Battlefords News-Optimist

As the Stanley Cup final marked the end of the 2011-12 hockey season, the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League was looking ahead to the 2012-13 season during its annual general meeting on the weekend.

"College athletes make large sums of money for their schools and don't see anything for it.

I recently had the chance to chat with and listen to a seminar delivered by Dean Nicholson around substance use and sexual abuse. Nicholson is the administrator of East Kootenay Addiction Services in Cranbrook, B.C.

Time sure flies. Six of the 12 North Saskatchewan River Baseball League teams completed the first half of their schedule after Wednesday night. The rest will soon follow.

Health is defined as freedom from sickness and disease. The World Health Organization defines health as physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease.

The Unity Midget Panthers have cruised through the Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League season to this point and have lost just twice. Those two losses have both come at the hands of the Northwest Vipers.

Last year it was a Juno award winning jazz singer. This year its a look into the universe of the late John Lennon.

Let your imagination free. Join the 2012 TD Summer Reading Club Children look forward to the end of school. No more teachers, no more books. But wait! Children should still think about books over the summer.

Here comes summer and the open road lies ahead. I travel throughout the year, but the months of June, July and August are my favourite. I want to go where I've never been, where I've heard rave reviews and most of all, where I feel welcome.

Valley Ford Sales of North Battleford is among a group of Ford and Lincoln dealerships to be recognized with the 2011 President's Award by Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited.