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The Westend Weekly Bringing Communities Together Box 66, 303 Fifth St., Rainy River, ON P0W 1L0 Ph. 807-852-3815, Fax. 807-852-1863, Email. [email protected] Vol. 26, No. 6 Wednesday, May 11, 2016 Serving the Rainy River District for 25 years! Read us on line at www.westendweekly.ca. Check out the pictures on line. They are so good! Martin Dufresne, Broker 274-6688 or 852-4237 303 Fifth St., rear Rainy River Causeway Marine Insurance program *No depreciation *New for old settlement on partial losses *Personal effects *AIR MILES® reward miles 229 Scott Street, Fort Frances 1-800-289-9917 Proud to serve Fort Frances and district for the past 20 years Tammy Ouellet, Broker John Homer, Sales Manager 274-6688 Gun & Hobby Show wraps up its 8th year by Melissa Friesen The 8th Annual Gun & Hobby show took place over the weekend, much to the de- light of antique gun collectors and enthusiasts across the dis- trict. There were dozens of ta- bles covered in shotguns and rifles from the Soviet Union to Japan and everywhere in be- tween. Collectors from Dry- den, Thunder Bay, and beyond proudly displayed some of their most prized collections. Once again, I was out of my element, not knowing the dif- ference between a shotgun and a rifle until someone explained it to me. So, I walked through the aisles, stopping wherever the friendliest looking bunch of people were, and asked them this: What's the most in- teresting item on your table? Joe Clayton picked through his table of rifles to show me some of his favourites. First stop: the Snider Enfield, which came out around 1860. "They converted all the muzzle load- ers to breech loaders with a very large cartridge about a lit- tle more than a half inch diam- eter." He points to all the parts on the rifle, looking up every so often to see if I'm still track- ing with him, and then moves onto the next item: .577/450 used by the British army and made in Nepal or India. "I picked it up at a gun show . . . someplace else," he smiles. He's a long time collector, and uses these shows as a way to bring home a little extra bacon. "Now that I'm retired, every day I sell a rifle is an- other day I don't have to eat Kraft dinner." He goes on to show me several other rifles, a Chinese copy of an M14, a semi automatic .308, Lee-En- field No. 4, used by the Cana- dian, British, and Australian armies in World War 11. There is a distinct military theme going on, and not by accident. "The reason I like the military stuff so much is because each rifle went to war someplace. What stories it could tell! It's got history to it. It's got provi- dence to it. I find it fascinat- ing. . . " He stops only for a moment before showing me a clunky (although light for its time) Dutch rifle, a Soviet Union semi automatic, Czechoslovakian target rifles, and on and on. "We're just a couple of guys who've col- lected stuff over the years. I started collecting in 1971 after joining the army reserves. It's an interesting hobby, and I still do target shooting." He pulls out his phone and shows me a photo of his claim to fame: hit- ting the bullseye with one shot on a small target 600 metres away. I kept hunting for more inter- esting stories. Fred Johnson scans over his table and points me to one on his table: a Howa/Mossberg 1550 30-06. The gun was manufactured in Japan, with the same action as a Weatherby action. I ask him what in the world that means. "You're getting more than you're paying for," he and the guys around the table agree with a laugh. Fred and his sell- ing partner Gordon Stevenson travel from Thunder Bay all the way to Winnipeg for gun shows. Between the two of them they've got more than 50 guns (they left their favourites at home). The ones that don't make it to Fred's table are ones Joe Clayton from Thunder Bay gives his official endorse- ment of the chili before taking me on a tour of his 33 mili- tary rifles (plus a few pairs of bullet earrings). Fred Johnson makes a sale on one of his guns before investi- gating whether he might want to buy one from someone else. Ben Marr sat still as a rock as he eagerly waited for Tasha Stafford to turn him into a puppy. Why is this Savage Arms Model 99 rifle Evelyn Bragg's favourite? "Mm, because it shoots good," she says with a laugh. Spencer King's favourite piece of ammunition? The .56-56 Spencer, used in the American Civil War. Everything at the gun show is available for inspection, in- cluding this World War 11 Howitzer sight. Every gun collector and seller certainly has their fair share of stories, and this man, Spencer King, is no exception. Stan (left) and Wayne Kushiner pose with Stan's Marble Game Getter, a pretty versatile little gun. As part of the hobby booths, Karla Daniw represented Nor- wex cleaning company, which strives to improve customers' quality of life by "radically reducing chemicals in our homes." Plus, Karla adds, "everybody cleans!" The prod- ucts require no harsh chemicals and last for years and years. Karl Drackert stands with his favourite gun: the combina- tion shotgun and rifle. The several hundred attendees had the opportunity to pe- ruse through nearly just as many guns over the course of Saturday's event. Cheryl Hughes of Melissa's Kitchen had a booth at Satur- day's event to try to make up the loss from the ending of the Clover Valley Farmer's Market, which was her usual Satur- day post. Aaron and Stephanie Mishibinijima shopped around while their kids Quinn and Shae snoozed. that he's inherited from his family. Unfortunately, he does- n't have anyone in his family who's interested enough to pass them along to. Gordon's in the same position. "It's like an- tique cars," says Gordon. "Young people want the fast sports cars, not so much the an- tiques." Off to Stan and Wayne Kushiner's table, and their most interesting piece is a Marble Game Getter, a light, double- barrel combination gun shoot- ing both a .22 and a .44. "That's something different," Stan chuckles. The gun came out in 1908 and would have been used by prospectors, trappers and anyone who was on the move. Stan, the father of the fa- ther and son duo, acquired the gun "from a friend" and refuses to tell me more. They do pistol shooting twice a week but Stan admits he might be getting shaky and Wayne shakes his head. "If the deal is right," Stan is happy to keep collecting and selling guns, and both of them are happy to come to gun shows as often as possible. Karl Drackert has a shooting range in his backyard in Rainy River, where he goes target shooting three or four times a week. Besides his air pistols and air rifles, he's got a couple dozen guns (most of which are antiques before 1898, and therefore not classified as firearms by law) to choose from. Most of them line his table at Saturday's show, but there's one without a price tag on it: an 1850's German hunt- ing rifle. "It's an old, very high quality custom gun. It's a rifle and shotgun combo with all the goodies you could possibly want. . . I don't want to give it up." Well, unless he finds something in the room he'd rather have. Of course, there was plenty to choose from, with the variety of collectors in the building. Many of the attendees came as a family, with plenty of strollers being weaved through the aisles, and dozens of chil- dren running around with their faces painted in camouflage or their favourite animal. Inter- spersed throughout the rows and rows of guns were "hobby" booths, from Scentsy to hand painted wood working, local art, baked goods, and more. It's all an integral part of what Scott and Tasha Stafford have been building for the last eight years. Their hope is that the event will have something for all family members, and that it might encourage them to play and learn together, go outside together, and mostly, just spend time together.
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The Westend WeeklyBringing Communities Together
Box 66, 303 Fifth St., Rainy River, ON P0W 1L0 Ph. 807-852-3815, Fax. 807-852-1863, Email. [email protected] Vol. 26, No. 6 Wednesday, May 11, 2016Serving the Rainy River District for 25 years! Read us on line at www.westendweekly.ca. Check out the pictures on line. They are so good!
Martin Dufresne, Broker274-6688 or 852-4237
303 Fifth St., rearRainy River
Causeway Marine Insurance program*No depreciation *New for old settlement on partial losses *Personal effects *AIR MILES® reward miles
229 Scott Street, Fort Frances 1-800-289-9917Proud to serve Fort Frances and district for the past 20 yearsTammy Ouellet, BrokerJohn Homer, Sales Manager
274-6688
Gun & Hobby Show wraps up its 8th year
by Melissa FriesenThe 8th Annual Gun &
Hobby show took place overthe weekend, much to the de-light of antique gun collectorsand enthusiasts across the dis-trict. There were dozens of ta-bles covered in shotguns andrifles from the Soviet Union toJapan and everywhere in be-tween. Collectors from Dry-den, Thunder Bay, and beyondproudly displayed some oftheir most prized collections.Once again, I was out of myelement, not knowing the dif-ference between a shotgun anda rifle until someone explainedit to me. So, I walked throughthe aisles, stopping whereverthe friendliest looking bunchof people were, and askedthem this: What's the most in-teresting item on your table?
Joe Clayton picked throughhis table of rifles to show mesome of his favourites. Firststop: the Snider Enfield, whichcame out around 1860. "Theyconverted all the muzzle load-ers to breech loaders with avery large cartridge about a lit-tle more than a half inch diam-eter." He points to all the parts
on the rifle, looking up everyso often to see if I'm still track-ing with him, and then movesonto the next item: .577/450used by the British army andmade in Nepal or India. "Ipicked it up at a gun show . . .someplace else," he smiles.He's a long time collector, anduses these shows as a way tobring home a little extrabacon. "Now that I'm retired,every day I sell a rifle is an-other day I don't have to eatKraft dinner." He goes on toshow me several other rifles,a Chinese copy of an M14, asemi automatic .308, Lee-En-field No. 4, used by the Cana-dian, British, and Australianarmies in World War 11. Thereis a distinct military themegoing on, and not by accident."The reason I like the militarystuff so much is because eachrifle went to war someplace.What stories it could tell! It'sgot history to it. It's got provi-dence to it. I find it fascinat-ing. . . " He stops only for amoment before showing me aclunky (although light for itstime) Dutch rifle, a SovietUnion semi automatic,
Czechoslovakian target rifles,and on and on. "We're just acouple of guys who've col-lected stuff over the years. Istarted collecting in 1971 afterjoining the army reserves. It'san interesting hobby, and I stilldo target shooting." He pullsout his phone and shows me aphoto of his claim to fame: hit-ting the bullseye with one shoton a small target 600 metresaway.
I kept hunting for more inter-esting stories. Fred Johnsonscans over his table and pointsme to one on his table: aHowa/Mossberg 1550 30-06.The gun was manufactured inJapan, with the same action asa Weatherby action. I ask himwhat in the world that means."You're getting more thanyou're paying for," he and theguys around the table agreewith a laugh. Fred and his sell-ing partner Gordon Stevensontravel from Thunder Bay allthe way to Winnipeg for gunshows. Between the two ofthem they've got more than 50guns (they left their favouritesat home). The ones that don'tmake it to Fred's table are ones
Joe Clayton from Thunder Bay gives his official endorse-ment of the chili before taking me on a tour of his 33 mili-tary rifles (plus a few pairs of bullet earrings).
Fred Johnson makes a sale on one of his guns before investi-gating whether he might want to buy one from someone else.
Ben Marr sat still as a rockas he eagerly waited forTasha Stafford to turn himinto a puppy.
Why is this Savage Arms Model 99 rifle Evelyn Bragg'sfavourite? "Mm, because it shoots good," she says with alaugh.
Spencer King's favourite piece of ammunition? The .56-56Spencer, used in the American Civil War.
Everything at the gun show is available for inspection, in-cluding this World War 11 Howitzer sight.
Every gun collector and seller certainly has their fair shareof stories, and this man, Spencer King, is no exception. Stan (left) and Wayne Kushiner pose with Stan's Marble
Game Getter, a pretty versatile little gun.
As part of the hobby booths, Karla Daniw represented Nor-wex cleaning company, which strives to improve customers'quality of life by "radically reducing chemicals in ourhomes." Plus, Karla adds, "everybody cleans!" The prod-ucts require no harsh chemicals and last for years and years.
Karl Drackert stands with his favourite gun: the combina-tion shotgun and rifle.
The several hundred attendees had the opportunity to pe-ruse through nearly just as many guns over the course ofSaturday's event.
Cheryl Hughes of Melissa's Kitchen had a booth at Satur-day's event to try to make up the loss from the ending of theClover Valley Farmer's Market, which was her usual Satur-day post.
Aaron and Stephanie Mishibinijima shopped around whiletheir kids Quinn and Shae snoozed.
that he's inherited from hisfamily. Unfortunately, he does-n't have anyone in his familywho's interested enough to passthem along to. Gordon's in thesame position. "It's like an-tique cars," says Gordon."Young people want the fastsports cars, not so much the an-tiques."
Off to Stan and WayneKushiner's table, and their mostinteresting piece is a MarbleGame Getter, a light, double-barrel combination gun shoot-ing both a .22 and a .44. "That'ssomething different," Stanchuckles. The gun came out in1908 and would have beenused by prospectors, trappersand anyone who was on themove. Stan, the father of the fa-ther and son duo, acquired thegun "from a friend" and refusesto tell me more. They do pistolshooting twice a week but Stanadmits he might be gettingshaky and Wayne shakes hishead. "If the deal is right," Stanis happy to keep collecting andselling guns, and both of themare happy to come to gunshows as often as possible.
Karl Drackert has a shooting
range in his backyard in RainyRiver, where he goes targetshooting three or four times aweek. Besides his air pistolsand air rifles, he's got a coupledozen guns (most of which areantiques before 1898, andtherefore not classified asfirearms by law) to choosefrom. Most of them line histable at Saturday's show, butthere's one without a price tagon it: an 1850's German hunt-ing rifle. "It's an old, very highquality custom gun. It's a rifleand shotgun combo with all thegoodies you could possiblywant. . . I don't want to give itup." Well, unless he findssomething in the room he'drather have.
Of course, there was plenty tochoose from, with the varietyof collectors in the building.Many of the attendees came asa family, with plenty ofstrollers being weaved throughthe aisles, and dozens of chil-dren running around with theirfaces painted in camouflage ortheir favourite animal. Inter-spersed throughout the rowsand rows of guns were "hobby"
booths, from Scentsy to handpainted wood working, localart, baked goods, and more. It'sall an integral part of whatScott and Tasha Stafford havebeen building for the last eightyears. Their hope is that theevent will have something forall family members, and that itmight encourage them to playand learn together, go outsidetogether, and mostly, just spendtime together.
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With great sadness the fam-ily of Emily Smith, 73, of De-vlin, ON, announce herpassing on Wednesday May 4,2016 at the La Verendrye Hos-pital, Fort Frances, ON after acourageous battle with cancer.
Emily was born on August31, 1942 in Emo ON to Jackand Lilly Boldero. She grew
up on the family farm in Pat-tullo Township. She wasunited in marriage to DeanSmith on Aug. 25, 1973.
Emily was a kind, talentedlady with a great zest for life.Words cannot describe thelove and care she showed toher family and friends. Shehad a great love of music, be-ginning with the piano, thenthe accordion and eventuallythe guitar. She was a memberof the Clover Valley Echos andplayed at various eventsaround the Rainy River Dis-trict, where she continued toexpand her circle of friends.
Emily will be lovingly re-membered by her childrenDebbie (Mike) Mulholland ofWindsor, Ont; Dale (Lorilee)Smith of Crozier, Ont., Jim ofDevlin, Ont., Shelly (Ben)Janzen of Ridgetown, Ont.,and numerous grandchildrenand great-grandchildren.
She also is survived by herbrother Bryan Boldero (Mar-lene); sisters Dorothy (Steve)Gerley and Kathy (Albert)Leek, uncles Robert Brownand Lawrence (Maxine)Brown and numerous niecesand nephews.
Emily was predeceased byher parents Jack and Lilly, herhusband Dean (2015) and herbrother John.
At Emily’s request cremationhas taken place. A privatefamily gathering and inter-ment will be held at a laterdate.
If desired memorial dona-tions may be made to theTamarack Lodge or the River-side Foundation (Chemo Unit)c/o Northridge Funeral HomeBox 89, Emo, ON, P0W 1E0.
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Emily SmithWell if the weather channelsare correct we are in for thewetter, cooler weather that Iwas dreading. I realize a rainshower wouldn’t hurt anythingand in fact improve the situa-tion with our fire ban but wedon’t need inches and inches.Likely some of the earlyseeded crops could use a sprin-kle of rain but it would be niceif they didn’t get drowned outor froze off! We can certainlyhope that the rain will reachthese horrible forest fires thatothers are battling.
We have been busy at EARSbut things are moving a bitslow. We have more landworked up to deal with andonce again we are waiting onseed to arrive. Not much I cando about that – except wait. Itwouldn’t be so bad if I couldrun over to Guelph,Kemptville or Ridgetown atlunch time and pick up seedbut that really isn’t an optionfor us. We have a good starton our cereals and thenswitched the drill over to smallseeds and worked on somecanola and alfalfa. We would-n’t start on soybeans or drybeans until after this week so
that isn’t so much of a prob-lem. As I see the bulk bags ofseed driving past EARS I keepthinking – these guys will bedone acres and acres and weare still fussing around withour small plots. We also havethe tile runs to deal with – weare trying to ignore them untilwe have our plots all in – butwe have been over a few ofthem. They are rough and weare trying to level them out be-fore we re-plant our lawn seed.The first time we attempt tocut the grass is going to be abit of a challenge!
I was lucky enough to spendSaturday with 36 future 4-Hers at Discovery Day inEmo. We even had a car loadof kids attend from Dryden!Spending the day doing fun 4-H activities and learning is re-ally good for the soul. Itreminds you of how great it isto be young and how simplethings are such a pleasure atthose ages. I look forward toseeing them in our program inthe future! Thanks to the BeefFarmers of Ontario for spon-soring Discovery Days acrossour province!
Even though I should have
spent Sunday at EARS – Ichose to stay home and dosome work. (After all we arepreparing for a big Farm Birth-day Party once again!) I tack-led my grass and some yardwork. Not sure if I will everget everything completed thatI would like to, but I guess thatis life. Besides some farmtype birthday games, Marleehas asked that Clayton buildsher a zip-line for her party! Sonaturally he goes out of hisway to do whatever the girlsask for and it looks like Mar-lee’s wishes will come true!(Really the girls are notspoiled…. wink wink )
Today we are laying Nannyto rest. Though life does goon, things are sure not thesame. I supposed the first yearis the most difficult. She re-minded us of so muchthroughout the year – for ex-ample she would have beentelling us – “get ready for thehumming birds, you shouldhave your feeders out forMother’s Day!” I filled mineon Mother’s Day but now Idon’t have her to tell when Isee my first one at the feeder.
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High schools closed to Grades9 to 12 students on May 11
As the School Board will notbe able to provide a safe learn-ing environment for studentsdue to the strike actions ofhigh school teachers onWednesday, May 11, 2016, allinstructional programs forGrades 9 to 12 will be can-celled, and all Rainy RiverDistrict School Board highschools will be closed to stu-dents, with the exception ofGrades 7 and 8 students atAtikokan High School.
Elementary school classesand programming will con-tinue as normal.
Additional impacts of theone-day strikes include:
• high school extra-curricularactivities, field trips, schoolevents being postponed duringthe one-day walk outs.
• buses for high school stu-dents not operating.
Buses will continue theirroutes for elementary studentsonly.
Community use of schools,in the evenings and on week-
ends, will continue as sched-uled.
We are requesting thatOSSTF pause their strike ac-tion and move forward to-gether to resolve ourdifferences. Rest assured that,regardless of the response tothis request, marks will be pro-vided at the end of the schoolyear and Administration willprovide the additional neces-sary support for graduationceremonies to take place.
High school students are en-couraged to continue theirlearning through self-directedstudy, continuing to preparefor their exams or assignmentsas under normal circum-
stances.Should the weekly one-day
strike action continue, it maytake place on any day of theweek, with a minimum of 24hours’ notice provided to theBoard from OSSTF.
We understand and sincerelyregret this disruption for ourstudents. Thank you for yourunderstanding during thischallenging time for everyonein our system. We are commit-ted to maintaining positive re-lationships with our students,parents, staff and broader com-munity. Parents are valuedpartners in education, and wewill provide any new informa-tion and updates as they arise.
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That same morning, policereceive a second report ofstolen vehicles from a con-tracting business on Highway17 west. There was a servicetruck and trailer stolen fromthat location. There was alsoan estimate of $100,000 worthof tools in the truck. The theftsoccurred sometime between12:30 a.m and 5:00 p.m on
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2001 white enclosed trailer is16 feet, with Ontario licenceplate Y80866. The enclosedtrailer has a rounded front withstamped metal, 16 feet long
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by Jacquie DufresneThe West Rainy River Dis-
trict Fire Service's Fireman'sBall was scheduled to begin at6:00 p.m. on Saturday withcocktail hour followed by aFish Fry dinner. But wouldn'tyou just know it...a fire call at3:30 almost half an hour away.
My husband Martin, that in-surance guy, and I were out onthe front lawn contemplatingthings, world events, a cure forpost nasal drip or possiblywhat to plant in the gardenwhen we heard the fire enginesirens screaming down At-wood Ave. going east out oftown. Oh no, we thought,Ashley, our daughter, has amillion things to do to prepare
for the Fireman's Ball andthere she goes. Minutes laterwe hear the howling sirensheading west on the other sideof the tracks. Turns out therewas a train blocking the cross-ing to highway 600 which waswhere they needed to go. Hic-cup number one.
A few minutes later I got acall from Deputy Chief AshleyStamler, sobbing her eyes outslightly louder than the otherhowling, the siren. "Mom,somebody started a fire andI'm probably going to miss theparty I've been working sohard on for so long!" By now
I'm crying too. Ashley givesus instructions to deliver thefish which is in our garage,and cole slaw which is in herfridge and get whipping creamfor the desserts she made Fri-day night until who knowswhen.
On to the fire. That was thebiggest hiccup. The RainyRiver contingent was greetedby the MNR helicopter upontheir arrival at the scene andsoon they were joined by theDawson crew. Everyone wasquickly attacking the fire inthe grass and trees while Ash-ley and the MNR people wentto talk to the land owner, asummer resident. Theylearned that he had been cut-ting down trees and he said hischain saw must have hit arock, caused a spark and musthave started the fire. PossibleI suppose.
With all the news we are get-ting about the catastrophic firein Alberta, everyone in Canadashould know that our ex-tremely dry conditions andwind are a recipe for disasterand extreme caution needs tobe taken by all of us. We needto think about what mightcause a spark, we need toknow that we can't burn grass,have bonfires, and above all,not to throw a cigarette buttout a vehicle window. That
was thought to be the cause ofa 60 acre fire the service wascalled out to not many daysago.
The fire was doused and thecrews returned to their stationsaround six to clean and refilltheir tanks and put all theequipment away. The Dawsoncrew were in charge of prepar-ing the fish and French fries sowith even farther to travel totheir fire house they had quitea scramble to get the soot hosedoff, put on their finery, pack upthe fryers and other equipmentand get back to the Rainy RiverLegion to start cooking.
On to the party. Ashley's taskwas rather less daunting thanshe expected. Once she hadmetamorphed from the black-ened, smelly Deputy Chief intoa quite sophisticated and stun-ning party goer she hot footedit over to the Legion. Not easyin six inch heels but funny ifyou picture it. What a wonder-ful surprise- she was greeted bysome wonderful friends whohad taken over and everythingshe was worried about wastaken care of with exuberanceand efficiency. So that thun-derous cacophonic chorus I hadlistened to over the phone wasfor nothing. This promised tobe a great evening. No morehiccups (unless perhaps the un-expected kind associated with
the beverages later in theevening).
Dinner was late, servingstarted at 7:45 instead of 7:00but nobody was upset, this wasafter all a Fireman's Ball andthey are on call 24/7. And be-sides, everyone was having agood time.
One of the great features ofthe evening was a silent auctionand donations to the event fromindividuals were generous.Bidding was heavy and therewere a few really excitingprizes to cause that.
West End Motors in FortFrances donated a DiamondGetaway which included anairfare and accommodationpaid trip to Las Vegas. Almosteveryone wanted in on that.
John Makkinga Contractingfrom Thunder Bay donated an-other great prize, a Stihl grasstrimmer, chain saw with woodcutter safety kit and two jack-
ets. It also raised some goodmoney.
Centra Piplines donated abeautiful deluxe gas BBQ.This was won by firemanAndre Bremault, who ab-solutely doesn't like to BBQ.He decided to donate it back tobe auctioned off with the pro-ceeds of this side auction to begiven to the Red Cross for theAlberta fire victims. Thatturned out to be $400.00. Thehosts also donated to that causewith an additional $500.00from the evening's proceeds.
So despite to a bit of a trou-bling beginning, dinner was de-licious and a great evening washad by all. The department isextremely grateful for all of thedonations they received, to theLegion for giving them a dis-count so their donation to theRed Cross could be increased alittle, and for all the help theirfriends were glad to give them.
Mark Stamler hoses down part of the burn area. Mark is athird generation Rainy River fire services member beingpreceded by his grandfather Martin Dufresne, and parentsAshley and Richard Stamler (Richard is a 25 year member).
Fire Chief Randy Asselin, manning a hose.Richard Stamler douses a tree from the inside.
Disgruntledness personified.
She scrubs up well though.
Victoria Clifford had the highest bid and was the winner ofthe Centra BBQ donated by Andre Bremault.
Sorry Reg Kaus, you’re a fine fellow but you’ve surpassedthe age for active duty.
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Belarus 520 Tractor forsale. 4x4, 3 pth, live pto.$4,500.00 Ph. 487-2548 or 487-1684. NoSunday calls. 6
1 square InternationalBaler Model 46; 3 inchWater Pump completewith 13 foot intake hosewith new brass footvalve; a set of heavy dutychain blocks/lifting ca-pacity 2 Ton phone 482-3603. 8
Ford 2 furrow 12 inchplough A-1 shape; JohnDeere 10 foot cultivator;W9 International tractor,phone 482-3603. 8
Ford 5000 diesel tractor.Excellent condition. 3point hitch and one re-mote. Always kept insideand well maintained.Asking $6000. Phone483-1443. 7
Front end loader for M.F.135 tractor $400 ph. 486-3301. 7
3 pth, Lilliston Cultivatorfor sale. $ 775.00 Ph.487-2548 or 487-1684.No Sunday calls. 6
Small tractor loader forsale. $500.00 Ph.487-2548 or 487-1684.No Sunday calls. 6
18 ft. Tandem, tilt deck,trailer for sale. $5,500.00Ph. 487-2548 or 487-1684. No Sunday calls.
6
New Vermeer 8 wheel Vrake $4,726 US or $5,766CDN ph. 487-2620. 6
Wanting to buy: CullCows. Ph. 487-2548 or487-1684. 6
10 bunnies for sale$20.00 each and will beready to go by May 7.phone Claude 486-3357.7
2 bags of cement, ph.274-2286. 6
Bake Sale Saturday, May14th 8:30 to 1pm, 42 Flo-rence St., in Emo. 6
Yard Sale at 609 AtwoodAve in Rainy River, Fri-day, May 13 & 14. 7
Garage sale, many manytools, Brigs & Strattonengines, horizontal shafts,3.6 to 16hp, about 20, lotsof furniture, ph. 852-3111. 10
Looking for a lady com-panion 55-60, must likeanimals. I am interestedin antique cars, I smokebut don’t drink. I’ve justrecently lost my wife.Contact Warner at 274-7914. 9
Found- Good used bikebetween Fort Frances andDevlin, call and dis crimeto flame. 486-3517. 6
Pruning all types of fruit
FARM ANDOTHER HEAVY
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Homemade Perogies orCabbage Rolls. Call Any-time. 274-7285 Alwaysin Stock. 8
dark brown sofa with dualpower-reclining cushions,electric fireplace TV standwith remote control ad-justable flames andheater, glass top wall deskstand with cushionedstool. all in excellent con-dition. phone 276-4143.8
Hedge trimmer, gas weedtrimmer; CB Radio withcable and antenna andwire; many different sizesof flower pots; 2 fancy teapots and 3 coffee potsplus fishing gear, phone483-5462, Pinewood. 7
2 sets of 4 truck tires,Good Year $40 andYokohoma $80 all 17”phone 482-2126. 6
5 ft, 4 inch long deepfreezer for sale. $100.00o.b.o. Call (705) 943-0206 (item located inPinewood). 7
One car tire 215/R70 15$60.00 ph. 271-3742.
7
Pearl Drum set includingstool, stix and instructionsin good condition ph.274-6639 or 218-283-4481. 6
Dark blue truck topper forsale. Currently on a GMCPU with 5` 8` box. Comeswith clamps asking $350.Call Steve at 274-2846.7
Fresh pecan nuts fromOklahoma for sale by thepound, ph. 482-3936. 6
1 extra large Petmate PetPorter dog kennel, 23W x27H x 33L in excellentcondition, seldom used.Asking $75. Call 274-5199. 6
Box to fit a 90s era GMCor Chevrolet truck ph.483-1076. 7
Mobility Scooter withBasket, rarely used andstored indoors, commode,wheelchairs. For infophone 807-276-3609. 6
Crosley (Maytag) wash-ing machine, white, VGC,totally refurbished withnew parts where required,ready for washing duty,$300. Call 8523655 (RR),machine for years of serv-ice. 6
Makita 1" electric impactwrench with carry caseand 3/4" adapter. Likenew condition. $550. Callor txt. 275-7523. 6
New cupboard doors,never installed. Made ofpine. Different sizes. Paid&1000. Asking $500.486-3517. 6
birch log flower box $30squirrel houses / feeder$50 log cabin bird orsquirrel feeder $25 homemade vintage flower boxwith a vintage window at-tached to it $40 birdhouses made out of barnboards $20 each call 274-7499. 6
Stainless steel Moulinex1000 watt MicrowaveOven in good used condi-tion. 1.1 cubic feet. Lessthan 2 years old Asking70$. 271-4599. 6
4 drawer dresser $10 ph.274-2286. 6
Looking for someonewho does a lot of Gig Sawpuzzles, I have a lot of ex-pensive ones done onlyonce, would like to tradefor equal valued ones.Good winter pastime.
WANTED
486-3517. Days 6
Looking for an 8' box fora 1973-79 ford truck.Some rust or dents arefine but floor must be rustfree. Text 807-276-0724.7
Yamaha Bravo Snomo-biles, any cond., ph. 483-1076. 7
Rear Tine Tiller ph. 483-1076. 7
Broken down Cub Cadetlawn mowers ph. 483-1076. 7
Looking for a very nicefiling cabinet ph. 482-3936. 6
Firearms in any condi-tion, need not be com-plete or working. Alsointerested in parts, scopesand sights, ammunition,reloading components orany firearm related items.Fair prices paid. 274-0472. 7
For Rent - 3 bedroomhouse on double lot inRainy River. Includesfridge, stove, dishwasher,washer, dryer & freezer.$750/month plus hydro &gas. Avail. June 1st, call852-4762. 7
Looking for a 3 bedroomhouse in the Fort Francesarea for a family of 4.This is needed before Au-gust 1, 2016. Please con-tact Joyce @ 274-2465 orCarl @ 271-2626 for ad-ditional information. 7
2 bedroom, 5 appliancehome located in Emo,new gas, heat, air, hotwater tank, newer win-dows, 275-6362. 6
Beautiful River Ave. lotfor sale in Rainy River,serviced, double lot120’x120’ 509 River Ave.
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Mens Fellowship Break-fast, Saturday, May 21st at8: AM. Come and enjoyfellowship and a deliciousbreakfast with old and newfriends at the Emo Legion,Cost $!2/person, call Larry482-3104 for info. 8
1999 , 25 hp merc, shortshaft, tiller handle, ropestart, runs great , $1500.00, 271-0645. 6
Honda CRF70 dirt bike.Excellent condition. Startsand runs like new. $1250firm. Call or txt. 275-7523.
6
1989 Glastron Sierra 195.19`bowrider IO. Nicecondition and reliableboat. 4.3 litre Merc AlphaOne, GPS fish finder,Shoreland`r trailer, seatingfor 8, new battery, 2 tops(new bimini). $3975.00.Steve at 274-2846. 7
2000 - 30hp Yamaha longshaft, electric start, oil in-jection $1,800 phone 486-0532. 6
17' Sylvan Bowrider I.O.Merc Cruiser. Excellentcondition, with or withouttrailer, call 807-274-9109for more info. 8
1995 Buick Le Sabre car:motor and transmission ingood working order. Beenwell taken care of. Needssome body work. Make anoffer. 486-3517. 6
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trees in FF, for larger,sweeter fruit, crab apple,apples, plums, pear,cherry, etc, I will checkfor disease and/or bugdamage and remedy theproblem, prune, inspect,clean up, 10 yrs exp. PhClay 274-3239 or 276-1793 or 274-2347. 6
Will do out door paintingDecks , fences sheds call274-7499 or 271-2758 inthe fort Frances andcrozier area 6
Will till small to mediumsize Gardens andflowerbeds in the fortFrances and crozier areacall 274-7499 6
Roof Sweeping - forclear water drainage,sweep of entire roof ofleaf obstruction, cleanaround roof vallys andclean eaves all around,call Clay 274-3392, leavemessage with Panda or271-1793 with Chase. 6
Jigs! Glow jigs & spin-ners, Disco jigs, othercoloured jigs, red/greenspinners, custom orders,ph. 852-3669. s
Inexpensive starter fish-ing rods for kids $10each, call Don at 852-3669. s
7’ and 8’ cedar fenceposts, small, med. &large, $2 to $6 each; alsosquare bales of hay storedin shed $1 each; ph. 486-3512. 6
2 like new computerdesks $50 each obo ph.483-5460. 8
6 drawer dresser withmirror $160; 4 drawerdresser $45; girls bikewith helmet $30; LittleTikes height adj. basket-ball net $25; kitchen table$60; golf practice set$15; more info call 807-271-2705 (Emo). 8
2 full size bicycles, mens,asking $40 each; 1 tricy-cle $20; 2 concrete bicy-cle stands $5 each, ph.483-5460. 8
3 big bags full of likenew size small clothesand girls size 14, all re-ally nice shape fromname brand jeans, t-shirts, dresses and more,$30/bag or all 3 for $70.Ph. 488-5691. 8
Flower pots, all sizes, tosell all together ph. 274-7402. 8
New Motor cycle wind-shield black leather ac-cessories carrier, call forinfo, ph. 274-7402. 8
New 4 pc. Mustangmotor cycle seat to fitonly a 1998 to 2002Honda, Shadow Aero1100cc drivers seat hasfolding removeable backrest call for more info,274-7402. 8
Exusia remote trainingdog collar, new, paid $70US asking $60 CDN; 2wooden 6 ft. ladders ask-ing $15 each, call Fran852-3192. 8
GE topload washer, largetub, like new condition,white, new motor in-stalled, $325, call8523655 (RR). 8
Newer Crosley (Maytagbuilt) washer, white,large tub, total refur-bished with many newparts replaced, asking$300, washer is in excel-lent condition and readyfor full-time washer du-ties, call 8523655 (RR).8
Umbrella clothes line andpost, asking $25, call
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We are now scrapping for parts the following vehicles:2004 GMC Sierra 2500 2008 VW Rabbit 2013 Dodge Caravan
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That collection you’ve got isreally growing.
You’re always looking forthings to add to it, and yourfriends and family know whatyou need to fill in the blanks.Holidays are particularly spe-cial because you usually getgifts to go with your collection,which is always fun. And in“Bailey: Puppy Pals” by SusanHughes, two girls start collect-ing something unusual.
More than anything in thewhole world, Kat Reynoldswanted a puppy.
She daydreamed about pup-pies, imagined what kind she’dwant, thought about coat colorsshe liked, and picked outnames. Kat. Loved. Dogs but,sadly, neither her parents northe parents of her best friend,Maya, would let either girl geta puppy.
Puppy love wasn’t the onlything Kat and Maya had incommon. They’d been friendsforever and, until this year,they’d even been in the sameclassroom. Maya was in an-other fourth-grade room now,which made things difficult:
two Mean Girls keptteasing Kat about someboy, and having Maya inthe same room would’vehelped a lot.
Even so, that dramacouldn’t compare toKat’s good news: herAunt Jenn had started adog grooming business!She had lots of clientsand was really busy, sowhen Kat and Maya sawa chance to spend timewith Aunt Jenn’s firstboarder, a yellow Labpuppy named Bailey,they volunteered, fast!They could get picturesof Bailey, and add themto their Puppy Collectionscrapbook!
Grateful for the help, Jennmade sure both girls knew ex-actly how to take Bailey out ofthe kennel and pick him up.She made sure Kat and Mayaknew what was safe for Baileyto play with. And she warnedboth girls that they were ab-solutely not supposed to takeBailey outside in the back yard.
But Bailey was such a cutelittle guy and he was so active!What would it hurt if the girlstook him out back for just aminute? Jenn would neverknow…. would she?
Kids and dogs: they createtheir own mutual Fan Clubevery time. So wouldn’t a kids’book about dogs – a book like“Bailey: Puppy Pals” – be per-fect?
The answer, if you want agentle book for your animal-lover, is “yes.”
There’s a certain sense oftimeless-but-modern innocenceand nostalgia to author SusanHughes’ story; her main char-acters are not into drama, fash-ion or gadgets, and they likeboys as friends but they likedogs better. Parents will behappy to note that both girls aregood kids who act responsibly,which is part of the storylineand which seems to get kidsready for the next book in theseries. That means that readerswho like Kat and Maya andtheir adventures won’t have tostop spending time with them.
While there’s no reason forboys to avoid this book, it’s re-ally best for girls ages 7-to-10,especially those who are new tochapter books. If that’s yourgirl and she loves dogs, “Bai-ley: Puppy Pals” is a great talefor her collection.
c.2016, Sourcebooks$5.99 / higher in Canada112 pages
The Bookworm Sez by Terri Schlichenmeyer
“Bailey: Puppy Pals” by Susan Hughes
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Information and documents relating to this Request for Tender,are available via e-mail to TBT Engineering Ltd. ContactPerson: Dani Rhodes, B.Eng., C.E.T. at [email protected].
Questions regarding this Request for Tender must be directedDani Rhodes, B.Eng., C.E.T. at [email protected],
Written inquiries accepted only. Questions must be received byMay 24, 2016.
Lowest or any proposal not necessarily accepted. The Ownerreserves the right to reject any or all proposals, to waiveirregularities and informalities therein, and to award theContract in the best interest of the Owner in its sole andunfettered discretion.
There will be a Mandatory Tender Site Visit on May 19, 2016at 1:00 p.m. (CST) at St. Mary’s Church located at 209 VictoriaAvenue, Fort Frances, ON.
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Open letter to OSSTF leadership & local teachers
It is because of our studentsthat I am writing this open let-ter, as a parent, a teacher, a for-mer OSSTF member and asChair of the Rainy River Dis-trict School Board, to ask youto join with me to resolve thisserious and most unfortunatelabour situation.
The students, our youth, aretruly innocent in the process,undeserving of missed oppor-tunities; the effects on stu-dents, of this labour unrest arereal and will become evengreater the longer it drags on.It is time to stop pointing fin-gers at who is or who is not re-sponsible for our lack of alocal agreement, and instead,put our students first, put theirinterests before ours, ahead ofour roles as politicians orelected federation representa-tives, and first before the pub-lic exchange of who is or is not‘serious’ about reaching alocal deal.
The current state of affairs isdoing nothing to move us for-ward. To move us away fromthis impasse, something has tochange. That is why, here andnow, I am proposing a change,one that is fair for teachers andthe Board, as well as for stu-dents and their parents towhom we are both account-able. On behalf of the Board, Irecommend that we move for-ward together by allowing anarbitrator to resolve our differ-ences. We clearly need to havea neutral outside party impar-tially decide what is fair, inorder to bring back a peaceful,supportive environment forboth staff and students.
I can personally attest to thefact that the Board is ready andwilling to act in the interest oflabour peace and sincerelyhope you are ready and willingto act in that interest as well. I
therefore ask the Federationleadership and members toagree to binding arbitrationand to pause the disruption ofstudent learning while we gothrough the process. At the
end, we will all continue towork and live in our commu-nities togetherDianne McCormack, Chair,Rainy River District SchoolBoard
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The single-cup coffeeconundrumBy Sylvain Charlebois
Canadians love their coffeebut the rise of single-servebrewers has created an envi-ronmental headache: What todo with used coffee pods?
More than 91 per cent ofCanadian adults drink somecoffee, at home or elsewhere,every day. Not surprisingly,single-serve coffee hasemerged as a significant con-sumer growth market. About27 per cent of homes have sin-gle-serve brewers and use cof-fee pods.
With convenience, however,comes increased waste, andconsumers are starting to con-nect their love of the single-serve brewing machine withthe guilt that the garbage canrepresents. With a whopping10 billion coffee pods thrownaway globally each year, con-sumers are starting to walkaway from the product. Forexample, Hamburg, the sec-ond largest city in Germany,banned the use of single-servecoffee pods from its councilbuildings earlier this year.
However, there are ways forconsumers to feel environ-mentally responsible whilecontinuing their affair with thesingle-serve coffee phenome-non.
Nespresso first introducedcoffee pods in 1976. Early Ne-spresso users could break theproduct into several parts tomake it recyclable. But thisturned out to be an unreason-able expectation for most con-sumers. It is now understoodthat single-serve is conven-ience-driven, and a green sup-ply chain solution ought to beequally convenient.
Forty years later, convenientsolutions are being developed.
The compostable pod, devel-oped by the University ofGuelph and championed byClub Coffee, a well-knownToronto-based food vendor, isready to go. It is the only sin-gle-serve coffee pod designedto be digested by bacteria. Thecoffee chaff is reclaimed usingbio-composite technology, andnew bio-resin rings and lidsare employed, allowing foodwaste to be significantly re-duced.
This innovative project, in-volving business and acade-mia, stands to make asignificant contribution to themarket.
The path to launching thistechnology, which is a combi-nation of product developmentand social engineering, has notbeen easy.
Municipalities, the caretak-ers of the technology at theend of the products' lifecycle,did not initially embrace thecompostable pod. However,with testing, municipal offi-cials have come to realize thatthe product does break downas advertised - unlike otherself-proclaimed recyclablefood packaging products thatthey have been presented within the past.
The bigger issues are com-posting stewardship and fund-ing. Resistance to thecompostable pod stems fromuncertainty around funding forwaste collection between mu-nicipalities and governments,particularly in Ontario. Munic-ipalities are not pleased abouthow the funding model works- composting is not funded butrecycling is. Municipalitiesexpect some budgetary relieffrom the province in Bill 151,presented in November 2015.However, doubts remain andwithout some much-neededclarity, waste will continue tobe unnecessarily generated.
While companies may comeup with the best of technolo-gies based on sound environ-mental values, the reality ofthe marketplace is much morecomplicated. But strides arebeing made. Loblaw chairmanand president Galen Westonrecently endorsed Club Cof-
fee's compostable pods at hiscompany's annual generalmeeting and served it to atten-dees. That's a significant call-out from Canada's No. 1 foodretailer.
However, the broader indus-try will only make significantmoves if consumers voiceconcerns, point to better solu-tions and choose those solu-tions. That would help buildbusiness cases for improvedand sustainable food packag-ing solutions.
And this is just the begin-ning.
With an aging baby boomerpopulation and the number ofpeople living alone steadilygrowing, the single-serve phi-losophy will be key in food in-novation. Compostable foodserving technologies are in-creasingly available to con-sumers, and that meanspolicy-makers from all levelsof government must find newfunding models to support en-hanced composting facilitiesacross the country.
Single-serve packagingcould even be edible in the fu-ture. Technologies from for-ward-thinking food companiesand academia could allow usto eliminate household wasteall together.
But to accomplish these sig-nificant goals, we need to givetoday's innovative thinkersand their products a fightingchance, even if it is one cup ofcoffee at a time.
Troy Media columnist Syl-vain Charlebois is Dean of theFaculty of Management andProfessor in the Faculty ofAgriculture at Dalhousie Uni-versity.
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To all the wanderersin Fort Francesby Melissa Friesen
I was stopped at a red light atMowatt Avenue and 2nd Streetwhen I noticed something pe-culiar out my passenger win-dow. A young man with a giantpack strapped to his back, asmall one attached to his front,and thick lace up boots on hisfeet. It was obvious that thisguy wasn't just taking his usualSunday walk around the block.
It's summertime (roughly) inFort Frances which means fora few weeks of the year, weget an influx of otherwise 'out-sider-ly' folk. Young peoplewith dreadlocks and bronzesun tans who spend their workdays in bush camps suddenlyrub shoulders with us at thegrocery store. Post-church vis-its to fast food restaurants in-clude tables full of treeplanters fuelling up on namebrand calories on their pre-cious day off. They totallystick out with their big schoolbusses and their "joie de vivre"for things like OREOs. It'sthis cool and hilarious interac-tion between a slightly ho-mogenous feeling small townand a few free spirits. I love it.
So I couldn't pass up on theopportunity to ask where thistraveler was headed. Was hewalking across the countrylike Bhaktimarga Swami, thewalking monk who shows upevery couple of years? I justhad to know.
Noah Freedman, originallyfrom the Toronto area, was notactually walking across thecountry. He was trying to getto, you guessed it, Safeway.He was accepted as a forestfire fighter with the Ministryof Natural Resources this sum-mer, and starting the first weekin May. As a 19 year old,Noah had just finished hisfirst year of Drama studies atQueen's University but de-cided he "needed a breakfrom that institution". Just as Iwas beginning to questionwhere the interview was
going, he said the most magi-cal words. "I'm taking the nextyear off and doing a cyclingtour, starting in London, Eng-land and working my wayover to Tokyo, Japan overeight months." Over the lastyear, he actively researchedthe idea of cycling from Amer-ica's west coast to east coast,but after reading a an adven-turing blog post on how totravel from London to Tokyofor 1,000 British pounds,Noah was sold. Beyond that,he really doesn't know muchabout his upcoming trip, in-cluding what route he'll take,or how long he'll want to hangout in the massive country ofRussia. It doesn't seem tobother him. "All these ideasI have that I try to execute arenot thought through." I gri-mace, but before I can inter-ject with some wellintentioned advice, Noah con-tinues.
"I told people a year ago Iwas going to be a forest firefighter and I didn't know how,but I went through the motionsand got lucky. I've told enoughpeople over the last six monthsthat I'm going to do a bikingtour, so I'm going to do it."The gut-instinct method seemsto be working for him, so Ikeep my mouth shut. "I haveno idea what I'm in for. I havetwo major fears: one is heightsand one is water. Two yearsago I became a canoe tripperfor a camp in northern Ontarioand I fought my fear of waterand fell in love with the Cana-dian wilderness." Now he'llspend his summer trying tosave it.
Overcoming fears, veeringoff the path of least resistance,this is what Noah finds mostvaluable. Amidst the cries andconcern of his friends andfamily, he chooses to goblindly forward. The wholecycling expedition feels a bitlike a production of sorts, withNoah trying to find his true
self, testing what he knowsabout his character over long,hard stretches of solo travel."I like to think of myself a per-former," he lets out a short,studded laugh. Perhaps it wasthe gift his ex-girlfriend gavehim that truly inspired the trek.On the Road by Jack Ker-ouac, is a novel of travelsacross America, published inthe 1950s, as part of The BeatGeneration, whom Noah ad-mires instinctively. Withquotes like these ringing inNoah's ears, one can imagineit would be terribly hard to sitstill at school: "I was sur-prised, as always, by how easythe act of leaving was, andhow good it felt. The worldwas suddenly rich with possi-bility."
Noah imagines he too mighttry to capture the essence ofthe trip in writing, if only forhimself to look back upon.There's a good chance he'llstay far away from the internetat least until he's finished."I'm doing this for myself andthe problem with social mediais that it seems like everythingwe do these days is for some-one else, or at least peoples'perceptions of ourselves." Itmay be his journals that givehim the most companionshipacross every country borderand unwelcome hill. "TheBeat Generation was all aboutliving in the moment. I justwant to do that. I still find my-self just thinking about the fu-ture and what will happen afterthe summer, but I'm trying notto do that. I want to learn aboutmyself."
He loads up his bags in theback of my car and I drive himthe three blocks to Safeway inexchange for his story. I askhim if he's afraid of startingsomething new; he is, but in agood way. I pull up at the mainentrance and say a prayer forhim out loud before sayinggoodbye. I thank God for theforest, the beautiful canopy ofnature to spend a summer in,and for the people who workhard to protect it. Then I askthat instead of just findinghimself in the forest and on theroad, that Noah will find theone, true God, the one inwhom we live and move andhave our being. Then, he un-loads his bags, waves, and dis-appears into Safeway, into theforest, and into the world.
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Local Knights of Columbusjoin with Special Olympics
Local Grand Knight, DinoMorelli, is pleased to have hiscouncil # 2766 support thelocal Special Olympics partic-ipants. Two local Olympians,Gerald Carrier and Ray Be-dard will be travelling toGuelph, Ontario for theProvincial Games, on May26th to 29th. They will becompeting in five pin bowling.
In order to raise awareness ofand funds for SpecialOlympics, the idea of a FlagRelay was born. It is a way toinvolve the local members ofthe Knights of Columbus withtheir communities by partici-pating in the relay in variouscities and towns throughout
the province. The goal is tomake the Knights' Flag Relayfor Special Olympics one ofthe movement's major grass-roots fundraisers and publicawareness vehicles.
Community Coordinator,Gaby Hanzuk stressed thatthere are over 20 Fort FrancesSpecial Olympic athletes train-ing in their favourite sportsprogram. Their goal is to at-tend the various competitionsthroughout the year in order toqualify. They begin with Re-gionals, then on to Provin-cials, Nationals and finally theWorlds in most sports. Twolocal athletes, Gerald Carrierand Ray Bedard have qualified
for the Provincials in five pinbowling.
Special Olympics is strictlyfunded by the generous dona-tions from our community.They do not receive any gov-ernment funding. Thereforethey rely on your generoussupport.
The flag will be arriving inFort Frances on May 10th andwill leave to Kenora on May15th. It will be displayed atTim Horton's and Safeway thisThursday and various loca-tions during this week for localpeople to sign in conjunctionwith a tag day. This is oneway the community can sup-port our local athletes. TheKnights of Columbus #2766also offer an "Adopt-An-Ath-lete" program. For a mini-mum donation of $100.00 anorganization or individual canadopt one of the SpecialOlympians from our commu-nity. This money helps theSpecial Olympians to covertheir costs for attending theProvincial Games. You canalso Adopt-A-Knight Sponsor.For a minimum donation any-one can adopt one Flag Bearerfor the Relay. All money goesdirectly to the athletes.
For more information or tosponsor or donate to the Spe-cial Olympics athletes pleasecall Dino Morelli at 274-7851.You can drop your donationoff at the office of St. Mary'schurch Mon. to Fri. between9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Wethank you in advance for yourgenerous support.Submitted by Betty Grynol
Legion Chat by Walter Wagner, Major Hughes Br. 54 president
This week we want to ac-knowledge those who let usknow about their veterans. In-terestingly, we even receiveda text from California.
On Saturday afternoon wewill be having a smear tour-
nament followed by aspaghetti supper for our cardplayers. The tournament willstart at 4:30 and regularsmear will begin at 1:30.
We will be happy to see youat our booth in the Trade
Show. Come on out and sup-port us.
There will be no meat drawspecial this Friday as we willbe preparing for the TradeShow.
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Rainy River District School Board
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Heather CampbellDirector of Education
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Mine Centre School in Ontario joins Connected NorthVirtual Education Program for Indigenous Communities
By Willa Black, Vice-Presi-dent, Corporate Affairs,Canada Cisco
Our Connected North net-work continues to grow!Today we celebrate anothergreat milestone by officiallywelcoming the Mine CentreSchool in Mine Centre, On-tario to the program. Thiswonderful school has a studentpopulation of 60 students fromMine Centre, Chiima'aangan-ing (Seine River) First Nation,and Nigigoonsiminikaaning(Red Gut) First Nation. Withthe nearest town, Fort Frances,being more than a 45 minutedrive away, Connected Northis connecting the school andbringing “the world” to thestudents of Mine Centre likenever before through themagic of Cisco’s TelePres-ence.
And the learning goes bothways as the Mine Centre stu-dents share the things that areimportant to them with stu-dents in other parts of Canada.“All of us at Mine Centre areexcited, and feel tremendouslyfortunate to have been the first
school in Ontario selected tobe a part of the ConnectedNorth Project,” Barbe Dennis,the Principal of Mine CentreSchool recently told me. “Iimagine the possibilities forour students to share theirlocal Ojibwe language andculture, learning with theworld, instead of just learningabout it; bringing a sense ofpride, and creating studentsthat are aware of, and comfort-able with, interaction withpeers across the province, thecountry, and the world.”
“This project also supportsthe development of a sense ofidentity as students learn thateveryone does not have thesame opportunities and expe-riences they do, while also un-derstanding that all humanbeings are alike in many ways.These connections have theability to instill hope in ourstudents as they learn aboutpossibilities that life holds,while inspiring them to setgoals to achieve their dreams.”
And that is what ConnectedNorth is all about – using thelatest collaboration technology
to bring unique experienceslike virtual field trips to life,training and supporting thetremendous teachers whowork in communities acrossCanada’s north, buildingcross-cultural understandingbetween students from northand south, and nurturing feel-ings of hope and possibility.
During our celebration eventtoday, we saw fantastic exam-ples of the program in action.Mine Centre connected withthe Alaska SeaLife Center inSeward, Alaska, and studentsfrom West Point Grey Acad-emy in Vancouver to build onclassroom discussions aroundthe theme of survival.
The Alaska SeaLife Centrefirst took the students on a vir-tual field trip of the zoo andused their animal ambassadorsto demonstrate how survivallooks in the animal kingdom.Then students had the oppor-tunity to ask questions andalso share their thoughtsaround survival in the wilder-ness through a special collab-orative art piece. Teachersfrom Mine Centre and WestPoint Grey Academy co-
planned this activity in collab-oration with TakingITGlobal,the lead education partner forthe Connected North program,and we were all excited to seethe final product of this specialinquiry project.
The expansion of ConnectedNorth to Mine Centre wouldnot have been possible withoutour wonderful ecosystem ofpartners, and specifically TheLearning Partnership who haveprovided leadership and fund-ing support for this school.Akela Peoples, President andCEO of The Learning Partner-ship recently stated that, “Weare thrilled to support the ex-pansion of the ConnectedNorth program, which, in thiscase, has enabled three remoteschools in Ontario, the first
being Mine Centre, to benefitfrom this unique program sup-porting Indigenous students’learning.”
Heather Campbell, the RainyRiver District School BoardDirector of Education alsowanted to add her thanks to theConnected North community.“Along with Mine CentreSchool staff and students, theRainy River District SchoolBoard deeply appreciates thecontributions provided throughthis partnership, which furtherempowers our students to par-ticipate in truly authentic andrich learning experiences. ThisProject supports an important
goal of the Board’s StrategicPlan – purposeful, responsibleand innovative use of technol-ogy as a communication andlearning tool. The power ofConnected North is its potentialto support our Mine Centre stu-dents to be global citizens, en-hancing their learning throughthe opportunities and experi-ences afforded by the Project."
Connected North is all abouttransforming lives throughtechnology – so make sure tocheck out our website to learnmore about how we are makingthis happen in Mine Centre andall of our Connected Northpartner schools!
LaVerendrye Hospital Auxiliary HighlightsThe LaVerendrye Hospital
Auxiliary executive meetingwas held May 3rd in the hos-pital boardroom. PresidentSusan Robertson reported thatthe the Joint Spring Confer-ence which was held in FortFrances on April 8th & 9thwas very successful with veryinteresting speakers and an ex-cellent response from partici-pants.
Dixie Badiuk reported thatthe Rock’n for a Reason whichwas held on April 22 & 23 in
conjunction with the Chamberof Commerce Expo was alsovery well received and raisedover $7000.00 for the Auxil-iary. President Susan pointedout the over the past threeyears the Auxiliary has do-nated over $125,000.00 to thehospital in the past three years.These funds have been used topurchase mammographyequipment, beds, mattresses,television sets as well as otherequipment.
Joy Lockman reported that
plans are underway for theStrawberry Social which willbe held on the hospitalgrounds on June 16. Dona-tions of gently used items arerequired for the Book Table,White Elephant Table and thePick-a-Strawberry Table. Forthe baking tables she advisedthat it would be nice to havemore pies as well as bakingwith Splenda for diabetics.Labelling of ingredients wouldalso be appreciated.
Shop Manager Monica Susreported that a new coolerfrom Pepsi is being installed.She also indicated a need formore workers for the cart.Members interested in helpingout are asked to contact Mon-ica at 274-7043.
Social Convenor, Janet Lam-bert advised that plans are un-derway for the June luncheonmeeting which will also be theAnnual General Meeting.This event will be held in Hal-let Hall at Rainycrest on June13th. Tickets will be availableat all the usual outlets: the hos-pital gift shop, Pharmasaveand Shoppers’ Drugs.
Reports for the Annual Gen-eral meeting should be sent toPresident Susan by June 1st.
Bev Johnson advised that the
deadline for articles for theMay newsletter will be May13th. She also requested thatmembers who have moved ad-vise her of their change of ad-dress by leaving thatinformation at the hospital giftshop.
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NH 2450, ‘98, 1615 hrs, 25’, UII pu, DKD . . . . $32,500
Westward 9352, ‘01, 3317 hrs, 972 hdr, swath rollers,
DKD, up cross aug, hyd deck shift . . . . . . . . . $50,000
Westward 9352i, ‘05, 2060 hrs, 972-25’ hdr . $65,000
Westward 9300, ‘98, 1953 hrs, 972-30’, SKD $49,500
Case IH DCX161, ‘02, 16’, stl/stl, swivel . . . . . $21,900
Case IH DCX131, ‘02, 13’, stl/stl, drawbar hitch $9,800
Case IH DC162, ‘11, steel rollers, swivel hitch $31,500
NH H7460, ‘10, 15.7’, rub on rub, 1000 pto . . . $28,500
NH 1441, ‘07, 16’, 1000 pto, rub on rub . . . . . . $21,500
Case IH Patriot 4430, ‘13, 976 hrs, 120’ boom, Aim,
FM1000 rate control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $335,000
Case IH Patriot 3150, ‘03, 90’, 2 sets tires . . $95,000
Rogator 854, ‘96, 90’, 800 gal, 3000 hrs, Raven 460,
GPS, foamer, 3 tips, 3 way noz bodies . . . . . $59,500
Flexi-Coil 62, ‘87, 90’, 800 gal, 1000 pto . . . . . $8,500
Case IH True Tandem 330 Turbo, ‘13, demo unit, 42’,
7.5” spacing, 142 patented Turbo blades, 650lb, spring
cushion gangs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $87,500
Case IH 5800, ‘96, 21’, flatfold,1.5 shanks,har $21,900
Case IH 5800, ‘96, 35’, 3 bar harrows, 3 fold, tandem
wheels on wings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $27,500
Case IH 870 Ecolo Tiger, ‘10, 22’, 11 shank . $65,000
Bourgault 6000, ‘09, 70’ mid harrow . . . . . . $28,500
Bourgault 6000, ‘05, 70’ mid harrow . . . . . . $23,500
Bourgault 7200, ‘08, 72’ hvy harrow, 9/16” . . $29,500
Bourgault 7200, ‘98, 72’ hvy harrow, 9/16” . . $21,500
Degelman Protill 40, ‘16, Otico roller & scraper op-
tion, 1 ONLY, cash-no trade price . . . . . . . . $153,000
Flexi-Coil 85, ‘96, 70’, 20-23” tines,16.5-16.1 $18,500
Flexi-Coil 85, 70’ harrow, 9/16” tns, man adj . $14,500
Herman Harrow, ‘84, 70’, 7” tines . . . . . . . . . . . . Call
Case IH Granular Boxes, ‘06, for insecticide . $6,000
Degelman SB1438, ‘16, 14’ strong box blade, univer-
sal adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7,950
Degelman LR7651, ‘16, landroller, 1 ONLY, cash-no
trade price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $42,500
Degelman LR7645, ‘16, landroller, 1 ONLY, cash-no
trade price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $39,500
Farm King 8x41 Auger, ‘06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,500
Farm King Y1684, ‘12, hyd mover & winch, 1000pto,
reverser, low profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $24,900
Farm King Y1060TM, ‘01, reverser kit . . . . . . . . . Call
Farm King Y736, pto drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,500
Farm King 510, ‘08, 5’ rotary mower, green . . $1,295
Allied 85” Snowblower, single aug, 540 pto . $2,350
Thundercreek Fuel & DEF Trailer, ‘14, 990 gal fuel,
330 gal DEF, double wall construction . . . . . . $39,750
Sprayer Booms, new from JD 4830, 2-10’ sect w/10’
breakaway, wet booms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,000
Homemade Landroller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $6,500
Case IH 5130, ‘90, 9890 hrs, 3pt, 540/1000 pto, 510
loader, no bucket, no center link . . . . . . . . . . $22,000
Case Chisel Plow, 22’, no wings . . . . . . . . . . . $1,200
Allis Chalmers 3400, 28’ disk . . . . . . . . . . . . $10,500
Flexi-Coil 800, 48’ cultivator, ‘90, 650lb trip . $10,000
PMI 26’ Rigid Hdr, MacDon pu reel, SKD . . . . $6,250
Used Harrow Bar, 80’ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000
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Having a baby? Consider a Doula
by Melissa FriesenWhen Joelle Barron talks
about birth it's like the lightsdim and there's this dreamyglow in the room. Her love forthe miraculous art of childbirthis palpable, and contagious. Forone whole second I catch myselfthinking that I'd like to be preg-
nant. A quick trip back to realityand I no longer have the urge topush a human out of my uterus,but still, her commitment to fa-cilitate happy births for mamasremains deeply intriguing.
She sits on the couch at theFort Frances Best Start Hub ina denim dress and listens to a
small group of women sharetheir own birth stories. Emer-gency C-sections, air lifts to thecity hospital, things that makeme gasp -- she nods attentivelywithout flinching. She is calmand generous, allowing eachperson to freely share before shegives advice. The warm atmos-
phere suggests that no questionis ridiculous and every concern isboth validated and alleviated.
Later, she chimes in with herown (awful/awe-full) birth expe-rience, laughs with the momsabout the token embarrassingmoments, and then asks abouttheir hopes for the second timearound. I do not belong there,listening to their sacred and inti-mate conversation, except theywelcome me in the circle ofchairs anyway, not like a reporterlurking in the background, butlike a fellow womb-haver. Theconversation flows freely as eachwoman builds upon the story ofanother, sharing in the hard parts,celebrating in the joyous ones.As a trained doula, Joelle hasseen enough births to know shebelongs there: as a comforter,coach, and advocate.
But that doesn't mean much ifyou don't know what a doula is.In fact, a lot of people don't. Adoula is not a midwife, or a re-placement for any of the medicalteam at birth. "Doulas provide in-formational support, emotionalsupport, and physical support,"says Joelle. That means a coupleof things: 1. Doulas are treasuretroves of information on every-thing someone might want toknow about pregnancy, birth, andbreastfeeding. 2. They can bearound more consistently than adoctor or a nurse -- no need tobook an appointment far in ad-vance. Once you're at the hospi-tal, while a qualified team willfocus their attention on both the
mom and the baby, a doula fo-cuses on the mom's needs.
They're also not there to takethe place of the husband or part-ner, but to maximize the ways inwhich she can support both ofthem together in the process.Everything the doula does is tomake the birthing experience asfulfilling as possible. "The onlyfocus a woman can have at thattime is herself, so I'm there to bea buffer. I know more about whatyou're going through than yourpartner so I can communicatethat to other people. I'm there toprovide a safe space for people tohave the birth they want. I haveno political agenda . . . what-ever you want is what I want."Doulas act as the voice of reasonwhen the labour has reached aboiling point. Whether thatmeans taking all the drugs or de-livering au natural, Joelle has gotyour back. Quite literally.
An integral part of doula train-ing involves learning massageand acupressure techniques tonaturally release pain and en-courage the birthing process."The most famous thing thatdoulas do is the 'double hipsqueeze'." It involves one or twopeople strategically applyingpressure during a contraction torelieve internal pressure. "A lotof people say they only gotthrough their labour because ofthat double hip squeeze," shesays and the group laughs, takinga mental note. "There's somepowerful things you can do withpressure points."
Working with Joelle includes aprimary consultation, signing asimple contract, discussing ideasand expectations, and schedulingtwo visits prior to the birth. Onceactive labour starts, Joelle arrivesat your side to make everythinga little bit easier. After snugglingthe baby and congratulating youand your ability to bring a humaninto the world, she slips out. Thehope is that she's prepared you sowell that your transition home isfull of confidence and empower-ment.
It's never too early, and almostnever too late (once the baby'sout, well, that might be the cutoff) to enlist Joelle's services.She's in the business of "incredi-ble, amazing birth experiences"and tossing out all the scary, ster-ile talk that intimidates women.Whether you contact her in yourfirst trimester or not until you'reon your way to the hospital, shebelieves helping women herethrive in childbirth is her purestact of community service. Shewants to provide a space wheregiving birth can be somethingwomen anticipate with excite-ment, not fear and dread. Where,joining in with the long line ofwomen before us, we learn tocelebrate the process and not justendure it.
To contact Joelle regarding herdoula services, go to her website:www.joellebarron.com, write toher at:[email protected],or call at: 807 271 3013.
Joelle Barron cradles a newborn whose birth she had the privilege of attending and assisting in.
