Florence Schram, 89, longtime resident of Stratton, Ont., passed away Friday, May 8, 1998 with family by her side at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances, Ont. Florence was born Oct. 15, 1908 in Stratton to the late Charles and Mary Ann Jolicouer. She was raised in Stratton […]
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Sometimes I’m tempted to shed responsibility. I crave a distant time and place when my parents told me how to spend my money, and my college advisor told me what to choose for a college major. When my doctor told me exactly what to do about my health, and my […]
There are a lot of black birds but not all of them are Blackbirds. We have quite a few birds in the same family, including orioles, meadowlarks, and the bobolink. But we also have three black birds which are true Blackbirds, and can be quite confusing to the amateur birder. […]
The executive of the Fort Frances Trampoline Club held its first-annual general meeting April 25, and fundraising was the major topic. “It is always a struggle to keep these volunteer clubs going,” noted club president Arlan Hahkala, adding there are no grants these days. But he did note Paramount Windows […]
Brad Both of Barwick was named co-winner of the rookie-of-the-year award with the Lebret Eagles of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Both, 18, played in 60 of the Eagles’ 64 games last season, scoring 10 goals and six assists while recording 102 penalty minutes. The former forward with the ‘AAA’ […]
Waterfowl habitat projects once again will benefit from the generosity of district residents after another successful evening of fundraising at the 16th-annual Ducks Unlimited banquet here Friday night. Although the local DU committee is still sifting through the paperwork, preliminary figures indicated more than $36,000 was grossed at the banquet, […]
The Rainy River District Fastball League will be without one of its original teams when it begins its 33rd season May 19. Williams, Mn. no longer will compete in the district league due to a lack of players, leaving just eight teams–Barwick, Emo, Pinewood, Rainy River, Stratton, Big Island, Big […]
The local adult mixed slo-pitch season, slated to begin next Monday, will see a reduced number of teams playing in the Thursday night league. Last season saw a full slate of 12 teams compete Thursdays, traditionally one of the most popular nights, but only 10 were accepted this year because […]
As is so often the case in any sport, hard work and a determined effort can lead a less-talented team to victory. The Muskie boys’ soccer team, though blessed with its share of talent, used that hard-work formula en route to a third-place finish at the St. John’s Ravenscourt tournament […]
Faced with a schedule that forces his team to play all of their games in just over a month, the head coach of the Muskie girls’ soccer team knows full well the importance of playing as many exhibition matches as possible before the NorWOSSA tournament. So despite winning just one […]
Imagine being faced with the problem of having to run a quality physical education program–without access to a gymnasium. As unbelievable as that may seem, that’s the situation being faced by teachers at J.W. Walker School here this year. It’s nothing new that the school doesn’t have its own gym. […]
The shooting incident last Wednesday morning, in which an off-duty employee of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources fired a shot at two Rainy River First Nation men netting sturgeon on the river, shows just how strained relations are between the band and DNR. And unless both sides start talking, […]
