The Rainy River District School Board will be pulling less out its reserve to working funds this year as the annual audit, released at last night’s regular meeting, showed the operating deficit to be unexpectedly less than first thought. Completed by BDO Dunwoody LLP shortly before Christmas, the audit shows […]
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What is Actifest? Well, every second year, the champions from all the Ontario district senior games gather to compete for provincial honours in the various events, usually numbering 15 (including both indoor and outdoor games). The year 2000 is an Actifest year, with the celebration scheduled to be held in […]
Preparations are underway for Fort High’s annual musical production, whic is “Anything Goes,” a show staged once before in 1988. “Anything Goes” is a comedy about a stowaway, Billy, on a ship going to London. Billy tries to win back a lost love who is on her way to be […]
Fort High students soon will have the chance to be a member of a community-based service club at the school–and rack up some required volunteer hours needed to graduate–when the Fort Frances Lions Club starts up a LEO club there next month. Students who join the LEO Club (which stands […]
With the FFHS Millennium Reunion bringing hundreds of former residents back to Rainy River District, more and more families are taking advantage of the opportunity by making plans to hold family reunions next summer. Already, the organizing committee has heard of at least five family reunions being planned around the […]
With Fort High students in the final week of the first semester, a number of them are preparing to leave their co-op placements and return to the regular classroom for the rest of the year. The co-op program, offered to students in grade 11 and older, allows students to gain […]
While district farmers likely have their own problems to worry about, they aren’t facing the same plight as those on the Prairies, where poor growing conditions and low prices are threatening to finish them off. That’s because virtually all farmers in Rainy River District, who once counted on grain sales […]
The Rainy River Community Choir is hoping to become the Rainy River District Community Choir, with efforts now underway to double its numbers in order to perform Vivaldi’s “Gloria” next Christmas. Presently having more than 30 members, director Stephanie Hawkins said the current choir will begin working on the 30-minute […]
Alberton councillors were content at their monthly meeting last Wednesday night to let La Vallee send in its request to the province to do a financial impact analysis for the two communities if they opted to amalgamate. The discussion didn’t come up until around midnight after one of the five […]
Canadian pairs swept Thursday night’s play in the annual Ice Box Days bridge tournament at the Holiday Inn in International Falls. Gladys Martin and Jane Sus teamed up for first place, with second place being a tie between Faye Gasparini/Lois Fawcett and Tatjana/Henry Kemper. Gasparini and Fawcett returned Friday night […]
Properly installed and maintained working smoke alarms are life-saving devices critical in the early detection of fire. The Fire Marshal of Ontario, Bernard Moyle, has stated smoke alarms are an essential component of fire safety along with a well-rehearsed home escape plan. Good fire-safe behaviours also are important. Wise advice […]
It was Ruth who was there years ago when a tiny girl needed surgery to lengthen the shortened tendons in her thumbs. The hospital was a very scary place for a four-year-old–especially when aides came rushing in too late, slid her quickly onto the cart, and hurried her down the […]
