Battlefords News-Optimist

A big salute to the road crew working on the highway through Maymont. It's been a long time coming and we really appreciate your efforts in fixing our road. Know the law about driving in construction zones.

"Getting swept three straight by Melfort doesn't leave a good taste in anybody's mouth. Obviously we're still a little bitter on it and won't let it happen again this year, that's for sure," said Ryne Keller, Battlefords North Stars forward.

After years without a Special Olympics chapter in the Battlefords, interested volunteers came out in full force to bring it back Monday night.

Organizers thank everyone who supported the 2013 Terry Fox Ride and barbecue. The six-mile ride, starting at Hidden Meadows Ranch and stopping for lunch and swimming at Eight Mile Lake Sept.

Lakeland College Board of Governors has announced Dr. Tracy Edwards will be the college's next president and chief executive officer. Edwards will begin her career with Lakeland College Jan. 6, 2014.

Honeywood Heritage Nursery held its final cash lotto draws Sept. 14 at the Parkside Heritage Centre.

It's not just a bumper crop, it's a "bumper to bumper" crop. That's how Vicki Dutton of the Western Grain and Processing Division of Toepfer International is describing the crop coming off Saskatchewan fields.

School is back in session and the fall routine is beginning to fall into place once more. The Manitou Youth Soccer Association began with registration and their first practice Sept. 9.

Battlefords Art Club members held a short meeting on their lunch break Tuesday at the Don Ross Centre. Discussions were mainly about getting workshops with various art instructors. Jan Layh will conduct a workshop here Nov. 8 and 9.

Over 70 second, third and fourth generation descendants (aged three weeks to over 70) of Christian and Carrie Pederson, who farmed in the Thistledale district east of Borden from 1933 to the 1950s, gathered for a reunion over the Labour Day weekend a