Battlefords News-Optimist

Aug. 4 was just another ordinary day for Rob Cammidge, a long time Neilburg resident, who was working in the Caltex Energy Field Office, located about three kilometres north of Maidstone. And then, at approximately 10:30 a.m.

I had a tough time pulling myself away from the TV last week thanks to the sports action on the tube.

RCMP are asking for the public's assistance in locating an 84-year-old man from Bruno, who has been missing since Sept. 16. Victor Mateyshin was last seen that day between 1 and 2 p.m. 16 kilometres north of Dana.

At times during the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League game Tuesday, the North Stars looked to be turning the corner, but that was not enough to beat Melfort and get in the win column.

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.