We’ve all had dreams, visions of great things that we imagined for ourselves: becoming an astronaut or a superhero or a fire-engine driver. Maybe that CCM Super Cycle in Law’s Hardware was on the top of the list; I know it topped my list for several years until my tenth […]
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Well, let’s hope the wet weather will finally quit circling over us! Rainy River District can go from relatively dry to relatively wet rather quickly. We ended up with inside jobs at EARS and a bunch of hay that was well washed. I heard from many that they were blaming […]
As people with cabins know, this coming weekend is busy in lake country. School is out. Families head to the lake for extended periods of time. Plus, there are lots of overnight guests. Even though my husband and I live at the lake full time now, our place still takes […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Asparagus, one of the most luxurious vegetable, once was cultivated for medicinal purposes as a natural remedy for blood cleansing and diuretic properties. Then during the Renaissance, asparagus also was promoted as an aphrodisiac and banned from the tables of most nunneries. Botanically, asparagus […]
The ink has hardly dried, and the hot stove has hardly cooled off from this past weekend’s NHL Entry Draft in St. Paul. But if the recent news over the past couple of days is any indication, and with all due respect to recently drafted players such as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins […]
? When I was a little kid my Dad used to take me fishing a lot but it was nearly always for walleyes. We used to chase big pike maybe once early in the spring and always did a couple of early season lake trout trips but for most of […]
When I was young and had successfully passed a Red Cross Intermediate swimming program, my parents stopped insisting that I wear a life jacket. When my brother and sister also passed that level, life jackets were stored under the seats of the boat. We could swim and didn’t feel the […]
Town officials recently gathered at Sunny Cove Camp for a day long strategic planning session. During the session, we considered various items submitted from our citizens for inclusion into the strategic plan. We thank everyone who took the time to make these submissions in the interests of making our community […]
With this past weekend’s “Relay for Life” event to support cancer research, I was reminded of my father. We lost Dad to cancer over 15 years ago and though the disease eventually took him, it will never take the memories. Dad was a pretty ordinary kind of guy—a product of […]
I’m pretty sure a half-dozen critters from the 1980’s television series, “Fables of the Green Forest,” just moved into my neck of the woods. Yes, folks, I’ve got “Chatterer Squirrel,” “Paddy Beaver,” “Grandpa Frog,” “Uncle Billy Mouse,” “Jimmy Skunk,” and “Bobby Raccoon” living here, along with a handful of new […]
Lindsey Oster Dear editor, A few weekends ago, my family and I were invited to a birthday party at McIrvine Park. The kids had tonnes of fun playing on the equipment and then we all enjoyed a BBQ lunch, complete with cake, under the new sun shelter. Everyone commented on […]
Pearl Wardman Dear editor, I have been hearing some negative, unkind remarks about Rainycrest, where I live. Granted, it takes some adjustment and when I first came here seven months ago, I was sad. Ideally, we’d all prefer to remain in our own home or apartment. Now, I can only […]
