Battlefords News-Optimist

Wednesday proved to be an interesting day in the newsroom, especially for staff reporter John Cairns. Cairns provided coverage in the Oct. 3 edition of the News-Optimist of Gerry Ritz's presentation to the North Battleford Rotary Club Monday.

There can just not be enough good words to say about this fall weather. After a milder than normal winter and a cool, wet spring, we braced for the worst.

Welcome to fall. How nice to have cooler temperatures. The scenery in the west showing the lovely colours defies adequate description. In keeping with the season our first floor hallways glow with pretty leaf decorations and pictures of scenery.

"With the support of thousands of Canadians, they're working together to achieve this monumental milestone, one step at a time," was the statement by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation and Telus as part of the Telus Walk to Cure Diabetes fundraisi

There were 24 graduate students with business, social and environmental backgrounds participating in the ecosystem science and sustainability experiential trip at Redberry Lake Biosphere Reserve near Hafford.

North West Terminal Ltd. continues to post strong results for the first nine months of operation in 2011-12. The board of directors reported Monday that the Unity-based company made a net profit of $4,543,144 million, or 1.

Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz was one of the presenters as the federal Electoral Boundaries Commission made their latest stop in North Battleford.

And then there were five. The North Battleford Touch Football League's playoffs started Tuesday with two quarter-final games on the schedule. One game was postponed so it was just the Gophers and the Mettaxxas Ball Busters in action.

Catch the 10 Whist was played at the Maidstone Drop In Centre Sept. 17 with Jean Hartman hosting and providing lunch. High score went to Jean Stewart and low to Eva Inkster. Bingo was played Sept.

John Paul II Collegiate SRC members Jocelyn Hrabinsky, Victoria Winterhalt, Cole Degenstein, Cassidy Stynsky, Jesse Schmidt, Ben Fransoo and Tawnie Kotyk attended the annual Saskatchewan Student Leadership Conference in Watrous Sept. 19.