Morris Demetro Derhak passed away at Oshawa General Hospital on Monday, April 20, 1998 in his 70th year. He was the beloved husband of Eveline Deagne; loved father of Katherine Derhak of Oshawa, William Derhak of Courtice, and Allen Derhak of Waterloo; and dear brother of Rudy Derhak of Thunder […]
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Mr. Robert “Bob” Eugene Simmik, 61, went into the arms of Jesus on April 19, 1998 after a lengthy illness. Born in Fort Frances, Ont., he went to Thunder Bay, Ont. at the age of 17 to finish his schooling at Fort William Vocational School. It was there that he […]
Jergen Aslak Mosley, 80, of 134 Pine Cres., Atikokan, Ont., passed away Sunday, April 19, 1998 at the Atikokan General Hospital. He was born in Fort Frances, Ont. on April 26, 1918, the eldest son of Ole and Guro Mosley. On Nov. 14, 1939, he married Phoebe Armstrong. He served […]
Donald Oliver Cross, 66, passed away suddenly Saturday, April 18, 1998 in Atikokan, Ont. He was born to Winnifred and Herb Cross on June 30, 1931 in the Barwick Hotel. Don lived most of his life in the Atikokan area, where he was employed as a truck driver and heavy […]
It was a gray day. That I have to admit. And yet, the grayness wasn’t at the top of my mind. It was the spring of the year in 1949, and I was walking across the northern Indiana campus I had so grown to love. In a way I felt […]
Amber was born 100 years after her great-grandmother (Amber’s my granddaughter). As I watch her grow, I wonder, “What will her world be like?” Amber’s great-grandmother was born in 1896, when the average Canadian lived 47 years. For most, electricity was unknown. Cars were toys of the rich. Airplanes hadn’t […]
After breezing though the competition the last two seasons, only to suffer upsetting losses to Kenora in the NorWOSSA semi-finals each time, Muskie girls’ soccer coach Struchan Gilson decided some changes were in order. While he would be the first to admit his team definitely was the better one, they […]
Heading into this season, the Muskie boys’ soccer team is full of question marks regarding what type of system they will use and which players will play where. But what returning head coach Keith Gilbert and his assistants, Jason Kabel and newcomer Ben Andrusco, do know is this year’s team […]
With a mild winter and an earlier-than-usual spring, the Kitchen Creek Golf Course is slated to open for the season Saturday at 10 a.m. (weather permitting). “The greens are in fabulous shape,” club pro Gord Workum enthused this morning. “The fairways have some low or soft spots that we would […]
Shane Katona, Jenna Rae Cousineau, and Carrie Selin were the big winners as the Border Figure Skating Club held its year-end awards presentation, each taking home a pair of trophies. Katona was awarded the Rhonda Paterson Trophy, which goes to the club’s most dedicated skater, while also being selected as […]
Both the ladies’ and mixed Sunset Country bowling teams won bronze medals at the six-team Northern Ontario provincial showdown last weekend in Sudbury. The mixed team featured local bowlers Bob Petawaqueb, Amy Gushulak, and Gwenn Amorde, with Carolyn Stamarski of here as the coach. Shirley Jensson was the lone local […]
Dan “Boomer” Redford took home the Bob Steele Award for his overall versatility and contribution to the senior division as the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association held its annual awards banquet April 3. Mark Lafleur was presented with the 3M Coaching Award for his outstanding commitment and contribution to the coaching […]
