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Volume 107 No. 12
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Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Battlefords Bright Spots
Be kind on Friday By Jayne Foster Staff Reporter
Showcase Star The Rider Girl, Colleen Sutton, was one of the attractions at the Battlefords’ Best Business Showcase and Trade Fair Hosted Thursday to Saturday. NationsWEST Field House was the main venue for the event, which featured other entertainment and a VIP kickoff luncheon featuring former Roughrider turned real estate businessman Matt Dominguez. For more on the showcase turn to Page 3 and visit www.newsoptimist.ca. Photo by John Cairns
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Friday, Nov. 1 has been earmarked as Random Act of Kindness Day – a day to celebrate little niceties and encourage others to pay “acts of kindness” forward. According to the Battlefords and District Community Foundation, schools, businesses and individuals have decided to take part with 3,000 Random Act of Kindness Day cards circulating around the community. The cards encourage the cardholder to perform a simple act of kindness for someone – a neighbour, a friend, a co-worker, or someone they don’t even know – and hand the card over to that person, encouraging him or her to do the same. “There are so many different types of actions that people can use as their kind act – buy someone a coffee, congratulate someone on a job well done, pay someone’s parking meter, even something as simple as holding open a door for someone with their hands full – each act provides us with an opportunity to connect with someone in our community,” says Kathy McNinch, executive director of the foundation. You can also be kind to an animal this week. The Battlefords Humane Society is having a three-day adoption blitz at discounted rates, sponsored by Lakeland Veterinary Services. Hours have been extended for the three days, 12:30
p.m. to 8 p.m. The adoption blitz started Monday and runs until Wednesday, and will be followed on Halloween Day, Thursday, by the Battlefords Humane Society customer appreciation day from 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. There will also be a haunted animal shelter experience from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. There are other Halloween activities going on this week, such as the Halloween Howl for Kids, from Oct. 29 to 31 at the Frontier Mall in North Battleford. There will be voting for your favourite pumpkin, with proceeds to the Battlefords United way, and pumpkins for sale. On Thursday, there will be kids’ activities starting at 4 p.m. The end of the week moves past Halloween season and on toward, dare we say it? Christmas! That means the annual Mistletoe Craft and Gift Sale. It’s a chance to get your Christmas presents early and enjoy homemade concessions. There will be more than 40 booths with everything from handmade crafts to Christmas decor at the Agrivilla. Hours on Saturday, Nov. 2 are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Sunday, Nov. 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be more art for sale at the Battlefords Art Club show and sale, “Sparkle With Art,” at the Chapel Gallery Friday, Nov. 1 from 5 to 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Items will include cards, quilted articles, wood carving, photos and pottery. [email protected]
Agrivilla Building, Exhibition Grounds
CRAFT & GIFT SALE | NOVEMBER 2 & 3 November 2, 2013, 11 am - 6 pm
Come down & get your Christmas presents a little early, & enjoy our homemade concession booth! Admission is $3.00
November 3, 2013, 11 am - 4 pm
Last day of the Craft Show, make sure to pop in and get your stocking stuffers and Christmas presents. A variety of 40 different booths, everything from handmade crafts to Christmas decor, etc.
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