The Emo Cobras crossed sticks with Emo girls in recent Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association action, whitewashing the gals 6-0. Devin Ball, James Saunders, and Ryan McDowell all scored in the first period, with Jonny French and Saunders hitting the twine in the second frame. Keith McTavish rounded out the scoring […]
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La Vallee held its annual Christmas party Sunday afternoon with a large crowd of people of all ages attending. “The community of Devlin/La Vallee has some of the best food in the district,” said local MPP and NDP leader Howard Howard, who attended the event with his parents. Without a […]
The Stratton seniors’ Christmas dinner at the Millennium Hall attracted a full house last Thursday, with guests coming from Fort Frances, Emo, Rainy River, Baudette, Nestor Falls, Pinewood, North Branch, and Stratton. Thank you to the cooks for the delicious food, as well as all the organizers and volunteers for […]
“Holly Daze” in Emo last Friday and Saturday was more than just the grand opening of Cloverleaf ShopEasy. It meant the whole community was involved in some way celebrating the Christmas spirit. Over at the Emo Legion, a one-day craft and bake sale drew quite a few customers looking to […]
There was an unmistakable nip in the wind, but that didn’t stop people from coming out to celebrate “Holly Daze” last week in Emo. The annual two-day festival attracted shoppers from throughout the district to take advantage of various sales and promotions going on all over the village as Emo’s […]
For many farmers across Canada, 2003 was a tumultuous year filled with stress and uncertainty. The past season saw not only the “mad cow” crisis knock the bottom out of beef prices, but a soaring loonie and new provincial regulations governing the storage and use of manure squeeze already-slim profit […]
In a way, it was like coming full circle. Seventy-one years ago, Lawrence and Grace Loney opened the first Cloverleaf store in Emo during the height of the Great Depression. So when their grandchildren officially opened the brand new, state-of-the-art Cloverleaf ShopEasy store on Saturday morning, it seemed only appropriate […]
During the last week of November, my daughters, Louise Erb and Nancy Fretter, and I flew to Calgary to spend a week with my youngest daughter, Bonnie (Richard) Bradley, and their son in Okotoks, Alta., just about 15 minutes south of Calgary. Many people commute from Okotok to Calgary as […]
The program committee at Knox United Church in Emo is presenting Christmas coffee parties this Friday and Saturday (Dec. 12-13) at 7 p.m. Admission is $5. “Nestle in with us for an evening of family entertainment while savouring a generous serving of one of our luscious desserts, coffee-house style!” the […]
Last week (Dec. 3-6), the talented, energetic cast and band delighted hundreds of people with Muskie Theatre’s performance of the classic TV show, “The Beverly Hillbillies.” Director Willa Kunkel certainly proved that months of practice pays off! I actually attended the play both Friday and Saturday, and was thoroughly entertained […]
The young people at the Christian Reformed Church in Emo invite everyone to a Christmas service organized and led by youth leader Vanessa Guimond. Worship will be led by a multi-denominational group of youth musicians. This will include selections of music from praise songs to favourite Christmas hymns and carols. […]
The annual seniors’ Christmas supper sponsored by the Emo Legion Br. #99 was a huge success last Saturday as 155 sit-down meals were served as well as 67 take-outs. The kitchen helpers included the fair queen candidates who could make it, Jane Allan and her husband, Gerry, Josette Vargas, Joyce […]
