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Birdwatchers had a "perfect day" for the annual Christmas Bird Count, which was held Dec. 15 by the Weyburn Nature Society. There were 16 participants in this year's bird count.

Local water polo athlete Taylor Molde was recently in Australia, where she competed with the Canadian women's team during the FINA World Youth Water Polo championships.

Mom passed away peacefully on December 14, 2012 at Bevan Lodge, Abbotsford, BC. Mom was born April 6, 1920 in Euphrasia, Twp, Ontario.

A blanket of snow and a coating of hoar frost lies on a winter landscape, found on the former Souris Valley grounds on Dec. 15.

Halfway through this month's Operation Overdrive provincial traffic safety blitz, law enforcement officers have checked more than 4,700 vehicles and issued nearly 1,000 tickets.

Sakoda Seitz is all smiles, surrounded by Christmas decoration before celebrating her first birthday on Jan. 1. Sakoda was the New Year's baby for 2012. She was born to Curtis and Shantel Seitz at 7 a.m. on Jan.

The Estevan Motor Speedway has released their tentative race dates for the upcoming season. Once again, the EMS will be featuring IMCA modifieds, stock cars and hobby stocks on their regular race program.

The year 2012 was one of both highs and lows for the City of Weyburn, said Mayor Debra Button in a year-end interview, adding she has great optimism for the coming year based on the solid financial footing the city is in heading into 2013.

To the Editor, Firstly, I would like to introduce myself. My name is Norbert Kovalovszky and I immigrated to Canada from Hungary when I was a young man in my 20s.

The huge combined choir of the Weyburn Comprehensive School performs the opening of the "Home for the Holidays" choral concert on Dec. 18, held in the Cafetorium before a full house.