Russell Wade Dickson, 65, passed away Sept. 10, 2005 of Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS). He had been born Aug. 13, 1940 in Elgin, Ill., raised in International Falls, Mn., and was a long time resident of Mobile, Ala. He was the son of Grace Coral Dickson and Russell Earl Dickson […]
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David Andrew Galbraith, son of the late Ellen Farmer Galbraith (Clunie) and the late William Donnell Galbraith, passed away in the presence of his loving children on Monday, Sept. 26, 2005 at the Brantford General Hospital in his 88th year. He was the loving husband of the late Alfreda Josephine […]
Thea Sinninghe, 75, of Rainy River, Ont., passed away Saturday, Sept. 17, 2005 at the Thunder Bay Regional Hospital in Thunder Bay, Ont. She was born Dec. 21, 1929 in the Netherlands to Jan and Frouk Wiersema. She was the third-oldest of 16 children, with 10 brothers and five sisters. […]
Does this sound familiar? “Nobody could possibly understand how I feel.” “If I start to cry, I’m sure I’ll never stop.” “I’m so bad that no one could ever like me.” “If I don’t hit something, I’m going to explode.” “If people knew what I was thinking, they would say […]
The Ontario government honoured 78 citizens in the Kenora-Rainy River districts on Monday night at the Ontario Volunteer Service Awards ceremony in Atikokan. Among the district volunteers honoured were seven from the Fort Frances area, including: •Marnie Cumming (Girl Guides of Canada—Voyageur Area)—30 years; •Orville Eyolfson (Halkirk Fire Protection Team)—10 […]
The Fort Frances Lions Club and Beta Sigma Phi Alpha Upsilon jointly are holding a dinner and auction to fund a walkway and ramp for the new handicap swing the local sorority is providing. This endeavour will help in the placing of the swing, as well as provide a walkway […]
“As luck would have it . . . we didn’t have much.” That’s how John Gibson described the Muskie senior boys’ volleyball team’s showing in their semi-final match at a tournament in Thunder Bay on the weekend. They lost two close sets by scores of 26-24 and 25-23 to St. […]
The Environmental Farm Plan 3 program provides more than $57 million in federal government support for programs to help Ontario farmers expand their environmental stewardship activities as well as make environmental considerations a farm business priority. The Ontario Soil and Crop Improvement Association has qualified local program reps in place […]
Rev up the boat motor and hit the water. That’s what more than 80 anglers are set to do this Saturday and Sunday (Sept. 29-30) for the annual fall bass tournament hosted by Dale LaBelle. The weigh-ins start at 3:30 p.m. both days at LaBelle’s Birch Point Camp on Northwest […]
Work has begun to replace equipment that was removed from local playgrounds last year. And local youngsters already are making the most of it. A new play structure was installed at the Phair Avenue park last week. It was ready for use by Friday afternoon. “By six o’clock Friday night, […]
The Junior Beef Club held an informational meeting Sept. 2 at Kathy Stahn’s house. We are planning to focus on the basics of selecting, raising, training, and showing a 4-H beef heifer or steer. Some 20 people attended the meeting, during which we discussed selecting a 4-H calf and how […]
Pat Farrell is best known at the Fine Line Art Gallery here for her surreal, dream-like paintings. But her background in scientific research always has kept her grounded in the “real world.” “I like to see the world as it is, without blinkers,” she says. With advanced degrees in science […]
