In all fresh water, there is no other fish like it. Big, streamlined, and camouflaged, the muskie has a devilish grin–and a wicked set of teeth. Fishermen tell me you don’t expect to catch a muskie in an hour or two. Many people have spent days, even years, trying to […]
Features
By Colin Crawford
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Outdoors Pro-Mo
Trolling has always been a way to find fish that are neutral or lethargic in the summer time. Trouble is, when the water gets hard and ice forms, it is really hard to go out and start trolling. Most ice augers even today do not cut a groove in the […]
By Harry Vendetti
Just Passing By
Just Passing By
It was an evening of sheer magic when a crowd of oldtimers showed how Valentine’s Day should be celebrated. Look for it to happen again and again now that the local Volunteer Bureau, Seniors’ Coalition, and Good Neighbours Council have proved that love indeed can seem eternal. This was a […]
“Follow your dreams for they will always lead in the right direction.” I’m not sure where I found this quote, or exactly when. But it doesn’t matter because the rightness of it is eternal. Dreams must always be followed. Dreams of travel. Dreams of fun and laughter. Dreams of careers. […]
By Carolyn McTighe
Staff writer
Staff writer
Did you know greeting cards are a billion-dollar business? It’s estimated North Americans alone spent more than $6.3 million on them last year. If you consider that Valentine’s Day comes second only to Christmas in the greeting card wars, then you can figure a few dollars went into those sweet, […]
In loving memory of Helen Pretty, 80, of Rainycrest Home for the Aged, 550 Osborne St., Fort Frances, Ont., who passed away peacefully Friday, Feb. 16, 2001 at her home. Helen was predeceased by her husband, Irwin; parents, William and Edna Westover; sister, Iva; and brothers, Jim and Bill. She […]
Clifford Allen Barker passed away Feb. 12, 2001. He was born April 10, 1920. Cliff will be greatly missed by his devoted family, his loving wife of 57 years; five children; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two of his five siblings. Cliff grew up in Fort Frances, […]
Irvine Daryl Hayes, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and brother, of Everett, Wash., passed away Feb. 8, 2001 with his family at his side. Irvine was born July 17, 1935, the youngest son of Lloyd and Vera Hayes at his grandparents’ farm, Dick and Charlotte Hayes of Barwick, Ont. He took […]
Ronald “Ron” Beadle, 45, of 150 Sixth St. E., Fort Frances, Ont., passed away suddenly Monday, Jan. 29, 2001 in the place he loved the most, working in the bush on Cedar Narrows Road. He was born Aug. 6, 1955 in Emo, Ont. Ron began working in the bush at […]
Dear sir: The provincial government is giving it away. Then they’re going to charge you to use it. The provincial government is in the process of drafting regulations to go with Bill 101, the amendments to the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act which it passed just before Christmas. One of their […]
Dear sir: Well, “no name” street has now got a name, Veteran Ave. My congratulations to the winners of the name-that-street contest. Veteran, an excellent name for any other street or avenue, but this one. Generally, access roads that are behind properties that front on a major street, such as […]
Hi, I was flipping through the most recent issue of the Fort Frances Times (Jan. 31 edition) and noticed a picture of my sister and her family. The photo was taken by Jack Tynan in Emo along Front Street. The caption begins: “Sharon and Wade Demchuk pulled their daughters, MacKenzie […]
