Battlefords News-Optimist

Classes at the elementary and high schools in our little town are thinning out again this week. It isn't a flu bug or cold weather keeping students away this time, but the days before the February break.

As promised last week, here are another 25 of my favourite clippings from my many vision boards. I hope that some of these can motivate you towards achieving your goals. Many of them apply to more than just exercise.

Tuesday is the first day to cash in in the Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Monthly Lottery. Volunteers will begin selling tickets at BUH main lobby that day.

At École Père Mercure celebrates "the winter carnival" with enthusiasm for heritage and French culture. At the same time the school is also able to foster a sense of community and pride.

The sexual assault case against Harry Michael Dekker remains in an apparent holding pattern in court. The matter came up in provincial court in Saskatoon again Tuesday.

History and Commentary from a Prairie Perspective

You know literacy is important, but do you know what literacy really is? It's far more than just reading and writing. Literacy is communication. A person's ability to express themselves clearly and make sense of the world around them.

Town Council can be a relaxed affair. The town can go weeks without receiving correspondence, but the April 16 meeting saw the town receive four separate letters calling on the Town to take action.

There were some close games in the New Horizon curling Feb. 14 with Wisner, Hagen and Gordey coming out on top in the final end.

École Monseigneur Blais Morand played host to a student chess tournament Feb. 12. Sixteen student chess players from four different schools in the Battlefords participated.