Battlefords News-Optimist

There is no shortage of water in the country this year. Potholes have become sloughs and sloughs spill over to fill lakes. Meeting Lake is higher than it has been in at least 70 years.

Work was being done at the cemetery last week, filling in low spots on various grave tops and some trimming was done around headstones in one area. The grass is getting very tall and heading out.

The end of the school year is nigh, and the Medstead School Community Council has rung in the season beautifully with the annual hot dog fun lunch and celebration.

Sympathy goes out to the Parkinson families of the Battlefords and Saskatoon on the recent passing of Ruby Parkinson of Saskatoon. Ruby (Jamison) came to the Baljennie area in 1945-46 to teach for one year at the all-country Baljennie School.

One of the special aspects of Medstead life is the chance to live in a peaceful rural community, while still having access to all the amenities of a larger location.

Unity RCMP are reporting there has been a theft of batteries and radiators in Senlac, Saskatchewan. According to police this took place sometime overnight between June 24 and 25, 2017.

Members of administration had some news to share about Herb Sutton at last Monday night’s city council meeting. City Manager Jim Puffalt reported earlier that day Sutton received the Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Public Service.

On the green concrete among the fire trucks at the North Battleford fire hall, twenty-two students graduated from the first phase of Emergency Services Responder Training. Some of the students could be working at the hall in the near future.

The Battlefords Trappers 2017 campaign is a long way from being finished. However, their chance of making it in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League playoffs came to an end at Beaver Lions Stadium Thursday night.

Battlefords North Stars fans can mark a big red star around Friday, September 15 on their calendar.