Battlefords News-Optimist

SCHMIDT: In Loving Memory Of William "Bill" Schmidt who was born June 24, 1929 at Maymont, SK and passed away April 3, 2013 at Battleford, SK.

Two Battlefords scholars were among 1,050 Lakeland College students who earned awards at the college's awards evenings at Lloydminster and Vermilion in March.

SRAYKO, Clara Doris : In Loving Memory of Clara Doris Srayko ~ June 15, 1928, Lashburn, SK to March 23, 2013, North Battleford, SK.

A story in the Battlefords Regional Optimist on the budget impact on Living Sky School Division was raised in the legislative assembly April 9.

As I write this week's article, I admit to occasionally stopping to add another item to my lists: What to Pack and What Still Needs to be Done. In just five days I'm off to Saskatchewan and I can hardly wait.

A 2008 brown Ford F250 super duty truck with Saskatchewan license plate 175GDX was stolen from the 500 block of 114th Street North Battleford between April 8 and 9. Mischief was afoot between 9 p.m. April 4 and 7 a.m. April 5 in North Battleford.

MacNAUGHTON: Alice MacBeath MacNaughton: March 29, 1924 to April 2, 2013: Alice passed away quietly April 2, 2013. She was an accomplished pianist and a compassionate nurse before she fell ill in Vancouver.

FROLEK: In Loving Memory of John Joseph Frolek who was born January 23, 1936 at North Battleford, SK and passed away March 16, 2013 at Lethbridge, AB.

MORRIS: Eva Linnea Ingeborg Morris was the fourth child of Olaf & Christina Larson, born in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.A. on April 28, 1917. She lived in Sweden from August 1917 to May 1918 before immigrating to Canada.

Once in a while the archives comes across a real treasure in their call for archival material. And so it was, on a trip to the Battlefords News-Optimist this year.