Battlefords News-Optimist

At the outset, I must give credit to John Cairns, staff writer with the News-Optimist, for writing an article on Ray Hickson a few years ago. Much of this article is based on Cairns' work. Ray Hickson was born on Dec.

Wednesday, CEO Jane Shury and secretary Ina Williams put together a home made meal for volunteers of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame, as a thank you for their efforts over the past year.

Another nice week of harvest weather. I had a hoar frost rain marked for Sept. 17-18. The moon was not tipped according to father-in-law Bob Polinsky), so we got no rain, but we did get some cool weather.

The fourth annual Culture Days weekend kicks off Friday, Sept. 27 with some 7,000 free activities happening in 850 Canadian cities and towns.

NASH: Mr Lloyd Thompson Nash of North Battleford passed away peacefully on June 20, 2013 at the age of 93 years in North Battleford.

The Fred Light Museum houses a collection of more than 330 firearms, some dating back as far as the 1600s, and a local donation has increased the colleciton. Joyce Vany, a descendent of North West Mounted Police members Cst.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings went into Friday night's football game against the Evan Hardy Souls out of Saskatoon with a 1-1 record on the season and looked to start their home schedule on a positive note.

The City of North Battleford 2013 Centennial Committee will be recreating the 1938 photograph of the 25th birthday celebration of North Battleford Sept. 28.

Sunday, the Diocese of Prince Albert and Notre Dame Church in North Battleford hosted a celebration of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha on the first anniversary of her sainthood.

The City of North Battleford is getting federal funding help to attract and retain foreign direct investment.