Battlefords News-Optimist

To say the frustration is setting in for the Battlefords Midget Stars may be an understatement. The Stars lost their fifth straight Saskatchewan Midget AAA Hockey League game Wednesday night as they hosted the Beardy's Blackhawks.

For the first time in its 34-year history, a member of Battlefords Toastmasters has been elected as division governor.

A compound fence located on a commercial property at 1st Avenue East in Wilkie was damaged after being struck by a vehicle overnight Sept. 9 to 10.

Thieves have hit a Paynton resident twice since Aug. 11 Maidstone RCMP say they were notified Aug 11 of the theft of a six-inch drilling auger from a yard in the village.

VANMEER: In Loving Memory of Carol Mae vanMeer who was born June 18, 1938 at Kimberley, B.C. and passed away September 9, 2011 at North Battleford, SK.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Vikings were in search of their second win after coming off a 17-2 victory over Bedford Road Sept. 22, as they played Marion Graham in Saskatoon Friday.

There are four grocery stores where I live: one belongs to a North American chain of stores, one to a prominent Western Canada group of companies, one to a smaller but growing Vancouver Island based company and the other is one of the earliest indepe

CORBEIL: Sister Clare (Clara de Jesus) died peacefully at the age of 89 on Sept. 28, 2011 at Foyer Maillard, Coquitlam, B.C. having celebrated 66 years of religious life.

The fields are quiet now with most of the harvest complete. A few fields of canola remain in swath. Canola has had a difficult year and is not drying as it should. In the yards, fall clean up is underway and is taking some time.

VOELTZ: In Loving Memory of Clifford Edmund Voeltz who was born February 5, 1935 at Jasmin, SK and passed away September 4, 2011 at North Battleford, SK.