Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

Once again, June saw a strong showing for building permits in North Battleford. A total of 11 permits were issued for $4,655,100 in June.

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.