Battlefords News-Optimist

Kermit the Frog debuted the song It's Not Easy Being Green in 1970, in which he laments the fact his skin is the "colour of the leaves." He also says being green allows him to blend in with "so many ordinary things.

If you ask for buzzwords in today's business world, you'll always hear the terms "networking" and "communication." This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a convention dedicated to both these concepts.

A man remains in custody following a complaint made to RCMP about a man carrying a firearm on Second Avenue in the town of Battleford. The incident is alleged to have happened April 28.

The final business meeting of the year for the Rivers' Edge Quilt Guild was held May 2 in the Don Ross craft room with 20 members attending. Quilters are forever busy and the meeting was an engaging and lively event.

A blown radiator hose was reported as a vehicle fire Friday, with the North Battleford Fire Department attending. The incident was reported at 10:32 p.m. as steam, vapor or fog thought to be smoke.

An individual, or individuals, with a strange interest in collecting hardware is causing concerns for the City of North Battleford's Public Works and Engineering Department.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 15 calls between 6 a.m. Sunday, May 11 and 6 a.m. Monday, May 12. Sunday 6:32 a.m. - Break and enter to a vacant home on 1400 block of 104th Street. 2:30 p.m.

The topic of my column this month is epidemics. No, I'm not writing about the crime epidemic in North Battleford. Instead, I'm focusing on a more relevant topic, and that is infectious diseases.

The skies were blue, but the mood was warm at the Battlefords Art Club weekly get together Tuesday. Enthusiasm was high at our discussion of the art show and sale hosted last weekend. Attendance was down, but it was still a successful event.

Battlefords RCMP responded to more than 30 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Friday, May 9 and 6 a.m. Saturday, May 10. Among those were two false/nuisance 911 calls, one false alarm and three traffic related complaints. Friday 7:32 a.m.