Myrtle Sophia Ericson, 82, of 1118 First St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 22, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital here. Myrtle was born in Fort Frances on June 27, 1915 to Martin and Johanna Wade. On Aug. 7, 1934, she was united in marriage to […]
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Olav Gunderson, 89, of 1120 Second St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 20, 1998 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances. Olav was born in Sundane, Norway on March 4, 1908 to the late Gunnar and Gusta Gunderson. He was raised in Norway, then moved […]
Harold Ernest Austin, 82, of Emo, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1998 at the Emo Hospital. He was born May 22, 1915 in Winnipeg, Man. to the late Roy and Alice Austin. As a child, Harold moved with his family to Lash Township. There the family farmed for many […]
The Muskie senior girls’ volleyball team lost its sixth-straight NorWOSSA match this season, dropping a hard-fought battle against the front-running Dryden Eagles there Saturday afternoon. But despite being swept 15-13, 15-11, and 15-4, the Muskie coaches were pleased with certain aspects of the match. Co-coach Caroline Spencer said the serving […]
As the local KC ‘AA’ PeeWee rep hockey team breezed through the competition at a tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend, one team spoiled the party. The Neebing Hawks scored three straight goals to erase a 1-0 deficit in the second period en route to a 5-3 win over the […]
Five members of the Border Figure Skating Club leave tomorrow for Terrace Bay to compete at the Northern Ontario Sectionals, the second round of the all-Ontario championships. Sarah McComb, Shane Katona, Brande Hyatt, Noreen Hartlin, and Holly McRae advanced after qualifying during the first elimination round here last month. Local […]
Jordan Davis and Matthew Beck scored first-period goals to help Emo OPP to a 2-2 tie with visiting West End Eagles (Fort Frances) in Tom Thumb action. Zac Johnston and Kirk Petrin replied for the Fort squad. OPP’s second game against tagg’s (Fort Frances) was a 2-1 loss. Brian White […]
Diane Bonot downed Florence Ogden 12-3 in the ‘A’ final of the annual ladies’ bonspiel last weekend at the Emo Curling Club. Bonot, whose team included Carolee Strachan, Lucinda Meyers, and Cheryl Aduono, scored five in the first end and then stole three in the second en route to the […]
With the annual aggregate bowling tournament slated here March 14-15, the Fort Frances contingent was finalized Sunday. Amy Gushulak heads the ladies’ scratch team after bowling a 2,159 score in the 10-game roll-offs, finishing ahead of Sonya Chartrand (2,130) and Carmen Walton (2,116). Other team members include Debbie Wagner (2,053), […]
The Muskie senior boys’ basketball team must have had a little bit of love in their hearts on Valentine’s Day as they handed Dryden an insurmountable lead early in the game. The black-and-gold watched as the host Eagles went on a 20-4 first-quarter run en route to a 61-53 upset […]
Justin Larson scored the decisive goal with 5:37 to play in the second period to help lift the McDonald’s ‘AA’ Atom rep team to a 4-3 win over the Neebing Hawks 10s in the ‘B’ final of a 12-team tournament here last weekend. The Fort squad jumped out to a […]
Several Aquanauts turned in multiple best times at the regional meet in Dryden last weekend. Those with three or more personal bests in their events included: oMichelle McFayden, nine–50m free (50:22), 100m free (1:52:36), 50m back (54:95), 50m breast (1:05:49), and 100m IM (2:11:89); oKarli McKinnon, nine–100m free (1:24), 200m […]
