Battlefords News-Optimist

What happened to track and field? It may be the shortest athletic season on the high school calendar, but it always offered a chance for the highly competitive and talented to shine on an individual basis, to set goals and to push past personal bests

A very successful surprise birthday party was held April 21 to celebrate Jay Babineau's 75th birthday.

The inaugural Best Business Showcase event that the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce hoped to put on in October is not proceeding this fall as planned. That news came out of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce directors meeting Tuesday night.

Hope is a wonderful word for those of us dealing with the black clouds of depression. We cling to it as an overhanging cliff edge, with the knowledge that this is our lifesaver. Yes, never let us forget this fact.

At what is described as a raucous and chaotic nomination meeting May 11 at the Poundmaker Cree Nation, Deanne Kasokeo announced her candidacy for chief in the upcoming election Friday.

The dedication, work ethic and leadership of Battlefords North Stars forward Boyd Wakelin didn't go unnoticed throughout his junior hockey career and those attributes are among the reasons he has been recruited by the Augustana Vikings for the 2012-1

Last weekend marked the end of the 2012 high school badminton season, the provincial championship took place in Melfort. The girls' doubles team of Haley Enns and Meghan Lybeck were perfect on the weekend, as they earned the provincial gold medal.

The Frenchman Butte Museum will host a Queen's Diamond Jubilee Anniversary Complimentary Tea this Victoria Day afternoon, on the museum grounds at Frenchman Butte.

It looks as if the soon-to-be demolished Kinsmen Aquatic Centre will be making way for a 94-unit enhanced seniors' condominium and apartment complex. Caleb Group of Saskatoon has proposed a purchase and sale proposal for the approximately 2.

After a short life and many hardships and handicaps, Tessa Lea Beland of Denholm passed away April 16. Tessa was Trevor and Tanya Beland`s daughter, a step-daughter for Tanya. Sympathy is extended to the Beland, Snyder and Peters families.