Bornt to Darren and Nicole, nee McDonald, of Devlin, Ont., a baby boy, Carter Darren, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. on November 10, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
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I love the seasons of the year. Winter brings back memories of being snowbound—not going to school and sitting by the fire with a book. With popcorn and hot chocolate. Sledding, tobogganing, cross-country skiing, and making angels in the snow. And Christmas at Grandma’s—the highlight of the year. Then came […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
There have been several close calls but the freak show known as the heavyweight boxing division hopefully is on its way back to a full recovery. You see, I’m happy Lennox Lewis knocked out Hasim Rahman to regain the World Boxing Council and International Boxing Federation world titles Saturday. Now […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
Of course, you’ve heard the old statement that life begins at 40? But what about 90? And did you realize there are pretty spry 90-year-olds everywhere you turn in this town? Remember, before you act too surprised, this is the community I like to call the New Atlantis for so […]
Milt Guba
This Week in Emo
This Week in Emo
Ella Jewell is looking forward to this Saturday (Nov. 24) as she will be celebrating her 90th birthday. A party is planned at Knox United in Emo between 2-4 p.m. She still drives her automobile and is able to get around without a hitch. Speaking of birthdays, Ashley Beaushene of […]
In conjunction with “National Drug Awareness Week,” the district Substance Abuse Prevention (SAP) team and the local chapter of Ontario Students Against Impaired Driving have planned several activities to spread their message. Entitled “Just Say Me,” a pair of magic shows are slated for local elementary students (grades four-six) tomorrow […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board will take time at its regular meeting tonight to see just how its grade three and six students did with this year’s Education Quality and Accountability Office testing. The detailed results—specifically, which percentage of students passed the reading, writing, and math tests back in […]
It looked like the Borderland Thunder were well on their way to snapping a six-game winless streak Saturday night against the visiting Iron Range Yellow Jackets. With a 4-2 lead and a five-minute power play with nine minutes to play, it was all mathematical, right? Well, not exactly. The Yellow […]
With the deadline for suggestions being this coming Friday, Canada Safeway staff likely will pick their charity for 2002 sometime next week. “The response has been pretty good,” manager Mike Scott said this morning. “We got about 10 letters from various organizations. But as we know from last year, it’s […]
The Trevor Bonot rink of Stratton finished in sixth place with a 3-4 record at the junior men’s district playdowns at the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay. Bonot, along with third Adam Bolen, second Brendan Loney, and lead Matt Neilson, wrapped up play Saturday on a positive note […]
