Kathy Cuthbertson Dear editor: I would like to thank all 37 FFHS students and cafeteria staff who made time to participate in a recent fundraising effort for the people of Haiti. A spaghetti dinner and silent auction was held last Thursday in the FFHS cafeteria, which was a huge success. […]
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Founded in 1967 by Ray Scott in Montgomery, Ala., Birmingham, Ala. celebrated the 2010 Bassmaster Classic in record fashion. For three days, the folks of Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, the Carolinas, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Missouri journeyed to the heartland of bass fishing in America. Everyone who was attending the actual Bassmaster […]
Watching the Olympics and the great performances put on by Canadian athletes, including those from the Thunder Bay region, one can’t help but feel a great sense of pride. For me, that pride doesn’t just come from the winning of medals, but also from the monumental effort that is put […]
Growing up in the North Country of New York state, I know all about snow. Big snows. White-outs. Snowblowers, snowballs, and snow forts. Getting stuck in the snow. Being snowbound for days and driving through snow tunnels with 12-foot banks on each side of the road. Uninvited house guests begging […]
“Citius, Altius, Fortius!” If there is one thing I know for sure, it is that I am an Olympic Games geek. Every two years—and in more ways than there is room for me to describe in this space—something ancient emerges from this spirited soul of mine and leaps into a […]
By Tyler J. Moffitt The Safety Advocate Home improvements are very popular in Canada and the United States, and always have been one of my hobbies. In fact, when I do watch television, it’s usually a home improvement show. A lot of my reading involves home improvement books, magazines, as […]
Over the weekend we got together to celebrate Allan Teeple’s retirement. It was so nice to get together for a special “happy” occasion rather than the other. One of our friends even brought his new girlfriend along to meet us. Now that’s a big deal—bringing along someone new to meet […]
The Lake Sturgeon is the largest freshwater fish in North America, and it has been sought after for centuries. We know that this fish has been around for about 136 million years—since the time of the dinosaurs. It is not a nice-looking fish at all. It is shaped sort of […]
By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru Gardening season is just around the corner, so I always use the last few days of winter for some garden planning. One of the best ways to plan is by using seed catalogues. There are many mail-order seed and plant suppliers in both the […]
By Gary Sliworsky, Ag rep, Emo Earthworms are good, right? Well, the following article by Anne Verhallen, soil management specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, outlines that it may depend upon where they are found: A new earthworm book by Dr. Cindy Hale of the […]
Those of you that follow competitive bass fishing know what KVD stands for. For those of you who don’t, it stands for Kevin Van Dam—the most dominating figure in bass fishing since he joined the Bassmaster Tour as a 23-year-old in 1992 when he won his first of five Angler-of-the-Year […]
By Dan Falloon, Sports reporter Criticism of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games has been around for years. I was at the Winnipeg Folk Festival in 2008 when accordion player and Vancouver native Geoff Berner played a song claiming a coroner’s office in British Columbia closed down while the government was […]
