In the Community

There are no words that will ever be fitting to express the shock and sadness the community has felt since learning of the untimely passing of Unity health nurse Shirley Parkinson, and her husband Donald.

Maymont Country Legends' final showing 2014 - come and join us Oct. 25. Only 100 tickets will be sold. For supper and the show, tickets will be $30, including the supper catered by Cando Catering. Entertainment will start at 4 pm, supper at 6 p.m.

I grew up in a great railroad community, "New York is big but this is Biggar" - only an hour away from where I reside now. After high school, I trained at Saskatoon Business College. I then worked at Robin Hood as a teletype operator.

Front man Steve Marriner, drummer Matt Sobb and guitarist Tony D plan to make MonkeyJunkies of us all next week.

In the fourth of a four-book series now available, former North Battleford resident Kenneth William Budd will be in the city next week, one stop on a book tour marking the completion of the series.

Big event coming soon! Keep reading the Maymont News to find out what's happening next in Maymont. A GPS is supposed to direct you to a location, but it didn't help a pilot who was heading from Yorkton to Big River.

Alfreda and Reg Snow of Belleville, Ont. stopped in to see Rose Danychuk. Alfreda was Rose's Grade 2 pupil in 1947. Although they have not seen each other since, they've always kept in touch. It was so nice to see one another again.

The Battleford Quilters celebrated their 40th anniversary last week with a come and go tea at the Alex Dillabough Centre. Formed on March 6, 1974, the group enjoys the traditional art of hand-quilting.

It's been 40 years since the first women officers began training for the RCMP.

Yarnbombing, guerrilla knitting, kniffiti, urban knitting, yarnstorming or graffiti knitting. Whatever you call it, it's a growing movement in street art that has now come to North Battleford.