Battlefords News-Optimist

The Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has continued its fundraising efforts for their operations, and on Wednesday of last week got good news from the local Elks. Members of North Battleford Elks Lodge No.

The inclusion of pom-poms is a relatively new addition to the sport of cheerleading; the pom-pom was patented in 1971. Lawrence Herkimer, the American grandfather of cheerleading was the inventor of this colorful device.

Saskatchewan’s population grew by another 4,195 people in the third quarter of 2019, to an all-time high of 1,178,657 people. This represents the 54th consecutive quarter of population growth in Saskatchewan.

On Dec. 6 at 4:35 a.m., two individuals in either a truck or SUV gained access to sheds and garages near Southbay at Turtle Lake. The two individuals caused damages to these doors/door frames.

“O come all ye faithful…” These past few weeks the words of those familiar but ancient Christmas carols have invited me to think far beyond the hubbub that can come with the Christmas season.

Maidstone RCMP are asking for the public’s assistance in determining who was driving the stolen vehicle in the attached picture. On Dec. 16, at approximately 1 a.m.

The Battlefords North Stars have bounced back in fine fashion from their 10-1 pounding against Flin Flon on the weekend. On Tuesday they travelled to Humboldt for the first of two back-to-back games versus the Broncos, and beat them 7-4.

Battlefords and area fans hoping to make the trip to Yorkton, Saskatchewan to see Robyn Silvernagle’s team return to the Meridian Canadian Open got disappointing news Tuesday. The field has been announced for teams at the event Jan.

It didn’t take long for the tickets to disappear for the Rotary Club of the Battlefords’ 100th anniversary gala.

UPDATE: The male has now been located. There is no further threat to the Leask Elementary School and therefore the hold and secure has been lifted. The RCMP would like to thank the public for their assistance in this matter.