The Western Development Museum in North Battleford has been kept busy with various activities most of the summer. Those Were the Days was cancelled again this year. Hopefully it will be back next year. There has been a steady stream of tourists passing through. No volunteers have been there all summer.
Fred Light Museum in Battleford hosted a fun day featuring displays of antiques, some operating The Battlefords Vintage Auto club had a display of vehicles. There were rides for the children. The museum has also been busy with tourists all summer.
The Battlefords Ag. Society hosted a parade Monday evening and later in the week they had a carnival at the exhibition grounds. Both events were well attended. It was all cancelled last year.
Harvesting is underway and has been progressing well. It’s an early fall, as the hot days have not helped out. Some fields are completed while others are at a greener stage and will be done later. Most of the haying has been completed and bales are being hauled home. With every rancher low on feed it is not safe to leave the bales in the fields too long. There have been reports of bales missing in some areas.
After the long spell of extra hot days that were ever so dry, the system has now changed to much cooler and some light rain has fallen. For days our clear sunny skies were blacked out to blood red due to fires in British Columbia and Saskatchewan’s north.
There is a little activity in the area between Battlefords West Place and Highways 4 and 40 on the site of the new Oil Can Charlie’s building.
Summer holidays are coming to an end as school classes will begin next week. It will be a challenge for many of the young children.
