Tara Garcia

We kicked off the weekend by giving away some cold hard cash. Day five of May Moster Cash saw us live on location from Pioneer Co-op Family Fashions from 11am-2pm. 

Rubber will be burning on the track this weekend as the Swift Current Drag Racing season kicks off. 

Al Kaufman, secretary with the Swift Current Drag Racing Association provides details on this weekends races.

"The gates open at 8. Car and driver for the classes of sportsman, pro and super pro is $80. Junior, junior street and a new class we have a high school class for car and driver its $40. Pit crew and spectators that want to come and watch $10 and 12 and under are free."

Third time is a charm and that's certainly true for all of our lucky listeners who walked away Monster Cash winner's today on the third day of the contest. 

We just wrapped up our second day of May Monster Cash and we've made a few people a little bit richer. 

We were live on location at Bumper to Bumper from nine to noon today and we had plenty of eager listeners stop by in the hopes of being our hourly winners. A huge congratulations goes out to our three lucky winners today. 

As day one comes to an end we would like to congratulate all of our lucky winners today of our May Monster Cash promotion. 

Frequent visitors to Riverside Park have most likely noticed a new addition over the past week. 

A canoe and kayak launch has been completed in participation with the city and the Haunted Town of Lil-Sur-Mer who sponsored the project. 

Resident and co-founder of the haunted town, Andy Keys says they had planned on helping out with a city project. 

A local grade 11 student will be heading to Montreal this month to represent Saskatchewan in the game of chess. 

Originally from Mexico, Sergio Del Bosque arrived in Swift Current in 2022 and has been playing the game for the past five years

After winning at a recent provincial chess championship in Regina Del Bosque will now represent the province at a national competition in Montreal later this month as he explains.

The Center in Swift Current are doing their part to help upcoming graduates in participation with the Reimer family. 

The Dr. Lawrence Reimer Memorial Bursary is available to 2023 graduates as Nathan Wiebe, Executive Director of The Center explains. 

How should I protect my plants? What are the best perennials to plant? These questions and more can be answered by our resident Garden Guru, Sandra Wernicke owner of Garden Of Eden Greenhouse and Gifts. 

Country Music Radio has partnered up with Sandra for a brand new weekly segment called Grow With The Garden Guru. This segment will air every Friday morning just after 7:30am. 

Mother's Day is just around the corner and we want to help celebrate all the fantastic moms, mother-in-laws and mother figures out there. We have three fantastic promotions depending on your listening preference..

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