Battlefords News-Optimist

The St. Walburg Eagles are out for revenge against the Wilkie Outlaws. After winning their respective semifinal series, the Eagles and Outlaws meet in the NSRHL finals for the second straight year.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce has announced the time for an information open house for an upcoming tour of China. The "Experience CHINA" open house is set for March 11 at 7 p.m.

The Borden Museum held an evening of Whist Feb. 27, with 16 players out to enjoy a fun card game. High hands went to Ed Neufeld and Bev Assman and low hands to Helen Sutherland and Ann Brand.

A date has been scheduled for the first town budget session for Battleford. The first budget session is scheduled for March 11 at 6:30 p.m., to take place in town chambers.

Ed, my neighbour next door, loves to go ice fishing, so I asked him how the fishing has been this winter. His reply surprised me. He said that he hasn't had the patience to do any fishing, because of the mean wind chills.

Dear Editor Shouldn't North Battleford residents have a vote (with the water bill) to say whether or not we want rollout garbage bins? The back alleys have been used for garbage pickup for the last 100 years.

The Battlefords 50s hockey club will be hosting their 34th annual old timer's tournament this weekend The tournament kicks off March 7 at 6 p.m. with the Battlefords 50s taking on the Kitscoty Nite Hawks at the Don Ross Centre.

I knew this day was coming - the day when my soon-to-be-10-year-old daughter would make the change from naïve little girl focused on her immediate world to one becoming aware of the outside world.

Josh LaFramboise had two goals and an assist to give the Battlefords AAA Stars a 5-2 win over the Saskatoon Contacts in game three of their best-of-five SMAAAHL quarter-final series at the Civic Centre Tuesday night.

A 19-year-old man is among a number of people arrested following a report of an alleged assault with bear spray at a business. The incident was alleged to have happened Saturday, March 1 around 5:07 a.m.