Fort Frances Times - Jan 8, 2014

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New faces on council likely INSIDE

Only two so far plan to run again

By Duane Hicks Staff writer With the municipal election coming up in October, some current members of council are looking forward to running again—maybe even for mayor—

‘Hope’ tickets available now Tickets for the Canadian Cancer Society’s second “Hope and the City” event here are on sale now at La Place Rendez-Vous, Fort Floral, and Gillons’ Insurance.

See story on A3

Journey called ‘life changing’ “I expect [it] to be a blessing and to be blessed, challenged, and inspired.”

That’s what local resident Melissa Friesen wrote in a blog back in October, 2012 before she embarked on a missions journey to 11 countries in 11 months through a program called “The World Race.”

See story on A5

Two more wins for Lakers The Fort Frances Lakers muddled through the postholiday mire but still came away with their winning streak intact.

See story on B1

while others are stepping aside.

Coun. Andrew Hallikas, in his second four-year term, said his name will be on the ballot this fall.

“I’m definitely going to [run],” he pledged.

“The work never stops.

There’s a great deal of work to be done,” added Coun. Hallikas, though noting he hasn’t decided at this point if he’ll run for councillor or mayor.

Coun. Hallikas said he’s hoping to see new faces amongst the candidates this election.

“I am really hoping we get a response from the community in terms of people who are interested in helping Fort Frances move forward,” he remarked.

“These are pretty tough times and there’s a lot of talent out there.

“I really would like to see a better balance on council that reflects the demographics of our community,” added Coun.

Hallikas, referring to a balance of men and women on council, as well as representatives of different age groups and from

the Métis and First Nations’ populations.

“You can never predict what people are going to do but I’m hoping we can encourage people interested in running to put their name forward and step up.”

Coun. Ken Perry, who first joined council in 2008, confirmed he will be running again, but wouldn’t specify whether it would be for councillor or mayor.

“I have given it much thought,” he noted. “I will be

Time of school meeting slammed

By Heather Latter Staff writer Jackie McCormick, chair of the accommodation review committee at Sturgeon Creek School, is urging the public to attend a committee of the whole meeting scheduled for next Wednesday (Jan. 15) at 1 p.m. at the Rainy River District School Board office here.

The intention of the meeting is for trustees to discuss the possible consolidation of Sturgeon Creek, Donald Young, and Crossroads schools.

“I think we need to know how the trustees are feeling,” reasoned McCormick.

“We need to know what their opinions are, their thoughts on the process, and what’s going to happen,” she stressed.

“It’s going to give us a good indication, I think, as to how they are going to vote.”

The future of these schools has been up for review since June, 2011, when concerns about declining enrolment and surplus capacity, facility condition, and loss of funding for small schools were brought forward.

A committee of the whole meeting in November saw senior administration provided trustees with an analysis of the recent pupil accommodation reviews—with the recommendation to consolidate the three schools.

Trustees originally had been expected to vote on the consolidation at the regular school board meeting Jan. 7.

But they decided last month that they wanted another chance to get together to discuss it—delaying the vote until at least February.

While committee of the whole meetings are open to the public to observe, McCormick is not happy with the timing for the meeting—in the afternoon when many parents are working.

“It does seem a little bit like a ploy to have as few people there as possible,” she charged, especially given the November meeting was held in the evening at La Place Rendez-Vous in order to accommodate spectators.

“Now they have moved it to Please see “Meeting,” A10

Icy plunge FFHS Travel Club students Mason Whatley and Jenny Hammond plunged into the icy waters of Rainy Lake on New Year’s Day to help raise money for their spring trip to Italy.

Fellow students Shawn Brady and Jonah Cawston, along with

teacher Owen Johnston, were right behind them. The Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge” saw 25 jumpers raise $6,581 in all. See story, more photos A3.

—Sarah Pruys photo

Campbell, Rafferty set to tackle issues

By Heather Latter Staff writer

New Year’s baby Robyn and Tyson Dennis of Fort Frances welcomed their newborn daughter, Jasper Isla Dennis, who was the first baby of 2014 in Rainy River District. She was born Jan. 1 at 8:37 a.m., weighing in at seven pounds, 15 oz. Big brother is Blase Dennis. The family will be provided gifts and gift baskets courtesy of Canada Safeway, Fort Floral, Pharmasave, Shoppers Drug Mart, and Ink Spotz Apparel +.

—Heather Latter photo

The new year will be a busy one for both local MP John Rafferty and MPP Sarah Campbell as they continue to tackle several issues to ensure the best for the residents of Northwestern Ontario.

The issues at the top of Campbell’s list are winter highway maintenance and the cost of hydro.

“Given the fact that the rates are expected to go up 42 percent over the next five years, there are a lot of people concerned,” she remarked.

“And plus, it’s not completely clear what the Liberals plans are going to be in terms of distribution, like LDCs, which is also a concern for people living in Fort Frances proper,” she added.

And as for the winter highway maintenance, Campbell wants the minister of transportation to take some action.

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running for a position.

“I think I have lots to offer the town yet,” Coun. Perry added. “I think I can do a lot to help this town, and I am not going to miss out on the opportunity.”

Mayor Roy Avis, who has been at the helm since 2006 and a councillor for nine years before that, said it’s too soon to declare his intention to run again.

“I won’t comment on that at this present time,” he said in an interview in late December.

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“Right now, I’m certainly doing everything within my power to make sure the minister is well aware of the issue, why it is an issue, and help come up with some suggested solutions,” Campbell pledged.

“But it really is up to the minister to take action to make sure our roads are safe to travel on in the winter. And I haven’t been seeing that so far. . . .

“We’re still seeing these issues across the northwest and quite poor maintenance that has resulted in accidents and, sadly, fatalities,” she noted, though adding she’s hopeful the minister will act on this.

Another issue on Campbell’s radar in 2014 is the decision of the Liberal government to expand public transit in the greater Toronto/Hamilton area—and what that will mean for people living in Northwestern Ontario.

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Town looking to New zoning bylaw to be unveiled market lots more

By Duane Hicks Staff writer

By Duane Hicks Staff writer None of the 16 lots comprising the new Huffman subdivision have been purchased yet but the town is poised to embark on a campaign to market the properties—and Fort Frances, in general, as a place to live and do business.

“There’s about four people that we’re talking to right now,” noted Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig.

“We do have interested parties but . . . are people taking out permits or putting up the money? Not yet,” he admitted.

“But we’re working on stuff to market these lots more,” McCaig stressed. “We want to develop a brochure and get it out.

“Kind of a district-wide thing just to show the merits of living in Fort Frances; that we do have these lots.

“We’d like some activity,” McCaig added.

“We’re hearing that there’s been some construction related to the [gold] mine, with houses, and maybe some purchases, and we want to take advantage of that, too, if we can,” he explained.

The Huffman subdivision consists of six lots fronting Williams Avenue and 10 on a new cul-de-sac named “Huffman Court.”

The first phase of work on the lots wrapped up in late fall, and they now are fully-

‘Chest’ dinner set to return

By Duane Hicks Staff writer The Fort Frances “Community Chest” benefit dinner is returning this year.

Joelle Paull, who is spearheading the fundraiser along with Linda Hamilton, said it will be held Sunday, Feb. 23 at La Place Rendez-Vous, noting owner Paul Noonan once again has donated use of the facility.

The “Community Chest” assists district residents who require financial assistance for medical emergencies, and has been busy this past year.

“We need to keep our bank account in a good, healthy place in order to help everybody,” noted Paull.

“We’ve helped a lot of people this year so we thought we had better do it [a dinner],” she added.

The last dinner was held in 2012 after organizers opted not to hold one last year.

“With the mill [cutting back] last year, we felt like maybe it wasn’t the best time to do it,” Paull reasoned.

She said the public can help out immensely by getting involved with the planning committee for the dinner, or volunteering on the evening of the event.

“Because our committee only consists of Linda and I, it’s hard for us to put a big dinner together,” noted Paull, adding she believes the Fort Frances Lakers will be helping serve at the benefit.

Paull also said organizers are looking for people to donate items for a live auction, which will help raise even more funds.

She added the evening’s program won’t be stretched out too long, given it is on a Sunday and they don’t want to keep people there until 11 p.m.

More information, such as when tickets go on sale, will be forthcoming.

To get involved or to make a donation, call Paull at 276-1215 or Hamilton at 274-8782.

“We want to develop a brochure and get it out.”

—Mark McCaig serviced with water, sewer, power, and natural gas, as well as building permit-ready.

Curbing, gutters, and paving, all of which is included in the current lot price, will take place next year.

The town is accepting a 10 percent deposit for the lots.

Buyers then have five building seasons to construct their new home.

For more information, contact municipal planner Faye Flatt at 274-5323 ext. 275 or via e-mail at fflatt@fortfrances.com As previously reported, the town went ahead with the Huffman subdivision to meet the need for affordable housing lots within the community.

There have been no new subdivision developments by the private sector here since 1994.

In recent years, the town has become aware that numerous homes were constructed outside its municipal boundaries because of the lack of lots in Fort Frances.

The New Gold project north of Barwick also will create a need for more housing in the next couple of years.

The public will get a look at the town’s new comprehensive zoning bylaw at council’s next regular meeting this coming Monday.

Over the past year, the bylaw has been revised to be consistent with policies contained in the Town of Fort Frances Official Plan approved by the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on Dec. 3, 2012.

Municipal planner Faye Flatt said everyone is encouraged to check out the new bylaw and see what their property is zoned as.

“If they are thinking of changing something or doing something, they definitely should check out [the bylaw] in case the regulations have changed for properties,” she stressed.

“In some cases, the setbacks have changed.

“What you can do on your property, how you can do it, and where you can do it is basically what the bylaw sets out,” Flatt explained.

Flatt and a planning consultant went over the town’s exist-

ing zoning bylaw line by line to bring it into conformity with the new official plan, and devise a document that is “customized to what the town should need.”

On top of that, “it’s a little easier to understand, a little easier to read,” said Flatt.

She added it also: •reduces the number of zones; •simplifies the language in definitions; and •integrates diagrams and illustrations into the document for greater clarity.

Flatt said the new zoning bylaw doesn’t contain any drastic changes.

“We’re not throwing an agricultural zone right in the middle of the downtown core or something like that,” she joked.

“It’s pretty much the same.”

One change is that the “highway commercial” zoning definition has been renamed “enterprise” and the uses allowed have been expanded.

Another is several blocks of Scott Street have been changed from “general commercial” to “residential.”

Flatt noted a couple blocks of Scott Street—from Armit Avenue to the Memorial Sports Centre—

currently is zoned “general commercial” because at the time that the current bylaw was created, the trend was to have businesses all the way down Scott Street.

Now, with vacancies downtown, the town wants to steer commercial development back towards the downtown core.

This will be achieved by changing the zoning for this section of Scott Street to “residential,” Flatt noted.

The zoning change to “residential” also would allow for expanded uses of properties in that area.

“The residential houses along there, even though they were zoned ‘commercial,’ they were grandfathered in, so there was some restrictions as far as development,” said Flatt.

“Let’s say they had a oneunit residence and they wanted to put an apartment in it,” she postulated. “They wouldn’t be allowed to do that without going through a planning process.

“This [new bylaw] has simplified that and opened up more opportunities for enlarging or expanding that residential use for them.”

Flatt said there have been

opportunities for public input all along the process, and two or three people responded.

She also identified about 35 properties and contacted the individual owners about what she wanted to change and why, adding she wanted to have open communication and not have the owners come forward after the fact.

Flatt noted only one property owner said they would like to leave their property the way it is. She reviewed the file and the property was left as it was.

The public meeting is to be held Monday at 6:45 p.m. at the Civic Centre.

At Monday’s meeting, anyone may make a written or verbal representation to council either in support of, or in opposition to, the proposed new zoning bylaw.

Submissions from anyone not attending the public meeting should be submitted by noon Monday.

Additional information regarding the proposed the bylaw is available for review at the Civic Centre, as well as on the town’s website at www.fortfrances.com

‘Alphabet’ theme of spring art show

By Duane Hicks Staff writer “Alphabet” will be the theme of the 2014 spring art exhibit at the Fine Line Art Gallery here.

Interested artists “can work in any media—just pick a letter,” explained Fine Line co-op member Jean Richards.

“To give you an example, I am doing ‘B’ for buttons,” she noted.

Richards said the artwork could include the actual letter in some way, such as a dragon-

fly made out of “Ds,” or just be based on a word that starts with particular letter, like “B” for buttons.

With a long, cold winter still ahead, now is the perfect time for artists to start working on projects—giving them the next few months to get their entries ready.

The art show likely will open at the beginning of May. As in past years, entries can be any size and in any medium, including photography, any kind

of paint, ink, stained glass, sculpture, or pretty much anything else.

Artists are free to drop by the gallery (located at 529 Mowat Ave.), look around, and chat with co-op members to get ideas.

The gallery also hosts an open studio every Wednesday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., which offers a good chance for artists to get out of the house to work on projects and share tips with others while they’re at it.

The cost to attend is $5.

There is $10 fee to enter the spring exhibit, but artists do not have to be a Fine Line member in order to submit their work.

Artwork also can be for sale or strictly for exhibition.

“Brown & Earth Tones” was the theme of the annual exhibit last year. And while the turnout wasn’t bad, Richards is confident the “Alphabet” theme will prove more popular.

“It’s something different,” she reasoned.

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‘Hope’ tickets on sale

By Heather Latter Staff writer Tickets for the Canadian Cancer Society’s second “Hope and the City” event here are on sale now at La Place RendezVous, Fort Floral, and Gillons’ Insurance.

The age-of-majority evening, set for Saturday, Jan. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Rendez-Vous, is billed as a fun, flirty, and fabulous way to benefit women’s cancer research.

“What better to do when you have the January blues than get dolled up and go out,” reasoned co-organizer Jennifer Anderson.

“It’s a fun and fancy girls’ night out, and it’s all in support of a great cause,” she enthused.

The event is meant to mirror the fun and camaraderie of the former TV show “Sex and the City” while raising funds specifically for women’s cancers, such as breast, cervical, ovarian, and

uterine.

It was held for the first time in November, 2012, raising more than $5,000.

“People really enjoyed the event last [time],” Anderson noted.

“At the end of the day, we called it a success and we want to do it again.”

Tickets, which cost $35, include hors d’oeuvres, some pampering, music, fun, and fundraising.

In addition, there will be prizes and draws, as well as local vendors selling items and a cash bar.

“It will be very similar to last [time],” Anderson explained.

“Except this year we’re going to be incorporating a fashion show that will hopefully put the spotlight on some of our vendors.”

She added organizers are hoping to get some cancer survivors involved to model clothing from local businesses and

vendors.

“We’re going to try to get ‘Mary Kay’ to do some makeup and ‘Lia Sophia’ with some jewellery,” said Anderson.

She conceded the “bachelor auction” held during the inaugural event didn’t quite turn out they way they expected, with most of the men backing out.

They had one man auctioned off, which the ladies still had fun with.

“But we’re just trying to keep it fresh and do something different,” she reasoned.

Anderson noted there also will be some information available on cancer prevention and treatment options.

“It’s just a nice way to be able to raise awareness about women’s cancer and have fun at the same time,” she stressed.

For more information, call Anderson at 276-4594.

MASSIVE Purple minion Aurora Hutton, right, leaped into Rainy Lake on Jan. 1 with Laura Cochrane not far behind her. The pair were raising money for the Border Skating Club through the Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge,” with Hutton snagging —Sarah Pruys photo first place for best costume.

Hardy souls top $6,500 in annual ‘Polar Plunge’

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By Sarah Pruys Staff writer With the temperature hovering around minus-30 C (22 below zero F), about two dozen people jumped into Sand Bay here for the Voyageur Lions Club’s annual “Polar Plunge” on New Year’s Day. Those who took part managed to raise $6,581 by 1 p.m. on Jan. 1.

And as frigid as it was behind La Place Rendez-Vous, many people came out to watch the jumpers—two of whom even jumped in the icy water twice.

“About $2,700 was returned immediately to local non-profit groups, including the Fort Frances High School Travel Club [Italy trip], Border Skating Club, Sunset Country Squash Club, Rainycrest Auxiliary, Dancemakers School of Dance, and Canadian Cancer Society [‘Relay for Life’],” said club president Bill Michl.

“The numbers were down a bit,” conceded Michl, who has been jumping since 2005. “[But] I find when the weather’s colder, the water feels better,” he noted.

Michl jumped a second time for another Lion who couldn’t make it last Wednesday.

“I found that second jump, you got cold fast,” he admitted.

Michl also extended a big thank you to all the clubs that participated.

“Keep on coming out because for all of our programs, we rely on the generosity of the community,” he stressed.

“It [the ‘Polar Plunge’] is one of our bigger fundraisers.”

For many of the jumpers, it was their first time taking the plunge.

“It wasn’t actually that cold, your body just kind of stops,” noted Laura Cochrane of the Border Skating Club.

The first-time jumper said she might do it again. But although she’s unsure, Cochrane said she inspired her younger sister to try it next year.

“It wasn’t as cold as I expected,” echoed fellow skater Brianna Eldridge.

“My body froze; it kind of just stops,” she added.

What surprised skater Jamie Spencer wasn’t the temperature of the water but the depth.

“I didn’t think I’d go under since I’m taller than four feet,” she reasoned.

Rainycrest Auxiliary jumper Margie Van Drunen said it was coldest on her feet.

Voyageur Lions Club president Bill Michl braved the icy water twice during the “Polar Plunge” on New Year’s Day because another Lion couldn’t make it. The club’s annual fundraiser saw just 25 jumpers this year but they still managed to raise $6,581.

—Sarah Pruys photo “It went invigoratingly well; it was refreshing,” she added following her first plunge.

Fort High art teacher Owen Johnston, who was jumping for the travel club’s trip to Italy, has jumped at least nine times in past years for various causes.

“I’m guessing this was the coldest I’ve ever been out there,” he remarked.

“We were lucky there was no wind,” Johnston added. “I remember 2009 was really windy and snowy.”

This time around, Johnston was accompanied by four teens who will be heading to Italy in the spring.

“I think some are going to try it again,” he laughed.

“They didn’t understand when I was saying they were going to be addicted—that they would want to try it again—until after they went in,” he added.

“I wouldn’t be surprised to see them come back.”

First prize for “Best Costume” went to Border Skating

Club member (and purple minion) Aurora Hutton, with togawearing Mason Whatley (representing the Fort High Travel Club) taking second.

Jamie Spencer, another Border Skating Club member in a tutu and pigtails, won the third gift card to Diana’s Needlework.

The top three fundraising teams (not including the Lions Club) were the Canadian Cancer Society ($1,202), Border Skating Club ($1,075), and Rainycrest Auxiliary ($1,069).

All three teams received a plaque.

The Emo and District Lions Club was next at $860, followed by the FFHS Travel Club ($545), the Sunset Country Squash Club ($380), and Dancemakers School of Dance ($200).

The host Voyageur Lions Club brought in $1,210.

Individuals (not jumping) garnered the other $40 to the total raised.

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See highways for yourselves This past week, I was called upon to drive into Winnipeg for medical tests.

We left early Friday morning and travelled along Highway 11 to Rainy River, then across northern Minnesota from Baudette to Warroad, and then north on Highway 12 to the Trans-Canada.

The area was under a severe blizzard warning that stretched across southern Manitoba, northern Minnesota, and Northwestern Ontario. Listening to the radio, one would have thought twice about travelling but medical tests necessitated travel.

Driving in darkness, the driving snow made following the road difficult from the Fort to Rainy River. It was difficult to make out what the condition of the road surface was like and speed was greatly reduced.

Now I’ll admit I drive a fourwheel drive SUV that has winter tires with studs all around, and that should provide me with some comfort for winter driving. My wife and I also had allotted plenty of time to reach the hospital for the tests.

With daylight dawning as we reached Rainy River, we could tell that the road was snowpacked and the blizzard warnings had us feeling good about our early start.

As we cleared U.S. Customs, the highway from Baudette to Warroad was bare. Even north to the Canadian border crossing at Middleboro, the highway was bare.

As well, Highway 12 from

Middleboro to the Trans-Canada was bare in most sections, except where the highway was protected on both sides by trees. But for the most part, the snow was wind-swept from the highway and the road was bare.

Even the Trans-Canada was clear of snow going into Winnipeg.

I will admit that as the snow piled up in Winnipeg over the course of the afternoon, most of the major routes were less-thanstellar to drive. Needless to say, I was pleased that my vehicle was in all-wheel drive and that the winter tires could grip the road well.

Coming home Saturday, we expected the roads to be in poorer shape than Friday. However, we were pleasantly surprised that the roads that led south from Winnipeg were 95 percent bare while Highway 11 from Warroad to Baudette was totally bare.

Highway 11 from Rainy River to Fort Frances, however, was hard-packed with snow and slightly rutted.

One might assume that Manitoba, Minnesota, and Ontario— all facing the same blizzard—all would have roads in the same condition after the conclusion

of the storm and the clean-up that followed in the next 10 hours.

It ain’t so!

The province has declared that the clean-up of its highways meet different standards across the province. It is clear to me that the farther one is from the centre of the universe (Queen’s Park), the poorer the condition of the highways becomes.

Local MPP Sarah Campbell has invited the premier of the province to travel our highways.

Kathleen Wynne knows better than to take her life into her own hands at the wheel of a vehicle in winter to travel Rainy River District highways.

Glen Murray, the former mayor of Winnipeg who is now Ontario’s minister of transportation, knows how poor Manitoba highways can be in winter blizzards. But he also understands that he should not travel in Northwestern Ontario in winter.

It is a shame that residents in this part of Ontario have to risk driving on inferior-maintained roads.

We realize that the company maintaining our highways merely is following provincial policy. But when that policy is so flawed, maybe it is time for both the premier and the minister of transportation to leave Queen’s Park and discover how poor their political decision on highway maintenance is.

I welcome both to Rainy River district—an area that Premier Wynne has admitted she has never been to.

Free to choose my own path What if I had turned left in the hallway at the college I was attending in the fall of 1980?

What if I had turned left and found a lounge chair in a window vestibule, and plopped myself there during a cancelled class instead of going to the cafeteria for a big cornmeal muffin and a coffee.

If I had turned left on that November morning some 33 years ago, how would my life be different today?

If I had turned left, I wouldn’t have met the man I married a year later after we met in the college cafeteria that day. If I had turned left, I wouldn’t have been punched during that marriage, which ultimately ended it—even though I spent seven more years in it trying to muster the courage to stand up.

I would venture to guess that I’m not the only one who has wished, at some point in life, that I could go back in time and change something in order to get a better outcome.

I think that’s part of the human experience—wishing things could be different sometimes— and fantasizing (or obsessing

perhaps) about how, if given the chance to do it over again, how we would change a thing.

If I had turned left 33 years ago, it would have changed everything—perhaps resulted in some happier times but also would have denied me the birth of my three beautiful daughters.

So, no, I wouldn’t change a thing. Besides, that marriage not only gave me motherhood, it also taught me that I am courageous and brave-hearted.

I believe in the butterfly effect—that anomalous, mysterious interconnected web to which we all belong. If we truly could go back and change something in our past, it would change everything as we know it to be in our present day.

I wouldn’t do it.

Melody Beattie says it is easy to romanticize what we don’t know. I venture to say it also is easy to romanticize the past,

too. But I think it is much more productive to make a storyboard for tomorrow, where possibility is alive and well.

I guess all this fodder has come up to greet me because it’s a new year and I want to meet it fully, and because I am approaching another of those cold memory days that a part of me begs to rewrite.

Frankly, I don’t want to because that would change today and I have some very good things in my “now.”

And as Beattie writes, and I concur, “Life is a high-risk sport, and I may become injured along the way. I agree that all the decisions I make are mine and mine alone, including how I choose to handle the events that are beyond my control.”

I am, in fact, about to sign a page-long waiver that Beattie created as my New Year’s resolution—one that will help me take responsibility for the choices I’m going to make in my life this year.

Left or right, it’s up to me the path I choose.

Want to see an NHL pre-season game here and a visit by the CBC? How about $100,000 in upgrades to the Memorial Sports Centre?

All that could become reality if Fort Frances is crowned as Kraft “Hockeyville” for 2014. But for it to happen, local residents will have to step up to put our community over the top.

Despite our rich hockey history, the annual “Hockeyville” competition hasn’t really caught on here since its inception in 2006. Kudos to Jon Glueheisen, who, undaunted, once again is taking the bull by the horns. Nominations only opened New Year’s Day but he’s already thrown our hat in the ring.

What’s needed now is others to help bolster our nomination with stories, photos, and other submissions so Fort Frances is among the top 16 chosen to vie for the “Hockeyville” title, which will be revealed March 8 during “Hockey Night in Canada.”

These 16 communities—eight from the east and eight from the west—then will compete over three online voting rounds during March leading up to the announcement of the grand prize winner April 5.

Second place wins $100,000 in arena upgrades, third and fourth place get $50,000 each in arena upgrades, while the remaining 12 communities win $25,000 each in arena upgrades, so there’s certainly plenty of incentive to ensure Fort Frances cracks the top 16.

We succeeded in bringing the “Kraft Celebration Tour” here last August. Then just last month, we banded together to propel the local “I Am Awesome (And I Know It!)” self-esteem and empowerment retreat for young women to a top-10 finish in the Aviva Community Fund competition.

Let’s showcase our community spirit again and win the “Hockeyville” crown.

It won’t be easy but by getting the ball rolling right off the start, Mr. Glueheisen has given us plenty of time to put together a superb nomination worthy of making the top 16 prior to the Feb. 9 closing date.

There’s no reason why we can’t. Visit krafthockeyville.ca, find our community by entering Memorial Sports Centre or Fort Frances, and join the nomination.

“Hockeyville” is a prestigious title—and every little bit is needed to help nab it.

Letters to the editor So enjoyable Dear editor: As jolly St. Nick himself Ho Ho Ho’ed his way around Hallett Hall here at Rainycrest, giving each one of us residents a Christmas orange and wishing everyone a Merry Christmas, I looked around the hall and noticed that everyone was either smiling or laughing.

This was the scene that I observed on Friday, Dec. 6 during the Rainycrest Auxiliary’s annual Christmas party. Not only were the ladies out in full force serving coffee, tea, and snacks to anyone who wanted to enjoy it, but they also were entertaining us with numerous songs all afternoon.

The auxiliary did a wonderful job at entertaining all those who attended and really empowered everyone. It lifted our Christmas spirits.

The hall had been decorated by the Activation Department and had a real festive atmosphere, as did the rest of the building.

Prior to this event (on Wednesday, Dec. 4), we all were entertained by the musical talents of Jackie and Gerry Guimond. We were all mesmerized by the numerous Gospel songs

they performed for us.

Despite these extra-curricular activities, the Activation Department here at Rainycrest still maintained their regular activities. These include such things as the Lions’ TV Bingo every Thursday night and dances every second Wednesday night of each month, as well as maintaining a rigorous schedule of daily events.

Not only are we all very grateful to the Activation Department, we also are grateful for the support of the staff and the management here who make these activities possible for us to attend.

A very special group of individuals, that I believe should be mentioned, are the numerous volunteers who come in to Rainycrest and help make these events possible.

Once again, I would like to extend our greatest thanks to all those individuals who helped make this Christmas a very memorable one. We all appreciate the effort you people put forth.

(Signed), David Fontana Rainycrest resident

Kudos Dear editor: We would like to acknowledge the quick response of the staff at Revco.

On Christmas Eve, the pump on our hot tub quit. Even though the store was closed and the owner was away on holidays, the staff at Revco pulled through for us.

The weather was 35 be-

low zero but Dwayne drove from Emo and changed out the pump. This is what we call customer service.

Buy local and reap the rewa rds.

Thanks so much, Janine and Ernie Cousineau, Fort Frances, Ont.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

FORT FRANCES TIMES A5

Journey called life-changing experience

By Heather Latter Staff writer “I expect [it] to be a blessing and to be blessed, challenged, and inspired.”

That’s what local resident Melissa Friesen wrote in a blog back in October, 2012 before she embarked on a missions journey to 11 countries in 11 months through a program called “The World Race.”

And that’s exactly what her life-changing experience turned out to be.

“I had the privilege and honour of seeing so much, and now the job extends itself to the rest of my life,” Friesen said about the trip, which saw her away from home from mid-January until just a few weeks ago.

Friesen wants to share with others what she learned while visiting Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Nepal, and India.

“It can be as simple as telling their stories that might inspire someone else to do something,” she explained.

“I saw a wide variety of culture, religion, and ways of doing life,” she added, noting she travelled with a group of 50 other individuals, ranging in age from 21-35.

“I met a lot of people—a lot of people who didn’t speak my language,” Friesen recalled.

“In one sense, it’s amazing what a smile can do,” she said of the language barrier. “In another sense, it was incredibly difficult some days to get to the train station because you are so misunderstood.

“So it’s incredible how language doesn’t have to be a barrier when it comes to the important stuff.

“But when it comes to logistical, it was extremely frustrating,” she admitted.

When thinking back on her year, Friesen never imagined she’d ever have some of the experiences she did, such as riding an elephant in Thailand or rafting the Nile River in Uganda.

“The world is beautiful,

Melissa Friesen pictured with her friend, a 22-year-old Buddhist monk named Pa Hem. Friesen would visit with him multiple times a week while in Thailand to talk about everything from faith to their favourite flavour of smoothies. They could not sit close to each other because of the many restrictions, such as not being allowed to —Submitted photos touch women, that comes with being a monk. the people are beautiful,” she remarked. “And in the same amount that the world is vast in its beauty, it is vast in its pain and its hurt.

“I have seen glorious sites— you see the Himalaya mountains in Nepal and you see the beggars and orphans on the street who hope they get a meal a day,” she said, describing both ends of the spectrum she witnessed.

One of her most memorable experiences was working with children at Zion’s Gate Ministries in Honduras.

“They were kids who were taken off the street or kids that had been abandoned in one way or another by their families,” Friesen explained.

“We saw them grow up in an environment that loved them and took care of them.

“And they didn’t just survive, they thrived,” she enthused.

“They are full of life, intelligent, and such a joy to be around.

“But if you saw them on the street, you would be afraid of them or not know what to do

with them.

“So it’s just the lesson that you can’t count anybody out,” she reasoned. “Everybody has a story and everybody who exists is here with some kind of purpose.”

In Thailand, meanwhile, Friesen visited with a 22-yearold Buddhist monk, named Pa Hem, for quite a few days.

“I just saw him really searching for truth, searching for answers in the world,” she explained.

“I can’t help but admire his search—the things he has to give up as a monk for what he hopes will be enlightenment.

“That the people of Earth are searching and we’re hungry to know why we are here.

“I believe there are a few basic truths and then after that everything becomes relative,” Friesen continued.

“For instance, beauty is so different in every region. What’s beautiful in India is not what we consider beautiful here.

“It just opens your eyes to see people where they are at

Melissa Friesen rode an elephant along with her friend, Sara Shoup, in northern Thailand while on an 11-month missions journey to 11 different countries, called “The World Race.”

and you don’t have to see them through your perspective anymore . . . you see it from an overhead perspective; you see it from the Creator’s eyes,” she remarked.

Friesen said the trip certainly was a spiritual one for her.

“You’re always becoming who you already are,” she said.

“The eyes of Heaven see you as you really are.

“Regardless if you failed today or messed up, you are who you are to Heaven.

“We have such a skewed vision of what success is, what it even means to be happy,” she added. “I’ve seen the poorest, most unsuccessful people be so filled with light and joy that it has to be supernatural because there is no reason they should be that happy.

“And so you are who you are,” she reasoned. “When given an opportunity to flourish, people will do so, but that takes a lot of love, a lot of patience, and a lot of passion and determination to see that in someone.”

While many local residents decry the snow and cold, it is making for ideal conditions for snowmobiling.

But sledders are reminded of Bylaw No. 66/90 regulating the use of motorized snow vehicles within the Town of Fort Frances.

Bylaw enforcement officer Patrick Briere said Monday one of the key points to remember is for sledders to stay on the street, and to stay off the sidewalks, boulevards, or private property owned or maintained by the Town of Fort Frances, Rainy River Dis-

trict School Board, or Northwest Catholic District School Board.

Sledders also can’t drive on King’s Highway, Second Street East, or Scott Street, other than for the purpose of crossing at intersections within permitted roadways, he added.

As well, Briere stressed that sledders must not exceed of 25 km/h (15 m.p.h.) while in town.

The town also is advising snowmobilers that: •they can’t operate a motorized snow vehicle in town unless the operation of said vehicle is for the purpose of proceeding to, or returning

from, a point located outside of town limits.

•they can’t drive a motorized snow vehicle within the corporate limits of the town after 11 p.m. and not before 6 a.m. Sunday to Thursday, and between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

•no person under the age of 16 years shall operate a motorized snow vehicle within town limits; and •all motorized snow vehicles must be equipped with fullyoperational and activated front and rear lights.

Motorized snow vehicle owners and operators also must comply with the provi-

tunities to send e-mails home, blog, or post photos.

“There was only one month, and that was Kenya, when I didn’t have any access to the Internet at all,” she noted.

“Sometimes you would have to scour for Internet, maybe be creative about it, but we could usually get our hands on Internet, so that was huge.”

And, of course, she took plenty of photos and kept on journal to remember as much of the nearly year-long trip as possible.

But Friesen stressed they were not tourists.

“We hung out with locals, lived with locals, ate what they ate, and lived like they did for the most part—usually without air conditioning,” she explained.

She had applied for the “World Race” because she was driven by a passion and a wonder to see God work in her life and across the world.

And while helping those less fortunate, she underwent a lifechanging transforming, which she intends to continue in her day-to-day life.

In fact, Friesen only is home for a few weeks as she’ll soon jet off again—this time to Atlanta, Ga. where she’ll work for “Adventures in Missions,” the organization that runs the “World Race” program.

She has been accepted for an eight-month internship, where she will work in their office and hone her skills in writing.

“So it’s like a story-telling internship,” she explained. “They believe there are important stories to be told.

“And to be with like-minded people who have come from the same experience or similar experience, I think will be a blessing.”

And while Friesen doesn’t have many plans beyond the internship, she definitely wants to get her 11-month journey in writing.

“I would love to write another book, I would love to go on more trips, I would love to inspire people to get involved,” she enthused.

Akim and fellow Grade 4 students in Friesen’s class sang a song in their native language to start off the school day in Uganda.

Heed snowmobile bylaw: town Staff

Friesen said this is evident when you look at orphanages.

“They can’t run if the people running them aren’t filled with determination, passion, love and patience,” she stressed.

“But they know the reward outweighs the cost.”

Friesen indicated she saw a simplicity in the lives of many of the people she met that she admires.

“We describe ourselves as the free world, the Western world, but I look at the things they don’t stress about and I think that maybe we have it backwards in some ways,” she remarked, noting she witnessed how children in other parts of the world are happy with so little.

“I came back to my room [here] and couldn’t believe I had so much stuff,” she declared. “I lived out of a backpack for a year and was used to it.

“At first it was tough and then it became my normal.

“And now this,” she said, referring to life in Canada, “is overwhelming.”

“I would definitely be willing to give some of my stuff up because it’s just excess,” Friesen added. “I saw what other people in the world are living without—and doing just fine without it.”

Friesen also said she became very close with the squad she travelled with over the 11 months, and noted that being away from home for that long was “fine most of the time.”

However, she said that on the days they travelled to another country, it often was a bit chaotic.

“We were crammed into every type of vehicle you can imagine—motorbikes, buses, trains,” she recalled. “If you have to go to the bathroom, maybe they’ll stop for you or maybe you’ll have to pee in a chip bag.

“So travel days were some of the funnest, but some of the worst.”

She added that luckily wifi was available almost everywhere, so she had many oppor-

sions of the Motorized Snow Vehicles Act, which includes possessing a licence, registration, insurance, and trail permit on OFSC trails.

As well, sledders are reminded that alcohol, excessive speed, unstable ice on waterways, and the absence of safety equipment all are contributing factors in snowmobile-related injuries and deaths.

A copy of Bylaw 66/90 is available at the Civic Centre front desk or online at www. fort-frances.com Any questions can be directed to the Town of Fort Frances’ bylaw department at 274-5373.

Online course aims to help candidates Staff So you want to run for council?

A new online course offered by the Association of Municipalities of Ontario can provide people with what they need to know before they run for municipal office and what they should know to begin their candidacy.

The course was designed by current and retired member of councils, who have the first-hand experience of what challenges and opportunities exist in community leadership.

The AMO said the course covers various topics, including: •reasons you should and shouldn’t run for council; •what you should know before you run for office;

•dealing with the media; •techniques for working with others; •the roles of council members and town staff; •the powers and influence of municipal government; and •transparency and accountability in government.

Those interested can visit www.amo.on.ca and click on the banner, “So You Want to Run for Council.”

The course costs $24.95 and can completed at one’s own pace.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Christmas tree Club cancels ‘Burns’ supper pick-up set to go on Saturday

By Dave Ogilvie Emo correspondent

By Duane Hicks Staff writer Residents are reminded to put their Christmas trees out on the curb this Saturday (Jan. 11) when the Fort Frances Fire Brigade makes the rounds for its annual pick-up.

The tree pick-up is held on the first Saturday following Ukrainian Christmas, which was yesterday this year.

Capt. Wayne Riches said the tree pick-up will start between 1:30 and 2 p.m., with teams of firefighters patrolling all corners of the town.

Trees should be put on the boulevard in front of houses, in plain view, and not in back alleys, Capt. Riches noted.

If they get covered in snow prior to Saturday, make sure they’re visible in time for pick-up.

Once again, residents who have their trees picked up are encouraged to give a donation to the fire department.

“Any donations will be graciously accepted,” said Capt.

Riches, noting the brigade will donate all funds to a good cause— likely a local family in need.

Residents can make a donation either by giving it to the firefighters doing the collecting (they typically knock on residents’ doors if they have put out a tree), leaving it in their mail box, or dropping it off at the fire hall.

Don’t attach your donation to the tree.

The trees will be chipped again this year by Daryl Eyolfson of Daryl’s Custom Landscapes Ltd., who also is providing some

“We’re going to review where we’re at in the new year when this is done.”

—Wayne Riches trailers to haul them.

The tree pick-up—a tradition started here years ago by the now-defunct Jaycees—not only is a community service but also a fire safety measure.

Capt. Riches admitted fewer and fewer real trees are put out to the curb with each passing year, and this year might be the last for the pick-up.

“I haven’t seen many out but last year was the same thing, and we still ended up raising close to $1,000,” he noted.

“We’ll see what it’s like this year, and the brigade is going to decide if next year we change things up and have a drop-off location . . .,” Capt. Riches added.

“We’re going to review where we’re at in the new year when this is done.

“We’ll go from there and see if is still viable to do it like this,” he remarked.

The pick-up could be replaced by a Christmas tree drop-off, where residents bring their trees to a central location for disposal— something that has been done in other communities.

“Regardless, we’ll let the community know early next year,” Capt. Riches said.

Call 274-9841 if you have any questions.

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The Emo and District Lions Club has been forced to cancel this year’s Robbie Burns supper.

The club hopes to revive the tradition next year in January.

To this end, the club is looking for new members. Anyone interested in making their community a better place to live, and helping others around the world, are invited to join.

Since the club includes the west end of the district from Rainy River to Devlin, all adults in that area are encouraged to carefully consider this invitation.

The club needs you to assist in fundraising, community activities, and club celebrations.

Members get to work on projects, socialize with fellow

members, meet with other clubs, and take part in regional gatherings such as the Mid-Winter Convention, which is taking place Jan. 17-19 in Bemidji, Mn. If you have a friend who already is a member, expect a phone call soon.

Don’t rehearse your list of reasons to say “no” and don’t tell them you are too busy, Just say “yes” to the world’s largest volunteer organization and help make the Rainy River District an even better place to live.

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• • • The next “Country Jam” at the Emo Legion is set for this Friday (Jan. 10).

Although it is extremely cold outside, organizers are expect-

30 Minutes of exercise by a Certified Professional Trainer and then 15 Minutes of presentations and small snacks afterwards.

Class size limited to 35 participants in each session. *Child care NOT provided.

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By Robin McCormick Devlin correspondent Three people were recent money winners from the Emo Legion.

The December 50/50 draw was won by Vivian Callaghan, who pocketed $825. Yvonne Kellar, meanwhile, won the November 50/50 draw, taking home $1,038.

Finally, the December “Cash Dance” at the Legion handed out several prizes throughout the night, but the grand prize of $1,000 was won by Marty Wilson.

That dance was a huge success, featuring a good turnout

and great music.

Legion organizers already are marking this event down for next December.

• • • The 18th-annual Betty Kellar Memorial card games were played Saturday at the Emo Legion.

“500” winners were Jim and Yvonne Kellar, with the Skunk Award going to Agnes Waldeck and Dorothy Sylvester.

The cribbage winners were Cindy Kellar and Albert Whidden, with Ron and Matt Kellar taking home the Skunk Award.

• • • A reminder the next “Country Jam” at the Emo Legion goes this

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Low near -34°C. High near -14°C. Friday, January 10th ... Cloudy skies.

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RAINY RIVER DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD SEEKS ONE VOLUNTEER COMMUNITY MEMBER TO SERVE ON ITS AUDIT COMMITTEE The Rainy River District School Board is seeking a community member with Ànancial expertise and business knowledge to serve on its Audit Committee for up to a three-year term effective January 1, 2014.

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to Kathy Pruys, who is on the recovery from a broken leg.

She will be in Thunder Bay this week to attend the fracture clinic.

• • • Here’s hoping everyone is surviving this extreme cold.

Thank Heavens this weather doesn’t last all year long—it only seems that way!

• • • Robin’s 2¢: I’ll work on being warm and sunny as soon as January does!

Candidate Eligibility: • Applicants must have sufÀcient accounting, senior Ànancial management or other relevant business experience to understand public sector accounting and auditing standards.

• The applicant must not be a current employee or ofÀcer of the board or of any other district school board or school authority.

• The applicant must not have a parent, child or spouse currently employed by the Board.

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• • • Congratulations to Jackie Badiuk and Mitch Rees on their engagement.

A 2015 wedding is planned.

Happy parents are Bob and Trudy Badiuk • • • Sympathy to the family and friends of Jack McCormick, who passed away recently.

Our thoughts and concern are with you at this sad time.

• • • Get well wishes are extended

The Audit Committee is comprised of two Trustees and two independent members drawn from the community at large. The primary role of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Trustees in fulÀlling its duties related to governance and oversight. The duties of the Audit Committee fall under the following key areas: the Ànancial reporting process, internal control framework, risk management practices, performance and function of the board’s internal and external auditors and the board’s compliance with its obligations under legislation. The Committee meets at least 3 times a year plus ad hoc meetings as required.

JAN. 12 to 14 Mild temperatures.

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Anyone interested in learning about the program, or in registering their children or grandchildren, are invited to attend.

Staff members, instructors, and management will be on hand to explain how the program works and to answer question.

Kumon, for those who have not heard about it, is a math and language learning program for students from early elementary to high school.

The program in this district is concentrating on helping students who have fallen behind in the regular classroom, but it also can be used an enrichment program.

Plan on dropping by to find out more about this extremely worthwhile program.

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ing a large turnout of musicians and old-time country music enthusiasts.

Admission is $2, which is used to help cover the cost of keeping the Legion open and heated on a cold winter’s evening.

The bar, of course, will be open for those who wish some liquid refreshment while the kitchen crew only will be too glad to fix you some onion rings, wings, or popcorn while you listen to your old-time favourites.

Musicians will be tuning up around 6:30 p.m., with dancing to start sometime before 7 p.m.

• • • The Kenora-Rainy River Child and Family Services’ program Kumon will be holding an open house at its learning centre at the Church of the

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

FORT FRANCES TIMES A7

Come skate with me Winter is raising her icy fist around the country as we Canadians of the middle-aged variety—and beyond—tune into The Weather Network with dreadful regularity.

Storms and records of cold and snowfall fascinate us it seems; winter’s entertainment.

Here in Nova Scotia, we have had an unusually early winter with dumps of snow and freezing rain coming to stay. But when people complain to me, I sneer and say, “You ain’t seen nothing” (except I try to use better grammar).

I lived in Pickle Lake for a time where winter came in October and was in no hurry to leave until May was well underway. One Hallowe’en (in 1985, I think), the snow began to fall and didn’t stop until four feet lay on the ground.

That Christmas, the temperature dipped so low we merely went to the front yard and snapped off a tree—no sawing required. Car doors wouldn’t open because the grease was solid.

We curled outdoors in Pickle Lake, even during blizzards, shovelling off the ice between ends and sometimes using a flashlight on the broom being held by the skip.

It was magically hilarious and sweeping took on a real purpose, and it makes me laugh even now. Ahh, the good ol’ days.

The best part of cold winters had to be outdoor rinks. My father built rinks of various sizes; a couple were a bit too grand covering several acres that he cleaned off with the tractor.

My siblings and I dragged our

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skates through the snowy fields to find any space where ice had left a natural rink. We even skated down the hill a few times where the cattle water tank was kept on overflowing so that it wouldn’t freeze.

That was a treacherous activity—and one my mother put a stop to in short order when she discovered us careening down the hill airborne at times.

Skating outdoors was perfect.

Kathy Metke and I got up early on a Sunday morning when I slept over, which was more than often and slightly less than always. We would tromp through the back yard with our skates on to the St. Mary’s rink before anyone else was up.

We shovelled pathways and roadways on the ice to create our imaginary village, then we skated and skated and skated some more.

Some children have no idea what it is like to skate outdoors; bundled up for warmth and padding. Skating outdoors is a right of passage for those of us who grew up in the north, who grew up in an almost wilderness.

When I see backyard rinks these days, I want to stop and applaud these parents and grandparents. Those individuals, those dads, who cared for the rinks in Fort Frances in “my day” were hero-worthy; were the keepers of the dream.

The skating shacks with the fire blazing, and skates being tied and the cold massaged from little frozen toes.

When my dad tied my skates, I felt such adoration for him as he pulled at the laces and wound the excess around my ankles and then lifted me on to the ice. I was no Barbara Ann Scott, but skating was exhilarating despite my cramping feet and throbbing ankles.

One winter, a large collection of Stewart family members skated from Reef Point to the Noden Causeway in the dark on a moonlit night.

I think perhaps that may be my favourite skating memory; the air crisp and cold while I tried to keep up with those who were proficient skaters, my brother somewhere far ahead, the ice cracking every now and then like a gunshot, paralyzing me with exciting fear.

I hope you can strap on your skates and twirl and swirl on an outdoor rink this winter—one shovelled off on the lake or a pond.

Count yourself very lucky if you can. wendistewart@live.ca

NOTICE OF REVISED NOMINATION MEETING COUCHICHING FIRST NATION As per council decision please be advised that the nomination meeting scheduled for Thursday, the 9th day of January 2014 has been

Postponed until Thursday, the 23rd day of January 2014.

THEREFORE: Notice is hereby given that a meeting of the electors of the Couchiching First Nation will be held at the Gymnasium-Multi Use Facility on Thursday, the 23rd day of January, 2014, beginning at 6:00 p.m. And lasting for at least three hours, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the positions of Chief and Councillors on the Band Council of the said First Nation, for the next ensuing term.

There are six Councillor positions and one position for Chief available.

The election will be held at the Gymnasium-Multi Use Facility on Thursday, the 6th day of March, 2014.

A Reminder from the Town of Fort Frances With ideal conditions for snowmobile travel, local citizens are reminded of By-Law No. 66/90 regulating the use of motorized snow vehicles within the Town of Fort Frances.

Snowmobilers be advised that:

No person shall operate a motorized snow vehicle in town unless the operation of said vehicle is for the purpose of proceeding to, or returning from, a point located outside of town limits.

No person shall drive a motorized snow vehicle on King’s Highway, Second Street East or Scott Street, other than for the purpose of crossing at intersections within permitted roadways.

In addition, no motorized snow vehicles are allowed on public property, pathways or foot paths/sidewalks owned or maintained by the Town of Fort Frances, Rainy River District School Board, or the Northwest Catholic District School Board.

No person under the age of 16 years shall operate a motorized snow vehicle within town limits.

No person shall operate such a vehicle at speeds in excess of 25km per hour.

All motorized snow vehicles must be equipped with fully operational and activated front and rear lights.

A copy of the By-Law 66/90 is available at the Civic Centre front desk or online at www.fort-frances.com.

Any questions can be directed to the Town of Fort Frances By-Law Department at 274-5373.

Dance moves Jolene Richert learned some dance moves, along with her daughters, Mellodey, three, and Cadance Sinclair, five, on Saturday while participating in a “Dance-Action for Kids” class at The Studio (335 Scott St.) The six-

week session, which involves parents and caregivers, is being offered by local teacher Sherree Denby and aims to teach rhythm and dance while playing with streamers, bean bags, and more.

—Heather Latter photo

EMPLOYERS NEEDED New placements that offer welding, machining and electrical opportunities are needed for Fort Frances High School students.

Fort Frances High School offers a Specialist High Skills Major in Manufacturing. Year after year, the business communities in Fort Frances, Atikokan and Rainy River open their doors to co-op students to offer them the opportunity to “try on a career”. Cooperative Education teacher Nancy Gillon of Fort Frances High School says, “Co-op placements give students a realistic look at the field of work they are interested in. The experience can confirm that they are well suited to that career, and continue on with their post secondary education, secure in the fact that they have made the correct choice.”

The Specialist High Skills Majors (SHSM) program, launched in September 2006, is part of the Ministry of Education’s Student Success Strategy initiative, which focuses on expanding quality learning opportunities and supporting success for all students.

SHSM is a ministry-approved specialized programme that allows students to focus their learning on a specific economic sector while meeting the requirements for their secondary school diploma (OSSD). This career-focused programme is also designed to help prepare students to make the transition from secondary school to apprenticeship training, college, university, or the workplace.

These students are expected to graduate with a Specialist High Skills Major designation seal on their diploma and transcript. Because this is a specialized program, students will also receive a SHSM Record that will outline the sector recognized certifications that they earned such as WHMIS, CPR, Health & Safety, or any other certifications chosen by the local school to support the SHSM offered. Students are also required to earn cooperative education credits that will demonstrate authentic learning experiences in a workplace setting. Students will also have the opportunity to explore experiential learning and ‘Reach Ahead’ activities such as field trips, competitions, industry tours or job shadowing.

Through SHSM, students begin to establish local relationships and networks in their chosen field.

EMPLOYERS INTERESTED in participating in this program can contact Nancy Gillon at Fort Frances High School ngillon@mail.rrdsb.com or 274-7747 ext 253.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Trying hard to stay positive in the cold

Obituaries RUBY DOUGLAS It is with great sadness that the family of Ruby Douglas announces her passing on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. She was born May 7, 1947 and lived in North Branch, Ont. She grew up with her sisters, Marj and Delores, and brother, Brad.

She enjoyed spending time outdoors and cross-country skiing with her father, Thad, as well as learning to craft many things and cook with her mother, Dorothy.

Mom always had an eye for art, and spent much of her life sharing her love and talent with many. For years, mom packed her van up with her supplies and travelled all over the district, teaching classes in paper tole, painting, and many other art forms.

Her craft room today is filled with her works of art and tools of her trade.

Ruby also spent many years working outside the home, with young children as a working professional, at Fort Frances Motor Products, and the Land Registry/Titles office in Fort Frances.

Mom and Dad enjoyed travelling, and were able to enjoy trips to Hawaii, a cruise in the Caribbean, and nearly every U.S. state. Early family years were spent camping, as well as visiting many amusement parks and national parks.

Mom loved history and made sure all her kids learned “something” when they travelled.

In the early 1980s, Mom left her career with the government and had the toughest job of all—raising three children. Mom spent all the time she had with Sheryl, Sean, and Sheila, crafting, going on walks, spending countless hours at “The Point” beach, going on picnics, and visiting Gramma B out in North Branch.

In 1984/85, Dad built a wonderful summer home at Bears Pass and mom took so much pride in decorating, painting, and looking after her beautiful cabin. She always had the “coffee on” for anyone to pop in, and would drop what she was doing to make a meal for any of many friends that would stop by.

Mom and Dad’s house al-

ways was spotless as Mom took great pride in her home, and “showing off” all her wonderful artworks she proudly hung all over the house. Mom always was “redecorating” a room to match a new picture she had worked on.

Ruby had a way with people and organizing. For several years, Mom was CRO in several provincial and federal elections.

She enjoyed coming back to “work” and learning computer skills she picked up very quickly. Mom really enjoyed her time with Elections Canada.

Mom cherished all of her grandchildren and always called them her “babies.” She always made sure to tell them how special they were and how much she loved them. Brady, Baker, Keely-Shaye, Cameron, and Baylee all loved their Gramma very much.

Over the last several years, Mom’s health challenged her.

With her husband, Malcolm, of 46 years by her side, she had many health conditions and took all of them “head on,” and saw it as a battle to win.

She truly fought a fight nobody else could. She was a brave, loving, and caring woman, wife, mom, friend, and neighbour to many.

She will be greatly missed by her husband, Malcolm; children, Sheryl Douglas (Dennis Cook), Sean (Kim) Douglas, and Sheila Douglas; grandchildren, Brady, Baker, and Baylee

Douglas, and Keely-Shayee and Cameron Douglas; and stepchildren, Donald Douglas, Carol Garnum, and Sandra Douglas and their families.

She also is survived by her sisters, Marjorie (Wilmer) Stang and Delores (Dudley) Livingston; brother, Bradley (Diane) Brannan; as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Ruby was predeceased by her parents, Thaddeus and Dorothy Brannan; and son-in-law, Steve Ladsten.

Funeral services were held Monday, Jan. 6, 2014 at 2 p.m. at Knox United Church in Fort Frances, with Rev. Barbara Miller officiating.

Interment will take place in the North Branch Cemetery at a later date.

The pallbearers were Allan Douglas, Ed Bogacki, Dwight Stang, Steven Stang, Tony Armstrong, and Todd Brannan.

The honourary pallbearers were Cathy Robinson, Joyce Zub, Karen Pirie, Kathy James, and Noreen Stinson.

If friends so desire, in memoriam donations may be made to the Knox United Church Renewal Fund, 340 Church St., Fort Frances, Ont. Online condolences may be offered at www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com Ruby left a mark on the people she met in her life, and made the world a better place.

She will be truly missed and remembered forever.

HUBERT MEDHURST Hubert Medhurst passed away Thursday, Jan. 2, 2014.

He was born in McIrvine on April 25, 1908, the youngest of five children, to Charlotte (Lottie Smeeth) and George Medhurst.

He was raised by his aunt and uncle, Polly and Charles Smeeth. He and his brother, Jesse, then stayed in Fort Frances, Ont. when his dad moved to England with the three older siblings, who all predeceased him.

Except for a brief period in Calgary, Alta., Hubert lived in the Fort Frances area all his life.

His first job as a young lad was being the water boy for the men installing, by hand shovel, the sewer and water lines down Scott Street. His dad was the first foreman.

He then began work at the paper mill in 1929 as a general labourer, later becoming a machinist, machine shop foreman, and safety supervisor.

He was a charter member of the IAMAW union and was active in various safety programs at the mill, retiring in 1970.

Hubert was predeceased by his first wife, Kathleen O’Connell, in 1987 and his second wife, Clara Beck, in 2012.

He also was predeceased by his grandson, Raymond John

Medhurst; son-in-law, Harry Walden; and stepson, Fred Grozelle.

Hubert is survived by his son, Douglas (Lois) Medhurst of Fort Frances, Ont., and daughter, Pat Walden of Kelowna, B.C. Also surviving are his grandchildren, Paul (Lorri) Medhurst of Squamish, B.C. and their children, Jenny, Kelsey (Brad), and Travis; Kathleen-Anne (Ted) Scholten of Fort Wayne, Ind. and their children, Joshua and Jeremy; Albert (Gina) Walden of Kelowna, B.C. and their children, Jenny (Mark) and family, Kristen (Jim) of Vancouver, B.C., adopted son, Jamie, of Grassy Narrows Reserve, and children, Ethan and Tyrell; Tom Walden of Toronto, Ont. and his family, Jorgen and Swen; and Shelly (Peter) Stewart of Ottawa, Ont. and their daughter, Lisa (Eric) and family.

Also surviving are stepgrandson, John Grozelle (Mabel) and their family; step-grand-

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daughter, Carla (Jeff) Weir of Falkland, B.C. and their family; and step-grandson, Michael Grozelle of Winnipeg, Man. and his family.

Hubert also is survived by his stepson, Bob (Barb) Beck; and step-grandchildren, Cindy (Greg) Allan and family, Don (Rose) Beck and family, and Debra (Wade) Perusse and family.

Hubert and Clara spend many hours working and enjoying the social life they found at the Sister Kennedy Centre. After Clara passed away, it became his sole outlet to enjoy life playing cards and being with friends.

In October, he became the first recipient of the Sister Kennedy Senior Citizen of the Year Award for 2013.

A time to reminisce by friends and relatives will take place Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the Sister Kennedy Centre (401 Nelson St.)

Happy New Year!

I’m thinking there are a few of us wishing for some warmer weather! I’m trying to stay positive because, yes, it could always be worse. But it could be a whole lot better, too.

I’ve been battling with one water bowl during this cold snap—again. On the bright side, it’s only one and could be dealing with all of them.

It’s very hard to work without your mitts on, and you have to be extra careful because everything breaks that much easier in this cold.

I also ended up feeding all the animals extra thinking that I might not have to start the tractor for a few days in this cold.

The tractor doesn’t warm up a whole bunch (the oil and fluids are darn stiff). But, again, it always could be worse!

I think the cold weather is beginning to wear on the animals, though. Cows shake their heads briskly as they make the trek up to get water and I’ve actually physically made my rabbits move because I wondered if they were froze in one spot!

The sheep, meanwhile, spend more time sleeping—keeping their skinny little legs covered by their tremendous fur coats.

Fortunately, this cold snap will pass and I’m looking forward to the warmer days ahead of us.

• • • As many may have seen in the recent Rainy River Regional Abattoir Committee newsletter, we once again are asking for donations!

Despite the recent rumour I heard that “the abattoir only helps two farms in the district” (one being myself), it is here for much more than two of us!

Without the abattoir, our four health-care facilities wouldn’t be able to serve (some) local food in the facilities. We are one of the few districts that can boost this statement!

We also wouldn’t be able to sell local (safe, inspected) meat to our friends, family, and neighbours—legally!

The facility is open and available to all producers, no matter your size or, for the most part, your commodity. It handles beef, buffalo, elk, rabbit, sheep, and goats, and this year they added poultry to the line-up.

I know so many wonder why things are so tight? Simply put, we need more animals using the facility.

When the abattoir was in building stage, cattle prices were low and people were looking for alternative markets. Since then, and once the facility opened,

prices have risen and people are selling live cattle at decent prices.

But we quickly forget that it is only natural for cattle markets (just like most markets such as grain, gold, forestry, etc.) to drop and the abattoir will be more valuable to the producers then.

The other thing is there isn’t money in butchering cattle and we have some extremely high bills to cover!

We all are scratching our heads to try and come up with solutions, and again I’m trying to stay positive thinking we will find a way out of this because that’s what kind of people we are!

There is something out there called the $10 challenge, which I thought was worth mentioning. If every household in Ontario spent just $10 of their grocery budget on local foods each week, there would be a $2.4-billion influx into the provincial economy each year!

Wow, that $10 could impact our communities in a big way.

Meanwhile, if you have any suggestions on fundraising activities we should consider, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any board member!

• • • Just a quick reminder that the annual meeting of the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association is slated for Thursday, Jan. 23 at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton.

Please mark this date down as we are looking forward to hearing from our membership.

We, like all organizations, need to hear what we are doing right or wrong!

In loving memory of

Lillian Lindholm (Eliuk)

Who passed away January 6, 2003

Nothing can take away Those a heart holds dear.

Fond memories linger every day, Remembering keeps you near.

Gone but forever remembered by; Karen, Ann, Linda, Diane, Marilyn, Molly & Louise

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Obituaries EDITH CARLSON The families of the late Edith L. Carlson wish to announce her passing on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2013.

She was born Nov. 8, 1924 in International Falls, Mn. to Engel and Lulu Engleson.

She graduated from high school and then worked in the office for O&M. Later during the war, she moved to Detroit, Mich. with a friend and worked there for several years.

Edith returned to International Falls, where she met and married Raymond Carlson on Feb. 12, 1946.

Years later, she worked for Eaton’s and Bell Canada until her retirement.

She enjoyed curling in younger years, as well as reading and looking after her three cats. She was a member of the Scandanavian Club and Sons of Norway Club (International Falls), and she enjoyed the occasional lunch at the seniors’

centre with friends.

She was recognized by the Fort Frances Volunteer Bureau for her efforts towards the “Good Neighbour” outreach program. She also volunteered in the Tuck Shop at Rainycrest.

She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church in Fort Frances.

She enjoyed her Saturday mornings with the “Coffee Crew.” She also enjoyed her trips to the casino, as well as and lunches throughout the establishments in Rainy River District with a friend of her’s.

Edith was predeceased by her parents, two sisters, and two brothers.

She leaves to mourn her son, Rick; sister and brother-in-law, Lois and Doug Medhurst; and numerous friends and relatives in the U.S. and Canada.

Cremation has taken place.

A service and luncheon will be held Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 at 5 p.m., with Pastor Brian Keffer officiating (anyone needing a ride can contact Doug at Gold Star Taxis at 274-7638).

In memoriam donations may be made to Rainycrest, the hospital, or the animal shelters.

Online condolences may be offered at www.greenfuneralhomefortfrances.com

RAYMOND ‘RAY’ DONALD SEGUIN (Clive), Michael (Britany) RyIt is with deep sorrow that erson, Mason, Aiden, Kayla, the family of Ray Seguin anKiana, and Kinsey; and greatnounces his passing on Tuesgrandchildren, Jaxon, Owen, day, Dec. 24, 2013 in Cranand Rohn. brook, B.C. at age 78.

He also leaves behind his Ray was born March 13, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, 1935 in Potts Township, Ont. cousins, nieces, nephews, and to Yvonne Marie Seguin. many dear friends to mourn He grew up on the farm, his passing. where he learned about hard Funeral services were held work. The lessons he learned Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 at 11 a.m. there served him well throughat the Church of Jesus Christ out his life. of Latter-Day Saints, 1301 From logger to tireman to Pondersosa Dr., in Sparwood. heavy equipment mechanic to In lieu of flowers, the fampark ranger and everything ily requests that in memoriam in between, Ray was a jackdonations be made to the of-all-trades and a wonderful Heart & Stroke Foundation provider for his family, whom he loved more than life itself. then to the Cranbrook area in of BC & Yukon, Okanagan/ In 1957, Ray met and mar- 1993, where they lived until Kootenays Area Office, #4, 1551 Sutherland Ave., Kelowried Shelva Jean Coulson in his passing.

Atikokan, Ont. Together they Ray is survived by his lov- na, B.C., V1Y 9M9 or the Caraised five children, but many ing wife, Shelva; daughters, nadian Diabetes Association, more were made to feel the Charlene (Peter) Nelson and P.O. Box 12013, Stn BRM B, welcoming embrace of their Debbie (Tim) Lyght; sons, Toronto, Ont., M7Y 2L3.

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Mary Gavin (nee Stirrett) passed away peacefully early on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 at the Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora, Ont. She was born Nov. 15, 1925 on the family farm near Emo, Ont. In 1949, Mary married Clarence Gavin of Emo and they happily lived out their married life there.

Mary loved her job with Canada Post and retired after 30 years of service.

Despite her well-known aversion to flying, she took joy in travelling with her husband, family, and friends, exploring Britain, Canada, Hawaii, and other parts of the United States.

Mary was a long-time, devoted member of Knox United Church in Emo, a member of the Emo Hospital Auxiliary, and a past member of the Emo Curling Club. She also loved to play golf, Bridge, Scrabble, Cribbage,

CHARLES (CHUCK) McPHERSON Chuck McPherson passed away suddenly on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014 at La Verendrye General Hospital in Fort Frances, Ont. A visitation will be held Friday, Jan. 10, 2014 from 7-9 p.m. at Green Funeral Home in Fort Frances.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014 at 10 a.m. at the Couchiching First Nation Arena.

A complete obituary will follow.

and dominoes with her friends and family.

Mary was predeceased by her husband, Clarence; her parents, Agnes and Earl; in-laws, William and Ellen; siblings, Robert, Ruby, and Joan; and several brothers- and sisters-in-law.

She is survived by her daughter, Brenda Socholotuk of Kenora, Ont. and Brenda’s husband, Garry; granddaughters, Stacey and Andrea; grandson, Trevor, and his wife, Chelsea; and greatgranddaughter, Hadley.

She also is survived by her sisters, Margaret, Jean, and Hazel; sisters-in-law, Dorothy and Phyllis; and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services took place Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 at 1 p.m. at Knox United Church in Emo. A reception followed at the Emo Legion.

If friends desire, in lieu of flowers, in memoriam donations may be made to the Knox United Church, P.O. Box 186, Emo, Ont., P0W 1E0.

The family of Ed & Margaret Katona of Fort Frances and Dianne & Mike Labute of London, Ontario are pleased to announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their children

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80th Birthday Saturday, January 11th 1:30 - 3:30pm at the Calvary Baptist Church in Emo

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SHUTE--Born to Michael and Melody, nee Wheatley of Devlin, Ontario, a boy, Emerson Michael, weighing 9 lbs. 1 oz. on December 27, 2013 at La Verendrye General Hospital, Fort Frances, Ontario.

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Council likely to see new faces Winter scene It was minus-15 C on Friday, the warmest temperature Borderland had seen all week, but it came with a lot of snow as a winter storm blew through the area, bringing upwards of 15 cm (six inches) by

the time it was all over. The mercury then plunged again this week, with “warmer” weather not expected until this weekend.

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Meeting time slammed More from A1 the boardroom at the board office,” McCormick noted.

“It just seems like such a stark contrast from one meeting to the next.”

She added that choosing an afternoon meeting makes her feel the board does not want parents to attend.

McCormick is not sure why that particular date and time was selected. She has inquired, but has not yet received a response.

“If it is because there was

not an available evening where everyone could attend, then it’s unfortunate that they couldn’t look to the next month and then put the vote off until March,” she remarked, adding she hopes all trustees will be attending next Wednesday’s meeting.

And regardless of the time, McCormick also hopes people will do their best to make it.

“I would love for there to be too many people for the boardroom,” she said.

“It’s a big task for 1 p.m. on a

Wednesday, but I would love to see lots and lots of people there.

“We do have a vested interested in this,” she stressed. “We do want to attend.”

McCormick said being at the meeting will allow the public to see where each trustee stands on the proposed consolidation.

“Potentially, then we could have a chance to persuade them, one way or the other, or who we have to look at further and who’s already on board with keeping all the schools,” she reasoned.

Issues set to be tackled More from A1 to a point,” she conceded.

“But it’s going to cost about $50 billion [to remedy] and the Ontario government is planning on financing that over 25 years, so they are looking at about $2 billion additional revenue that they need to collect every year.”

Campbell said a couple of suggestions to do this has been to increase the HST, possibly across the province, by about one percent or increasing the price of gasoline by adding a gasoline tax that could be as much as 10 cents/litre.

“That may happen across the province and so I’m very concern,” she stressed.

“I think it would be punitive for people living in Northwestern Ontario to have to pay more when we, for the most part, don’t have public transportation and rely on our vehicle to get around.

“To increase the price of our gasoline or the price of our HST is penalizing us when we

don’t really have the other option,” Campbell argued, saying she knows she needs to influence this decision before it’s made, rather than after.

“I will continue to raise this issue because I don’t think that would be fair for people living in Northwestern Ontario,” she vowed.

Rafferty, meanwhile, continues to push for protection of lakes and rivers in Northern Ontario, and right across Canada, as well as infrastructure funding for smaller communities.

“The [federal] government is not inclined to think about smaller communities when they think about infrastructure, when they think about transit, when they think about public transportation between communities,” he remarked.

“I’m trying to get that on the government’s agenda. So that is one of my ongoing projects.”

Rafferty also will be fighting for seniors and veterans, whom he says the Harper government

continues to attack.

“The finance minister is not interested in following any advice from the provincial finance ministers about retirement or preparing for retirement,” he charged.

“This government has a mental block as far as that goes,” he added, citing the attacks also have been on those on E.I., especially seasonal workers.

“I think it’s just simply wrong that they try to balance a deficit budget, which is of their own making in the first place, trying to do that on the backs of veterans, seniors, and those who are unemployed and those who need help,” Rafferty stressed.

“So those battles will continue in the new year, politically.

“So I’ll just keep at this government, and continue to try to build those relationships with the government and the other opposition parties, to get consensus on those sorts of issues to push them through,” he vowed.

More from A1 “I probably won’t declare until June or July.

“I know you can put your name forward right now, but I believe it is a little too soon to consider that,” Mayor Avis added.

“Not that I want to have a wait-and-see approach, I just think it makes more sense to [decide] in June or July,” he reasoned.

Coun. Paul Ryan, in his second term on council, also said he’ll wait a while before deciding to run.

“It’s too early. I haven’t really decided,” he noted.

“We have some real issues with the town as far as loss of taxes,” he added. “I want to see how it goes this year.

“We’re looking at this for the next two or three years. Right up to 2016, we’ll be losing taxes from the mill as they lower the assessment value,” Coun. Ryan explained.

“It’s gong to be a tough time, a real tough time,” he warned.

“I’d like to see how that goes this year and make my decision later on.”

Coun. Ryan said the town has never gone through this before, and that it’s a crucial time.

“You hate to cut services but you also hate to raise taxes to the extreme,” he remarked.

“They’re at the extreme right now.

“We’re in a tough spot here.

A real tough spot,” he reiterated.

Coun. Doug Kitowski, who was appointed by council last March, also said it’s too early to know if he’ll run in the fall election.

“I haven’t given it any thought yet,” he revealed.

“It’s pretty early on in life and I’m still learning the system,” Coun. Kitowski added. “I am finding it very, very interesting.

“It’s a learning experience, believe you me,” he stressed. “It operates quite different than a business does, I can assure you.

“But I am enjoying it. It’s good.”

Coun. Kitowski credited the mayor and council, as well as the administrative staff, for helping him with the steep learning curve over the past nine months.

“They’re good people there, you know,” he said. “I’ve lived here all my life and I had no idea how the heck it ran.”

Meanwhile, Coun. John Albanese, who has served on council since 2005 and previously served for two-consecutive terms from 1985-91, said he’s leaning toward not seeking reelection.

“At this time, I don’t know,” he admitted. “I don’t think so, especially with my health problems I’ve experienced in 2013.

“I have to be careful. I cannot commit myself at this time “I have some health issues I have to address before I say yes or no,” Coun. Albanese added.

“I am taking it one day at a time, one hour at a time.

“I love the politics, to work for the citizens of Fort Frances, but sometimes you have to look after yourself,” he reasoned.

Another person whose name probably won’t be on the ballot this fall is Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft.

“My intention right now is not to run again,” he said last Thursday.

“It’s not that I don’t find it interesting and stimulating and rewarding,” he stressed. “But it’s been 11 years now this coming year and I think that maybe somebody else could step forward.

“The only way that I would run again is if there wasn’t enough people who came forward to put their name on the ballot, and I don’t think that’s going to happen,” Coun. Wiedenhoeft added.

“I think there’s lots of people out there who think they can do a better job than what we’ve done,” he remarked. “[But] I don’t think they’re aware of the circumstances that we had to go through.

“Everybody in a dozen coffee klatches has got a better idea

of how we can run this town,” Coun. Wiedenhoeft noted.

“Let them step forward and put their name out.”

Coun. Wiedenhoeft said he would love to go south for six weeks or so during the winter months, especially since his wife, Linda, has cold-triggered asthma and can’t breathe in the cold.

But currently his position on council doesn’t allow that.

“I don’t think you can adjudicate situations from afar,” he reasoned. “I think you have to be there.

“You have to get all the facts, you have to hear all of the opinions of the other councillors before you make a decision.

“You can’t do things down in Mexico or down in Arizona or down in Florida,” Coun. Wiedenhoeft reiterated. “You have to be here.”

Anyone interested in running for mayor, council, the two school boards, or the Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board must file their papers at the Civic Centre prior to 2 p.m. on Friday, Sept.

12.

Withdrawal of any nominations also must be made by 2 p.m. on Sept. 12.

Nominees must pay a $200 fee to run for head of council (mayor) or $100 for any other position (i.e., councillor or trustee).

They also must be a Canadian citizen aged 18 or older, and either be a property owner, someone who leases property, or the spouse of someone who owns/leases property.

Election day will be held Oct. 27. As in past years, polls will open from 10 a.m.-8 p.m.

But the town also once again will be using a vote-by-mail system in the upcoming election.

The first day of the new council term will be Dec. 1.

Municipal terms are for four years, after being increased from three just prior to the 2006 election.

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Defending champs oust Muskie boys strength goal past Muskie goalie Jonah Johnson early in the third to go up 3-1.

Fort High refused to roll over, with Jarred Taylor bulging the twine to cut the deficit to one.

Unfortunately for the Muskies, Lady Luck proved to be a wicked damsel in the final half of the period.

With five minutes left, the black-and-gold thought they had netted the equalizer on a scramble in front of the Crusaders’ net.

But the referee whistled the play dead and disallowed the goal, saying he had lost sight of the puck.

“We could see the puck even from where we were,” an incredulous Davis remarked.

Then with two minutes left, Tyler VanUden almost gave himself a memorable gift on his 16th birthday—only to watch his shot ricochet off the crossbar.

Goal scorers for the Crusaders were not available at press time.

The Muskies had opened the tournament Thursday in spinetingling fashion, winning 4-3 in a shootout against the College Jeanne-Sauve Olympiens (Winnipeg).

Two goals by Graeme Kitt and a single from McDowall helped force overtime.

With the extra session resolving nothing, the two teams began what turned into an almost unbelievable 13-round shootout.

Sam Tibbs’ successful shot in that round, combined with Derek Kaemingh’s 13th-straight shootout stop, gave the blackand-gold a win to remember for quite a while.

“I thought it was never going to end,” chuckled Davis.

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By Joey Payeur Staff writer Some teams cling to championship status like a pit bull watchdog on the pant leg of a burglar.

The St. Paul’s Crusaders (Winnipeg) showed they were unwilling to surrender their crown by winning the fifthannual Boston Pizza Piper Classic Tournament of Champions there over the weekend, which included a 3-2 victory against the Muskies in the quarterfinals Friday.

St. Paul’s has won the tournament in four of its five years of existence, which left Muskie head coach Jamie Davis in good spirits about his team’s performance.

“We played well considering the two teams we lost to ended up in the final,” Davis said about the Crusaders and the St. John’s-Ravenscourt Eagles (Winnipeg), who lost 4-1 to St. Paul’s in the final.

“It’s not like any of the teams there we couldn’t have beat,” he added. “It’s just the little mistakes that are hurting us right now.

“But it’ll come around.”

The Crusaders made good on a two-man advantage in the first period to take a 1-0 lead.

“I don’t know how many power plays they got in a row,” steamed Davis.

“Aaron McDowall leans on a guy on a breakaway and he goes down and we get called for holding,” he recalled.

“Then one of our guys gets a partial breakaway, the same thing happens to him, and there’s no call.”

Josh Gouin tied the game later in the frame.

St. Paul’s notched a shorthanded marker in the second, then pumped home an even-

Local rink vying for berth

By Joey Payeur Staff writer Odds-makers would have a tough time handicapping this field.

Nine rinks will descend on the Fort Frances Curling Club beginning Friday for the Northern Ontario Curling Association Travelers 2014 Men’s West Qualifier.

Three teams will advance through the ‘A’, ‘B,’ and ‘C’ sides of the draw to play in the provincial showdown Feb. 5-9 in Timmins.

The local favourite will be Adam Bolen of Fort Frances—a young gun who won’t be lacking for veteran guidance on his team.

That’s due to the presence of multiple local men’s champ Lorne Jackson, who will throw third stones for Bolen.

Jackson has made a number of appearances at the provincials and will be a vital cog in the quartet, which also includes Neil Haw at second and Andy

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Punching their ticket to Timmins won’t be easy given the calibre of the field this weekend.

No less than six teams from Thunder Bay will be here, including two with local connections.

Stratton native Trevor Bonot will skip one of the three teams representing the Port Arthur Curling Club, with Bryan Burgess and Brian Adams Jr. being the other two.

Bonot and his rink of third Al Macsemchuk, second Chris Briand, and lead Tim Jewett won a cash ’spiel in Thunder Bay earlier this season and currently sit third in the TBaytel Major League of Curling standings—one spot back of Burgess and one ahead of Adams.

The Fort William Curling Club also is sending three rinks here, with one of those featuring Devlin native Mike Badiuk playing third for skip Dylan Johnston.

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Lakers’ forward Bryce Lipinski (24) had a mostly empty net beckoning him—only to have English River’s Spencer Johnston (8) deny him the easy marker in the late stages of the third period of Saturday night’s 3-1 win over the visitors at the Ice For Kids Arena.

Two more wins for Lakers

By Joey Payeur Staff writer The Fort Frances Lakers muddled through the post-holiday mire but still came away with their winning streak intact.

After a sloppy 7-4 win over the English River Miners in Ear Falls on Friday night, the Lakers got back to basics defensively in a 3-1 triumph here Saturday to sweep the home-and-home series and extend their winning streak to six games.

The Lakers also held on to the No. 5 spot in this week’s Canadian Junior ‘A’ Hockey League top 20 rankings.

“Tonight was a much better game for us,” Lakers’ head coach and general manager said after Saturday’s contest.

“Right from the get-go we controlled the tempo and play,” he noted.

“We had numerous good op- Miners’ goalie Greg Harney got to test his full range of flexibility on this golden portunities to score . . . I think chance for Cam Gobeil on Saturday night. Gobeil’s shot hit the base of the net and —Joey Payeur photos we hit four or five posts tonight went wide. and we missed a couple of and every practice, and it will the net and somehow squeezed “He plays with energy, some 2-on-1s that I still can’t believe. pay off,” he stressed. the puck past Jordan Cartney at grit, and obviously can help on “But considering we’ve been Kyle Lipinski netted the 7:19 of the third to make it a the offensive side of things.” operating mostly with three eventual game-winner on a one-goal game.

Patrick Sofer, who took a lines and five defencemen late- 5-on-3 power-play at 5:02 of It turned out it was his last huge hit to start the play that ly, I’m proud of what we did,” the second—one-timing Cody contribution to the Miners, as it set up Kurm’s goal, ended SatStrachan added.

Wickstrom’s cross-ice pass was announced yesterday that urday’s suspense when he deKevin Kurm, who received along the Miners’ blueline for Jasper had been reacquired by posited his 10th of the year honourable mention for Pizza his second goal in two nights the Lakers for a player devel- into an empty net with 15 Hut Player-of-the-Week hon- and third of the campaign. seconds left after the Miners opment fee. ours won by Minnesota Iron Fort Frances originally had repeatedly couldn’t get back “There was no aiming . . . I Rangers’ defenceman Matt just shot it at the net,” smiled traded Jasper and Smaha to onside at the Laker blueline.

O’Dea, gave his team an early Lipinski, who also made his English River for forward Cartney improved to 18-2-1 spark. physical presence felt when he Colton Spicer back on Oct. 18. on the season, and lowered his The Thunder Bay native destroyed English River’s John “We are very happy to have league-leading GAA to 2.48, converted a pass from Bryce Morales with a clean open-ice Bryson back in the lineup,” Stra- with a 28-save effort.

Lipinski from behind the net hit in the third period.

Greg Harney made 38 saves chan said about the 19-yearinto the slot just 35 seconds “I saw [Morales] cutting old Rainy River product, who in taking the loss. into the game for his 18th of across the middle, and I just has a combined 10 goals and Friday night’s game saw the the season—good for fourth on stepped up and let him know I 13 assists in 19 games for the teams tied four separate times the team.

Lakers and Miners this season. during the first two periods was there,” he remarked.

“As a team, we’re showing “It was a tough decision to before the Lakers pulled away After Miners’ defenceman what it takes to win,” noted Ben Smaha got tossed for a trade him in the first place and with three unanswered markKurm, whose darkened left eye first-period fight with Brent Ai- to have the opportunity to add ers in the third from Kurm, showed the result of a cross- ken, another former Laker had him at this time is good for our Mason Meyer, and Sofer. check to his face in Ear Falls an impact on the game — so hockey team,” added Strachan.

Kurm and Meyer each the previous night.

“Bryson can bring some dif- scored twice in that one while much so, he helped himself “We have to remember to earn a ticket back to the Fort. ferent things to the lineup,” he Lipinski and Cam Gobeil also keep working hard every game Bryson Jasper drove hard to noted.

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Ex-Muskie down one at Scotties

By Joey Payeur Staff writer If Tracy Horgan is going to repeat the magic of 2012, she will have to do it in comeback style.

The Sudbury skip, whose rink includes Devlin native Jenna Enge at second, lost her opening game 5-4 to Julie Reddick of Owen Sound on Monday at the 2014 Ontario Scotties in Sault Ste. Marie.

A defensive start to the game saw the two teams go scoreless through the first three ends before Horgan broke through for a single in the fourth.

Reddick countered with a pair in the fifth before Horgan tied it in the sixth with another single.

Reddick managed a single in the seventh, but immediately gave back the lead when Horgan nabbed a deuce in the eighth to go up 4-3.

Another single for Reddick in the ninth tied the game, though giving Horgan lastrock advantage in the 10th.

But instead of making the most of her edge, Horgan allowed Reddick to score one to steal the win.

Horgan was scheduled to take on Allison Flaxey (Listowel) in Draw 2 yesterday afternoon.

But it was cancelled due to the ice melting at the Soo Curlers Association facility because of a compressor failure.

The draw will be made up later in the week (the exact time wasn’t known at press time).

The ice was expected to be back in playable shape for the third draw last night, when Horgan will face Dawna Premo (Sault Ste. Marie).

The score of that game was unavailable as of press time.

Horgan then is slated to meet Ashley Kallos (Thunder Bay) at noon today, followed by a showdown against Julie Hastings (Thornhill) at 6 p.m.

The playoffs for the Ontario Scotties begin Saturday, with the final set for Sunday at 3 p.m. (all times are CST).

Horgan’s rink captured the 2012 Ontario title and will try to do so one more time before the curling landscape changes in 2015 after 59 years of having an all-Ontario championship.

Next year will see Northern Ontario get an opportunity to have its own spot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts national women’s championship, thanks to a decision by the Canadian Curling Association in 2012 to expand the field at the nationals to 15 teams.

All 10 provinces, plus Northern Ontario, the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and the defending champion, which goes under the name of Team Canada, will have a shot at the Scotties crown.

However, a one-day playin tournament featuring four teams will be held prior to the main tournament, with the winner joining the final field of 12 for the Scotties.

After the 2015 Scotties, the play-in group will consist of the bottom four finishers from the previous year’s tournament.

But the make-up of the play-in group heading into the 2015 tournament won’t be decided until later this year, according to Canadian Curling Association media relations rep Al Cameron.

That means Northern Ontario, being one of the newcomers to the field along with Nunavut and the to-be-separated contingents from the Yukon and Northwest Territories, may have to be part of the play-in process.

The effect of the change also is being felt by male curlers when it comes to the Tim Hortons Brier.

The Brier winner this year will get an automatic berth in the tournament in 2015 as Team Canada, mirroring what currently is done at the Scotties.

The men also will have their own four-team play-in event leading up to the 2015 Brier and every year after.

Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Maroons claim local Bantam tourney

By Joey Payeur Staff writer Everywhere one looked on Sunday at the Ice For Kids Arena, things were breaking bad for Fort Frances Canadian Tire.

Bad luck behind their net, a bad bounce that eluded a goalie with a bad hand, and a bad scene in the final seconds for the officials to contend with.

Add it all up and it equalled a 2-0 win for the Westfort Maroons (Thunder Bay) in the ‘A’ final of the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s Bantam ‘A’ tournament.

The local squad made it through a scoreless first period thanks mainly to goalie Jake Glowasky, who made three big saves in rapid-fire succession in the first minute of the game and several more throughout the period as the Maroons carried the play.

With Canadian Tire’s Garrett Woods in the box for slashing, Westfort struck at 1:41 of the second on a power play when Daymond Morrisseau lost the puck behind his own net with Maroon forecheckers closing in on both sides.

The puck bounced off the back of the net and right to one of those forecheckers, Cody Galati, who quickly wrapped the puck around the near side of the goal and past Glowasky to make it 1-0.

Glowasky made another pair of five-star saves before the period was out, including sticking out his pad while lying on the ice to just deflect a point-blank opportunity for the Maroons.

Then with Aiden Morrisseau already off for slashing early in the third period, a key moment occurred when one of the Maroons chopped at Glowasky’s catching hand during a scramble in front—eliciting a loud exclamation of pain from Glowasky.

After coincidental minors were assessed following the play, with Canadian Tire tagged for roughing the Westfort culprit for his slash, Glowasky held his catching hand against his midsection in obvious discomfort and it became quickly evident he couldn’t use the hand to stop the puck.

As the team’s only goalie, Glowasky gutted it out and stayed in the game.

But with the power play almost over, Westfort’s Jacob Jewell pounded a shot from the point at 7:03 that hit Glowasky’s stick and fluttered into the net, with the netminder’s catching glove hanging helplessly by his side.

The Maroons then played lockdown defence the rest of the way, giving Canadian Tire little in the way of scoring chances, with Lucas Kaethler earn up the

shutout.

The game got out of hand with 24.9 seconds to go as a scrum in front of the Westfort net resulted in two Fort players being ejected.

It was an unfortunate finish to what had been a great weekend for Canadian Tire to that point as the squad went 4-0 to capture Pool ‘B’ at the nine-team tournament.

Canadian Tire opened the weekend with a 4-0 win over the Dryden Leafs. Aiden Morrisseau had two goals while Damon Nyberg and Ben Larson added singles to complement Glowasky’s shutout performance.

In their next outing, Canadian Tire edged the Dryden Kings 4-3 as Nyberg and Daymond Morrisseau each scored twice.

Matt Park, Brendan Kellar, and Joel Ottertail replied for the Kings, with Brayden Woods taking the loss in net.

Canadian Tire made it 3-for3 with a 3-0 shutout of the Emo Express.

Aiden Morrisseau netted a pair in that one while Kieran Weir added a single against Emo goalie Xylon Kelly.

Austin Fowler then scored the game-winner for Canadian Tire in its final preliminary game—a 4-3 victory over Kenora San Gold Rush.

Brandon Kocuiba, Nick Wepruk, and Aidan Morrisseau were the other marksmen while Jonathan Houlden, Tanner Alcock, and Ben Woods replied for Kenora.

The ‘B’ final, which saw the Fort Frances Kennedy K-9s cruise to a 7-1 win over the Dryden Kings, also ended on an ominous note.

In the waning minutes of the third, a Fort player made contact to the head of a Kings ’skater, who crumpled to the ice.

There was about a 20-minute delay while Emergency Medical Services personnel were summoned to the arena, with the Kings’ player eventually taken from the ice on a stretcher.

The on-ice officials subsequently ended the game, with the remaining time in the game run off the clock.

Goal scorers for both teams were unavailable at press time.

The K-9s had tied the Maroons for first place in Pool ‘A’ with a 3-1-1 record. And because the two teams tied 2-2 in their round-robin meeting, it came down to a goals for divided by goals for plus goals against formula to decide who would claim top spot.

The Maroons got the nod based on their 15-4 goals for/ against ratio (.7894 using the formula) compared to the K-9s, who netted 22 but gave up nine

Canadian Tire goalie Jake Glowasky just got back in time to deny this sharp-angle shot by Brendon Baysarowich of the Westfort Maroons (Thunder Bay) during the second period of the ‘A’ final Sunday afternoon. The Maroons came away with a 2-0 victory to capture the Fort Frances Minor Hockey Association’s annual Bantam ‘A’ —Joey Payeur photo tourney. (.7096).

Up first for the K-9s was an 11-1 thrashing of the Emo Express.

Brent Jourdain (hat trick) and Christian Audette (two goals) each garnered seven points to lead the attack while Byron Stewart also had a hat trick as part of a five-point outing.

Chase Copenace bulged the twine twice while Kaden Nelson netted the other goal, with Jesse Quesnel getting the win between the pipes.

Deidrick Smith had the lone marker for Emo. In the K-9s’ tie with Westfort, Kobi Ward and Jourdain had the Fort goals while David Houlding and Tanner Saarinen did the damage for the Maroons.

The K-9s then had to pull out a 6-5 thriller against the Kenora CHCP Snipers.

With the Snipers up 5-4 late in the third, Nelson scored his second of the game with 3:57 to go for the equalizer.

Jourdain then finished the rally, breaking in alone and going

top shelf on Kenora goalie Ella Wiebe with exactly one minute left in regulation time.

Audette also had a pair in the game while Eric Pitkanen added a single.

The K-9s completed roundrobin play with a 3-1 win over the Dryden Leafs.

Brandon Cole, Audette, and Jourdain did the scoring for the Fort while Justice Bruyere had the Leafs’ lone marker.

And in the ‘C’ final, Fort Frances Holmlund Leafs rallied from a 4-1 first-period deficit to win 8-7 in overtime over Kenora San Gold Rush.

Dylan Woolsey fired home his second of the game at 1:44 of the extra session, with Landon Woods getting his fourth assist.

Connor Scholfield had a hat trick and five points for the Leafs while Kyle Walton scored twice and James Gushulak added a single.

Anthony Gill-Roisin earned the win in goal.

It was a rematch of the tourney-opener for both teams,

which saw the Leafs prevail 5-3.

Scholfield, Woods, Chase Flinders, Woolsey, and Gushulak scored for Holmlund in that one.

Then in an all-Leafs’ battle, Holmlund doubled Dryden 6-3 on goals by Gushulak, Caleb Henderson, Scholfield, Walton, Woods, and Peter Fedoruk.

The local Leafs then ran into a tough Westfort squad, which blanked them 7-0.

Holmlund then was edged 2-1 by the Snipers, with Scholfield notching the lone goal for the home team.

Meanwhile, the Emo Express suffered through a difficult weekend, ending up in fourth in Pool ‘B’ with an 0-4 record.

After losing to the K-9s, Emo fell 3-1 to the Gold Rush, with Jake Barker netting the lone goal.

Emo then lost to Canadian Tire before falling 6-2 to the Dryden Kings.

Sawyer Gauthier and Preston Azevedo scored for the Express in the latter game.

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Muskie girls Fort native’s court star rising take third at Schwan Cup No better way to ring in the new year than with a smile on one’s face—and a bronze medal in one’s back pocket.

The Muskie girls’ hockey team made sure their trip to the annual Schwan Cup tournament in Blaine, Mn. was a productive one, capturing third place in the Girls’ Varsity Red Division with a 3-2 win over the Northfield (Mn.) Raiders on New Year’s Day. Brynn Puppe put the Raiders up 1-0 at 12:26 of the first before Sarah Milling pulled the black-and-gold even at 3:20 of the second.

Puppe was back for more at 11:20 during a Northfield power play to put the Raiders back in front.

Cue the comeback courtesy of the Muskie speed-to-burn line of Amy Penner, Shilo Beck, and Jessica Coran.

Penner found Beck for the tying goal at 5:48 of the third, then converted Coran’s feed at 8:45 to put Fort High on top to stay.

Calie Clendenning did her part to preserve the victory— making 17 saves.

Lizzy Shellum stopped 18 shots in taking the loss.

Fort High kicked off the tourney with a 6-1 drubbing of the Northern Lakes Lightning (Breezy Point, Mn.) Brittney Knox handed the Lightning a lead at 14:02 of the first. But Clendenning slammed the door after that while her teammates lit up Northern Lakes’ netminder Hailey Deutsch for six unanswered goals.

Amber Jourdain ignited the barrage 1:10 into the second.

Milling then struck at 11:01, with Shelby Tymkin collecting her second-straight assist.

With Tymkin and Jourdain already on the scoresheet, linemate Katie Sinclair decided to get in on the action with an unassisted marker at 16:46 to make it 3-1.

Then in the third, Hailey Clendenning took the reins and drove her squad the rest of the way.

First she scored at 6:06, assisted on Milling’s second of the game at 13:22, the capped the day with her second of the contest at 16:28 on a set-up from Kaily Greengrass and Lauren Vold.

Calie Clendenning had 16 saves for the win while Deutsch stopped 18 pucks in a losing effort.

A spirited semi-final saw the East Ridge Raptors (Woodbury, Mn.) prevail 3-2 over the Muskies.

Fort High took six penalties to one for the Raptors—and East Ridge capitalized in the first.

Anya Hafiz beat Muskie goalie Kate Parsons at 11:38 with Penner in the sin bin for tripping.

Brooklyn Pierre then gave the Raptors a two-goal lead at 15:07 of the second before Jourdain gave life to her bench with 14 seconds left in the middle frame on a goal set up

by Tymkin.

Fort High tied it at 8:03 of the third when Claire Sandelovich and Greengrass assisted on Hailey Clendenning’s goal against Erin Cheatham.

But with three minutes on the clock, Hafiz iced the win with her second of the game.

After the final buzzer, the joyous Raptors broke into chants of “U-S-A! U-S-A!” to rub salt in the wound of the Canadian

visitors.

Jourdain subsequently was tagged for unsportsmanlike conduct for exhibiting her displeasure with the opposition’s taunting.

Parsons had a fantastic outing despite the loss, making 43 saves, while Cheatham compiled 16 stops for East Ridge.

The Muskies took on the Lake of the Woods Bears (Baudette) in an exhibition game here last night in a rematch of Fort High’s 10-0 victory there Dec. 2.

The outcome was unavailable as of press time.

Fort High (7-0 in NorWOSSA play) then hosted the St. Thomas Aquinas Saints (Kenora) this afternoon at the Ice For Kids Arena.

It will be the Muskies’ last game until their rematch with the International Falls Broncos on Jan. 28 at Bronco Arena.

The black-and-gold beat the Broncos 6-2 here back on Dec. 3.

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“They let you rearrange your schedule to accommodate your sports competitions and training,” Alexander explained.

“It’s the best of both worlds,” she enthused. “I’m really lucky to have this opportunity.”

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By Joey Payeur Staff writer

Anika Alexander’s teenage dream involves wreaking havoc on squash courts on both sides of the 49th parallel.

The Fort Frances native, who now calls Winnipeg home, is making waves at her age level— and above—in the sport and is on track to soon make her mark in the U.S. college ranks.

At the U.S. Junior Open in New Haven, Conn. last month, Alexander reached the quarterfinals in the U17 girls’ division in a field of 128 players.

That attracted the attention of scouts from Ivy League school Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., as well as St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. Not too shabby for someone only in Grade 11 at Vincent Massey Collegiate in Winnipeg.

“That was pretty cool,” said Alexander, who was back on her old stomping grounds at the Memorial Sports Centre here to participate in the annual Boxing Day squash tournament.

“There’s a little bit of pressure that comes with that kind of recognition,” she admitted.

“But that’s the real world,” she added. “I know if I put my heart into doing something, I’ll get it done.”

Alexander left Fort Frances after her Grade 8 year to give

rallied from a 2-0 deficit against Alexander at the tourney here before losing in the fifth-anddeciding game, hailed Alexander as a role model for young athletes in the community.

“Anika has proven you can come from a small town and still have success at a sport,” he remarked.

“It’s not geography that holds you back,” Tkachuk stressed.

“It’s your will to succeed and she has the will to succeed.

“I believe Anika will be one of the top Canadian women’s players in the years to come.”

The new year brings stiff new challenges to Alexander, though, as she will move up an age division and will be among the youngest competitors in her category—not that she’s losing any sleep over it.

“I like to play the older girls,” she said. “Even if you lose against them, you always learn something.

“In squash, I honestly never think that you lose when you play,” she reasoned.

“You always win somehow.”

Alexander was in her glory being back around her fellow Fort Frances competitors again during the Boxing Day tourney.

“I always love coming back here,” she enthused. “It reminds me of the bunch of wonderful supporters I have here.

“They’re like family.”

high-level tournaments which force you to miss lots of school,” Alexander noted.

“But I always get back on track with my studies,” she stressed. “I bring homework on the road trips with me.

“I wouldn’t let myself slip in my schoolwork because, for me, school is right even with sports in terms of importance.”

Alexander made her first appearance at the U.S. Junior Open in 2012 and reached the round of 16 before being eliminated.

“I kind of surprised myself in 2012,” she admitted.

“I knew every match would be tough. But I found out there’s not so much distance between myself and the girls at the top of my age group,” she noted.

“It was a big confidence boost for me.”

Last year turned out to be a very successful campaign for Alexander—capturing both the junior division and the men’s ‘B’ title at the Manitoba Open, the province’s most prestigious squash tournament.

Alexander also finished fifth in the U17 division at the Canadian junior nationals in Richmond, B.C. and was seventh at the Canadian Junior Open in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont. one week before her impressive run at the U.S. Junior Open.

Sunset Country Squash Club president Bob Tkachuk, who

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Lakers’ forward Lucas DeBenedet powered his way through this stick check attempt by English River’s Eric Masters during the first period of Saturday night’s —Joey Payeur photo game here.

Lakers keep on winning More from B1 added goals.

Morales, Vincent Currao, Brendan Wilde, and Paul Lamoureaux replied for English River.

Cartney had 26 stops in the victory while P.D. Melgoza made 36 saves in a losing effort.

The game marked the return of Spicer after missing the previous 10 games with an upper-body injury.

But just three shifts into the game, the Fort Frances native was hit into the boards from behind and suffered a shoulder injury that will put him back on the shelf indefinitely.

“We’ll have to wait . . . to see the extent of his injury,” noted Strachan, who felt a major penalty should have been whistled on the play, which went unpenalized.

“We hope it’s not as serious as the last [injury],” Strachan added.

“It’s a bad break for [Spicer].”

Forward Donovan Cousineau, meanwhile, who has been out since Nov. 9 with a knee injury, said Saturday his knee is improving slowly,

but that he still was several weeks away from returning to the lineup.

With the pair out, Strachan decided to bolster his roster with Jasper and two other new acquisitions after the CJAHL roster freeze was lifted New Year’s Day. The Lakers picked up defenceman Cam Jackson from the Gustavus Adolphus College Gusties (Saint Peter, Mn.) as a free agent, then acquired forward Ryan McQueen from the Neepawa Natives of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for future considerations.

Jackson, 19, had 23 points in 25 regular-season games with the Lakeville (Mn.) South High School Cougars last season, but was not listed as having seen any action with the Gusties this year. “[Jackson] is a strong skater, moves the puck well, and should add depth to our defence,” said Strachan.

As for McQueen, Fort Frances will be his third home this season after starting with the Virden Oil Capitals of the MJHL, where he had no points in three games.

The 18-year-old then was

dealt to the Natives on Nov. 8, notching three goals in 13 games.

McQueen previously spent two years with the Thunder Bay Kings Midget ‘AAA’ program, garnering 24 points in 42 games. “[McQueen] will add depth to our team up front with the trade of Torrin Grange to the Elliot Lake Bobcats of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League,” Strachan said of his third transaction of the week, with a player development fee coming the other way from the Bobcats.

“Ryan is a strong skater and . . . will add some size to the team up front,” he added.

The Lakers (28-3-0-2) next host the Minnesota Iron Rangers (20-8-2-2) tonight, who are tied with the Thunder Bay North Stars (20-6-1-3) for second place although the Stars hold two games in hand.

The Lakers then head on the road for a three-game trip that will seem them face the Wisconsin Wilderness on Saturday, Thunder Bay next Tuesday, and then Minnesota the following night (Jan. 15).

Defending champs oust Muskies More from B1 have even gone to OT since we outshot them 37-17,” he noted.

Later Thursday, the Muskies took the lead in their second game against St. John’s-Ravenscourt on the strength of Braden Webb’s first-period goal.

The Eagles tied it before Tyler Mosbeck regained the lead for Fort High in the second.

But with six minutes left, Cole Tymkin was given a fiveminute major and game misconduct for making contact to the head of an Eagles’ player.

St. John’s-Ravenscourt promptly made hay on the extended man-advantage, scoring

two quick goals for a 3-2 triumph.

The Muskies bounced back Friday morning to blank the Garden City Gophers (Winnipeg) 6-0 to clinch second place in Pool ‘C’ of the 12-team tournament.

VanUden and Mosbeck made it 2-0 in the first before the black-and-gold racked up four goals in the second from David Pryde, Carter Brown, McDowall, and Nolan Vold.

Kaemingh earned the shutout.

The Muskies (4-1 in NorWOSSA play) were back in action last night against the vis-

iting St. Thomas Aquinas Saints of Kenora (the outcome wasn’t available by press time).

Fort High then heads south for a couple of exhibition games—facing the Lafayette Eagles on Friday in Red Lake Falls before meeting the Detroit Lakes Lakers on Saturday.

Forward Malcolm King, who has been in and out of the lineup this season with a shoulder injury, is expected to return to action this weekend.

The Muskies don’t play on home ice again until Jan. 28, when the Dryden Eagles visit for a NorWOSSA showdown.

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At least I got the Saints’ record right. I just wasn’t counting on a Panthers’ revival.

NFC West Prediction—1. San Francisco (13-3) 2. Seattle (10-6) 3. St. Louis (8-8) 4. Arizona (2-14) Actual—1. Seattle (13-3) 2.

San Francisco (12-4) 3. Arizona (10-6) 4. St. Louis (7-9) So I had 13-3 right as the record that would win the division, just the wrong team.

In the not-so-close department, I was eight short on Arizona’s win total. Carson Palmer apparently still can play a little football after all.

I’m sure the Oakland Raiders are thrilled with that development.

AFC East Predictions—1. New England (12-4) 2. Miami (8-8) 3. Buffalo (5-11) 4. N.Y. Jets (3-13) Actual—1. New England (124) 2. N.Y. Jets (8-8) 3. Miami (8-8) 4. Buffalo (6-10) Well, what do you know? I actually got the Pats right on the money and nailed the Dolphins’ record.

Nobody saw the Jets as a .500 team after their pre-season and, really, I should just assume Buffalo is going to finish in the basement every year.

AFC North Prediction—1. Cincinnati (106) 2. Baltimore (9-7) 3. Pittsburgh (7-9) 4. Cleveland (4-12) Actual—1. Cincinnati (11-5) 2. Pittsburgh (8-8) 3. Baltimore (8-8) 4. Cleveland (4-12) Probably my best division of the season, even though I had called this one the AFC Central (old habits die hard).

I got the two Ohio teams in the right spots, and was a tiebreaker away from going 4-for-4.

I also got the Browns’ record perfect and was only one game off on the other three teams.

I believe this is the time to invoke the time-tested cliché that even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in a while.

AFC South Prediction—1. Indianapolis (11-5) 2. Houston (9-7) 3. Tennessee (7-9) 4. Jacksonville (214) Actual—1. Indianapolis (11-5) 2. Tennessee (7-9) 3. Jacksonville (4-12) 4. Houston (2-14) Another good division for me for the most part. Dead on with the Colts and got the Titans’ record perfect.

But the complete collapse of the Texans caught me off-guard, as I’m sure it did Houston fans.

AFC West Predictions—1. Denver (142) 2. Kansas City (7-9) 3. San Diego (6-10) 4. Oakland (3-13) Actual: 1. Denver (13-3) 2.

Kansas City (11-5) 3. San Diego (9-7) 4. Oakland (4-12) OK, so I missed on the records. But, after what you’ve already read, you have to give me a little credit on going 4-for-4 in terms of the teams’ placements (OK, you don’t have to but it would be appreciated).

As for the divisional playoffs (OK, I cheated a little and didn’t pick the wild-card games), I see Denver beating San Diego and New England handling Indianapolis in the AFC. As for the NFC, give me New Orleans to upset Seattle and San Francisco to continue its amazing roll with a win over Carolina.

Denver then beats New England in the AFC title game while New Orleans proves all the doubters of their road-game abilities wrong by taking out the 49ers.

And for all the marbles, Peyton Manning caps a brilliant season for the Broncos by beating Drew Brees and the Saints in the frosty confines of MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Hey, Manning won me my fantasy football pool. I’m not bailing on him now.

Local rink vying for berth More from B1 Ben Mikkelson and Mike Assad also will carry the Fort William banner into the competition.

Dan Lemieux (Sault Ste. Marie) and John Cummine (Sioux Lookout) round out the field.

The first draw, set for Friday

at 9 a.m., will include Bolen taking on Cummine, with the winner playing Burgess at 2:30 p.m.

Other afternoon contests will feature Mikkelson battling Johnston, Adams challenging Assad, and Lemieux locking horns with Bonot.

There also will be an evening draw Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday will see action kick off at 9:30 a.m., with the ‘A’ final set for 2:30 p.m., followed by another draw at 7:30 p.m.

The ‘B’ final goes Sunday at 9 a.m., with the ‘C’ final set for 2 p.m.

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If I was looking to get paid for every accurate prediction, I’d be in big trouble—or a lot skinnier since buying food might become a more difficult accomplishment.

Here’s a look back at my NFL predictions for the just-completed regular season, along with a few more guesses with regards to the playoffs.

I will repeat my previous warning: don’t call Vegas with these selections (they would be what are known as sucker bets).

NFC East Prediction—1. Dallas (11-5) 2. Washington (10-6) 3. N.Y. Giants (9-7) 4. Philadelphia (6-10) Actual—1. Philadelphia (106) 2. Dallas (8-8) 3. N.Y. Giants (7-9) 4. Washington (3-13) Let’s see. I got the Giants’ placement right and was no closer than two games off on any of the team’s records.

A nightmare Week 17 loss by my Cowboys to the Eagles—to lose both the division and a playoff spot—capped my completely off-the-mark season.

NFC North Predictions—1. Chicago (106) 2. Green Bay (9-7) 3. Minnesota (7-9) 4. Detroit (4-12) Actual—1. Green Bay (8-7-1) 2. Chicago (8-8) 3. Detroit (7-9) 4. Minnesota (5-10-1) 0-for-4 in both placements and records, which I deserve for calling this the NFC Central in the pre-season.

If Green Bay hadn’t tied Minnesota, I would have had the Packers’ record dead on.

Ditto for the Bears’ placement—if it wasn’t for Aaron Rodgers and Randall Cobb rising from injury-list purgatory to turn Soldier Field into the House of Blues on the final day of the season.

NFC South Prediction—1. New Orleans (11-5) 2. Atlanta (8-8) 3. Tampa Bay (5-11) 4. Carolina (3-13) Actual—1. Carolina (12-4) 2.

New Orleans (11-5) 3. Atlanta (4-12) 4. Tampa Bay (4-12) Wow, really nailed that Carolina pick, didn’t I? And Atlanta

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Keffer rink falls short at provincials

Will this cold snap ever end?

It sure is a good thing that our summers are as nice as they are across Sunset Country because the cold weather we’ve had over the past month really has me questioning why anyone would want to live here.

Over the past week, I’ve had to spend my days outside after booking a multi-day ice-fishing trip with three anglers from the Hamilton area earlier in the winter.

For everyone who thinks my job is so great, I can tell you that I’ve been earning the time that I have coming up in Florida in a couple of weeks when I head down there for the first FLW Tour bass tournament of the year.

Daily temperatures since Saturday barely have touched minus-40 when you factor in the windchill, peaking on Sunday when it was around minus-50 on the ice.

I honestly can tell you that I think Sunday was the coldest day I’ve ever experienced—certainly while fishing.

Normally I would not even consider heading outdoors when temperatures are like this, but these guys travelled a long way to experience the great ice-fishing opportunities we have in this

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By Joey Payeur Staff writer

One of my guests poked his head out of a portable shelter to show off a big walleye. —Jeff Gustafson photo

area.

Unfortunately, the conditions (not only the cold but the deep snow, as well) severely hampered our ability to get around and fish everywhere we wanted to go.

We were able to get out on Lake of the Woods on some of the ice roads that are scattered around the lake and set up portable shelters to fish out of.

I tried to be a tough guy and fish outside a few times, but it was a battle. It’s hard to keep your line and hole from freezing up within minutes and it was nearly impossible to fish without wearing gloves or mittens, which is what I usually do under normal winter conditions.

Finally, it’s very hard on the fish. Within a minute of being out of the water, their eyes and

gill are freezing, which obviously is a bad deal because we were releasing most of the fish we were catching.

Considering the wicked conditions, the fishing actually has been OK over the past few days.

We did not catch the numbers of fish that we might in March, when everything seems to get a little more active, but we were able to catch a few nice lake trout, a bunch of nice pike, a handful a big walleye, and enough eater-sized walleye to have a couple of nice meals out on the ice.

Although we weren’t able to have a full shore lunch over a fire with all the fixings, we did set up a portable propane cooker inside one of our shelters to cook some fish to snack on.

It was my first time eating

fish in a while and regardless of the temperature, fresh walleye always tastes great!

The cold weather, however, is starting to get depressing for all of us. And you have to feel bad for all the wildlife across the region. I had a deer in my yard one evening over the weekend and it had a rough time just jumping through my yard in the deep snow.

Some of the bald eagles that have been hanging around, instead of flying south, also have to be hurting with the nasty windchill. It’s tough on everything.

Fortunately, it looks like we have a warming trend approaching this weekend. Let’s just hope we don’t get another foot of snow!

Stay warm!

The unfinished business from last season will remain so for at least one more year for Isaac Keffer.

The former Muskie and his rink, based out of the Port Arthur Curling Club in Thunder Bay, finished with a 3-4 record to sit in a four-way tie for fourth at the junior men’s provincial curling championship in Longlac last week.

Jordan Potter, who shares home ice with Keffer at the Port Arthur club, topped the roundrobin portion with a 6-1 record.

He then won the title with a 6-4 victory over Sudbury’s Tanner Horgan in the final after losing 7-2 to Horgan in the roundrobin finale.

Potter now advances to the M&M Meat Shops Canadian junior men’s curling championship Jan. 18-26 in Liverpool, N.S. Keffer, who finished second at last year’s provincials, went into this year’s event looking to make amends for coming up one game short in 2013.

His team, which included third Zacharia Warkentin, second Joshua Szajewski, and lead Mike Zsakai, appeared to be on their way to making that quest a reality in the early going.

Keffer lost his opener 8-5 to Sam Cull (Sudbury) after giving up a steal of three in the 10th.

But after that, the Port Arthur crew pieced together a threegame winning streak that had them in a tie for second through four draws.

Keffer dumped Cody Tetreault (Thessalon) 8-5, using a fourender in the 10th to seal the victory.

Port Arthur clubmate Matthew Smith was Keffer’s next victim as a four-ender in the second propelled Keffer to a 7-1 lead after five and an eventual 8-4 win in eight ends.

Hometown favourite Cedric Lachance (Longlac) was the next to feel Keffer’s wrath in a 10-5 decision.

Keffer scored three in the third and led 4-3 after five. He then broke the game open with a deuce in the sixth and a steal of one in the seventh to go up by four.

Lachance managed a pair in the eighth, but Keffer chalked up another three-spot in the ninth to ice the win.

A Draw 5 showdown with Potter turned the tide against Keffer, though, as he was blasted 8-2 in six ends by the eventual champ.

Then facing a pair of must-win games to even have a chance to make the playoffs, Keffer battled Horgan tooth-and-nail before falling 7-6 to be eliminated from further contention.

With only pride on the line in his finale against Nick Dawson (Sault Ste. Marie), Keffer took hold of the game with three in the third to lead 4-1.

But Dawson recorded consecutive deuces in the fourth and fifth ends to go up 5-4.

Keffer tied it in the sixth, but then allowed Dawson to pick up three in the seventh.

Keffer took a single in the eighth but, with no playoff berth on the line for either team, the game was called at that point with Dawson leading 8-6.

That left Keffer tied with Dawson, Cull, and Smith for fourth behind Potter, Horgan (5-2), and Tetreault (4-3).

Lachance was last at 1-6.

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ABORIGINAL HEALTH EDUCATOR Summary of Position: The Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre is currently accepting applications for an Aboriginal Health Educator. This position is a permanent full-time position, to begin in January 2014. The Aboriginal Health Educator will act part of the interdisciplinary team and work closely with the Diabetes Team and Registered Dietician.

Duties and Responsibilities: The Aboriginal Health Educator will work to: â&#x20AC;˘ Increase community awareness of the seriousness of chronic diseases, their risk factors, complications, and potential strategies for prevention of complications â&#x20AC;˘ Improve understanding about healthy lifestyle choices and to promote better self-management behaviors among Aboriginal individuals and their families â&#x20AC;˘ Introduce healthy eating and active lifestyle options in the Aboriginal communities, organizations, and schools â&#x20AC;˘ Establish support groups for Aboriginals and their families to lead healthy eating and active living initiatives â&#x20AC;˘ Support smoking cessation and prevention activities These objectives will be achieved through providing community based programming including ďŹ tness instruction, nutritional information, dangers of tobacco, promotion of smoking cessation, diabetes prevention, workshops and promotion of healthy eating and active living to children and their families, as well as coordination of events related to Health Lifestyles.

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HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER (Internal/External Posting) Reporting to the Manager of Administration (M.O.A.), the Human Resource (H.R.) OfÂżcer will perform overall duties that encompass the Human Resources Management for the First Nation, and as maybe required, will provide advice, assistance and guidance to any of the business entities of Rainy River First Nations.

QualiÂżcations: â&#x20AC;˘ University Degree or College Diploma related to Human Resources Management; â&#x20AC;˘ Five (5) years of experience working in First Nation Administration and/or Business Management; â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of First Nation government, culture and traditions; â&#x20AC;˘ Knowledge of external governments, funding agencies, and employment & training initiatives; â&#x20AC;˘ Excellent verbal and written communication skills; and â&#x20AC;˘ ProÂżcient with computers and software, including word processing, spread sheets, presentations, internet and email.

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To Apply: Applications can be forwarded in person, by Postal Mail, Email, or by Fax to: Hiring Committee - Rainy River First Nations Box 450 Emo, ON P0W-1E0 Fax #: 807-482-2603 Email: d.wilson@bellnet.ca ATTENTION: Human Resources OfÂżcer Position Applications MUST include: â&#x20AC;˘ A cover letter and resume that includes three (3) professional/work related references; â&#x20AC;˘ Written authorization to contact references; and â&#x20AC;˘ A satisfactory Criminal Reference Check dated within (3) months.

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Taking care of your poinsettia

By Melanie Mathieson The Gardening Guru The poinsettia is a true symbol of Christmas and many people can hardly wait to add one to their Christmas decor.

Because they only bloom at Christmas, however, you’ll want to maximize the amount of enjoyment you get from it.

The poinsettia is native to Mexico and actually grows as a six-foot tall shrub in that country. It is a member of the succulent family Euphorbia.

All Euphorbias have a milky juice that contains latex. This is what makes the poinsettia poisonous to humans and pets, so make sure you keep them out of reach.

Most people don’t realize the flower of a poinsettia is actually very small. The coloured part of the plant that we think is the flower actually is coloured leaves that are called bracts that surround the flower itself.

The true flowers are in the centre of the colourful bracts, and actually are yellow and often are depicted as berries in drawings. They are not berries but become seed pods after the plant has finished flowering.

The colours range from white to almost burgundy, with many shades of pink, cream, and, of course, red—the favourite of most. You even can get shades of yellow with the modern hybrids of today.

Much more suited to be treated as a houseplant for the Christmas season, the poinsettia has become a holiday tradition throughout most of North America.

In order to get the maximum enjoyment out of your poinsettia, look at the true flowers when selecting your plant.

Those with the true flowers still closed, or just starting to open, will give you the longest duration of colourful bracts (usually a range of two-four months).

It is very important that when you purchase your poinsettia, make sure that it is not exposed to the cold on the way home.

It also should be wrapped in paper (not plastic) to protect it from the cold.

Make sure your vehicle is warm when you put the plant in it but never place the poinsettia in the direct path of the heater.

Once it leaves the greenhouse, it is up to you to give it proper care and to mimic the best growing conditions in your home. The temperature in which you keep your home is ideal for a poinsettia, but make sure you position it so it is not exposed to drafts, such as near a door.

Also keep in mind that the fireplace mantle is not an ideal spot, either, if you plan to light a fire.

The colourful bracts will stay that way if the plant receives

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The most common mistake with a poinsettia is over-watering. Once you have your poinsettia home, you only will water it when the potting soil is dry to the touch.

Stick your finger right in the soil and make sure the soil is dry below the surface, too (if it is, then water). Water thoroughly to saturate the soil and then do not water it again until the soil has dried out.

The plant may have slightly wilty appearance when the soil is dry, but that is your signal that it is okay to water.

Remember that this plant is a member of the succulent (cactus) family, so over-watering is very harmful. A light misting of the leaves every day will help

keep its humidity needs met and prolong your colour show.

Loss of leaves following wilting often signals that you are over-watering your plant. But if the soil is very dry, these same symptoms also signal a plant that has dried out completely and is suffering from drought.

If your plant is dropping leaves with no signs of wilt, it is indicating to you that is has been exposed to cold temperatures before coming home, or is being subjected to cold or hot drafts in the place that you have put it.

If you are sure it is not being exposed to temperature changes, make sure the light is adequate as low light also can cause leaf drop.

If you have a dry house in the winter months, your poinsettia may show signs that it is suffering from low humidity if the flower heads drop off

and/or the leaf margins on the bracts are yellow or brown.

If your plant has these symptoms, daily misting can remedy the problem.

By following these few tips for taking the best care possible of your once-a-year treat of enjoying the beauty of the poinsettia, you will enjoy its colourful display long after the holidays.

A future column will provide you with tips on how to save the plant and make it bloom next summer.

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HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER Develops, communicates and oversees Human Resources programs, procedures, and policies while performing a wide range of human resources duties including labour relations, recruitment, training, salary / beneÀt administration, HRIS, and Health and Safety.

Complete job descriptions and application forms are available from: • Civic Centre, 320 Portage Ave., Fort Frances, ON P9A 3P9, Phone 807-274-5323, or Town of Fort Frances Website at www.fort-frances.com Please submit completed application, resume and covering letter: • In a sealed envelope clearly marked COMPETITION: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER • On line at www.fort-frances.com • Faxed to 807-274-8479 • E-mailed to mmccaig@fort-frances.com Deadline for applications: Monday, January 24, 2014 at 4:30PM. Chief Administrative OfÀcer Town of Fort Frances 320 Portage Avenue Fort Frances, ON P9A 3P9 Accommodations of persons with disabilities are available for all parts of the recruitment and selection process. Applicants need to make their required accommodations known in advance.

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CLINICAL PROGRAMS MANAGER Summary of Position: The Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre is currently accepting applications for a full time Clinical Programs Manager. This position will act under the direction of the Executive Director. The Clinical Programs Manager will act as part of the Management team.

Duties and Responsibilities: The Clinical Programs Manager will be responsible for overseeing the day to day activities of the Clinical Health related programs for the Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre, within the program approved workplans and budgets. The Clinical Programs Manager will provide direct supervision to staff and ensure required reporting deadlines are met to funding agencies. Other duties include preparing statistical reports and position papers, as well as acting as an organizational representative on community committees or meetings.

Qualifications: • Completion of a University, college or other approved Registered Nursing Program • Current Ontario RN License • Minimum 5 years experience in a senior management role with experience in staff supervision • Strong computer skills • Experience in development and implementation of program workplans, budgets and reporting to funders • Knowledge and experience in Quality Improvement Planning • Valid Drivers License • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Ability to speak Ojibway and prior experience working with aboriginal people a definite asset Qualified applicants are invited to submit a resume, covering letter, 3 work related references and written authorization to contact references no later than 4:00 p.m. on Friday, January 17, 2014 to: Personnel Committee Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre P.O. Box 686 Fort Frances, ON P9A 3M9 807-274-3131 (Phone) 807-274-6280 (Fax) jdebenedet@gizhac.com We thank all candidates in advance, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

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