Nearly 120 golfers, all sporting handicaps of 16 and over, showed up at Kitchen Creek Golf Course on Sunday to tear up the links in the annual Frog Creek Open–literally. “Everybody enjoyed the day. The weather was great, the beer was cold, and the golf was secondary,” laughed club pro […]
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The final cuts have been made and the teams have been picked–just in time for the exhibition season to start. The Muskie junior and senior girls’/boys’ basketball and volleyball teams opened action here today (Wednesday) against St. Thomas Aquinas of Kenora. “I think they [Kenora] are bringing all four teams […]
Art Bonot, George L. Olson, and Stan Peterson will be the first to be inducted into the new Rainy River District Fastball League Hall of Fame this Saturday in Barwick. The ceremony will be held in conjunction with the RRFDL’s awards banquet. The hall of fame, itself, will be housed […]
The Muskies are getting pumped up for Homecoming 2000 this Friday against Kenora and there’s no denying it. “We will be juiced,” enthused Mark Mercure, a defensive back on the football team and president of the student executive council. “It is just a big fun day for the football guys […]
Alex Parent knows the importance of research. That’s why he’s reading the biography, “Terry Fox–His Story.” And come the end of the month, the 11-year-old Fort Frances resident will share what he’s learned with his grade six classmates at St. Francis School when he gives a book report on his […]
The collection of the second instalment of taxes for the year 2000 here has been set back another month. The latest due date for tax bills to be returned has been pushed back to Oct. 31 as the municipal computer system is adjusted to accommodate the province’s 10-5-5 cap of […]
Local support for cancer research was visibly strong Sunday afternoon as some 150 participants took to the streets here and raised at least $8,500 during the annual Terry Fox Run. As of Tuesday afternoon, the total was $8,540 but organizer Joan Pearson, executive director of the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, […]
After being on hold for four years, Confederation College’s practical nursing program is off the ground here again thanks to Riverside Health Care Facilities Inc. With an enrolment of 18 students, the program now is being conducted in a lab modified by staff at La Verendrye hospital–a partnership commemorated during […]
The Northwest Catholic District School Board overspent its school renewal budget for 1999-2000 by some $21,000 after undertaking major renovations and repairs over the summer.
Except for St. Francis here, schools under the Northwest Catholic District School Board saw a higher than expected enrolment to start the 2000-01 year, trustees were told at their regular monthly meeting Saturday morning. “It was rather surprising to see,” said Education Director Carol-Lynne Oldale, referring to the increased number […]
High school students can get a look at what Ontario colleges have to offer when the College Information Tour drops by Fort Frances High School next Friday (Sept. 29). “This is a large student recruitment drive where nine or 10 colleges will be in outlying regions, such as Fort Frances, […]
Organizers have been very busy getting things ready for the second-annual Rainy River and District Chamber of Commerce live-release walleye tournament this Saturday and Sunday.
