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The citizens of Estevan are often accused of taking on crazy and unattainable challenges. They stand guilty as charged.

Williston, N.D. – You don’t have to go far in Williston, N.D., to find oilfield workers who have been displaced by the bust but are still finding a way to make it.

When Paul Eberly heard about the severe thunderstorm that dropped five inches of rain on Estevan on July 10, and the damage that resulted, he knew he wanted to help with the recovery efforts.

Even before the rain stopped on what was the wettest two hours in Estevan’s history, city crews and emergency response members were out, dealing with issues related to the rain, while emergency measures organization (EMO) was discussing how to handle

Take one talented man, mix in an incredible work ethic, a lot of dedication and patience plus some ingenuity and you have the start of the Estevan Greenhouses and Nurseries.

After putting her children to bed, a mother changed into old slacks and a droopy blouse and proceeded to wash her hair. As she heard the children getting more and more rambunctious, her patience grew thin.

It was enough to make a dozen or more grown men groan, and groan they did.

Actually, it all began in the raspberry patch. As I was picking from our heavily-laden berry branches the other day I noted how many had already dropped to the ground and how tentatively some clung to their stems.

Before allowing Timmy, to walk to school alone his mother asked her neighbour Shirley Goodnest if she would follow him at a distance. Shirley agreed, since she went walking with her toddler anyway.

Nolan Haukeness is grateful that he and his wife, Jenine, were able to spend the better part of two months in Estevan, after their home in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was destroyed by wildfires earlier this spring.