Personal plans and events are eating into our summer time, now that summer has finally arrived after a wet and cold spring and early summer here on the Canadian prairies.
We will be back in late August with podcasts on a wide variety of topics, some remembering past Yorkton residents, some about people and events from much more recent times.
In the meantime, please check our long list of previous podcasts -- something to listen to as you undertake your own summer travels.
Jason Payne has taught at the Yorkton Regional High School since 2002, but his involvement with youth and sports has expanded greatly beyond the boundaries of the school. His dedication to high school sports and youth sports in Yorkton is unquestioned.
In 2018 he nearly hung up his whistle. “I was burnt out by the demands of coaching. Instead of quitting I focused on the holistic development of my athletes and building environments based on high-performance. It has made all the difference.” He pursued a Masters of Science degree in Sport and Performance Psychology in 2021, and a newsletter he now publishes about a different way of coaching is read by more than 1,700 coaches world-wide.
We talked about motivating young athletes and motivating young people in school. We talked about helping prepare young people for adult life.
Search for Yorkton Stories to find our podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Index, Podcast Addict, Podchaser, Pocket Cast, Deezer, Listen Notes and Player FM. Our podcasts are published on our website every three weeks and they will generally be available in podcast directories within 24 hours.
These are stories about people and events in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada, which has been on the map since 1882 when a small group of men from Ontario, and originally from Britain, came to the District of Assiniboia, still largely unsettled prairie and aspen woodlands.
There are many stories -- and perhaps some myths and mysteries -- to be explored.
We publish a new podcast about every three weeks. All are available on this website, as well as all podcast directories. Simply search for Yorkton Stories.
These podcasts are a labour of love and respect for those who came before us, and who make Yorkton what it is today. As a former newspaper owner and editor, former city councillor, still-active community volunteer and local history buff, I know many of us have stories to tell. If you have one we should know about, get in touch.
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In Nebraska, bierock is referred to as runza, apparently a state treasure! They were a special treat in our family with my mom competing with our granny to see who was best.
My granny would make a pan full of nothing but Spanish onions as a filling which was my dads favorite. We don’t eat chicken noodle soup without butterballs.
--Kenn Propp
I find so many common threads and connections as I listen that bring back many fond memories. Less than six degrees of separation in Yorkton. Rick and I are products for example of Mrs. Ingham’s Blended Sound-Sight program at Columbia School and, if memory serves, of Mr. Vermette’s AV program at the Composite Jr High.
Taking that a step further, Curt Keilback’s wife was my art teacher at the Composite. My best friend in grade school was Bob Ries. Bob’s mom Sandra worked for many years at the Gladstone Inn, having previously owned it with her husband Bert (both originally from Rhein). I was briefly in a car club in Yorkton that had some meetings in the basement of the Balmoral (but I didn’t see any tunnels either).
My wife’s family farm (Stachura) was the next quarter in from Harris’s on Highway 9 South, not far from Vermettes.
As far as Gunn’s and Good Spirit - it is basically where we grew up. We spent every weekend from the time I was about eight years old at our cabin at Burgis Beach. Or as it was known then- Sunnyside Beach at Devil’s Lake. Likely some ways to connect us all to the Bronfmans, Levi Beck, etc. if we dig back far enough as well, but who knows.
--Dean Bradshaw
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