Battlefords News-Optimist

If nothing else, life is a journey - albeit for most of us, a journey refusing to stay on course. Plans are made; life happens and we change directions.

Dear Editor To seniors concerned about Harper's changes to Old Age Security, all I can say is "you got what you voted for." Seniors in Saskatchewan voted overwhelmingly Conservative in the last federal election, along with soon to be retirees.

During the last week or so, I have wasted considerable hours of company time scouring the Internet looking at possible deals for winter vacation getaways. Not that I'm about to actually take one of these deals.

In the past I have often expounded on my feelings that even though we in Canada claim to be a democracy, I have the deeply held belief that our parliamentary system of public voting by members of Parliament and members of the legislative assembly has

In this world there are people who go through their lives in quiet, unassuming ways. These are people who do their jobs well, but without fanfare. Who hold out a helping hand without expecting special recognition.

The Waseca Quilters meet on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. On the third Wednesday of this month the group will be meeting at Pine Island Lodge. We are looking forward to meeting with some of the residents there.

Yes I have been absent from sending in news for a while and without much news to write about it is hard to submit each week. So if everyone will bear with me, there will be news from time to time.

Those who just can't get enough of North Battleford's architecture now have another way to view the city's buildings - on the Internet.

The month of January is done, and what we thought was going to be a long cold month has been wonderfully mild. Colleen Koski was to Lloydminster to visit her mom, May Ford.

If Battleford mayor Derek Mahon has any governing philosophy, it is a simple one: paperwork in the winter, construction in the summer. Mahon has big shoes to fill, occupying the mayor's seat after six years of Chris Odishaw.