Battlefords News-Optimist

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Working together with local organizations can boost efforts to provide opportunities and invest in the future of the community. One great example is the recent partnership between the City of North Battleford and the Rotary Club of the Battlefords.

Battleford RCMP responded to 50 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12. Tuesday, Oct. 11 9:48 a.m. - Complaint of theft of motor vehicle that had been left running unattended to warm up.

In this series of articles, Dr. Richard Hiebert tells the stories of the Battlefords' great dance bands from the 1940s to the present.

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The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has set Wednesday, Oct. 19 as the date for a candidates reception for the municipal election.

Dear Editor As president of the Battlefords Heritage Society, I have limited access to the goings on in the downtown core. But usually my hunches are correct. There is no plan to manage our historic structures downtown.

Last Saturday, I was sitting in an outdoor café in Lunenburg, N.S., enjoying the sunshine and the view of the ocean. This morning, as I am writing the news, the ground is covered with snow and the school buses are not running.

The 1600 block of 95th Street is closed from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday for the replacement of leaking curb stop. The 1300 block of 97th Street will be close from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday for a water and sewer dig at 1371 97th Street.

When Ed, my old neighbour from Saskatchewan, called yesterday I told him that we had suffered a power outage at our end of the Fraser Valley. It sure was quiet at our house, no television, no Internet for the computer.