Battlefords News-Optimist

WOOD: In loving memory of Henry Norman Wood, born August 13, 1926 on the farm at Ruddell, SK and passed away July 20, 2014 at North Battleford, SK.

The 1500 Block of 110th Street will be closed all day for patching.

The Timberland Rodeo went off as usual this last weekend, but a couple of showers during the day resulted in a lot of mud. This caused some problems but, as with any event, they carried on and completed as best they could.

SaskTel has announced residents of Rabbit Lake will now be able to enjoy of SaskTel High Speed Internet service.

Visiting with Stanley and Dorothy Mills were their family, youngest son Glen, Donna and Brayden of Pentiction B.C., also Donna's mother Doreen Bargholz of Summerland B.C. and Stanley and Dorothy's daughter Elaine Heriault of Mississauga, Ont.

"Summer Time and the Sewing is Easy." So goes the first line of an aria composed by George Gershwin for the 1935 opera Porgy and Bess.

Two streets will be having work done on them most of Aug. 6. The 1400 and 1500 blocks of 110th Street will be partially closed all day for patching. From 2301 to 2502 Killdeer Drive will be closed all day to repair a catch basin.

Two males, one adult and one youth, both of North Battleford, were taken into custody Wednesday and were to appear in North Battleford Provincial Court on Aug. 7 after a robbery complaint. At 1:20 a.m. Aug.

Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder stopped in North Battleford on the way to a major event this weekend. That event was the Wounded Warriors Weekend in Slave Lake, Alta., Aug. 2 to 4.

A protest was held at North Battleford City Hall on Saturday afternoon, as members of the Assyrian community voiced their opposition to the persecution of Assyrian Christians by the jihadist ISIS campaign in Iraq.