If the cost of building the “multi-use” facility gets too high, the local public school board may have to pull funds out of other areas of its budget to cover them.
That’s the message education director Wayne McAndrew brought back to trustees last night during the Rainy River District School Board’s regular meeting here.
The Northwestern Health Unit said the threat of closure has passed after monthly payments from area municipalities continue to flow in for 1998.
For April, only six of the 22 municipalities have refused to pay—all in the Kenora District.
After a three-week study tour in Mexico earlier this year, four local Confederation College students are back home and sharing experiences about a trip that was one of the best times of their lives.
Plaza Lanes owner/manager Dino Morelli is hoping to throw a strike as part of the “Bowling for Miracles” promotion to benefit young patients at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Area residents who want to see an abattoir built in Rainy River District have six days to raise at least $200,000 or else the project dies.
The final decision will be made next Tuesday when the abattoir steering committee meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Sturgeon Creek school gym.
“The object of a festival is not to gain a prize or defeat a rival but to face one another on the road to excellence.”
That’s the verse found in the official program of the annual Rainy River District Music and Drama Festival, which kicks off Monday, April 13 at the Knox United Church Sanctuary here.
Providing convenience for the customer is the number-one reason behind Steve Lundon’s decision to open a second hardware store here April 13—this time on Scott Street.
Handy Pro Hardware, a separate franchise from Lundon’s Northern Do-it center store on Highway 11/71 just west of town, will be located in the former Gagne’s building adjacent to the Northwestern Health Unit.
Students enrolled in the Transportation Technology program at Fort High are putting the final “fuel efficient” touches to their super mileage vehicle in preparation for competition May 12 in Brainerd, Mn.
The competition, sponsored by the Minnesota Technical Education Authority, attracts SMV entries from schools across the U.S., including North Dakota, Minnesota, and Washington.
El Nino has been a contractor’s best friend around here as the extremely mild winter and early spring have allowed workers to make up for lost time at the “multi-use” facility under construction at Westfort.
Local Catholic board trustees are getting ready to hit the telecommunications highway, sending a tentative policy for electronic meetings out for consultation.
The Fewer School Boards Act permits trustees to hold regular board meetings via teleconferencing or video conferencing due to the size of the new district school boards.
