Battlefords News-Optimist

You religiously head to the gym every day and jump on the treadmill for 60 minutes. Every time you push a little harder than the day before.

Money continues to roll in to the Credit Union CUPlex fundraising committee for the new multipurpose facility. Two new announcements of sponsorships were made Oct. 6.

The North West Enterprise Region officially launched their Business Retention and Expansion program this week as a way to gain more understanding about the current business climate in the region.

Ed, my neighbor next door, has finally begun to combine. Ed says he would be done by now if it wasn't for such a wet year. It is the time of the year I occasionally run a lunch or supper out to Ed at his farm.

It is estimated there was $20,000 in damage to contents of a house on 98th Street after a fire on the weekend. North Battleford Fire and Emergency Services responded to a report of a couch on fire in a house on the 1500 block of 98th Street.

If you were on 100th Street at about 10 a.m. Sept. 25, you would have seen the Battlefords Right-To-Life walk in progress.

The Battlefords got a taste of university-level women's hockey on the weekend, but the experience left a bitter taste for the Regina Cougars.

It was a tough and somewhat upsetting weekend for the Battlefords Sharks in AAA female midget action against the Regina Rebels. The Rebels came in and swept the two games at Battleford Arena, both by counts of 3-1.

It seems everyone gets a special day or a week. This week, for example is Fire Prevention Week.

One person was injured following a collision that apparently involved a car and a moose south of Battleford. The incident happened shortly after 7:30 p.m. Sunday, about two miles south of Battleford on Highway 4.