Battlefords News-Optimist

It is with a heavy heart and hand that I am writing this in memory of my brother Ken. His untimely death in a farm accident on March 10, 2012 caused a shock wave that ripped threw the hearts of his family, friends and community.

It's spring, and that can only mean one thing, it's pothole season. The unsightly holes in the roads are back in North Battleford, and that has kept city crews busy trying to find and repair them.

"Getting old is for the birds." That is how I used to feel. Now, however, I have reclaimed my life. How about you? Do you feel old? I think it is all a matter of the mind. I really believe age is irrelevant.

Dear Editor There has been lively public debate, as there should be, about the amount of spending in this year's provincial budget. Some feel the government is spending too little, while some other people feel the government is spending too much.

Congratulations to Alisdair Ramsay-Mackenzie who recently received a $50 prize at the Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival for his sacred reading entry in the speech arts section.

If you've dealt with the health care system recently you will have noticed a greater reliance on computer technology.

The league formerly known as the 50+ Curling League threw their last rocks at the Battleford Community Co-operative Curling Club last week, as they finished their final season in Battleford.

Dear Editor Vandals hit CUPlex. Are we all surprised? I guess not. Millions of dollars spent and more to go and there are no cameras. Oye, the people who call the shots are probably waiting until it's finished.

March 29Battlefords North Stars will hold their end of the season banquet at 6 p.m. in the upper auditorium of the Civic Centre.

Good news for residents of the Battlefords came recently in a report on the progress of the provincial government's Saskatchewan Surgical Initiatives.