Once again, I was crossing my fingers for rain and didn’t even get 1/10th. I thought it started off looking promising with a nice steady rain on Sunday morning but that tapered off quickly. I guess that is better than nothing at all. I didn’t even attempt to cut my […]
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This will be the second year that Canada Day will be quiet in Fort Frances. There will be no parade. There will be no children’s parade. There will be no gathering of the community at Point Park. There will be no baseball tournaments. There will be no fireworks. Instead, we […]
It is amazing the care and concern people will show to others in our community. They do it without asking or being asked. Their anonymous, selfless concern is outstanding. Take for example our courier driver who arrives in town every morning and stops at a derelict building with a delivery […]
Back in the late 90’s, when the Kenora Bass International tournament was really at it’s peak, with over 200 boat fields and anglers coming from all over North America to compete on Lake of the Woods, the first Aqua-Vu underwater camera made an appearance in bass tournament competition. Minnesota anglers […]
I listen to Q most mornings, one of my favourite CBC Radio programs. Tom Power is kind, generous, humble, and after I listen to his program I feel as though he and I have shared a conversation over a cup of tea at his kitchen table in St. John’s, Newfoundland. […]
This Sunday marks Father’s Day. It was not until 1910 that the day was celebrated in North America. Then Sonora Smart Dodd marked the third Sunday in June to recognize fathers. Historically the celebration of fathers began in the Middle Ages and was marked by Saint Joseph Day in the […]
It’s got to be an x/y chromosome thing. That seems to be the only rational for faulty male memory. No female has ever admitted forgetting anything, particularly if it has to do with some perceived shortcoming of her spouse. I say perceived, because what the female identifies as a male […]
The Emo Fair Queen organizers are looking for contestants. The age for contestants is Gr. 9-Gr. 12. The Queen will proudly represent the R.R. Valley Agricultural Society at the 2021 Fair. Call Mary Crosswell at 271-1586 or Sis at 276-2483. Mike Badiuk and Brennan Flickinger placed fourth overall at the […]
To add to our stressed crops from lack of moisture and frost we now have the alfalfa weevil attacking. The advice is to cut your alfalfa to starve out the pest. The issue is that because of the other two issues the crop is sparse. There is a lot of […]
The 51st Bassmaster Classic took place over the weekend in Texas, at Ray Roberts Lake and if you have read my column in the past you probably know that this is the Superbowl event in professional bass fishing. I was fortunate to qualify for this tournament, my second Classic, and […]
Although men have been assigned the stereotype of working the backyard grill, it is a joy that is shared by all home culinary enthusiasts. It’s a summertime passion. The aroma of lump charcoal being lit starts my mouth watering as my mind conjures up recollections of flame-licked meats, and fire […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
It was just before a Cactus League game in Arizona. Four retired major leaguers had been imported to shake hands and sign autographs for fans who remembered them. At the end of a long table, one man sat alone. No visitors. No autographs. He brought is own chair. It was […]
