Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

What a lot of shovelling. I enjoy shovelling, to a point, but this is a bit much for a great-great-granny. There came a day, however, when I was glad for the big banks of snow. I went upstairs to check the snow on the garage roof.

Freshman forward Bryce Gervais and the Minnesota State University Mavericks hockey team played in front of 15,971 fans at the Xcel Energy Centre March 21. The reason was the 2013 Red Baron WCHA Final Five game.

The Saskatchewan Institute of Agrologists recognized worthy individuals March 20 at their awards presentation during the SIA Adaptation Convention at the Dekker Cetre.

The final competitive minor hockey game in the Battlefords was played Sunday at Don Ross Arena. The Battlefords Bantam A Barons hosted Yorkton in the provincial final. Sunday's game was an evenly-matched, hardworking game ending in a 4-4.

I have now seen on one too many occasions, parents who are trying to live vicariously through their children. Here are just a couple of examples.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

Mark Young, a counselling professor at Gonzaga University, did research around what makes couples "healthy" and "happy." He found there were key themes in the healthy couples he interviewed.

Both Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League series were 2-1 in favour of the higher seed after three games.