Battlefords News-Optimist

For those working in emergency services, and for the general public, the best one can hope for is a boring, uneventful year. S. Sgt.

Failure - noun - an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful, lack of success. It is perfectly normal for us to fail from time to time when we set fitness goals for ourselves.

Saturday marks the start of the final week of the Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League's regular season and the standings and the races are heating up. Battleford leads the pack with a 12-2-0 and won both their games last week.

The City of North Battleford is stepping up its efforts to combat homelessness in the community by endorsing a grant application for the North Battleford Transitional Housing Project.

City employees are becoming familiar faces in the gallery at North Battleford council meetings. The members of CUPE Local 287 were once again at council Jan.

Artist Margaret Bremner recently made her second annual visit to Maymont Central School. She provided several sessions in which she instructed Grades 2 through 8 in the techniques of Zentangle, an activity which allows everyone to be an artist.

Glaslyn Central School has received a $5,000 TreatySmarts grant from the Saskatchewan Arts Board to work with a professional musician to help students explore traditional instruments in a modern context, build cultural bridges and improve musical pro

Mount Hope 4-H Club held their first meeting Dec. 7. Executive members were chosen. President is Hanna Beatch, vice-president is Ben Ramsay, treasurer is Graham Beatch, secretary is Jordon Tuck and reporter is Steven Ramsay.

I was sick and tired of picking up my kids after a long day at work, coming home, and barely getting inside the house before immediately having to cope with the blare of the television as my then seven-year-old ran to tune into whatever show happened

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