In the Community

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.

Friday, Nov. 1 has been earmarked as Random Act of Kindness Day - a day to celebrate little niceties and encourage others to pay "acts of kindness" forward.

While academics are certainly the focus of every school year, Light of Christ School Division staff are also focusing on creating a sense of hope and encouragement for their schools and for their community.

Horray for Jaya Hoy. "Piano duets are in the air," (News-Optimist, Oct. 15) says Hoy and I agree. I love duets. I remember the day we got our piano. It was the beginning of our love affair with music.

After 16 years of hosting the Annual Old Time Fiddle Contest, in 2012 the North Battleford Western Development Museum decided not to continue.

Our first skiff of snow for this fall came Monday morning. The temperature was below zero so the light rain turned to snowflakes. It didn't last long and melted almost as soon as it fell.

This year North Battleford Comprehensive High School has grown in students, and the talent within the student body keeps becoming more diverse.