Battlefords News-Optimist

Elsewhere in this paper, you can read about my experience at the Easter Seals Drop Zone last week. A common theme when people ask me about my experience is "I would never be brave enough to do that.

As part of this series of first person adventures into the unknown, I have been known to take some rides in various interesting vehicles. I took a ride in one of the new transit buses, and also in the new street sweeper that the City had acquired.

Members of the bipartisan Traffic Safety Committee have tabled their report, which goes to the legislative assembly this fall.

Since his Major League Baseball career began just under a month ago, Andrew Albers has faced little in the way of adversity.

Students were back to school Tuesday throughout Living Sky School Division. Sept. 3 is recognized across Saskatchewan as Provincial Student's Day.

If you have Netflix, I strongly recommend you enter "Hiroshima" into the search box. There you will find the superb 2005 BBC documentary of the events that started the atomic age.

The Juno Beach Centre Association hosted its ninthannualProfessional Development Program for Educators with a passion for Canadian military historyfrom July 28 to Aug. 6.

SEIB: In Loving Memory of Daniel Almer Seib who was born December 27, 1933 at Glaslyn, SK and passed away August 11, 2013 at North Battleford, SK.

HOUSTON: Barbara Mary Houston, nee Hollingworth, passed away peacefully on August 27, 2013 at the Battlefords District Care Centre at the age of 88.

Here we go, cooking into harvest. These 30 C days are hard to take for us short, fat guys. I was down to my hills putting gear oil into one of the swather planetaries and I had water running down my face so I could hardly see.