Battlefords News-Optimist

Should the old City Kinsmen Swimming Pool be destroyed or converted into a senior citizen's activity centre? As president of the Battlefords Heritage Society, I would be remiss if I did not comment on the City's intent to destroy the old North Battle

Ed, my neighbour next door, has some seeding done but the weather won't co-operate so he can finish planting. He feels he is an innocent victim of unpredictable Mother Nature. I said to Ed that we all face the force of things conspiring against us.

Are First Nations and other residents of the Northwest living in parallel universes? This week at North Battleford city council, Councillor Ron Crush pushed for criminal record checks of any candidates running for council.

I keep finding it harder and harder to start each column and not sound like I'm repeating myself from week to week. Being from a farming background and living on a farm, I tend to babble about the weather.

The issue of council members' attendance at council meetings is again an issue at City Hall.

Sometimes being in the middle of nowhere means being in the heart of everywhere. There are times I complain I'm too far away from airports and arts and cultural events, but sometimes the best place to be is right in the middle.

A major cultural event took place between Thunderchild School (cultural group), Glaslyn Central School (Grade 10) and H. Hardcastle School (Grade 9), under the TreatySmarts grant program sponsored by the Saskatchewan Arts Board.

If Councillor Ron Crush had his way, criminal record checks would be instituted for candidates in the next civic election.

June brings a new physician to North Saskatchewan River Health Holdings clinics. Dr. Dandugula begins practice in Health Holdings communities in June, members of the board were informed at a meeting May 14.

The Blaine Lake Centennial Monument Committee is pleased to announce the arrival of the legacy monument.