Due to the lack of opportunity for the wood carving group to meet, he has been doing more projects on his wood lathe lately, and has been dedicating more time to this style of wood-working in his home shop. “I’ve always enjoyed working with wood and making stuff,” he explained, noting he first bought a second-hand lathe some 40 years ago when he and wife Nancy lived in Swift Current, but it wasn’t a very good quality lathe. About a decade ago, a friend in Weyburn, Stan Sampson, asked if he wanted to buy his lathe, and it was a much better quality piece of equipment.
A graduate from the Weyburn Comprehensive School in 2020, Arliss is a first-year engineering student at the University of Saskatchewan, and she was so excited when she heard about this project, she signed up for it in July before she even started school. The U of S Space Design team is working with Saskatchewan Polytechnic to design, build and assemble the cube satellite, which will measure 10 by 10 by 20 centimetres. Arliss explained there are currently around 1,367 cube satellites in orbit right now, mainly used for research purposes, educational and commercial uses. This satellite, which will be known as RADSAT-SK, will have an experiment on board along with a small camera, and it will be in orbit for a year before it comes back down to burn up in the atmosphere.
An international program, Days for Girls, was explained to members of the Weyburn Rotary Club on Thursday, as the club has supported the program with a $1,000 donation. The program provides pads,. . .