Battlefords News-Optimist

The postseason is under way in the North Saskatchewan River Baseball League, although the bats had to compete with the weather during the early days of the playoffs.

Atton's Lake public beach was the scene of a beach clean-up conducted by the Battlefords Scuba Community, July 8. At the end of the afternoon there was a pile of garbage recovered from the bottom of the lake.

Saskatoon produce Aron Braun will join other outstanding baseball builders Aug. 18 in Battleford when he is inducted into the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame. Braun, born in 1930, was introduced to the game in 1958 and it became his passion.

Get ready for a new stadium for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Water, a critically important subject for everyone, is not only an important life force; it conjures up notions of fluidity, flow, movement, power and peace.

A bouquet to editor Becky Doig for admitting to her own human frailties in her piece about Ronald Peequaqua ("Missing man called N. Battleford Home," News-Optimist July 11).

The RCMP were at Battleford town council Monday, providing an update on second-quarter crime statistics that was far from encouraging compared to last year's numbers.

For almost 20 summers, Norm Lehman, sporting a goatee, waxed moustache and crisp white uniform, marched at the head of the North Battleford parade with the North Battleford City Kinsmen Band setting the tone of the festivities with a lively Sousa mar

WOYTIUK; Anne J Woytiuk, Baba was born at the family farm in Uhrynow, Saskatchewan on September 15, 1912 to Wasyl and Tekla Charko. She was the eldest of 5 children; Paul, Jean, Ron, and Olga.

A few inches of welcome rain fell on the weekend after many days of dry hot weather. Crops, including the hay crop, were beginning to show signs of damage due to the dry conditions.