Hear ye! Hear ye! The Emo Centennial committee is looking for a town crier! As far back as the Middle Ages, many towns had someone who yelled out the public announcements contest while wandering the streets. Sort of a like a newspaper on two legs. Well, the committee wants to […]
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In Gaelic, Emo means “Edge of the Plain.” In English, it means “The Place our First Reeve was From.” Alexander Luttrell was born Feb. 14, 1845 near Emo, Ireland (which is spelled Ioma in Gaelic). After the potato famine, his mother and father, with their eight children in tow, came […]
While public school board trustees were presented with last May’s standardized grade three testing results just last night, Donald Young School already is working on how to make next year’s results better. Across the district, schools saw students’ understanding in reading and mathematics decrease from the 1996-97 test results. DYS […]
Fundraising for the Emo hospital’s renovation project got off to a good start Friday night, with more than $24,000 raised at the kick-off dinner and silent auction. The Emo Legion was packed as all 200 seats to the event were sold well ahead of time. Co-organizer and emcee Percy Champagne […]
Christmas is coming and so is the fifth season of the Rainy River Community Choir, which stages its first of four performances tomorrow night. “Music and Readings for the Christmas Season” opens at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Bergland, then moves to Our Lady of […]
Rose Spencer, 82, of Seine River First Nation, Ont., passed away at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. on Sunday, Nov. 29, 1998. She was born May 16, 1916 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Jack Johnson. Rose had many hobbies, which included sewing, attending Pow-Wows, setting nets, […]
Nicholas (Nick) Boresiuk, 90, of 913 Portage Ave. N., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances. He was born April 28, 1908 in Mamayestie, Romania to the late George and Sanefta Boresiuk. Nick moved to Canada in February, 1926, and […]
Given their rash of early-season injuries, the Muskies would have been content with a split against the Red Lake Rams up there last weekend. But after winning the opener 4-2 on Friday night, the black-and-gold capped off the weekend when Jesse Rodrigues scored with four minutes left in overtime for […]
When Jackie Bonot’s rink jumped out to a 5-0 start in the Husky Oil Women’s Major Curling League in Thunder Bay, a few people on the circuit were surprised at their success. Bonot didn’t think it was a surprise at all. In fact, winning on the curling sheet is nothing […]
In a battle pitting Kenora’s speed and quickness against the Muskies’ height, it was the former which won out in a big way in the senior girls’ NorWOSSA basketball final here last Friday. The Muskie offence, which relied heavily on its size underneath the basket to grab rebounds on both […]
Emo minor hockey teams tamed their opponents over the past week. In Novice action, Jordan Davis notched the hat trick as the Emo Wings soared over Emo OPP 3-0. Then against the Times Tigers (Fort Frances), third-period goals by Davis and Chris Strachan erased a 1-0 deficit to give the […]
Raymond Roy’s rink continued its winning ways at the district mixed curling playdowns in Kenora last weekend, finishing with a perfect 5-0 record to advance to the provincial playdowns here Dec. 10-12. After nipping Tim Warkentin (Kenora) 8-7 in an extra end, Bob Whalen (Sioux Lookout) 9-3 in just six […]
