Battlefords News-Optimist

Another $92,000 in contributions were announced in the fundraising campaign for the Credit Union CUplex this week.

A man accused of two charges of sexual assault and sexual interference involving a minor has elected to be tried in Queen's Bench Court by judge alone. David Smith appeared in provincial court before Judge Dan O'Hanlon on Wednesday.

The North Battleford Comprehensive High School Junior Vikings football team made the most of their one home game this season, as they squeaked out a 14-6 win.

During the late hours of Aug. 24 and the morning hours of Aug. 25, a garage was broken into on the 1500 block of 99th Street in North Battleford. Perpetrators stole a power saw, an air compressor and various air tools. At approximately noon Aug.

The players are on the ice and the crop is off. One of the Battlefords North Stars major fundraising projects came to an end for the year, albeit, behind the expected schedule, the crop for the Battlefords North Stars Ag.

As usual, there has been plenty of off season roster moves as the general managers and their staff struggle to work within the strict rules of the salary cap.

It's volleyball season in the region and Maidstone was once again the hub of activity. Sr. Mega-Volley, the massive volleyball tournament hosted by Maidstone High School every September began Thursday and finished up at 11:28 p.m. Saturday night.

There are people with the idea small towns are quiet places, places where the pace is slower and life is simpler. Driving through Maidstone during July and August may add to the myth.

Expansion of Water Treatment Plant No. 1 is going well so far, according to City of North Battleford officials.

Twenty-two teachers from schools across the Northwest School Division participated in the third annual First Nations Partnership Aboriginal Cultural Retreat at Waterhen Lake in mid-September.