In the Community

Most of the activities at Battleford Hillcrest Centre are winding down for the summer months. However, Kaiser continues on Thursday evenings.

May 9, the Radisson Museum had Grade 12 students from Trek School in Regina stop in for a tour of the museum and to write up reports on their visit.

The weather seems to be helping out the spring seeding and garden causes. This weekend the ball diamond hosted the 17th annual Miners slo-pitch. Weather held out for a change. Sixteen teams participated for a $2,400 cash payout.

When most people start approaching 80, they're thinking of their latest grandchild or their new hip, but for Don Heppner, his newly-released CD is on his mind.

The current exhibition at the Chapel Gallery is by nationally recognized Saskatchewan painter Terry Fenton. "A Wide Horizon" captures the beauty, light and colour of the landscape in southwest Saskatchewan.

Athol Murray College of Notre Dame is well-known for producing excellent athletes, but there's much more to the story than that.

Blaine Lake TOPS No. 5167 chapter held its annual installation of officers following its regular meeting on April 5. Angie Keryliw, chapter leader, announced the TOPS theme for the next two years is Road to Success.

Theresa Kennedy had her granddaughter Tracy and two children of Edmonton to visit with her Sunday. Coleen Koski was to Edmonton with Dave and Lynn where Dave had a medical checkup. Tuesday morning we enjoyed coffee at the Pine Island Suites.

The UCW held their annual spring, tea, plant and bake sale May 14 in the Speers Recreation Centre. It was well attended by people from Speers, Hafford, Maymont, North Battleford and Richard.

Each time I am forced to look at a time-line for anything, I find that precious entity we judge by a clock, the changing of the seasons or by the continual cycle of day and night, has slipped away or is slipping away often without my realizing how fa