Battlefords News-Optimist

Last week I received a copy of a publication in which one of my weekly articles appeared.

Dear Editor I read "Padding the poll" (News-Optimist, Oct. 21) with mixed feelings. It made me laugh, but it also made me angry. I find this editorial to be a poor opinion. You are the ones who set up the online poll in the first place.

RCMP are warning rural residents of a possible business proposition scam being put forward by what witnesses describe as an elderly gentleman.

A beautiful fall wedding took pace Oct. 8 at St. Paul's United Church in Estevan when Daryl Donovan of Waseca and Meghan Betnar of Estevan were united in marriage.

A controversy has broken out in the provincial election campaign in the Battlefords over the unusual location of the NDP's Cut Knife-Turtleford campaign office.

This is your last chance to take in the current exhibition at the Allen Sapp Gallery. "Portraits: Painting, Face-Pulling and Storytelling" is on display until the middle of November.

A 52-year-old man was transported to Battlefords Union Hospital Tuesday afternoon, after his vehicle struck a power pole on the Highway 16 exit to Lloydminster. WPD Ambulance, who responded to the call at about 5:20 p.m.

One thing that I have done a lot of in my life is volunteer work. It started first when I was quite young and I would shovel the sidewalks of an elderly woman who lived near us.

Saturday and Sunday the Battlefords AAA Sharks had a rematch with Notre Dame, who they played in the first round of playoffs the last two seasons. Revenge would've been sweet, but that wasn't the case.

The staff and students are busy with many extra curricular activities this fall at John Paul II. It is amazing how much time the staff puts into extra curricular activities for the students. This year, John Paul II formed their first ever Cheer Team.