Battlefords News-Optimist

Is it just me or are the evenings beginning to get shorter? I really don't like the prospects of impending fall but when the Brown Eyed Susans, the Indian Paintbrush and the Goldenrod start flaming their colours we know we are moving in that directio

Another honour has been bestowed on a distinguished former resident of Edam. Wayne Wouters, who had gone on to become clerk of the Privy Council and secretary to cabinet, has been honoured by United Way Canada with the Andre Mailhot Award.

A small group of Battlefords Art Club members met again at the Don Ross Centre Tuesday to spring their talents into great pieces of art.

The Eagle Hills Multiple 4H Club enjoyed a great, fun-filled year. Paul Mitchell is the club leader as well as a project leader along with Colleen Gabruch, Karen Power and Debbie Flegel.

It's the long weekend, people. That can mean one of two things: where the heck did the first part of summer go so quickly or let's get out and enjoy another long weekend this summer.

From hockey straight to baseball for Battlefords athlete Keanu Foulds. He joined forces with the Goodfish Lake Hawks for the Alberta Mosquito Provincial Baseball Championships, and won a silver medal. The tournament was spread over three weekends.

The North Battleford Beavers were within three outs of their 2013 season coming to an end at the hands of the Border City Blue Jays.

Often former residents of the area come to visit their neighbours or the place they lived while here. If they haven't been back for a number of years they see many changes even in a small place like Waseca.

Sometimes, things can just fly out of left field and hit you in the head. That seems to be what happened on July 30, and I'm pretty sure both Premier Brad Wall and Finance Minister Ken Kravetz are reaching for a bottle of Tylenol.

The 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice ending the Korean War was remembered by local veterans Saturday. In a morning ceremony at the cenotaph in North Battleford, members of Royal Canadian Legion Branch No.