Battlefords News-Optimist

Sometime in the late 1950s, when the Rabbit Lake United Church was being built, Bob Duns and Rev. Frank Stiles took on the task of installing a set of chimes with speakers mounted in the steeple.

Dear Editor With the elections for the new wheat and barley commissions looming, I decided to give all of the candidate biographies a read. I noticed an interesting contrast.

The North Battleford Water Doves were in action this past weekend in Moose Jaw at the Marnie Eistetter Figure Meet Nov. 17. The Water Doves competed in four of the eight age categories.

Every Monday at 10 a.m., for half an hour, there will be In Motion exercises in the Friendship Club room, taught by Audrey Baker, who has taken training for six weeks. There is no cost for this class.

Caleb Village, the newest retirement community in the city, has been open for nearly three months. We are all settling in and getting to know each other.

Meota was a busy place, Nov. 16 as the Meota Farmers' Market Christmas Fair was held in the community center. This is organized by Sylvia Mikkelson and her daughter Shelley.

Two young men dressed neatly in dark suits have been seen walking about Battleford lately, and Monday night they visited Battleford town council at its regular meeting.

Dear Editor Though few of us in Saskatchewan would deny the need for a strong minimum wage, to help protect our most vulnerable working people, it might be time for our province to consider implementing a maximum wage.

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.