After the game, the sensation was unmistakable, like the words of a favourite song that come flooding back and the byproduct of emotions that follow. The quick breath. The pacing heart. The goose bumps. The flushed face. Gillons’ had felt this way earlier in August after winning the annual “Borderland […]
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Trisha Wilson of Barwick was crowned the 2004 Emo Fair queen last Thursday night after the entertainment portion of the pageant. The 17-year-old also captured the Dorothy Bonot Award, which is given to the contestant who is personable, organized, community-minded, has a positive attitude, and demonstrates leadership. Bonot was responsible […]
After noticeable highs and lows each year since 2001, water levels on Rainy and Namakan lakes are right where they should be this summer, the International Rainy Lake Board of Control reported at its annual public meeting here Tuesday night. “The main message we want to get across is how […]
It is with great sadness that we announce the peaceful passing of Vera on Aug. 16, 2004 at Deer Lodge Centre at 102 years young. Vera was predeceased by her parents, Ezekial “Whitney” and Hannah Mosher; brothers, Arnold, John, Emerson, Wilson “Red,” and Floyd (Judy); sisters, Mary (Art) Thompson, and […]
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our cherished wife and mother on Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2004 after a courageous battle with cancer. Mona was born Aug. 4, 1922 in Emo, Ont., and spent her early years in Barwick, Ont. She “came over” to Kenora, Ont. […]
Barbara Rose McLeod, 76, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at her residence Saturday, Aug. 21, 2004. Mrs. McLeod was born Dec. 1, 1927 in Emo, Ont., where she was raised. She began her teaching career in Finland, Ont. and later taught […]
Mary Donalda Reid (nee Hughes) passed away Aug. 10, 2004 at the Kelly Care Centre in Summerland, B.C. after a lengthy illness. She was predeceased by her husband, Norman B. Reid, in 1990; and a sister, Martha Whitley, in 1995. She is survived by her brother, David Hughes of Fort […]
William Joseph Malinosky of St. Mary’s parish died at Rainycrest Home for the Aged on Aug. 19, 2004. He was born April 22, 1931 at Timmins, Ont. and resided for most of his life in Fort Frances, where he attended local schools and subsequently taught in them from 1950-1986. He […]
Anyone with questions or concerns regarding the regulation of Namakan and Rainy Lake, or the water quality on the Rainy River, is invited to the joint annual public meeting of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board here tonight. The meeting is […]
Kenora OPP found two Minnesota men dead at the scene of a plane crash Sunday evening at Northwest Angle Inlet. The aircraft, a two-seater white Champion, went down in a swampy, partially-wooded area. Police responded to the incident at 8:44 p.m.—as soon as the crash was reported to them—and found […]
Alicia Delbridge of Fort Frances still is breathing on her own after being taken off a ventilator last Wednesday, her father, Cory, wrote in an e-mail yesterday. The one-year-old fell critically ill back on Aug. 6 while visiting relatives with her family in Calgary, but has shown signs of improvement […]
Gillons’ came into this season motivated not to let what happened last year, in their championship game loss to Taggs, happen again this year. And after a thrilling final against Subway, Gillons’ lay claim to their place as the Borderland Soccer League men’s champs with a 3-2 victory in extra […]
