Battlefords News-Optimist

Sept. 8 I had the pleasure to participate in the phone-in garden show on Blue Sky CBC Radio One. This show topics largely centered around the imminent frost that we expect in the next couple of days.

Retirement on the horizon? Congratulations, you have a lot to look forward to. Today's retirees are generally healthier, living longer and more active and engaged with everything their new life has to offer.

One individual remains at large after Little Pine First Nation was the scene of two violent home invasions last Friday. Friday, Sept 5 at 4:04 p.m., Cut Knife RCMP members responded to the scene.

A nice weekend was appreciated by holiday folks who are more often treated to a wet outing. The coming of fall brings all kinds of changes.

September has everyone back in the swing of things with school starting Sept. 2 and many organizations and events back from the summer hiatus.

The Wilkie Outlaws will call a new league home for the upcoming 2014-15 hockey season. The Outlaws are leaving the NSRHL as the two-time defending champions to join the Sask West Hockey League.

One almost expected game show host Bob Eubanks to walk in the door and put in an appearance at North Battleford city council Monday. There were enough newly-married councillors at the meeting to make up a contestant pool on The Newlywed Game.

Manitou Evangelical Free Church in Neilburg hosted their Weird Animals Vacation Bible School Aug. 18-22. Sixty-six children attended during the week, with an average attendance of 55 a day.

The combines are in the fields, the leaves are changing colour and campers are put away. This can only mean one thing: Maymont Central School students and staff are back. Staff officially went back to work Aug.

The other day, just before going to bed, our 10-year-old daughter Katrina came into my office. "Dad, there's something important I have to tell you," she said, a serious tone in her voice.