Kenneth Carl Bebee passed away peacefully March 4, 2000 at the Extended Care Wing of the Atikokan General Hospital, where he had been a resident for the past six years. He was born Dec. 25, 1916 in Linton, N.D. He moved to Canada with his family when he was three […]
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Mervin Hayes, 62 years, of Fort Frances, Ont. passed away peacefully Friday, March 3, 2000 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital (Port Arthur) after a brief battle with cancer. Mervin was born Sept. 20, 1937 in Miscampbell, Ont. He will be remembered as a jack-of-all-trades–a putterer, who, with torch or carpenter’s […]
Albert Kehl, 89, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Friday, March 3, 2000. He was born March 10, 1910 in Chapple Municipality, Shenston Township, Ont. to the late Frederick and Katherine Kehl. During WWII, Albert served overseas with the Royal Canadian […]
In loving memory of Gladys “Tucky” Elizabeth (Gorham) Polenske, who passed away Wednesday, March 1, 2000 at her home. Gladys was born at home in Rainy River, Ont. on Sept. 24, 1924 to Ruth and Ambrose Gorham and big sister, Charlotte. As a child and young adult, she loved the […]
There are not too many people who are really fond of spiders. Spiders have a bad rap, for several reasons. For one thing, they walk funny, with a gait which we–and the movies–have associated with evil. We hear about poisonous spiders, and there are a few, but not really very […]
It’s never happened before. But that really doesn’t matter because it’s happening now. The demographics of society are changing radically. As a nation and as a world, we’re growing significantly older. For tens of thousands of years, people expected to live short lives and life expectancy remained steady at less […]
By Linda Wiens
Quetico Centre
Quetico Centre
The Trends Research Institute in Rhinebeck, N.Y., regularly examines over 300 trend categories. Each year, it picks the 10 biggest changes in social, economic, and political structures. This year’s group is: Several of these have moved up in rank from previous years; others are new. Personally, I would like to […]
The Muskies senior girls’ volleyball team certainly didn’t expect to face St. Ignatius for the NWOSSAA crown–and a trip to the all-Ontario showdown March 8-9 in Ottawa. But the Falcons will be coming to town Friday after they upset the Hillcrest Colts for the Thunder Bay title. “Honestly, I wanted […]
It’s not how you start a season but how you finish it. After stumbling through the regular season with a 1-7 mark, the Muskie junior girls’ volleyball team almost pulled off the upset of the day in the NorWOSSA final against favoured Dryden here last Friday. The black-and-gold took the […]
It’s a rematch they’ve waited for all season. With the memory of a 70-38 pasting at the hands of the Hammarskjold Vikings earlier this season, the Muskie senior boys’ basketball team would love nothing better than to turn the tables on their Thunder Bay rivals in the best-of-three NWOSSAA showdown […]
The Muskies expect Dryden to use a physical style of game when the two teams open the best-of-three NorWOSSA final here Friday night. But it remains to be seen whether the Eagles will have any more success than the Kenora Broncos did against the black-and-gold in the semi-finals over the […]
Playing together at the high school level for the last time, the Rainy River Owl rink–skipped by Angela Lee–would have liked to have finished on a winning note. But their season screeched to a halt yesterday afternoon at the NWOSSAA playdowns in Marathon with a 7-6 loss to Nipigon-Red Rock, […]
