A men’s basketball league goes Mondays from 7-9 p.m. in the FFHS gym. “Right now, it is a pick-up league but around mid-November, we will get into a league,” enthused organizer Paul Noonan. “From the group that shows up on Mondays, we will build the teams [for the league].” About […]
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Grade seven students from Donald Young School in Emo won the annual soccer tournament there last week but the grade eights didn’t do as well. DYS beat out Riverview (Rainy River) in the final of the grade seven division (the score was not known) while the Sturgeon Creek Alternative Program […]
The Muskie junior girls’ basketball team made it two-straight over the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints, winning 31-26 up there last Thursday to go along with a victory here earlier this month. “It was a tough game to win. Everybody played great,” enthused coach Mike Busch. “I took five rookies and […]
After being trampled by the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints in the season-opener here earlier this month, the Muskies boys’ volleyball teams were hoping to shut them down up there last Thursday afternoon. But they didn’t. “We lost both [matches],” noted Adrian Chapman, head coach for both the junior and senior […]
Local pool players are unpacking their cues and gearing up for another season with the Fort Frances mixed pool league. “I hope this is another successful season,” said organizer Heather Gunderson. “We are hoping more people will be motivated to be involved.” The league, which had its first meeting of […]
The Muskie senior girls’ basketball team faced the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) for the second time this season only it was a different outcome up there this time around. “It didn’t go as well as I hoped,” noted head coach Paul Noonan. “It was a well-played game . . […]
Principal Jerry O’Leary is staying positive the water once again will be safe at the Sturgeon Creek annex in Stratton after a sample came back “clean” on Monday. “They tested again today as we have to get two tests back with positive results. But we should find out in a […]
The Fort Frances Elementary Facilities Review Committee said yesterday it will keeping details of its three recommendations under wraps as it passes them on to be finalized by the Pupil Accommodation Committee. “Without giving away too many details before it even gets to the committee, I can only say the […]
Warm, sunny weather may have been the root of a lower-than-expected turnout Friday and Saturday for the annual Fort Frances Chamber of Commerce trade show but its future isn’t any dimmer.
As various school councils continue with their School Improvement Planning for 2000-01, the Rainy River District School Board last night took a look back at what several schools have achieved in the past year. “The principals and staff have done an outstanding job in this first year of implementation,” said […]
While Bob Manning may be the Elks national leader for 2000-01, also known the “Grand Exalted Ruler,” moving “up the ladder” by no means involves getting a rest as he plans to spend the year ahead touring the country. “I plan to spend 250 days on the road in the […]
The Rainy River District School Board is making intensive efforts to address early literacy–and the plan for doing so this year was presented by literacy co-ordinators Maureen Ricard and Penny Newman at last night’s regular meeting here. “We’re trying to make an intensive effort on literacy. Hopefully, we can have […]
