Have you booked your appointment to save a life? There will be a blood donor clinic Wednesday at the Don Ross Centre from 2 to 8 p.m., sponsored by the North Battleford Lions Club. To give blood, contact the Canadian Blood Services at www.blood.ca or call 1-888-236-6283.
Award-winning songwriters John Wort Hannam and Gordie Tentrees have joined forces for a 10-show Double Trouble Prairie Tour and will be at the Dekker Centre for the Performing Arts Thursday, June 5. In 10 years of being a working musician, Hannam has released five albums, capturing a Juno nomination for Best Traditional/ Roots album and a Canadian Folk Music Award for Album of the Year. Tentrees has been an amateur boxer, a school teacher, youth worker, counsellor, coach and mentor for at risk kids, and at age 25 began his musical career. Performing a blend of folk, roots and blues, Tentrees has toured Canada, the United States, Europe, the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. This looks to be an outstanding show.
Speaking of Tentrees, his wife is the tour manager for the Clara Hughes ride that comes to the Battlefords Friday, June 6. Head out to Rotary Plaza at the CUplex for Clara's Big Ride from 5 to 8 p.m. Olympian Clara Hughes is biking across Canada to raise awareness and to stomp out the stigma surrounding mental illness in our country.Hughes herself suffers from depression and is using her personal journey to inspire young and old alike and to make talking about mental illness no longer something we only do behind closed doors. There will be an hour-long Clara's Big Ride Youth Event on Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at John Paul II Collegiate, hosted by North Battleford Comprehensive High School and JPII.
The Battlefords Vintage Auto Club will be holding its Show and Shine on Saturday, June 7 at the Co-op Mall in North Battleford from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Look for vintage and special interest vehicles plus bikes and hot rods. There will be trophies in each class plus a Peoples' Choice and a Competitor's Choice. The Battlefords Vintage Auto Club is a local automobile enthusiast organization open to anyone with an interest in collectible and special interest vehicles. Formed in 1973, the Battlefords Vintage Auto Club has been active in the community for 41 years, hosting many car shows and tours throughout the years.
Sunday, the Battlefords Seventh Day Adventist Church is holding a Family Fun Day at 1611 - 93rd St. in North Battleford from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a rock wall, slide, carnival games and a petting zoo. It's free and open to everyone.
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