Battlefords News-Optimist

I'm back again after a wonderful summer. We can't complain about our weather this year as it was mostly lovely, warm and sunny. Hopefully September will be nice too, so the farmers can get their harvesting done.

As fall approaches we are experiencing much cooler evenings and there is a noticeable difference in the length of the days. Corn has at last begun to ripen in the garden. It just needed the warmer weather we are presently enjoying.

My late grandmother, Anne Marnovich, told me once she remembered clearly where she was when Kennedy was shot. It's a story, along with the moon landing, I'm sure most people of that time can share.

JACKSON - Donald Robert Jackson, age 82, of Battleford, SK passed away August 31, 2011.

The hype and excitement surrounding the John Paul II Collegiate football team finally came to life, as the Crusaders took to the field Friday for the first time in the school's 25-year history.

A grass fire occupied the attention of emergency crews over the holiday weekend. The alarm came in around 4:50 p.m. on Labour Day. According to North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services the landowner says the fire started from a burning barrel.

Children were lined up around the block at Emmanuel Pentecostal Fellowship to get in on the fun and games at the free Kids' Carnival, Aug. 24.

Dear Editor The announcement by premier Brad Wall Aug. 28, regarding replacing Saskatchewan Hosptial and enhancement of other community services for the mentally ill is a long awaited move to providing quality of life to a vulnerable population.

NBCHS students' summer came to an end as they walked through the doors of NBCHS Aug. 31 to register for the new school year. The Grade 12s started rolling in at 9 a.m., confident and excited to finally be the seniors in their school.

When I think about federal NDP leader Jack Layton, my memories go back to the time when I interviewed him for the Regional Optimist in 2010.