concerns within the community, as are Skate Melville’s figure skating, speed skating and speed swim-ming programs.

Melville also has a burgeoning martial arts scene with Sil Foo Kung Fu school and an excellent archery pro-gram through TruFlite Archery.

Melville’s newest sports venue is the Horizon Credit Union Centre. The HCUC is home to most winter ice sports as well as the Melville Millionaires hockey club. The building also features a walking track, convention centre and a cardiac care fitness centre.

The Melville Agri-Park is home to a number of rodeo events during the summer as well as the archery club. There are recreational opportunities for youth and adult soccer, an 18-hole golf course, curling rink and regional park where the city hosts a yearly baseball tournament; this year on July 10 to 12; and the local co-ed adult slo-pitch league.

The regional park will also have Midget AAA Base-ball Provincials on July 24 to 26 with a team made of area players from Melville and Yorkton, the Parkland Expos hosting.

The name “Millionaires” has become synonymous with the city and its two major sports franchises:the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team and the Western Major Baseball League club bear themoniker.

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The ShowStoppers Snowmobile Club grooms about 200 kilometres within a 50-mile radius of Melville with their spanking new Bombardier groomer.

ShowStoppers’ winter trails link communitiesSnowmobiling is always a popular pursuit in the win-

ter months across Canada and the Melville area is cer-tainly no exception.

For the snowmobile enthusiast, ShowStoppers Snow-mobile Club provides opportunities to ride on some of the best-groomed trails in the province.

The club grooms about 200 kilometres within a 50-mile radius of Melville with their spanking new Bombar-dier groomer, including south to Crooked Lake and north to Yorkton. The club has recently added trails to Neudorf and Lemberg.

ShowStoppers has a current membership of about 40 family members.

Activities include the popular Ladies’ Night Out fund-raising event that raises funds for breast cancer research as well as some local causes.

For the average rider looking for an afternoon of family fun on the trails, there are five warm-up shelters along the way and al-ways a friendly smile somewhere on the route.

So come out and enjoy the win-try splendor of the area and take part in one of the fastest-growing and exciting leisure time activi-ties in the area.

Going north of Melville you can enjoy deep snow, herds of deer and buffalo —some of the largest in Saskatchewan.

Melville has great accommoda-tions right along the trail system with hotels, restaurants, fuel and snowmobile repairs available.

The club also puts on a special initiatives outing, treating more than 50 people with special needs to quad rides and dinner at the Melville Regional Park, this year on June 12.

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Bob Richardson’s Melville Millionaires Hockey Mu-seum now sports a jacket and tie from Harry Kurtz, who played in Melville in the 1962-63 season.

Millionaires museum tells personal storiesA museum, by its very nature, is a work in progress,

with items added and subtracted almost constantly and the same can be said of the Richardson Melville Million-aires Hockey Museum.

Bob Richardson’s history with the hockey club, as a player, a member of the executive and now the owner of the museum, is mostly on display for folks to see and that’s the way he likes it.

The museum has relocated from the Melville Com-munity Works to a downtown spot at 101 Third Avenue, West, down the stairs from the Chocolate Bean Café. Richardson says the move was made because he needed more space to showcase his items.

“The new space is two to 21/2 times bigger than in Com-munity Works and I should finally be able to put every-thing I have on display,” said Richardson. “I’m hoping to be fully open to the public by early June.”

The Millionaires Museum is like a time capsule of all things hockey with the Melville club, and Richardson is only too willing to share both his knowledge and his memorabilia with the public.

Richardson’s own collecting began with his first sea-son with the Millionaires, the 1964-65 campaign.

Richardson has had tours from VIA Rail, school stu-dents and also class reunions tour his exhibits and he says the amount of items on display has reached 1,500, but if he had more room, Richardson says he could easily add another 500 to 600 items.

The museum is open by appointment and Richardson says if he’s around and has the time, he’ll open for people to have a peek into the storied past of the local club.

Some of the latest items to grace the museum include a 1954-54 hockey stick with the roster names on it and a Millionaires sports jacket and tie from Harry Kurtz, who played in Melville in the 1962-63 season.

“I’m an old-time hockey guy so I love the older stuff — especially pictures because pictures don’t lie. That’s not to say I don’t love the hockey now, because I travel all over the world to watch it,” Richardson said.

For more information or to arrange a tour, call Rich-ardson at 306-728-5485 or 306-720-9115.


Melville Golf Course will challenge all golfersWhatever their level

of expertise on the links, golfers will enjoy 18 holes of golf at the challenging Melville Golf and Country Club course.

Since humble begin-nings with a nine-hole, sand-green course to to-day’s modern grass-green, 18-hole track, the course has been a popular meet-ing place for both those who consider golf an ath-letic pursuit and those who play for the social aspects.

The front-nine evolved into its present layout with the grass greens added about 30 years ago and the back nine added in the late 1980s. An underground ir-rigation system was added to the fairways at the same time the back nine was built. Melville is also a soft spike golf course.

The men’s, ladies’ and children’s clubs are all af-filiated with the Saskatch-ewan Golf Association, which makes it part of the provincial network. The course par is 71 and the slope rating is 111 — which means it’s of average diffi-culty.

The course is not with-out beauty and challenges, as a creek meanders through the entire course with players having to cross it eight times during one 18-hole round.

Add in the modern ame-nities of the clubhouse and a quick food menu to please the palate as well as refreshing beverages from the fully licensed clubhouse and you have a recipe for summer fun.

Golfers who enjoy the thrill of competition will also be pleased with the slate of tournaments every

summer. There are about 10 tourneys each summer — it fluctuates as smaller ones disappear and new ones appear — with the top tournament being the Autumn Classic.

The Autumn Classic is a two-day, 36-hole tourna-ment featuring some of the best golfers in the area — it’s also good for the week-end golfer who wants to challenge his or her skills on the links. The classic will be played Aug. 22 and 23.

Other tournaments on the schedule this year are; CN Golf – Kevin Timmer-man Memorial on June 18; the Lions Texas Scram-ble on July 5; the Senior Men’s Two-Ball is on July 8; Sigma Inns and Suites Tournament on Aug. 3; Kinsmen Texas Scramble on Sept. 5; the SJHL Mel-ville Millionaires Texas Scramble on Sept. 19 and the Brothers’ Two-Ball 25th Anniversary is on Sept. 26.

The latest work done on the course was the re-placement of the number 1 green, which was moved from an area that was tra-ditionally wet and near the banks of the creek, to a

dryer, more elevated area where players shots will flirt with thick rough and the out of bounds markers. Other recent projects were the expansion and replace-ment of the 10th green and a similar project on num-ber 18.

The Melville Country Club has a strong mem-bership and if you like to golf and you’re in the area, make sure to test your skill one on of the finest and most reasonably priced 18-hole tracks in the province.

Golfers who enjoy the thrill of competition will also be pleased with the slate of tournaments in Melville.

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The Standing Buffalo Pow Wow is one of the high-lights of the summer events in the Fort Qu’Appelle area.

For more than 60 years, Standing Buffalo Dakota First Nation is home to one of the longest running and largest powwows in Sas-katchewan. The Standing Buffalo Pow Wow brings visitors to the community, particularly from Alberta, Manitoba and South Da-kota, and can also include visitors from elsewhere in Canada and the United States.

This year’s event will take place from Aug. 10 to 12. Dancers and drum singing groups will con-verge on to the First Nation to compete and partake in the festivities.

To the Saskatchewan First Nations people, pow-wows are a way of life and a symbol of cultural sur-vival. This is in part due to powwows being banned, along with other traditional activities, in an effort by European and Canadian settlers to assimilate the First Nations people. How-ever, First Nations people today are able to celebrate and honour their traditions and spiritual beliefs, and in turn the powwow is one such way.

Grand Entry is nor-mally held at 8 p.m. on the Friday, and at 1 and 7 p.m. each on Saturday and Sunday. The grand entries will showcase dancers in their regalia, following the elders, veterans, and dignitaries into the arbor grounds. Additionally, an honoured guest will bring the eagle staff into the arena, followed by the flag bearers. The dancers typically enter the arbor

in a specific order, lead by the powwow princesses, then the men’s traditional, men’s grass dance, men’s fancy, women’s traditional, women’s jingle, and wom-en’s fancy. Teens and chil-dren will enter following the same order.

The Standing Buffalo Pow Wow is one of the highlights of the summer events in the Fort Qu’Ap-pelle area. Everyone is wel-come to visit the Standing Buffalo Dakota First Na-tion 10 kilometres west of Fort Qu’Appelle and enjoy a weekend of traditional culture.

Along the Powwow Trail

Sakimay First Nation June 22 to 24

Sturgeon Lake First Nation June 29 to July 1

Muskeg Lake Cree Nation June 30 and July 1 Carry The Kettle

July 27 to 29 Standing Buffalo

Aug. 10 to 12Cowessess First Nation

Aug. 14 to 16Thunderchild Aug. 17 to 19

Piapot First NationAug. 17 to 19

Beardy’s/OkemasisAug. 21 to 23

Gordon’s First Nations Aug. 21 to 23

Ochapowace NationAug. 23 to 25

Treaty 4, Fort Qu’Appelle Sept.14 to 16

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Take a break after your round on the Wrap-Around Deck!

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Watch for our advertised specialsthroughout the season - such as “Spring

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Entertainment, excitement at Painted Hand CasinoWhether you visit the Painted Hand Casino to see a

show, win some money or just to have a good time, you won’t leave dissatisfied.

At 510 Broadway St. in Yorkton, guests at the Painted Hand Casino have access to more than 200 slot ma-chines, countless table games, a long list of scheduled entertainment and the Legends Restaurant — complete with buffet and bar.

The Parkland room is a multi-purpose venue for en-tertainment of all kinds. While the casino’s restaurant provides the food and alcoholic libations, ticket-holders for the casino’s countless shows enjoy first-class enter-tainment in comfort.

This year, scheduled shows include A Night with Don Burn- stick on June 6; the 15th annual powwow on June 6 and 7; Dining in the Dark with CNIB on June 26; country-rock band Magnum appears July 3 and 4; July 18 is Cruise Week- end with The Sensational Hot Rods; and CCR tribute act Trav- elling Band hits the Painted Hand Casino stage on July 23.

Visit the Painted Hand’s online box office at www.siga.sk.ca for updated listings, to purchase tickets and to view upcoming entertainment, or call (306) 828-3058 for more information.

The casino has shuttle service available seven days a week. Call (306) 786-6777 for pick up anywhere in York-ton.

Frequent patrons of the casino might consider joining the Players Club to receive cash back rewards and points redeemable for cash, free coffee and soft drinks while you play, entries into draws and special giveaways and invi-tations to members only events. Register for the Players Club at Guest Services during your next visit.

The Painted Hand Casino is open Sunday to Tuesday 9 a.m. to 3 a.m. and Wednesday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. Legends Restaurant is open Sunday to Wednesday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Thursday to Saturday 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

Brenda Zubko takes the term “Big Apple” literally with a barrel full of red delicious apples. “New York,New York,” was this year’s theme of the Rail City Industries annual fundraiser, held at the Painted Hand Casino.


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Enjoy the scenery along the Trans-Canada TrailWith people trying to

improve their fitness more and more, visitors to the Qu’Appelle Valley have a portion of Canada’s longest walking trail to contend with and get some daily exercise in a scenic setting.

The Trans-Canada Trail, officially open since 1992, links several com-munities in the Qu’Appelle Valley and has proved to be a boon to hikers and off-road bicyclists.

It follows and takes in established trails, old rail-way beds, and other paths and provides a walking tour of Canada.

During the time the Trans-Canada Trail has been in use in the area, it’s become a favorite of chil-dren and families who pre-fer using the trail rather than the highway to move from their cabins to the resorts or just to get some fresh air and exercise.

T he T ra ns - Ca n-ada Trail is linked be-tween Crooked Lake and Katepwa through the El-lisboro Trail, a beautiful and historic part of the Qu’Appelle Valley.

Formed in January 1997, the Crooked Lake Parks and Recreation Board wanted to take part in the new national trail.

The residents and seasonal visitors in the area wanted a safe cycling and walking path.

There were people walk-ing on Secondary Highway 247 and that could have led to an accident. It was learned the Trans-Canada Trail was going through Saskatchewan, but it was going to bypass Crooked Lake; going from Melville right through to Regina along Highway 10, which would have missed a whole scenic part of Saskatche-wan.

Volunteers put in a pro-posal to the Trans-Canada Trail Foundation and had that section of the trail de-toured through to Crooked

Lake. It creates a safer en-vironment for recreational activities for the people who live at the lake.

The Crooked Lake Trail Association undertook fundraising efforts to help pay for the establishment of the trail through the area and continues to pro-vide maintenance.

The association’s only fundraiser is an annual ditch cleanup between Highway 47 and Marieval along Secondary Highway 247 through to Secondary Highway 610. Donations are also accepted.

The trail runs about seven kilometres and users are evident from the long weekend in May and

through to the end of va-cation season. Part of thetrail goes through CrookedLake Provincial Park. Sas-katchewan Environment has built a walking trail through the park and it isresponsible for maintain-ing that portion that linksup with the association’strail.

Park benches and flow-erpots have been installed.A pavilion is located atExner Twin Bay. The peo-ple who’ve donated to thetrail have their names in-scribed at the pavilion. The association accepts threecategories of donations — personal, business or in memoriam.

The Trans-Canada Trail, of-ficially open since 1992, links several communities in the Qu’Appelle Valley.


The Melville and District Agri-Park Association hosts its annual fall fair in September. It’s a rootin’ tootin’, rough and tumble week-end of rodeo events, chariot and chuckwagon races, and a flea mar-ket. The 2015 fair goes Sept. 12 and 13.

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May 20 ................... Heritage Museum Open House ............................... MelvilleMay 23 ................... Business Assoc. Garage Sale Day .................... BalcarresMay 30 - June 6 .... Tourism Week ........................................................... Melville

June ....................... Annual High School Graduation ......................... BalcarresJune ...................... School BBQ/Bottle Drive, Awards Night ............. GraysonJune 7 .................... Church Picnic/Ball Tournament ........................... GraysonJune 7 .................... Annual Crocus Golf Tournament .......................... NeudorfJune 12 .................. North Valley High School Graduation ................. LembergJune 13 .................. Broncs Open Golf Tournament .......................... BalcarresJune 13 .................. Baber School Reunion ........................................... NeudorfJune 13 .................. Community-wide Garage Sale .................................... ItunaJune 13 .................. Ituna Golf Club Street Dance ...................................... ItunaJune 14 .................. Melville Foundation Family Fun Run ..................... MelvilleJune 20 .................. Melville Health and Healing Expo ........................... MelvilleJune 21 .................. Mixed Cash Golf Tournament ..................................... ItunaJune 24 .................. Rink Board Mud Bogs ......................................... BalcarresJune 27 ................ ....... Grayson

July 1 ..................... Annual Sports Day ............................................... BalcarresJuly 1 ..................... Canada Day Picnic in the Park ............................... MelvilleJuly 1 ..................... Canada Day Celebrations, Regional Park ................. ItunaJuly 1 ..................... ........... AbernethyJuly 2, 3 ................. ........ AbernethyJuly 4 ..................... Annual Polka Fest ................................................... NeudorfJuly 7, 8 ................. ........ AbernethyJuly 10-12 .............. Melville Minor Ball Annual Tournament ................ MelvilleJuly 11 ................... Railway Museum Open House ................................ MelvilleJuly 14, 15 ............. ........ AbernethyJuly 17, 18 ............. Railway Days ............................................................ MelvilleJuly 19 .................... 23rd Annual Heritage Day ...................................... BangorJuly 19 ................... Mixed Cash Golf Tournament ..................................... ItunaJuly 25 ................... Agri-Park, Rock the Corral ...................................... MelvilleJuly 21, 22 ............. ........ AbernethyJuly 23 ................... Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyJuly 28, 29 ............. ........ AbernethyJuly 30 ................... Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyJuly-August ........... ......... Grayson

Aug. 1 .................... Macdonald School 50th Reunion ...................... StockholmAug. 1, 2 ................ Melville Mudrunner Mud Bogs ................................ MelvilleAug. 2 .................... Festival in the Park/Classic Car Show ................. GraysonAug. 4, 5 ................ Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyAug. 6 .................... Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyAug. 9 .................... Fly-In Breakfast and Show/Shine Car Show ...... LembergAug. 15 .................. Railway Museum Open House ................................ MelvilleAug. 11, 12 ............ Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyAug. 15 .................. .............. AbernethyAug. 16 .................. Mixed Cash Golf Tournament ..................................... ItunaAug. 18, 19 ............ Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyAug. 20 .................. Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyAug. 25, 26 ............ Motherwell Homestead Kidzone ........................ AbernethyAug. 29 .................. ............ Abernethy

September ............. Anglican Church Annual Fowl Supper ............. BalcarresSeptember ............. School Pancake Breakfast/Terry Fox Run .......... Grayson

September ............. Crop of Cash Farm Committee Fundraiser ......... GraysonSept. 18-20 ............ Ituna Fall Fair ................................................................ ItunaSept. 20 ................ Mixed Cash Golf Tournament ..................................... ItunaSept. 26, 27 ........... Culture Days ............................................................. Melville

October .................. Legion Annual Fall Supper ................................ BalcarresOctober .................. Hockey School .................................................... BalcarresOct. 18 ................... Bangor Fall Supper ................................................. BangorOct. 31 ................... Halloween Dance ................................................ BalcarresOct. 31 ................... Halloween Party at Cecilia Hall ............................ Grayson

November .............. Broncs Hockey Steak Fry .................................. BalcarresNovember .............. United Church Stew Supper .............................. BalcarresNovember .............. Anglican Church Christmas Tea/Bake Sale ..... BalcarresNovember .............. School Remembrance Day Activities ................. GraysonNov. 1 .................... .......................................... GraysonNov. 1 .................... Rink Board Annual Fall Supper ........................... LembergNov. 11 .................. Annual Remembrance Day Service .................... BalcarresNov. 11 .................. Remembrance Day Service ..................................... MelvilleNov. 19-21 ............. Community Works Dinner Theatre ......................... MelvilleNov. 21 .................. Ituna & Area Annual Trade Fair .................................. ItunaNov. 28 .................. Ituna & Area Community Christmas Party ................ ItunaNov.-Dec. .............. Polka Dot Players Dinner Theatre ....................... Grayson

December .............. Moonlight Madness, Parade of Lights .................. MelvilleDecember .............. Parks & Rec Rink Fun Day/Santa Day .............. BalcarresDecember .............. Lions Santa Day at BICC .................................... BalcarresDecember .............. School Christmas Potluck Lunch ....................... GraysonDec. 12 .................. Light Up Ituna Family Fun Day ................................... ItunaDec. 18 .................. Lions Carol Festival .............................................. LembergDec. 31 .................. ......................................... Neudorf

2016 Calendar of EventsJanuary .................. ................. GraysonJan. 29-31 ............. Ladies Curling Bonspiel .............................................. ItunaFebruary ................ Skate-a-Thon, Steak Supper Fundraiser ............ GraysonFebruary ................ Open Bonspiel ...................................................... LembergFebruary ................ RM Curling Bonspiel .................................................... ItunaFeb. 13 .................. Annual Sno Blazers Poker Derby .......................... Neudorf

March .................... Rink Board Annual Agri-Dinner .......................... LembergMarch .................... Grace United Church Mini Trade Show ............. LembergMarch .................... .......... GraysonMarch .................... ...... GraysonMarch 17-19 .......... Hog Wild Curling Bonspiel .......................................... ItunaMarch 25 ............... Inter-Church Good Friday Cantata ..................... LembergApril ....................... Cultural Shock Annual Dinner Theatre .............. LembergApril 30 .................. Pink Night ..................................................................... Ituna

May ........................ ... Grayson

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Perch Fest is a highlight at Katepwa BeachThe District of Katepwa is perhaps best known as

the home of the Katepwa Point Provincial Park. With no fees to use or enter the park, visitors are able to enjoy the scenery that is Katepwa Beach. A cultured lawn and park area is available for visitors, along with picnic and barbecue areas. Kids can enjoy their visit by playing at the playground, or on the sands of the beach when they’re not swimming.

The lake offers boating, skiing, wakeboarding, canoe-ing, wind surfing, sailing, and fishing opportunities, in addition to swimming. The park also includes washrooms and a change house for visitors. The nearby Katepwa Beach Golf Club, is nestled into the hills on the side of Lake Katepwa or golfers have the option to play the ad-jacent par 3 course, either are great ways to spend time with family.

On Aug. 16 the park will host this year’s Perch Fest, which includes an art show, six- and 12-kilometre foot races around the lake and an afternoon of poetry, spoken word, and musical entertainment.

Swimming lessons are held at the park in July. Visit www.katepwabeach.com for more information.

Although primarily based on summer recreational op-portunities, visitors to the provincial park in winter can enjoy cross-country skiing, ice fishing and snowmobiling opportunities.

Located across Highway 56 from the provincial park is Pimple Hill. The affectionately named hill is a recog-nizable landmark in the District of Katepwa. If you face inland and look up, you will see a pavilion of the peak,

which can be reached by walking along the nature trail. Katepwa also features the historic All Saints Angli-

can Church. The Municipal Heritage Property features an 1887 wood frame church surrounded by landscaped grounds and a cemetery. One of the oldest churches in the area, it was used for religious and community eventsby local settlers. In 1990, it was officially recognized as a heritage site.

With no fees to use or enter the park, visitors are able to enjoy the scenery at Katepwa Beach. Kidscan enjoy their visit by playing at the playground, or on the sands of the beach when they’re not swim-ming.

Great fishing and more at lake resortsSunset Beach ResortVacationers searching for a summer getaway will find

their holiday needs fulfilled at resorts along the north shores of Crooked Lake.

Sunset Beach, at the east end of the lake, boasts a his-tory that spans more than 100 years. The resort offers a full service convenience store and gas bar, stocked with goodies to fill your every vacation need.

Take advantage of the bountiful fishing. A ramp is available if you’re planning on bringing your boat. If camping is your pleasure Sunset Beach has 40 camping sites.

Sunset Beach also has seasonal campsites.For the active set don’t forget about the beach volley-

ball courts. And every Sunday from the May long week-end to the September long weekend from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunset Beach hosts a Farmers’ Flea Market.

West End ResortIf putting up your feet at the lake is what you have in

mind this summer, head out to Round Lake in the Qu’Ap-pelle Valley for a vacation you’ll remember.

West End at the west end of the lake where the Qu’Ap-

pelle River enters can provide all the amenities you need for a totally-relaxing holiday surrounded by nature at itsbest.

For more than 40 years West End has been catering to vacationers and boasts a playground, a campground with water, power and sewer, rental cabins, and showers.

The resort also boasts a convenience store which sells fishing equipment and licences, bagged ice, and chips, pop, coffee and so on.

A focal point of the resort is Maple Grove Hall which has been a popular spot for all its 40-plus years. It’s beenranked as one of the top three dance floors in the prov-ince. This season, the up-to-500-person dance hall willbe available for rent to anyone planning a social event such as a wedding, family reunion or anniversary.

The fishing can’t be beat at West End where stocks ofwalleye, perch and northern pike keep anglers comingback year after year. There are few outdoor treats as deli-cious as fresh fish and West End features a fish-cleaning facility to help get your catch quickly into the frying pan. Fish freezing is also available.


Crooked Lake is your base for adventureFew areas of Saskatchewan are as scenic as the Qu’Ap-

pelle Valley and a great example of its splendour is Crooked Lake Provincial Park.

The area features mixed prairie grass, groves of trem-bling aspen and patches of green ash — and of course, the lake itself.

The park is a Saskatchewan paradise from which to visit, explore and experience the breathtaking natural beauty, history and many activities in the Qu’Appelle Val-ley. Visitors can choose from camping, picnicking, fishing or water-related activities, golfing at Last Oak Golf Course three kilometres southeast, self-guided hiking, bicycling and photography.

Nearby beaches on both Crooked Lake and Round Lake are perfect spots for sun-worshippers to work on their tans.

The day use area may be used for a picnic, a family bar-becue and game of softball, or a variety of other activities as it is equipped with picnic tables, fire pits and a play-ground structure for the kids.

If boating is part of your plans there is an excellent launch with a fish filleting building for successful anglers.

Public boat docking is also available.A major renovation project was completed in 2012 with

the addition of a number of electrified campsites, an up-graded potable water system and a new service centre.

Crooked Lake Provincial Park now features 94 elec-trified campsites, including 21 seasonal sites and six non-electrified sites. To accommodate groups, the park boasts semi-private, non-electrified campsites and spacious tenting area. Reserving a site is now easier than ever with the user-friendly online reservation system at www.sask-parks.net You can also book a campsite by calling 1-855-737-7275.

The campground is picturesque and quiet, featuring a canopy of trees, plenty of understorey for privacy and manytranquil lakeside sites. The park’s new service centre fea-tures modern, wheelchair-accessible washrooms and show-ers; there is a smaller service centre and clean washrooms located centrally in the campground.

For more information visit www.saskparks.net , call696-6253 or e-mail [email protected].

Be safe at all times out on area lakesFor paddlers, it’s perhaps

easier than many other rec-reational boaters to head out on the water. Just strap it to your vehicle’s roof rack and away you go. To ensure that this outing isn’t spoiled by an emergency on the water, it’s important that we take a few extra precautions before heading out.

A good start is to invite a fellow paddler to come along with their canoe or kayak. That way, you have someone readily available to help out if needed.

Reload all your safety equipment on the boat, to make sure everything is in proper working order and that all pieces of powered equipment have fresh bat-teries.

The weather can change quickly in Saskatchewan. Always check the marine forecast to be alerted of in-coming weather systems.

A key piece of safety equipment is a marine radio or, where service is reliable, a cellphone to call for assis-

tance. At this time of year, there are fewer boats on the water to spot you and help. Cellphones should be kept in a watertight container to avoid potential water dam-age. Before departing, tell a reliable person where you are going, when you expect to return and the number to call should you not return as scheduled.

As you head out, be sure to wear your lifejacket. With the number of styles avail-

able — some specifically de-signed for paddlers — there really is no reason not to wear one. It might just saveyour life.

Finally, make sure you have practiced and are skilled enough to quickly reboard your boat both as-sisted and unassisted in the case you capsize or fall into the water.

There is no reason why, with a little preparation,we can’t indulge our pas-sion and take full on-water advantage of the paddling season from ice off to ice up.

The weather can change quickly in Saskatchewan. Always check the marine forecast to be alerted of incoming weather systems.

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Taxidermy at Abernethy Nature & Heritage MuseumWhether you’re inter-

ested in the natural his-tory of Abernethy and the surrounding area, or if the town’s history is more to your liking, the Abernethy Nature & Heritage Mu-seum has something for you.

Visit the museum and see more than 300 taxider-mic specimens of birds and animals. The museum has an albino skunk, a new-born fawn, prairie dogs, a burrowing owl and a lynx to name a few. The new-est exhibit in the nature section of the museum is a female black bear with a brown coat, donated to the museum a year and a half ago.

In the history sections of the museum, items of historical curiosity and importance collected from Abernethy and area res-idents since the museum was established are on dis-play.

Each year the museum features three new on-loan displays on various themes, which were to be unveiled at the Abernethy Nature & Heritage Museum annual open house, May 24 from

1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Lunch, coffee, tea, juice, and angel food cake with ice cream and strawberries will be provided.

The Len Thompson fish bait display traces the de-velopment of the famous fishing lures that had their beginnings in a small fac-tory in Abernethy. In 1932 Len began producing fish-

ing spoons in a shed on his parents’ farm. In 1944 he had a manually run press that could cut 400 spoons per hour. In 1945 he moved his business into Aber-nethy and then in 1958 he moved to Lacombe, Alta. By 1976 he had a staff of 15 and produced 1.2 million lures a year. The Thomp-son family donates new

lures to the museum every year so the museum can sell them to raise funds for new exhibits, renovations and general upkeep.

Visit the early 1900s one-room country school and sit in the old double desk and relive the past. Take a trip back to when women were expected to ride horses sidesaddle and doctors made house calls.

Artifacts displayedin the museum are from prominent citizens the Hon. W.R. Motherwell, Ralph Stueck, Mac Runci-man and John Peters.

Voluntary donations are appreciated. The museumhas washroom facilities, is air-conditioned and is wheelchair accessible.

The Abernethy Nature & Heritage Museum is open from 9 a.m. to 4:30p.m. every day from May1 to Aug. 31 or by appoint-ment. Call 333-2007, 333-2102, 333-2039, 333-2125or 333-2113 to book a tour outside of regular hours. A message can also be left at the museum at 333-2202.

The Abernethy Nature & Heritage Museum includes exhibits about famous Abernethy and area resi-dents such as W. R. Motherwell. Above is the first class civil uniform Motherwell wore to the corona-tion of King George V in 1911.

Abernethy’s annual one-day fair is July 24The annual Abernethy Fair is an event not to be

missed.With roots back to 1906 when farmers hosted a seed

fair, the Abernethy Fair is one of the longest running one-day fairs in the province. During the first fair, a wagon of flowers was exhibited, as was a hive of tame bees. Purebred cattle were added to the fair’s list in 1920 and by 1929, at the onset of the Great Depression, dance music was provided by a gramophone with an amplifier.

As the years rolled on, the fair grew to include hun-dreds of exhibits and shows. Friday, July 24 is the date of the one-day fair this year and it truly is a date to mark on your calendar.

The day’s events include a pancake breakfast from 7 to 9:30 a.m.; a horse show starting at 9 a.m. and going allday; judging of Granny’s cookies at 10:45 a.m.; the diaperderby at 11 a.m.; a pet show and kids races starting at11:15 a.m.; an exhibit of entries for the baking and hand-work contests; trade show tables; a horseshoe competition in the afternoon; music under the tent in the afternoon; free face painting; a silent auction in the rink all day — with all proceeds donated for Grade 12 scholarships; a pork supper at 4:30 p.m.; and fireworks at dusk.

Bring the whole family out July 24 and experience this renowned community fair.

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Quiet Lemberg comes alive with activitiesLemberg is a progressive little

community of 275 tucked away on Highway 22, a leisurely drive from the hustle and bustle of city life in Regina or Yorkton. Customs, tradi-tions and work ethics brought to the area by the early pioneers are inte-grated with modern technology to add to the lifestyle of the community.

Agriculture has been the main-stay of the community since the days of early settlers such as W.R. Moth-erwell and later James Gardiner. While in the Lemberg area, be sure to visit local farms to see how tech-nology has progressed from thresh-ing machines to global positioning systems used by today’s farmers.

There is something for every sea-son in Lemberg. In spring, Culture Shock provides area residents with adult drama — a must to see and/or participate in.

An event hosted by the Lemberg rink board is the annual Agri Dinner also in spring. This is always guar-

anteed to be a hit with excellent local and international entertainment.

In summer and fall, Lemberg has much to offer from a neat camp-

ground and picnic grounds for weary travellers to trails and coulees thathouse a variety of birds and native


Lemberg has a fly-in breakfast, which is held in conjunction with thetown’s Show Your Ride car show on Aug. 9.

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wildlife for outdoors types. Lemberg also has a fly-in break-fast, which is held in August in conjunction with the town’s Show Your Ride car show on Aug. 9. Folks from all over are invited to bring their classic and antique cars to the Lem-berg friendship Seniors Centre for a chance to win prizes and bid at the auction table.

Winter brings its own fun to Lemberg with plenty of snowmobiling, curling, minor hockey, figure skating and recreational hockey. Lemberg also offers something for every age group — an active seniors’ group, Lions Club, rink and recreation boards. The Get Outdoors Club for youth has been in the community for six years.

The recreation centre boasts a two-lane bowling alley, pool tables, table tennis, shuffleboard and a foosball table.

The high school shares the honor of being one of the most progressive schools in the province. Scholastic stan-dards are high and technology is a key ingredient in the education program.

For retirees in the community, Lemberg offers afford-able housing and a First Responders group, which is highly trained and committed to the community.

The faith community is represented by four churches: Catholic, Lutheran, Pentecostal and United.

The town has two financial institutions, two cafes, a hotel and beverage room and a beauty salon.

Come visit the quiet, peaceful and friendly Town of Lemberg and enjoy the hospitality.

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Kaposvar Church is the heart of the first Hungarian home-steads. The church is a magnificent structure built in 1906-1907 from more than 1,600 loads of local fieldstone. Members of the Kaposvar Historic Society give personal guided tours of the church, grotto, pio-neer village and rectory that once served as a colonization office. The 100th Anniversary of the stone church was celebrated in 2007. The annual Our Lady of Assumption pilgrimage is held at the site each year on the third Sunday in August and usually attracts hundreds of people. Kaposvar Church is designated as a National Historic Event to commemorate the arrival and settlement of Hungarians at Esterhazy-Kaposvar. Esterhazy Museum was built in 1910 and is one of the several historical focal points at the core of the Esterhazy Historical Park. Esterhazy Flour Mill was built in 1907. It has been designated as a National Heritage site. It has been restored and is now open for walk-through tours. The Flour Mill celebrated it’s 100th Anniversary in 2007 - come and see a piece of history! Esterhazy Regional Park is the hub of the town’s recreation activities and includes a spectacular nine-hole grass green golf course with lush fairways winding through the beautiful Kaposvar Creek valley. Visitors and residents alike can enjoy the many walking trails that wind through Kaposvar creek. In winter, the trails are groomed for cross-country skiing making the park a delight to visit in all four sea-sons. The park is also home to the town’s arena and curling rink, aquatic centre, ball diamonds and campground. Esterhazy is home to the SaskatchewanPotash Interpretive Center - the only one of its kind in all of Canada with interactive dis-plays showing the history, development and importance of potash to Saskatchewan and Canada!

For more information on Esterhazy and its facilities, contact:

The Town of EsterhazyBox 490, Esterhazy, Sask. S0A 0X0

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Esterhazy prides itself as the ‘Potash Capital of the World’ and for more than 50 years, the mineral that’s mined far below the surface of the earth has played a dominant role in the history of the town.

Today it’s a bustling cen-tre of more than 3,000 peo-ple with potash mining and the expansion of its potash industry the driving force in its continuing development. A testament to the impor-tance of potash, not only locally but provincially and beyond, is the Potash Inter-pretive Centre that opened in 2006 and is the only one of its kind in Canada.

Through the nationally recognized Potash Interpre-tive Centre, the evolution of the potash industry from early mechanical mining to high-tech robotic and re-

mote control mining, and from the tunnels to the mar-kets is explained through interactive displays and ex-hibits.

Visitors can tour through the development of the pot-ash industry, from early discovery of potash in Sas-katchewan, to sinking the

first K-1 mine shaft in 1957, through the mining and milling process, and ending with the final granulated product and how potash fertilizer has contributed to keeping world agriculture in line with rapidly growing populations.

John Nightingale, a vol-

unteer with the original Potash Interpretive Centre Development Committee, says since potash mines are not regularly open to visi-tors for underground tours, the centre is designed togive guests an idea of how it is to work in the mines.

“There’s not other centre like it anywhere in Canada. It represents the explorationand the development of a potash mine in agood deal of detail and quite realistically. The mine por-tion that you’re in is exactly as an underground potash mine would be. And also the milling portion, the refining portion, is quite representa-tive,” Nightingale said.

Esterhazy was the site of the first successful pot-ash mining operation, K-1, today owned by Mosaic. The



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K-1 shaft was sunk in 1957 with the first potash mined in 1962. Since then other mines have opened around the province with potash becoming one of Saskatchewan’s most important natural resources. Today the industry employs thousands of workers and generates billions of dollars in sales.

The community is undergoing a veritable economic boom as Mosaic undertakes a $2 billion expansion to its existing production. The K-3 expansion — expected to be complete in 2017 — is well underway and will continue to contribute to the area as a satellite mine operated from the K-1 and K-2 sites.

The interpretive centre is open until Aug. 29 in 2015. Tours can be arranged at any time of the year by calling the numbers of the year-round tour guides posted at the front of the interpretive centre. Call the Visitor Information Centre at 306-745-5406 about summer weekend tours.

Enjoy a folksy tour at Esterhazy Community Museum

Sharing a parking lot with the Potash Interpretive Cen-tre, and sharing space in the Esterhazy Historical Park with the flour mill, the Esterhazy Community Museum gives visitors a less industrial tour through the town’s his-tory.

The museum features antiques, pioneer artifacts, fire-arms, local photos, a country store and doctor’s room from the early days of Esterhazy, and a room of murals painted by local artist Jocelyn Duchek, all of which depict the devel-opment of the town in which the museum resides.

In conjunction with the Potash Interpretive Centre, the museum also offers residents and passersby a weekly farm-ers’ market in their shared parking lot. The market is held every Friday from June through September.

The museum opens May 19 and closes Oct. 9 in 2015. It is open for guests between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. between May and September, but people can also book tours at any time by calling museum volunteers at (306) 745-5406 or (306) 745-2377.

Flour mill played essential role in EsterhazySince the Town of Es-

terhazy took possession in 1996, volunteers and staff at the Esterhazy Flour Mill have worked tirelessly to bring the mill back from its state of decay to become the semi-functional slice of local history it is today.

Visitors to Esterhazy want to ensure the flour mill — designated as a Na-tional Heritage Site — is on their list of must-sees. The mill traces its origins back more than a century and played an essential role in the early settlement and later development of the town.

The flour mill was built in 1907 by James Saunders and went through a number of owners although it was closed for several years in the 1930s when there was a lack of good quality wheat. Around this time the mill switched from steam power to diesel power and contin-ued production through the years. In 1994 the Town of Esterhazy took title of the

property.Complaints about the de-

teriorating condition of the property forced the town to either find a use for the mill or have it demolished. In 1996 an entrepreneur from Quebec took over the mill. That year the Friends of the Mill formed with the purpose of restoring it and a year later the McKay His-torical Society took over ownership of the mill, in-tending to restore it and pass it back to the entrepre-

neur who intended to oper-ate it.

Through the following years the Friends of the Mill, aided by Saskatche-wan Heritage Foundation funding, was able to under-take extensive renovations both to the exteriors and in-teriors of the buildings. The machinery has also been restored.

The flour mill is unique in its configuration: a wooden elevator and a wooden mill, attached yet

separate structures. Vol-unteers and Friends of the Mill have retro-fitted muchof the antique milling equip-ment with small electric mo-tors to give guests an idea of how the mill operated in its heyday.

“It’s one of the very, very few mills that’s standing in Canada, basically of that vintage. In Saskatchewan it’s the only one,” said vol-unteer and tour guide Mike Hegedus.

miller that was actually milling flour there, he had worked for our family. Hege-dus and fellow volunteersare constantly researching and looking for clues as to the purpose of these mys-tery machines.

The flour mill will once again be a main attraction in Esterhazy’s annual Hazy Days celebration from June 19 to 21.

To arrange for a tour of the flour mill, contact Ester-hazy’s Visitor Information Centre 306-745-5406 from May to Aug. 29.

Mike Hegedus, a volunteer with the museum, sits behind the desk in the fully restored flour mill of-fice to go over the mill’s books, some of which are over half a century old.

“Welcome all campers, we have everything you need.”

Check out our Facebook Page for our daily menu!

Grayson, SK

Grayson, Sask.Phone: (306) 794-2113

Home of “Grayson Sausage”

Business Hours: Tues. - Sat. 8:30 - 5:30

Closed Noon

Full line of Deli Meats,

Jerky & Barbecue NeedsLiquor Vendor

Spirits & Wines


Horseshoe games, dancing to live bands, and fun for the kids are just some of the activities at Grayson’s Party in the Park. The 2015 event goes Aug. 2.

Welcome to NeudorfNeudorf is just minutes from the beautiful Qu’Appelle

Valley. The community of 300 provides a cosy gateway to one of Saskatchewan’s prime vacation spots, whether you’re interested in fishing, camping, or hang-gliding.

The Neudorf Golf Course attracts golfers from far and wide. The nine-hole, par 34, sand green golf course is well maintained and highly recommended.

The village and fire department host an annual Can-ada Day dance and festivities.

Residents created the Neudorf Nature Trails, where the annual Terry Fox Run is now held; volunteers land-scaped the Henry Taube Park, named after Neudorf’s Nobel Prize winner.

Whatever you may need on your vacation can be ob-tained in Neudorf, which offers a service station, grocery store, restaurant, liquor vendor, a hotel and beverage room.

There’s also a lot to do in the winter. In February the local Snoblazers Snowmobile Club holds a snowmobile derby. You can glide through the snow on cross-country ski trails cut through pasture land south of the school. A curling and skating rink also provides a lot in the way of entertainment and recreation for residents.

Party in the Park

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Features

A peaceful town of 200 people.Located 15 km north of the scenic

GraysonS A S K A T C H E W A N

Town Businesses:

2015 Tourist Guide


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High Impact Wrestling regularly presents an enter-taining card for Melville and area fans. Upcoming events are scheduled for June 12, Aug. 8 and Dec. 4, 2015.


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Abernethy Co-op StoreAbernethy, Sask.

Abernethy Co-op Cafe

Phone 306-333-2122

Phone 306-333-2055

Open Monday - Saturday9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

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306-332-6603

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Cultivate Victory at the Motherwell HomesteadCreate exciting family memories while discovering

the important roles food and farming played in the First World War. Check out the poppy gardens in 2015, join us for exciting special events and pay tribute to the efforts of the men and women of the prairies who supplied and supported Allied forces on the front.

Explore the home of Canada’s Grand Old Man of Ag-riculture, W.R. Motherwell, when you step back in time and re-discover the joy of farming on the prairies in the 1900s. Join staff at work in the fields, caring for the many farm animals or in the old stone house. Enjoy a wagon ride and smell the fresh-cut hay. Indulge in the freshly made flavours at the Off The Beaten Path Café and take a stroll along the wetland trail. Mark your calendarsMay 20: Opening DayMay 20 to June 26: School ProgramsJuly 1: Canada Day and Friends of Motherwell Con-cert in the Barnyard, Supper and Beer GardensAug. 15: Antique Road Show and Binding & Stooking DayAug. 29: GRAND EVENT! Symphony Under The Sky, Threshing Day and Field to Fork Family Fun Festi-val (featuring the Regina Symphony Orchestra)

The ever-popular children’s day camps return this year, every week in July and August. For the little ones

(aged one to six), check out the new Little Red Hen pro-gram, where they will help our hired hands plant seeds, grind wheat, make (and eat) bread made from scratch.

Do your kids like to Xplore? They will love doing fun activities and collecting souvenirs any day with the Parks Canada Xplorers program.

The site opens May 20 and is open five days a week, Monday to Friday, until the end of June when it will be open daily until Labour Day.

During the 2014 Threshing Day at the Motherwell, Laverne Kiland and Roberta Manklow of Hendon, Sask. show how a team of oxen would plow in the days before tractors were used to pull implements for working up fields.

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HOME OF THE

www.fortquappelle.com

Welcome to the Valley, enjoy your stay!


Communities throughout the Qu’Appelle Valley cel-ebrate Canada Day with parades, sports days, bar-becues and fireworks. Join in the fun.

4 Lakes,4 Seasons,

4 Everyone!

160 Company Ave., S.P.O. Box 309 – S0G 1S0

Phone: 306-332-5266

Town ofFort Qu’Appelle

Email: [email protected]: www.fortquappelle.com

POTTERY165 Bay Avenue North

(Across from the museum)

Phone: 306-332-4900

46 The Melville & Area

Fort Winter FestivalWhat was once an annual event from the mid-Sixties

through the Eighties, the Fort Winter Fest took a hiatus until three years ago when it was revived by a committed group of people.

“More and more people are becoming aware that this beautiful community in the valley has more to offer year round than the lakes, during both summer and winter with Mission Ridge Winter Park and the lakes,” said Fort Qu’Appelle’s mayor, Ron Osika. “I believe more and more people will start taking notice that this is a place, not only to come and play, but perhaps to work and stay.”

One of the iconic features of winterfest is the ice castle. Previously, the castle was built in downtown Fort Qu’Ap-pelle but is now featured at the recently constructed Fort at the campground.

The weekend-long event offers activities such as: a spike-driving competition; pillow-log fights; pie-eating contests; snowshoe races; and ice fishing. Sports enthu-siasts can also take part in turkey curling shootout or 2 on 2 curling, basketball and hockey tournaments, or even snow golf. The festival kicks off on the Friday with the lighting of the torch and a fireworks display.

In addition, people not only have the opportunity to enjoy First Nations powwow singers and dancers at the opening ceremonies, but also listen to local musicians and attend a cabaret. Pancake breakfasts are offered each morning on the weekend.

The Winterfest Committee co-ordinates the festival and planning is underway for the 2016 Winter Festival, Feb. 26 to 28.

One of the iconic features of the Fort Winter Festi-val is the ice castle at the campground.


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Phone: 306.792.4615Fax: 306.792.2216

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Spring Trade Show

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Moonlight Madness kicks off Christmastime in Mel-ville with late-night retail shopping and a parade of lights that welcomes Santa Claus to town. The event is usually held at the end of November.

Moonlight Madness


VILLAGE OF NEUDORFBusinessesCanada PostGasthaus NeudorfHorizon Credit UnionLiquor Vendor FranchiseMaranatha Masonry & ConstructionNeudorf Co-op - Hardware/GarageNeudorf Village OfficeNeuFoods Co-opCK Landscape SprayingParkland Regional LibraryPiller Service Ltd.

RM of McLeod #185 OfficeRM of McLeod #185 ShopSask Lottery OutletSTC Bus

Waldbauer Music Lessons

Featuring3 sheet curling rink with artificial ice7 well maintained fastball diamondsBoyle PlaceChallenging 9 hole sand green golf courseHealth & Social Centre Neudorf Community HallRoadside ManorSenior HousingSkating Rink with natural iceCampsiteNature trailsParksSnowmobile trailsNeudorf Fitness Centre

is located on Highway 22, just minutes north

of the beautiful

OrganizationsChrist Lutheran ChurchFigure Skating ClubLions Club and Lions Park campingMinor Sports ClubNeudorf 4-H ClubNeudorf Bird SanctuaryNeudorf Community Hall BoardNeudorf Economic Development Co-opNeudorf Fire BrigadeNeudorf Golf Club

Neudorf Minor Sports Club

Neudorf Winter Sports ClubNorth Valley Rhythmic Gymnastics ClubNorth Valley Elementary (Neudorf)North Valley Gravel Travel ClubNorth Valley High School (Lemberg)Parks & Recreation BoardSnow Blazers Snowmobile ClubTrinity Lutheran Church

Village of Neudorf Office

www.village.neudorf.sk.ca 306-748-2551

June Daze a summer highlight in ChurchbridgeThe east central Saskatchewan town of Churchbridge

may be small, but it hosts more than enough activities and events to keep residents and visitors entertained year-round.

At the intersection of Highway 80 and the Yellowhead Highway, Churchbridge was founded by the Anglican Col-onization Society and their leader Rev. Robert Bridger. In 1887, the colony combined the word church — in recognition of the Anglican Church — and the word bridge — in rec-ognition of Bridger — to name the new settlement Church-bridge, which became an incorporated village in 1903.

In 1962, only 260 people resided in Churchbridge, but by 1964 the population more than doubled to 600 people and the village became a town. The population in 2014 was 1043 people, for which the dominant employer is the Mosaic potash mines to the south of the town.

Visitors to Churchbridge should add the town’s 125th Anniversary of the Canadian Confederation Coin mon-ument — a monument built by local artist Rita Swanson to commemorate Canada’s 125th birthday in 1992 — the Historical murals located around town and the veterans’ memorial wall located in the Community Hall to their must-see list while in Churchbridge.

The Duck Mountain Regional Park is north of Church-bridge on Highway 80, while Asessippi Ski Resort and Lake of the Prairies is east of the town on Highway 16. The Churchbridge Campground is south of the Highway 80 and Highway 16 junction, and offers 33 campsites — 29 electri-

fied — including pull-through sites, grassed sites for tents, a sewer dump, washrooms and showers. Be sure to check out the the Beach entrance pool located next to the schooland arenas.

Churchbridge’s June Daze runs from June 11-14, and is a community celebration featuring food vendors, children’s activities, the GX 94 Star Search semi-final, a night golf tournament, a chili cook-off, a cabaret and more. For moreinformation on June Daze check out www.churchbridge.com.

For more information on Churchbridge and events call the town office at (306) 896-2240 or check out www.church-bridge.com or our facebook page- Town of Churchbridge


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Balcarres, SKPhone 306-334-2650

Toll FREE1-800-268-7631

Sports events dominate Balcarres calendarNamed for Balcarres

Crawford, a postmaster from Indian Head, Balcar-res is a thriving community of 680 at the intersection of Highway 10 and Secondary Highway 310 first founded by squatters in the 1880s.

Today, Balcarres is an active community with a lot to offer visitors and res-idents. The ball diamonds invite many friendly games as well as minor ball and kids can get some exercise on the playground equip-ment. Children can also take part in soccer while there is also a lot to offer the adults in the field of recreation: activities such as badminton and volley-ball are held in the school gym and the town has an entry in the Tri Highway Fastball League, the Bal-carres Bronx.

Its proximity to the Qu’Appelle Valley means people are able to fish, swim, or go canoeing in one of the four nearby lakes.

In winter, recreation is centred on the rink with minor hockey and the Qu’Appelle Valley Hockey League’s Balcarres Broncs who lasted hoisted the league championship tro-phy in 2013.

In December, parks and recreation hosts a Santa Day at the community rink

and a rink fun day around the same time.

April sees the Art Club host an art show on a ro-tation with the Fort Qu’Ap-pelle club and the Lions Club also holds an auction supper that month.

In May, the town hosts a community garage sale day (May 23) sponsored by the Balcarres Business Association with the Com-munity in Bloom commit-tee also hosting a hot dog and hamburger sale. Also in May the town’s dance

troupe, Wheatland Dance, hosts its annual showcase event.

Near the end of June the Balcarres Broncs host the team’s annual golf tourna-ment (June 13) as well as another major event — theMud Bog — will be held once again last weekend inJune, complete with a cab-aret (June 27).

In a tradition that goes back for a number of years,the Canada Day sports day features ball games and fun for the whole family, a great way to spend the day dedicated to our nation.

Mid-October marks the town’s fall fair and fall sup-per, complete with a craft show, kids fun, games of skill and other activities as well as the Broncs Hockey School and their round up and dance, Nov. 14.

Mud Bog racing will be held once again last week-end in June, complete with a cabaret on June 27.


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Prairie Co-op

Prairie Co-operative Ltd.

Ituna Hwy. #15, Ituna

Phone 306-795-2441

KelliherHwy. #15, Kelliher

Phone 306-675-2156

“ YOU’RE AT HOME HERE”

For more information on the Town of ITUNAand its facilities, contact:

ITUNA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Box 580, Ituna, Sask. S0A 1N0Phone: 306-795-3303

Fax: 306-795-3330Email: [email protected]

Website: www.ituna.ca

Ituna is filled with pride and hospitalityCome and explore Ituna.

There is a lot to see and do while visiting the commu-nity.

Start your adventure by strolling down Main Street and enjoy Millennium Park, movie at the Ituna Theatre or a visit of the 1917 GAAR-Scott Steamer.

Wander through Cross-Roads Park, dedicated to the area’s agricultural heritage. Across the street is Avena Gardens, an area filled with roses, lilac and various shrubs. Avena Gardens is home to the Giant Oat Stem, signifying the birthplace of the Prairie Oat Growers As-sociation.

Your journey will con-tinue on Main Street to the new Community Fruit Orchard boasting 270 fruit trees. Keep travelling on Main Street and you will come to a walking/biking path that takes you to the re-gional park, which features a solar-heated junior Olym-pic-size swimming pool, electric campsites, baseball diamonds, a playground and a picturesque nine-hole par 34 sand and grass greens golf course with a modern clubhouse.

If you are a historian, a must-see is the File Hills Post Office/Thompson Farm in the RM of Tullymet on Thompson Road, the Jew-

ish Cemetery, St. Delphine’s Métis Cemetery, Tullymet Yard and the many churches and schools in the area.

Naturalists and hunters travel to Ituna from other provinces and the United Statesas there is one of the best nesting grounds for wa-terfowl.

In 2014, the Town of Ituna competed in the Com-munities in Bloom program and won provincially in its population category. Ituna was recognized for commu-nity pride and hospitality.

Come and stay at the Ituna and District Regional Park, Ituna Motel or Ituna Hotel to enjoy what Ituna has to offer. Visit www.ituna.ca for more details.

Artist Dennis Ron Muzy-ka created this giant oat stem.

The pumpkin slingshot is a popular event at the Ituna Fall Fair, which goes Sept. 18 to 20 in 2015.


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Open Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Sunday 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

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