In the Community

A small group of Battlefords Art Club members met again at the Don Ross Centre Tuesday to spring their talents into great pieces of art.

The Eagle Hills Multiple 4H Club enjoyed a great, fun-filled year. Paul Mitchell is the club leader as well as a project leader along with Colleen Gabruch, Karen Power and Debbie Flegel.

It's the long weekend, people. That can mean one of two things: where the heck did the first part of summer go so quickly or let's get out and enjoy another long weekend this summer.

Often former residents of the area come to visit their neighbours or the place they lived while here. If they haven't been back for a number of years they see many changes even in a small place like Waseca.

The Battlefords Agricultural Society's Northwest Territorial Days is fondly known as "the fair" to most, the "exhibition" to some and, to the uninitiated or new to town, "the ex." The 126th annual fair begins with the parade on Monday, Aug. 12.

"Mom, you're just making them smarter." That was my daughter's assessment of the newly extended deer fence around my garden. Recent evidence indicates she may be right. I am an avid gardener. I love my flowers and my vegetable garden.

"I can't believe it's been 10 years," says Elaine Poirier. The Battleford Memorial Garden, a Communities in Bloom project in partnership with the Town of Battleford, was established a decade ago.

Pearl Balych was born to William (Wasyi) and Polly (Palahna Sorokhan) Maksymchuk on May 15, 1924 at Marlin (12 miles south of Glaslyn). Her parents had immigrated to Canada from Ukraine in 1912.

Phoebe Cutbush (nee Wesson) was born on March 3, 1902 at Netherborough, Leicester, England and, as a young girl, immigrated to Canada with her parents.

It began with a search for some hard to find arrangements of English and Irish folk songs, and resulted in one of Britain's best known accompanists performing in the Battlefords.