Fort Frances Times Online Edition - July 12, 2017

The International Rainy and Namakan Lakes Rule Curves Study Board submitted its final report, entitled “Managing Water Levels and Flows in the Rainy River Basin,” to the International Joint Commission on June 30.

The second intake period for the Sustainable New Agri-Food Products & Productivity (SNAPP) funding program is officially open, with applications being accepted until Aug. 31.

SNAPP supports Northern Ontario agriculture and food producers, businesses, collaborations, communities, and First Nations by providing funding for projects involved in local food production.

Help send district kids back to school with a backpack full of supplies.

The annual “Backpacks for Kids” campaign is underway, with the public invited to drop off supplies, backpacks, or cash donations at M. Wu Dentistry on 1201 Colonization Rd. W.

Alternatively, they can call Dr. Wu's office at 274-5365 and ask for Heather Calder or Kathy Lampi to arrange for pick-up.

St. George's Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Fort Frances is turning 70 this weekend.

To celebrate the occasion, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada, Metropolitan Yurij, will visit and perform a special service Sunday beginning at 10 a.m.

The Metropolitan will be greeted at the church at 9:30 a.m.

A total of 93 complaints regarding government organizations, municipalities, and schools in the Kenora/Rainy River riding were filed with the Office of the Ombudsman of Ontario in 2016-17.

As work continues on the future Rainy Lake Square here, evening entertainment has been lined up to draw people there once it opens in late August.

Have your say.

A public meeting to garner input on the proposed Erin Crescent subdivision is slated for Thursday, July 27 at 7 p.m. at the Civic Centre.

As reported late last month, the town is eyeing the property in the east end of town to develop into 27 single-dwelling and multi-residential lots.

Pat Gartshore of Fort Frances is among the $40 winners in the Alzheimer Society of Kenora/Rainy River Districts' cash calendar draw for July.

Other local winners included Marilyn J. Strachan (Emo), Heather and Brent Anderson (Rainy River), and Susan Blanchard (Atikokan).

Four days of business education culminated in a “market day” last Friday for the nine youths enrolled in this year's Youth Enterprise Camp in Fort Frances.

The budding entrepreneurs had tables set up in front of the Fort Frances Museum on Scott Street to display their businesses and hopefully make some money.

The Rainy River “Best Start" Hub hosted its annual "bike rodeo” in partnership with the Northwestern Health Unit, OPP, and Canadian Tire in Fort Frances.

Children of all ages were invited to bring their bicycles (and helmets) to learn about bike safety, which was presented by OPP officer Guy Beaudry.

A two-man mission has become a solo quest but Pascal Bredin refuses to let his departed companion down.

The 20-year-old from Gatineau, Que. stopped in Fort Frances for a few days this past week before continuing on a most epic adventure along the waterways of Canada.

The challenge has begun.

Bill Michl, past district governor for Lions District 5M10, started his 1,985-km (1,300-mile) trek around Lake Superior on Saturday.

The “Making Superior Lions Run” is scheduled to take 82 days to complete, meaning the Fort Frances Voyageur Lion should finish on Sept. 28.

They keep falling and can't seem to get up.

These are difficult times for the top team in the Borderland Soccer League's men's division as Centra Pipelines has followed its 5-0 start with a third-straight loss.

This time it was a 3-1 setback to CJ Contracting on Monday evening.

It was a pitching experiment that almost blew up in the faces of the Fort Frances Braves.

A last-inning rally by the Northwest Bay Chieftains turned a laugher into a nail-biter as the Braves hung on for a 15-11 victory in Rainy River District Fastball League action last Thursday night at VanJura here.

For only his first year of motorcross racing, Trevor Croswell is finishing first on an above-average basis.

The Emo resident captured top spot in the MX3 Beginner division during the fourth stop in this year's Superior Dirt Riders Northern Ontario season Saturday in Kakabeka Falls.

The Rainy River District Women's Fastball League has announced the two teams for its annual all-star game set for next Wednesday (July 19) at Manitou.

The teams were picked by Stacy Patey of the Fort Frances Her-icanes and Kayla Windigo of the Red Gut Babes, the two captains from last year's league finalists.

Two out of three ain't bad, but three out of four is even better.

The Fort Frances Voyageurs U11 boys' soccer team posted a 3-1 record at an exhibition showcase in Thunder Bay over the weekend, winning their last three games.

The Northern Policy Institute is pleased to announce this year's “State of the North” conference will take place Sept. 27-28 in Timmins.

Donovan Cousineau and Dave Chambers may have missed their calling as investment bankers.

Anyone that can turn $22 into $5,000 has a firm handle on how to make a profit.

The Fort Frances team topped the 52-team field at the annual “Castin' for Cash” tournament, hosted by Lake Despair Lodge on Friday and Saturday, with a winning haul of 29.40 pounds.

The thought of being three-time second-place finishers did not appeal in the slightest to the New Gold Nuggets.

Instead, it was the Nuggets who were pure gold in defeating the defending champion Kemira Paper Dragons in the championship final of the sixth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina.

Stacy Patey has been warning her team all season not to take anyone for granted.

Her teammates had the point illustrated in technicolour Monday night.

The Devlin slo-pitch league will hold its annual Gus Lindberg/Kingsley Downs Memorial Tournament tomorrow through Sunday (July 13-16) at the Devlin Ball Diamond.

There will be plenty of auction on the diamond, as well as a full canteen and beer gardens.

Come out and enjoy the action!

There was never a day that went by that Hailey Clendenning wasn't—and still isn't—extremely proud of her dad.

And one of the proudest days is still yet to come.

A Fort Frances teen will look to further his hockey dream—with the whole country able to tune in for the outcome.

Former Muskie Ethan Jourdain will be in Winnipeg starting this weekend as one of 30 aboriginal youths aged 16-18 to participate in an NHL-style training camp as part of the sixth season of APTN's “Hit The Ice” reality TV series.

Three days is how long the tournament lasts.

But the amount of time for the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship organizing committee to get everything in order on an annual basis is much larger than that.

That being said, Greg Gustafson, the FFCBC's director of angler registration and chief financial office, said all the ducks are getting put in their rows.

For those who love golfing, or for anyone who just wants to have a good time, the Lions clubs of Rainy River District will be holding their “Lions Legacy Golf Tournament” on Saturday, July 29 beginning at 9 a.m. at Kitchen Creek.

Lions around the world are celebrating their 100th anniversary and this tournament is the local clubs' contribution to the celebrations.

Another top-three finish for Steve Arpin wasn't enough to prevent him taking a step back in the drivers' championship race.

The Fort Frances native drove his Loenbro Motorsports car across the finish line in third place in the final of the Red Bull Global Rallycross event in Indianapolis on Sunday.

Sometimes, the most significant parts of life can pass by without truly appreciating what they mean at the time.

Local stock car fans therefore should make the effort to savour every moment of what is turning out to be quite possibly the greatest single-season performance in Borderland Racing Association history.

There were more winners in the Rainy River District Mutual Aid Association's weekly cash calendar draw.

Winning $30 for July 9-15 were Robin Wall (Peterborough), Joe Richert (Fort Frances), Annette Bryk (Atikokan), Shirley Wiens (Atikokan), Greg and Sherry Wall (Peterborough), Helen Hughes (Fort Frances), and Mike and Linda Fogg (Atikokan).

The Dragon Tamers team from Kenora, a group of breast cancer survivors and supporters, was the centre of attention upon returning to shore after participating in the special flower ceremony that once again was a highlight of the sixth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina. See story, more photos on B1.

David was the lucky winner of one of the bikes up for grabs at the rodeo whil Paige won the other one.

Kate Parsons, the summer student at the Northwestern Health Unit here, helped Daisy Degagne aim her bean bag last Thursday morning at “Pop Up Play,” which was located at the Lillie Avenue Park. The initiative, which encourages activities and exercise in the community through fun and games, will occur at different green spaces around town every Thursday throughout the summer.

Ben Guild, left, Jack Mosbeck, Tarran Enge, and Austin Mosbeck were among the boys who performed the doo-wop classic “Blue Moon" during a concert Friday evening at the Townshend Theatre to wrap up "Gleek Week 2017." Meanwhile, below, Natalie Seguin, left, Avery Visser, and Isabelle Meeks were among the group who performed "True Blue" by Madonna.

Bryce MacDonald (front left), Jersey Rose, David Morrison, Trinity Richards, and Faith Richards, along with William Richards (back left), Kaleb Richards, Nolan MacDonald, and Dahlia Kaun, were the participants of this year's Youth Enterprise Camp in Fort Frances.

Via Lockman enjoyed painting a flower recycled from a used plastic water bottle last Thursday afternoon at the Community Living Open Air Studio at Hammond's Nursery here. The next open air studio will be at Point Park this Thursday from 3-7 p.m., where participants will be making painted rocks and mandalas. Everyone is welcome to stop in to enjoy creating art.

It appears Fort Frances will have a new hotel in the future. A sign indicating a Microtel Inn & Suites, part of the Wyndham Hotel Group, will be built immediately to the east of the Super 8 was erected in recent weeks.

Pascal Bredin of Gatineau, Que. used Fort Frances as one of his stopovers this past week to rest during what is a planned 7,500-km trek by canoe from his hometown all the way to Inuvik, N.W.T. See story on A2.

Crossroads School students in the “Project Sunset” program received a canoe lesson from instructor James Woods last Thursday at Seven Oaks here. Despite the windy afternoon, students learned about proper procedures, safety equipment, canoe terminology, and basic paddle strokes before getting out on the water and trying it themselves.

Third baseman Travis Tom of the Fort Frances Braves had to charge and fire in a hurry on this grounder to get the force-out at second against the Northwest Bay Chieftains during his team's 15-11 win at VanJura last Thursday evening.

There has been no team that has matched the amazing success of Minnesota's Jim Moynagh, left, and Joe Thrun at the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship. The dynamic duo has carted home five FFCBC titles—more than anybody else in tournament history—and will be a good bet to grab a sixth crown at this year's event.

Scott Clendenning's immeasurable contributions to local minor hockey and the high school girls' team made him an easy choice for induction this year into the Fort Frances Sports Hall of Fame.

Fort Frances anglers Donovan Cousineau, left, and Dave Chambers had the old guard scrambling for answers they never found as two of the younger anglers in this year's field of 52 teams claimed the title at the annual “Castin' for Cash” bass tournament hosted by Lake Despair Lodge. It was the first title at the tourney for the pair.

“Guoji,” the Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Club mascot, got a bird's-eye view of the festival site while being carried along by members of the club during the parade of participants to open the festival.

The next generation of Canadian golf superstars just might have taken their first swings towards greatness recently during the weekly youth golf lessons being offered at Spruce Creek Golf Course near Morson.

The OPSEU Otters had all their pistons firing in winning their opening heat of the day at the sixth-annual International Boundary Waters Dragon Boat Festival on Saturday at the Sorting Gap Marina.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — A quiet, unsmiling little girl with big brown eyes crawls inside a carpeted cubicle, hugs a stuffed teddy bear tight, and turns her head away from the noisy classroom.

MIAMI — Robinson Cano hugged Francisco Lindor after the final out, exchanged high-fives with his American League teammates and put an arm around the shoulder of designated hitter/photographer Nelson Cruz.

Winning the All-Star Game still seemed to matter, even if it didn’t mean World Series home field.

WASHINGTON — The snowballing revelations about Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer during last year’s presidential campaign have broadsided the White House, distracting from its agenda as aides grapple with a crisis involving the president’s family.