Battlefords News-Optimist

March 21 1978 - The San Diego Padres fired manager Al Dark. He was the second manager ever to be fired during Major League Baseball's spring training season. 1994 - Wayne Gretzky tied Gordie Howe's National Hockey League record of 801 goals.

The Western Development Museum in North Battleford, as well as those in Moose Jaw, Saskatoon and Yorkton will resume Monday operations April 1. The museum will operate Mondays throughout the year except for January, February and March.

The ladies of the Ukrainian Catholic Parish hosted World Day of Prayer at Hafford March 7. The prayer service was held in Holy Eucharist Parish Church with 36 people in attendance.

Third-generation farmer Curtis Bowker, son of Mac Bowker and grandson of Ken Bowker, farms northwest of Unity. Although many things have changed in farming over the years, Curtis emphasizes the family farm is alive and well in Saskatchewan.

It wasn't ideal road conditions, but that didn't stop the Battlefords Bantam AA Barons from playing in Warman Wednesday evening. The Barons faced the Sask Valley Vipers in the Saskatchewan Bantam AA Hockey League's North Division final.

Henry and Nicole Gauthier of LaPlaine Quarter Horses and Paints near Duck Lake have been actively involved in the horse industry for over 18 years. Their reputation has earned them many accolades but none as honourable as the most recent award.

The Lisa Chambers juvenile curling rink competed in North Battleford at the Northland Power Curling Centre March 8 and 9 and from there moved on to provincials in Shaunavon.

I like to do different things from what I normally do for this "Exploits into the Unknown" feature. Well, this was different, all right. I was in Saskatoon for the New Democratic Party's provincial leadership vote.

The final weekend of the high school version of March Madness is upon us. The North Battleford Comprehensive High School senior girls basketball team went into the championship ranked fourth and knew they were in tough against Moose Jaw Peacock.

The daily average temperature for March in North Battleford, according to Environment Canada, is -6.2 C, and the average snow depth at the end of the month is 10 centimetres, or about three inches. Clearly, there is nothing average about this winter.