Battlefords News-Optimist

Ed, my neighbor next door, was impressed to find out that we will be off to British Columbia for a two-week holiday.

The recreation board for the RM of Glenside held their first meeting of the new 2014 season at the home of Andrea Owen of Spinney Hill. Members attended from the three districts of Lizard Lake, Baljennie and Spinney Hill.

Battleford Town Council resolved Monday to apply to the Ministry of Government Relations to become eligible for the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program.

Officials at North Battleford City Hall are anticipating next Monday's debate on the new zoning bylaw and official community plan to be a lively one. A public hearing on the bylaw is set Monday, April 28.

Dear Editor I'm a kook? I am curious as to why someone would make such an insulting accusation against hundreds of thousands of law abiding, tax paying Canadians they don't know personally ("Take away guns, people turn to knives," Regional Optimist A

Easter's over; let's bring on aggressive spring weather instead of this nasty white stuff again. If you are a believer and follower of the Farmers' Almanac, April and May don't appear very promising.

It's something I've seen more than once in my career - the "can't get past the lead," or in some cases, "can't get past the headline," phenomenon. One example involves an April Fool's Day spoof that is best left out of the discussion.

The Battlefords Photo Club met on April 1 for their monthly meeting. The meeting started out with some fun, with the club photographing their "environment." which will be the challenge for May.

Finlayson Island is taking on water from the North Saskatchewan River. Both sides of the island are flooding as is the north shore trail.

Athletes from the Northwest made the trip to Boston, Mass. to run in the 118th Boston Marathon. Three of the 25 participants from Saskatchewan were from the Northwest. Robert St.