Battlefords News-Optimist

Most of us take for granted that the majority of our roads and highways are publicly funded and built at cost in order to serve the overall public good.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 55 calls for service between 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 20. Monday, Sept. 19 7:10 a.m. - Report of a garage being broken into and several items stolen. 7:32 a.m.

Mayfair News

The Wilkie Curling Club will be back on the ice this curling season. After last season’s tragic fire at the Wilkie Arena, many curlers were forced to go elsewhere and some chose not to curl at all.

Don Light doesn’t seem like a man who would choose to while away the hours.

The technical term for an annual phenomena is fall needle browning and fall needle shed. If you have a needle tree in your landscape you’ve probably noticed some discolouration in some of the interior needles.

St. Walburg Home Building Centre, Tree Canada and Turtleford Transitional School are celebrating National Tree Day on Sept. 22 by planting 105 spruce trees.

Volunteer opportunities

Living Sky School Division No. 202 had its regular board meeting Wednesday, Sept. 14 and on the agenda was student enrolment figures as of Sept. 7.

An independent, external investigation into a Thursday, Sept. 15 incident involving Unity RCMP that resulted in two male youths being injured in a single-vehicle collision has been initiated.