Battlefords News-Optimist

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.

Well, the deer are at it again and don't anyone try to convince me of how cute those critters are! I noticed the tops of all my snowdrops had disappeared and this afternoon the neighbour pointed in disgust to all her headless tulip stalks.

I think many Western Canadians take a perverse pride in WestJet. It started out as a Western Canadian airline. It was several years before the airline even offered flights to and from Toronto.

The New Horizons spring curling has come to a close before the spring arrived and long before the snow has left. In the morning draw March 19 on sheet one, the Hagen rink, who didn't count often but never-the-less did it big over the Forester group.

In just the second season of existence, the John Paul II cheer team is fired up. That enthusiasm showed, as they competed in the Warman Cheer Classic March 16 and 17.

Dear Editor North Battleford Comprehensive High School Viking girls were eliminated from gold medal contention on the weekend in 4A girls' basketball against Moose Jaw Peacock by a scorekeeping error that scorekeepers and officials refused to recogni

March 20 was the official first day of spring and what a day it was! The worst two day blizzard in years. Roads blocked, people stranded, everything ground to a stand still.

Folks in the Battlefords will once again be able to hear directly from the finance minister about what the provincial budget means for people locally.

The final weekend of Saskatchewan's high school version of March Madness is now over.