Battlefords News-Optimist

Happy birthday Feb. 22 to my mother-in-law, Anne; my sister-in-law, Cindy; and my dad, Doug; who all share a birthday Saturday. Wishing you all much health and happiness.

The St. Walburg Eagles and Edam 3 Stars advanced to the second round of the NSRHL playoffs by sweeping their respective best-of-three first round series.

Battlefords RCMP responded to less than 30 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19. They also responded to three alarms and three false/nuisance 911 calls were fielded. Tuesday 6:57 a.m.

ROY: It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Florence Roy, late of North Battleford, on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at the age of 84 years.

He wears denim and tweed, sports a beard and long hair and has a balding pate that, according to the poem, is the fault of a cow. "I'm not a 'high fallutin' guy,'" says Moe McGuinty, general manager of the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts.

KAUTH: Jeanette Marie Kauth, 76, of North Battleford, SK, died Friday, February 7, 2014 at St. Paul's Hospital in Saskatoon, SK.

Battlefords RCMP responded to around 20 calls for service/occurrences between 6 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 16 and 6 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17. Four of those calls were traffic related and three false alarms were also responded to. Sunday 10:06 a.m.

Stars forward Nara Elia had two goals and an assist in Saskatoon's 8-4 home win over the Battleford Sharks Monday night at the Agriplace Arena in SFMAAAHL action. It was the final regular season game for the Sharks.

After the first end of play there was a little confusion in the Peever/Belyk match and the Kjargaard/Scott game. It looked like they skipped playing end one as there were twos marked for the second end in each case.

At the half way point in the season, two Battlefords auto dealers are tied for the lead in the Twin Rivers curling club Wednesday night Business League.