Jan 12, 2021 7:47 AM
The next step to develop housing on Cameron Way in Yorkton has been taken. Mayor Mitch Hippsley states that there is a need for low to moderate cost housing in the city. If fully approved, 27 condos will be constructed. Meantime, the first Civic Recognition Award was handed out at Yorkton city council. Jason Boyda took the award in the adult category, as he was recognized for his work as a teacher, and as a coach for basketball and football.
“In the city of Yorkton there are so many outstanding citizens that give back to the community, and I’ve just been fortunate to be one who has been recognized. It means a lot to me, I feel very honored and privileged to receive the award.” Best known for football and basketball, Boyda will coach wherever he can and said it’s part of his goal to give back wherever he’s able. “[Sport] has given so much to my family and myself. It’s my small part of giving back, that’s what we’ve preached to our football players, to our basketball players, to our athletes. Once your playing career is done, give back to the community that has given so much to you, and pay it forward.”
“It was a shock, and then I was really, really happy because I didn’t expect it.” Anderson is involved in many different groups and organizations, and as a result is very busy balancing her community involvement, work and school. She’s a long-time member of Cadets, both in the Army Cadets and Navy League Cadets, where she received the Captain P. Jacques Award in 2018 for exemplifying good citizenship, and the Royal Canadian Legion Medal of Excellence in 2019 for community involvement both within the Cadets and outside of it. “When I was 9-years-old, I just saw one of the sign-ups at City Wide registration and thought I wanted to do that, and stuck with it for nearly nine years now.”
Farming for Health harvests the crop in 2020. File Photo. As befits something that won the Civic Recognition Award in the Group Category, Farming for Health is a real group effort, with people from across the region and from across the ag community in the region getting together for the common goal of farming to raise money for local healthcare. To date, the project has raised nearly $1.5 million, the first million to be used for a new hospital, and money that follows being used for equipment to keep improving health care in the area. Larry Hilworth, who co-chairs Farming for Health with Al Mitchell, said that this recognition is for everyone who has worked hard over the past eight years to raise that money. The beginning of the project was when Hilworth was with Maple Farm Equipment, and the project has continued since, even as many names have changed through the years.