In the Community

Ray Cox, founder of the Cowboy Christmas Parade, is hosting a new fundraising event in conjunction with the parade this year. A Cowboy Parade Dinner and Dance will be held Friday, Nov. 2 at the Battleford Legion Hall. Supper is at 6:30 p.m.

Students and teachers throughout North Battleford and area have returned to the classroom this month, enthusiastically greeting the new school year.

The fall school term is well underway and the school bus drivers are being kept busy. Both Sandra and Ruth Sutherland go different directions from the village.

Autumn is upon us, readying our homes for the colder months, basking in the sunshine for the final drop of warmth. The brilliant changing of seasons around us right now is the only season that nature uses her complete pallet of colour.

The North Battleford Western Development Museum has a full slate of events planned for Friday to celebrate Culture Days. The museum will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., with admission free and complimentary coffee for attendees.

Tillie Linkert was to Edmonton for an eye appointment. Her daughter, Kelly and Ray Gabruch, took her. After the appointment they went to Sylvan Lake to visit a grandson and family, then to Calgary, where they visited two more grandsons and families.

The fine weather, very much like summer, has made it possible for great progress in harvesting. The last few days have seen many fields emptied and several farmers completing their harvest.

Harvest is still chugging along with great seasonal temperatures aiding the process. And of course the absence of Jack Frost, so far, is also helpful. Delta Co-op has discovered the Riders are coming to their location Oct. 1.

I am writing in remembrance of my dad, who passed away Sept. 11, 1993. His birthday was Aug. 15, 1924. He was a champion violin player. I overheard him one time saying he used to play fiddle with Don Messer. He taught me how to play a bit of guitar.

Vivacious Vivaldi, boisterous Bach, folk songs English and Irish, even some quirky Cuban compositions were on the program for the first concert of season three of Music for the Soul.