The second auction at the revamped Stratton cattle barn was a success Saturday despite the threat of anthrax in Rainy River District. More than 640 head were sold during the annual yearling auction for prices exceeding those at similar sales in Winnipeg and southeastern Ontario. “This year I can’t buy […]
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Angela Halvorsen is hoping people will want to “Get out of Town” this October. Halvorsen is a co-ordinator for the “Get out of Town” district farm tour slated Oct. 1. A joint effort between the Rainy River Federation of Agriculture and the Rainy River Future Development Corp., it offers town […]
Anthrax, a disease which can kill an animal 12 hours after it is infected, may have hit the Rainy River District. “On Thursday last week, a farmer in the Rainy River area had a few animals that died within a few hours on his farm,” said Dr. George Luterbach, a […]
Nuinsco Resources Ltd. chairman and CEO Douglas Hume was in the area last week to oversee airborne mineral surveys carried out by helicopter over Richardson township–the results of which won’t be known for about three weeks. Residents in the Emo and Barwick area probably spotted the survey helicopter, flying with […]
Ted Burgoyne feels lucky to be alive. Burgoyne was about 10 feet away from where a “Baby Belle” two-seater helicopter crash landed late Saturday afternoon at the Emo Fair. Burgoyne came out of the booth when he heard the helicopter starting up. He said he then watched it “swoop” over […]
This year’s draft horse show was as impressive as ever, but some might say it was even more so this year: for the first time in the fair’s history, yearlings were in the competition. “I thought it’d be something different,” said Shane Brown, who showed his horses Chuck, 1 year, […]
It was a very surprised Tara Lloyd who was named Fair Queen 2000 last Thursday night before a packed house at the Donald Young School gym in Emo. The 16-year-old–the daughter of David and Glenda Lloyd of Emo, swept the individual categories of the pageant–took first place in the fashion […]
It was a horse lover’s heyday Sunday when people who knew the late J.V. “Jack” Mills of Crozier showed up at the farm on Highway 11-71 just west of town to honour his memory. More than 50 people, including some 30 riders with their horses, turned out, and they didn’t […]
Borderland residents soon will be able to purchase a one-of-a-kind afghan that depicts the roots of the logging industry here and its visionary–lumber baron E.W. Backus. Entitled “Borderland,” the woven afghan was spearheaded by Carol Elizabeth Pirie, Backus’ great-granddaughter. A resident of Hendersonville, N.C., she was inspired to the idea […]
No one stayed the night but the hubbub at the Both farm during the annual Chapple Day celebration Saturday was reminiscent of the early 1900s. The homestead, located four km north of Barwick and which includes a barn and blacksmith shop, was once a regular visit for farmers in Chapple. […]
Nellie Shybyski doesn’t remember winning the flower trophy 25 years ago but she certainly remembers doing it again just last week. “There were tears in my eyes. I couldn’t believe it,” she said. “Tears in my eyes–it really is something.” Shybyski, 84, was one of 22 exhibitors in the annual […]
A cheerful crowd, canoe race, old homestead, music, and pig roast marked Chapple Day–the second-annual festival which was held Saturday in Barwick. The festival, which began last year as part of the township’s centennial celebration, was such a hit that the Chapple heritage committee decided to do it again. “People […]
