Battlefords News-Optimist

Excuse me for being absent from the Cairns on Cinema column for the past little while. I've been busy, and quite frankly, the movie box office has not been all that interesting.

NOVEMBER 19-20 North Battleford Comprehensive High School will host the 5A girls' provincial volleyball playoffs. Games start at 11 a.m. Friday and the gold medal match is set for 5 p.m. Saturday.

Battlefords Empty Stocking Fund campaign is off to a running start. Executive director Bill Hall reports 225 attended the annual beef on a bun luncheon launching the campaign Friday. The event raised $1,384.

Spiritwood Stockyards handled 1.611 head Nov.10. Steers weighing 300 to 400 pounds has a high price of $1.61 with an average of $1.51; 400 to 500 had a high price of $1.58 with an average of $1.38; 500 to 600 had a high price of $1.

To celebrate Remembrance Day, several schools in the Battlefords held ceremonies or worked on special projects.

When I was a small boy, the term "self-serve" was unknown in the village.

Postcards are a relatively recent invention, patented by J. P. Carlton of Philadelphia in 1861. Postcards with illustration on one side and the address on the other were first issued during the Franco-Prussian War.

Emergency crews responded Sunday afternoon to what appeared to be a serious car crash around the 1600 block of 102nd Street. Two vehicles were involved and badly damaged in the collision, which happened around 4 p.m.

Mayor Ian Hamilton sang the praises of North Battleford's strong economic progress before directors of the Battlefords Chamber of Commerce Tuesday night.

The outcry over animal attacks in the city of North Battleford resulted in a flood of new dog and cat licenses issued last month.