At the end of last season, Brandy Hyatt became a “Gold Skater” by completing her Gold Interpretive Test. Early this season, Hyatt completed her Gold Level Skills. But not stopping at Double Gold, she tested her final two gold dances in Eagle Lake on Feb. 21 and is now Emo’s […]
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For the first time in the history of the Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association, a tournament was held within a tournament as the PeeWee girls combined their games with the boys. And according to organizers, everything went without a hitch. The four-team girls’ tourney featured host Emo squaring off against Taylor […]
Emo pharmacist Greg Asplund has been breathing much easier lately. The reason being he now has a permanent pharmacist on board at Emo Drugs—a young gentleman rooted at Devlin. Scheduling days off for his own relaxation, Asplund now will be able to attend to other things within the drug store […]
About 250 people attended the launch of “Connections,” La Vallee’s history book, on Saturday evening at the Devlin Hall. A wine-and-cheese topped off the evening. The people involved with the planning deserve a big applause. Be sure to plan on attending the many other activities to celebrate La Vallee’s centennial […]
Atikokan OPP, with the assistance of the Atikokan Police Service, continue to investigate the death a 22-year-old woman there. The body of Adele Matinet was discovered by a family member in her residence at 109 Mercury Ave. in Atikokan on Saturday. Results of the post-mortem conducted Monday are not being […]
The Emo Bantam Stars invaded Atikokan for their annual hockey tournament last weekend and came home with the ‘A’ championship. It was the team’s third ‘A’ crown this season and lifted their tournament record for 2003-04 to an incredible 23-1. The Stars faced the Williams Flyers (Atikokan) in Sunday’s ‘A’ […]
More than 200 people jammed into the Devlin Community Hall on Saturday evening to see the unveiling of a history book project that was years in the making—and they were not disappointed. Joyce Witherspoon, a member of the La Vallee centennial committee, told the packed house what they had gathered […]
Guest speaker Melanie Murray of Rainy River talked about foot care to the seniors on hand last Thursday for the weekly “Wheels to Meals” program at the Emo Legion. “Reflexology is a natural healing art,” noted Murray. “Through an acupressure massage on the feet, tension is relieved, circulation is improved, […]
A retired Winnipeg police officer who found Christ 35 years ago through revival meetings led by Pastor Bill McLeod, was guest speaker at the monthly men’s breakfast last Saturday morning at the Emo Legion. Bruce Day, who now works with the Union Gospel Mission in downtown Winnipeg, reminiscenced a little […]
Kelsey Jolicoeur, a grade eight student at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton, is officially a published author. Her poem, “Words Can Shatter the Soul and Family,” has been published in “The Colours of Life” and “Celebrate! Young Poets Speak Out.” A copy of these books are in […]
Only four Emo-Devlin-Barwick Minor Hockey Association games were scheduled at the Emo Arena over the past week. In PeeWee action, the Emo Thunderbolts doused the Firemen (Fort Frances) 6-2, scoring three unanswered goals in the third period to seal the victory. Emo had scored in the first off Ryan Kaemingh’s […]
After much hard work involving several details, the launch of La Vallee’s history book is set to go this Saturday (Feb. 28) at 7 p.m. during a wine-and-cheese party at the Devlin Hall. The event is being held in conjunction with LaVallee’s centennial. For those who have pre-ordered books, please […]
