Battlefords News-Optimist

The provincial government has announced it is moving ahead with several recommendations from the Special Committee on Traffic Safety report.

Aug. 24 and 25 the HMR Sport Horse Club hosted the third in their 2013 competition series. This two-day hunter/jumper show welcomed local, provincial and out-of-province competitors.

Here we are and only eight weeks away until the days begin to get longer! Hmm eight weeks to Christmas and nine weeks left in the year.

The 2013-2014 Battlefords Community Players season opens with a hilarious murder mystery. This fast moving witty play by Ken Ludwig takes place in Connecticut at the Gillette Castle on Christmas Eve 1936.

Six students from Marsden Jubilee School, in two age categories, began cross-country running this fall. They were in the under 12 peewees and in the over 12 bantams.

As part of an expansion of our collection of 24/7 library services, Lakeland Library Region is pleased to announce the addition of Zinio for Libraries.

A Rivers' Edge Quilters' workshop, "hidden wells," which was taught by Sandy Cook from Saskatoon, was enjoyed by 11 members. Sandy taught a technique of making a quilt block and producing a surprise set of hidden wells in the block pattern.

Andrew Albers, coming off the Minnesota Twins pitching mound recently, was touched by his welcome home Saturday night.

In the last couple articles about the Battlefords Co-op Aquatic Centre, we have talked about the learn to swim program in its many facets, but once a person learns to swim, what do they do with it? There are a number of options open to the swimmers a

Food Banks Canada released its annual Hunger Count Tuesday. It is a comprehensive report on hunger and food bank usage in Canada and has recommendations for change.