Battlefords News-Optimist

The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation's Festival of Trees begins Friday, Nov. 29 and runs to Sunday, Dec.1 at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts. Sunday's events will feature breakfast and pictures with Santa beginning at 9 a.m.

Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation's Festival of Trees is in its 18th year and again promises to be an entertaining, exciting three days from Friday, Nov. 29 to Sunday, Dec. 1 at Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts.

I would like to extend a bouquet to Chris and his crew at SaskPower doing the upgrades on the east side of town the past couple of weeks.

Tuesday night's game versus the Kindersley Klippers was surely proof that the Battlefords North Stars had earned their "cardiac" label.

Stomp stomp stomp! "I want the big chicken!" "No, Spencer, there is no more big chicken." "I want the big chicken! Katrina got one." "Spencer, Katrina is twice as big as you. She gets the bigger chicken." Stomp stomp stomp! Pout pout pout. Tear.

Battlefords RCMP attended 25 calls between 6 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19 and 6 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20. According to Sgt. Darcy Woolfitt, the calls ranged from 911 to alarms, intoxicated persons, property damage and vehicle collisions Tuesday 6:10 a.m.

In response to recent requests from the public for more information on crime statistics in North Battleford, the Battlefords RCMP detachment has released numbers spanning the past five years.

SMITH - Marie Therese "Terry" , It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our dear mother, grandmother and great grandmother, Terry, on November 13, 2013 at Extendicare Michener Hill in Red Deer, AB, at the age of 89 years.

Four men have been assessed fines of $7,570 after pleading guilty in Spiritwood to 12 charges under Saskatchewan Fisheries Regulations. Their offences: angling with too many lines. Two of the four also pled guilty to over-possession of fish.

New Horizons took to the ice Tuesday, Nov. 12.