Dear editor: Since stirring up some negative feeling last week, I thought a bit of positive information would be appropriate for this week. I would like to congratulate the road crew for Chapple for taking advantage of the weather and road conditions and hauling gravel to repair and fix up […]
Letters
All newspapers encourage letters to the editor and intend to print the opinions of their readers with as few restrictions as possible. The Fort Frances Times is no exception.
Rules governing letters to the editor in the Fort Frances Times are:
All letters must be signed, and the name of the writer will be printed with all letters published.
The writer must submit his/her letter in person and satisfactory identify themselves, or submit a telephone number to be used to verify that the letter was actually written by the person whose name is included on it, delaying publication if necessary to make the verification.
Letter will not be accepted from people outside the local coverage area unless the letters are written on a topic of primarily local interest.
If a letter attacks another individual or group, the Times will allow a response in the same edition.
Letters should not exceed 300 words and may be edited for length and content.
Dear editor: Those who believe that Saddam Hussein can be negotiated with do not understand the criminal mind. Saddam understands only one logic–the law of the bullet. He attained, retained, and sustains his power by killing. It was not U.N. sanctions that have killed so many of “Saddam’s children.” Saddam […]
Dear sir: Sometime ago, a letter had been written to you questioning whether anything could be done to “help the kids hanging around the pool hall,” since it appeared that those young persons complained of having nothing to do. The author of that letter wrote it in the context of […]
Dear sir: The story of my life as I am, and as will be in the years to come . . . . In 1973, a child was born into this world as it is. It is very rough back in the world we live in. There are some people […]
Dear Mr. Behan: Often, the relationship between schools and their neighbours is less than cordial. This is not the case at St. Michael’s School. We are blessed with many wonderful and thoughtful neighbours. These special people spent many hours this winter gathering materials for rink boards, and building, flooding, and […]
Elizabeth Berglund, 90, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Feb. 23, 1998 at her residence. Elizabeth was born July 17, 1907 in Virginia, Mn. to the late Carl and Anna Carlson. As a child, she moved with her parents to Fort Frances, where she […]
Murray McLean, 56, of 270 Scott St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away at his residence Sunday, Feb. 22, 1998. He was born Feb. 3, 1942 in Devlin, Ont. to the late Arnold and Helen McLean. Murray had worked as a surveyor for the Department of Highways, the Town of Fort […]
Myrtle Sophia Ericson, 82, of 1118 First St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away peacefully Sunday, Feb. 22, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital here. Myrtle was born in Fort Frances on June 27, 1915 to Martin and Johanna Wade. On Aug. 7, 1934, she was united in marriage to […]
Olav Gunderson, 89, of 1120 Second St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Friday, Feb. 20, 1998 at Rainycrest Home for the Aged in Fort Frances. Olav was born in Sundane, Norway on March 4, 1908 to the late Gunnar and Gusta Gunderson. He was raised in Norway, then moved […]
Harold Ernest Austin, 82, of Emo, Ont., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 18, 1998 at the Emo Hospital. He was born May 22, 1915 in Winnipeg, Man. to the late Roy and Alice Austin. As a child, Harold moved with his family to Lash Township. There the family farmed for many […]
Dear Mr. Behan: President Clinton talks of destroying Iraq’s capability to produce “weapons of mass destruction.” Prime Minister Chrétien talks of “cleaning up that mess over there.” And Mr. Nault, our elected member of Parliament, says he is “disappointed that we didn’t finish the job last time by ‘permanently removing’ […]
Chester Isaiah Huntley, 87, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Monday, Feb. 16, 1998 at La Verendrye General Hospital. He was born Jan. 20, 1911 in Caron, Sask. to the late Isaiah and Ethel Huntley. Chester moved to the Rainy River District […]
