Lucas Punkari It wasn’t the result his rink was hoping for, but the Dominion Club Curling provincial playdowns in Sault Ste. Marie last week was something Stratton’s Maury Nielson certainly will remember for years to come. “It was an excellent experience,” said Nielson, who arrived back home Monday night. “To […]
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Lucas Punkari The Fort High curling rinks, skipped by the brother-and-sister duo of Isaac and Tirzah Keffer, made a double dose of history last Thursday night during the annual club championships here. The squads not only were the first high school rinks to capture the ‘A’ title in both the […]
Lucas Punkari It was a frustrating 10-day span for Emo’s Luke Judson as the 2010-11 OHL season drew to a close. He badly wanted to help out his teammates on the Belleville Bulls but his body just wouldn’t allow him to do so. Judson, who served as team captain again […]
Heather Latter Rob Tovey (“Fr. O’Brien”) and Aela MacKintosh (“Candy”) enacted a scene from the comedy, “Father, Oh . . .,” written and directed by local resident Tracy Gibson. The dinner theatre play, a sequel to the 2009 production, “Suzette’s Closet,” ran last Thursday to Saturday at La Place Rendez-Vous […]
Peggy Revell Sisters Ryann and Maren Scott set out Monday evening—decked out in their Girl Guide and Brownie uniforms—as the chocolate and vanilla Girl Guide cookies return to the area for the annual campaign. Local members will be out and about selling them over the next couple of weeks to […]
Dave Ogilvie Bradley Teeple was surprised and pleased when he was handed an “Air Hog Accelerator” at Guthrie United Church’s annual “Spring Fling” on Sunday afternoon at the Devlin Hall. The toy, from the penny table, was won by Bernice Campbell, who generously gave it to the young boy at […]
Lucas Punkari Mario DeGazio of Taggs worked his way past Mike Belluz of the Rendez-Vous during the third-place game in the local men’s basketball league last Wednesday night at Fort High. Taggs won the game 61-47. The Muskies later dumped Boston Pizza 65-45 to claim the league crown.
Lucas Punkari In a game that was a lot closer than the final score indicated, the Fort Frances Thunderhawks came out on the losing end of a 6-3 score to the South East Prairie Thunder (Manitoba) yesterday afternoon in Kenora in the opening game of the 2011 Allan Cup tournament. […]
Duane Hicks The town is not in a position to build a new outdoor ice rink facility on the Robert Moore School property anytime soon. The public school board recently had asked the town whether it wanted to build a new rink there after it took down the old one […]
Heather Latter Natalie VonNiebelschutz directed the Grades 4-8 girls’ choir at Robert Moore School yesterday as they rehearsed the song “Pass it Along” in preparation for their performance this morning in the Rainy River District Festival of the Performing Arts. The vocal competition wraps up today, with the drama division […]
Lucas Punkari Regan Danylchuk fine-tuned her freestyle stroke during a Fort Frances Aquanauts’ practice yesterday afternoon at the Memorial Sports Centre. She and 14 other club members will be taking part in the Division III provincial team championships this coming weekend in Thunder Bay.
Staff With recent word the Fort Frances “Scott Street Show ’n Shine” will not take place this year, Jim Sheppard of the International Early Iron Car Club will speak to town council at tonight’s regular meeting. Sheppard wrote a letter to editor, which appeared in the March 30 edition of […]
