Opinion

A few years ago I discovered a product few people outside of professional photography circles have heard of, yet most people could greatly make use of: Eneloop batteries.

As the chair of the board for the local youth outreach agency Battlefords Concern for Youth, I would like to take the opportunity to respond to the recent article about the sentencing of a man for four charges including assault.

Dear Editor In John Cairns' account of the Ritz fundraiser in Lloydminster ("Big names turn out for Ritz fundraiser," Regional Optimist, Dec.

Dear Editor City planners, leave the Battlefords Ag Society alone. The extension of Carlton Trail could be done by going straight towards Highway 40. The city planner says the reason you build a road is not for access.

Dear Editor Here we go again with Canada Post. Up goes the prices, down goes the service.

Back when I was in Grade 9, I spent an awful lot of time drawing. A good chunk of that was comics. For a 15-year-old, I thought I was pretty decent.

Ed, my neighbour next door, celebrated the New Year's Eve in style. He and Ruby always host a party that ushers out the old year, like a greased pig, and the New Year in like a newly hatched gosling.

Dear Editor I read, with interest, Laura Prescesky's recollections of St. Mary's Anglican Church at Lilac ("Warm memories of Lilac church, Regional Optimist, Dec. 19). Laura does not recall any weddings. I have a vivid memory of a wedding.

The Big Guy sent us all a Christmas present. He took the -30 C crap away and gave us weather that was just below freezing. I don't mind this single digit minus. We had a one day Calgary Chinook last week, but it must have been metric.

Dear Editor After following the news releases provided by the Battlefords RCMP force over the last month or so, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you and congratulate the members for the work they do, particularly in the Resort Village o