begins with a pancake breakfast, then a church service, and then demonstrations, which include blacksmithing, flour-making, and rope-making. Together, the Agricultural Society Fair Day and Museum Day are meant to be an event to take pride in Ogema’s new and old citizens, and attract visitors from outside of the area. Dance Club The Ogema Dance Club was created in 1995. In 2017, the club has approximately 45 dancers. Teacher Shayla Brown rehearses students twice a week in the Ogema Heritage Hall. The club hosts a competition and recital in the Ogema School every year, and travels to competitions in Regina and Avonlea. Riding Arena In 2001, the Ogema Riding Arena was built by members of the Big Muddy Team Roping Association. Many roping and barrel racing events take place here. The largest purpose of the arena is for the annual Agricultural Society Fair Day every July, where a kid’s rodeo and horse pulls take place. Town Administration In 2017, the mayor of Ogema is Carol Prentice, the Town Administrator is Peggy Tuchscherer, and the Community Development Officer is Tanya Leonard. Geography The town of Ogema is naturally an internal drainage basin, with rolling hills and shallow sloughs. Typically, these sloughs mark regional low spots and are fed by a series of interconnected sloughs called kettle chains. Demographics In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Ogema had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021. Numerous Filipinos live in the town, many of whom initially arrived to work at the Big Sky hog barn that opened in 2000. Government Ogema has a mayor as the highest ranking government official. They also elects aldermen or councillors to form the municipal council. The current mayor is Carol Prentice, who replaced mayor Wayne Myren. Provincially Ogema is within the Weyburn-Big Muddy constituency served by their MLA who is currently Hon. Dustin Duncan, Minister of Environment. Ogema is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by MP of the Souris—Moose Mountain riding. Currently this is Robert Kitchen. Education Ogema received its first school in 1911. A larger school was built in 1919 in the centre of town with several additions being built over the next 20 years. Ogema is currently served by Ogema School, a K-12