Dear sir: On Thursday, Sept. 29, 130 students from across Rainy River District met at Crossroads School in Devlin to play chess. It was an amazing, wonderful day. The most common comment from parents, teachers, and principals who dropped in was “This is amazing. I had no idea chess was […]
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Dear sir: Does the community of Fort Frances still require Meals on Wheels? Do families who have benefitted from Meals on Wheels feel this is a worthwhile program that should be continued in our community? These are questions that continue to be asked by the Meals on Wheels committee members […]
ROUSSEAU–Born to Doug and Darlene Rousseau (nee Fejos) of Fort Frances, Ontario, a beautiful baby girl, Julianna Layne, weighing 7 lbs, 2 oz. on September 8, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances.
VANCAUWENBERGHE–Aidan John Louis, born at 9:59 a.m. Sept. 20, 2005 at Guelph General Hospital. Weight 9 lbs. 5 oz. and 22 long. A little brother for Thomas. Proud parents Owen and Heather (Kress). Grandparents Don and Bernice Kress and Bob and Dolores VanCauwenberghe.
Warning: If you are stupid, you may find this column offensive. So the Greeks won the Euro Basket Championships in Belgrade last week. You had no clue, right? Well, neither did most of us poor North American buffoons. Didn’t hear how the Greeks won in the semi-finals against France even […]
All along I have been the pillar of encouragement of my husband’s dream to have a “place of his own.” I’ve even gone so far as to smile when he brought home the bill for all that wood and stainless steel roofing. I would be crazy to step on the […]
“Have I told you lately that I love you?” There are a few of those golden oldies still kicking around, such as “Oh Susanna,” “The Red River Valley,” and “Clementine”—the latter dating from the gold rush days in California. Also, “Bring Back my Bonnie to Me.” But when I took […]
Marnie was flying off to Doe Lake for Ontario Girl Guide meetings and I was going to be alone for the weekend. I had dropped her at the airport and didn’t expect to hear from her until Sunday night. Instead, about an hour later, she called and wondered if I […]
Live theatre has been one of my life-long loves. Even though I love old movies, I’ll take a play anytime ahead of a movie. So, 40 years ago when we moved to the prairie, we almost immediately bought community theatre tickets in a nearby city. With our friends Bob and […]
Eagles defender Daniel Cortens, above, couldn’t bring down Steve Boileau, who took a punt return down the sidelines during Friday afternoon’s 11-0 victory. —Emmanuel Moutsatsos photo
Firefighter Rod Davis, left, and fire safety mascot, Sparky, of the Fort Frances Fire Department showed the preschool and toddler groups at the Fort Frances Day Care Monday morning how an oxygen mask works. Firefighters will be out to elementary schools all next week to talk safety for Fire Prevention […]
Todd Morrison, nine, and Taylor Windego, 12, both of Mine Centre Public School, played a recreational game of chess after the district tournament at Crossroads School on Thursday. —Melanie Béchard photo
