Dear sir: On behalf of the Grade 3/4 Alberton School students, I would like to extend my thanks to Mrs. Schwartz and Mr. Gilbert from the FFHS Science Department for acting as judges at our recent Science Project Display Day. The students were very eager to showcase their hard work […]
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Dear sir: Reading Harry Vandetti’s column in last week’s Times re a picture of the old Pither’s Point pavilion, I recall my trying to find one while in the Fort in the summer of 2001 with my “boys” on our trip to the Historic Boundary Waterway. We finally found one […]
Dear editor: I am writing in response to the bylaws Dr. Sarsfield has forced on our district. I would like to point out a few facts. First off, all the known research done on second-hand smoke has been paid for and researched by anti-smoking lobbyists. This research is biased. Not […]
Born to Jolene Drennan and Dennis Morrisseau, of Fort Frances, Ont., a baby boy, Gavin Lee, weighing 8 lbs. 9 oz. on February 28, 2003 at La Verendye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
Louis Kirkrude Jr., age 29, of 103 Third Street, Rainy River, Ont., passed away at his residence on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003. He was born on Nov. 21, 1973 in Rainy River, Ont. Louis attended grade school and high school in Rainy River. He worked for four years at Marvin […]
Fort Frances and district residents, businesses, and service clubs once again have shown their overwhelming generosity—donating almost $35,000 towards three causes in less than a week. A week ago Sunday, the annual “Community Chest” benefit dinner at La Place Rendez-Vous raised just over $14,000 to help local families facing medical […]
Dear sir: The following letter was written to Premier Ernie Eves and Education minister Elizabeth Witmer: Last spring, the Rainy River District School Board voted to close Alberton Central School in June, 2004 despite extremely strong opposition from residents of Alberton. The board intends to bus Alberton students to J.W. […]
Dear sir: “Hats off,” or should I say “Mitts off,” to you, the community, for making our “Helping Hands—Mitts for Kids” campaign another big success. For the 2002 campaign year, we at In-Focus decided to start our campaign drive early. Thanks to Norma Pattison and her column in the Thunder […]
Dear editor: Your Feb. 12 edition of the Fort Frances Times included an advertisement from the Government of Canada. It included a picture of a half-naked man smoking in a bath tub. It asked the question, “Would you want to share his bath water?” If it were phrased in the […]
Nora Dalrymple Rogoza, 86, of Dryden, Ont., and formerly of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away Thursday, Feb. 20, 2003 at the Dryden Regional Health Centre in Dryden. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2003 at 2 p.m. at Knox United Church in Fort Frances. An Order of the […]
