The Emo Bulldogs will compete in the ‘AA’ World Series qualifier June 15-16 in Rice Lake, Wis. The Bulldogs, who went to the world series last season, are guaranteed a berth but are playing in the qualifier for seeding purposes. This means another team can come out of the RRFDL […]
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The Rainy River Future Development Corp. elected three new members and re-elected two others during their May 29th meeting at the Fort Frances Curling Club. New members Eugene McPherson (Couchiching), Rob Kilgour (Devlin), and Donna McDonald (Devlin) will join chairman Telford Advent (Stratton) and incumbent directors John McTaggart (Fort Frances), […]
Safe Kids Week 2001 ran May 28-June 3 this year. Every spring, Safe Kids Canada and Johnson & Johnson join forces in a major national campaign on children’s safety. This year, they focused on scalds and burn prevention. Many people, including children, are killed each year as a result of […]
For the first time in many years, the local Salvation Army’s “Red Shield Appeal” campaign is falling far short of its goal. The target for 2001 has been set at the same amount as last year–$22,000–but only about $15,000 has been raised by the end of last month. More than […]
Longtime Muskies Adam McTavish and Sarah Noonan won’t be leaving Fort High empty-handed. The two collected most valuable player awards in each sport they played this past school year–and took home their respective Athlete of the Year awards. McTavish and Noonan, along with Siobhan Devlin, also were named to the […]
Dr. M. E. Kennedy and her staff could not be more pleased with the recent addition of dental specialist Dr. Maria Partida to their team. A former resident of Mexico, Dr. Partida made the trip to Fort Frances two weeks ago to begin her new job and rebuild a life […]
A large tax hike on residential properties here due to Bill 140 may be avoided after all because of a cut in the education tax. “There’s no doubt about it, the decrease in our share of school tax has made it much easier,” noted Mayor Glenn Witherspoon. The recent announcement […]
Four men from the Fort Frances area have been convicted of constructing a cabin on Crown land without a work permit. Don Roth, 46, of Fort Frances, Marvin Smith, 53, of Devlin, Gary Gushulak, 50, of Dryden, and Alan Eide, 47, of Fort Frances were each fined $1,500 plus a […]
With the June 12 entry deadline fast approaching, the Fort Frances centennial committee is still looking to the community for some ideas for logos and slogans to promote the event. “There’s been a fair amount of talk but nothing going on. We haven’t received any entries,” CAO Bill Naturkach, a […]
Students in grade seven and eight classroom have been very busy lately. Last Monday, the grade eight class travelled to Fort Frances for a tour of Fort Frances High School. Upon their arrival, students were directed to the auditorium, where they listened to a few words from the principal as […]
The raffle draw, sponsored by the Crossroads community rink fundraising committee, was held Friday morning at the school and the three lucky winners were chosen. Chris Woods of Fort Frances won the garage package, Wayne Pattison (Fort Frances) took home the gazebo while Joe Altbauer (Nestor Falls) won the barn-style […]
While it may be three weeks away, the Fun in the Sun committee already is gearing up for the big three-day summer celebration. “It’s starting to shape up. But we welcome any events in the community,” said FITS committee member Laurie Beadle. “The more there is to do, the better.” […]
