Fire safety and the role it plays in your life depend on many things, including your attitude. All of us need to learn how to protect ourselves and family members from the hazards of fire. We all need to be reminded to be responsible, to think, and to make time […]
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The May Beetle You probably know this one as the June Beetle, or the June Bug. It is the familiar brown beetle, maybe an inch long and half-an-inch wide. It has a slow, bumbling sort of behaviour, whether it is walking or flying. There are a lot of different species […]
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
Hey, all you Fort High graduates out there, tonight is the time to bask in the glory of your academic achievements, to relieve fond memories with friends and fellow classmates, to clench that diploma and roar, “Look out, world, here I come!” That’s because tomorrow, reality sets in. Choosing a […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
“Green Acres,” one of my all-time favourite TV series, got a timely flashback the other night. Starring Eve Gabor, who was nobody’s idea of a farm girl, the show coincided with summer’s arrival and my own experiences. Let’s say it comes close to bringing tears to my eyes when Eva’s […]
Every Sunday, I make it a practice to read the week’s obituaries in The New York Times, focusing on the important obituaries of 80-year-olds and 90-year-olds, with a sprinkling of centenarians. What wonderfully full lives many of them had! And I’m especially intrigued by those who continued to be active […]
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
“Grassroots for the Canadian Alliance,” which wants to dump Stockwell Day as party leader, officially unveiled itself yesterday in Ottawa. Of course, they’re not to be confused with “Grassroots for Day,” which is the movement launched last month to keep Stockwell Day as leader of the Canadian Alliance. Neither one […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
Whenever I meet outdoorsman Teddy Davis and family in the Dairy Queen here, we dust off this legend again and wonder how it ever ended. The legend concerns a very lonely old fisherman, a doctor from Madison, Wis., who came among us for a great number of summers, almost 60 […]
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
At risk of sounding cocky, the Times’ foursome is going to kick major butt at Confederation College’s fifth-annual Scholarship Golf Tournament this Friday out at Kitchen Creek. Sure, it’s supposed to be a “fun” tournament, with the very important goal of raising funds to help local students pursue post-secondary education […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
It’s called “Kay-Nah-Chi-Wa-Nung” and you’ll have to go to the pyramids of Egypt for a parallel experience. In fact, roughly 30 miles west of Fort Frances, beyond where the rapids of the swollen Rainy River churn, past the Manitou reserve village, there is a new creation that at first glance […]
We have some brilliant birds in Northwestern Ontario but here’s one which we don’t really have very much–not yet, anyway. The cardinal is a bird which is almost all red–at least, the male is. He is vermilion red all over, except for a bit of black around his beak. He […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
Just how are we fixed for bright ideas when it comes to community survival? That was immediately the question of the week when we heard about the disaster striking Kenora with its loss of up to 500 papermill jobs. This affects Fort Frances to an alarming extent considering we are […]
KBHW, the Christian radio station based in International Falls, has scheduled its annual “sharathon” for Aug. 7-9. Volunteers from both sides of the border will be on site to take pledges. Anyone interested in helping out can contact Peggy Gustafson at 1-218-285-7398. Upcoming programs being aired on KBHW include “The […]
