Battlefords News-Optimist

The Maidstone Museum's annual meeting followed by the monthly meeting was held on May 21 in the Maidstone Seniors' Centre.

A Battlefords-area man was sentenced Friday in connection to two attacks in Saskatoon.

BROUSSEAU, Gilbert Alan (Gib) August 23, 1928 - May 28, 2012 Gib's final days were spent in the palliative care unit at Surrey Memorial Hospital with his wife, Sylvia by his side at his passing.

The 16 under par score by Brian Sylvester, Mike Sylvester, Tracy Cook, Dwayne Weber and Will Rathje was impressive and helped them earn first place at the 16th annual Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament Monday at the North Battleford Golf and Count

Sometimes life holds such lovely surprises; take this past Friday afternoon, for example. My eyes glued to the computer monitor and the larger part of my anatomy glued to my computer chair, I raced against the clock to meet several writing deadlines.

BOLIN: Betty, July 22, 1939 - March 19, 2012. Betty Bolin (Syl), daughter of Sarah(Nylander) & Jack Bolin. Interment to take place at North Battleford City Cemetery along Hwy 40 on Saturday, June 9, 2012 at 12:30 PM.

Rev. Joseph Norbert Fuchs : Rev. Joseph Norbert Fuchs passed away on May 24, 2012 in Cut Knife, SK. at the age of 93 years. He was born to Joseph John Fuchs and Mary Scolastica Kerchner in Prince Albert, SK on March 9, 1919.

Sounds like people are taking advantage of the good weather. The exodus from the village to lake country on the weekend was noticeable as was the return Sunday evening. Students of Maidstone Grade 11 class left June 3 for their annual canoe trip.

I ran into some Lisa style tough love last week when I chickened out of my Monday weigh in. And the scale Thursday proved her point, as I was up a pound over the previous week. So, I not only ran 4.

The Saskatchewan Seniors Association Incorporated held their annual Region A meeting at Livelong on May 15. SSAI president Len Fallows from Prince Albert was in attendance and was guest speaker.