Battlefords News-Optimist

The new name of the newly-merged Curling club in the Battlefords is the Twin Rivers Curling Club. That was the name selected following the name-the-club contest that took place this year.

The Battlefords AAA Sharks played two exhibition games on the weekend against Lloydminster. Despite losing 7-1 and 4-1 there is definitely a positive vibe around the team enter the 2012-13 season.

Finalists have been announced in the categories for this year's Battlefords Business Excellence Awards.

An 18-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 on the east side of Turtle Lake near Turtleford Friday morning.

Two young offenders have been charged in the armed robbery of a cab driver in North Battleford Aug. 8. Both will appear at North Battleford Provincial Court in September. The cab driver was robbed at about 2:30 a.m.

It was a rollercoaster ride of emotions around the Battlefords North Stars on the weekend, as they held their annual training camp at the Civic Centre.

The "Reeves" is big - very big, in fact it tips the scaled at 23,000 pounds. It is over 10 feet tall - the rear wheels are seven and a half feet in diameter; its tread is two feet wide.

The Western Development Museum has decided to raffle off a stove I've fashioned from a 20-pound propane tank. I will share more information on this little wonder. All of the fittings are one-eighth of an inch thick rolled steel.

An 18-year-old man is dead following a two-vehicle crash on Highway 3 on the east side of Turtle Lake near Turtleford Friday morning.

North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services sent personnel out on several calls over the weekend, but the incidents were all minor. At 6 p.m. Sunday, three firefighters responded to a call at 1101 - 99th St.