Battlefords News-Optimist

There was a potluck supper held on April 27 for Ken and Karen Anderson at the senior's center in Maymont. There were 25 people who attended the supper. The new owners who purchased Ken and Karen's home were also in attendance.

As much as 50 per cent of household water is applied to your lawn. The easiest way to cut your water bill then is simply to stop watering your lawn. But to do that you need to use low maintenance grasses.

Law enforcement across the province are taking part in a traffic safety blitz targeting impaired driving this week.

The weather has turned to spring with temperatures in the teens and twenties. Thank you Big Guy, we have been waiting! Snow melt out in bushes and fence lines continues.

A former care home worker has been found guilty of assault of and administering a noxious substance to a woman under her care.

With the B.C. provincial election coming to a close, it's getting really hard to take the rhetoric from the leading contenders.

Battlefords and District Co-operative Ltd. has officially merged with the Radisson Co-op. Co-op members in the Battlefords approved the amalgamation at a special meeting in North Battleford April 30.

WAPPEL: In Loving Memory of Reynold Wappel who was born on September 19, 1925 in the Medstead, SK district and passed away April 18, 2013 in North Battleford, SK.

ALLAN: Wilhelmina (Ina) Kennedy Allan, July 18, 1939 - April 15, 2013, Ina Allan passed away after a long illness (Pulmonary Fibrosis) in Biggar, Sask. at the age of 73 years.

Dear Editor April 24, I attended the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses annual meeting in Regina. There were 309 nurses. We were excited to hear from Dustin Duncan, minister of health. Mr. Duncan spoke briefly about some budget items.