Battlefords News-Optimist

Motorists are being advised 101st Street from 12th Avenue through to 14th Avenue in North Battleford will be closed to traffic on Saturday, Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the second annual Downtown North Battleford Fall Festival.

The North Battleford Parks and Recreation, Culture and Heritage Committee approved three more community grants at their monthly meeting Monday.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Senior Vikings' offence struggled Thursday night as they were shutout 43-0 by the Bishop James Mahoney Saints at Beaver Lions Stadium. Save for a couple of plays, the offence had trouble moving the ball.

The North Battleford RCMP detachment received approximately 26 calls for service between 6 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 17 and 6 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 18.

National Post columnist Andrew Coyne recently wrote a column in which he presents a solution to the "problem" of charities engaging in political activities: scrap the tax credits available to charitable donors.

Summer is always a busy time for the art community as there is only so much nice weather to work outdoors.

The provincial minister of corrections and policing will be coming to North Battleford in October. The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday at their monthly meeting that Christine Tell will be the guest speaker at a luncheon event Oct. 6.

Weekend visitors at the home of Phil and Lorna Bater were Phil's brother Gerald Bater, wife Agnes and their daughter Bobby Bater of Abbotsford, B.C. Phil's sister Gwenda Rondesvedt of North Battleford also visited.

Here is a rundown of activity from the Battleford town council meeting of Sept. 15. The main item on the agenda that evening was passage of a bylaw for the town to enter an agreement with SaskEnergy Inc.

The Borden Friendship Club held their first business meeting after the summer break, Sept. 10. After O Canada, there was a one-minute silence for departed member Gerald Bergman. The club is changing the date of their potluck supper to Oct.