Battlefords News-Optimist

Midget AA Barons The Barons won back-to-back games for this first time this season. The most recent win came in their lone game on the weekend in Shellbrook against Parkland.

The first meeting of the Manitou Ambulance Board was held Jan. 11 with representatives from the Villages of Marsden and Neilburg and the Rural Municipalities of Hillsdale No. 440 and Manitou Lake No. 442 in attendance.

You'd think heading into the final week of the regular season more than two teams would be locked into their playoff positions, but that isn't the case in the North Saskatchewan River Hockey League.

I have never been snowshoeing, perhaps because the opportunity has never presented itself, but more likely because I am not a winter person.

Day one of the 2011 SaskTel Tankard began, as expected, cautiously, but the excitement picked up inside the Civic Centre and finished with three games coming down to the final rock in the final draw of the day.

Twenty cow fencing panels have been stolen fromr a site northwest of Paynton in the RM of Paynton. Maidstone RCMP say the panels were stolen sometime between Oct. 31 and Nov. 1.

Dear Editor I am quite concerned about the way CUPlex process is going. This is an exciting time for North Battleford and I appreciate the leap of faith in taking on something of this degree.

When Jessie Kuttai was born in Krydor, Jan. 23, 1911, the world was a much different place. Einstein was still working on his Theory of Relativity and Hitler was just a schoolboy.

We are now well into a new year and getting everything back to normal. Days are getting longer, which is welcome and, since we are halfway through winter, spring feels not too far away. The first RM of Glenside Recreation Board meeting was held Jan.

Dear Editor I support the concept of the multiplex and am pleased construction has begun. In a perfect world, many more sources would have financially contributed and we may not have had to borrow as much, or work so diligently at fundraising.