Battlefords News Optimist

This year the focus at École Père Mercure is on teaching and practicing the 10 learner profiles from the IB (International Baccalaureate) Program. This month the learner profile being developed with students and staff is "The Communicator.

Ah, trade shows. Nowhere else can you see such a hodge podge of timeless kitchenware, newfangled diet plans and homemade delights.

"More rainy weather could drive a man to drink," Ed, my neighbor next door, informed me. Ed has a drink of whiskey at certain times when the circumstances of his days are out of control and driving him nuts.

With the large amount of road work happening in North Battleford, the City is urging people to slow down, stay alert and obey barricades and signs.

Summer is often the time for travelling, whether to visit relatives, camp in the outdoors, or head abroad.

Call it luck, call it home course advantage, call it whatever you want, as long as you call the North Battleford Comprehensive High School boys' golf team district champs.

Dear Editor September has arrived and all over Living Sky School Division students have returned to class, except in Hafford.

For Frank Beier, judo isn't just a sport; it's a way of life.

To hear local author Wayne Brown tell it, the North West Resistance is a tale of larger-than-life characters, calamity, disorganization and hardship. The people involved in the North West Resistance make for interesting reading.

The momentum for the Credit Union CUPlex fundraising campaign continues with the release this week of the names of a number of "friends" who have contributed to the project.