In the Community

The Battlefords Music Teachers Association is hosting a performance by the well-known Meota Hobby Band. The Meota Hobby Band performance, Sunday, Nov. 21 at Chapel Gallery at 3 p.m.

An amazing demonstration of the domino effect, with the entire school-body watching in the bleachers, occurred in John Paul II Collegiate gym at 9 a.m. Nov. 1. This large scale domino effect was comprised solely of boxes of mac 'n' cheese.

Oct. 26 and 27, a golden opportunity was given to parents of attending students of John Paul II Collegiate. From 6 to 9 p.m.

It was an artistic weekend in the Battlefords as arts council members and other delegates came together from across the province for Showcase 2010.

Umbá wasté is a traditional Nakoda greeting. Translated into English umbá wasté means "good day." Oct.

Screams were heard from outside, as people waited in line for the Comp in Action's annual haunted house Oct. 23 at the Western Development Museum's Great Pumpkin Masquerade and Family Dance.

A successful Terry Fox Fun was held Sept. 30 at Maymont Central School. Over $1,200 was raised for cancer research. Maymont Central celebrated Education Week Oct. 18 - 22.

SaskEnergy continues to support Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation Festival of Trees Carnival & Bazaar Day.

A new exhibition of landscape paintings by Saskatchewan artist Dorothy Knowles will be shown at the Chapel Gallery starting Nov. 1. This exhibition is not to be missed.

There is a passage in the Bible comparing two men; one who built his house on solid rock and the other who built his house on sand, with predictable results: "the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew, and beat upon that house and it