Battlefords News-Optimist

Dear Editor I would like to inform the citizens of Canada that the Idle No More Movement was founded by grassroots people and that is who they are representing.

Ed, my neighbor next door, is unusually upbeat this January. Returning from Mexico a few days after New Year's, Ed was soon greeted with the joyous news that the NHL is about to come to life for a shortened season.

The Lyla Wakefield Memorial Shuffleboard tournament was held at the Neilburg Seniors' Center Jan. 15. Rose Leitheiser and LaVonne Rutherford teamed up to win the event and they will have their names engraved on the trophy that hangs in the center.

The Battlefords Photo Club held its first meeting of 2013 Jan. 8. The club's focus of the meeting was night photography.

January: Tom Caldwell's 87th Birthday. Wing night fundraiser at Maymont Hotel for Relay for Life. Ten-year-old Korbin Prescesky caught an 11 pound eight ounce jackfish. Sherman and family travelled to Hawaii.

Between a curling bonspiel and a hockey tournament, the Saskcan Community Centre was a busy place the weekend of Jan. 12. The annual men's and women's joint curling bonspiel spilled over three days and the curling rink was abuzz with activity.

Bingo was played at the Maidstone Drop In Centre Jan. 2, with a good turnout. Margaret MacEachern and Jean Hartman did the calling. Lunch was provided by Noel Coulthard.

The Borden Community Centre Preservation Committee, with the help of the Borden Parks And Recreation Board, held a successful snowmobile rally Jan. 19, with 350 riders registering for the event.

Three concerts will come to the Battlefords in the next month and a half, either independently or for fundraisers. The first will take place at Keith Bartlett's music studio at the Don Ross Centre, and will feature Elizabeth Shepherd.

Carol Deagnon of Maymont has been awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in a presentation by Lt. Gov. Vaughn Schofield Jan. 16. Deagnon began as a volunteer, later becoming a valuable employee of Child Find Sask. for 10 years.