Battlefords News-Optimist

A week that has already seen a huge variety of live music will conclude May 4 with a choral performance from the University of Alberta Mixed Chorus.

SADLOWSKI: It is with sadness that Rita, JoAnn, Terry and Shawn announce the passing of their beloved husband, father and grandfather, Julian Sadlowski, on Friday, April 27, 2012 at The Battlefords Union Hospital with his family at his side.

A wide range of local talent is coming together May 12 and 13 to put on "Seussical: The Musical" at North Battleford Comprehensive High School.

This week I had the privilege of giving a workshop to a group representing businesses and non-profit organizations.

Dear Editor: These are trying times for local newspapers everywhere, and our hard-pressed editors certainly don't need extra problems. Sometimes that extra problem involves a clash between grammatical correctness and political correctness.

HERZOG: Edward Matthew Herzog of Maidstone passed away on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at the age of 74 years. Edward Matthew Herzog was born on August 3, 1937 in Wilkie, SK.

Dear Editor Are City administrators and council members out of their minds, considering a one-time $5 registration fee bikes? There are so many other dilemmas that face this city, like extremely poor road conditions and bikes are the least of their w

"The imagination is bigger than the universe," said Marcia Chickeness, renowned beadwork artist from Poundmaker First Nation while in Maidstone giving an introduction to beading workshop at the public library April 27.

GABRUCH; Olive Gabruch With grateful hearts for the many blessings our Heavenly Father provided to our much loved Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Sister, Aunt, neighbor and friend, we, the family of Blanche Olive (Bridle) Gabruch, announce he

The moon begins the month with some close pairings: Mars on the first; Spica and Saturn on the third; then full phase on the fifth. That full moon is the largest of the year, the time when our satellite reaches perigee (closest approach) with Earth.