Battlefords News-Optimist

Both the North Battleford and Saskatoon Western Development Museums have been recognized by RVwest Magazine as part of their 2014 Reader's Choice Awards.

The weather warmed up and the Battlefords RCMP were on the move answering more than 40 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Tuesday, April 29 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, April 30. Among those calls were six false/nuisance 911 calls. Tuesday 9:14 a.

Not using pesticides, the Walking J Farm in Arizona, 20 miles from the Mexican border, near Amado, was certified organic and an inspector came through to pass the farm and submit the required papers.

Here is a rundown of some of the activities from the April 14 meeting of North Battleford council. Thanks to City Communication Manager Mike Halstead for much of the information.

The Battlefords Regional Optimist came away from the weekend's Saskatchewan Weekly Newspapers Association convention with six more awards to hang in the foyer of the Battlefords Publishing building.

The efforts of staffers at City Hall to clean up the city April 9 were hailed by their city manager Monday. "It was a great team-building exercise for us," Jim Puffalt said to reporters following the council meeting.

On a snowy spring day, Tuesday, the Battlefords Art Club had a good turnout of painters. We discussed the spring show and sale that opens May 2 from 6 to 9 p.m. and continues Saturday, May 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The Association of Saskatchewan Realtors in conjunction with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation has honoured local Realtor Alexander (Al) White with a Distinguished Realtor Award.

This year's diocesan Catholic Women's League convention was held in Prince Albert at St. Micheal's Parish. Guest speaker for the morning session was Danica Lorer, who is a professional storyteller, photographer and a freelance writer.

Several people attended the quilt show in Maidstone on the weekend. The show was both Saturday and Sunday. It is always amazing to see the fine work the quilters do.