In the Community

The Waseca Rink Committee held a successful annual fundraiser last Sunday evening. Many people attended and enjoyed a delicious supper at the rink. If this cool weather continues, it will soon be time to flood the rink.

The Unity Composite High School journalism class had made headlines every year since inception, offering live streaming of various big events in Unity as well as outside of the community.

An award winning Canadian actor and comedienne will be on the Dekker Centre stage in North Battleford this weekend for a performance of her play, Miss Caledonia Dora and Canadian Comedy Award winner Melody A.

Sunday was the first day this fall that the temperature has remained below 0 C. A temperature of -13 C is forecast for tonight. Although probable snow was forecast for Saturday we missed it.

Thank you to Evelyn Cooper for the following as I was unable to attend due to work commitments. Another milestone was reached in Edam Oct. 4 as the sod was turned for the construction of the new 26-unit Edam Enriched Manor Inc.

Very many thanks to the people of the local churches -Third Avenue United, St. Paul's Anglican, St. Vital's Roman Catholic and Notre Dame Roman Catholic - for providing order sheets to share their fall suppers and Thanksgiving dinners.

Celebrate the Harvest - thank you News-Optimist/Regional Optimist for the lunch at Pennydale Junction for all the reporters and their guests. Condolences to Sandy Hawkins on the passing of her dad.

Darwin Atcheynum, local artist and sculptor, is a supporter of the arts and community, and he arrived at the Frontier Mall in North Battleford Tuesday morning armed with some ideas and some tools to create two carved jack-o-lanterns for the Pumpkin F

The North Battleford SaskTel Pioneers recently began a hygiene kit project in the Battlefords.

I am indebted to Joyce George for researching and writing a draft on Lydia and Ralph Salzgeber and the 100 year history of the Milbanke's business. It should be noted that Joyce is a fine writer in her own right.