Zion Lutheran Church in International Falls captured the 34th-annual Church bonspiel yesterday at the Fort Frances Curling Club. John Cann, Bob Peterson, Steve Oswald and Doug Anderson prevailed in the 12-team event after being the runners-up last year. Taking second place this year–and earning the dubious honour of organizing next […]
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After years of being plagued with computer problems, town administration has put together a shopping list of both hardware and software that would do away with current and upcoming difficulties but doesn’t have the money to buy it. “The matter of the software upgrade was first put to council after […]
Backus Auditorium is a long way from Broadway but you wouldn’t have known it back on Feb. 1 when the Border Concert Association presented the third concert in this season’s series. Billed as “An Enchanted Evening: The Music of Broadway,” the show featured two vocalists–Lee Lessack and Joanne O’Brien–in a […]
With the clock ticking before several big events take place here in the next two years, it’s hoped several beautification projects will get underway this summer. “One of the things I’ve said from the start is that we are going to try to get as much done as possible this […]
By Colin Crawford
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Trolling has always been a way to find fish that are neutral or lethargic in the summer time. Trouble is, when the water gets hard and ice forms, it is really hard to go out and start trolling. Most ice augers even today do not cut a groove in the […]
In all fresh water, there is no other fish like it. Big, streamlined, and camouflaged, the muskie has a devilish grin–and a wicked set of teeth. Fishermen tell me you don’t expect to catch a muskie in an hour or two. Many people have spent days, even years, trying to […]
“Follow your dreams for they will always lead in the right direction.” I’m not sure where I found this quote, or exactly when. But it doesn’t matter because the rightness of it is eternal. Dreams must always be followed. Dreams of travel. Dreams of fun and laughter. Dreams of careers. […]
By Carolyn McTighe
Staff writer
Staff writer
Did you know greeting cards are a billion-dollar business? It’s estimated North Americans alone spent more than $6.3 million on them last year. If you consider that Valentine’s Day comes second only to Christmas in the greeting card wars, then you can figure a few dollars went into those sweet, […]
By Harry Vendetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
It was an evening of sheer magic when a crowd of oldtimers showed how Valentine’s Day should be celebrated. Look for it to happen again and again now that the local Volunteer Bureau, Seniors’ Coalition, and Good Neighbours Council have proved that love indeed can seem eternal. This was a […]
In loving memory of Helen Pretty, 80, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away peacefully Friday, Feb. 16, 2001 at her home. Helen was predeceased by her husband, Irwin; parents, William and Edna Westover; sister, Iva; and brothers, Jim and Bill. She […]
Clifford Allen Barker passed away Feb. 12, 2001. He was born April 10, 1920. Cliff will be greatly missed by his devoted family, his loving wife of 57 years; five children; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two of his five siblings. Cliff grew up in Fort Frances, […]
Irvine Daryl Hayes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, of Everett, Wash., passed away Feb. 8, 2001 with his family at his side. Irvine was born July 17, 1935, the youngest son of Lloyd and Vera Hayes at his grandparents’ farm, Dick and Charlotte Hayes of Barwick, Ont. He took […]
