Battlefords News-Optimist

The Breast Friends, a group of cancer-crusading grandmothers from rural Saskatchewan, and a Dragons' Den Game Changer, has won big at the Oscars of the cookbook world - The Gourmand World Cookbook Awards - earning the title of best charity cookbook i

Ed, my neighbour next door, wanted to borrow my Saturday Leader-Post. He heard there was an obituary in the paper that he needed to see.

This week we are going to bring you up to date on the curling challenge that was played out at the Edam curling rink between the staff and students of H. Hardcastle School.

As hard as it may be to believe, spring is just around the corner. Last week Henry Konopelski saw the first gopher playing along the side of Highway 378. Hopefully the crows will soon be back because we usually get a crow storm after they arrive.

The Battlefords and Area Horticultural Society is starting to prepare for spring activities. It has been a long winter with nearly endless snow and the arrival of seed catalogues was a big note to brighten some days.

Cam Broten's victory in the Saskatchewan NDP leadership contest was closer than anyone imagined. Most expected a tight result, but few anticipated Broten's margin of victory would be by only 44 votes out of over 8,000 votes cast.

The Marsden Recreation Board held a snowmobile rally and chili cook-off Feb. 23, from the Marsden Community Hall. It was a poker-hand type rally with the lucky winners drawing tokens out of a bag at each checkpoint.

Each district or region in Saskatchewan could send four wrestlers per weight class to the 2013 Saskatchewan High School Athletic Association provincial championship at the University of Regina this weekend.

A beautiful, bright, sunny Saskatchewan day was enjoyed by the Battlefords Art Club Tuesday. Many members were back from vacations. An assessment of drawing, watercolour, acrylics and masks were worked on.

Travelling with her brother Jim Dolittle and sister-in-law, Dolores of Flaxcombe, Arlee Lumgain returned March 7 from a two-month motor trip that took them to many interesting places in the United States. Leaving Jan.