Heather Latter First-time jumpers Joanne Ogden and her daughter, Riley Strom, leapt into the icy waters of Sand Bay yesterday during the Voyaguer Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge.” A total of 20 jumpers took part, raising more than $8,000 for various organizations and the local club.
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Duane Hicks Fort Frances Lion Evelyn Metke proudly showed off the plaque she received last month after being named a Melvin Jones Fellow.
Sarah Pruys Ben Andrusco topped the 25th-annual Boxing Day men’s squash tournament last Wednesday, which shouldn’t come as a surprise given he’s won other titles here multiple times over the years.
Heather Latter Three-year-old Chase Felix went cautiously down the hill at the overpass yesterday afternoon. With decent temperatures and a little fresh snow, the hill was abuzz with children—and adults—of all ages zooming down the snowy slope.
Submitted One of the new trails at Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (near Stratton) looked like a winter wonderland courtesy of Mother Nature. A “moonlight ski” is planned for tomorrow (Dec. 29) from 7-10 p.m. to mark the grand opening of the cross-country ski and snowshoe trail network there. Refreshments also will be served.
Sarah Pruys Five-year-old Dakota Cooper, left, and brother Keaton, three, were ready to push off and slide down the hill at the overpass here yesterday afternoon. It was quite chilly out and the groups of youngsters who came to slide did not stay long.
Sarah Pruys Julia Cawston, 13, laced up her skates for the first time this year and went skating with her family after dinner on Christmas Day. Although it was very cold, there still were people out enjoying the McIrvine rink.
courtesy of Ron Wolf People from all walks of life lined up to get a hot turkey lunch with all the fixings on Tuesday during the 25th-annual Community Christmas Dinner at Knox United Church. Organized by the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau, the popular event once again exemplified the spirit of […]
Sarah Pruys Chad Faragher served in his match against Steve Krag during the 25th-annual men’s Boxing Day squash tournament yesterday. Ben Andrusco went on to capture the tournament, which featured a record 24 participants and ran for 10 hours.
Heather Latter Grade 6 students at J.W. Walker School did a Christmas dance to the Michael Jackson hit “Thriller” on Friday afternoon during the junior Christmas concert. The intermediate band also performed three Christmas tunes.
Heather Latter Four-year-old cousins Olivia, left, and Chloe Allen stopped by the Makabi Inn on Saturday to have their picture taken with Santa Claus before he headed back to the North Pole to get ready to make his annual Christmas Eve rounds.
Heather Latter With a renovation of both the interior and exterior now complete, the local McDonald’s restaurant re-opened for business Friday. An official opening is planned for Jan. 5.
