The Yorkton Flour Mill launched a new fundraising effort Friday with the announcement of its inaugural ‘Road Rally’.
The rally, scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 7, will have teams of two climb in their vehicles and hit the streets, highways and roads in and around the city, looking for clues and collecting photos, all with an eye to earning the greatest number of points before the end of the race, explained Thom Weir, one of the event organizers.
Weir said the day is about raising money for the mill and to start returning the site to its previous stature.
“One hundred and twenty years ago this was the centre of Yorkton,” he said, adding its the committee’s role “. . . to make it the heart of the city again.”
There will actually be two rallies running that day, one where vehicles will not have to leave pavement, making it perfect for vintage rides, and one geared more toward pick-up trucks and off-road vehicles.
For teams to enter they must offer a minimum of $150 in pledges that will go to the Flour Mill. Those entering will be issued a tax receipt. Entries can be made at yorktonkinsmen.com
The rally, with the course designed by the Kinsmen Club starts at 2 p.m. with historic check points figuring heavily in the design.
While the rally is the main focus of the fundraiser, a number of other activities have been planned for the day as well.
The day will kick-off at 11:30 a.m. with a pancake and sausage brunch, with Harvest Meats supplying the sausages, and hosted by the Yorkton Professional Firefighters Association with donations going to the Firefighters Burn Unit.
A beer garden by Back Forty Brewing will be held in the afternoon at the mill site.
At 5:30 a barbecue, with food donated by Legacy Co-op and ran by the Lions Club will be held on site.
From 7-8 p.m. classic car participants will be cruising Broadway Street and then parked for a ‘show and shine’ at the Gallagher Centre.
At 9 p.m. a drive-in movie will wrap up the day with Smokey and the Bandit 2, again at the Gallagher Centre.
