In the Community

To celebrate Remembrance Day, several schools in the Battlefords held ceremonies or worked on special projects.

Postcards are a relatively recent invention, patented by J. P. Carlton of Philadelphia in 1861. Postcards with illustration on one side and the address on the other were first issued during the Franco-Prussian War.

Having witnessed the frantic harvest this season, it's difficult to imagine how early settlers survived the harsh prairie climate, as they struggled to wrest a living from the unforgiving earth.

With the support of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatchewan's White Birch Ballet Company will be coming to the Battlefords as the final stop on its five-city Ballet Across the Prairies tour. The company performs Saturday, Nov.

Forty-five young singers entertained a sold-out capacity crowd at Logie Hall in the Third Avenue United Church Sunday afternoon. It was the Community Youth Choir's first recital of the season, entitled Pure Imagination.

Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH) Foundation's Festival of Trees is approaching incredibly fast with events from Thursday, Nov. 25, to Saturday, Nov. 27.

Local musicians, contralto Lisa Hornung and pianist Jaya Hoy, are presenting a series of recitals at Third Avenue united Church this winter Most will be held in the sanctuary, which the two musicians describe as "one of the most beautiful spaces for

Canada's Double Portion, a musically-inclined family from North Battleford, consisting of Duncan Hemmerling, his wife, Debbie and their nine children performed Nov.

Maidstone Gully Multiple 4-H Club has recently kicked off a 2010-11 4-H year. Oct. 4, at Milleton Hall, the first general meeting was held and Nov. 1, also at Milleton Hall, was a second general meeting.

Hello, everyone. We are the Cloverbuds reporting from Swift Mount Light Horse 4-H Club. We welcome back all previous members to Swift Mount.