The Northern Therapeutic Riding Association (NORTRA) is holding its eigth-annual Freedom Ride 2003 on Saturday and time is running out to get those pledges in. Twenty-two riders have signed up for this year’s ride, which will help fund riding therapy for physically and mentally-challenged adults and children in the Rainy […]
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The 60th anniversary of D-Day earlier this month has sparked many Second World War stories as our veterans recall their service years, not always spent in Europe. I heard Arnie Lahti, a former farm neighbour on River Road, telling about his experiences in the far north as a soldier in […]
Aubrey Leveridge, 88, passed away June 23, 2004 at Trail, B.C. He was born on the family farm in Burriss, Ont. on Feb. 22, 1916 to Burriss pioneer parents John and May Agnes Leveridge. Aubrey spent his childhood years on the family farm and attended Burriss Consolidated school with his […]
Rodney (Rod) Salchert, 64, of 530 Second St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, June 21, 2004 in Fort Frances. He was born July 22, 1939 in Rainy River, Ont. to the late Ted and Bernice Salchert. Rod lived in Stratton, Ont. as a young child and moved […]
Marguerite Bruchkowski, 87, passed away peacefully with her family by her side on Sunday, June 20, 2004 at Pinecrest Home for the Aged in Kenora, Ont. Marguerite was born July 28, 1916 in Superb, Sask. to Colin and Alice Carruthers. She was united in marriage to Steve Bruchkowski on April […]
Rodney (Rod) Salchert, 64, of 530 Second St. W., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, June 21, 2004 in Fort Frances. A celebration of Rod’s life will be held Friday, June 25, 2004 at 2 p.m. at the Stratton Millennium Hall in Stratton, Ont. Friends may visit Friday, June […]
Elsie (Sally) L. Shortreed, 80, of Watten Township, Ont., passed away at her residence on Tuesday, June 22, 2004. Elsie was born Jan. 16, 1924 in La Vallee, Ont. to the late Frederick and Rosina Tummey. She was united in marriage on Feb. 15, 1941 to Arnold Shortreed. Together, they […]
Lois Elizabeth (Matchett) Babcock, 61, of 275 First St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away June 21, 2004 in La Verendrye Hospital quite unexpectedly following a heart attack. She was born Aug. 5, 1942 in Fort Frances to Andrew and Grace (Mudge) Matchett of Mine Centre, Ont., their youngest child. […]
Miss Hazel Margaret Smart, a resident of Dawson Court in Thunder Bay, Ont., passed away at her residence June 21, 2004 in her 88th year. Born in Pinewood, Ont. on Nov. 20, 1915, she was the daughter of Thomas and Jessie Smart. Since her retirement from the Nipigon District Memorial […]
