May 6, 2015 - The Westend Weekly

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The Westend Weekly
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Dudley Hewitt Tournament a triumph for Fort Frances
Harmony of Nations group, Shipper/Receiver, while setting
up, agreed to photos. Mitch Breton: "Oh, us looking cool!"
"Yeah... we met on line," finished Caleb Harrison.
By 7:00 Saturday night The Ice for Kids Arena had standing room only for fans rushing in to see the finals.
Miles Nolan #27 and Nolan Ross #13 in action.
By Charleen Gustafson
busy with meetings and organ"The town's been on fire!" izing, took the time to tell us in
said Mike Allison at the Ice for his words:
Kids Arena Saturday night.
"The 2015 Dudley Hewitt
The excitement was palpable. Cup, championship game was
By 7:00 the fans had filled the played Saturday night in the
seats and were lined up two Ice for Kids Arena to a record
deep in places along the top. sell out crowd. The Lakers finShipper/Receiver was setting ished second to the Soo Thunup in the upstairs foyer to en- derbirds in a thriller affair, 3 to
tertain. The canteens were 2.
busy.
The Soo Thunderbirds move
We are really fortunate that on to the Royal Bank Cup in
Larry Patrick, 2015 Dudley Portage La Prairie and we
Hewitt Tournament Chairman, wish them well!
The Fort Frances Highlanders Piper and Drums opened the
ceremonies.
The atmosphere in the Me- ment Committee received rave
morial Sports Centre, Ice for reviews for the planning/orgaKids Arena, was electric and nizing of the event from the
there was a 'buzz of energy participating teams, out-ofand excitement' like never be- town visitors & hockey dignitaries. Out-of-town visitors
fore.
Fort Frances set a new atten- made several comments about
dance record for the Dudley the warmth and hospitality they
Hewitt Cup. It’s typical of Fort received while staying here. It’s
Frances to showcase stellar a good feeling to know that all
community support for these the planning/organizing was
types of significant events. recognized!
Without a doubt hockey fans
Kudos to this great commuwere treated to great exciting
nity!
The Dudley Hewitt Tourna- hockey action for the week!
Canteen workers, Mike Cairns, Caitlin Fletcher and Leslee
Crowe were kept very busy between periods.
The Memorial Sports Centre, out sponsorships and volunIce for Kids Arena was alive teers this event would not have
with a vibrancy of hockey ac- been possible. Thanks to the
tion, kiosks, merchandising, aforementioned!
chuck-a-puck, Shoot-to-Win,
Huge accolades have to be
T-shirt toss, Harmony of Na- given to Coach Strachan and
tions music and much more.
his entire coaching staff and
The 2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup trainers for putting together an
was showcased as a highly suc- excellent hockey team that had
cessful event because of two a stupendous season on and off
major players. The collective the ice. The 2014/15 Lakers
sponsorship support of Fort hockey players can hold their
Frances & the District was heads high for their hockey
overwhelming. Again, as it has success this season and for embeen previously stated, Fort bracing our community with all
Frances and the District their collective volunteerism.
demonstrated its community Your 2015 Dudley Hewitt Cup
support in stellar fashion. The performance ranks with the
Dudley Hewitt Tournament best Fort Frances has seen.
Committee and its legion of Congrats and good luck with
passionate and dedicated vol- all your future endeavors.
unteers played a huge part in
“Thank you!”
the success of this event. The
From Larry Patrick, 2015
volunteers were tireless and re- Dudley Hewitt Tournament
lentless in attending to the Chairman"
many tasks associated with an
event of this magnitude. With-
The Little Laker, Anthony Yerxa!
Aela Mackintosh and Melissa McPherson take a break to
pose with their young friend Alexa Yerxa, Anthony Yerxa's
cousin.
By Charleen Gustafson
Meanwhile, sitting behind us
The opening ceremonies of
was Jackson Pavier, a young
the Dudley Hewitt Tournafan who was eager for the
ment Tuesday April 28, had all
game to begin. As the Fort
the local dignitaries and the
Frances Highlanders started
teams on the ice, and a wonplaying and the excitement
derful surprise, The Little
mounted, Jackson looked
Laker. As the team came out,
around, "Wow!" was all he
Wilma Yerxa-Bird clicked exsaid.
citedly on her camera saying,
Wow! was a sentiment
"That"s my boy!"
shared by all the fans as the
Anthony Yerxa,the Little Laker, at seven years old, polite,
well-mannered and a rising hockey star.
game ended in overtime with dous community spirit. They
the Lakers gaining a goal, were on the committee for the
beating Toronto.
tournament and helped with
The Lakers' second game sponsors. "I wanted to get insaw a huge crowd and lots of volved with something for Fort
volunteers eagerly watching Frances, something we can all
for a repeat of the first game. get behind and root for," exAela Mackintosh and Melissa plained Aela. Melissa dittoed
McPherson were selling pro- those feelings and said, " I am
grams that night. They both also here to cheer for my
love hockey and have tremen- cousin, #13 Nolan Ross."
Jackson Pavier, patiently awaiting the first game.
After first period Anthony
We were then joined by a
bubbly young friend of theirs, and his caretakers, Wilma
Alexa Yerxa. "Nolan Ross is Yerxa Bird and Percy Bird met
my cousin but I like all the me in the foyer. Anthony is
players," she said. Alexa played seven years old and has played
left wing of the Calder Legal hockey since he was four. He
Eagles team this year. When I plays centre. I asked him how
asked if she could arrange an he became the Little Laker.
interview with her cousin An- "They like me. I high-five them
thony, she set off immediately before and after the games.
to find him.
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Page 2, The Westend Weekly, May 6, 2015
From the house submitted by John Rafferty M.P.
This week in Ottawa I
brought some local history to
the floor of the House of Commons, and the Auditor General
tabled his annual spring report
on the government’s activities.
This week I had a Private
Members’ Statement and I
opted to share some local history with my fellow MPs from
across the country, and it may
even surprise a few readers to
learn about it as well. Here is
the full text of my statement delivered on Thursday April 30...
“Mr. Speaker, This past weekend, it was my distinct honour
to be invited to the 69th Military Ball hosted by the Officers
of the Lake Superior Scottish
Regiment and Garrison Officer’s Mess. Let me offer a special thanks to Major David
Ratz and the entire 2015 Ball
Planning Committee for organizing a wonderful evening, and
a special mention to the incomparable MacGillvray Pipe
Band. Thunder Bay is known
as the ‘City of the Poppy.’ On
July 5th, 1921, the Great War
Veterans Association, a forerunner of the Royal Canadian
Legion, held their national organizational meeting in Port
Arthur, Ontario. There, they approved the poppy to be worn on
the anniversary of Armistice
Day. Within a year, all Legion
branches across the country
wore the poppy as a means of
remembrance. Thousands of
men and women from Northwestern Ontario have served in
the defense of Canada. Lest we
forget.”
As May 3rd this year is the
100th anniversary of the writing of the iconic poem “In
Flanders Fields” by John McCrae I thought this statement a
few days ahead was a fitting
subject.
On the more serious side of
my work this week we also received the annual spring Auditor General’s report on the
government’s operations. Each
spring the Auditor General
takes a look at some specific
government programs and
evaluates their effectiveness to
ensure that we are getting value
for our money and that the
services we are provided are
being provided in a competent
manner. This year, the Auditor
General looked at many programs and services, including;
the parole system for convicted
criminals and access to health
services for First Nations
among others. Here are some of
his findings;
Correctional Service of
Canada officials recommended
fewer people for early release
in 2013-14 than in 2011-12,
even if the offender was assessed as a low risk to reoffend,
leading to an additional $91million annual cost.
People living in remote First
Nations in Manitoba and Ontario aren't guaranteed to have
access to clinical and client
care services, with major health
and safety problems at the
nursing stations, and only one
of the 45 nurses evaluated finishing the five mandatory training courses chosen for the
audit.
The Auditor General also
looked at the Conservatives’
promotion and use of various
specific tax credits (ie: Child
Fitness Tax Credit, First Time
Homeowner Tax Credit) to see
how much those tax credits are
costing the government and
how much they are being used
by Canadians. His key findings
include;
Information provided by the
Department of Finance Canada
on tax-based expenditures does
not adequately support parliamentary oversight.
Evaluations prepared by the
Department were generally not
published.
Examples were found where
the Department of Finance
Canada identified issues in relation to certain tax measures
before implementing them. Despite those issues, the Department had yet to evaluate these
tax measures.
In a nutshell, the Auditor
General’s finding are that the
Department of Finance is keeping parliament in the dark
about the usage and costs of
these tax credits, that they are
also keeping the information
from the public, and most importantly that in many cases the
government has no idea how
much these tax credits cost, if
they are even being used, and
by whom. Put even more concisely; when it comes to these
and other tax credits the Conservative government is both
secretive and incompetent.
So another busy week is behind us, but it was a week
where parliament learned a bit
more about Thunder Bay, and
the Auditor General found
many ways to improve the way
in which our government can
improve the services it provides to us.
Moos by Kim Jo Bliss
Wow – what a great week!
We certainly have a great start
on planting at EARS. We are
holding off planting soybeans
at least until next week but we
have been busy with everything else. Of course, we are
still waiting on seed and protocols but as they come we can
quickly pop them into the
ground. Many farmers have
completed their spring seeding
and others have a great start!
It is nice that we are getting
this early start this year after
such a miserable year in 2014.
I spent the entire weekend at
home farming. I was amazed
at how much work you accomplish by staying home. I
missed a 4-H Training Session
but I just couldn’t bear to leave
with such good weather to
work at home. We sorted out
cows for breeding and let the
bulls out. Calves were given
their vaccine booster and
sorted out with their moms in
their new spot on the farm.
We are still waiting for our
sheep to be sheared but we put
all but two moms outside with
their new families. It was too
messy in the barn with all the
new lambs. Our last ewe
lambed on Sunday – she had
triplets. Last year she had
quads so she will be a little
less busy this year. We
cleaned the barn – sheep are
harder to keep clean than cows
I find. We did this all without
the help of Maddie and Marlee
– they were busy with their
garage sale this weekend. I
did some yard work and was
hoping to cut some grass but
the lawn mower didn’t want to
start so I decided I should go
fencing! I managed to get
around all my own pasture and
only had a few trees to cut off
the fence. There were a few
staples that had been knocked
out by deer but generally
things were in good shape. It
is quite amazing to see how
dry it actually is for this time
of the year – it is more like the
beginning of June. I am not
complaining but it certainly is
different for us. I decided to
whipper snipper all the dead
grass under the electric fence
for the sheep. It was a good
time to do it since the long
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grass was still dry so it cut
quite quickly. The new lambs
struggle for a bit to understand
why the fence snaps at them.
We are bringing some lambs to
the Farmer’s Market this coming weekend (9th) so be sure
to stop in and see them. They
grow quickly so this is likely
the best weekend –plus it’s the
Mother’s Day Market – so it
seems appropriate to show off
some of our Mamma’s. I understand M.A. Photography
will also be on hand to take
pictures with a lamb or two.
The Rainy River Stewardship trees have arrived. They
are at EARS and if you prebooked I will call and let you
know that they are in. If you
are interested in them – we
have Red Pine, White Spruce
and Cedar. They are $5.00 per
bundle – so Red Pine and
White Spruce are in bundles of
20 and Cedar is in a bundle of
10.
Wishing everyone a great
week and once again – get out
and enjoy this incredible
Spring Weather!
The Little Laker
continued from page 1
They came to my school. I got
to colour with the Lakers in
SK."
I asked Wilma for more information, this is what she said:
"Thanks for talking with Anthony. He was a little shy,
most times he's very happy to
talk about his Lakers!
Anthony has been a fan since
he was 4 years old. He just
turned 7 in March. He stands
in the same place at the games
so he can "high five" the players and wish them good luck.
He knows most of the players
on a first name basis. Some of
the players he has met at
school. The Lakers help out in
his classroom as they are involved in the community. He
has received hockey sticks
from them after big games.
He has had the honour of
being their Little Laker several
times. He especially likes this
as he has the opportunity to be
in the dressing room before the
game. He watches the Lakers
and practices "their moves" as
he calls it. He likes all the players but his favourites are, Nolan
#27, Jaswal #71 and Cota and
goalie Nathan Park. He has a
horn that he blows at the game
when his players score.
"He saved his money to buy a
season pass this year.
"Anthony is a skilled hockey
player. He plays IP hockey in
the Fort Frances minor hockey
league. His team is the
Rangers. During March break
he played for the Fort William
FN North Stars in Little NHL
hockey tournament held in
Mississauga. He played awesome - 38 goals for the tournament.
They
won
the
championship. It was exciting
for him as he played with his
cousin William and best friend
Ziigwan. He just played in another tournament with Couchiching FN as a novice and did
very well. Came away with
MVP for one of the games.
"Also Anthony's dream is to
play for the Fort Frances Lakers one day and then the NHL."
Everyone knows by now how
the tournament went. The real
winners are the people who encourage and support children to
achieve their dreams. Kudos to
the Lakers not only for their
skills as players but also for
their community involvement.
Anthony understands this.
After the last game he said, "I
just want them to remember
they're still champions."
We all wish the best of fortune to Anthony Yerxa the Little Laker!
Renewable energy all
pain, little gain
By Kenneth P. Green
and Taylor Jackson
The Fraser Institute
BC Hydro's planned project
for a hydroelectric dam on the
Peace River - known as the Site
C dam - is proving to be controversial, with some industry
groups panning the plan while
touting renewable energy
sources such as wind. One
wind energy champion recently
claimed "it would be a breeze
for $10-billion worth of windenergy projects to inflate B.C.'s
economy."
In the debate over how electricity should be provided, we
often hear such lofty and optimistic projections. But if national
and
international
experiences can teach us anything, it's that, so far, more renewable generation leads to
one thing - higher prices.
For example, Germany's Energiewende program. Since
2000, German producers of renewable energy have received
fixed contracts at above-market
prices, and preferential access
to the grid.
The result? Unreliable and intermittent electricity from wind
and solar sources has caused
service failures to increase by
31 per cent since 2009. At certain times, when Germany's renewables are not producing,
high energy-use businesses
have been asked to stop production. And who's on the hook
for compensating businesses
that lose profits? Your everyday, average electricity customer.
In 2001, German electricity
prices were US.12 cents per
kilowatt-hour. According to
OECD data, by 2011, electricity prices had skyrocketed to
US.35 cents per kWh in 2011 an increase of 192 per cent and
far above the average European
cost of about US.25 cents.
Prices for Canada in 2010 came
in at nine cents per kWh, making the cost of electricity for
German households almost
four times higher than in
Canada.
While switching to renewable
electric generation is always
cast against the backdrop of
protecting the environment and
reducing CO2 emissions, the
policies that stimulate renewables have undercut relatively
clean sources of electricity like
natural gas. In fact, Germany
actually increased its consumption of lignite coal in 2013 to
levels not seen since 1990. Although this is not entirely
shocking because something
has to keep the lights on when
it's not sunny or windy, and
coal happens to be the cheapest
option.
Most troubling, though, is
that energy in Germany is becoming a luxury good, as those
at lower income levels simply
can't afford to power their
lights, refrigerators and other
energy-powered
household
comforts that we take for
granted. According to one estimate, more than 300,000 German households have their
power cut off every year because of an inability to pay
electricity bills.
But Canadians need to look
no further than Ontario to see
how renewables can affect
electricity prices. In 2009, Ontario launched its Green Energy
Act, which subsidizes the use
of renewable energy by providing long-term guarantees at
above market prices for renewable producers (wind farms, for
example) through its Feed-inTariff system.
The results? Since 2004, the
total annual power cost in Ontario has risen by more than 50
per cent. And while wind and
solar energy provide just under
4 per cent of Ontario's power,
they account for 20 per cent of
the average commodity cost.
These higher prices also impact business and industry. A
study by economist Ross McKitrick found that a 50 per cent
increase in the price of electricity would reduce the return on
investment for the mining industry by 13 per cent and manufacturing by 29 per cent.
Like in Germany, green energy policies have produced little, if any, environmental
benefits. Indeed, one analysis
found that if only four of the 12
coal-fired power units at
Lambton and Naticoke, which
could have been outfitted with
advanced technology to mitigate pollution before the Ontario government shut them
down, remained in operation,
similar environmental results
could have been achieved at
one-tenth of what was spent on
green energy.
Canadians need access to affordable and reliable energy to
help grow the economy and
enjoy the comforts of modern
life. Based on recent experience, the consequences are
clear. Renewables all but guarantee higher electricity bills.
Kenneth P. Green is Senior
Director and Taylor Jackson is
a Policy Analyst in Natural Resource Studies at The Fraser
Institute.
Rainy River & District Chamber of Commerce
Presents
2015 Trade Show
This Saturday, May 9th
at the Rainy River Community Centre
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Sponsored by:
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Rainy River Walleye Tournament
Exhibitors:
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All Sew
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Austins Clay Creations
Beaver Mills Market
Blue Wave Energy
Busy Beaver Fuels
Chem Free Grad Committee
Covenant Church of Rainy
River
CIBC
EFG Centra Gas
Emo Lions Club
Kid Sport
Kreger Sales and Service
Loewen Greenhouses
Maria Cunningham
Relive-Martha Siemens
Remax-Kathy Judson
Rainy River Drugs
Rainy River Electric
Rainy River Legion
Rainy River Farmers Market
Sarah Campbell MPP
Scentsy
Service Ontario
Seven Generations Education Institute
Shoppers Drug Mart
Sunlife
Sunset Pest Control
Rainy River Future Development Corp.
Rainy River Recreation Centre
Rainy River Walleye Tournament
Riverside Community Support
Town of Rainy River
Westend Fire Department
Woods Quality Bakery
Young Living Essential Oils
Bring the Kids!!
They’ll enjoy the activities at
Kidsport Play Place!
We’ll have Food plus Snacks
The Rainy River
Farmer’s Market
has lots to offer!
Door Prize
Patio Table & Chairs
donated by
Rainy River Hardware
Enter at the Chamber Booth
Must present Passport
Passport Rules:
Must be in attendance,
pay entry fee, collect
stamps from 20 exhibitors. More than 1
entry can be made but
each must have 20 different stamps.
Gun & Hobby Show brings out the families
Attendees browse the overwhelming collection of guns at the
numerous tables.
Stan Barta wraps up his first sale of the day: a three barrel
set for a 11-87 shotgun.
Spencer King shows some of his products to Aaron and
Quinn Mishibinijima.
Hannah Loewen makes a sale at the Loewen Greenhouse
booth. The most popular item that day? Tomato and cucumber patio plants.
Philipp Gerber's artwork was on display at one of the
booths, with these particular pieces being drawn in pen.
Danielle and Joe Krahn of DanJoJo Woodworking stand behind their gorgeous, rustic and refurbished collection.
Tasha Stafford paints a camouflage pattern on Addison
Hyatt.
by Melissa Friesen
This Saturday marked the
7th annual Gun & Hobby
show. Just under 500 people
showed up at the Fort Frances
Curling Rink to browse the
wide variety of guns, woodworking,
baked
goods,
kitchen essentials, guns, ammunition, clothing, guns,
patio plants, and well, guns.
Truth be told, I'm a bit ignorant when it comes to guns.
They all look the same to me:
boring. But as one quickly
finds out, every gun, and certainly every owner, has a
story. It's often at these types
of events when you get a
chance to really interact with
the greater community. You
might never know what people are passionate about until
they're standing behind a
booth. You might not know
what it takes to turn a piece of
scrap wood into rustic picture
frames, or what kind of care
goes developing each plant in
a greenhouse. That is, until
you start asking questions.
From long-time gun collectors to nutritional supplement
advocates and essential oils
gurus - they all spent time
and money to attend, and represent something they thought
was worthwhile for the public. It was a good mix of entrepreneurs and hobbyists.
I talked to a man named
Spencer from Dryden who's
been collecting old cartridges
from Britain and beyond since
the early 90s - and he had an
overflowing table of them to
prove it. It's all absolutely fascinating and so wildly out of
my range of knowledge or interest. The admission fee to
the event is a small price to
pay for the stories you might
be able to hear.
Besides Spencer, there were
a host of other vendors. Seventy-eight tables were booked,
with some vendors using 2 or
3 tables depending on their
display. That's an increase of
15 more tables from last year.
Scott Stafford, who started this
event with his wife Tasha in
2008, credits much of this increase to out-of-town vendors
from places like Winnipeg and
Thunder Bay. "This year I
guess word got out!"
Of the roughly 500 people
who walked through the doors
on Saturday, 100 of those
were kids under 12. "It shows
that it's a family event," says
Scott. His wife Tasha spent
most of the day stationed at
the Kids' Corner for face painting and activities.
Although the guns are the
main attraction, the hobbies
make up a big part of the show,
too. Scott believes that focusing on the hobbies has been a
key component in gaining interest from the general public.
"I think the reason we've had
the success that we've had here
is because we've really focused
on the hobby side of things as
Carol Ens faithfully supports her husband Corny at the gun
shows. When she's not busy she knits for charity and was
working on her second toque of the day when I talked to her.
With the 10th anniversary
well. It makes it more of a
being 3 years away, Scott has
family event."
In fact, a large reason why some ideas for how to continue
the Staffords are committed to to improve and expand the
the show is to support family event, including bringing back
involvement. "I think any- the antler measuring. As far as
thing to do with getting out- his own family is concerned,
doors is beneficial. The they're dedicated to realizing
shooting sports often goes the full potential of this show.
hand-in-hand with family "As far as long range, our famtime. So do hobbies. Family ily is looking forward to doing
time is what we're about here it for the next 20 years."
When Scott wasn't busy , he
at this point in our lives. Anything that can help us slow found time to browse the wide
down and get together with selection of guns for himself.
other
individuals
and After selling one of his own he
family,that's the big benefit bought 3 more. So how many
does he have? "They say if
that we see."
The Stafford family travels to you know how many you have
6-8 gun shows a year and ac- then you don't have enough, so
cording to Scott, the Fort I guess I have enough." But
Frances show has the most va- there's always room for more
next year.
riety for families.
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Immediately:
Someone to maintain and
cut/rake lawn/leaves during the spring, summer,
fall. Location Town of
Rainy River Please phone
807 271-4014.
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LOST/FOUND
GARAGE &
YARD SALES
Rummage Sale, Friday,
May 8th from 8am to
6pm and Saturday May
9th from 8am to 6pm.
Rainy River: 118 Fourth
Street.
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Group Garage Sale Saturday, May 9th from 8am to
12 noon in Fort Frances
at 1008 River Rd. W.
(south of Can. Tire).
Hockey equip, fish aquarium, collectibles, baby
clothes, etc.
7
Yard Sale Saturday, May
9th 9-5pm. Antiques, collectables, tools, sport
items, steamer trunk,
kerosene fired egg incubator and much more.
5km north on Barwick
Rd., watch for signs. 7
MISC. FOR SALE
Central Boiler E-Classic
2300
OUTDOOR
WOOD FURNACE. Less
Time. Less Mess. Fewer
Emissions. EPA Qualified. Over 85% Efficient.
Call Today. Emo Feed
Service Ltd., Canning
Lane, Emo, ON, 4822017.
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camp. $250. Or best offer.
Phone 807-708-4949. 8
JD 13hp riding lawn
mower, 38” cut, 5 spd,
new blades, ready to go,
$600 obo ph. 276-4933.
8
2 Truck TFX fender
mounted Alum. Tool
Boxes 90” Long ph. 8523592.
7
Pop up camper; 5 farm
gates 4’x16’; 2 farm
troughs, call 852-3674.
7
Horizon Fitness ELITE
2.0T Treadmill (2002),
used very little. One
owner. Manual available.
In excellent condition.
Digital photo available
Jigs! Glow jigs & spin- upon request. $250 or best
ners, Disco jigs, other offer. 481-9930@ Bear's
7
coloured jigs, red/green Pass.
spinners, custom orders,
ph. 852-3669.
s Belle Espress Vu model
3100 satellite receiver &
Admiral frost free refrig- remote, $35.00 phone
7
erator in good condition. 274-9910.
Perfect for 2nd or "beer"
fridge. $50 OBO . 274- Cement lawn roller 28”
7900.
7 overall width 12” high; 3
pt. hitch belt drive buzz
Kitchen table $60; girls saw; 2 belt drive buzz
pink bike $55.00; draw- saw, call Harvey at 4838
ing chalkboard easel $30; 5362 or 934-2566.
TV stand, black, $45.00;
basketball set for kids
WANTED
$30; dresser $40; winter
boots, sandals, kids &
ladies, spring horse $25, Headers for a F series
more, call 271-2705. 7 Gleaner combine ph.
David 487-1598.
7
used gas power lawn
mowers call 274-7499.
Wanted for rent 1,2,3 bed7
room apt., cottage or
house. Between Nester
3 assorted exercise ma- Falls, Rainy River and
chines $20 ea. or 3 for Rainy Lake areas. Fur$50 ph. 486-3512.
8 nished and unfurnished.
Phone 289-834-4703.. 8
front axle for a 1986
Honda 350 TRX 4x4 Wanted unwanted broken
4wheeler $100.00 gas down lawn mowers gartank for a Honda TRX den tillers power saw
350 4wheeler $50 for weed eaters call 274-7499
8
parts 7.5hp Johnson out .
board motor $40 3&4
wheeler racks $20 each Firearms in any condition.
call 271-2758
8 Need not be complete or
working. Also interested
gas powered lawn mow- in parts, scopes, ammuniers $50.00 and up call tion, reloading compo271-2758.
8 nents and any related
items. Fair prices paid.
48
Riding Lawn Mower, 274-0472 .
42”, 17 hp $400.00 call
Fred 487-1502.
8
Used tires 165-14, good
shape ph. 488-5434. 7
Aeropilates performer
271 exercise machine includes dvd , hardly used
$200; George St Pierre
Rushfit dvd set, opened
never used $50, ph. 2746879.
7
Small
manual
tire
changer, will do 16" tires.
$75.00 Ph. 807-487-2548.
8
Full set of Pearl Drums
with stool, etc. for sale
Phone: 807-274-6639. 8
crafts
man,R/MD,30
inch,Rear-Engine,2-in-1
Rider,Lawn Tractor,not a
year old ,only used a few
times on a very small
yard,payed
$1200.00
open to offers.phone 807274-1644.
7
finished loft and 3-season
sun room. House to be
Has newer
moved.
plumbing and wiring,
some new windows and
doors, renovated in 2005,
new roof in 2008, baseboard and wood stove
heat asking $4,000.00 ph.
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852-3481.
House for rent/sale centrally located on Atwood
Ave, Rainy River, avail.
June 15, 2 br, 1100 sq. ft.
stove,
fridge,
incl.
washer, dryer, dishwasher, 3 season sun
porch, fenced back yard
and water garden.
House for Sale at 408
Butler St., close to marina
and Sportsplex, two bed,
one bath, mostly finished
basement, updated, new
a/c
garage,
roof,
$142,000 ph. 807-7088
4949.
House for rent 2 miles N.
of Stratton, 602 Ball Rd.,
8
ph. 483-1450.
CARS & TRUCKS
2005 Chev 2500HD truck
6.6 turbo Duramax diesel
with Allison trans. Never
used comercially.Condition immaculate. Loaded.
$19,950. Phone 807-2745792. (Crew Cab).
7
1998 Mercury Sable in
good cond. set of winter
tires included, asking
$1,500; 2000 GMC
Jimmy in good cond. asking $3,200 obo ph. 4863882.
7
NOTICES
1998 14 foot Naden and
15HP Johnson plus
House for sale: This spacious 2,074 sq. ft. bungalow is located in Rainy
River with a beautiful
view of the river. It has
been completely renovated with a gas fireplace
installed in 2014. Hardwood floors throughout
except in 2 of the 3 bedrooms. Enter the house
from a 2 car garage, large
foyer with laundry/craft
room and one of the bathrooms to the right. Open
concept displays a beautiful kitchen, dining, living
room. Fenced in back
yard and large front and
back decks. Decorating
in the house is tasteful and
neutral, ready to move in,
view at norealtyfee Rainy
River - 497 River Avenue
East, phone 852-4748.
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We are now scrapping for parts the following vehicles:
2006 Ford F250SD
2008 Fusion
2010 Chevy Silverado
2013 Caravan
Need used parts? Call or stop at
274-7243
Your outdoor
furnace dealer!
2009 Pontiac Montana
Mini Van, High miles, In
good condition, With
safety. $3,995.00 With
trailer package $4,395.00
Ph. 807-487-2548 No
Sunday calls.
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2000 GMC ¾ Ton Crew
Cab Sierra 2500 with
brush guard, bed liner,
new tires, short box.
274000 kms. Black in
colour. Phone: 807-2746639.
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Buying
scrap
metal!!
Paying $150 - $500 for cars
Call for estimate on
Steel, Aluminum, etc.
271-2200 or
852-4444 for pickup
and more information
emphill
Heating
Vance Hemphill
Natural Gas & Propane Appliances
Sales, Services & Installation
Professional Duct Cleaning
home, commercial & cottage
maintenance available
807-271-3516
[email protected]
See us for your farm
equipment needs!
McCormick, Landini,
Hesston, Valtra, Kuhn,
MacDon and Farm
King
Check out the website:
www.hlmotors.ca
Mallard Creek Mechanical
[email protected] - Daryl Meck
691 Barwick Road, Phone 487-1395 or 1-807-271-2201
Buy 3 Blinds at
50% Off
and get a 4th
FREE
50% Off
Roller Blinds price 1
Stan’s
I Call Myself
a Prospector
by Bob & Frank Durnin
(local authors)
Available at Amazon.ca
$5.95 Canadian
Prime Property for
sale in Rainy River
#1: 178x150 ft. (3 town lots) 1
1/2 mi. W. of town. Treed on N.,
E. & W with 50’ Evergreens,
manicured lawn, ready to build
on, deal at $40,000.
#2: 2 acres overlooking the
river, located in Twp. of Dawson,
1 1/2 mi. W. of Rainy River, another deal at $40,000.
** Both properties are accessible to town water, gas & hydro,
telephone and high speed internet. Great Walleye and Sturgeon fishing just outside your
door.
Ph# 1-218-434-0473 or 1-807852-3308. Email:
[email protected]
Baudette Dental
David C. Wohlrabe, DDS
406 Main Street N.W.
(Hwy. 11) Baudette, MN
General Dentistry
and Orthodontics
Monday to Thursday 8 to 5
(218) 634-2389
New Patients Welcome!
500 Scott St., Fort Frances
Phone 274-9249
Almost no time left
to sign up for July
performance
Harmony of Nations Music
Festival is seeking local musicians to perform live at the
Fort Frances Waterfront July
17-18, 2015. This is a great
opportunity for aspiring musicians to showcase their music
along with established and
award-winning artists at a
large venue.
Due to the limited space, musicians are asked to submit
their material into the Harmony of Nations - Attention
Artist Selection Committee.
Individuals and/or music
groups who reflect First Nation, Métis, Canadian or
American culture in our area
are encouraged to submit their
music. Please submit your audition material along with a
short biography and your contact information.
Please submit the following:
One original song or innovative song; One song of musi-
Roofing, decking, siding, garages
Drywall, finishing, painting, woodworking
Window and door installation and more
276-2494
Carr's Repair
is a fully licensed truck,
car, and Heavy Equipment Repair shop.
We also have a service
truck to meet your repairs and welding
in
the field.
Located 2 miles east of
Barwick on HWY 11
Phone 487-2548
or see our website at
www.carrsrepairvintageparts.com
Richard and Mark Stamler
Melanie’s Footcare
& Reflexology
REFLEXOLOGY:
Touch Therapy...
A natural Healing Art
FOOTCARE:
Reduction of corns, calluses and
nails (Veteran’s Affairs Provider)
Footcare Clinics in
Emo, Stratton, Rainy River,
Morson and Fort Frances
DR. THOMAS COUSINEAU
- OPTOMETRIST -
Call for appointment:
Melanie Murray 852-3308
or cell 1-218-434-0174
808 Scott St., Fort Frances
274-8551
Noble Monument Sales
Lorelei Locker
OPTOMETRIST
Licenced Heavy
Duty Repairs
274-0510
Skid steer tractor attachments,
trailer repair and parts.
If it moves, we can fix it!
Computer, iPad,
iPhone REPAIR
Ken Kreger, Emo
807-275-6722
The UPS Store®
Wide Format Printing
• Banners & Posters
• Blue Prints & Maps
• Photographs
theupsstore.ca/369
274-5444
Alcoholics Anonymous
Rainy River AA
Please call for meeting time and location
Ph. 1-807-276-1074
NORTHERN SPORTS
& MACHINE
ATVs & Snowmobiles
• We service & repair all
makes & models
• Complete Automotive &
Diesel Machine Shop
• Complete line of Sled
Bed Trailers
(218)
634-1089
Polaris ATVs may not be ridden by anyone under 16
and all riders should take a safety course. For safety
and training information see your dealer or call Polaris
at 1-800-342-2764. ATVs can be hazardous to operate.
For your safety always wear a helmet, eye protection,
protective clothing and never carry passengers. ©1998
Polaris Industries Inc.
cian’s choice; Short biography; Music link via email;
Contact information.
Please send us your music
links via email to [email protected] or you
can drop off your music submission at our office: 601
Mowat Ave, 2nd floor, Fort
Frances, ON P9A 1Z2
The deadline for music submissions is Friday May 14th,
2015 at 4:30pm. We look forward to hearing the great
music from the area and we
encourage you to submit your
material early.
For more information about
the Harmony Nations Music
Festival visit our website
www.harmonyofnations.ca or
follow us on Facebook or
Twitter. Tickets are available
online, at Betty’s, Northwoods
and From the Grind Up in Fort
Frances, as well as The Coffee
Landing in International Falls.
Stamler Construction
314 Scott Street, Fort Frances
Randy Orton • 651 Cty Rd 1
SW, Baudette
3/4 mile S. of Baudette Motel
Your local H&L Motors rep
Custom Blind Sale
Specialty items include
Bison, Rabbit, Walleye,
Various fresh & smoked sausage
& lunch meats - No MSG
Customized Meat Packs
to meet your needs!
56 Front St., Emo 482-2303
www.rainyrivermeats.com
We accept Cdn. Dental Plans
RECREATIONAL
ITEMS
North Auto is your local recycler for used parts.
We can also find new after market parts at reasonable prices.
•Stoves
•Parts
•Accessories
•Installation
1988 Monitor 33’ Motorhome, great shape,
68,000 miles, 454 chev
power train, $4,000 ph.
852-3308 or 1-218-4340473.
8
Beautiful River Ave. lot
for sale in Rainy River,
serviced, double lot
120’x120’ 509 River Ave.
s
E. ph. 275-7051.
REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE OR RENT
& MOBILE HOMES
NORTH
AUTO
on the highway, west of Fort Frances
16 foot Lund boat includes Yamaha 25 H.P.
electric start 4 stroke outboard motor and an easy
loader trailer. Call 274 –
4456.
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2002 GMC Sonoma truck
selling as is $500 ph. 2746879.
7
NORTH AUTO for used parts!
2005 Freestar
2008 Civic
2009 Cobalt
2012 Fusion
1977 Starcraft boat 15.5
foot with trailer and 40 hp
Yamaha, phone 488-5434.
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House for sale in Rainy
River at 118 Forth Street,
2 bedrooms, central air,
washer & dryer, fridge &
stove, dishwasher, shingles in 2010, gas heat,
elec. hot water, immediate possession, asking
$60,000. Phone 4885732 or 519-627-3516.
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Good kitchen table with
two leafs and six chairs, 875 sq. ft. house with lg.
excellent for home or
2001 Aztek
2006 Grand Cherokee
2008 Uplander
2010 ML 350
trailer. Asking $2000.00
Call 274-3190.
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Dry Aged Local Beef
Beef - Pork - Lamb
We support Fresh & Local!!
Reliable, trustworthy
Ken Hawrylak
274-1628 - 275-6252
www.digitaldr.ca
Rainy River District
Women’s Shelter of Hope
If you are a woman who has
experienced violence or abuse,
staff at the Atikokan Crisis Centre
are available 24 hours a day to
listen and provide support to you.
Call
1-800-465-3348
If your water doesn’t drain...
Ease the strain! Call
Romyn
Pumping
Contact me for a
No Obligation Quote
• Custom-ordered
monuments & markers
• In Home Consultation
• Design Proof for
Approval
• Satisfaction
Guaranteed
[email protected]
www.noblemonuments.ca
Mavis
St. Hilaire
482-3778
276-3648
Curtis Denture Clinic
Denture Specialist Shannon Curtis DD
Losing
TAKE THIS TEST:
your grip? Are your dentures...
• Loose?
• Cracked or worn?
• Over 5 years old?
• In your pocket?
• Missing teeth?
• Sore gums?
Call today for an appointment 807-274-6519
241A Second Street, East
Fort Frances, ON P9A 1M7
Waste Water Service
483-5339
LIDKEA
Optometry Services
Dr. Robert E. Lidkea
Dr. Bruce A. Lidkea
221 Scott Street
Fort Frances, Ontario
(807)
274-6655
The simplest way to slice a bunch of cherry tomatoes is to sandwich them between two plastic lids and run a long knife through
all of them at once!
Ani-Ziigwan (Spring is Coming)
Brinneal Hagarty "I'm coolito!" with friends Cassidy
Spence and Alyssa Wenell-Jack, "I wanna say... WAZZUP
PEOPLE!"
Natelia Asham struggles to brag about herself while friends
Kiera Govier and Jaya Hagarty (The Fudge Girl) look on.
"Jaya is amazing!"
turtle clan is a very important
also a jingle dress centre.
When talking to students in clan."
Kiera Govier- my favourite
grades five and six, it was apcentre
during the Spring Gathparent the day was a success.
Brinneal Hagarty - "I really ering would have to be Banliked the Bannock on a stick!" nock making. It was delicious.
Cassidy Spence, "I really Also I learned a lot about
Ojibwe language. It was a great
liked the story-telling."
Alyssa Wenell Jack - "I re- day!"
Jaya Hagarty, "I really enally liked the Knowledge of
the Stars! I even learned how joyed the Regali Station beto say my clan name! Miki- cause it was really interesting
naak. I also learned that the to learn about the jingle dresses
Madison Talbot writes her quote while Katelyn Brown patiently waits her turn. These girls gave up their break time
outside during beautiful weather to tell you about this special day.
Katelyn Brown - "My
and the jingle dancing. I also
loved learning about all the dif- favourite part of the day was
ferent pieces they have to wear the Story Teaching about the
Metis people. It told many
when they dance."
Madison Talbot - "My things about their culture and
favourite part of the day was sashes. It was very interesting.
doing the tobacco teaching and I loved that. It was so much
making our own tobacco to fun."
And I had a chance to rememgive to the earth. When we take
something from it you always ber how enjoyable it is to spend
give back. And we even got to time with engaged young peochose our own bag to put it in." ple.
Government invests in local agriculture
"Who's next?"
by Charleen Gustafson
On
Friday
May
1st
Riverview School was fortunate to participate in a daylong cultural event planned by
Shelley Jones, Aboriginal
Early Learning Liaison with
RRDSB.
The scope of the activities
was amazing and included aspects of Metis culture.
The activities were:
Duck Prep with Jason Jones.
This was really hands on, or
rather hands in, and included
scorching off the feathers over
an open fire.
Medicine teachings with
Buddy Loyle and Debbie Fairbanks. The gentle voice of elders explained how the Ojibwe
are now using less of the
processed tobacco made by
big companies and are now
preparing their own tobacco
from the pulp just under the
bark of the red willow. This is
combined with the three other
sacred medicines, sage, cedar
and sweetgrass. When they are
lit they are used as a purifier to
smudge. "We smudge our
whole body for good things to
enter our body, mind and
spirit." Students prepared their
own red willow tobacco.
Star Knowledge with Rob
Horton. There is a loon and a
crane constellation in the sky.
This helps us understand the
relationship of stars to the clan
system, and the interconnectedness of things. "Each clan
has a responsibility attached to
it. The Crane and Loon clans
are associated with heredity,
leadership and Chiefs," explained Rob. Other clans include the Bear, Fish, Hoof,
Bird and Marten.
Other events were: Metis
games
with
Charmaine
Langlais and Gloria Bergner,
Jigging and Spoons with John
George, Delinda George, Debbie Hebert and Priscilla
Wright, Cultural Activity with
David Paul, Bannock on a
stick with Shelly Jones and
Rose Tuesday, Flutes with
Frank Montano and Metis History and Storytelling with
Anne Marie Armstrong. She
has a great book called The
Flower Beadwork People that
explains Canadian history
from the perspective of the
people who lived it. There was
Barwick Village Restaurant
Happy Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 10
serving noon to 1:30 and 5 to 7 pm
Please reserve your table, call 487-2329
Honey Garlic Chicken
Meat Balls with Mushrooms
Strawberry Shortcake
served with potatoes and gravy, veggies,
salad bar, dinner rolls and dessert.
Adults $14.95, Seniors $12.95
Children 75¢ per year of age
We have a potted
plant for mom
too!
by Melissa Friesen
The Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation is investing more than six million
dollars in farming projects
across the region. The Rainy
River district is receiving a
fair chunk of it.
Two million dollars has been
granted to Rainy River Future
Development Corporation for
local agricultural producers.
One million dollars is allotted
for clearing 2 423 acres of
land, and 1 million is for installing tile drainage on 2 114
acres.
A few of those acres (1 400
or so) belong to Timo and
Amos Brielmann. Amos and
his son Timo operate individual companies on their joint
farmland. Timo graduated
from Guelph University in
2012 with a B.Sc. in Organic
Agriculture and has been producing as Brielmann Agriculture ever since.
It's programs like NOHFC's
that encourage his small
company to expand. Rainy
River Future Development
Corporation's Geoff Gillion
provided a way. "If Geoff
Gillon wasn't doing what he is
doing, we couldn't have done
so much in one year right
away. If no one was there to
push the applications through
- it's a full time job - we
wouldn't have tiled so much.
We're years ahead of ourselves already, so that's good.
If there wasn't the grant, it
would be pretty tough to tile
all the acres that we have already."
The important part about tile
drainage (Timo teaches me) is
that it allows the whole field
to be as uniform as possible,
completely level. When the
weather is unfavourable, tile
drainage actually gives farmers a cushion. It modifies the
land to a maximum growth
potential. The crop merges
evenly and matures at the
same time. "It just makes
everything uniform, which
makes it easy for applications
like spraying timing."
But it's not without a cost to
the producers. Last year,
Brielmanns' pastures sacrificed a profit in order to prepare for the tile drainage
installation.
Farmers are accustomed
planting in faith. Sometimes,
they need it more than others.
Timo recalls just last year
when many farmers in the
area were helpless to the
weather. "Yeah, it was horrible. Our neighbours couldn't
even get onto their field." The
tile drainage program aims to
keep these environmental factors at bay. "You actually get
to use every acre of your field
and don't have to go around
wet holes."
The tile drainage program
has influenced what the duo
would plant. "This year we're
only planting wheat, canola,
and soy beans. Last year we
tried canola and it worked
pretty well. So we're starting
with that now." For their trial
run last year they seeded a
measly 350 acres (!!!) of
canola. "That was just to see
how it would work in the
field." The last time I did a
trial run of something it was a
free 30 day subscription to
Amazon Prime. And guess
what, I canceled it. Let this be
a lesson: farmers are the committed type.
Their canola will be shipped
to Mission Terminal in Thunder Bay. The soy bean and the
wheat will go to various
plants in Minnesota, based on
who had the best bid.
While one producer's success is notable, Geoff Gillion
has much higher hopes for
this project. "The whole idea
behind it, from [our] point of
view and from the province's
point of view, is to expand the
agricultural base of the Rainy
River district and to diversify
the agricultural economy."
What he tells me is that cash
crops require greater economic activity than cattle
farming. The incentive to
clear the land or install tile
drainage to plant cash crops
means more machinery,
labour, fertilizers, maintenance, and a whole infrastructure to support it.
There have been challenges
over the last year and a half,
like gathering and preparing
information from some 24
producers (18 for land clearing, 6 for tile drainage).
Every land to be cleared had
to be granted approval by the
Ministry of Natural Resources. Finally, after all the
boxes are checked and the
funds granted, RRFDC is responsible to distribute the
money accordingly.
It's a lot of work, but his
dream is big. The program is
just the first glimpse of a
comprehensive vision, "the
ripple effect" of expanded
agriculture. "That's
what
we're here for - economic development. My focus with
RRFDC is the greater economy of the district." Here's to
hoping that the program is a
success and the vision of a
fuller economy is realized.
Applications are in the submission process for Phase II of
the program.
Legion Chat
by Walter Wagner, Major
Hughes Br. 54 president
This is from the “did you
know” file.
Did you know that it is the
90th year of the Royal Canadian Legion in its present
form. There were other forms
of the Legion before that.
The Legion Ladies Auxiliary
catered the meal for the CN
Retirement Party and it was
excellent. Good job ladies!
On May 9th we will have a
booth at the Trade Show, south
end of the arena. Try to drop
in and say hello.
We will be serving wings at
the Friday night meat draw.
Come on down!
Lest We Forget
Large selection of
Mother’s Day Gifts as well as
Flowers and Chocolates
Terrific new gifts are
arriving almost daily.
Keep checking in to see
what’s new!
CHOCOLATES
Free Delivery in
Rainy River!!
Baudette
Floral & Gifts
211 Main Street West, Baudette 218-634-9700
baudettefloralandgifts.com Reg. Hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5:30, Sat 9 to noon
Great Fitting Jeans
Fashionable Capris
Huge savings on decks!
Green Treated
Deck Package
All Leggings & Shorts
starting at
only $549.99
No exclusions!
Check
out our
“SALE”
Racks &
Tables
No Sales
Tax on
Clothing!
Wednesday thru Sunday
May 6 to 10
Specials now in effect
on all Milwaukee
Power Tools!
Store Hours: Baudette: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday
International Falls: 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday to Saturday
Both Locations: Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Store Hours - Monday to Friday 7-5:30pm, Saturday 9-1
861 Kings Hwy. Fort Frances 274-3853
Town library gets Riverside Picnic exceeds fundraising goal
some special guests
Guests perused (and bid) on a generous sampling of picnic
packages and spring decor, all donated by community businesses and individuals.
Isabella Campagna, Cadence Sinclair, and Walter wait for
their acting debut while Chad Solomon gives some final directions to the puppeteers.
lots of laughs
and interactive.
The
main
characters,
Rabbit
and
Bear
Paws,
take us back in
time to 1750
North America. The two
brothers set out
on a quest to
Even the actor couldn't help but laugh as he discover the
Seven Grandfaused all his eagle might to transport the
ther Teachings:
brothers to their next stop.
wisdom, love,
By Melissa Friesen
respect, bravery, honesty, huThere was a healthy sized
mility and truth. At each of the
crowd gathered in the library's
7 physical posts around the
main room on Saturday mornroom, the puppet animal
ing. Parents and grandparents
shares his or her knowledge of
sat in the back and watched as
the teaching. It was a chance
Chad Solomon, creator of
to hear childlike insight about
Rabbit and Bear Paws, got the
these morals. "What does it
kids howling like wolves, flymean to be humble?", Rabbit
ing like eagles, and taking a
asked the wolf. The kids gave
wild journey through the
their best answers, straight
Seven Grandfather Teachings.
from the heart.
The presentation featured a
Apart from the more sensicast of puppet characters, most
tive moments were a variety
of which were brought to life
of comical highs, such as
by child (and one brave adult)
when the heavyset Bear Paws
puppeteers. Solomon taught
jumps on the back of the tiny
the audience the Ojibwe
eagle for a ride around the
names for all the animals beroom. He huffed and puffed
fore the story began: skunk his way to the next post while
zhigaag,
monkey
- anall the volunteers played
dookomeshiinh, and so on.
along like naturals. The kids
The names float out of his
were roaring from laughter.
mouth easily, as someone who
After the presentation, the atis comfortable with the lantendees were treated to a bowl
guage. They sound strange and
of wild rice soup and banbeautiful to me, like hearing
nock. The lunch was donated
about the world for the first
by Friends of the Library. The
time. Solomon's presentation
event was sponsored by Super
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Picnic goers like Piper (left) and Blaire Cross stopped at the
lemonade and iced tea stand for a cool drink.
Since the picnic was indoors, it was missing something. You
guessed it - ants! Shelly Manty donned a pair of antennae to
make the experience more authentic.
by Melissa Friesen
This year's Riverside Foundation for Healthcare spring
luncheon was all checkered
tablecloths and wicker baskets. The amazing special
events committee organized an
indoor picnic for 155 attendees. A generous spread of
items for silent auction, penny
table, and proceeds from ticket
sales amount to a net profit of
$9 096.51. "It was extremely
successful! We raised more
than what we were expecting!"
Raising money for quality healthcare can be a lot of fun!
Just ask good friends Marie Saunders and Pat Cornell!
really enjoyed the event and
are extremely supportive of
local healthcare." From what I
could tell, it seemed that the
guests were enjoying themselves. The food was aplenty
as was the laughter. It had all
the makings of a great picnic.
With so much planning and
preparation involved, it's wonderful to know that the efforts
have been worthwhile. "It
feels so good to know the
community is so supportive of
health care in our district."
It was a sweet surprise to cap
off an already wonderful day
for director Samantha Manty.
The luncheon was a
fundraiser to purchase 3 separate pediatric kits: one each
for the hospital in Rainy River,
Emo and Fort Frances. These
emergency resuscitation kits
will accompany the standard
versions already in place in
the hospitals.
"The community is always
very supportive of this event.
The ladies came together and
If you'd like to be a part of the
behind-the-scenes action for
future events, the Riverside
Foundation for Healthcare is
looking to welcome new members to their team. If you are interested in becoming involved
in the special events committee, call Samantha at 274 4803.
If you missed out on this opportunity to donate to Riverside
Foundation for Healthcare,
keep in mind that their Canada
Day Cash Lottery will be here
before we know it!
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Joan Louise Pentney
On Friday, May 1st, 2015
Joan went to be with the Lord.
She was born in Bergland,
Ontario, on July 14th 1953 to
Ted and Tena Lundgren. Joan
grew up in Bergland and attended McCrosson Tovell
School, then went on to attend
Rainy River High School.
While Joan was working in the
community and raising her
family she began to take
evening university courses.
Joan was determined and went
off to University in Thunder
Bay for three years to obtain
her BA/BEd and become a
teacher.
Joan taught at Big Grassy
School and Riverview, but the
Stewardship Rangers take a break while portage clearing between Kishkutena and Slender
Lakes.
By Steve Loshaw
Do you ever wonder what
the future is for our natural environment in the Rainy River
District? Do we sit back and
let nature take its course as influenced by man-made projects and activities or do we
intervene? If we reflect on
how this area looked when
first settled a century and half
ago we realize how much impact we have made on the topography of the district.
Towns, settlements, industrial
sites, railways, highways, logging and farms are now prominent throughout.
One group not willing to sit
back is the Rainy River District Stewardship. Since first
forming in 2009, their membership has worked toward its
mission “to advance the responsible care of Nature in
Rainy River District for benefits now and in the future.”
This group of dedicated volunteers has a history of making
things happen including public
education. A broad overview
of projects includes watershed,
fish and wildlife, reforestation,
invasive species, clean up and
education. They are currently
looking at the restoration of 16
canoe routes in the district.
The success of these programs
lies with the help of volunteers
and Stewardship Rangers.
Two of the original members, Ralph Hill and Kim Jo
Bliss, continue to promote the
program and recognize the
positive impact it has had in
this district. The Council
started in 2009 with a Ministry
of Natural Resources coordinator, Colin Langford. Asked
what is needed for continued
success, Kim Jo replies financial support and volunteers.
Partnerships with the Fort
Frances Sportsmen’s Club,
Stewardship Rangers, Rainy
River District Trappers Council, local schools and farmers
are some of those meeting
these needs.
Each year the Stewardship
promotes tree planting in the
district through sales of
seedlings. White spruce, red
pine and cedar make up the
20,000 available starters
which local landowners can
purchase. These sales help
support some of the identified
projects as well as contributing
to the restoration of some forest lands. One of the latest
projects has been the clearing
and restoration of traditional
canoe routes outside of provincial parks.
The preservation of nature
lies with responsible stewardship. You can support stewardship by joining the council,
volunteering with projects or
assisting with funding. This
not for profit council meets
monthly to plan projects and is
always looking for new members. You can learn more
about the organization by visiting their website at
rainyriverdistrictstewardshipcouncil.blogspot.com or call
one of the stewards; Kim Jo
Bliss 482-2863, Tony Elders
274-9783.
Fires in the Northwest Region
There were six new forest
fires confirmed in the Northwest Region by the afternoon
of April 30. Kenora District
Fire Number 13 is under control at 3.2 hectares (ha) and is
located near Rough Rock
Lake. Kenora District Fire
Number 14 is under control at
0.4 ha and is located in
Wabaseemoong First Nation.
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15 is out at 0.2 ha and was located in Grassy Narrows First
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majority of her teaching was
done at McCrosson Tovell.
She enjoyed teaching, guiding
and mentoring her students so
much that when she retired in
2008 she continued to go back
to school to visit the teachers
and give a helping hand.
One would always see Joan
outside in the garden tending
her vegetables or picking
strawberries from the strawberry garden her son built. She
enjoyed Sunday afternoons on
her deck, canning and spending time with her grandchildren.
Through her courageous battle with cancer, Joan was positive and strong, always
encouraging to the other
women in the hospital who
were struggling with the same
illness.
She is predeceased by her father Ted Lundgren and her
brother- in -law Alan Meline.
She will be greatly missed by
her husband Henry Pentney,
her children BobbiJo (D’Arcy)
Pentney, and Mark Pentney,
and her grandchildren, Wyatt
and Ava. She is survived by
her mother Tena Lundgren,
her siblings, Bill (Nancy)
Lundgren, James (Wanda)
Lundgren, Sandra Meline,
Fern (Buck) Holland, and
Barry Lundgren as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held
at the Bergland Hall on Thursday, May 7, 2015 at 1 p.m.
with Lay Pastor Carolyn
Kreger officiating. Interment
will take place in Bergland
Cemetery.
Pall bearers will be her
friends and coworkers, Lisa
Maxwell, Rose Kreger, Angela
Gill, Melissa Nordin, Robin
Dalseg and Bev Arpin.
Memorial donations may be
made in Joan’s memory to the
Rainy River Hospital, c/o
Northridge Funeral Home,
Box 89, Emo, ON, P0W 1E0.
Online condolences may be offered at www.northridgefuneralhome.com
The Bookworm Sez by Terri Schlichenmeyer
“Rain: A Natural and Cultural History” by Cynthia Barnett
The kids were unbelievably
disappointed.
There isn’t much you could
do, though, when a long-anticipated event gets rained out.
You can rant and shake your
fist at the sky but you know
that’s energy wasted. The best
you can do is rent a movie, reschedule your event – and read
“Rain: A Natural and Cultural
History” by Cynthia Barnett.
Eons ago, just after Earth became more than a bit of debris
flung off in the birth of the sun,
water vapor got trapped in our
planet’s atmosphere. Eventually, Earth’s surface cooled
enough that moisture poured
down and it rained for years.
That’s a good thing: without it,
there would be no life here.
Early civilizations came and
went with the rains. Humans
moved from forest to savannah
and picked up hoes, tamed livestock, and built boats. They
created gods to explain where
rain comes from and who ruled
lightning, and just about every
culture passed down a cata-
clysmic flood story.
Centuries ago, people learned
to harness and save water, yet
they could do little but dance or
pray for rain to fall in times of
drought. In the early 1400s,
King Sejong the Great of Korea
understood how to measure
what fell. In the late 1500s,
witches were blamed for dry
spells; barometers were invented a hundred years later,
and a fad for weather-watching
captivated America and Europe
By 1802, clouds were named
by a man whose father thought
weather prediction was folly;
later that century, rainmakers
were paid fortunes to make
clouds form over dry fields.
Today, even though we have
modern methods of predicting
rain and there are thousands of
local precipitation reporters
around the world, meteorologists sometimes still miss
storms and showers.
Even if we could tell where it
was going to come down (or
not), there are things about rain
we tend to overlook. Doodlers
get raindrop shapes all wrong,
for instance. We ignore that
rain has changed elections, societies, and wars. We mightn’t
understand that pruny-wet fingers could be an ancient rain
adaptation, or that “raining cats
and dogs” isn’t what other cultures say. And we may not
know that the rain falling on
our faces today may have wet
the faces of our most ancient
ancestors.
Maybe because it’s as refreshing as its title, or maybe because it reminded me of spring,
but “Rain: A Natural and Cultural History” made me very
happy.
That stuff that falls from the
sky isn’t strictly what this book
is all about, though. Author
Cynthia Barnett also touches
upon history, biology, Earth
science, global warming, and
all kinds of tiny facets of culture. We’re sprinkled with delightful surprises, as well as
terrifying tales of droughts and
floods, then introduced to
majesty on one page and destruction two pages later. That,
for sure, is not all wet.
This book practically screams
for weather fans to own it. It’s
filled with fascinating knowledge, no matter where you live.
Whether your pray for precipitation or curse it, “Rain: A Natural and Cultural History” is
awash with goodness.
c.2015,
Crown
$25.00 / $29.95 Canada
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Why this U.S. doctor
is moving to Canada
By Emily Queenan
I'm a U.S. family physician
who has decided to relocate to
Canada. The hassles of working in the dysfunctional
healthcare system in the U.S.
have simply become too intense.
I'm not alone. According to a
physician recruiter in Windsor, Ont., over the past decade
more than 100 U.S. doctors
have relocated to her city
alone. More generally, the
Canadian Institute for Health
Information reports that
Canada has been gaining more
physicians from international
migration than it's been losing.
Like many of my U.S. counterparts, I'm moving to
Canada because I'm tired of
doing daily battle with the
same adversary that my patients face - the private health
insurance industry.
Among the industry's more
egregious faults:
• frequent errors in processing claims. The American
Medical Association reports
that one of every 14 claims
submitted to commercial insurers are paid incorrectly.
• outright denials of payment
(about 1 to 5 per cent)
• costly paperwork that consumes about 16 per cent of
physicians' working time, according to a recent journal
study.
I've also witnessed the
painful and continual shifting
of medical costs onto my patients' shoulders through rising co-payments, deductibles
and other out-of-pocket expenses. According to a survey
conducted by the Commonwealth Fund, 66 million - 36
per cent of Americans - reported delaying or forgoing
needed medical care in 2014
because of the cost.
My story is relatively brief.
Six years ago, shortly after
completing my residency in
Rochester, New York, I
opened a solo family medicine
practice in my adopted hometown.
I had a vision of cultivating
a practice where patients felt
heard and cared for, and where
I could provide full-spectrum
family medicine care, including obstetrical care. My practice embraced the principles of
patient-centered collaborative
care. It employed the latest in
21st-century technology.
I loved my work and my patients. But after five years of
constant fighting with multi-
ple private insurance companies, I made the heart-wrenching decision to close my
practice down. The emotional
stress was too great.
My spirit was being crushed.
It broke my heart to have to
pressure my patients to pay
the bills their insurance companies said they owed. Private
insurance never covers the
whole bill and doesn't kick in
until patients have paid the deductible. For some this means
paying thousands of dollars
out-of-pocket before insurance ever pays a penny.
Doctors deal with this conundrum in different ways. A
recent New York Times article
described how an increasing
number of physicians are turning away from independent
practice to join large employer
groups (often owned by hospital systems) to be shielded
from this side of our system.
About 60 per cent of family
physicians are now salaried
employees rather than independent practitioners.
Too often, I've seen in these
large, corporate physician
practices that the personal relationship between doctor and
patient gets lost. Both are reduced to mere cogs in the machine of what the late Dr.
Arnold Relman, former editor
of The New England Journal
of Medicine, called the medical-industrial complex in the
U.S.
In seeking alternatives, I
spoke with other physicians.
We invariably ended up talking about the tumultuous time
that the U.S. healthcare system is in - and the challenges
physicians face in trying to
achieve the twin goals of improved medical outcomes and
reduced cost.
The rub, of course, is that
we're working in a fragmented, broken system. Powerful, moneyed corporate
interests thrive on this fragmentation, finding it easy to
drive up costs and out manoeuvre patients and doctors
alike. Having multiple payers,
each with their own rules, also
drives up administrative costs
- about $375 billion in waste
annually, according to another
recent journal study.
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largely resolved the problem
of delivering affordable, universal care by establishing a
publicly financed single-payer
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Microbeads are a sign of our plastic consumer madness
much more efficiently than the
U.S. system, as outlined in a
landmark paper in The New
England Journal of Medicine.
When I looked at Canadian
healthcare more closely, I
liked what I saw. I would not
have to sacrifice my family
medicine career because of
the dysfunctional system on
our side of the border.
My husband and I decided to
relocate our family. I'll be
starting my own practice in
Penetanguishene on the tip of
Georgian Bay this autumn.
I'm excited about resuming
my practice, this time in a
context that is not subject to
the vagaries of backroom
deals between moneyed,
vested interests. I'm looking
forward to being part of a
larger system that values caring for the health of individuals, families and communities
as a common good - where
healthcare is valued as a
human right.
I hope the U.S. will get there
some day. I believe it will.
Perhaps our neighbour to the
north will help us find our
way.
Emily S. Queenan, M.D., resides in Rochester, N.Y., where
she ran a full-spectrum family
medicine practice, Queenan
Family Medicine and Maternity Care, for five years. She
is an Expert Adviser with EvidenceNetwork.ca.
How much are whiter teeth
and smoother skin worth to
you? Are they worth the water
and fish in the Great Lakes?
The cormorants that nest along
the shore? The coral reefs that
provide refuge and habitat for
so much ocean life? Are they
worth the oceans that give us
half the oxygen we breathe, or
the myriad other creatures the
seas support?
If you use personal-care products such as exfoliators, body
scrubs and toothpastes containing microbeads, those are the
costs you could be paying. The
tiny bits of plastic — less than
five millimetres in diameter,
and usually from one-third to
one millimetre — are used as
scrubbing agents. Now they’re
turning up everywhere, especially in oceans, lakes and
along shorelines. They aren’t
biodegradable.
Research by the 5 Gyres Institute found an average of 43,000
beads per square kilometre in
the Great Lakes, with concentrations averaging 466,000 near
cities. Tests on fish from Lake
Erie found an average of 20
pieces of plastic in mediumsized fish and eight in small
fish. Cormorants, which eat
fish, had an average of 44
pieces of plastic each. Microplastics have been found in
the oceans and even under Arctic sea ice. Scientists at Australia’s James Cook University
found corals starving after eating the tiny beads, their digestive systems blocked.
It’s not just the plastic that
harms animals; the beads ab-
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sorb toxic chemicals, making
them poisonous to any creature
that mistakes them for food or
that eats another that has ingested the plastic — all the way
up the food chain. Because humans eat fish and other animals, these toxins can end up in
our bodies, where they can alter
hormones and cause other
health problems.
It’s a high price to pay for
limited benefits from unnecessary personal care products.
Exfoliators and scrubs can use
any number of harmless natural
ingredients, including baking
soda, oatmeal, ground seeds,
sea salt and even coffee
grounds. Microbeads are not
only pointless in toothpaste;
they can be harmful. Dentists
and hygienists are finding plastic particles embedded under
people’s gum lines, which can
cause inflammation and infection.
The folly of producing and
marketing products without adequate regulatory oversight and
consideration of long-term consequences makes you shake
your head. As Great Lakes
study researcher Sherri Mason
told the Ottawa Citizen, producers haven’t given much
thought to anything beyond the
fact that the beads wouldn’t
clog drains. “There wasn’t that
forethought, which is often the
trouble with man and the environment,” she said.
Microbeads illustrate the excesses of marketing and consumerism, but they’re only part
of the problem. Most plastics
eventually break down into microparticles, often ending up in
oceans and other waters, where
they’re eaten by organisms
ranging from tiny plankton to
large whales. Some plastic has
even started to fuse with rocks,
creating a substance new to our
planet that scientists call “plastiglomerate”.
According to British Antarc-
tic Survey scientist David
Barnes, “One of the most ubiquitous and long-lasting recent
changes to the surface of our
planet is the accumulation and
fragmentation of plastics.”
That’s astounding, considering mass production and widespread use of synthetic, mostly
petroleum-based plastics only
began in the 1940s. Barnes and
other researchers who compiled research from around the
world say more plastic was
produced in the first decade of
this century than in the entire
previous hundred years.
Microbeads are among the
newer developments in the
brief history of our plastic
lifestyle. The 5 Gyres Institute
launched a campaign asking
companies to remove them
from products. So far, L’Oreal,
The Body Shop, Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever, Johnson &
Johnson and Procter & Gamble
have agreed to do so. Several
U.S. states and European countries are planning to ban the
beads, and Environment
Canada is studying the problem. The federal NDP has introduced a motion to ban them
here.
As consumers, we can avoid
products
containing
microbeads and put pressure on
companies and governments to
end their use (5 Gyres has an
online petition). And, because
more than a third of all plastic
is disposable packaging, such
as bags and bottles, we can and
must limit our overall use, and
reuse or recycle any that we do
use.
Plastic has made life more
convenient, but many of us remember a time when we got
along fine without it.
Written with contributions
from David Suzuki Foundation
Senior Editor Ian Hanington.
Learn more at www.davidsuzuki.org.
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Richard Lisowe of Plymouth,
Matthew Hoekstra of Suamico,
Jonathan Hoekstra of Kohler
and Brian Boll of New Holstein
pleaded guilty and were each
fined $1,250 for hunting moose
without a licence. Lisowe was
also fined $1,000 for catching
and retaining two brook trout
during the closed season.
The court heard that on September 22, 2014, during an aerial patrol, Ministry of Natural
Resources and Forestry conservation officers contacted a
group of six Wisconsin residents who were staying at a remote fly-in tourist camp on
Tyler Lake, north of Nakina.
Upon investigation, officers
found two brook trout in a
cooler behind the group's cabin
and determined that Lisowe
caught them from the Dusey
River on September 21, during
the closed season. Officers also
discovered that the group had
been party moose hunting, although four members did not
have licences. All the men had
high-powered firearms with
them in their boats.
Justice of the Peace Bruce
Leaman heard the case in the
Ontario Court of Justice, Thun-
der Bay, on April 1, 2015.
For further information on
hunting regulations, please
consult the Ontario Hunting
R e g u l a t i o n s
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s-summary>, available at ontario.ca/hunting<http://ontario.ca/hunting>.
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