Battlefords News-Optimist

Dec. 12 has been circled as the date on which a decision on sentencing will be handed down in the sexual abuse case against former Beauval Indian Residential School dormitory supervisor Paul Leroux.

The RCMP say impaired driving enforcement is being made a national priority.

The Borden Friendship Club held their first bingo of the season Nov. 21 with quite a number out to play in the cold night. Winners received $15 and tiebreakers a consolation prize.

Jimmie and Greyson Stewart of Lloydminster stopped in to see grandma Jean Stewart on their way home from North Battleford where Greyson was playing hockey.

The Wilkie Outlaws climbed to the top of the NSRHL last weekend with two wins on the road against the Meadow Lake Stampeders. Wilkie (5-0) opened the weekend with a 3-1 win Saturday night. Kyle Wagner had a goal and an assist for the Outlaws.

A man guilty of sexual assault following two attacks on women on the North Battleford walking trail Sept. 28 will remain behind bars for the next 11 months.

Cards were cancelled Nov. 11 as a number of Maidstone Drop In Centre members wished to attend the service held at the Legion Hall. Bingo was played Nov. 13 with Margaret MacEachern and Jean Hartman doing the calling. Tillie Linkert provided lunch.

Santa Claus visited in Waseca Dec. 1. He came to the community centre where he was met by an excited group. The Waseca Heritage Group is sponsoring a Christmas celebration at 2 p.m. Dec 22.

It was 1908 when Charlie Davis donated a windswept acre of prairie at Lilac for St. Mary's Anglican Church. Lilac bushes and a stone cairn now mark the spot where the church once stood.

The Snow Angels program is off to a strong start in North Battleford, according to city officials. The program is a feel-good recognition program designed to encourage neighbours to help out neighbours by shovelling their sidewalks this winter.