Battlefords News-Optimist

Talking openly about mental illnesses and addictions is a good thing. Efforts to address the stigma associated with mental illnesses have made it easier for people who have been suffering in silence to seek help.

The Lloydminster Twins will have a chance to defend their NSRBL title. And they will do so against a cross-town rival. The Twins finished a tight series against the Wilkie Brewers. After the Twins won game one, the Brewers won game two 5-3.

Saskatchewan's livestock producers now have 72 per cent of the hay crop baled or put into silage, with an additional 13 per cent ready for baling, according to Saskatchewan Agriculture's Weekly Crop Report.

The 1500 block of 110th Street will be closed today 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. for patching.

The very first volunteer on the very first shift of the Battlefords Union Hospital volunteer greeter program completed her very last shift Friday, Aug. 1. Norma Linnel has been working the Friday shift since the greeter program was initiated in 2004.

The 103rd Men's Amateur Golf championship held this year in Prince Albert at the Cooke Municipal golf course may have come and gone without anyone noticing. That is until Unity's fan-favourite Justin Wood was competing in it.

Saskatoon's Robert Silzer will be inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame Aug. 16 as a player. Silzer was interested in all types of sports, but especially baseball.

Gwen Kaye is the co-organizer of the annual Atton's Lake "Swing for a Cure" fundraising golf event to benefit the Saskatchewan Breast Cancer Foundation and Breast Cancer Action Saskatchewan held Aug. 6.

Now that we are into the month of August, it's a good time to look at the state of the summer box office race. The first conclusion we can come to is that I am no good as a prognosticator.

The Battlefords Agricultural Society is bringing two new attractions to the 127th edition of the Northwest Territorial Days, running from Aug. 11 to 15.