In the Community

If you buy into the hype or not, there is only two days to wait anxiously for that notorious ground hog to leverage his predictions on the remaining length of winter. I'm cheering for Team Spring.

Saskatchewan comedian Brent Butt will be headlining the second annual Celebrate the Arts fundraiser at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts. The event is scheduled for March 22.

Thursday, Jan. 30, is the kickoff to this year's Prairie Women on Snowmobiles awareness and fund raising tour, beginning in Prince Albert. While the tour doesn't have a stop in the Battlefords, a local rider will be taking part.

Andrew Albers visited John Paul II Collegiate Jan. 21, the place he can always call home.

Living Sky School Division school counsellors will be among those celebrating Canadian School Counselling Week Feb. 3-7.

Not everyone over the age of eight can say they climb trees for fun. Keith Anderson can, or at least he could, before a shoulder injury from which he is currently recuperating.

The president and chief executive officer of SaskEnergy, Doug Kelln, was a guest at the Rotary Club of the Battlefords Monday, sharing insight on some of the things that are happening with the crown corporation with Rotary members and guests.

Wes Funk is a Saskatchewan author with rural roots, from Mayfair, who has had the opportunity to have his first audio book released by Aurora Audiobooks.

A registered nurse who makes her home in North Battleford and teaches at the University of Saskatchewan is about to undertake a research project that will look at why nurse managers weep over their work.

Damage from the windstorm that passed through this area on Thursday is being cleaned up, as the town workman goes about picking up branches and miscellaneous items that have left home and are lost.