Battlefords News-Optimist

October is over and the Halloween spooks have been around. Beth Maves and Colleen Koski were to Lloydminster shopping Saturday. Barry Innis of Tomahawk, Alta. visited his aunt Jean Stewart and brother George Innis.

Ed, my neighbour next door, is not one to get depressed about circumstances beyond his control. I was telling Ed I was feeling gloomy for a relative who is experiencing partial blindness that may become complete blindness.

Thank you all for your support of the money draw.

A nine-year-old boy testing the thickness of the ice on the North Saskatchewan River Wednesday found himself in "hot" water.

Battlefords Rural RCMP say foul play is not suspected in the death of a 48-year-old man on Red Pheasant First Nation Wednesday. Police say a call was received at about 9:30 a.m. of an unresponsive man in a ditch on the reserve.

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.