Battlefords News Optimist

There may be no prouder athlete in the world than a football player, or at least in the football hungry province of Saskatchewan and the Battlefords community.

The summer hockey season is upon us and for some local hockey players that just means they are getting busy now.

The Speers and District Memorial United Church held their annual dinner theatre March 29, 30, 31 and April 1 with full houses all three evenings and Sunday afternoon. This year was their 19th production. The first one was in 1993 when Rev.

The City of North Battleford is making it known it wants the debris at the Jesus is Alive building site cleaned.

The second annual CÉFOU was the craziest cultural event of the year.

Hi there! I do think spring has sprung as someone reported seeing robins. It will be so nice to see green grass and flowers blooming again. However, it has been dry, so we'll hope to get those April showers.

So the auditor general thinks the F-35 is going to cost Canada about $25 billion. Now what? Do we start throwing rocks at bad guys? It may come to that.

Another spring ritual is back. That's right - North Battleford's street sweepers are out cleaning the city streets, which are still covered in dirt after what was a mild winter.

It's not often that one can reap the rewards of a home-based business in just three short years but Cora Putz of Saskatoon can relate to the old adage that 'dreams really do come true.

Members of the business community in the Battlefords heard it straight from the provincial finance minister's mouth April 4.