Dave Ogilvie The Kindergarten-Grade 5 classes at the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program’s Christmas concert entertained family and friends with their play “A Different Kind of King.” They also sang “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” “Away in a Manger,” and “Do You Hear What I Hear,” as well as performed an amazing […]
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Dan Falloon Jeremiah Windigo read a poem dedicated to his cousin, the late Thunderhawks’ defenceman Clayton “Beef” Windigo, prior to Saturday night’s game against the Manitoba Lightning at the Ice For Kids Arena. Windigo was killed in a swimming accident earlier this summer. Also pictured are emcee Jim Fowler and […]
Gerald Perron, 77, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Sunday, Dec. 19, 2010 at the Virginia Regional Medical Center in Virginia, Mn. He was born May 3, 1933 to George and Gertrude Perron in Winnipeg, Man. He was united in marriage to Evelyn (Garrison) Perron in April, 1962, at which […]
Thelma Lee of Emo, Ont., and formerly of Stratton, Ont., passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 at the Emo Health Centre at the age of 91. Thelma was born June 12, 1919 to Thomas and Sarah Scott in Huddersfield, England. She was the second-eldest of five children. After […]
Dear editor: The “Operation Christmas Child” collection centre is happy to announce the initiative was a success in the Fort Frances/Rainy River area again in 2010! We gave out more than 600 cartons. Then on Nov. 27, our district sent a total of 458 boxes to the Kitchener collection centre […]
Norma D. Pattison Dear editor: I first met “Ernie” about 12 years ago. In the entrance of Emo hospital, I saw the door push open and a big black-and-white cat, quite tall and lanky. Mouth open, he was roaring at the top of his lungs. He came on bouncy front […]
Our family has honed our Christmas customs. The traditions have remained almost constant for more than 30 years, and many stem back to my Scottish and English ancestry. Christmas supper will see anywhere from 14-18 family and friends gathered around my mother’s dining room table. On the afternoon of Christmas […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Many of the house plants and annuals available here in our gardening zone are ones that grow in the wild or as perennials in a much warmer climate. One example of this is the African violet—a popular house plant well-suited to growing in pots […]
