Frans Ludvig Hahr entered into eternal rest in his 95th year at the Sundre Hospital in Sundre, Alta. on Friday, Feb. 25, 2000. Frans is survived by his wife, Olga Maria (Persson); son, Alf and wife, Irene, of Sundre, Alta.; daughter, Ann Moore and husband, Bill, of Lynden, Ont.; grandchildren, […]
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On Friday, Feb. 25, 2000, William Druzyk Sr., 92, passed away peacefully in his sleep at his residence. Bill was born to John and Rose Druzyk on Dec. 19, 1907 in Vita, Man. He moved to Fort Frances, Ont., in 1927 and began work as a sawyer for Mando paper […]
Lottie Alvina Larocque, 102, passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2000 at Dufferin Place, Nanaimo, B.C. She was born Sept. 26, 1897 in Langford, Liberty Township, South Dakota to Otto and Baro Ottoson. The family moved to Minnesota in 1904, then Canada in 1905, settling in the Blackhawk, Ont. area. In […]
James E. (Jim) McLay of Victoria, B.C. passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2000. Born Aug. 19, 1930 in Devlin, Ont., Jim served in the navy for several years. He was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by his six children, Lynn, Donna, Karen, Jimmy, Bobby, and Ian; brother, Alan; […]
Steve Fadyk, 72, of International Falls, Mn., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000 at Valley Lutheran Hospital in Mesa, Ariz., where he was a winter visitor. He was born Jan. 13, 1928 in Fort Frances, Ont. to Mary and Harry Fadyk, where he grew up. He later moved to International […]
Despite battling injury and the ’flu in preparation for last weekend’s Minnesota State Powerlifting Championships in Duluth, Dean Patrow combined to lift 1,700 pounds to lead the 48-person field. Patrow, 43, of Fort Frances–now setting his sights on the Canadian championships in Taber, Alta. in May–stole the show at the […]
Trailing 6-0 after just two ends to Dorothy Holmgren, the odds of Lois Tabak winning her first-ever ladies’ curling bonspiel definitely weren’t in her favour. True, she managed to score three in the third end to cut the lead in half but then gave up one in the fourth and […]
The local trio of Don Smeeth, Annelise Hawrylak, and Geoffrey Smeeth bowled over the competition at the Master/Bantam tournament here Sunday, earning a berth to the provincial showdown March 11-12 in Thunder Bay. They combined to finish a whopping +403 over their average in the six-game roll-off–well ahead of the […]
The local KC ‘AA’ PeeWees breezed through the field at a tournament in Sioux Lookout last weekend–often winning in lopsided fashion. That is, until they reached the championship game. The KCs fell just short of the tourney title, losing 2-1 in overtime to the Dryden Apollos, who avenged a 5-2 […]
The local Canadian Tire Bantam ‘A’ team lost 4-2 to Red Lake in the ‘B’ semi-finals of a tournament in Dryden on Sunday. Jamie Krukoski and Dave Starling each scored in the loss. Canadian Tire finished the round-robin with a 2-2 record, opening action Friday morning with a 3-0 shutout […]
Mary Beth Tkachuk fought back from a 2-0 deficit Sunday to beat Connee Badiuk in the best-of-five final of the women’s ‘B’ division at the 13th-annual La Place Rendez-Vous squash tournament here. Tkachuk trailed 7-2 in the third game of the match before charging back. She then won the next […]
The Sioux Hawks ‘AAA’ Bantam team salvaged a split of their weekend series with the Atikokan Voyageurs ‘AA’ thanks to a 9-4 win Sunday. A.J. Tucker, who plays locally for the B•Macs, scored three times to lead the Hawks to victory. Matt Miller and Adam Clark each added a pair […]
