Battlefords News-Optimist

Three 911 false/nuisance calls were among the 20 calls for service/occurrences responded to by Battlefords RCMP between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5. Tuesday 6:56 a.m.

Starting with the rookie of the year award won by Dustin McAleer and ending with the Sask West Hockey League playoffs' most valuable player trophy going to Cory Grant, a total of 11 awards were handed out at the Unity Miners' Awards Night March 28.

Living Sky School Division is still analyzing what the recent provincial budget means for the division, but it's already clear there will be less money to work with. The March 19 budget stated there will be $1.

A stew and biscuit luncheon at the Maidstone Drop In Centre March 12 was well attended with 32 people present. Following lunch, bingo was played with Margaret MacEachern doing the calling.

The host Battleford Volleyball Club Blaze won fifth place of Tier 3 at the 14U women's Subway Sask Cup No. 2 tournament held in North Battleford last weekend. The Blaze downed the Martensville Outerlimits 2-0 (25-19, 25-11) in the fifth place game.

The story of the Western Development Museum began during the mid 1940s when the drive to collect scrap metal for Second World War munitions threatened the survival of unused agricultural equipment - the steam engines, gas tractors, and plows - that h

The annual meeting of the Action Now Senior Center was held March 17. Officers returned by acclamation for the coming year are: president - Margaret Kemp; vice-president - Margaret Fedun; and secretary - Yvonne MacPherson.

The temperature didn't rise above - 10 C Sunday and the bitter wind made it feel much colder. Even though April is here it doesn't feel much like spring.

In previous letters I have asked for comments or feedback to the ramblings of this old man and other than receiving emails asking how to join SSAI I never did receive an adverse comment until March.

Meota is busy as usual, the latest action being the fish shacks coming off the lake by Monday. No reports as to how the fishing has been, but we hope they all had fun out there.