Rick and Carolyn Stamarski each brought home medals from this year’s provincial five-pin bowling championships in Sturgeon Falls over the Easter weekend. Rick Stamarski was a member of the Sunset Country men’s team, which earned the silver medal after finishing the 15-game roll-offs with 70 points–just two behind front-running Cambrian […]
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Dean Patrow of Fort Frances once again has qualified for the world drug-free powerlifting championships in Omaha, Neb. after winning another national title in Moose Jaw, Sask. in March. Patrow, 43, continued his dominance in the Superweight division (over 319 pounds) of the Masters division (over age 40), and narrowly […]
When Rustyn Dolyny first appeared in a Michigan State Spartan uniform last season, the excitement of playing U.S. college hockey translated into a successful inaugural year–one which saw him in the running for the CCHA’s rookie-of-the-year honours. And while he fell just short of that coveted individual accomplishment, his team […]
“The place is huge!” That’s the general reaction Sears customers have when they first see the results of a recent expansion at the dealer store here, owner/operator Roberta Oliver noted Monday. Located at 448 Scott St., the store showed off its additional 1,000 sq. ft. last Thursday, using some of […]
If Amanda Jerry could have one wish, it most likely would be to breathe easy. At just 27 years of age, and having never smoked, she needs a double-lung transplant because of damage done to her lungs by emphysema. Diagnosed with the disease in December, Jerry is on oxygen 24 […]
When Dorothy Medicine got the phone call last week that she had won an International Year of Older Persons provincial award, she first thought she was the victim of a crank call. “Some lady just called me . . . from Sudbury,” the 68-year-old Rainy River First Nations resident recalled. […]
Considering the talent at the men’s bonspiel here each year, Lorne Jackson would be the first to admit it how tough it is to repeat as champion. But that’s exactly what Jackson and his rink of brother, Derek, and new front end Randy Genyk and Lionel Conan (both from Winnipeg), […]
The road to the all-Ontarios took a little bump along the way but the Rainy River Owls, skipped by Angela Lee, advanced to the provincial girls’ curling showdown April 14-17 in Toronto. Competing at the NWOSSAA playdowns here in Fort Frances, the Owls had little trouble beating Marathon 10-2 in […]
The Fort Frances Gymnastics Academy was fortunate to have a talented young German gymnast by the name of Weronicka Smigielska grace its club this season. And the 18-year-old native of Dusseldorf (she actually was born in Poland) has become quite a fixture here in Fort Frances while she is completing […]
The Fort Frances “AA” Tom Thumb team placed fourth out of 20 teams at a tournament in Thunder Bay last weekend. After finishing with a 3-0-1 record in their pool, the Fort dropped both their games in the playoff round–losing 3-1 to top-ranked West End Bruins (Thunder Bay) and then […]
Dave Kinsella helped the Muskies to a silver medal at the all-Ontarios in London in 1984 as a defenceman with the team. This year, he was behind the bench of the St. Thomas Aquinas Cardinals–the team that knocked the black-and-gold out of further contention at the provincial showdown in Dryden. […]
In just his third season as a Kitty Cat racer, and his first full one, Curtis Boivin certainly burned up the tracks on the Minnesota KC Pro racing circuit. Boivin, six, of Fort Frances, is part of the Lil’ Twister racing team that includes his father, Alan, and mother, Carol. […]
