In the Community

Three concerts will come to the Battlefords in the next month and a half, either independently or for fundraisers. The first will take place at Keith Bartlett's music studio at the Don Ross Centre, and will feature Elizabeth Shepherd.

The North Battleford Bonaventure Lions Club will once again host an art auction at the Chapel Gallery, this year in support of Creative Kids and Kid Sport, March 8.

"A painting is never finished, it simply stops in interesting places." - Paul Gardner Battlefords Art Club artists are starting to get back in the swing of things after the holidays.

The Gallery Singers will be performing Feb. 10 at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts. They will be joined by Joy of Vox, a choir from Saskatoon, who are conducted by BJ Harris, for a concert entitled WinterSong, based around our frigid season.

Ed Smith was born in Lloydminster on June 25, 1922 to Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Smith. Ed's parents had immigrated from Ireland in January of the same year to take up a life of farming at Lone Rock. Ed attended Rugby School (rural S. D. No.

Editor's note: The following fictitious correspondence between two First Nations women was submitted by a resident of an area First Nation. Dear Lydia, My friend, forever.

Christmas is past, New Year's behind us and the weather this past week reminds us that the real bite of winter is with us! Although it is cold and there is more snow than we have seen for some years, the days are getting noticeably longer.

Early in December 2012, Colleen and Norman Wicks of Speers left on a Caribbean 10-day cruise. They stayed overnight in Saskatoon Dec. 5 and flew to Fort Lauderdale, Fla. where the weather was 26 C and sunny.

Dr. Alec Couros, a professor of educational technology and media at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina held an informative presentation for the parents of Wilkie students, "Maintaining a Positive Footprint" Jan. 9 at McLurg High School.

Over the next few Festival Fanfares, you will be introduced to this year's music festival adjudicators.