Battlefords News-Optimist

4-H Saskatchewan has announced a total of 11 scholarships totalling $8,500 recently awarded to 4-H members throughout the province.

Ed, my neighbour next door, noticed me carrying various articles to my garage last week.

The owner of a Zodiak boat recovered from the North Saskatchewan River in the area between the Deer Creek Bridge in the Paradise Hill area and the Toby Nollet Bridge on Highway 21 has been located safe and sound in Sherwood Park, Alta.

The Battlefords North Stars held their annual general meeting Monday night and elected the board members for the upcoming Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League season. Darren Huxley was named the team's new president.

When the New Horizons play golf they like to bunch up, or so it seemed on Monday. Leading the pack, all alone and at par, was the team of Ralph Soiseth, Iris Thompson, Herman Friesen and Jim Taylor.

The recent string of school break-ins has North Battleford councillors concerned. During the presentation of the May statistics report for Battlefords RCMP detachment, Councillor Trent Houk posed a question.

In the moments of frustration, exhaustion, and sheer busy-ness of life, it may be difficult to find time to show or say "I love you" to our children.

The City of North Battleford shut down Water Treatment Plant No.1 Tuesday and has built a protective barrier in anticipation of a one-in-50-year flood on the North Saskatchewan River.

In the words of Dr. McCoy, "It's dead, Jim." This was the realization I had a few days ago looking at a large, majestic elm tree in our backyard. The end of June was here, and it had maybe 15 per cent of the foliage one would expect.

Dear Editor Several months ago I wrote a letter critical of the Dekker Centre's lack of shows and a reliance on "tribute shows" to pay the bills. Sadly very little has changed, in fact the situation is now dire.