Battlefords News-Optimist

I would like to thank the folks with BHP Billiton for making a pitch for Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. Their doing so has now given me an answer to one of my wife's frequent questions.

Combines in red, yellow and green worked together last Thursday to bring in the harvest of the Jim and Cheryl Johnston donation land.

A new condominium creation and conversion policy for the City of North Battleford has been adopted. The policy received the approval of North Battleford city council at Tuesday night's regular council meeting.

Details of the land purchase deal made between Battlefords Tribal Council and the city of North Battleford for the CUPlex site are now worked out and should be before council at their next meeting.

Dear Editor As John Cairns pointed out in his commentary, "Will cranky voter trend spread to B'fords?," (News-Optimist, Oct.

I recently began work on a challenge after I and the others in a writing group were assigned the following words: peanut, exhaustion, pelted and pensive and instructed to incorporate them into a final product that makes sense.

Emergency crews were called to a vehicle fire just behind the slow pitch diamonds on Pearson Avenue. Fire crews found the vehicle fully involved in flames around 2:15 a.m. Thursday.

John Doe, a previous offender, breaks into a house to steal some stuff. He is caught by police and given time in jail.

This year, l'Association Jeunesse fransaskoise (AJF) organized a leadership camp, which was held at Redberry Camp Sept. 14 to 17.

Oct. 4, the H. Hardcastle School Grade 5 and 6 class travelled to Glaslyn to take part in the annual elementary soccer tournament. The boys' team went through the tourney undefeated and once again returned home with the championship.