Battlefords News-Optimist

By any measure, 2011 was a far more active political year than usual in the Battlefords. It is highly unusual for the federal, provincial and municipal levels of government to all hold elections in the same year.

Blair and Sandra Lamon of JJ Lamon (Petro Can) are supporters of their local community groups and businesses, however a fuel tank and semi are not purchases available locally.

Dear Editor Jan. 5, there was an article in the Regina Leader Post, "Home Care, now and in the future".

Aristotle, one of the most famous of ancient Greek philosophers, once said, "Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

There has been a suspicious death at the yard of the Canadian National Railway in North Battleford. Battlefords RCMP were called to the scene of the death shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday.

The Yuletide is a season for sorting through memories. Sometimes a faded memory, almost gone forever, thrusts itself forward to be revitalized. One of them came to me recently.

The woman who helped "relight the night" in the Battlefords has been named Citizen of the Year in the Battlefords for 2010.

Affinity Credit Union, Borden branch, collected non-perishable food for a local needy family before Christmas, and patrons got a chance to enter draws each time a food item was brought in.

Any media outlet worth it's salt is pumping out at least one "list" this time of year. These include "top 10" for anything from worst celebrity gaffs to the year's top newsmakers.

Due to the holidays, senior hockey has slowed down in the area, but that will change and be back to normal next weekend with seven games scheduled over two days. The lone score to report on from last week was a rematch of the NSRHL final.