Battlefords News-Optimist

Hi there! I do think spring has sprung as someone reported seeing robins. It will be so nice to see green grass and flowers blooming again. However, it has been dry, so we'll hope to get those April showers.

So the auditor general thinks the F-35 is going to cost Canada about $25 billion. Now what? Do we start throwing rocks at bad guys? It may come to that.

Another spring ritual is back. That's right - North Battleford's street sweepers are out cleaning the city streets, which are still covered in dirt after what was a mild winter.

It's not often that one can reap the rewards of a home-based business in just three short years but Cora Putz of Saskatoon can relate to the old adage that 'dreams really do come true.

Members of the business community in the Battlefords heard it straight from the provincial finance minister's mouth April 4.

Hi there! We finally got a lovely rain on the last weekend of April. It was reported over a half inch. I'm sure everyone was smiling, especially the farmers who were worried about the dry conditions.

The principal violist with the Saskatoon Symphony will be the featured guest at the latest "Music for the Soul" recital, presented by local artists Jaya Hoy and Lisa Hornung. Scheduled for Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m.

Battlefords resident Elaine Wagoner is giving a benefit concert May 24 at the Battlefords Indian Métis Friendship Centre from 7 to 10 p.m. Originally from Nova Scotia, Wagoner came to North Battleford in 1990.

Eighteen-year-old Unity resident, Alysha Ehnisz has returned home from a six-month adventure of a lifetime with Youth With a Mission, which took her to Kona, Hawaii and Rwanda, Africa.

The Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival has concluded with 12 local performers moving on to the provincial festival in each of the festival's categories. In the speech arts category, David Patterson was the only participant recommended to provincials.