Battlefords News-Optimist

A new Emergency Planning Bylaw is in the works for North Battleford. A draft of the proposed new bylaw was presented at Monday's municipal services committee meeting of city council for review, comments and discussion.

Building permits dipped in March in the city of North Battleford, although numbers are strong for the year so far. A total of 10 permits for $883,000 were issued compared to 12 for $2,914,000 issued in March 2010.

I sat down recently and watched the documentary Babies with my wife for an at home date night. A mistake in selection on my wife's part, because I sat down to critique the movie.

Smokey the Bear visited the North Battleford Library last week. Before Smokey came out to give all the kids a big bear hug, Walter Matieyshen from wildfire management in Prince Albert told the kids a bit about fire safety.

Carrie Underwood is just like all of us; she sang along with all her favourite Martina McBride songs, using the steering wheel as her drums and as her microphone. We all dream about being the person singing back at us on the radio.

It was a long drive - three hours each way, and about 575 kilometres, but like the Battleford Furniture commercials say, "The difference was worth the drive!" We left home on a Monday morning at about 7 a.m.

The Annual Sakicawasihk powwow was held last week at the North Battleford Civic Centre. I had the opportunity to attend this cultural marvel and, I have to say, it was a lot to absorb considering I had never experienced anything like it before.

For 26 years, SGI has sponsored the Saskatchewan Curling Associations Prairieland Curling Camp, and this summer two students from Maidstone applied and were accepted into the program.

Thirty-five dollar bid, now who will give me forty dollar?Will you give me forty dollar, make it forty dollar?Oh who will give me a forty dollar bi-id?Got a forty dollar bid, now who will give me forty-five?Will you give me forty-five, make it forty-

Northwest curlers Heather Wood, Megan Babchuk, Kyla Greenwald, Shelby Solomko and Justin Sopyc have returned Nipawin where they experienced Amber Holland's annual Prairieland Curling Camp.