Battlefords News-Optimist

Dear Editor Many thanks to Jane Shury, chairperson of the Saskatchewan Hospital North Battleford reunion committee, for a job well done. Jane was the mastermind behind both the reunion and the book, A Century of Caring.

The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis, is a destructive insect pest that has left tens of millions of dead ash (Fraxinus spp.) trees in its wake.

What really happened to Lana Lang? The whereabouts of Clark Kent's (aka Superman's) high school sweetheart has been the subject of intense speculation but the hard-working investigative reporters at the Battlefords Regional Optimist and the Unity-Wil

The Neilburg branch of the Lakeland Library has been a busy place recently. Story time was held June 14 and a time of games and crafts was held July 10. The summer reading program is now underway with prizes for participation.

Rockin' H Multiple 4-H Club had their achievement day June 29, 2013 during the Hafford centennial celebration.

Our sympathy to the Louise and Herman Gary family, formerly of Waseca, on the death of their daughter Amy. Amy passed away on the weekend at the age of 34 following many years of medical care. Aug.

The Borden Lions Club held an appreciation barbecue at the home of Don and Claudia Dyck of Borden Aug. 1.

With summer this far advanced, you are either vibrating with anxiety at the thought of only a few weeks left of summer, or you are experiencing happiness - or sadness - at the thoughts of your kids heading back to school in three weeks and a bit, or

It will be more like "measure three times" before a final plan for a new Saskatchewan Hospital is decided, but it appears the end result will be a world-class facility designed from the inside out by the people most closely involved.

Ira McKnight, from Indianapolis, Ind., will be inducted into the individual category of the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame as a player Aug. 17. McKnight, as a youth, played many sports.