Often around the May long weekend, I will take my first dip in the lake. That normally is the weekend we begin cutting up trees that have fallen or died during the previous year to create firewood to warm the cabin in the fall and the hot tub throughout the […]

GREEN–Born to Chris and Christina, nee Pochailo, of Phoenix, Arizona, on June 6, 2008, a baby boy, weighing 8 lbs. 11 oz. and 21 1/2” in length. Proud grandparents are Jim & Lori Pochailo.

MELROSE–Born to Nerissa Melrose, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Kodiak Skylar, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. on June 5, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

JOHNSON-POTSON–Born to Evelyn Johnson and Terence Potson, of Mine Centre, Ont., a boy, Evan James, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. on June 3, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

FUHRER–Born to John and Maria, nee Thiessen, of Emo, Ont.,a boy, Matthew Tyler, weighing 9 lbs. 6 oz. on June 2, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

SINCLAIR–Born to Jolene Richert and Joseph Sinclair, of Fort Frances, Ont., a girl, Cadance Jo-Lynn, weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz. on June 1, 2008 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

FOURNIER–Born to Jennifer Kivimaki and Jordan Fournier of Thunder Bay, Ont, a girl, Jorja Bernice, weighing 8 lbs. 7 1/2 oz. on April 30, 2008 at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Proud grandparents are Larry and JoAnne Kivimaki and Rick and Renate Fournier.

Dear sir: I strongly support the building of the new public library for Fort Frances. I have been involved in the effort to make this a reality for 13 years now. Do we need a new library? Yes!!! In 2003, a feasibility study was conducted by the architectural firm of […]

Dear editor: We live on the 300 block of Sixth Street West. Sometimes I think we live on the edge of town. Our road is full of patches and holes, no curb or gutter, and no sidewalks, and yet our taxes are high—and keep going up. I could deal with […]

Dear sir: I would like to bring to your attention a special anniversary that will take place on June 15. Fifty years ago, Fort Frances and surrounding communities converted their telephone system to dial operation. I was one of the installers that worked for Bell, and installed the new phones […]

Dear Mr. Behan: I am writing you to provide clarification on an article regarding on-farm slaughter provisions published in the May 21, 2008 edition of your newspaper. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs held a public session in Stratton on the evening of May 15, where information […]

John Harrison, of London, Ont. (formerly of Fort Frances, Ont.), passed away at Parkwood Hospital in London on May 25, 2008 in his 87th year. Beloved husband of Dorothy; and predeceased by his cherished first wife, Shirley. Dear father of Shelley Stupnisky (Bud) of Morris, Man., Philip (Kathy) of North […]