In the Community

Welcome Ted and Anita Klassen, who moved into the home of Darelle and Saskia, and to Jerry Moore and his family, who moved into Helen Muriel's home. Aaron and Kendra and their daughter will be living in AJ's house.

Children's entertainers Sandy and Lee Paley made a stop in North Battleford last week when they put on a show for children and families gathered at Central Park near the library.

Crops and gardens are looking healthy at present. It has been impossible until the last few days to work in the garden so the weeds are looking very healthy too. We have been enjoying garden produce including strawberries and raspberries.

The city galleries are looking for a field with junked cars to act as a canvas to display the art of Tyler Brett. He's this year's featured artist for the fourth edition of the North Battleford Sculpture Symposium, titled Big Things.

Canoeing on the Battle River appears to be a popular recreation. Recently at least two groups have canoed from the Lashburn bridge to the Waseca bridge.

Sunday the sun was shinning with temperatures expected to rise to the mid-20. The last number of days we have experienced heavy rains leaving the ground saturated making it impossible to do field or garden work.

This past week saw Meota and the area around the lake tormented by Mother Nature. On both Monday night and again Tuesday evening she attacked with fury, throwing rain and wind at us.

Smokey the Bear visited the North Battleford Library last week. Before Smokey came out to give all the kids a big bear hug, Walter Matieyshen from wildfire management in Prince Albert told the kids a bit about fire safety.

It was a long drive - three hours each way, and about 575 kilometres, but like the Battleford Furniture commercials say, "The difference was worth the drive!" We left home on a Monday morning at about 7 a.m.

The Annual Sakicawasihk powwow was held last week at the North Battleford Civic Centre. I had the opportunity to attend this cultural marvel and, I have to say, it was a lot to absorb considering I had never experienced anything like it before.