One of the questions I get asked all the time is “if you could only use one lure, what would it be?” In fishing, one thing that I’ve learned is that there is no one answer to every situation. Every lake is different, the weather can influence lure choices each […]
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A previous column outlined the difference between bulbs and corms and this column will tackle tubers and rhizomes. Like bulbs and coms, tubers and rhizomes are also usually considered perennial plants which have a period of growth and flowering, followed by a period of dormancy where they die back to […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
Every time I talk to Dick Irvin, Jr., as I did a couple of weeks ago, I learn something. This is a process that has been going on for about five decades, off and on, and you’d think by now my sports IQ would be more impressive than it is. […]
Many people would assume that the most used spice is “salt”. However, salt is actually a mineral, not a spice. This leaves its sidekick ‘pepper’ in the lead for the number one position. Peppercorns as we know them, are the dried result of the ‘piper nigrum’ berry and have been […]
Many decades ago, the Town of Fort Frances acquired property adjoining Riverview Cemetery, from a citizen named Roscoe Richardson. Mr. Richardson had planned a tree plantation on that property and took great pride in having every tree and shrub species found in the district planted there. It was an impressive […]
This Covid lockdown has me missing by toast and coffee sessions at the Bakery… and missing the Pearl of the Orient too… that goes without saying. Properly applying condiments to toast is something the Pearl simply did not understand. “For goodness sakes, Elliott! You’ve got nearly half of that jar […]
I hope everyone enjoyed their long weekend as much as I did! 3 days at home in decent weather is quite amazing. I did have to spend most of one day catching up on the grass. It was long and thick you would have thought I hadn’t cut it yet […]
I miss my daughters. I may have mentioned that once or several hundred times over the past fifteen months or so. The pandemic certainly has stripped away the clutter and allowed us to see the pieces of our life that matter the most. My daughter shared such a story this […]
Although there’s not a lot of news this week, there’s definitely happy times in our community. Congratulations to Madison Allan and Brody McPherson who were wed at a small service Saturday, May 22. Proud parents are Dayle and Vince Allan and Bobbi Smith and Mark and Lisa McPherson. Grandparents Helen […]
Bulbs or bulb-like plants are usually considered perennial plants which have a period of growth and flowering, followed by a period of dormancy where they die back to ground level at the end of each growing season. The end of the growing season for spring flowering bulbs occurs in the […]
Coming into the seventh stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series season last week at Lake Guntersville, Alabama I was feeling pretty good. After a pair of tough events in March and early April, I followed those with two solid finishes and was above the cut line for the Bassmaster Classic. […]
Bob Dunn
Distant Replay
Distant Replay
This Olympic year, delayed 12 months by the pandemic, seems like an appropriate time to share one sports writer’s “medal-winning performances” from Games past. It began when I took my vacation for a no-expenses-paid trip to Mexico City for the 1968 Olympics. As the Winnipeg Tribune’s swimming writer (once, there […]
