Battlefords News-Optimist

Tuesday marked the final night of the regular season for the eight teams in the North Battleford Touch Football League, as four of those teams were in action.

Once upon a time I thought I really wanted to be a nurse.

Dear Editor In the night between Oct. 5 and 6, my yearling horse was murdered. I found his lifeless body 200 yards from my home. He was chased through the pasture long enough to be shot twice. The fear he must have felt would make anyone sick.

The Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League announced the recipients of the players of the week for Oct. 2 to 9, producing a new batch of names who produced on the ice. The defenceman of the week honours went to Tyson Newell.

A busy summer has come and gone with many residents travelling to other places. Some stayed home and welcomed family and friends. Now, we are appreciating fall with its lovely green and gold colours in the landscape.

Sakewew High School celebrated its 10th anniversary and held its 10th annual powwow Sept. 29.

One man is dead and another is facing serious charges after a fatal crash near Lloydminster Sunday. Two vehicles collided on Highway 17 two kilometres north of Lloydminster just before midnight, according to RCMP.

Once again we Canadians have the privilege of collectively celebrating Thanksgiving.

Young people in the Battlefords area will continue to have a place to hang out and have fun - thanks in part to a $10,000 grant from the Access Communications Children's Fund. The grant will go the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club Evening Program.

A grass fire threatened agricultural product storage tanks along Wearing Road early Sunday morning. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services were called out at about 12:45 a.m. to douse the brush and grass fire in the ditch.