Chapple is preparing to hold a flea market on Saturday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Barwick Hall. To book a table(s), call Jackie (487-1222) or the municipal office (487-2354). The cost is $10 for the first table and $5 for additional ones. In other news, […]
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Story Hour, Playgroup, and the Kids’ Craft Club soon will be wrapping up activities for another year at the Emo Toy Lending and Resource Centre. The Story Hour windup party is slated for Tuesday, June 19 from 10 a.m. until noon at Lions Park. Parents are welcome join in the […]
Emo Legion Br. #99 hosted the district Decoration Day banquet last Saturday (May 26). Branches from Zone 7 were on hand, including host Emo, Fort Frances, Rainy River, Keewatin, Oxdrift, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, Hudson, Igance, and Ear Falls. The parade fell in at the Legion, then marched to […]
The countdown to the centennial of Fort Frances in 2003 is on! May 27 marked 100 weeks until the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the community on April 11, 1903. The Fort Frances centennial planning committee has launched a contest for a logo and slogan to use in promoting […]
After wondering if the “chem-free” grad would be held at all earlier this month, there’s no question now that Fort High teens can party in a safe, sober setting here June 20. “It’s definitely a ‘go,’” said Diane Noonan, one of the organizers. “Service clubs and the business community have […]
Jeraldine Bjornson and Patrick Playfair have been a part of our town for the past eight years and on June 18 at La Place Rendezvous the community will have the chance to bid the couple a fond farewell. “We are planning on having a very casual get together to wish […]
As employees head into day 19 of their strike, there still are no talks slated between Association of Community Living workers here and their employer. “It’s status quo, there are no talks scheduled,” said Alanna Barr, executive director of the Fort Frances and District Association of Community Living. While administration […]
The Fort Frances Museum will be holding a cemetery transcribing inventory project here Saturday under the direction of Art Gunnell of the Ontario Genealogical Society. The survey was organized in an effort to preserve Fort Frances history and collect information that will help in the writing of the 2003 Centennial […]
With another school year winding down and summer vacations on the horizon, Bible camps are preparing for a full scale of activities.
Writer and historian Neil McQuarrie is jumping in with both feet–and he couldn’t be happier. The Brandon, Man. resident temporarily has returned to the town where he grew up in order to collect information that will make his writing of the 2003 Centennial History Book a bit easier. “I am […]
Whether you call them forest tent caterpillars or army worms, they are beginning to march by the millions across roads, into backyards, and onto buildings. “Somebody has to sweep the doorway before I can go out,” noted Joyce Strachan, whose back lawn of her Eighth Street home is carpeted with […]
With plans of studying theatre at the University of Guelph this fall, Alison Agar could not have been more pleased when she received word that she had been awarded the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award. “I really did not expect to win the award,” Agar confessed Sunday. “I went through the […]
