Battlefords News-Optimist

Gertie Sherman's daughter Pat and her husband Jim have recently returned from a four-week visit to Australia. Pat has been writing to a pen friend, Karen Molloy in New South Wales, for the past 49 years.

Nov. 24, Paynton organizations are coming togetherto raise money for the roof re-build ofPaynton's recreation facility. Paynton Library Board, Recreation Board, Volunteer Fire Department andFarmers' Market are hosting this all-day fundraiser.

Dear Editor Is the North American media biased or not? One has only to look at the coverage given Hurricane Sandy.

Former Unity resident, Karen McLean, experienced Hurricane Sandy first-hand. While vacationing in Salem, Mass., Karen and her friends discovered they would soon be in the path of Hurricane Sandy.

It was a busy weekend of volleyball across the province and this weekend will be more of the same.

As a child, I began stockpiling food 'just in case.' I always had three nutritious meals every day and never went hungry, but when my younger siblings started growing and passing my height I always made sure I made it to the dinner table on time.

In a report recently presented to the Living Sky School Division Board of Education, it was noted that 28 different countries are represented by the division's EAL (English as an Additional Language) learners, including Canada.

We all know milk is good for us. Our moms have been telling us this for years. Recently, I have been asked several times in the gym if chocolate milk is a good post-workout drink, so I thought I'd try to clear up some of the "milkiness".

The BUH Foundation's lottery volunteers drew names from an enormous steel drum Nov. 14, to determine who would win the large and small cash prizes. Winning the $100,000 prize were Alford and Phyllis Von Grad, of Goodsoil.

The Battlefords North Stars had some unfamiliar faces in their lineup Wednesday night, as they travelled to Melfort to face the Mustangs, a Bauer Conference rival.