Battlefords News-Optimist

Improved weather has allowed many producers to return to the field but harvest is progressing slowly, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report.

A local business is once again up for honours at the ABEX Awards to be held Nov. 1 at the Delta Regina Hotel. Gold Eagle Lodge is up for the ABEX Marketing Award sponsored by Handy Special Events.

Front man Steve Marriner, drummer Matt Sobb and guitarist Tony D plan to make MonkeyJunkies of us all next week.

The fifth Annual Turtleford Ag Society Summer Cattle Show was held Aug. 9 at the Turtleford Ag. Society Grounds. There were approximately 90 head of cattle entered in this one-day show.

Aug. 2, at the Hafford Gospel Fellowship hall, a come and go tea was held to honour Mary Sendecki a long-time resident of Hafford. The day was beautiful, warm and sunny, what a wonderful day to celebrate this beautiful milestone for Mary.

Planning is well under way for the second annual Battlefords Best Marketplace and Expo. The three-day event at the Field House, designed to promote the best in business in the Battlefords, will be held Oct.

The Battlefords Horticultural Society held its last awards night this week. Due to declining membership, the group has decided to close the garden gate on the 68-year-old organization.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been getting cranked up for harvesting and bubbling over with impatience about anything and everything. "You should know better than to hold a yard sale in September," he told me last week.

Normally a private person, Jeff Bridgeman is more interested in his training than his public relations work. The training was for the World Triathlon event in Edmonton Bridgeman competed in last August.

Dear Editor Well, just read "Road issues dominate discussions at city council" (Regional Optimist, Sept. 11). It still baffles me and I suppose many of my fellow citizens about priorities at City Hall.