Duane Hicks Maria Sanders, left, tested her skill at the bottle cap toss while Tammy Kellar tried out the ring toss yesterday evening during a meeting of the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee in preparation for its “Oktoberfest” party coming up Oct. 4 at the Memorial Sports […]
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Paige Desmond Eating Jell-O proved to be much more than a jiggly undertaking yesterday as Grade 10 students from Fort Frances High School participated in the Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y.) program at La Verendrye Hospital. Challenged to eat lunch with limited physical abilities, the goal was […]
Peggy Revell Local residents are invited to attend a community presentation on abuse and violence prevention tonight from 6-8 p.m. at the Urban Multi-purpose Aboriginal Youth Centre on Mowat Avenue here. “Men of Strength” is one of many presentations being made by abuse and violence educator Joseph Weinberg, who was […]
Duane Hicks Town council will begin its 2009 budget process tonight with an open meeting to get input from the public. Two speakers are on the agenda. Chamber of Commerce first vice-president Cathy Emes will speak on behalf of the membership while local resident Dino D’Agostini will make a request […]
Mitch Calvert The Muskie football team was a pretty banged-up group going into Friday’s tilt with the Dryden Eagles—and came back worse for the wear after a 22-7 loss. The game started well for Fort High as quarterback Dan Brunetta engineered a long drive in the first quarter using all […]
Staff The Fort Frances Jr. Sabres opened their second season in the SIJHL with a pair of weekend losses to the visiting Thunder Bay Bearcats. The Bearcats romped to a 6-3 victory in Friday night’s opener, then pulled out a narrow 3-2 win Saturday night. The Sabres actually opened the […]
Duane Hicks As work continues on the Noden Causeway, the overlay on the westbound lane is scheduled to be placed tomorrow and Wednesday (Sept. 23-24). During the placement of the overlay, traffic will be reduced to 10 km/h over the structure, controlled by flaggers and a pilot vehicle, to prevent […]
Mitch Calvert Alton Pollard admired his putt on the ninth green of the club championship yesterday at Kitchen Creek. Pollard carded an 82 in the seniors’ division but Terry Martinson claimed the low score in the 50+ class with a 76. Krista Ballard (ladies’), Gerry Hercun (men’s), Alex McDonald (junior), […]
Jessica George Local residents Fred Whitehead, left, Larry Wood, and Jean Richards helped NDP candidate John Rafferty cut the ribbon Saturday to officially open his campaign headquarters here. Located at 517 Mowat Ave. (across from Green’s), the office is open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m.-9 p.m., 9 a.m.-6 p.m. […]
Jessica George Brianna Clinker (clockwise from left), Shailyn Loyie, Alanna Walsh, Emily Hyatt, Danielle Jean, and Hailey Clendenning showed off their smiles—and their fingernails—during the manicure and pedicure session of the “Beautiful Unique Girls” beach party hosted by St. Mary’s Church on Saturday night. The girls came together for an […]
Duane Hicks Dust off the lederhosen, roll out the barrel, and strike up the oompah band—the Riverside Foundation for Health Care’s special events committee is planning an Oktoberfest party for Saturday, Oct. 4 at the Memorial Sports Centre auditorium. Foundation director Teresa Hazel said more than half of the tickets […]
Mitch Calvert Start with four games at This time it’s for real. After a lengthy training camp and pre-season schedule, which began as early as Aug. 8 for a number of this year’s players, the Fort Frances Jr. Sabres finally will open their second SIJHL season by hosting the Thunder […]
