Battlefords News-Optimist

District No. 9 held their annual Royal Purple meeting in Asquith Elks Hall April 9, with 34 ladies from the five lodges - Allan, Asquith, Radisson, River City and Saskatoon - in attendance for lunch and then meeting at 1 p.m.

The News Optimist's April 1, 2011 headline and associated "article" were a hoot. We were away at the time and a friend emailed a copy to us.

Lets quickly look at the various matchups while you bail out your basements and garages from the spring run-off. I am about to sue my village so buy this paper so I can afford the litigation. Eastern Conference Boston vs.

A Meota area farmer is taking liquid fertilizer application to a whole new level in the hopes of increasing his yield without increasing his input costs.

When we moved to town there was a stand of trees to the north and quite a lot of water. When spring came there was the constant melody of the frogs and the ducks, and rabbits ran carefree down the block.

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.