Dear sir: Thank you, Mr. Harry Vandetti. We fervently endorse your comments regarding the huge trucks that ply our streets and make us in our little cars feel so vulnerable. I do hope that we don’t have to experience a tragedy involving one of “them”–before a decision is made to […]
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Dear sir: To whoever found my wallet with $300 plus in it. Keep the money but send the wallet to P.O. Box 232, Fort Frances, Ont., P9A 3M6. I need the contents of the wallet, badly. No questions asked. Signed, Allan Kielczewski
Mike Behan
Moving with Mike
Moving with Mike
Not many people will admit to this nowadays but I’m a die-hard, true-blue Montreal Expos fanatic—and have been for as long as I can remember. It was one day shy of my sixth birthday when the Expos played their first game on April 8, 1969. And while I don’t remember […]
By Harry Vandetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
We are saddened again by the passing of a pair of our hardest-working citizens in Bill Bailley and Carl Domanski, whom you might identify merely as a couple of our best-known hotelkeepers. Reflect on that remark a moment and much, much more can certainly come to mind regarding the way […]
Reuben Villagracia
A Reuben With A View
A Reuben With A View
Every now and then, I delve into my files and pull out something I call the “other notes.” These are things I ask my sources that don’t necessarily pertain to the subject at hand, but still ask in hopes of stumbling upon another angle—or perhaps another story entirely. I never […]
Milt Guba
This Week In Emo
This Week In Emo
The Knox United Church Women in Emo are having their annual fall tea, bazaar, and bake sale Friday, Nov. 2 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at the church hall. White elephant table will be featured. Admission is $2. Bingo will be held tomorrow (Oct. 25) at the Emo Legion Br. #99. Doors […]
It was more than 50 years ago when I volunteered one summer at a migrant camp in Utica, N.Y. The workers came in trucks from Florida where they picked oranges, then journeyed up the east coast to dig potatoes, into New York state to pick beans, and finally, on to […]
Emil Carl Domanski, 83, of Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly at La Verendrye Hospital on Oct. 16, 2001. Carl was born in Fort Frances on Oct. 23, 1917. He was predeceased by his parents, Sophie (Toffan) and Joseph Domanski. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Viola […]
Born to Dale and Dawn, nee Siemens, of Emo, Ont., a baby boy, Malikai Gerhard Robert, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. on Oct. 2, 2001 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ont.
