Battlefords News-Optimist

July 1 was celebrated at the Maidstone Museum grounds July 1 on a beautiful summer day. The parade was led by a local RCMP and his son at 10 a.m.

Here is a summary of some of the other highlights from the July 21 council meeting in North Battleford. The City of North Battleford has entered an agreement with Royal Bank of Canada for financing capital projects.

There has been a further arrest in connection to an attempted armed robbery/bear spray incident in a parking lot in North Battleford this past weekend.

The picture of the Sons of Norway picnic in last week's paper didn't identify the girls. The one in the yellow top is Marion Ottas and the other is Charlene Alexander, both Arlene Walker's daughters.

Cory lived in Regina as a Consul for the Queen of England, who is the Sovereign figurehead of Canada.

Because of the smoke in the air, skies have not been so bright sometimes. Over an inch of rain fell Friday night. The full moon July 12 was unusual. Some called it a "super" moon. This moon was at a point in time when it came closest to the Earth.

There will be a local flavour to the upcoming High Impact Wrestling show at the Western Development Museum.

The summer had been swimming along nicely. The sun finally came out and gardens began to flourish. There was a baby boy born in Calgary who will someday call me Mormor. There was another baby born in Cold Lake, Alta.

Several Northwest exhibitors shared in the $100,000 in prize money offered during the Lloydminster Exhibition Association Colonial Days livestock shows that wrapped up July 12.

Days of smoke-filled skies seemed to disguise the arrival of an intense storm that hit Unity and surrounding area July 17. Weather forecasters spent most of the day predicting severe weather in our area and by as early as 4 p.m.