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Weyburn Mayor Debra Button returned recently from what she described as "a successful and productive" conference of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM), hosted this year in Halifax.

This year will be the ninth year of Drive for a Cure in Carlyle. The annual event is scheduled for June 18 with an anticipated 24 teams and 96 golfers expected to take over the Carlyle Golf Club.

The end of the school year is approaching quickly and so is exam week. Exam Schedule - June 2011 Thursday, June 23, p.m.: Gr. 10: ELAB 10; Gr. 11: Math A30; Gr. 12: ELA. Friday, June 24, a.m.: Gr. 10: Math; Gr. 11: ELA; Gr. 12: History.

The search for a missing Weyburn man ended on a sad note, when his body was discovered in the early evening hours of June 14. The search for 80-year-old Donald McCowan began two days previous, when his wife reported him missing on June 12.

Quiet and unassuming, Dion Cochrane might not fit the mould of a typical hero. Yet, the local resident is single-handedly responsible for having saved as many as 300 lives. How has he done it? By simply rolling up his sleeve.

There were 104 calls for service during the reporting period of June 6-12, including a number of incidents of property damage and theft. During the evening hours on Sunday, contents were stolen from a number of unlocked vehicles.

Once again the Estevan Fair is going to be held in the parking lot for Spectra Place.

Canada Post workers in Estevan and throughout the rest of the country are back on the picket lines as the lockout has stretched into a second day.

The Estevan Comprehensive school held their annual awards night ceremony Wednesday, June 8. The big academic winners of the night were Haley Lingelbach, Elly Panteluk and Blair MacDonald.

The Combined Choir from the Weyburn Comprehensive School sings for the luminary ceremony at the 2011 Relay For Life, held Friday night to Saturday morning at Crescent Point Place.