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Spirits were high as students and staff from Neilburg Composite School presented their annual Christmas concert Dec. 18. Vice-Principal, Tyson Volk was the MC. The program began with two songs sung by the Kindergarten class.

Three boys from Borden School - Dallas Burnett, Andrew Derksen and Eric Westad, along with Tyler Kamm from Colonsay, and their coach Dwayne Yachiw of Saskatoon, curl in a Saskatoon under-19 league on Sundays and a men's league on Tuesdays.

OSTERMAN: In Loving Memory of Alan Anton Osterman who was born August 31, 1963 at Turtleford, SK and passed away January 5, 2014 at Glaslyn District, SK.

Lane Pederson had two goals for the Saskatoon Blazers as they downed the Battlefords Stars in SMAAAHL action Wednesday night at the Civic Centre. The defeat snapped the Stars' nine-game winning streak.

It was one more chance for Sharon Mohagen to say goodbye following a year as president of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce. Mohagen had handed over the gavel to new Chamber president Ryan Moe at the President's Banquet almost two weeks earlier.

Time passes so quickly. This weekend will be the school semester break. Students will be free on Friday, Jan. 25 for a long weekend. Jan. 18, Jean McPherson hosted a supper for her husband Jim Maxwell and his siblings at their home in Saskatoon.

Blaine Lake will be one of the stops on the Prairie Women on Snowmobiles 2014 trek across Saskatchewan.

The Battlefords Atom AA Barons Tier 1 team finished second at a tournament in Prince Albert last weekend. There were 10 teams in the tournament divided into two pools.

Dear Editor Being a public activist and concerned citizen, I would like to direct my voice to North Battleford city council on the newly approved decision to have city wide garbage picked up biweekly and residents will be receiving recycle bins as we

The Maymont Settlers are one of the hottest teams in the SPHL. The Settlers stretched their winning streak to six games with wins last weekend over the Perdue Pirates and the Glaslyn North Stars.