Battlefords News-Optimist

Pop's Old Forge, located on Hubert and Alice Smith's farmyard east of Marcelin, was a social hub for blacksmiths and spectators on April 9.

The Maidstone Gully Multiple 4-H Club held our April general meeting April 4. At our meeting we discussed activities from the past month and upcoming events in this month. On March 12, we held our annual Cowboy Poetry Night.

The Battlefords Chamber of Commerce will be sponsoring a federal election all-candidates forum next Wednesday in North Battleford.

The city of North Battleford is on track to complete the expansion of Water Treatment Plant No. 1 well before the deadline of July 29th. The exterior of the building is now complete, according to the city.

Leonard Greenhough, vice-president of the Saskatchewan Trappers Association, and his wife Elaine, of Makwa, Saskatchewan, brought an educational display of pelts, all harvested from non-endangered species living in Saskatchewan, to the Smoker, hosted

Prairie North Health Region is expecting to perform 550 more day surgeries and 10 more inpatient surgeries in the 2011-2012 fiscal year, thanks to additional provincial government funding. PNHR will receive $1.

Together the Unity, Wilkie and MacklinRCMParerequesting the public's assistance in identifyingthetwo males in the picture attached to this article. The two are wantedin connectionwith a theft of fuel.

Battleford Hillcrest Seniors held their annual meeting April 12.

Volunteers are a driving force in small communities and last week the Maidstone Eldon Recreation Board held their 2011 Volunteer Awards Banquet. The celebration was held at the Waseca Hall April 14.

Bingo was played at the centre on March 30 with Margaret MacEachern doing the calling. Lunch was taken care of by Jean Hartman. The loonie pot was won by Jean Stewart. A small number of people turned up to play 500, April 4.