In the Community

As our great city prepares to celebrate its centennial in 2013, one is compelled to reflect on the extraordinary journey on which our forbearers embarked at the turn of the 20th century.

Halloween! Hope the little ones have a safe and happy one. Tillie Lenhert accompanied her daughter to the Vic Juba Centre, where she enjoyed the show of the Hank Williams impersonator. The music was just great.

1. By thanking the family, you thank the veteran. The families are the ones who pay a big price for their loved one's service and in thanking them you are appreciating the service of the veteran in their family. 2.

Sunday was a day of fog in this area. By evening the fog was dense, making driving difficult. Visibility was limited. Even though we had some light rain, the highway was wet but not slippery since the temperature was slightly above zero.

"Shot clean through the head," is what the doctor wrote. Problem is the doctor wrote it about my grandfather. Over the years, it became a goal to learn what I could about my grandfather and his time in the war.

Louis Riel's trial took place 127 years ago. But his legacy has greatly outlived him. He remains an important and polarizing figure - a messiah or megalomaniac, rebel or patriot, champion or villain.

With a mandate to promote and preserve fiddle music and dance - and because of their on-going work within the province to keep the heritage and culture of old time fiddling alive and growing - the John Arcand Fiddle Fest will be presenting the 18th a

Though The Lost Fingers might not be well-known in the Battlefords, their style and their music should be.

The fire hall in the Heritage Village at the North Battleford Western Development Museum is typical of small town fire halls that appeared in many Saskatchewan communities in the pioneer years.

In July, several Notre Dame CWL ladies served cupcakes at a birthday party for residents at River Heights Lodge. Aug. 12, four of the 906 registrants attending the annual CWL National Convention in Edmonton were from Notre Dame CWL.