Battlefords News-Optimist

For years the scariest play in hockey was that check or push on a player positioned three feet from the boards and unable to defend himself.

The West Yellowhead Waste Resource Authority or WYWRA welcomed dignitaries, directors and guests to a customer appreciation and official grand opening celebration at their new building last Friday.

Out here in the rolling prairies, where the skies are vast and the trucks are big, off-roading could be considered the unofficial national sport. Friday night, three men discovered why it's prudent to be selective of where trucks are put to the test.

NOVEMBER 3 Battlefords Midget Stars will play Prince Albert in SMAAAHL action. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. NOVEMBER 4 Leoville Central School will host junior boys' district volleyball. The girls' districts will be in Macklin.

A North Battleford, man who was one of several people accused in connection to a string of ATM thefts in the Northwest, has been sentenced to jail.

An amazing demonstration of the domino effect, with the entire school-body watching in the bleachers, occurred in John Paul II Collegiate gym at 9 a.m. Nov. 1. This large scale domino effect was comprised solely of boxes of mac 'n' cheese.

NOVEMBER 3 Battlefords Midget Stars will play Prince Albert in SMAAAHL action. Game time is 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Centre. NOVEMBER 4 Leoville Central School will host junior boys' district volleyball. The girls' districts will be in Macklin.

Jay's Moving & Storage Ltd., serving over 400 locations in Saskatchewan including the Battlefords, was named Saskatchewan's Business of the Year at the 27th Annual Achievement in Business Excellence (ABEX) Awards Dinner.

Estimated to be valued at $1.6 billion annually, the livestock feed industry in Saskatchewan is an important part of the province's economy. The University of Saskatchewan is hoping to have a positive impact on the feed industry with its new $13.

Ed, my neighbor next door, loves to hunt. Each fall he makes his famous deer sausage, as long as he shoots a deer. I told Ed that it seems to me he has the advantage, since he has a rifle and the deer have none.