Battlefords News-Optimist

ARSENAULT: It's with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our mother, grandmother, relative & friend, Nola Arsenault. After a long battle with cancer, Nola is now at peace.

CATAGAS: In Loving Memory of Nellie Catagas who was born November 19, 1938 at Shortdale, MB and passed away November 1, 2011 at Battleford, SK.

Phyllis Cunningham of Speers was inspired by a recent feature from the City of North Battleford Historic Archives about North Park Drive-in Theatre.

A former mayor of North Battleford called on the City of North Battleford to reverse its controversial Residential Down Payment Grant Program Monday night.

Frontier Mall merchants are teaming up with Warne Photography to raise funds for the Empty Stocking Fund.

The 11th annual Boys and Girls Club Gala Dinner and Auction, which took place Nov. 10 at the Gold Ridge Centre raised $54,000 for the organization. The funds will go towards a new building on their current lot.

The John Paul II Advanced Placement Program gives students a chance to work through first year university courses at JPII. Currently, AP Calculus and AP English are offered.

It has been a great week at Maidstone High School. We finished our magazine campaign and ended up with a grand total of 537 sales. We also raised $2,301.51 at our Terry Fox Day, and will be donating this money to cancer research.

The premise is First Person Exploits into the Unknown, but politics is something I have known all too well as of late.

The last time I sat down to write an article for this paper I was upset about the break in that had happened at the skating rink warm up shack here in Meota.