If the first days of the new millennium bring power and heating interruptions to the district, the Atikokan Crisis Centre won’t be left out in the cold.
It still will be a safe and secure place for women and children, executive director Kathy Latell confirmed last week.
When an ordinarily blonde Linda Plumridge, office manager at the Fort Frances Times, walked in Thursday afternoon as a reddish-brunette, she certainly caught everyone’s eye.
But her dramatic change in hair colour only was meant to last over the weekend—and she was the first one to smile about that.
“Lest we forget the men who died
Those who stood for peace and pride
Stop and think and you will see
They gave themselves so we’d be free.”
From “Generations” by Kathryn Barron
Everything looks good so far for Northwest Mobility to have cellular phone service up and running from Fort Frances to Rainy River for its Dec. 15 target date.
Work crews were installing the switches and the back-up batteries in the Fort Frances tower last Friday with the help of a Northern Telecom agent.
They came empty but the three delegates from the Namibian Town Clerks Forum said they are leaving full of knowledge after getting a firsthand look at municipal politics in Rainy River District.
“I probably don’t deserve it.”
That was Times publisher and co-owner Jim Cumming’s reaction yesterday after finding out he had been named the 1999 Citizen of the Year for Fort Frances.
In the aftermath of Friday’s walkout at Fort Frances High School, administration is working to get students with concerns about their school to make use of its “open door” policy.
An ombudsman office also may be formed for students to air issues they may have.
Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray got a chance to see firsthand what $100,000 in Canadian Millennium Partnership Program funding has done for the Lions Park here, taking part in the official dedication ceremony Friday morning.
While Remembrance Day ceremonies can be solemn events as people recall veterans who served in past wars, Dick Bird was all smiles Sunday when he spoke at the blessing and dedication of the new War Veterans and Peacetime Armed Forces Memorial Site at Couchiching.
It may have been finished just the day before, and it still needed some touch-ups afterwards, but that didn’t take anything away from the eagerly-anticipated unveiling of the town’s first heritage mural Friday morning.
