Battlefords News-Optimist

My week started the same as any other week at work. That is until our gas pumper walked into the store with a tiny kitten that was obviously over heated, hurt and unresponsive. It had arrived under the hood of a woman's vehicle.

Two of the things I love the most are (a) movies, and (b) baseball. What could be better than either of those? Why, what else - a baseball movie, of course.

Dear Editor I want to commend you on behalf of myself and several friends who all appreciated the witty, informative, clever and funny caption for the flagpole picture in the Sept. 28 edition of the News-Optimist (Page 5).

A discussion group met at the Waseca Community Centre on the evening of Sept. 29.

Saskatchewan's provincial election campaign will be officially underway as of next week.

John Paul II Collegiate held their annual Challenge Days, Sept. 27 and 28. Challenge Days are all-day courses that students of John Paul II participate in.

Now showing in the Window Salon of the Chapel Gallery is "The Beat Goes On". This exhibition by potter Teresa Gagne combines art and music as universal languages.

Dear Editor I am trying to trace the family of my late grandmother's sister. One of her daughters was named Jane, her married name was Kochan and she lived in North Battleford in the early 1960s. Other family members lived in North Vancouver, B.C.

Colleen Koski took Marlene Pike to Lloydminster for a medical appointment. Fran and Harry Genoe from Courtney, B.C. were visiting with Lil and Milt McMillan. Friday Greg Olson drove Theresa Kennedy to Lloydminster for a medical appointment.

The new-look North Battleford Transit System is now in operation. October 1 was the first day of service for the transit system's two new 22-seat buses.