Battlefords News-Optimist

Councillor Trent Houk once asked why the city of North Battleford is not forcing the Battlefords Tribal Council to pay back half a million dollars owed to the City.

Although the North Battleford Comprehensive High School senior girls Vikings went winless at 5A provincials on the weekend they do deserve a tap on the back for hosting the event. "We set a new standard," said Vikings coach Sheila Gabert.

This week I spent a few hours at a very small Saskatchewan school where I was asked to perform for their celebration of the virtue of zeal.

I once served as MC at a local fundraiser in my village that featured a comedy act, a hypnotist and a another lady who told fortunes by reading tea leaves, by examining palms and interpreting earthly fate, through the magic of tarot cards.

Volleyball season is slowly winding down at Maymont Central School. The junior teams finished at the end of October with trips to conference play downs.

There was a good crowd on hand at the Battleford Arena for the first ever Saskatchewan Prairie Hockey game between the Battleford Beaver Blues and the Radisson Wheatkings.

If a deal on used construction equipment is offered and seems to good to be true, the deal might be hotter than you think. Between Sept 15 and Oct 19 construction equipment was stolen from businesses in Swift Current and district area.

Ed, my neighbour next door, has a theory about time becoming longer in the winter. The first winter storm this year caught Ed without snow tires and a drive from Yorkton to Melville took twice as long as usual.

The general manager of the Battlefords' three radio stations was the guest speaker last week before the Saskatchewan Young Professionals and Entrepreneurs luncheon in the Battlefords.

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