Battlefords News-Optimist

BELOIN: Lorraine Marie (nee Pouzache) September 25, 1920 - October 29, 2011 Our dear mother, grandmother and great-grandmother passed away peacefully with family at her side at Poplar Courts, Wilkie, SK. on Saturday, October 29th at the age of 91.

LOCKHART James (Jim) December 30, 1920 November 16, 2011 Jim passed away at the age of 90.

There was not much change to report in the RCMP Battlefords City Detachment's October 2011 crime report.

November 25Battlefords North Stars host the Notre Dame Hounds in SJHL action. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. November 25Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey League action begins with two games on the schedule. Cut Knife hosts Perdue at 8 p.m.

Have you ever heard the old saying, "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I understand?" This is the logic behind project-based learning.

Students at Ratushniak Elementary School in Maidstone had an informative visitor last week. Bob Angevine of the Alberta Farm Safety Centre spent time with each class as part of the UFA Safety Smarts school program.

Honoured Royal Lady Dorthea Hocker welcomed 23 members to the November St. Walburg Royal Purple meeting. Past District Deputy Donna Hall installed Lady Delores Volk as inner guard.

Combining music and charity, Gord Slater and friends have organized the first annual Jacket Drive and Jam Session at the Beaver Hotel Nov. 27 from 2 to 9 p.m.

To those individuals in the livestock industry, not all electric fences are created equal nor are all watering systems.

I don't get a chance to talk to my mother often between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Sometimes during the best times to call I'm busy and at other times she is out having fun when I try to reach her.