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weyburn Vol.114 No. 24 - Weyburn, Saskatchewan Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - 10 Pages
Grads celebrated
Car Show delights
The Class of 2024 held ceremonies and a parade on Saturday. Page 7
The Soo Line Cruisers held their show-and-shine downtown on June 15. Page 10
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Show-and-shine fills downtown Weyburn
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A total of 234 registered entries of vintage and classic cars and trucks filled Weyburn’s downtown core on Saturday, as the Soo Line Cruisers hosted their 21st annual show-and-shine. The show even included two modified tractors for competitive tractor pulls, and vintage snowmobiles from the 1970s.
Councillor Jeff Richards to seek mayor’s chair in fall election
By Greg Nikkel, SaskToday.ca Weyburn city councillor Jeff Richards will be running for the mayor’s position in the fall municipal election, after serving for two terms. In an interview, he said he’s been considering making this run for the last two or three years. “I’ve got two terms under my belt, and I feel I’m ready for the next step,” said Richards, who currently works as the executive director of the
Weyburn Wor-Kin Shop. Asked what he would like to do if he’s elected as mayor, he said he would like to help create more of an open culture with the leadership team at City Hall. “The mayor should be approachable so it’s more of a team atmosphere,” said Richards. “I’m not saying there isn’t one, but I think we could do better.” As an example, he said when people bring a project in to City Hall for a permit or for help, “Let’s
get to ‘yes’ faster. We need to work with them. I think the administration needs to be empowered to be creative in providing solutions.” He said it’s often said, “We’ve always done it that way”, but this is an attitude he’d like to get away from. Richards said as a city councillor, all of the members need to realize, “I am here to serve the people of Weyburn, all 11,000 people. My vision is to be at City Hall and be more
available to the leadership team and develop more of a team culture.” He will be taking time over the summer to develop a more detailed platform for the fall election, noting he has been talking to many people in the city about issues and problems. One of his thoughts is for the city to work on growing its population, and would like to see a goal of adding another 500 people. With more residents and more businesses, there will be more tax
revenue, and this would help finance some of the needs in the city, such as continuing to fix the city’s roads. Richards would also like to see a multi-year budgeting process, where they deal with firm numbers for the current year, and lay out goals and plans for the next couple of years beyond that. “In the coming years we’re going to need to have a new or expanded police station. If that’s five years from now, we need
to be planning for that now,” said Richards. There are always ongoing discussions around city facilities, but with multi-year budgeting, the city should start planning and budgeting for those projects in advance. He noted the province does their budgets yearby-year, but for their larger projects, such as with highways, there are multiple years of plans laid out by each ministry as they set their priorities. Continued on page 2
WCS graduates challenged to find success: Valedictorian By Greg Nikkel, SaskToday.ca The Class of 2024 was encouraged to celebrate and make memories, and to set goals to find success in their lives as they move on from the Weyburn Comprehensive School, in the Valedictorian’s address by Camryn Greve at the graduation ceremonies on Saturday morning. The ceremonies were held in Crescent Point Place, and were followed by the grad parade in the afternoon prior to the Grand March. Principal Renee Cuthbert gave her address, with a greeting from trustee Megan Schick of the Southeast Cornerstone board, and students Mason Sidloski and Kaitlyn Wallin gave the tribute to the teachers. The reply was by Margot Arnold, who is retiring as a teacher after 23 years. In Greve’s address, she recalled the starting point for the class in Grade 7. “I remember walking into the Cugnet Centre for the first time and being terrified of all the unknown faces in the room. As I look around now, though, I see the faces of
people with whom I have built lifelong connections, and of people who have built similar connections with each other. We have certainly come a long way since Grade 7, but throughout it all we
have been able to lean on each other for support,” she said, adding there are things they may forget about in the coming years. “We will forget what was trendy and what was not. We might even for-
Grads ready for the ceremonies
get the time the musical set off the sprinklers and flooded the Cugnet Centre. We will, however, remember the people we met and how they affected our lives. So, as the year comes to a close, I challenge you to
make a positive impact on someone. Pay it forward. Make a new connection. You never know how much your friendship can influence someone, or how they might be changed by knowing you,” said Greve.
Looking ahead to their future endeavours, she encouraged her fellow grads to take the lessons and tools gained from their experiences at the Comp as they move on with their lives. Continued on page 7
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Members of the Class of 2024 awaited the start of the graduation ceremonies, after being led in to Crescent Point Place by teacher Darren Abel, his last time to perform this function as he is retiring from teaching at the end of June.