In the Community

If you were able to attend the Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival Gala March 23rd, culminating months of Festival planning, you were treated to a contrasting range of musical performances.

The Mayfair Recreation Board will present a Nashville Stars Night April 14 at the Mayfair Hall. MC will be Kolin Bulmer. The house band will be led by Dave Hiebert and company.

Congratulations to Alisdair Ramsay-Mackenzie who recently received a $50 prize at the Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival for his sacred reading entry in the speech arts section.

John Paul II's SADD group held their annual Students Against Drinking and Driving week. The week was organized by the dedicated students and staff members of SADD.

The scene is set for fun this weekend at Milleton Hall as the North of the Gully Drama Club presents Virgil's Family Reunion. The play is described as "a hillbilly farce in two acts" and is part of a series by Eddie McPherson.

Sandy Fisher of Quilter's Paradise conducted a quilting retreat at Waseca Community Centre March 24. It was full day for the 12 participants learning how to construct a new quilt.

Tillie Linkert was a Friday visitor in Lloydminster. Dale and Debbie Kennedy of Lloydminster were here Sunday to visit Theresa Kennedy and took her out for a drive. Saturday, Dorothy Kissick enjoyed watching the Jets hockey game.

The outdoors looked quite different Monday morning. Sunday the trees were covered with hoar frost - a beautiful sight. Monday the trees were bare.

The Saskatchewan Drama Association's Region 8 Festival will be held from Thursday to Saturday of this week the Paradise Hill School. Thirteen schools from the region will be staging a wide variety of entertaining plays.

Local heritage supporters are pushing to have Saskatchewan Hospital declared a provincial heritage site. The matter came up March 19 at the meeting of the City of North Battleford's Parks and Recreation Committee.