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Births

PARKKARI

2 March 2005

PARKKARI–Born to Miika and Kristina, nee Kaczmar of Thunder Bay, Ont., a girl, Anna Kristina Marie, weighing 7 lbs. 7.5 oz. on February 12, 2005 at Thunder Bay Regional Hospital. Proud grandparents are Linda and Marain Kaczmar and first time grandparents Leena and Ilari Parkkari.

Births

GERLEY

2 March 2005

GERLEY–Born to Jenna Simmons and Geoffrey Gerley, of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Gabriel Gavin, weighing 9 lbs. 1/2 oz. on February 18, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Births

WILLIAMS

2 March 2005

WILLIAMS–Born to Brent and Karen, nee Crampton of Stratton, Ont., a boy, Conner Brent Gordon, weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz. on February 20, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Births

CHOWN

2 March 2005

CHOWN–Born to Steven and Keira, nee Main of Fort Frances, Ont., a boy, Tayler Robert, weighing 9 lbs. on February 23, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

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LANGSTON

2 March 2005

LANGSTON–Born to Val Smith and Esau Langston, of International Falls, MN., a boy, Malachi Anthony Kareem, weighing 6 lbs. 6 oz. on February 24, 2005 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.

Obituaries

KATHERINE (KATIE) CORDA

2 March 2005

Katherine (Katie) Corda, nee Kazina, passed away peacefully on Monday, Feb. 28, 2005 at her home for the past two-and-a-half years, the Charleswood Convalescent Home, at the age of 89 years. She was widowed after 65 years of marriage to husband, Joseph, in 1999. She was born in Tyndall, Man. […]

Obituaries

MARIE ‘OLGA’ KOSONIC

2 March 2005

Marie “Olga” Kosonic, 83, of Warroad, Mn., passed away Friday, Feb. 25, 2005 at her home. Olga was born Dec. 18, 1921 to Michael and Marie Ksionzek in Sioux Lookout, Ont. She was united in marriage to Mike Kosonic on June 8, 1940 at La Vallee, Ont. Olga, Mike, and […]

Editorials

Recruiting new doctors

2 March 2005

Success in recruiting and retaining physicians is crucial to the future health of Fort Frances, so it’s comforting to see town council and others finally waking up to the urgency of the problem. True, this situation did not crop up overnight. The local physician recruitment and retention committee has been […]

Letters

Out-of-town viewpoint

2 March 2005

Dear Mr. Behan: Never have I felt so compelled to contact the news media as I am now. I attended the Thunder/Ice Dogs game in Fort Frances on Feb. 22 and the disgusting display of sportsmanship clearly evident that evening should be brought before the courts of law after serious […]

Letters

In response

2 March 2005

Dear sir: I realize I don’t fit into the “letters to the editor” rules, but I still need to respond to Mr. Lowe’s letter of Feb. 23. I would urge Mr. Lowe to continue reading Genesis 19: 1-38 (the entire chapter). This is the story of Lot, the destruction of […]

Letters

Close moose season

2 March 2005

Dear editor: When the Ontario government cancelled the spring bear hunt, I told them then that within a few years our moose population would be in trouble. Now it is. The reason for this is no boar bear being killed in the spring as 98 percent of all spring bear […]

Letters

Disturbing

2 March 2005

Dear sir: This is a letter for the disturbed individual who chose to throw a sealed box with four baby kittens out on the River Road on Feb. 20. We found the abandoned babies, and also found homes for all four within an hour of rescuing them. Perhaps in the […]