Battlefords News-Optimist

2017 Capital Works Weekly Update

Fundraising efforts for the 2018 Saskatchewan Winter Games received a welcome boost recently with the announcement of a Diamond Sponsor. Pattison Agriculture Ltd.

Some of the best youth softball players from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan will be competing at Battleford Flats Park this weekend.

Released on August 3, 2017 Harvest is underway for some producers in the south, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture’s Weekly Crop Report.

Cyril Fransoo passed away peacefully with family July 16, 2017. He will forever be loved and remembered by his wife of 59 years, Madeleine Fransoo and sons Jerome (Heather), Gerard (Alison), Michael (Colais) and Gilles (Marti) and families.

Dear Editor, Writer Charles Dickens was paid per word. I would pay writers to add one particular word to reports of traumatic events. The word is “physical” and it would precede “injury” and “recovery.

Former privy council clerk Wayne Wouters has become an officer of the Order of Canada. Wouters was born at Lady Minto Hospital in Edam in 1951 and grew up on the family farm.

Because of the Battlefords’ location on Highway 16, we are fortunate to see a lot of people come through who are criss-crossing the country during the summer months.

The Canadian Mental Health Association North Battleford branch is a number of things. It is a refuge for its members and a place for people with mental health issues to feel welcome.

Zelda Louise Schmidt Born November 26, 1923 to Roy Jay and Louisa Larson, Passed away March 23, 2017 due to a short illness with kidney failure. Left to mourn Zelda are one son Darrell(Eileene) Schmidt and one daughter Dora (Ray) Beckman.