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Although the World Juniors are the holiday hockey tradition, the NHL excitement is heating up. As some teams are seeing their players head to the injured reserve list others are getting served breakfast.

Well, folks, it's that time again. As we bid farewell to this year and this decade, I for one find it hard to grasp that we're hours away from the first day of 2011.

January begins with the moon as a daytime object, rising just before the sun at about 7:30 a.m. and crossing the sky before it sets at 1:30 p.m. It's just a thin crescent and difficult to see. New moon occurs Jan. 4, and full moon is Jan. 19.

City council was once more talking trash at a recent meeting, as the merits of a city wide conversion to roll out bins for garbage collection was debated.

Dear Editor Given the NDP track record on agriculture, healthcare and the economy in Saskatchewan, NDP Leader Dwain Lingenfelter's remarks in the Dec. 15 issue of the Battlefords News-Optimist are hypocritical and ignore the facts.

Some things never change and yet every time a reader grabs a newspaper there is a new champion being crowned or another aging superstar hanging up their jock straps or sports bras.

I have to say - after looking at what was on offer this weekend at theaters, I am so glad I got out of the business of covering movie box-office results. The movies that rolled out just weren't up to my smarter-than-average intelligence.

Special thanks from River Heights Lodge residents and staff to Jim, Murray, Kevin and Al with North Battleford Handi-bus for giving us such a great experience on our "twinkle tour" of the Battlefords.

Sometimes I feel like my car is my second home and at this time of year we find ourselves criss-crossing the province to attend family dinners and events.

Dear Editor At the Synergy Credit Union annual meeting, the board of directors announced they had been approached by Conexus Credit Union and Innovation Credit Union with a proposal to amalgamate.