The Muskie girls’ soccer team turned in a strong showing in Dryden on Wednesday, beating the Kenora Broncos 1-0 and then blanking the host Eagles 2-0.
Erin Kaemingh was the black-and-gold’s lone scorer in their game against Kenora while Lauren Pierce and Kelsey Quibell each hit the twine versus Dryden.
The boys, meanwhile, moved the ball well but had a difficult time beating the Kenora Broncos’ keeper after opening the scoring on a goal by Garnet Cornell (assisted by Jordan Davis).
Kenora came back and tied the score at 1-1, which is how the game ended.

There are still tickets available for tonight’s second-annual “Stand Up for Mental Health” comedy show.
David Granirer, the founder of Stand Up for Mental Health, is emceeing the show, which starts at 7 p.m. at La Place Rendez-Vous.
“I think when you see people on stage doing stand-up comedy on stage and they’re funny and they’re personable, and they’re likable, you get a whole different impression,” stressed Granirer.

Students in Sharla MacKinnon’s Grade 5 class at J.W. Walker School here had the opportunity to learn about the significance of “Arbour Week” yesterday as Bill Mueller, Rick Huisman, and Mike Gurski of Hydro One visited the classroom.
Although Arbour Week in Ontario ran from April 25-May 4, the students celebrated the national event later due to a snow storm at the end of April.
“Arbour Day is celebrated at different times in different places because it’s about planting and we generally can’t plant trees here in April,” Huisman explained.

The skeet range at the Fort Frances Sportsmen’s Club property by Frog Creek was a busy place Tuesday evening.
Len Noonan and Rick Johnson both had perfect rounds of “25.”
Noonan also turned in rounds of 22 and 21 while Johnson’s other two rounds totalled 20 and 21.
Other top scores Tuesday night included Ted Brockie (23), Jeremy McGuire (21), Andy Moulton (20), Jerry Koslucher of International Falls (20 and 19), and Paul Fisher (19).
Former champ Harvey Perry also turned in a good round.
There was a mix of old and new shooters, numbering about 15, including a young lady.

FORT FRANCES—The town discussed the viability of repairing, replacing, or removing the government dock at Pither’s Point during a public meeting Wednesday night at the Civic Centre.
Remedial repairs and upgrades are slated to cost $770,000 while replacing the entire dock would cost an estimated 1.5 million. Removing the dock would cost $290,000.
“I can pretty safely say, with the host of unknowns going on out there, we’re not going to spend a whack of money on the dock,” Fort Frances CAO Mark McCaig said Wednesday night.

FORT FRANCES—While there will be areas of open water on Rainy Lake for Minnesota anglers on their walleye-opener this Saturday, the North Arm of Rainy Lake remains iced in.
While it all depends on the good graces of Mother Nature, at least two local pilots were hopeful “ice-out” would occur prior to the Ontario walleye-opener next weekend.
Mike Dick of Rusty Myers Flying Service said Thursday morning he hasn’t been flying for a couple of days, but that anyone could see there’s still a lot of ice in the North Arm just by looking out from the Noden Causeway.

Every year, a group of freshly-graduated high school students move out of their homes and spread their wings in different cities and areas. Some go to Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, and Duluth while some move farther afield to Vancouver, Toronto, and Halifax.
It seems that every time this happens, those you expect to return don’t, and those you assume will never come back do. What is it that repels people from Fort Frances and the surrounding areas, or compels them to come back?

If a disaster were to strike in Fort Frances, the fire department, OPP, and other local agencies have undertaken emergency planning to protect the town and its citizens.
But what can local residents do on their own to help themselves?
With Emergency Preparedness Week (May 4-10) underway across Ontario, Fort Frances Fire Chief Gerry Armstrong, who also is the Community Emergency Management co-ordinator, is urging the public to fill out a new guide produced by Public Safety Canada.

The Clover Valley Farmers’ Market opened Saturday with a handful of vendors who braved the cold northwesterly winds that howled through town.
“I’m really looking forward to meeting everyone and recruiting the vendors,” said Carley McCormick, who has taken on the job as market manager this year.
McCormick is looking to recruit more vendors throughout the six months the market is open. New this year will be the opening of Thursday afternoon markets from Aug. 7-Oct. 9.

After first announcing it would discontinue service from Fort Frances to Thunder Bay as of May 4, and then later July 4, that date now has been pushed back to Aug. 20, a Greyhound spokesperson reported yesterday.
Mel Levandoski, Greyhound regional manager for Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Northern Ontario, said the most recent date is a firm one, and will not change now that the company has come into full compliance with the Public Vehicles Act.
But Levandoski added it’s possible a third-party operator could take over the route prior to that date.