Battlefords News-Optimist

Over a decade of Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations hockey championships have taken place and since the inaugural year in 1999, the number of teams at the tournament has nearly doubled 12 years later.

The change of weather from our long winter to the beautiful spring we have anticipated ever since the groundhog predicted it way back in February has left everyone smiling! And the walkers and bikers are abundant now that streets have dried up.

Once again, the junior and senior students of Hafford Central School amazed the audience with their acting skills April 3. The performances were held in conjunction with the 14th Annual Art and Drama Extravaganza.

?Once upon a time, a prince and princess got married and lived happily ever after. Nowadays, they get married and then divorced and forget about the ever after thing,? observed Ed, my neighbour next door.

Our second Lenten Lunch was held at the United Church in Cut Knife, with Elsie Sawatzky giving a very moving message from Father Doan of the Catholic Church and Gisele Brackenbury reading John 9:1-14 and Ephesians 5:8-14 for us.

If you have read any fitness magazine or healthy recipe book, you may have heard of Greek yogurt.

April 13, Sakewew students stood united against bullying and homophobia, as they celebrated the Day of Pink. The Day of Pink originated in Nova Scotia, when a student was bullied and threatened with violence because he wore a pink shirt to school.

The Marsden Jubilee School Cooking Club has been busy making sloppy joes, homemade French fries and rainbow cupcakes. The children have really enjoyed making, and tasting, their food and the school has had some mouth-watering smells.

Sincere sympathy is extended to the friends and family of Garry James Poppleton, who passed away suddenly in Saskatoon on Sunday, April 3 at the age of 68. He was born in Cut Knife in October 1942.

Battlefords RCMP are launching a series of traffic enforcement initiatives in hopes of reducing the number of collisions in the community.