of the town have been actively involved in both the Federal and Provincial level of politics. Currently the town is in the provincial riding of Weyburn-Big Muddy and federally in the Souris—Moose Mountain. Election times have always stirred debate and rivalry among the local residents. Federally, Yellow Grass has sent one home town resident to the House of Commons of Canada. John Morrison, a Yellow Grass area farmer, ran for the Progressive Party of Canada was first elected in 1921 and defeated in 1925. A number of residents have run for provincial legislature as well, most recently including Barry Chase in Alberta. No one from Yellow Grass has successfully been elected to a provincial legislature. Sports Ice hockey is a popular past time in Yellow Grass. During the Great Depression when incomes prohibited buying sports equipment such as hockey pucks, a frozen potato would be used. Yellow Grass has had three contributions to the National Hockey League. Peter Schaefer, who played for the Vancouver Canucks, Ottawa Senators and the Boston Bruins . Nolan Schaefer, Peter's brother played goal for the San Jose Sharks as well as many seasons in the AHL and Europe. Mike Rooney, who still resides in Yellow Grass, currently scouts for the Buffalo Sabres. Mike got his start in the NHL, scouting for the Nashville Predators. Yellow Grass has an organized team "Wheat Kings" that played in the Soo Line Hockey League, that went defunct in 2000. In 2016, the team joined the Big 6 Hockey League and began play in the 2016-2017 season after nearly 20 seasons of no Senior Hockey in the community. There is also a Junior C team by the same name that plays in the Qu'Appelle Valley Hockey League. The hockey rink in Yellow Grass is called the Communiplex. The government of Canada donated $11,440 to upgrade the facility as a centennial project. Curling is also a popular pastime. Yellow Grass had a team that represented Western Canada in the very first Brier. They finished in a three-way tie for third place. The town named the local curling rink The Barkwell Rink in honour of the skip O.S. Barkwell. The rink was demolished in 1946, and a new rink named the Memorial Rink was completed in 1948. In the summertime baseball is the preferred sport, with the "Wheat Kings" teams going back to the early 1900s. All styles of organized baseball have