“Castin’ for Cash” tournament winners Jeff Gustafson, far left, and August Collinson showed off their hardware as emcee Mark Allen voiced his approval during the final weigh-in Saturday at Lake Despair Lodge.
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It was a wet start for anglers competing in the annual “Castin’ for Cash” fishing tournament on Lake Despair this morning. The two-day event wraps up tomorrow, with the final weigh-in starting at 3:30 p.m.
“Getting Hooked” fishing show anglers Aaron Shirley, front, and Barry Pringle casted off the boat launch at the Noden Causeway before departing for a day of filming on Rainy Lake Monday.
Sheldon Kelly was all smiles as he trotted around on a horse during the Town of Fort Frances’ summer day camp at Joyce Young’s farm in Devlin yesterday. A group of nine children went up to the farm and participated in relay races while riding the horses.
Rylee Redford was part of the small but enthusiastic group of parents and children who attended the Emo Spray Park committee’s Canada Day “Splash Party” at the Lions Park there. The goal for next year is to make July 1, 2009 the grand opening of the new spray park.
Michaela Putzer rolled the die and moved her piece forward on the board game to complete her 13th book report in the “Laugh out Loud @ the Library Reading Program.” The program will run from June 30-Aug. 22 and children ages 3 and up can sign up now for for […]
Peter Mennie, the “Abra Kid Abra Magician,” disguised his assistants with floppy hats in an attempt to obscure their identities from the audience while he mixed up their standing order. The audience was on to his trickery though as they could still identify the assistants—but they were shocked when the […]
Alice Ivall, North One Regional Director for Community Living Ontario, presented local graduate Veryan Erwin with the Anne Stafford “Light Up the Future” 2008 bursary. Erwin will be continuing his post secondary education at Confederation College in Thunder Bay this fall.
Lawrence Carter came up a bit short during the putting contest on the grass at Kitchen Creek Golf Course while sporting some extra grass on top of his head Saturday during the second-annual RBC Financial Group Charity Golf Classic. The fundraising total for the event was not available prior to […]
Seven-year-old twins Alina, left, and Brianna Eldridge enjoyed the “Knight’s Tale” party held yesterday at the public library. Kids participated in colouring, jousting, crafts, and were even knighted. Keeping with the medieval fantasy theme, kids also enjoyed eating Jell-O “dragon guts.”
Sarah Chrsitie, Youth Services Officer for Service Canada, served up pancakes during the “Stacked for Summer Employment Pancake Social” yesterday in an effort to promote youth employment by offering their services to the public.
Mandy Barker received her crown and sash along with all of her other goodies, after being announced First Princess and Miss Congeniality during yesterday Junior Miss “Fun in the Sun” crowning at Pither’s Point Park.
