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For Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, Colleen Wicks, local librarian, held an open house at the Speers Library for children and adults. Five adults and two children attended. Colleen had them make Valentines and they were put in a box for a draw.

If there is one word that has most people on edge these days, it is the "s" word.

Efforts towards setting up a business improvement district in downtown North Battleford took another small step forward Monday. The bylaw to set up the program was introduced at Monday's council meeting.

The big news this week has been the weather. Strong winds and snow began early Wednesday morning. By late afternoon many roads had become impassable. Some of us were lucky to get home. Locally there were some people who didn't get home that evening.

Two more bylaws connected to the 2013 budget adoption made their way to North Battleford council Monday. This time it is to amend the waterworks and sewerage bylaws. Both would set the proposed rates for 2013 as well as attain the 6.

Building permit numbers saw a significant spike in value in February in North Battleford.

The Redberry Wildlife Federation (RWF) held its annual banquet and awards evening March 16 at Blaine Lake Memorial Hall.

Maidstone Museum held its annual meeting and election of officers Monday at the museum.

March is Fraud Awareness Month, and police service organizations around the province have been submitting articles about various kinds of fraud, including email and online scams.

The monthly meeting of the Maidstone Drop In Centre was held March 8 with Margaret MacEachern in the chair. Profit made from cards and bingo for the month of February was sent to Telemiracle and amounted to $132.