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| Economic Information | The Village of Pense has a population of just over 500 and will be celebrating its 100th Anniversary in 2004. It is centrally located in the Regina-Moose Jaw Corridor, and is an ideal location for new businesses and commuters as it provides a secure, lower-cost alternative to nearby cities.
Streets are well maintained throughout the seasons with grading, gravelling, and snow plowing and removal, despite being unpaved. We have a full service Post Office, and also a Town Hall which hosts social functions such as Dinner Theatre, Fashion Show, and school concerts and Awards nights.
Accommodation is provided by the Pense Hotel, which features catering and a licensed bar/restaurant. A local gathering spot is the Pense Food Store and Gas Bar, offering basic food staples, fresh homemade baking, coffee shop, and gasoline sales. Wayne's Place sells wine and spirits and provides movie rentals. Good Insurance provides insurance and financial service to the Village. Other businesses provide auto repair and towing, reflexology, hair salon, massage therapy/tanning/spa, country crafts, trucking, sub-contracting, electrical, and snow removal.
| | Attractions | The Village of Pense offers a wide variety of activities to every age in the community. Past activities include golf clinics, bike safety courses, craft classes, summer fun programs for youth, and an Easter Break program for girls called 'Girls on the Move'. Subsequently a boys program was also developed called 'Guys on the Go'. The Pense Rebels is a softball team for women 18 and over, which plays two games per week in a competitive league from May to June.
The Pense Recreation Board also sponsors the Danstastics Club, which teaches a variety of competitive dance including jazz and hip hop; the Figure Skating Club; Seniors Inc., a group aimed at older citizens of Pense that meets Thursday afternoons for activities ranging from Cribbage to Pool; Ketto Ryu Ju Jutsu; Pense School; Pense Playschool; and Pense Sled Runners Inc. Snowmobile Club. The Booster Club is responsible for minor hockey in Pense with levels of Initiation, Novice, Atom, Pee Wee, and Bantam.
Volunteers make up the Pense Curling Club, offering Junior (grades 4-6), Youth (Grades 7-8) and Adult Leagues. An annual OPENSPIEL is held at the start of each season, followed by a FUNSPIEL in January and Canteen Appreciation Spiel in early March. A FAMILY FUNSPIEL has also been proposed between Christmas and New Year.
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