Battlefords News-Optimist

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce got a clearer idea at a meeting March 19 about what the proposed changes to the City of North Battleford traffic bylaw will look like.

DEERY: Robert James Raymond "Ray" Deery passed away peacefully, with family at his side, Saturday, March 16, 2013 at the Spiritwood Health Complex, Spiritwood, SK. By personal request, there will not be a Funeral or Memorial Service.

Growing up in British Columbia, I can remember when producing your own vegetables in the 1970s and '80s, either in your back yard or in a community garden, meant you could be labeled as a "hippy" or "tree hugger.

Tackling the issue of homelessness in the community is a prime topic of interest for social workers in North Battleford.

The 2014 Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival opened Tuesday with two days of band performances followed by one day of string performances. Vocal performances begin Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. in Logie Hall at the Third Avenue United Church.

As April begins, the moon is in its waxing gibbous phase, seen in the south before sunrise. Saturn is just off to the southwest. Mercury, visible in the dawn sky all month, is seven degrees south of the slender crescent moon April 7 and 8.

Battlefords MLA Herb Cox expressed his pleasure with the provincial budget brought down March 20 in the legislature. Cox told the News-Optimist the budget was "for balanced growth. We held our spending to 3.1 per cent, which I think is excellent.

The annual meeting of the North Battleford Action Now Seniors' Centre was held March 18.

Leo Mann was born on Dec. 30, 1941, the 10th of 15 children, to Anton and Mary Mann at Gravelbourg. Leo took Grades 1 through 4 at Hodgeville, Grades 5 through 9 at Unity and Grades 10, 11 and 12 at St. Thomas College in North Battleford.

The New Democratic Party opposition in the legislature is blasting the provincial budget handed down March 20 as a "credit card budget.