The Rainy River District School Board is expected to pass its budget for the 2002-03 school year at a special meeting Wednesday night. But to keep the budget balanced, trustees will withdraw almost $200,000 from reserve funds. Laura Mills, chief financial officer for the board, said expenditures for salaries, benefits, […]
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Decades ago when we lived in Edmonton, Alta., a very little boy and his teddy bear in a stroller disappeared from the backyard. I quickly looked up and down the street, but he was nowhere in sight. I knew immediately where he had gone and I was panic-stricken. He was […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
First I knew Gordon (Bud) Dyrland as a “honeyman,” and there are those he has helped since then who might say he is still a “sweetheart” because of his good works with water pumps in times of crisis like this past week. I never before, to be honest, expected him […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Right on this page you’ll find a complete preview of sporting events at this weekend’s Fun in the Sun festivities. Well, almost complete, that is. You see, there’s one event I was saving to preview until now. With all due respect to the perennially-popular bathtub races or the Aquanauts’ revival […]
John F. Williams, C.A., C.M.C., passed away June 17, 2002 at his home in Toronto, Ont. at the age of 67 after a lengthy bout of cancer. He is survived by his wife, Lenore; and four children, Barbara (Tom), Wendy (Peter), Larry (Margo), and Randy (Marilyn). He was completely charmed […]
After Wednesday, town residents can put away their “Blue Boxes” for the next two months or so as the contract with the Northwest Ontario Recycling Association expires June 30—and no carrier has been found to take over the service. “We’re trying to find an agreement with another carrier. The latest […]
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing’s disaster relief office won’t be open here until Wednesday, but claim forms are now available on-line. These forms, provided so local residents can apply for financial aid under the Ontario Disaster Relief Assistance Program (ODRAP), can be found at www.mah.gov.on.ca/forms/odrap-e.pdf You are eligible […]
The water level on Rainy Lake is inching higher by the day as heavy rains continue to fall. “It’s still going up,” Abitibi-Consolidated spokesman Gary Rogozinski said Monday morning. The lake was measured at 338.469 m (1,110.55 ft) as of 6 a.m. Monday, an increase of two cm (8/10ths of […]
Council will vote whether to authorize a special levy and collection of taxes from Business Improvement Area members at Monday night’s regular meeting here. During their budget process, the BIA board determined about $45,000 is required for BIA activity to continue this year, said BIA chair Ted DeBenetti. “We’ve been […]
The second-annual “Relay for Life” did it again—raising $73,000 for the Canadian Cancer Society. Last year’s inaugural event raised $75,000 for cancer research and treatment programs, and the more than 400 volunteers on 34 teams demonstrated Friday night how local residents continually rally to the cause. “I’m really happy. We […]
Leonard Nixon, 71, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, formerly of 133 Third St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Saturday, June 22, 2002. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 26, 2002 at 2 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances. Rev. Marietta Marshall will […]
In loving memory of Laurel Anne Ducharme, 63, who passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances Ont. Laurel was born July 9, 1938 in Fort Frances to Samuel and Myrtle Wall. She spent all of her life in the area, including a good portion […]
