Battlefords News Optimist

For those who have known me for a long time, it would come as no surprise if I was to say I have struggled with my weight for some time.

Hi there! It doesn't seem possible we are into March again. To me February has passed by so quickly. In fact I think I have been glued in front of the TV most of the time watching curling. Now this month I am off to the Brier in Saskatoon.

The Saskatchewan Liberals are getting on with life without former party leader Ryan Bater. They held their first strategy meeting in February and plan another in Regina this month on the heels of the resignation of the Battlefords-based Bater Jan.

Lately, I have been doing some deep thinking about the swift passage of time. I mention this because of some of the deaths that have happened over the last month.

Belated birthday greetings to Eva Sutherland of Pine Island Lodge. Feb. 25, the family members including her daughter, Grace Flewell of Poplar Ridge near Red Deer, Alta., celebrated her birthday at the lodge.

Sunday was a spring-like day with lots of sunshine, temperatures above zero, melting of the snow that fell the night before and the usual slush and mud underfoot.

Scott Manners and his teammates, who are curling out of the Battleford Curling Club, knew they would be in tough against the best curlers in the country.

(Davis) Jones has played well, but I think our shooters haven't played well enough," said North Stars coach Kevin Hasselberg, after his team lost 3-2 on home ice to the Nipawin Hawks to fall behind 2-1 in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League's Bauer

The new director of finance for North Battleford has arrived in the city. Matthew Hartney and his wife Caley were at North Battleford city council Monday, where they were introduced from the gallery by City Manager Jim Toye.

The junior basketball season came to an end on the weekend, as district playoffs were held for the girls at John Paul II and for the boys in Luseland. The John Paul II boys won their first game 70-24 over Macklin to advance to the gold medal game.