Battlefords News Optimist

The University of Saskatchewan Spring Convocation 2011 was held at TCU Place May 31 through June 2.

Ed, my neighbour next door, feels there is no problem in stretching the truth so that it sounds a little more interesting than it might really be.

All Unity softball teams from squirts, peewees, bantams and midgets are in the final preparation portion of the season, as they prepare for their provincial competitions at various places across the province.

LACLARE: In Loving Memory of Marie Louise LaClare who was born February 28, 1923 at Edam, SK and passed away peacefully at Lady Minto Health Care Centre, Edam, SK on Saturday, June 11, 2011.

The City of North Battleford will be closing streets Sunday for a main valve replacement project.The City says the 11th Avenue - 100th Street intersection and the 1100 block of 100th Street will be closed to traffic at 5:00 a.m.

Take a break some afternoon in the near future to experience the newest exhibition in the Main Salon of the Chapel Gallery. "Meditations" features works by painter Jean E. Sonmor and will be on display until Aug. 30.

A great time was had at Redberry Lake Regional Park June 12. Redberry Lake Regional Park is located 13 kilometres east of Hafford, just south of Highway 40. Special thanks to Russ and Karen McNutt who organized a day in the park's Redberry Bowl.

Twenty-two adults completed academic upgrading at the North West Regional Collage and graduated with bright futures June 17.

I guess that old adage, "Be careful what you ask for" has some merit. Last week we were bemoaning the fact we had been left out of the rain and here a week later we are reporting an accumulation of almost four inches here in the village.

June 10, a group of four cyclists arrived in St. Walburg after riding the established portion of the Trans Canada Trail that bisects the district as it winds its way toward the west.