Kitchen Creek reported a “significant” increase in the number of golfers using the course this year compared to last–despite the fact many of its greens and fairways suffered extensive ice damage this spring. That, coupled with a cold, wet May, left the course in poor shape, forcing the club to […]
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Bill Moody and Plum Byrnes both fired 88s on Sunday to capture the men’s and women’s titles in the 21st-annual Frog Creek Open at Kitchen Creek. Both players took top spot by slim one-stroke margins. Moody won a three-night, four-day trip to Las Vegas for his efforts while Byrnes picked […]
The fourth-annual Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship is still more than 10 months away but already it’s attracted two dozen teams more than it can hold. The three-day tournament, which attracted 104 two-person teams this year, has received 149 entries for next July’s event. But only 125 entries will be […]
The 1997 “Bassin’ for Bucks” tournament in Sioux Narrows, with its unique format, was well-planned and staged by organizers, Mel Giesbrecht, Chris Bell, Lindsay Bowman and the rest of the highly-proficient volunteers. Giesbrecht and Bell, well-known on the bass tournament circuit and one-time winners of the Kenora Bass International, while […]
As the Muskie “Bees” head into their home opener tomorrow against the International Falls Broncos junior varsity squad, head coach Bob Fryer is hoping his team takes a change in direction. Coming off a 20-6 loss to the Roseau Rams in their season opener, and a 26-7 defeat to the […]
Dear sir: People need to be made award of the crisis which is rapidly approaching in education due to the actions of the Mike Harris government. The minister of education and training, John Snobelen, is notorious for his remark that he intended to create a crisis in education in this […]
Dear editor: With talk of a possible teachers’ strike, I thought I would write this letter to offer my support. I know that many people feel that a teacher’s job is an easy one. This is not true. I know. I have spent many hours being involved with volunteer work […]
To the editor: If it wasn’t so sad, it would be a joke. The Mike Harris government has just announced that they are going to spend $1 million on a publicity campaign aimed at explaining how they are going to take $1 billion out of education in Ontario but not […]
Dear sir: Re: Removing teachers from the roles of Computer Resource/Site Administrators. Great! An outstanding idea! Please, John Snobelen, is there anything I can do to help you speed up the implementation of your (obviously) well thought-out concept? Oh yeah, by the way, your idea of mandating an eight-hour workday […]
Dear editor: There has been much discussion lately in the media about the government’s Bill 136. Some of it is downright scary to those of us who work in the public sector. There are those in the general population who may agree with the government but please consider our position. […]
Dear sir: As I watch the TV show “Spin City,” I take delight in how the backroom boys teach the politician to avoid answering questions, give misleading and inaccurate information, and even lie so convincingly that he still manages to hold onto power. However, the tactics in the fictional political […]
Dear sir: I am writing this letter on behalf of my fellow students at Fort Frances High School. We, as students, value our education very much and feel that Education and Training minister John Snobelen and his government are depriving us of it early in our lives. I understand that […]
