In the Community

The Battlefords and Area Horticultural Society finished their spring meetings with planning for the annual horticulture show. The houseplant and lily sale and bake table were successful, and the bedding and perennial plant sale did well.

Is it just me or are the evenings beginning to get shorter? I really don't like the prospects of impending fall but when the Brown Eyed Susans, the Indian Paintbrush and the Goldenrod start flaming their colours we know we are moving in that directio

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.