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 […]
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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 […]
Voters from the unorganized areas east of Fort Frances will be able to vote for public school trustees at the board office here Nov. 8 after the Rainy River District School Board voted to have an advance poll at its regular meeting last night.
Local calves sold at healthy prices during last Saturday’s auction at Stratton, further re-enforcing the revamped cattle barn as a viable part of the area’s beef market. “This is the highest market I’ve seen this fall. These six-week cattle are getting $900–everything’s a good $100 more now,” said Jeff McSherry, […]
Pickup trucks pulled up to the big tent at Hannam Park in Rainy River on Saturday only minutes before the 1 p.m. registration deadline as owners of the district’s biggest pumpkins wanted to keep them under wraps as long as possible. In total, 48 pumpkins were entered in the sixth-annual […]
Jeff Gillon, Community Investment manager for the Rainy River Future Development Corp. here, believes the economic impact local farming has on Rainy River District is one very few people know much about. “The farming industry provides income and revenue to people across the district, and is not restricted to one […]
About 80-90 players tried out for the local Atom, PeeWee, and Bantam ‘AA’ rep teams over the weekend, and Lynn Kellar, president of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association, wasn’t surprised by the talent out on the ice “We always get a really good turnout,” he noted. “I am happy […]
The boys no longer will be the only ones skating to hockey glory for Fort High. The Muskie girls’ team is now looking to start a tradition all its own. “The number-one goal we have is to build a team–one that works hard, works together, and looking to start a […]
The Muskies continued their winning ways against NorWOSSA opponents last week, thumping the Dryden Eagles 28-13 under sunny but breezy conditions at Westfort field.
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 […]
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 […]
