You’ve got to wonder how many people realized, when “Ice for Kids” first started their crusade for a second indoor ice surface here in Fort Frances, that part of the price tag would be the loss of Memorial Arena. But that’s exactly what is in the works now that town […]
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Dear sir: I’m writing in regard to the column by Mike Behan, “Moving With Mike,” in the July 16 issue of the Fort Frances Times. Last Tuesday, July 22, I decided to try the “Dial-A-Ride Van.” I found it certainly wasn’t what I need. Here’s why: I informed the driver […]
Dear sir: The following is part of a letter the Mid District High School Committee sent to the Minister of Environment and Energy. Dear Hon. Sterling, We are responding to your letter dated May 30, 1997. We are disappointed that once again the system has failed us. We realize, as […]
Dear sir: We would like to congratulate the directors, committees, volunteers, and press personnel of the 1997 Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship on a job well done. Being part of the tournament made us realize the many hours of hard work these people committed themselves to in order to make […]
Why is it I always feel guilty playing bridge with the computer late at night? What fun it is to throw in a hand when you don’t like it, or play it over when you forgot the ace of trump was still out. Actually, playing bridge with the computer is […]
A boss must be willing to take on and accomplish every chore they would delegate to an employee. But do bosses know how to do everything as well as the employees? At the Fat Frantic Times, you should see the whenever the boss undertakes to, say, optimize the operating system […]
Wayne L. Raboin, 57, formerly of International Falls, Mn., passed away in Brea, Calif. on Monday, July 28, 1997. He was born in International Falls in November, 1939 and graduated from Falls High School in 1958. He played on the Broncos football team. He also served four years in the […]
In loving memory of Violet Maud Ashley, who passed away in Emo hospital July 23, 1997 after several years of bad health. Having suffered several strokes in Ottawa, she came to Emo in 1989 to make her home with her sister, Lily Rathwell. Violet was the youngest of the Robertson […]
Michael Beninger, 43, of 150 Cedar Cres., Atikokan, Ont., passed away peacefully at McKellar Hospital in Thunder Bay on Sunday, July 20, 1997 after never regaining consciousness following a tragic accident on Friday, July 4, 1997. Michael was born June 28, 1954 in Emo, Ont. where he lived until 1961, […]
