Battlefords News Optimist

What is bad news for the global markets has proven to be good news for the city of North Battleford in borrowing money to build to the Credit Union CUPlex.

The Blaine Lake Playschool Co-operative was established by community parents as a non-profit, community-centred playschool program to be a true parent co-operative.

An assault charged has been laid against a member of the RCMP Spiritwood detachment. Cst. Donovan Kajner, 33, of Spiritwood RCMP will make his first court appearance in North Battleford provincial court on Sept. 26. He was served a summons Aug. 17.

Dear Editor, After four decades and multi-billions of dollars, Canadians have not embraced the concept of official bilingualism, which is considered to be another politically-motivated scheme to appease voters in Quebec.

The North Battleford Touch Football League has had some good weather to start the season and four of the teams are thriving with the conditions. Four teams are preached perfectly at 3-0, while the remaining four teams are 0-3.

We were saddened on learning of the death of Ted (Theodore) Snell, who grew up in the village of Waseca. Snell was born Sept. 26, 1950 in the Maidstone Hospital.

SCHWINGENSCHLOEGL: In Loving Memory and Celebration of Emma Schwingenschloegl's home going December 9, 1924 - August 15, 2011 Emma was born in Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, the fourth child of Arno and Margaret Morgenstern.

It wasn't exactly the camp the coaching staff was hoping to have, as the Battlefords Midget AAA Sharks looked to put the struggles of the 2010-11 season behind them and start fresh with the 2011-12 training camp.

Call it bad luck, good fortune, a dumb move or the occasion for a good chuckle - any of these descriptions could be used to describe a news item I read this week.

COTE; Evelyn Cote (1922 - 2011) passed away peacefully on August 7th leaving behind her daughter Diane, her son-in law Allan Connolly and her sister Jean Robertson.