Battlefords News-Optimist

Wow. The storm system that hit Unity not once, but three times in a 12-hour time span was something else.

As I write this, the Costa Concordia has been refloated and should be on its way to Genoa for dismantlement.

North Battleford has again been humbled by the annual Crime Severity Index numbers.

Although summer this year has been slow to produce any real heat, I am relatively sure it will come. In the meantime our cool crops are loving the very extended spring! The lawn is a big fixture in the landscape but it is largely not understood.

"I always knew I wanted to be a teacher," says Junice Headley who has recently retired from a 60-year career as a music teacher. "I was a teacher from this big," she laughs, holding her hand out to a child's height.

A night after falling behind in their best-of-three series with the Border City Blue Jays, the North Battleford Beavers evened up the series with a 3-0 win Tuesday night at Beaver Lions Stadium.

Sometime between Tuesday, July 22 and Wednesday, July 23, there were a rash of thefts from motor vehicles in the town of Lashburn. Miscellaneous items of value were stolen.

The Lloydminster Twins are one step closer to their fifth straight NSRBL championship. The Twins swept their best-of-three series with the Mervin Flyers to advance to the second round.

The North Battleford RCMP responded to approximately 30 calls for service between 6 a.m. Tuesday, July 22 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, July 23.

Buying a new home is an important lifestyle choice - you decide where you want to live based on the type of home you want, the neighbourhood, perhaps proximity to schools or parks and for a host of other personal and family reasons.