Battlefords News-Optimist

It was a mix of rookies and veterans chipping in offensively for the Battlefords North Stars on the weekend when they earned two wins against Bauer Conference teams.

Emergency crews rushed to Cameron McIntosh Airport Monday afternoon after a Piper aircraft hit a hillside shortly after takeoff. One adult and three teenagers appeared to suffer serious injuries as a result of the incident.

This weekend, not only did the Battlefords Midget Stars earn two more wins, but they were able to cross one of their season goals off the list. That goal being: make it to the famous Mac's Midget AAA World Invitational Tournament in Calgary.

Pieter Geldenhuy, who was reported missing from the Weyburn area has made contact with his family. RCMP received a complaint regarding his disappearance Nov. 19 and his family has not had any contact with him for four weeks.

Troy Harms has been involved in curling from a young age and continues to enjoy the sport in the Battlefords, but the next major event to make curling memories for the John Paul II student won't be his own curling.

This year marks the 127th anniversary of the demise of Wandering Spirit, the war chief of the Big Bear Nation in the late 1870s, who was hanged in 1885 at Fort Battleford for killing Indian agent Thomas Quinn at Frog Lake.

The New Horizons curled again Nov. 20 and it will come as no surprise to read that Forester, Rogers and Hagen were winners. Then also were Gregoire, Krismer and Raycraft; each having won half their games so far in the season.

Crown Hill 4-H Beef Club entered two teams in the 4-H team grooming competition at the fall fair held at Prairieland Park in Saskatoon Nov 10. They competed against other 4-H teams from across the province. Each team consisted of three members.

Two people have been charged with possession of marijuana for purposes of trafficking after one ounce of the drug was found during a search of a Little Pine First Nation residence Thursday.

Fifty individuals gathered in the Blaine Lake Composite School gymnasium to celebrate Blaine Lake's 64th consecutive Remembrance Day service since the ending of World War II. The Honour Guard consisted of Cst.