Battlefords News-Optimist

The draw of water can be irresistible in the hot dog days of a prairie summer, and the staff at North Battleford Kinsmen Aquatic Centre want that cooling dip to be a safe one for everyone this summer.

Wow, has the last week ever flown by. I'm not sure where it went. H. Hardcastle School undergrad awards were presented June 16. The following students achieved honour and merit roll.

KNIGHT: In Loving Memory of Issac Allan Knight "Al" ~ "Jock" who was born July 28, 1921 at Barrow-in-Furness, England and passed away June 11, 2011 at North Battleford, SK.

Rarely is it a good thing when the numbers on the golf course drastically increase, but in the case of the Battlefords United Way golf tournament the rise in the number of participants and sponsors was welcomed with open arms.

Two Paul Harris Awards were presented at the North Battleford Rotary Club's president's windup June 28.

The ice may be out of the Civic Centre, but there has been no shortage of work coming from the Battlefords North Stars hockey club.

The North Battleford Beavers appeared to have things moving in the right direction Monday in Wilkie, as they played a make up game against the Wilkie Brewers.

The sod has officially been turned for the $9.7 million Highway 4 twinning project in the town of Battleford.

Monday evening at the Battleford Flats, the Battlefords and District Ladies' Fastball League was underway with game one of the championship final and the consolation on the diamonds.

North Battleford fire and Emergency Service responded to a motor home fire Sunday. The motor home was on Highway 16 about 14 kilometres east of North Battleford. When the emergency vehicles arrived just after 6 p.m.