Battlefords News-Optimist

Some of you may remember a Battlefords Vignettes article I wrote a few months ago. It was a chronicle about my battle of the bulge. In it I laid bare my soul and through a partnership with Lisa McEachern at Northern Athletic Club I set a goal.

Sometimes a near perfect event comes along. I experienced one of those this past weekend while attending a district Toastmasters conference.

The MASY Challenge is a synchronized swimming competition that annually features the best swimmers in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and B.C and the Yukon.

Seniors will converge on Rosetown June 2 for the Rivers West District 55+ Senior Summer Games playdowns.

Don Ross Centre rocked with creativity and grace April 9 to 12 as the venue of the 2012 Battlefords Dance Festival.

"Take the Lead, great things can happen" said David Benjatschek, keynote speaker at the Take the Lead Toastmasters District 42 Spring Convention held in Calgary, May 4 to 6.

Spring is here and the Western Development Museum in North Battleford is sprucing up the outdoor village for family fun. The outdoor garden is planted and the farm animals are arriving next weekend.

It was easier to run with the wind than against it but athletes bravely faced it both ways last week at the Battle River Division Track and Field Meet.

Everyone has their grammatical bugbears. For one of my grammar teachers, it was splitting infinitives. He could never understand why anyone, really, would be compelled to not follow this most basic grammatical rule.

No one ever promised completion of the Credit Union CUPlex was going to be smooth. There was good news and not so good news in the latest Credit Union CUPlex update from administration Monday.