Dear sir: I have found $300 million–given away of education taxes! Gratuities! Some 10,000 retiring (baby-boomer) teachers, plus board employees, given tips of 230 “unused sick days” at about 50 percent ($30,000). Since they proved ineligible for “sick pay” because they were paid wages, they were paid in full! Gifts […]
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Dear editor: In comparison to letters dealing with the provincial election and school shootings, the topic of my letter probably will seem unimportant. It does, however, deal with a problem that concerns many people. On May 1 while out for a morning walk in the Windy Point area, I observed […]
Dear sir: I am writing this letter for a couple of reasons. One, remember your family and keep in touch. So much is lost because families do not keep in contact. Stories, tales, and history are lost if there is no one to continue to pass this information on to […]
Almost 400 people watched Stephanie Gartshore and her boyfriend, Steve Baker, as they strolled down the runway arm-in-arm in the J.A. Mathieu Auditorium. With each step, they became a piece of long-standing Fort Frances tradition known as the “Grand March”–a heritage that saw her parents walk those same steps, and […]
Six children from Belarus once again will be lucky enough to visit the Rainy River District come July as four host families decided to take the youths in for a second year in a row. “They are scheduled to come back on July 6,” enthused Cathy Zin, who along with […]
One local student is getting ready to embark on a voyage of discovery this summer after qualifying for an exclusive educational experience with the Shad Valley program. The two-phase program will see Amy Gill, a grade 11 student at Fort High, spend four weeks at one of nine Canadian universities […]
The question wasn’t how fast but how far? When Fort High teacher Gord Witherspoon brought his Grade 11 Transport Technology class down to Brainerd, Mn. last week to compete in the Super Mileage Challenge, he had confidence in them. But he had no idea they would do so well. “We […]
David Barron met his first captive audience last week as the published author/illustrator of a children’s book, “The Adventures of Bob and Red,” presented and read the story to a grade three/four class at Robert Moore School here. The book, which the Barwick youth, now 11, wrote when he was […]
Katheren Marie Marko (nee Payne), of Winnipeg, Man., passed away May 24, 1999 at St. Boniface Hospital. Katheren was born May 26, 1953, and attended public and high school in Fort Frances. In 1972, she married Rene Walter Marko, and eventually moved to Ottawa, Ont. Business eventually took Rene and […]
Nicholas “Nick” Dustak, 86, of 923 Sixth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, May 24, 1999 at La Verendrye General Hospital here. He was born May 13, 1913 in Rainy River, Ont. to the late George and Lena Dustak. In 1929 at the age of 16, Nick moved […]
Olive Olga Advent (nee Widgren) was born in the Township of Tovell, Ont. on March 7, 1911 to Tillie and Charlie Widgren. She attended school in Worthington & Tovell. In her early years, she worked in the Bergland General Store. In December, 1929, she moved to Garson, Man. to meet […]
Olive Olga Advent (nee Widgren) was born in the Township of Tovell, Ont. on March 7, 1911 to Tillie and Charlie Widgren. She attended school in Worthington & Tovell. In her early years, she worked in the Bergland General Store. In December, 1929, she moved to Garson, Man. to meet […]
