Dear editor:
We read with great interest last week’s “From the Publisher’s Pen,” headlined Today’s libraries face challenges.
In its 2006 strategic plan, the Fort Frances Public Library board recognized the fact that libraries are changing, and we are striving to enhance traditional services with new technologies in order to help community members learn and adapt in a changing world.

Dear editor:
I would like to congratulate Clayton Teeple and the staff of the Stratton sales barn on a job well done at the spring cattle sale back on April 26.
Mother Nature threw everything she had at you guys and you came through with flying colours. Everyone involved should be proud of the job they did.
Honesty, hard work, and community spirit always have been the backbone of the agricultural community. I am glad to see those values still alive at the sales barn.
Thank you,
Herb Govier
Sleeman, Ont.

Dear editor:
During my absence from the area over the past two weeks, there has been a rumour circulating around town that I had resigned as chairman of the library and technology centre’s “Building for the Future” fundraising campaign.
As well, there have been other rumours that I had resigned from the public library board.
Both rumours are false.
While local fundraising has been temporarily suspended, ongoing efforts have been taking place to investigate and apply for corporate and government funds.

Dear Mike:
It was cancer that put a hole in my heart.
When I lost my mother to cancer, I’m sure that’s when it happened. Before then, I don’t think I truly understood. You know, the sadness that comes from being “touched” by cancer—and the happiness that comes when people reach out and offer help.
Hundreds of you did just that in the month of March. When Beta Sigma Phi members came to your business and took pre-orders for this year’s “Daffodil Drive,” hundreds of people reached out to help us help the Canadian Cancer Society.

Dear editor:
I was playing fetch in my backyard with my two labs last Wednesday when I noticed my yellow lab stop to eat something a few feet off my property (against my neighbour’s garage).
I called her, and she didn’t listen, so I ran over to get her. When I got there, I inspected what she had been eating and momentarily was in denial. It was an aluminum pie plate with neatly-cut fillets of fish, covered in a fluorescent green liquid.
Antifreeze? But that can kill . . . can’t it?

Dear editor:
As a Conservative and former navy officer, I recognize that symbolism is important to Canadians, particularly when it is attached to those who give their lives in the service of their country.
It was with particular interest that I followed the debate over the lowering of the Canadian flag on Parliament Hill each and every time a Canadian soldier is killed while serving overseas.

Dear editor:
The British Columbia government is legislating the opening of 11 new provincial parks in celebration of Earth Day.
The Fort Frances town council is determined to close one of ours down—to what end?
(Signed),
Wilf Sanders
Fort Frances, Ont.

Dear editor:
The J.W. Walker School Environmental Club would like to thank all organizations and individuals who registered their Earth Day clean-up with us.
Many groups and individuals, who clean up every year on Earth Day, registered their clean-up with us this year. We also were able to encourage and motivate many other groups and individuals to clean up for the first time this year for Earth Day.
Our hope is to make this a bigger and better event next year!
Thank you again. And if you have not already cleaned up your neighbourhood, take 20 minutes to do it this weekend.

Dear editor:
During National Volunteer Week, the Canadian Cancer Society would like to thank each and every one of its many dedicated volunteers in Fort Frances.
Volunteers are at the centre of all we do at the Canadian Cancer Society. Without your tireless efforts and support, we would not be able meet our mission of eradicating cancer and enhancing the quality of life for people living with cancer.

Dear editor:
Canadian Blood Services would like to thank all those who came to our Fort Frances clinics to donate blood on April 23-24.
The need for blood and blood products is always high, and meeting hospital demands is always a challenge for Canadian Blood Services. Your generous support will help us meet that challenge.
We welcomed 411 to our clinics and collected 362 units of blood, which will be used to help patients with trauma, cancer, leukemia, or bleeding disorders.