Well, I am having a hard time to believe this, but it is the Emo Fall Fair Week! I can honestly say that I have nothing ready–other than the cattle, I guess. I don’t have one entry made! I will be working extra over-time these next couple of days to […]
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The temperature went down to 13 degrees last night. I flung open the windows and crawled beneath my heavy blanket pulled up to my chin and slept comfortably, the air coming in the window fragrant and fresh. When I got up this morning, the air was still chilly as Gracie […]
By Robin McCormick
Devlin correspondent
Devlin correspondent
The Rainy River District Fall Fair is upon us, and their slogan, “Come as a stranger, leave as a friend,” is sure to prove true. The fair takes place tomorrow through Saturday (Aug. 15-17). As always, there will be stock car races both Friday and Saturday night (Aug. 16 and […]
The 31st-annual Kenora Bass International bass tournament is set to take off in Kenora tomorrow (Aug. 8) with teams looking to capture 15 bass over the three day event in hopes of taking home the $20,000 first place prize. The KBI is the original bass tournament in Northwest Ontario. Originally, […]
What an amazing long weekend! The weather was great. I know, I heard a lot of complaints about how hot it was, but haven’t you noticed the cooler evening. Fall is starting to move our way. Another sure sign is the fact the Emo Fair is just two weeks away. […]
It was about eight years ago when my youngest son, Noah, and I rented an engine hoist to remove the 289-V8 engine out of our 1965 Ford Mustang father and son project. Although the body of this car had no rust whatsoever, the rest of the car pretty much needed […]
It is a sweltering 95 F on the second day of August. The Weather Network calls for four consecutive days of this heat wave. The blistering sun has heated Europe to its highest temperatures. President Trump volunteered to send fire fighters to Siberia–not as Stalin used to do to get […]
I was weeding this morning, pulling invaders while the sun was busy elsewhere. Thankfully, I no longer have a lawn to tend to, but I have a few areas of perennials, with hosta and brown-eyed Susans and the like. A small stone wall marks the perimeter of my property; in […]
Last Wednesday as my wife and I travelled to Rainy River dropping off papers at stores and restaurants along the way, we were tuned into the radio listening the testimony of Robert Muelller who was asked to investigate claims that there was Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election. Near […]
After a few weeks of staying busy with bass tournaments and a wedding I have been back to some fun fishing and guiding over the past week around home on Lake of the Woods. I don’t do a lot of guiding anymore but I do a few days here and […]
Well, we are in cleanup mode after a busy couple of days with guests that were in for our soil and crop tour and open house. The weather co-operated in one way that we were just finishing at our last stop at Philip Krahn’s before we had a display of […]
A close friend has died. It took two years for cancer, a brain tumour specifically, to claim Wally, while we looked on with encouragement and positive thoughts, looked on with fear at times, wanting to beg of those or that which seems to be in charge of our inevitable departure, […]
