Battlefords News-Optimist

This quiet little town gets even quieter in the summer. We're right on the highway and the call to take a trip is deafening.

In the wake of the announcement of the awarding of the tender of the theatre component for the Credit Union CU Plex comes word of further financial support for the project.

Call me a "Nervous Nellie", or a paranoid schizophrenic, but something about Darian Durant gives me the shakes and I swear it has nothing to do with the 21-year-old scotch my host at Clear Lake was serving last week.

"I am very proud of the girls," said Don Robertson, one of the Northwest Vipers coaches days after his team returned from provincials in Saskatoon.

Battlefords Senior Men's Soccer League standings Team Record Points GF GA Athletico 7-1-2 23 30 18 FC Elite 7-1-1 22 54 15 Sweetgrass Light 7-2-0 21 42 27 Mosquito 5-3-0 15 49 23 Little Pine Deuces 2-6-1 7 44 55 Thunderchild 2-5-0 6 16 16 Sweetgrass

Dennis Williams' baseball career began in Central Butte under the tutelage of Bob Champman and Ralph Peterson, both of whom played in the South Saskatchewan Baseball League with the Rowletta Lakers.

Bridgefest 2010 is a little closer to its budget goal with the announcement of a generous donation.

My 14-year-old sister, Courtney, and her friends decided to do something novel the other day when the exhibition came to town. Instead of spending the day blowing money at the fair, they went to my parent's acreage.

After 22 years of exhibits, awards and adventures, the City of North Battleford's director of galleries is handing over the reigns. Dean Bauche began his journey as curator in a most unusual way.

A ribbon cutting ceremony was held in Meota July 9 to celebrate the completion of the new RM office, as well as two water projects.