Battlefords News-Optimist

It's official. June is nearly over and graduation is upon our community, amongst many others. Congratulations to the UCHS graduating class of 2014. Enjoy a safe grad weekend.

The crime numbers in May continued with the steady downward trend that has been going on throughout 2014. Calls for service for the month are down significantly to 993, compared to 1,663 for the same month a year ago.

WHARINGTON: It is with sadness Zona and family announce the passing of Edward "Ted" Wharington on Sunday, June 22, 2014 at Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK.

More than 20 seniors from Edam visited the Meota seniors at the Do Drop In June 18, to partake in a great potluck dinner and social afternoon. This followed their regular monthly meeting in the Do Drop In, in the morning.

We have just had a few days of rain, sometimes very heavy. It has rained well over an inch. Yesterday I noticed many fields had sloughs here and there in areas that had been seeded. Sunday brought us quite a bit of cloud and some sun.

If you haven't noticed the flood of emails in recent weeks asking for your consent, you probably have been in the woods and out of Internet range.

The Territorial Drive and 100th Street intersection will operate as a four-way stop for most of this afternoon as crews get the new traffic light signal system up and running. Drivers are asked to slow down and be aware of flag people.

City administration in North Battleford intends to get tough with those dumping appliances and other inappropriate items in back alleys.

An additional arrest has been made in the recent child porn sweep by the Saskatchewan ICE Unit, and this time the suspect is from North Battleford.

The Lloydminster Twins stayed on top of the NSRBL standings after last week's action. Lloydminster's first action of the week was rained out June 19. They were scheduled to host the North Battleford Beavers, but the contest was rained out.