Battlefords News-Optimist

The first rule of houseplant care is that houseplants should enhance your home. Take a critical look at your houseplants.

Those considering employment in the trades will want to check out the Try-a-Trade tradeshow happening Oct. 26 at NationsWest Field House. The event runs 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Volunteer opportunities

There are weekends that call us to the beach, to the garden or as in the case of this past weekend, to hunker down. Even as I write this article, Storm No. Three is rolling in, the third in just a few days.

A 25-year old driver from Lloydminster faces charges from the Traffic Safety act following a rollover east of Lashburn on highway 16.

The legislative session resumed with the start of the fall sitting on Wednesday, Oct. 19 and it was clear right away that much had taken place during the brief time the legislature was in summer recess.

In spite of our recent heavy snowfall, it seems winter is still to come in some areas. Others have already been blanketed with a heavy snow that will likely be here until spring.

Black knot is an ugly, disfiguring disease of some of the tree and shrub species in the plum and cherry genus (Prunus).

In spite of the snow that fell Oct. 5 and the inclement weather that followed, 40 members of the North Battleford Senior Citizens Action Now Club attended the birthday luncheon held Oct. 12 at noon.

Music has always been, and continues to be, a large and integral part of my life. I learned to play guitar as a child. I formed a rock band at age 17.