Battlefords News-Optimist

KAYFISH: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Joseph George Kayfish, late of North Battleford, Saskatchewan on September 6, 2014 at the age of 91 years.

There was good news to report in the monthly update of the Community Safety Program delivered to council Monday night.

MURRAY: In Loving Memory Of Amelie Louise Murray who was born February 22, 1921 at North Battleford, SK and passed away August 30, 2014 at Battleford, SK.

Here are some of the other items that came up at North Battleford's city council meeting Sept. 22. (Thanks to City Communications Manager James Risdon for providing some of this information.

CRONK, Fred: November 22, 1918 Thunder Bay, ON - September 11, 2014 Calgary, Alberta. It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Stanley Frederick Cronk on Thursday, September 11, 2014. He lived a fruitful life and died peacefully at age 95.

More than 25 calls for service were made to the North Battleford RCMP detachment between 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22 and 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23.

Friday evening two highly anticipated musical events will be going on in the Battlefords. The big decision is which one to attend. Diehard fans will probably find a way to take in parts of both.

Up to this point, it had only been a hypothesis that celebrity firepower can drive consumer health behaviour.

I read about a couple who'd eaten lunch at a roadside diner. After they'd left and travelled a fair distance down the road the woman realized she'd forgotten her glasses. Her husband turned the car around and headed back, complaining all the way.

Five men, ranging in age from 21 to 28, are facing charges in connection with a violent home invasion in Unity Saturday. Unity RCMP say members were dispatched to a fight at a residence in the town at about 12:40 p.m.