In the Community

More than 20 seniors from Edam visited the Meota seniors at the Do Drop In June 18, to partake in a great potluck dinner and social afternoon. This followed their regular monthly meeting in the Do Drop In, in the morning.

We have just had a few days of rain, sometimes very heavy. It has rained well over an inch. Yesterday I noticed many fields had sloughs here and there in areas that had been seeded. Sunday brought us quite a bit of cloud and some sun.

General Manager Moe McGuinty had some tricks up his sleeve for the video presentation highlighting the upcoming 2014-15 season at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts.

The Battlefords and District Community Foundation recently presented the annual grant from the Peggy Westwood Fund to the Battlefords and Area Sexual Assault Centre. The grant will help BASAC with their continued prevention and healing programs.

Taco Time has been in North Battleford owned by Pat Welford and Tammy Heinemman for 13 years. Welford has sponsored Welcome Wagon in the Battlefords since April 2004, 10 years of providing newcomers with a coupon for a free meal.

It's not an easy job putting the bad guys away. Long hours, significant stress, and dedicated work goes into gathering the evidence and convincing a judge or a jury of your case beyond a reasonable doubt.

Adult 12 (Level 4) students at the Battlefords Campus of North West Regional College celebrated the completion of their 2013-14 academic year May 23, 2013, in North Battleford.

The United Commercial Travelers of America started in the United States Jan. 16, 1888. The local chapter, the North Battleford Council No. 645, started Jan. 17, 1923 and the North Battleford Ladies' Auxiliary formed in 1928.

A unique literacy camp is being offered this summer by the public and Catholic school divisions, using a program set by Frontier College. The camp is free, open to Grades 1 to 6.

I'm coming to you this week from Telkwa, B.C. after a long drive Friday evening and Saturday. I travelled with my granddaughter Shari from Lloydminster and we stopped overnight at Hinton, Alta..