The Emo Agricultural Research Station is officially open for the 2012 season. I’ve been working on files, trial plans, and organizing, with seed to be arriving shortly. Often when I get back to work at EARS, there is still snow on the ground. So I feel like I am behind […]
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Rita Byma, 86, of Emo, Ont., went to be with her Lord and Saviour early Easter Sunday morning, April 8, 2012, at La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. with her family by her side. Rita was born June 17, 1925 in The Netherlands to Louis and Antje Roersma. She […]
Anne Pawlik (nee Melicharek), 94, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2012 in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born in Chicago, Ill. on Nov. 27, 1917. She was predeceased by her husband, Andrew E. Pawlik, on Nov. 23, 1998. Anne worked at International Harvester in Chicago and subsequently operated a restaurant […]
Reine Kivell (nee Wickman) passed away Friday, April 6, 2012. Reine was born Feb. 11, 1918 in Bjarta, Sweden to Freda Naslund and Helmer Wickman. Along with her sister, Ingrid, and brother, Uno, the family emigrated to Canada in December, 1925. After their arrival in Halifax, the family boarded the […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Eugenia Campagnaro, 87, announces her passing on Saturday, April 7, 2012 at the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre in Thunder Bay, Ont. It is with a feeling of gratitude and joyfulness that we know she is in the arms of […]
It is with great sadness that the family of Tammy Hayward announces her passing on Sunday, April 8, 2012. She was born Saturday, March 24, 1962 in Fort Frances, Ont. Tammy is survived by her husband, Tom Hayward, and her boys, Cole (wife Laura) and Cody. She also is survived […]
It is with heavy hearts that the family of Harold “Harco” Raymond Christiansen announces his passing on Sunday, April 8, 2012 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. Harold was born Nov. 2, 1929 in Fort Frances to John and Anna Christiansen. He was raised in Fort Frances, […]
Trudy Guimond passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 7, 2012 with family by her side. She was predeceased by her husband, Herman Guimond. Trudy was born Aug. 30, 1925 in Zeist, Holland. She met her husband, Herman, during World War II in Holland and immigrated to Canada in 1946. They […]
I love this time of year. The weather keeps getting better, the days are getting longer, and with open water, we have plenty to look forward to. Since ice fishing wrapped up a couple of weeks ago, I’ve been spending some time in the woods scouting around some of my […]
Has it really only been five months since that insane World Series which the St. Louis Cardinals won over the Texas Rangers in seven games? Other than a two-game sojourn in Tokyo last week between the Oakland A’s and Seattle Mariners that marked the official start of the season, the […]
