Battlefords News-Optimist

You may have seen him at church or out having a coffee. Maybe you've seen him at the golf course, at the grocery store or maybe you are lucky enough to be his neighbour.

The Saskatchewan Ministry of Education has awarded 2013 General Proficiency Awards to 15 students from Living Sky School Division.

Chris and Marianne Heeroma travelled to the Canadian Sheep Classic in Barriere, B.C. at the end of June. There, in the midst of a heat wave, they competed with the best from all over Canada.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has been watching me pick up apples every day. Our one apple tree is covered with apples. It has been the first to ripen, and to shed its apples, on the ground each day.

Wow! What is with this fall? Here it is the middle of September and no frost to report. That doesn't happen very often in this part of the province.

As 2012 was the International Year of Co-operatives, we visited a dairy co-operative, credit services co-ops, market co-ops, urban organic farms, the Santa Gertrudis show cattle farm, farmers markets and a crocodile preserve farm.

North Battleford's Parks and Recreation committee approved several community grants at their meeting Monday. Battleford Boys and Girls Club were approved for $2,000 to assist with their evening program.

The Marcelin Public Library, a branch of the Wapiti Regional Library located at the back of the village office in Marcelin, celebrated its 45th anniversary Sept. 15 with a barbecue.

The Manitou Pioneers Museum in Neilburg was the site of a Fall Family Fun Day Sept 7 as they played host to approximately 200 guests. Children were welcomed with a loot bag of assorted goodies.

Enrolment throughout the Living Sky School Division has turned out to be greater than what was projected.