There has been a catastrophic natural disaster such as an earthquake or hurricane. All electrical service has been disrupted. Communication between emergency services is chaotic at best, yet somehow resources are co-ordinated and contact with the outside world remains unbroken. Whether you realize it or not, this is a fairly […]
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The Corporation of the Township of Emo playground is ready to roll into the summer activities for youth between the ages of 3-13 years and each group having a different schedule. The program runs between Tuesday, July 8, and concludes Thursday, Aug. 14. Anyone interested in the program can call […]
Dear Editor: When is equal not equitable? Have you ever looked up the definitions of “equal” and “equitable” in the dictionary? I have and here they are: equal: regarding or affecting all objects in the same way; equitable: dealing equally AND fairly with all concerned. For the past year I […]
The sound of metal on metal was ringing through the air during a pair of local horseshoe tournaments recently. Pat Stillan from International Falls won the singles division of a June 29 competition, with Dale Ross from Fort Frances finishing second, and Jim Ysen of International Falls taking third spot. […]
There were plenty of activities to keep people busy on Canada Day, but perhaps one of the most fun and, and perhaps overlooked, was the second-annual Grandstand Jam in Emo. Over 200 adults and 50 children filed into the Emo Speedway grandstand to sample the talents of 15 young people […]
Dear sir: I would like to use a small space in your newspaper. I want to say thank you to all my friends who sponsored me in the recent “Relay for Life” out at Pither’s Point. Your generosity overwhelmed me. I also want to thank my family for helping me […]
It’s early June. The waters in Rainy Lake are beginning to warm up, creeping toward the 16-degree C mark and spawning time for smallmouth bass. A good time to go after this sport fish. Meanwhile, in another part of the lake, the warming trend has brought large northern pike from […]
Maybe it didn’t rank right up there on a historical level with the children of Israel reaching Canaan. But when my friend Diane Lively steered her car up the long driveway toward the big white house and the picture-perfect baseball diamond, I knew I had reached my Promised Land. This […]
Brady Caul is cooking with gas lately. The speed demon has been burning up the infield dirt track at Emo Speedway the past two weeks, winning the feature race of the Gas division during go-kart racing action June 27 and this past Friday. Caul led Robbie Brandrick to the line […]
To the editor: We would sincerely like to send a big thank you to the following people for helping us on July 4, when the alternator quit on our car at the Junction of Hwy. 11 & 71. Mr. Gerald Carr stopped and boosted the car battery enough to get […]
To most, Paris evokes Hollywood images of the Eiffel Tower, good wine, streets lined with sidewalk cafés, and a beret clad Frenchman with a thin mustache and rude demeanor. But for Fort High student Heather Pattison, France, and more specifically Paris, filled her heart with warmer images—for the most part. […]
Dear editor, I’ve been watching from afar on how the home district has been handling the whole “same-sex” relationship issue now for a few weeks, and I’ve held my tongue for the most part–after all, it is proverbs that says a wise man holds his tongue, and those that […]
