Strong concerns raised during a public information session last week has convinced the executive board at Kitchen Creek Golf Course to remove the rock dam near the edge of its property by Kehl Road. Greens committee chair Rick Payne, who attended the session last Wednesday at the Crozier Hall, brought […]
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An off-line pond capturing flood water from the spring run-off and heavy rainstorms could be the answer to the irrigation needs of Kitchen Creek golf course without upsetting its neighbours. Greens committee chair Rick Payne said the golf course has given up any plans for drawing water directly from the […]
The benches around the auction ring at the Stratton sales yard were packed Saturday, with 13 of the 19 bulls up for bid finding buyers at the 20th-annual Rainy River Bull Evaluation Centre’s sale. A Charolais bull raised by Wayne C. Meyers fetched the highest bid at $2,200. The next […]
Two more teens are needed to fill out the roster of local 4-H’ers bound for Olds, Alta. this summer on an exchange program funded through the federal government. Kim Jo Calder, a club leader with the Rainy River District 4-H Association, said anyone aged 14-18 who was interested had to […]
With about 700 head of cattle already lined up, the annual spring sale at the Stratton sales yard already is shaping up to be a good one for both buyers and sellers. “The prices still are being steady,” Peter Spuzak, president of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association, said yesterday. “We […]
Robyn Cogger was rendered almost speechless shortly after she arrived last Thursday at the Fort Frances OPP detachment, where she was being honoured for something she hadn’t thought twice about–saving an eight-year-old boy from a potentially life-threatening situation. “I think I was about to cry,” Cogger exclaimed shortly after being […]
Last week’s statement by Kitchen Creek golf course that it would remove one small rock dam and cap the wells it drilled last summer hasn’t done much to ease the mistrust with its neighbours. In fact, it seems to have raised more doubts. Several residents along Kitchen Creek who attended […]
When most people take a vacation, it is not to get away from the effects of nuclear radiation. But over the past several years, children from Belarus have been doing just that in an effort to improve their health after leaving in the fallout zone of the Chernobyl nuclear accident […]
Kitchen Creek Golf Club is hoping to ease some of the pressure that has built up over water use for its new irrigation system at a public meeting tonight. But some neighbouring residents, like Peter Spuzak, are worried there won’t be much water left for themselves after the course takes […]
“Pointing kids in the right direction–which way do you want to go?” is the motto of the “Youth United” program run by the Sunset Country Métis. But the program–which began in October on a six-month basis with funding by the Métis Nation of Ontario and Human Resources and Development Canada–may […]
The Fort Frances ‘AA’ Novice tangled with their Emo counterparts in a free-wheeling game at the Emo arena recently, with the visitors skating away with a 9-1 win. The Fort led 2-0 after the first period and 6-0 through two. Justin Scott led the visitors with two goals, with singles […]
The Emo Figure Skating Club’s annual ice show Sunday afternoon once again was a carnival centrepiece, with the skaters taking the audience on a world tour of transportation. The show lived up to its name, presenting a rainbow of colours from the opening number to the last item on the […]
