In the Community

The Northwest School Division and CUPE local 4797 signed a collective bargaining agreement Nov. 1 in St. Walburg.

BATC is planning a brighter future for the Battlefords with more educational programs for aboriginal people.

Winter is coming and that meansPaynton's annual Christmas craft show is on it's way. Saturday, Nov. 26 from 11 a.m. to3 p.m. at Paynton gym is where you can find a wide variety of gifts and goodies.

Borden volunteer firefighters celebrated their 25th anniversary Nov. 5, with a roast beef supper catered by the Borden Lions Club in the community centre. There were 65 past and present firefighters, first responders and their spouses at the event.

Are you attending your community's Remembrance Day services? Unity's service will be held at St. Peter's Church starting at 10:30 a.m. The remaining local veterans, as well as the Legion members, go to great lengths to put on this annual service.

The 21st annual Edam Fall Fair was held Oct. 28 and 29 with the Super Cow class (People's Choice) Friday evening.

Lest we forget. When I was a little girl, I often sat on my grandfather's (opa's) lap as he and my grandmother told stories about how they survived the Second World War in the Netherlands and shared the good and the bad things that happened.

The harvest was mostly completed by the end of September. October brought in a few rain showers to delay some of the later fields to be harvest. Fall field work is now taking place, spraying chemicals in preparation for spring seeding.

The Grade 5 and 6 students of École Père Mercure participated in a provincial kinball tournament in Prince Albert. Kinball is an interactive sport that promotes co-operation, sportsmanship and teamwork.

Tragedy has always been part of our human existence. When it happens in the distance we feel compassion, but when it comes close to home it strikes a nerve at our vulnerability. In the late evening of Nov. 1, catastrophe struck at Delorme Beach.