Battlefords News-Optimist

Bean's Greens Greenhouse and Market Garden held its official opening May 5. Despite the cool wind and overcast skies, it was plenty warm inside the greenhouse as gardening enthusiasts browsed for the ideal plant for their yards.

A residence on Foley Drive was damaged during an attempted break and enter April 21. Small items were stolen from a residence on the 1100 block of 108th Street April 21.

The Maidstone School of Dance presentedtwo editions of The News! Saturday May 5. All of the girls' dances were set to a section of the newspaper - entertainment, sports, weather and so on.

After three days of dancing and over 100 individual dances, it was time to hand out awards.

The eight teams in the Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League were in action once again Wednesday with two games at the Flats in Battleford and the other game played in Unity.

While five teams continue to battle for the RBC Cup in Humboldt 10 players are in the hunt for the honour as the best player in the Canadian Junior Hockey League.

A rare thing happened at Battleford town council Monday: an "against" vote was cast.

Battlefords-Lloydminster MP Gerry Ritz has waded in on the proposed new stadium for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Perhaps the most anticipated golf tournament in the Battlefords each year is the Wayne Pruden Memorial Golf Tournament, as over 200 tee off each year.

Occasionally I get a good laugh from a news item. I don't mean those cynical snickers or unenthusiastic guffaws resulting from a clever cartoon. I mean a really funny bit of news that doesn't demean anyone else.