Battlefords News-Optimist

Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation's Festival of Trees is approaching quickly with events from Friday, Nov. 30 to Sunday, Dec. 2. The Festival of Trees hosts the Carnival & Bazaar Sunday at the Gold Ridge Centre, North Battleford from 10 a.

The Borden 4-H Light Horse Club reorganized the end of September.

Dear Editor When I started high school in 1945, the legal drinking age was 21. As a result, in our school, drinking wasn't the "thing to do" until we were about the age of 18.

Hello again, quilting fans. The Rivers' Edge Quilters had their monthly meeting Nov. 2. Members meet the first Friday of every month. Last month, special guest was Gail Bertoia from Cut Knife.

If someone is being unusually kind to you, or perhaps surprising you with a good deed, don't be surprised. It might just be a part of Random Act of Kindness Day in the Battlefords, which is today, Nov. 9.

As our great city prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2013, one is compelled to reflect on the extraordinary journey on which our forbearers embarked at the turn of the 20th century.

BALYCH: Alex Balych 1924 - 2012: Alex Balych was born November 21, 1924 at Mudare, AB. He had a very diversified life, but everyone always knew his family came first. He adored his wife Pearl and theirs was a true storybook romance from start to end.

Halloween! Hope the little ones have a safe and happy one. Tillie Lenhert accompanied her daughter to the Vic Juba Centre, where she enjoyed the show of the Hank Williams impersonator. The music was just great.

A grey 2002 Dodge Durango was stolen from the 1500 block of 99th Street in North Battleford in the early morning hours of Nov. 4. Also Nov.

Human resource management is becoming a major issue for many farms.