Raising awareness

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Mayor Roy Avis, left, and Margaret Schonewille, executive director of the Alzheimer Society of the Kenora-Rainy River District, held up the flag in front of the Civic Centre yesterday to kick off January as “Alzheimer Awareness Month” in Fort Frances. The Alzheimer Society has various fundraiser planned in the near future, including the second-annual “Chefs’ Charitable Dinner and Auction” on Sunday, Jan. 21 at the Fort Frances Curling Club.
—Duane Hicks photo