In the Community

1. By thanking the family, you thank the veteran. The families are the ones who pay a big price for their loved one's service and in thanking them you are appreciating the service of the veteran in their family. 2.

Sunday was a day of fog in this area. By evening the fog was dense, making driving difficult. Visibility was limited. Even though we had some light rain, the highway was wet but not slippery since the temperature was slightly above zero.

"Shot clean through the head," is what the doctor wrote. Problem is the doctor wrote it about my grandfather. Over the years, it became a goal to learn what I could about my grandfather and his time in the war.

Louis Riel's trial took place 127 years ago. But his legacy has greatly outlived him. He remains an important and polarizing figure - a messiah or megalomaniac, rebel or patriot, champion or villain.

With a mandate to promote and preserve fiddle music and dance - and because of their on-going work within the province to keep the heritage and culture of old time fiddling alive and growing - the John Arcand Fiddle Fest will be presenting the 18th a

Though The Lost Fingers might not be well-known in the Battlefords, their style and their music should be.

The fire hall in the Heritage Village at the North Battleford Western Development Museum is typical of small town fire halls that appeared in many Saskatchewan communities in the pioneer years.

In July, several Notre Dame CWL ladies served cupcakes at a birthday party for residents at River Heights Lodge. Aug. 12, four of the 906 registrants attending the annual CWL National Convention in Edmonton were from Notre Dame CWL.

Neilburg Composite School is still collecting Campbell's Soup labels. You can drop them off at the school or at the co-op grocery store. The school just received free soccer balls and a pump for the elementary grades with their points from last year.

Election results from the Village of Borden are as follows: Mayor Dave Buckingham elected by acclamation. Councillors are Ian Tracksell with 88 votes, Tom Redhead with 77, Jamie Branderick with 72 and Terry Tkazcyk with 60.