It is with great sorrow that Bev announces the passing of her beloved husband, Dwaine Dawkins, on Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2000 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. “Doc” was born Jan. 13, 1939 in Fort Frances to the late George and Dolly Dawkins, and lived all of […]
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Stewart Redford passed away at the Vancouver Hospital on Sept. 26, 2000 at the age of 73. He had made his home in Kamloops, B.C., for the past 40 years. He is survived by one sister, Ruby (Mrs. Walter Roulston) of Abbotsford, B.C. He was predeceased by his parents, William […]
Agnes Meyers, 91, of Emo, Ont., passed away Thursday, Sept. 21, 2000 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born March 21, 1909 in Mather Township, Ont. to the late William and Maria Gibson. In her younger years, Agnes worked at the MacKenzie Hospital in Fort […]
Dr. John L. O’Sullivan passed away suddenly Sept. 20, 2000 in Prince Edward Island doing what he enjoyed, boating and fishing. His parents, Eileen and Florance, his sisters, Sheelagh, Adrienne, and Anne, and his daughter, Clare, predeceased him. He was born in Cwm, Wales on March 24, 1932. Received his […]
Nearly 120 golfers, all sporting handicaps of 16 and over, showed up at Kitchen Creek Golf Course on Sunday to tear up the links in the annual Frog Creek Open–literally. “Everybody enjoyed the day. The weather was great, the beer was cold, and the golf was secondary,” laughed club pro […]
Organizers have been very busy getting things ready for the second-annual Rainy River and District Chamber of Commerce live-release walleye tournament this Saturday and Sunday.
The Muskies are getting pumped up for Homecoming 2000 this Friday against Kenora and there’s no denying it. “We will be juiced,” enthused Mark Mercure, a defensive back on the football team and president of the student executive council. “It is just a big fun day for the football guys […]
The final cuts have been made and the teams have been picked–just in time for the exhibition season to start. The Muskie junior and senior girls’/boys’ basketball and volleyball teams opened action here today (Wednesday) against St. Thomas Aquinas of Kenora. “I think they [Kenora] are bringing all four teams […]
Art Bonot, George L. Olson, and Stan Peterson will be the first to be inducted into the new Rainy River District Fastball League Hall of Fame this Saturday in Barwick. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the RRFDL’s awards banquet. The hall of fame, itself, will be housed […]
Dear sir: It is time to question the direction that the public school system is headed–the cuts in funding, revised teaching responsibilities, a decrease in the number of local school boards, a centralized control of the system, and draconian legislation that creates an atmosphere of mistrust and confusion. During the […]
Dear sir: I graduated from university in 1991 with a degree and certification to teach grades nine to OAC from this increasingly fascist province. At the time, I wished to pursue other interests and placed myself on the call in list for “supply teaching.” As it happened, though, immediately after […]
Dear editor: I’m writing about the quality of the Times online. I had asked my mom about a subscription from your paper while I’m away at school. She had gotten it for my brother when he went to Alberta four years ago so I thought I would, too. She told […]
