In the Community

The upcoming week signals that start of the end for our basketball season. This weekend our senior boys will be hosting conferences.

I'm back from two glorious weeks at Mesa, Ariz. where I was a guest of Joan Smith with Margaret Huard and Margaret Lukey. The weather was just great and the hospitality was, too. The Swap Meet and Market Place and the desert were amazing.

It's hard to believe we are already approaching the final week of this year's Battleford Kiwanis Music Festival. Six incredible days of vocal sessions, including four fun-filled evenings of musical theatre, come to a close Friday, March 15.

An initiative new to the Battlefords proved its worth Sunday by virtue of the line up of entertainment at its first fundraising concert.

With water dripping off the eaves we would have to say March has come in like a lamb, and you know the rest of the story! The Rabbit Lake and District Agricultural Association held its annual snowmobile rally March 3.

David Gillatt of Lilac Electric held a business closing customer appreciation night at the Maymont Hotel Feb. 25. Many past customers showed up. There were even nine customers from when David worked for the previous employer.

The Crownhill 4-H Club held its annual speak-off event March 4 in Blaine Lake. Judges for this year were Elaine Bella, Jeff Joanette, Connie Jessop and Larissa Matechuk.

World Day of Prayer is a reminder of the differences and similarities around the globe and a chance to remember the plight of people living in very different situations.

The Battlefords Boys and Girls Club has been around for 35 years. Over that time we have seen many children come and go through our doors.

And let the music begin! The Battlefords Kiwanis Music Festival opened Wednesday in Wesley Hall at Third Avenue United Church with young Cory Wouters presenting Bed in Summer by Robert Louis Stevenson. After the morning of individual verse, St.