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Box 66, 303 Fifth St., Rainy River, ON P0W 1L0 Ph. 807-852-3815, Fax. 807-852-1863, Email. [email protected] Vol. 22, No. 36 Wednesday, December 17, 2014
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Salvation Army heeds the call to serve
Pastor MacDonald drops off a kettle to volunteer Bobbiejo
King at Canadian Tire.
Dalton Taylor drops by the church to give a donation.
By: Teresa Hazel
of Captain.
After 100 years in the com“Captains must serve for ten
munity, the Salvation Army reyears and then can be apmains true to its mission to
pointed Major. After ten years
serve God and help meet the
as a Major, Territorial or overneeds of humanity.
seas appointments are given.
Although the church is very
The next rank is Lieutenant
active throughout the year, it
Colonel.
seems that at Christmas time
Pastor MacDonald is enthey are front and centre.
gaged to be married in May.
Pastor Ryan MacDonald is
“She is managing a company
leading the ministry in Fort
in Winnipeg and working on
Frances. He has been here
her Masters in International
since June 2014.
Business”, explains MacDon“It’s been six months alald about his fiancée.
ready”, says MacDonald who
It is at this time that the
is serving at his first church.
phone rings and Pastor Mac“This is my first appointDonald speaks to a local busiment. My first Christmas camness about their donation.
paign”, he notes, adding that
He ends his call with, “Have
he completed his biblical studa blessed day”.
ies degree at a seminary in
“Now where were we?” he
Winnipeg.
asks.
Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia,
“When is the wedding?” I
Pastor MacDonald explains
ask.
that the process to taking on
“May 31, 2015”, he answers,
this role has been years in the
adding that his new wife will
making.
move here if she can find emHe became a candidate and
ployment.
then was sent to the seminary
Pastor MacDonald is breakto become a cadet. He will
ing new ground within the Salspend five years as a Lieuvation Army.
tenant before assuming the role
“I am the first Cadet in his-
Jill Pernsky, Community Ministries Manager and Pastor
MacDonald sit in the chapel amongst the toys and teddy
bears that have been donated.
The Food Bank at Salvation Army.
tory to date a non-Salvationist
during training college”, he
notes.
This is only possible because
of new rules that were instituted within the Church about
five years ago allowing for single-spouse officership.
Locals may recall that previous Captains have always been
a married couple who both
serve the needs of the church.
“I am the first one to take advantage of the new rules”, says
MacDonald adding that this is
a big thing in a church deeply
rooted in tradition.
His spouse must however be
an active Salvationist in uniform and must also sign a
waiver that she is willing to
move anywhere.
Not all members of the Salvation Army become uniformed members. In fact, Fort
Frances only has one uniformed soldier who has made
the declaration to become a
committed soldier.
The weekly church service is
held on Sundays at 11:00 a.m.
“We have anywhere from six
We wish our readers all the joy the season can bring. For those who are
having a difficult time, we wish you the comfort of the season.
Thanks for helping us end our year on a high note!
From Jacquie, Teresa, Charleen, Ann, Bonny and Martin (our token male)
and all of our support staff
We wish you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
to seven people to twenty to
twenty-five” notes MacDonald. “We are open to anyone at
any time”.
The church also offers bible
study and movie nights on
Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m.
There are numerous programs
within the Church from putting
shoes on kids’ feet to rehabilitation efforts for those suffering from alcoholism and drug
addiction.
“We will put a single mother
in a hotel for a night when she
has nowhere else to go. We will
help a cancer patient get to
their appointment in Thunder
Bay”.
Ok. It’s now time to go drop
off the kettles at the various locations around Town.
“I drop off the kettles every
day in December at 9:45”,
notes the Pastor.
As we leave the church, staff
are sharing morning devotion.
As we drive, Pastor MacDonald reflects on his upbringing.
His dad is a police officer and
his mom was a nurse. They
were both members of the Salvation Army although church
attendance was not regular.
First stop…Safeway where
Pastor MacDonald gets out to
set the kettle up.
As we proceed to the next
stop, he tells me he has one sister who heads up the finance
department at a school board in
Nova Scotia.
Sadly, Pastor MacDonald’s
mother passed away from cancer four months before he went
to the seminary.
Second stop, liquor store.
“We have good volunteer
support”, notes MacDonald.
“The kettle schedule is almost
completely full. I am very, very
grateful for that”.
So, how did Pastor MacDonald get here?
“Well, I was a ‘Sunday Christian’ for most of my life”, he
laughs not needing to explain
to me what that means as I nod
in understanding.
“I lived my own life from
Monday to Saturday”.
And live he did. He represented Canada in the under 19
World Championship in baseball. He also was a skilled
hockey player and played AAA
hockey.
“I pursued baseball because I
Pastor MacDonald picks up a load of donated toys from
Darcy Banman, Manager of The Bargain Store.
Catherine Albert and Sharlene Smith work at the Thrift
Shop. Anita McCauley stopped in and found a couple of
wreaths.
It is right at this moment that
was better at that”, he notes but
then a bad knee injury took him Jill Pernsky, the Community
Ministries Manager comes in
out of the game.
“My dreams fell away”, he with news that the Bargain
says. “That world crashed Store has just called and they
have about four or five boxes of
around me”.
That loss took him down a toys that have been collected
and need to be picked up.
road of drugs and alcohol.
We complete our conversation
“I was clubbing on weekends
and partying to the best of my about the generosity shown durability”. He became heavily ad- ing the Christmas Kettle camdicted and his life started to spi- paign.
“The Salvation Army has reral between the ages of twenty
ceived keys to a car. There was
to twenty-three.
It was at the age of twenty- an eleven thousand dollar
four that he rededicated his life cheque dropped in one day.
There are good things being
to God.
“I got involved in the church done”.
Jill has now joined us. She has
and with the youth group. He
also got a trade as a Heavy Duty been an employee of the SalvaMechanic and went to the oil tion Army for about two and a
half years. Her position is now
fields in Alberta.
“I was not content in life. Not full time because Pastor Machappy. Money doesn’t buy hap- Donald does not have a spouse
piness”, he points out as we pull who will assist with the duties
into Canadian Tire to drop off required.
“I love Ryan”, she says about
the third kettle.
It is here that I go in with him her new boss. “He is young and
and meet Bobbiejo King who energetic and wants to get
has volunteered her time today. youth programs going. There
As Wal-Mart did not have a are good bosses and bad bosses
volunteer lined up for the first and he’s a wonderful boss”, she
morning shift, we head back to smiles.
“He’s kind of like my adopted
the church. Pastor MacDonald
will complete this route again at son”.
It is Jill’s daughter, Angie
6:00 tonight to pick up the ketFraser, who is the only untles.
We are now at the church sit- formed soldier for the Salvation
ting in the chapel where the Army in Fort Frances.
“It was when I saw what the
Sunday services take place. It
doesn’t look like a chapel church did for Angie when her
though because it is filled with husband Thomas passed away.
toys and teddy bears that have That’s when I started coming to
been donated to fill the Christ- the church”, explains Jill.
She is constantly impressed
mas hampers for needy famiwith how generous the commulies.
The church gave out 230 ham- nity continues to be even in the
pers last year and they are al- midst of the difficulty the town
ready up to 200 this year. These is in.
“I almost started crying when
will go out next week.
It is not hard to believe that I saw the” Burst the Bus”, she
the Salvation Army is in 126 smiles about the generosity
countries around the world and shown during the Festival of
is one of the top charities Frost.
What is it about the Salvation
worldwide.
“People see where their Army that she most enjoys?
“Helping people that really
money goes. They see it in action. We constantly need people need help…this can bring me to
to help us”, says MacDonald tears. Seeing people who have
explaining that in Boston a nothing and they are so grateful
woman put her engagement for the little we give them.
The biggest reward of the job
ring in a kettle along with the
is seeing the one person we reappraisal for it.
“Her husband died and was a ally, really help”.
We talk about the stories that
supporter of the Salvation
Army. She did it to honour his are shared by people who stop
memory”. There are numerous by to give to the Kettle. I share
stories like this around the
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From the house submitted by John Rafferty M.P.
This week’s column will be
the last one for 2014, so it
seems only fitting to provide a
recap of the some of the main
stories and issues of the year.
Veterans Office Closure
On Friday January 31 the
Thunder Bay Veterans’ Affairs
office fell victim to the Harper
Conservative’s budget cuts. In
spite of serving thousands of
local and regional veterans and
with yearly operating costs of
just over $686,000 they decided to close the office. The
Conservatives said that the
main reason for the closure
was a lack of funds available
at Veterans’ Affairs Canada,
but my staff and I found out
that this simply is not the case.
More on that a bit further
down.
Federal Budget
The 2014-15 federal budget
came and went and offered little in the way of hope to families, workers, and seniors who
are struggling in Northwestern
Ontario. In particular, the
budget failed to address the
struggling forestry sector, did
not even mention the Ring of
Fire mining project, and failed
to reverse unpopular and misguided mistakes from budgets
past such as the closing of the
Veterans Affairs offices which
many had hoped to see reopened.
Kijiji Economics
In an embarrassing incident
the Harper Conservatives were
found to be basing a major
employment strategy upon
data from the ‘help wanted’
ads on Kijiji.ca. Unfortunately,
it was later found that each
posting for skilled labour was
being recycled up to eight
times. With the data showing a
major labour shortage the
Conservatives loosened the restrictions on the Temporary
Foreign Worker Program
(TFWP) to help fill the imaginary positions. Those changes
enabled companies like Tim
Horton’s and the Royal Bank
to import cheap labour to serve
coffee and work in call centres
across the country. After a
month of intense questioning
from Tom Mulcair the Conservatives announced a moratorium on the TFWP and
changed the way they collect
data.
NDP Child Care Announcement
On October 14 Tom Mulcair
and the NDP made what was
the first major campaign
promise of the 2015 federal
election when we announced a
plan to create 1 million new
affordable child care spaces
across Canada over five years.
Our plan will ensure that parents will not have to pay more
than $15 per day per child with
the cost to the federal budget
being $5 billion over five
years. We introduced this plan
because a child care space in
Ontario today costs approximately $1,162 per month
which is a major barrier to parents wanting to re-enter the
workforce. Our plan will finally give those parents a real
choice, and could return
$1.50-2.50 to the federal treasury for each $1 spent thanks to
lower social assistance payments and more income tax
revenue from the 1 million
new working Canadians.
Ottawa Shootings
On Wednesday October 22 a
troubled young man approached the Honour Guard at
the national War Memorial
monument in Ottawa and
opened fire. A young guard,
Cpl. Nathan Cirillo of Hamilton Ontario died as a result of
his wounds. The gunman then
entered the Centre Block of
parliament and was confronted
by security just 50 feet from
where NDP and Conservative
MPs including the Prime Minister were meeting. Following
a brief gun fight the attacker
was shot and killed by our Sergeant-At-Arms Kevin Vickers.
Our heroes, Cpl. Cirillo and
Sgt. Vickers, and dozens of
other security personnel kept
us safe during the chaos and
deserve our everlasting thanks
and respect for the work they
do each and every and the sacrifices they have made.
Unspent Money at Veterans
Affairs
As 2014 drew to a close
some research from my office
made national headlines. Following the closure of our
Thunder Bay Veterans’ Affairs
office earlier in the year my
staff and I asked the government how much money it cost
each year to fund the nine
closed offices, and how much
of the annual budget went unspent at Veterans’ Affairs. It
turned out that the total combined cost of serving more
than 20,000 veterans per year
in these offices was just $5
million annually, and that
more than $1.1 billion was approved by parliament, but
never spent at Veterans’ Affairs over the past six years.
Since we revealed those numbers many have called for the
offices to re-open and for Julian Fantino to be fired from
his position.
So that was 2014 in a nutshell. In closing, I would like
to thank you again for trusting
me to serve as your voice in
Ottawa. It is a great honour. So
Merry Christmas and happy
holidays to you and yours, and
best wishes for a peaceful and
prosperous 2015.
Legion Chat by Walter Wagner, Major Hughes Br. 54 president
I want to start this chat by acknowledging our Ladies Auxiliary. They are a lively and
active group that support the
branch with their many endeavours. We are fortunate to
have them with us as other
branches have lost their auxiliaries. If I remember rightly at
the last convention something
like six branches had disappeared and nine Ladies Auxiliaries had also disappeared.
This is the week of the
Christmas Party-bring your
food and bring yourselves.
There will be Smear, Turkey
Shoot, 50/50 draw, quilt draw,
hamper draw and lots of good
cheer.
Buy your tickets and support
your Legion and I understand
there will be entertainment.
See you there and Merry
Christmas!
We Will Remember
Them
Moos by Kim Jo Bliss
Crazy weather - December
15th and it looks like April. It
is very wet, slippery and
messy and personally I’d prefer it a bit cooler and less
damp. I know it seems like we
are never happy but this is
crazy. My almost step-kid is
counting down the days until
he gets home for the Christmas break but he is also counting on riding his brand new
machine that is waiting for
him. I know things can
change quickly too.
We gathered for our annual
seafood night over the weekend and we were all complaining about our cows being so
wet and dirty - last year we
were complaining about how
cold it was! None the less the
seafood was great and company even better. Unfortunately we were missing a few
friends - Debbie is laid up with
her recent knee surgery and
Doug with his hip surgery. We
thought of them as we enjoyed
our seafood!
Friday I was off to Winnipeg
with my mom and Nanny as
Nanny had a follow up doctor
Salvation Army
my own story of an experience
I had when ringing the bells at
Wal-Mart one year. A middleaged man came up to the Kettle
with a large denomination bill.
As he put it in he told me that
the Salvation Army saved his
life. That he was down and out
in Winnipeg and they helped
him. He wanted to give something back. (As I write this,
tears begin to well up in my
eyes.)
Pastor MacDonald explains
that the Salvation Army is a
Christian-based organization
that is dedicated to serving God.
“Serving mankind is a priority. We do social outreach. We
are proud of who we are”.
We talk about the Thrift Shop
and the donations received. It is
then that the space issue within
the church is talked about. They
have been in their current location since 1908. It is an old
building.
Talk of something new is
hinted at although nothing can
be confirmed.
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appointment from her cataract
surgery. The girls needed a
sitter Friday night so Grandpa
and my boyfriend/partner
were in charge until our return.
Grandpa met the girls in Devlin and planned to take them
out for supper. He asked
where they would like to go Marlee responded by “well
where do they have lobster
and crab?” And as I was
preparing an appetizer for our
seafood night she asked “what
are you making this for?” I
told her that is was our Annual
Seafood Night. She was quick
to reply “well I hope I get to
go!” Luckily we were saved
by the fact she had hockey otherwise we would have seen a
6 year old consume a lot of
seafood in an evening.
The girls lost their game on
Saturday as well and there was
one very sad goalie. They
have been doing so well that
they forgot what it was like to
be on the other side of the
game. It was a close game 32 and hopefully she will
quickly move on and realize
the Bargain Store. Darcy Banman who is the Manager there
wheels out four big boxes of
toys that Pastor MacDonald
loads into the van.
As we return to the church, I
see people passing by and stopping to chat. Pastor MacDonald
takes what time he can to talk
and give hope to people.
It is now that we finish his
story of being called to serve.
“Six or seven years ago I went
home from the oil patch. I said,
‘God, if you make this happen,
I will follow”.
And follow he did. The journey has led him here.
“It is giving our complete self
and asking God to lead us to the
entirety of what we are supposed to do”.As we are about to
take a tour of the food bank and
thrift store, a gentleman stops in
to make a donation. Pastor
MacDonald graciously accepts
the gesture.
After the tour and snapping a
few more pictures, I volunteer
for a couple of shifts to man the
H OW IT WORKS:
1. Address your parcel,
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address.
2. Track you parcel online,
you will be able to see
exactly where your
parcel is at all times.
3. Bring your picture ID,
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a copy of the invoice
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your parcel.
that sometimes we don’t win!
Marlee is quite concerned
that the last few times she has
seen me that my hair is getting
so white. She actually thought
that maybe I had put something in it. I told her “no, I
was just getting old!” She didn’t like that and responded
“well grandpa isn’t getting
white yet!”
Well I need to get very serious about getting ready for
Christmas. We (after a few
hours of searching) found a
Christmas tree - which is still
in the garage. I need to be
more serious about shopping!
Santa is arriving early this year
for some of my family so I
need to be prepared for that
and I only have this week to
prepare.
Special thank to Bill Darby
and Deb Cornell for hosting
our Abattoir Christmas party.
Unfortunately not many made
it but the ones that did enjoyed
the great food and atmosphere.
It was certainly a foggy, slippery drive but it was well
worth it!
continued from page 1
Kettles. I leave feeling grateful
for the opportunity to spend
some time with Pastor MacDonald and Jill Pernsky. It reminds me about the story of
Jesus and what he was put on
earth to do, to serve God and
help those who reached out for
help. “What will my story be?”
I wonder to myself.
The office of the Salvation
Army is open Monday to Friday
from 10:00 to 12:00 in the
morning and from 1:00 to 4:00
in the afternoon. It will be
closed from the afternoon of
December 24th to January 5th
for the Christmas holiday. The
office number is 807.274.3871.
You can also call Pastor MacDonald on his cell phone at
807.275.6276.
The Thrift Store is open Monday to Friday from 10:00 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. It will be closed
from December 24th to January
5th as well.
For more information about
the Salvation Army go to
www.salvationarmy.ca .
No box service or membership
required. Just pay $3 per parcel
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Spreading warmth on a cold day at Tim Horton’s
A couple of customers cozy up to the fire with their warm
drinks at Tim Horton’s.
Staff donned their toques (matching the one on the top of
the building) as they served their customers.
This group of girls were celebrating their friend’s 13th
birthday and were excited to check out what was going on at
Tim Horton’s.
The production crew ensures proper camera technique and
sound.
Fort Frances franchise owner, Gord McQuarrie took a short
break to join Star Martin on a lounge chair as she sipped
her Raspberry Chiller Lemonade.
Production team managers enjoyed some of their client’s
fare during the shoot.
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By: Teresa Hazel
Movie cameras and a set design at Tim Horton’s? What
does that mean for Fort
Frances? Nobody knows for
sure and the spokesperson for
Tim Horton’s could not release any details on Saturday
during production, only saying that information will be
given this Thursday.
When I asked if it was going
to be a commercial, she could
not say.
Nonetheless, it was a pretty
cool experience for locals
who got an opportunity to be
on camera for whatever it is
that is being produced. A casting call had gone out in November from Toronto-based
Jigsaw Casting, advising the
Fort Frances Times that “we
are casting a film about keeping warm, and our clients
chose Fort Frances as it is a
thriving community who also
happens to have the coldest
climate in the winter”.
They went on to say they
wanted to get a feeling of how
our community stays positive
during our long winters. They
were looking for bingolovers, ice enthusiasts, a gruff
lovable senior, community
service workers, scavenger
hunt enthusiasts, a local
butcher, young couples,
school children, families and
anyone who could share their
secrets of keeping warm.
It was revealed on Saturday
that their client is Tim Horton’s when people driving by
saw a large red toque on the
roof of the popular coffee
shop. The entire building was
wrapped with a scarf and the
inside was transformed into a
cozy, warm shop complete
with red lounge chairs, sofas,
coffee tables and even a fireplace.
Large signs were posted outside the building advising
customers before entering the
premises that they were consenting to being on camera
and police were on hand to direct traffic.
Gord McQuarrie, owner of
the local franchise was also
left in the dark about what
was happening although he
was seen enjoying the festivities and visiting with customers throughout the day.
Before Saturday, many locals were talking about the
mysterious placements of
yarn and scarves that were
The Art Department for the production drove gear from
Toronto to create the set. It was loaded onto three Budget
trucks.
found wrapped around items
like mailboxes, fire hydrants,
and benches at various locations around Town and the
added mystery of why cameras were recording them.
The production crew of
about thirty people had been
in Fort Frances since Wednesday preparing for the shoot.
The team consisted of the Director who has the vision for
the production. He ensures his
vision is captured with the
help of his assistants, production managers, an artistic director, cameramen, sound
technicians and an art department. It was definitely a professionally run shoot.
So, unfortunately, The Westend Weekly publishes before
Thursday so I cannot tell you
what Tim Horton’s is up to
and what the production will
be. However, an unconfirmed
source did tell me to check
out You Tube on Friday…
hmmm….was this person
leading me astray??? I guess I
will find out on Friday.
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FARM AND OTHER
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
40HP gas 1960 Cockshut
tractor with bucket & 3
point hitch Call Bob at
274-0777.
37
Woodmizer
portable
sawmill largest in our
area cuts 3' x 23' long
hourly or trade for percentage of wood 2764
1
3
6
[email protected].
37
Vermeer 605K round
baler, good working
cond., also MF 345 4-bottom auto reset plow, trip
system needs work. Wear
parts in exc. cond., 2742111.
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LIVESTOCK/PETS
FOR SALE
HAY for Sale, 5x5 round
bales, ph. 487-2241, daytime 487-1623.
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Good Horse HAY, no rain
or snow on it, stored
$2.00/sq. bale ph. 4863512.
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Lg. round and sm. square
bales of oat STRAW,
Rae’s livestock squeeze;
large bale unwrapper,
TPH hydraulic controlled, ph. 486-3451.
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HAY for sale, 5x5 round
bales, Mon.-Sat. 4872241.
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TO GIVE AWAY
SERVICES AVAILABLE
SERVICES WANTED
Need money for the holiday Have valuables not
using Let me sell it on ebay 10 year,500 sales
100% rating
sales up
to $25,000 276-4136
[email protected]
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LOST/FOUND
SERVICES
WANTED
MISC. FOR SALE
Central Boiler E-Classic
2300
OUTDOOR
WOOD
FURNACE,
FREE 25 Year Warranty.
EPA Qualified.
Over
85% Efficient.
Call
Today. Emo Feed Service
Ltd., Canning Lane, Emo,
ON, 482-2017.
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easy $150 OBO 8523253.
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Sm. TV $20; printer $10;
Stereo $10; Collectable
dolls $20 each’ cut glass
for tables or macrame $5;
shelf for miniature items
$5; blue Christmas lights
& bulbs $10; ask for
Sherry 274-5036.
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Ladies 14k promise/enJigs! Glow jigs & spin- gagement ring, .06 ct.
ners, Disco jigs, other Appraisal available. $250.
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coloured jigs, red/green 482-1570.
spinners, custom orders,
Antique iron rite iron
ph. 852-3669.
s
model 85 from the 1950s
1/2 ton loads of seasoned works good $100.00
cut and split Ash FIRE- Yamaha 175cc 3wheeler
WOOD, will deliver call for parts. $60,00 back
487-2274.
37 racks for 3wheelers call
274-7499.
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SELLING YOUR VALUABLE'S FOR YOU. Hundreds of positive sales
over past 10 years on line.
Anything of value nothing to big or small. 8072 7 6 - 4 1 3 6
[email protected].
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Custom-made pine day
bed with large storage
unit underneath. $100.
Call 274-7202.
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Loveseat in Microfibre
cloth, light Mocha colour,
excellent condition $95,
OBO.
Three sturdy
wooden tables: round one
is 26 “ in diameter, two
end tables in half circle
shape 30” by 19” all three
for $25. 852-3253. Message with phone # will be
returned promptly.
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HORSE THINGS FOR
SALE : Schneider heavy
duty blanket-$50, Schneider
fleece
cooler$35(both size 68 and
adjustable with belly
pads), two diamond harrow pieces-$25 each.
Contact Greg@ 852 Mixed FIREWOOD, $80
1940.
37 per 1/2 ton load, delivered
within 20 km of Devlin,
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MINK COAT black full ph. 486-3512.
length like new condition
ex. lining hat to match sz.
14 if new would sell for
$10,000 selling for
$1500. phone 274-5151.
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Home theatre system,
Samsung HT231, 2 front,
2 rear speakers, more, surround system, dvd, etc
$50, ph. 274-5083. 37
Seasoned tamarak FIREWANTED
WOOD, best firewood for
outdoor stove, call Glenn
at 488-5691.
38 looking for a chest freezer
in good working condiGrey couch and blue tion 15 to 21 cb ft. Ph
38
chair, both recline, $200 274-5025.
ph. 488-5691.
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Wanted cedar logs old
PS3 Dance Dance Revo- logs looking especially
lution Mat and Game . for logs from the old Lake
$15; PS2 Dance Dance boom logs 276-4136
Revolution Mat and Su- [email protected]
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pernova Game $15; PS2
Bode Miller Alpine Skiing game $3; PS2 NHL Laptop computer Win2005 game $3 ; PS2 Mad- dows 7 or newer, size 15
den NFL 2004 game $3; or 17” ph. 274-5083. 37
PS 2 NBA Shootout 2004
$3; 4 PS2 Singstar games Men’s size 11 curling
$3 each; PS2 Singstar shoes ph. 274-5083. 37
mics $10; 486-0508. 38
Wanted broken down
2000 watt generator with snowmobiles from 1965
20 amp breaker starts to 1975 call 274-7499.
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tion.
Wanted to buy a gas tank
and seat for a 1973 Arctic
cat panther snowmobile .
Tank must be clean call
274-7499 .
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For sale or rent, recently
upgraded, spacious 3 bedroom house in Rainy
River.
Hickory hardwood floors throughout,
renovated bathroom, new
built-ins, new furnace, ph.
852-4572.
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Wanted to buy a broken
down 1972 to 1975 Arctic cat panther 340 snowmobile call 274-7499. 37
Wanted to buy broken
down Honda 3wheelers
any shape call 274-7499 .
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Wanted to buy broken
down Honda Kawasaki
Yamaha Suzuki Polaris
4wheelers in any shape
will pay cash call 2747499.
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Firearms in any condition. Need not be complete or working. Also
interested
in
parts,
scopes, ammunition, reloading components and
any related items. Fair
prices paid. 274-0472 .
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REAL ESTATE
FOR SALE OR RENT
& MOBILE HOMES
Beautiful River Ave. lot
for sale in Rainy River,
serviced, double lot
120’x120’ 509 River Ave.
E. ph. 275-7051.
s
For Rent in Rainy River,
2 bedroom home 1 1/2
baths, washer & dryer,
fridge & stove, partially
furnished, 1 block from
bank, post office, drug
store. Available immediately, ph. 275-7051.
s
1 bedroom house for rent
276-3555.
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For rent - 3 bedroom farm
house, completely renovated, 4 miles north of
Devlin, 20 min from Fort
Frances, 10 min from
Emo, large 4 car garage
for
vehicles/storage,
$1300 per month includes utilities, it is on a
working farm, call 4863382 for more informa-
NORTH AUTO for used parts!
North Auto is your local recycler for used parts.
We can also find new after market parts at reasonable prices.
We are now scrapping for parts the following vehicles:
2001 Aztek
2006 Grand Cherokee
2008 Uplander
2010 ML 350
2005 Freestar
2008 Civic
2009 Cobalt
2012 Fusion
2006 Ford F250SD
2008 Fusion
2010 Chevy Silverado
2013 Caravan
Need used parts? Call or stop at
NORTH AUTO
on the highway, west of Fort Frances
274-7243
Your outdoor
furnace dealer!
Gospel Services held each
Sunday at 4:00 pm in the
Sturgeon Creek School,
Barwick, ON.
s
St.Mary’s youth group
will
be
having
a
Cousineau style sticky
bun fundraiser this Saturday the 20th at 6pmand
12pm on Sunday the 21st
at st.marys parish Funds
from this will go towards
sending 6 youth and two
chaperons on a pilgrimage to Poland in the summer of 2016 Quantities of
the baked goods will be
limited and on a first
come first serve basis.
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Global warming discussions, ignore God’s promise of good weather for
Sabbath keeping etc in
Lev. 26! Watch Prove God
Exists Sun. chch 7:30am
Vision
4:30pm
etc.
www.tomorrowsworld.or
g 888-318-8080.
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•Stoves
•Parts
•Accessories
•Installation
Check out the website:
www.hlmotors.ca
Mallard Creek Mechanical
[email protected] - Daryl Meck
691 Barwick Road, Phone 487-1395 or 1-807-271-2201
LEATHER! LEATHER! POWER
DRIVER SEAT!
Showroom Hours:
Mon. - Fri. 8-6 • Sat. 8-1
Parts & Service Hours:
Waschke
Mon. - Fri. 8-5
Mat Service
weekly-biweekly
Keep water, dirt, sand,
salt out!
Call Sherry 274-0221
•••
Now Open
W
2300 Highway 53
Int’l Falls, MN 56649
218-283-3471
FAMILY DRIVEN
www.waschkegm.com
2004, 500 Polaris 4wheeler, automatic with
winch and plow, dump
box and front storage, exc.
cond., $3,300 ph. 1-218434-0473 or 852-3308.
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2008 Yamaha Vector GT
40th anniversary. 5700
miles, excellent condition,
ready to ride. Comes with
extras. $5500. Ph 807 276
1643.
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PLANES, TRAINS &
AUTOMOBILES
NORTHERN SPORTS
& MACHINE
Randy Orton • 651 Cty Rd 1
SW, Baudette
3/4 mile S. of Baudette Motel
(218)
634-1089
Polaris ATVs may not be ridden by anyone under 16
and all riders should take a safety course. For safety
and training information see your dealer or call Polaris
at 1-800-342-2764. ATVs can be hazardous to operate.
For your safety always wear a helmet, eye protection,
protective clothing and never carry passengers. ©1998
Polaris Industries Inc.
OFFICE CLOSURE
The Education Centre will be closed to the public
Monday, Dec. 22, 2014 to Friday, Jan. 2, 2015
for the Holidays
Regular business hours will resume
Monday, January 5, 2015
Heather Campbell
Director of Education
2 hours/$25.00
ShareBe ars
390 McIrvine Road, FF
Phone 274-0221
Tired of that
Leaky Roof?
TNT CONTRACTING
Roofing, Siding, Decks,
Dock Repair,
Tree Removal,
Raising Cabins,
Scrapsteel/Derelict
Vehicle Removal,
Landscaping & Excavating,
Bobcat Rental Available.
Holiday Office Closures
The board and staff of the
Northwestern Health Unit wish you
and your family a happy and healthy
holiday season.
Please visit the community pages on
our website at www.nwhu.on.ca to
find out more about holiday office
hours and closures at your local
health unit office.
If your water doesn’t drain...
Ease the strain! Call
In case of a Public Health emergency
please call 1-866-475-6505.
Waste Water Service
Town of
Rainy River
Garbage Pick-up
Holiday Schedule
Romyn
Pumping
483-5339
Lorelei Locker
ATVs & Snowmobiles
• We service & repair all
makes & models
• Complete Automotive &
Diesel Machine Shop
• Complete line of Sled
Bed Trailers
Rainy River District
School Board
The Meeting Room
482-2676
RECREATIONAL
ITEMS
OPTOMETRIST
314 Scott Street, Fort Frances
Garbage Pick-Up and Landfill:
Regular Hours
274-0510
Holiday Office Hours
Rainy River District
Women’s Shelter of Hope
December 24th closed at 1 pm
Closed December 25, 26 & January 1, 2
Regular hours Dec. 29, 30 & 31
If you are a woman who has
experienced violence or abuse,
staff at the Atikokan Crisis Centre
are available 24 hours a day to
listen and provide support to you.
Call
1-800-465-3348
808 Scott St., Fort Frances
McCormick, Landini,
Hesston, Valtra, Kuhn,
MacDon and Farm
King
$6,990
NOTICES
- OPTOMETRIST See us for your farm
equipment needs!
2004 PONTIAC BONNEVILLE
4DR SDN SE
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DR. THOMAS COUSINEAU
Your local H&L Motors rep
of the
week
274-8551
LIDKEA
Optometry Services
Dr. Robert E. Lidkea
Dr. Bruce A. Lidkea
221 Scott Street
Fort Frances, Ontario
(807)
274-6655
Baudette Dental
David C. Wohlrabe, DDS
406 Main Street N.W.
(Hwy. 11) Baudette, MN
General Dentistry
and Orthodontics
Monday to Thursday 8 to 5
(218) 634-2389
Computer, iPad,
iPhone REPAIR
Reliable, trustworthy
Ken Hawrylak
274-1628 - 275-6252
www.digitaldr.ca
The UPS Store®
Wide Format Printing
• Banners & Posters
• Blue Prints & Maps
• Photographs
theupsstore.ca/369
274-5444
or visit our website at: www.carrsrepairvintageparts.com
Curtis Denture Clinic
Denture Specialist Shannon Curtis DD
Losing
TAKE THIS TEST:
your grip? Are your dentures...
• Loose?
• Cracked or worn?
• Over 5 years old?
• In your pocket?
• Missing teeth?
• Sore gums?
Call today for an appointment 807-274-6519
241A Second Street, East
Fort Frances, ON P9A 1M7
New Patients Welcome!
We accept Cdn. Dental Plans
Alcoholics Anonymous
Free consultations, hassle free insurance paperwork,
handicap accessible. Call Today!
Please call for meeting time and location
Ph. 852-1560, 852-1986,
Shannon Curtis, DD
24 hour access number 274-1944
Last Tuesday of month open to public
Morson AA Group - meets every Monday
at 8:00 at the Morson Bible Fellowship,
last meeting of the month is open to the
public
Your only local Denture Specialist
241A Second Street East, Fort Frances 807-274-6519
852-3788
Stamler Construction
Roofing, decking, siding, garages
Drywall, finishing, painting, woodworking
Window and door installation and more
276-2494
Richard and Mark Stamler
Page 5, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
Meet the Muskie’s
Emma Noga #10
Emma Noga is a forward for
the Fort Frances High Muskie
Girls Hockey Team. Nicknamed, “Em”, she is fast-paced
skater and goal scorer. She
wears the number eight on her
jersey and is currently in grade
10.
Road trips rank as her
favourite memory since being
on the team. She plans to pursue “whatever makes her
happy” after high school.
Another forward for the team
is Kaily Greengrass who wears
number six. Greengrass is a
veteran player in her 4th year
with the organization and has
kept the girls on a winning
streak with her skating skills
and goal scoring abilities. She
is nicknamed, “Kais” and is
currently in grade twelve. She
plans to attend College after
high school.
Like her teammate Emma,
Kaily Greengrass #6
bus trips rank as a favourite
hockey memory. She adds that
“playing the Dryden Eagles” is
another favourite.
The Muskie Girls Hockey
Team is continuing their dominance and went undefeated at
the Annual K-Town Classic
hockey tournament in Kenora
last weekend. They clinched
first place beating out the Dryden Eagles by a score of 1 to 0
in the finals…possibly another
favourite memory for Greengrass!
The girls hope to start 2015
on a winning note and will be
heading south for a tournament
in Minneapolis during the holidays. Action gets underway on
January 1st. Good luck girls!
Merry Christmas and Happy
New Year from the Fort
Frances Muskie Girls Hockey
Team!!!
Spend New Year’s Eve in Rainy River
Theme Party
1980s Prom!!
Book a room,
Stay with friends,
DD Service in town!
Tickets, $15 available at
Rec Centre or Town Office
Support our Kids! Proceeds to the Rec Board
and Skate Park Project.
Lets Make it a Date!!
Wednesday, Dec. 31st 9pm to 2am
Prom King and Queen will be crowned
for best dressed!
New at
Atwood Enterprises
Rainy River!
Pellet & Wood
Stoves and Inserts
On February 14, 2015, at
7:00 p.m., V-Day Fort Frances
will present a one-night only
benefit reading of Eve Ensler’s
award winning play The
Vagina Monologues at the
Townshend Theatre, Fort
Frances. Tickets are $15.00 in
advance and $20.00 at the
door and will be available in
January 2015. Proceeds will
go to the Rainy River District
Victim Services Program.
Last year over 5,800 V-Day
benefits were held around the
world raising funds and
awareness towards ending violence against women. These
highly successful events raised
over $5 million through performance of The Vagina
Monologues, readings from VDay’s A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer
and Any One Of Us: Words
From Prison and screenings of
V-Day’s documentary Until
The Violence Stops and the
PBS documentary What I
Want My Words To Do To
You. Fort Frances has joined
this global movement as part
of
the
V-Day
2015
College/Community Campaign.
This special benefit performance is presented this year as
part of V-Day’s campaign
ONE BILLION RISING:
REVOLUTION, a global initiative that began two years
ago as a call for women survivors of violence to Rise and
Demand an end to violence.
In 2015, Risings will focus on
highlighting, creating and envisioning new, brave and radical artistic initiatives to bring
in the new revolutionary world
of equality, dignity and freedom for all women and girls.
What are The Vagina
Monologues?
Hailed by The New York
Times as "funny" and
"poignant" and by the Daily
News as "intelligent" and
"courageous," The Vagina
Monologues, which was first
performed off-Broadway by
Ms. Ensler, dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitement
buried in women’s experiences. Ms. Ensler has performed the play to great
acclaim throughout the world
- from Zagreb to Santa Bar-
Christmas
Party!
Outdoor Wood
Boiler
bara, from London to Seattle,
from Jerusalem to Oklahoma
City. Villard Books/Random
House first published The
Vagina Monologues, which includes a foreword by Gloria
Steinem, in February 1998. A
special edition was released in
hard cover and paperback in
February 2008 in honor of VDay’s ten year anniversary.
About V-Day
V-Day is a global activist
movement to end violence
against women and girls that
raises funds and awareness
through benefit productions of
Playwright/Founder Eve Ensler’s award winning play
The Vagina Monologues and
other artistic works. The VDay movement has raised over
$120 million; educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the
efforts to end it; crafted international educational, media
and PSA campaigns; reopened
shelters; and funded over
13,000 community-based antiviolence programs and safe
houses in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Kenya,
South Dakota, Egypt, and Iraq.
V-Day has received numerous
acknowledgements
and
awards and is, one of the TopRated organizations on both
Charity
Navigator
and
Guidestar. V-Day’s most recent global campaign, ONE
BILLION RISING, galvanized over one billion women
and men on a global day of action towards ending violence
against women and girls.
vday.org
What is a V-Day Campaign?
A V-Day Campaign is a catalyst for mobilizing women
and men to heighten awareness about violence against
women and girls. By creating this global community, VDay strives to empower
women to find their collective voices and demand an
end to the violence that affects one in three women in
the U.S and around the world.
V-Day Fort Frances is a local
effort within the worldwide
context of the 2015 V-Day
Campaign to raise awareness
and support the Rainy River
District Victim Services Program, a non-profit organization that partners with
emergency services in our
community to provide immediate emotional and practical
support to victims of crime, violence and other tragic circumstances.
To learn more about V-Day
Fort Frances call Rainy River
District Victim Services Program 274-5687, e-mail [email protected] or
join our facebook page V-Day
Fort Frances-TVM 2015. To
learn more about V-Day and
its
campaigns
visit
www.vday.org.
About One Billion Rising
One Billion Rising was the
biggest mass action in human
history.
The campaign,
launched on Valentine’s Day
2012, began as a call to action
based on the staggering statistic that 1 in 3 women on the
planet will be beaten or raped
during her lifetime. With the
world population at 7 billion,
this adds up to more than ONE
BILLION WOMEN AND
GIRLS. On 14 February
2013, people across the world
came together to express their
outrage, strike, dance, and
RISE in defiance of the injustices women suffer, demanding
an end at last to violence
against women. Last year, on
14 February 2014, One Billion
Rising for Justice focused on
the issue of justice for all survivors of gender violence, and
highlighted the impunity that
lives at the intersection of
poverty, racism, war, the plunder of the environment, capitalism, imperialism, and
patriarchy. Events took place
in 200 countries, where
women, men, and youth came
together to Rise, Release, and
Dance outside of court houses,
police stations, government offices, school administration
buildings, work places, sites of
environmental injustice, military courts, embassies, places
of worship, homes, or simply
public gathering places where
women deserve to feel safe but
too often do not. The campaign
was covered widely by media
in all corners of world including The New York Times, The
Guardian, NPR, and many
more. Visit www.onebillionrising.org
Important reminder: Ice safety tips
The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) is reminding the
public to be informed of the
dangers of ice. According to
the Insurance Bureau of
Canada, every winter 25 to 30
Canadians will die in ice-related incidents, and countless
others will go through the ice
and have near brushes with
death. In the North West Region, our weather has been inconsistent resulting in poor ice
conditions for this time of the
year. Here are some ice
safety tips to remember.
Measure ice thickness in several locations. Many factors
will affect ice thickness including: type of water, location, the time of year and other
environmental factors. Local
conditions such as currents
and water depths can affect ice
thickness. Consult knowledgeable local individuals.
White ice has air or snow
within it and should be considered suspect for recreational
use.
Avoid travelling on ice at
night. In the dark, it is very
difficult to see open holes in
the ice. This is a frequent
cause
of
snowmobiling
drownings.
Stay off river ice. River currents can quickly change ice
thickness over night or between different parts of the
river.
Take safety equipment with
you. Include ice picks, ice
staff, rope, and a small personal safety kit in your pocket,
which includes a pocket knife,
compass, whistle, fire starter
kit and a cell phone.
Avoid alcohol. Alcohol impairs your judgement and
speeds up the development of
hypothermia.
If you drive on ice, have an
escape plan. Open your windows and unlock your doors to
allow you to quickly escape
from your vehicle.
Always supervise children
playing on or near ice. Insist
that they wear a PFD or thermal protection buoyant suit if
playing on or around ice surfaces.
Saturday, Dec. 20
Atwood Enterprises
220 Fourth Street
Rainy River
852-3333
Borderland’s Favorite Pizza
E
FRE ERY
IV
DEL
PLAY
PULL TA
BS
THE BIGGEST
BURGERS AROUND
283-2222
LIVE
C
MUSI
Soup & Sandwich Special
Monday - Friday 11am-3pm
Chamber Dollars Gladly
Accepted Here!
V-Day Fort Frances 2015 presents a
benefit reading of The Vagina Monologues
Come on in and check out our wraps!
LIVE MUSIC ON SUNDAYS
4:30 to 8:30 p.m.
with Patty O’Porter
Texas Holdem Thurs., Fri & Sat Nights!
BORDER BAR PIZZA PARLOR
283-2222 3rd Ave. & 5th St. • I. Falls
Mon-Thur 11:00am-10pm • Fri & Sat 11:00am-11pm • Sun 11:00am-9pm
Members & Guests
Please Help Us Celebrate
the Holidays
Smear at 2 pm
Turkey Shoot at 4 pm
Potluck Supper
(Please bring your favorite dish)
(Draws throughout the party)
50/50 Draw 9 pm
Lots of Fun &
Christmas Cheer
274-3251
Emo Legion
New Year’s Eve
Dance to Country Jam
Wednesday, Dec. 31st
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
DINNER FEATURE
Shrimp Alfredo
Six broiled shrimp in a creamy
alfredo sauce served atop a bed
of linguini noodles. Served with a
tossed, or Caesar salad and fresh
steamed vegetables.
8 pm to 11 pm (which will be our midnight)
Lunch served at 10:30
Noisemakers Provided
Admission: $7.00 per person
Musicians wish to play please contact
Charleen at 483-5839
Gifts, Moccasins, Snowshoes
Child and Adult Winter Hats & Mitts
Rubber & Leather Boots
Workwear, Pants, Shirts, Jackets
Hi-Vis Safety Wear, Fireworks
Gas & Diesel Fuel
e
r
pins
b
m
i
T
KARAOKE NIGHT
Every Friday and Saturday
9:00 pm at Timberpins!
10 miles east of Int'l Falls on Hwy. 11
218-286-3151
Dine Daily ~ 5 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
www.thunderbirdrainylake.com
Come show off your talent with King
of the Road Entertainment as DJ!
NOW OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK,
3PM-CLOSE!!
Phone 218-373-2695
12 Shorewood Drive
Lots of 2015
Fishing Tackle in stock
The Great Bear
Hwy 11 East 274-2221
Page 6, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
Giving the gift of music
The Fort Frances Choraliers present, “The First Noel”.
Altos (Not in order and as taken from the program listing – some may not be pictured) Marilyn Allan, Lisa Bacon, Noreen Bourgeois, Crystal Cain, Norma Jean Calder, Deborah Emes,
Leah Galusha, Pam Guild, Pauline Jolicoeur, Sarah Langtry, Danette MacIntyre, Allene Perusse, Anna Schwartz, Lindsay Strickland, Leah Woods.
Sopranos (Not in order and as taken from the program listing – some may not be pictured)
Nikki Armstrong, Carla Bassaraba, Lorraine Brown, Wendy Brunetta, Nicole Cain, June
Caul, Wendy Chenier, Flora Danylchuk, Karen Erwin, Sarah Freeman-Kivimaki, Debbie
Hallikas, Gaby Hanzuk, Brittany Hayes, Shawn Holditch, Angela Korzinski, Joy Lockman,
Chris Lowe, Cathy Lucca, Randi Roth, Sylvia Smeeth, April Szpara, Rosanna Tweedie, Laureen Vandetti, Eva Vizi, Callahan Wiedenhoeft, Christian Wiedenhoeft, Jennifer Woods,
Marcia Zeleny.
Bass & Tenor Back row from l. Joe Belanger, David
Schwartz, Andy Chiasson, Jonathan Price, Mike Andrusco
and Frank Ball. Seated in front. David Miller.
Anna Schwartz sang Be
Born in Me to start the Cantata.
The crowd rose in applause after the performance.
Bob Dakin, Soundman.
Walter Rogoza narrated the
Cantata.
The simple wooden cross reminds us of the true reason for
the Season.
The audience and I received
By: Teresa Hazel
this
gift during their performGifts come in many forms.
ance at the Zion Lutheran
Some are wrapped with a
Church in International Falls
fancy bow and red ribbon and
on Sunday. A simple wooden
some are simply a gift. The
cross to remind one of the reaFort Frances Choraliers’ presson for Christmas along with a
entation of The First Noel was
grand Christmas tree that was
one of those gifts that don’t
adorned with an angel on top
come wrapped.
June Caul, Assistant to the
Director welcomed the audience.
complete with fluttering wings
(mechanically produced or
maybe not?) provided the
backdrop for this wonderful
medley of song.
June Caul, Assistant to the
Director welcomed the guests
Diane Maxey, Director expresses so much during the performance with her hands and body movement. It’s fun to
watch…
and extended appreciation to troduced to start the performPastor Olsen for opening the ance with a song entitled, “Be
church for the choir to perform. Born in Me”. She was accomShe also thanked the church’s panied by Joe Belanger. Her
music ministry as well as vol- angelic voice touched my heart.
unteers from the church who The choir then entered as
provided refreshments for a re- everyone sang, Silent Night,
ception following the perform- Holy Night. The symphony of
ance.
voices created with the help of
It was also noted that Lyndon Director Diane Maxey was a
Hughes was recording the per- pleasure to the ear. Maxey reformance and CDs would be ports that this is the 24th
available for anyone interested. Christmas Cantata and over 53
A free will offering was col- volunteer singers came out this
lected at the door and Caul year. Practices began in Octonoted that the proceeds would ber after Thanksgiving for the
be split between the Falls Food
Bank and the Backus Community Café. She thanked those in
attendance for their donations.
Anna Schwartz was then in-
choir that includes vocalists
who sing alto, bass, tenor and
soprano. Solo performances
were provided by Joe Belanger
and Pauline Jolicoeur, and Bob
Dakin was in charge of sound.
This year’s Cantata was dedicated to the memory of JoAnne McCaig who was a
long-time member of the
group.
Thank you to everyone involved with the Annual Christmas Cantata for sharing your
time and talents and reminding
me that gifts do not have to be
purchased or wrapped to be
meaningful and lasting.
Bravo!
The pleasure is ours as we say, “thanks” to our
customers and offer you our best wishes for a season
filled with merriment and joy. You deserve it!
from the Management and Staff at
MacDonald Motors
Fort Frances
Page 7, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
Stuff-A-Cruiser
Unifor calls on Resolute
gets record amount
of stuffing
Unifor is calling on Resolute
Forest Products to do all it can
to ensure a future for the Iroquois Falls paper mill it currently operates and is the heart
of the local economy.
Recently, Resolute announced it is closing its
newsprint mill in Iroquois
Falls, putting 180 people out
of a job. The mill is the town's
largest employer.
"Unifor will do everything
we can to protect this mill. We
know the entire community is
dependent on this mill," said
Unifor National President,
Jerry Dias.
Unifor, which represents the
workers at the mill, is actively
working with others to find a
buyer for the mill.
"Our hearts are with our
members and their families
who are impacted by Resolute's decision," said Dias.
"But we are not simply giving
up. We understand there are
some potential buyers. And we
expect Resolute to cooperate
to ensure a future for the mill."
The mill is scheduled to
close three days before Christmas. Resolute has committed
to heat the mill until February.
Unifor expects Resolute to
heat the mill until the spring if
a potential buyer is found.
"The bottom line is that if
this mill is permanently closed
the local economy will be decimated. Resolute must cooperate fully with efforts to sell the
mill," stressed Dias.
The decline in demand for
newsprint is having an impact
on the industry, but Unifor argues that solutions can be
found to manage the industry
and protect the jobs and communities dependent on it.
Unifor is Canada's largest
union in the private sector,
representing
more
than
305,000 workers. It was
formed Labour Day weekend
2013 when the Canadian Auto
Workers and the Communications, Energy and Paperworkers unions merged.
We really appreciate your continued and loyal business this past year.
With a bundle of best wishes to
all our neighbors and friends
this holiday season.
Students in the Paramedic Course at Confederation College joined their colleagues in front
of Safeway to help with the Stuff-A-Cruiser event.
Busy Beaver Fuels
&
A1 Sewing
Rainy River, ON
Serving the Rainy River District
From l. Constable Anne McCoy holds the event mascot while Lorena Jenks helps stuff a
cruiser with the help of Safeway employee Bill Shine.
By: Teresa Hazel
Rainy River district.
fully organized by the commuIt’s been reported that the
The mood was festive out- nity and that the Paramedics
Annual Stuff-A-Cruiser camside of Canada Safeway where coming on board has been
paign to obtain donations of
Christmas music was playing great.
food and non-perishable items
thanks to 93.1 and volunteers
“The bigger vehicles lessen
for the district food banks and
were busy handing out wish the amount of running we
Annual Community Christmas
lists and bags to customers on have to do to unload the vehiDinner received a record
their way in to shop.
cles”, she explained.
amount of donations this year.
Over forty volunteers help to
She was also pleased to reMaybe it was the help of the
ensure that vehicles are port that the grocery list for the
paramedics who came on
manned in front of Wal-Mart, Community Christmas Dinner
board this year and brought
Canada Safeway, The Place, had already been filled so
along their ambulances which
Cloverleaf Grocery in Emo everything else would be
can hold a lot more groceries
and the Beaver Mills Market going to the district food
than the trunk of a cruiser. Or,
in Rainy River. Volunteer driv- banks.
maybe it was the unseasonably
ers are also needed to unload
For more information about
warm weather that brought
food from each location and Stuff-A-Cruiser, contact Conmore people out. Or, maybe it
bring it to local food banks.
stable Anne McCoy at
is the spirit of giving that is alConstable Anne McCoy re- 807.274.3322 or go to
ways alive and well in the
ports that the event is now www.celebratingdiversity.ca
We offer complete dental care and
full orthodontic services to people across the district
New Patients Welcome
Call 274-7131 for your appointment
241 B Second Street, East, Fort Frances
Visit our website at: rlfamilydental.ca
AND
At the most joyous time of the year,
We'd like to publish our best wishes here
Along with our thanks and gratitude, too
'Cause we wouldn't be here without all of you!
Rainy River Hardware
Sears Rainy River
& Atwood Enterprises
Management and Staff
Norlund Oil
(2003) Limited
6115 Hwy 11/71 Emo
482-2680
Paul Koomans
Authorized Distributor
Rainy River District
School Board
PROPOSED SCHOOL YEAR CALENDAR 2015-2016
The Rainy River District School Board and the Northwest Catholic District School
Board have developed a proposal for the 2015-2016 common school year calendar:
•
All elementary and secondary students begin school on August 31, 2015
and end school on June 24, 2016.
•
Semester II in Secondary Schools begins January 29, 2016.
•
SCHOOL HOLIDAYS WILL BE:
September 7, 2015
October 12, 2015
December 21, 2015 to
January 1, 2016 incl.
February 15, 2016
March 14 – 18, 2016 incl.
March 25, 2016
March 28, 2016
May 23, 2016
Paul and his staff wish all a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year
•
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY DAYS:
All elementary and secondary schools
August 31, 2015
October 30, 2015
November 30, 2015
January 29, 2016
April 25, 2016
June 10, 2016
•
Secondary School Examination Days:
January 25-28, 2016
June 17-24, 2016
I would like to take this
opportunity to extend my
best wishes for a
Merry Christmas
and a
Happy New Year!
II look
on
look forward
forward to
to working
working on
your behalf
behalf in
in2014.
2015.
your
Sarah Campbell, MPP
KENORA - RAINY RIVER
1-800-465-8501
Northwest Catholic
District School Board
Labour Day
Thanksgiving
Christmas Holidays
Family Day
March Break
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Victoria Day
The board will be considering the proposed school year calendar in February and
would like to encourage anyone who has questions or concerns to contact the
school board office prior to January 9, 2015.
Contact: Casey Slack, Superintendent of Education
Rainy River District School Board
Brenden Hyatt, Superintendent of Education
Northwest Catholic District School Board
1-800-214-1753
274-9855 ext. 4972
274-2931 ext. 1233
Page 8, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
Canada is just like a
deadbeat dad
By Joanne McCullough
Gen(eration) Squeeze Mom
and small business owner
Dear Canada,
I can’t believe it’s come to
this. I thought I’d found the
one when we first connected,
the place I’d be forever. Now,
it’s just not working out between us.
Your rugged good looks
drew me to you in the beginning, along with all the opportunities you offered for fun and
exploration. But since starting
our family your handsome
looks and adventurous attitude
are no longer enough.
We’re supposed to be raising
our kids together. Sure, you
promise to put “family first.”
But your words are empty in
the absence of action. Where
are you when I’m squeezed between high housing prices,
stagnant incomes, and the need
for time at home with our
kids? What are you doing to
help pay for child care? Why
can’t you help make this affordable, when you can afford
new bridges, roofs for sporting
arenas, the Olympics and a
highway to the ski hill.
Cars, fun and games! Truth is
Canada, you’re just like a
deadbeat dad.
Now that we have kids, what
do I have to do to attract your
interest again? I’m keeping up
my end of the bargain. I work
hard as a small-business
owner. I work hard at home,
and as a volunteer too. I stand
on my own two feet. Why
doesn’t this look good to you?
Don’t get me wrong – I know
that you have lots of fine qualities. You dedicate much of
your time and money to taking
care of our aging parents, especially their health care and
pensions. And it matters very
much to me that they are supported.
But why can’t all members of
our family benefit from your
Thank you for your patronage in
2014. We look forward to serving
you in the new year!
288 Scott Street
Fort Frances
274-2944
rich resources and wealth?
Supporting retirees can happen
alongside supporting our kids.
In fact, if more of my parents’
generation knew how many of
our children are failing to be
ready for school, or are growing increasingly anxious and
depressed, or are living with
low-incomes, they too would
ask you to devote more of your
resources to the next generation.
I do love you, Canada. I have
held on to the dream of raising
my children with you for many
years. But as time goes on and
our children become increasingly vulnerable, I don’t see
you making the changes we
need to be successful.
Since I’m not a quitter, I’ll
give you another chance to
shape up.
Canada's next major election
will be the provincial campaign in B.C. on May 14. During this campaign, all
provincial parties must finally
speak to the needs of my generation – a generation in its
prime child-rearing years.
Sure, keep talking about jobs,
jobs, jobs. But know this focus
is insufficient. I have two jobs,
and they leave me squeezed
for time at home with my kids,
squeezed to pay for higher
housing prices, and squeezed
to pay for child care services
that cost more than post-secondary tuition. Unless you
propose plans to reduce this
squeeze, you cannot live up to
the commitment you made to
put families first.
Canada, I’m looking for a
plan to reduce the squeeze on
the generation raising young
kids (see gensqueeze.ca). If
political parties don't start
showing they have such a plan
– beginning in B.C. in the lead
up to the spring election – then
I am afraid I may have to find
somewhere else that does.
Sincerely,
Joanne
Joanne McCullough is a Gen
Squeeze Mom and small business owner. You can contact
her
at
easethesqueezeplease.wordpress.com/
Thinking of buying organic?
Don't waste your money
By Mischa Popoff
Research Associate
Frontier Centre for Public
Policy
Canadians are spending more
time purchasing and preparing
foodstuffs for their family tables. They’re also looking for
appealing, tasty, nutritious
goods that will not upset their
budgets.
Be prepared for the seasonal,
united organic-food-movement
appeal, calling on Canadians to
buy certified-organic turkey, organic vegetables and fruit, organic breads and pastries,
organic milk and meats, organic
nuts, and even organic booze.
But is organic food purer,
tastier and more nutritious?
A recent in-depth report on the
Canadian organic sector published by The Frontier Centre
points out that there is no systematic, empirical proof that
food certified as organic is
purer, tastier or more nutritious.
It turns out that a bevy of federally-regulated, for-profit, organic certifying agencies sell
the privilege to organic farmers,
brokers/traders and processors
to label their products “certified
organic” in Canada. And with
the Canadian Food Inspection
Agency’s (CFIA) logo affixed
to their products, premiums of
100 to 200 per cent are then garnered without a single test being
performed. It’s all just a glorified, bureaucratic, tax-subsidized, public-private, abused
honor system.
The politicized privilege to be
deemed “certified-organic” in
Canada is available to anyone,
whether here in Canada or anywhere in the world. To qualify,
just pay fees and fill out paperwork, even if you’re in China,
Mexico or Argentina. The honesty of the applicants is not verified. When staff at the CFIA
finally carried out some secret
tests on organic products, they
were so taken aback by the results that they actually tried to
suppress them.
There was a time when the
CFIA considered organic testing. Testing is, after all, how the
regular food system is kept safe.
But the idea of applying science
to the organic industry in
Canada was dead-on-arrival
thanks to the organic lobby; in
spite of the fact that the cost of
testing is one tenth that of the
current paper-based system of
record-checking.
By relying exclusively on paperwork, Canada’s for-profit or-
ganic certifiers benefit from
highly lucrative revenues
which, in turn, provide donations to activist organic groups
which may explain their opposition to testing in spite of support for the idea from
rank-and-file Canadian organic
farmers.
In addition to up-front application and inspection fees, organic
farmers and processors operating under CFIA “rules” are
forced to pay royalties to their
private certifiers between one
and three per cent on their gross
revenue from each and every
transaction. It is akin to the franchise fees that fast-food restaurant owners pay to their head
offices, with the difference that
Canadian organic farmers and
processors are paying for the
use of the CFIA’s logo on their
finished products, not the private certifier’s. And yet, the
CFIA requires no testing. None.
As every lifestyle section in
newspaper across the land pays
homage to the certified-organic
turkey and all the fixings (never
asking whether it’s worth it or
whether it even helps a single
Canadian farmer), remember
that private organic certifiers
only enforce the administrative
rules of organic production in
this country. While independent
inspectors make pre-announced
visits once a year to each farm
and facility, they don’t do any
testing. They only fill out paperwork.
In addition to organic foods,
you’ll also be hit with the idea
of bringing in the New Year
with certified-organic booze.
Such claim could not possibly
get any more absurd. None of
the alleged mystical attributes
of organic barley or grapes even
has a chance of surviving the
fermentation and distillation
processes. So save your money.
Whether you’re someone who
only “goes organic” during festive occasions, or one of the
millions of Canadians who buys
organic food on a regular basis
believing it’s purer, more nutritious and more sustainable than
regular food, let the buyer beware. The “organic” label doesn’t necessarily give you what
you think you are buying.
If you really want to help
Canadian organic farmers, buy
directly from them as you’re not
likely going to find their products on grocery-store shelves
this Christmas season.
Otherwise, you may want to
save the money for the children’s toys instead.
Mischa Popoff is research associate at the Frontier Centre
for Public Policy and co-author
of Canada’s Organic Nightmare
(http://www.fcpp.org/)
From the management and staff
www.lowerys.com
email: [email protected]
398 Scott Street , Fort Frances
Phone (807) 274-2743
Holiday Hours:
Dec. 24 closed 1pm
Dec. 31 closed 1pm
Closed Dec. 25, 26,
27 & Jan. 1
Wishing you a holiday
filled with merriment and
mirth plus lots of love
and laughter, with joy and
peace on earth!
With our thanks for your
valued patronage.
We’re grateful for your valued business.
It’s been a real pleasure serving you
throughout 2014!
We’re here for all your Holiday
Entertaining. Come in and check out
our selection of meat & veggie trays!
From the officers and
staff
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
from the Family and Staff at
Dennis Robinson Ltd.
Rainy River
All the best in 2015!
Hwy. 11 in Rainy River 852-1275
With glad tidings
to you and your kin
from all of us at this
special season.
We thank you for
choosing us and look
forward to serving
you in the new year.
Thank you for your
continued patronage.
John, Marina and Staff
Emo Feed ServiceLtd.
Canning Lane, Emo
482-2017
Management and Staff
Ed Kaun & Sons
274-6246
Hwy 11/71 in West Fort Frances
Merry
Christmas
& Happy
New Year!
Page 9, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
Bullied into conformity
Schools foster conformity
and tacitly encourage bullies
to be the enforcers
Philip was a quiet kid who
always sat inconspicuously
along the side wall of the
classroom. His head would be
bowed over his desk as he
busily drew pictures, all the
while contentedly oblivious
that the teacher was commanding the attention of the
rest of the class.
He was chubby, his hair
looked as if it needed a comb
run though it, and he seemed
to have trouble keeping his
shirt tail tucked in. Like Pigpen, the character from the
Peanuts cartoon strip, an air of
sloppiness surrounded him.
Most of his classmates, including me, thought Philip was
stupid, or at least a little slow.
Today he might be diagnosed
as autistic or ADD.
My first and second grade
teachers mostly left him alone,
but when we reached third
grade, our new teacher, Miss
McCoy, decided to make a
project of reforming Philip.
She would call on him to answer questions, but being busy
drawing he could never answer correctly. She would yell
at him for not paying attention,
snatch the drawings off his
desk, then crumple them up
and throw them in the trash.
This never succeeded, so she
resorted to corporal punishment.
Prominently hooked on a
nail next to the blackboard was
a wooden paddle. It hung there
in constant reminder of what
awaited us if we failed to behave. For most of us that
worked.
The next time Philip failed to
answer, she took him in the
hallway with her paddle. We
heard the whacks through the
door as she spanked him. And,
when they returned to the
room, Philip was crying. This
went on week after week. I
never knew of a kid who was
spanked more in school than
Philip, but he never seemed to
learn.
My classmates and I avoided
him on the playground and at
lunch; we never included him.
He was different so we completely shunned him. I recall a
few kids calling him names,
but I don’t remember anyone
physically bullying him. Miss
McCoy seemed to be doing
plenty of that without our help.
Nevertheless, we were all
laughing at him behind his
back.
He frequently had pencil lead
all over his hands, but one day
he got some smeared on his
face. A little bit above his lip.
Miss McCoy said, “Are you
trying to draw a mustache on
your face?” The class laughed.
“Well, you haven’t done a
very good job. Come up here
to the front of the room. Give
me that pencil. I’ll give you a
mustache.” She took his pencil
and rubbed the point sideways
along the space between his
nose and his upper lip until it
was dark black. At first there
were a few snickers, but eventually the class fell silent. Miss
McCoy was relentless in humiliating him in front of us. At
that point we all felt sorry for
Philip.
Eventually Miss McCoy
gave up on her project of reforming Philip and left him
alone. He was able to draw in
peace again.
One day as I walked past his
desk, I saw one of his drawings. He had drawn two birds;
one at rest and another in
flight. They were beautiful and
I was stunned by how realistic
they looked - almost photographic in detail. I couldn’t believe a kid could draw that
well. We were still drawing
stick figures while Philip was
drawing like an adult with
years of experience.
Miss McCoy’s tactics, which
were normal for that era,
would not be tolerated today.
Our schools, however, are still
designed to foster conformity.
Public schools’ one-size-fitsall approach to teaching lends
itself to “Zero-Tolerance” in
all areas of the educational
process. A process which fails
to recognize the unique
strengths some children have.
When children do not conform or are genuinely unique
(in whatever way), the other
children will pitch in by bullying them back into conformity.
Those on the sidelines learn
quickly what is expected and
what will not be tolerated. Unfortunately, that behavioral
correctness spills over onto the
playground, and children who
are different will be isolated or
taunted.
According
to
StopBullying.gov: “Children
who are at greater risk of bullying are: - Perceived as different from their peers, with
difference defined as being
overweight or underweight,
wearing glasses or different
clothing, being new to a
school, or being unable to afford what kids consider cool; Perceived as weak or unable to
defend themselves; - Depressed, anxious, or have low
self-esteem; - Less popular
than others and have few
friends; and/or - Seen as annoying, or provoking or antagonizing others for attention.”
I find it sad, that Philip’s remarkable talent was discouraged. Today, many private
schooled and home schooled
children are encouraged to
favor and work within their
strengths. How motivated
might Philip have been if all of
his studies could have somehow been tied to drawing and
art?
they would be interested in
having an optional supper before the dance.
Christmas activities are currently in the works, we had an
ugly Christmas sweater day on
Friday which went really well!
On Monday we are planning to
have “Deck the Halls.” This is
a house event where each
house gets a different hall way
Three students from the University of Manitoba are spending a week touring around Northwestern Ontario and Manitoba to spread some Christmas cheer and collect donations for
victims of Typhoon Ruby in their homeland the Philippines. Donations will be given to the
Children’s Joy Foundation. Go to www.cjfcanada.org or call 1-888-900-2531. From l. Christine, Richeline, and Maria brought joy and smiles to the halls of the Copper River Inn as
they sang Christmas carols for donations.
by Teresa
St. James
Anglican Church
Rainy River
May your spirits be
warmed and your
faith rekindled by the
true meaning of
Christmas.
Christmas Eve Service
Dec. 24 at 5 pm
RRHS Owls Corner
This week was slower than
the last, we started planning for
the New Year, some things include the Arts Festival in February, our mini We Day, and
our Semi- Formal dance.
We started planning for a
Semi- Formal dance, we have
decided on a Chinese New
Year theme. We are planning
on surveying students to see if
Carolling for a cause
“All Welcome”
For the blessing
of your friendship
and support
we offer our
deepest
gratitude.
and during forth period we
decorate the entire hallway!
The winner will get a pizza
party in the New Year! For the
last day before break, we will
be having Skating for the last
half of the day!
Kaemingh Fuels Ltd.
Serving the Rainy River District with
Quality Esso and Mobile Petroleum Products
From all of us at
Nor-West
Animal
Clinic
May your holiday season be filled with good times and
fond memories for a long time to come. We thank our
customers for their continued business.
Have a safe holiday and a happy New Year.
Management and staff at
Sunset Country Ford
Dr. Dan, Dr. Maria, Dr. Erika
Colleen, Karen D, Jessica,
Kelsey, Karen W, Erika P
We’d like to express
our gratitude to all of
you for all of the good
times we’ve shared together this year.
It’s always a pleasure
serving you and we
look forward to seeing
you again.
Merry Christmas!
Kelly & Staff
400 Portage Ave., Fort Frances
Roadside
Restaurant
To all our associates and friends,
we wish a happy and healthy holiday
season filled with the
joy of family and friends.
It’s been our pleasure serving
you this past year and we look forward
to serving you again soon.Thanks!
We're rolling out our best wishes and gratitude for all
the people who have helped to make this
year a sweet one for us.Thanks!
From the cheery staff at
Wood’s Quality Bakery
Fourth Street, Rainy River
852-3830
Have a safe and
happy holiday from
the Management and
Staff at
Gartch’s Pub
Glad tidings to you wherever you go this holiday
season. We appreciate your visiting us this past
year.
The Kreger Family
Kreger Sales & Service
Rainy River
Page 10, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
518 2nd Ave • International Falls • 218-283-9061
(Formerly The Border Oil Building)
We are a division of Moose Lake Coop
Visit our Website www.mooselakecoop.com
Store Hours : Grand Open Week (12/15 - 12/20) M - F 8 - 5 pm / Sat 8 - 1 pm
Regular Store Hours : M, T, Th, Fri 8 - 5 pm / Sat 8 - 1 pm
December 15 - 20
IN - STORE
SPECIALS - PLUS DRAWINGS &
REFRESHMENTS
BIRD & DEER
LOVERS SPECIAL!
50# Black Oil Sunflower Seeds
$
14
While Supplies Last
YEAR END STEEL SPECIALS BY SILVER STAR
Unskirted Feeders $273
Bull Feeders $295
YEAR END STEEL SPECIALS
BY TARTER
2 Piece Feeder - $230
BULL FEEDER - $305
10’ STEEL FEED BUNK $175
10’ POLY FEED BUNK $140
Cattleman Squeeze Chute w/ Self Head Gate $1560
* All Steel Specials Prices good Thru 12/31/14 / Limit to stock on hand.
Visit with our team of specialists all week! We can help and answer your questions
• Dan Paulson, Agronomy Manager, Dec.15-16
Fertilizer, seed, crop protection products, twine, posts, gates, fencing
• Tony Ecklund, General Manager, Dec.17-18
Information about Moose Lake Coop
• Bill Susa, Feed Manager, Dec. 19-20
Feed and animal care.
• Katie Nelson, Livestock Nutrition Specialist, Dec 18
We offer Purina Mills products and also Moose Lake’s lines of feed
for Farm & Hobby animals, dogs, cats and birds.
Page 11, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
Good food, good times at Stratton
Seniors Christmas Luncheon
Donna Heyens, guitarist with the Country Jammers, loves
playing "Santa looks a lot like Daddy" and belts out good
ole country dance tunes. "The Stratton Seniors make their
own fun. We all love to play for them. They are so gracious,"
she said.
Sheila McMillen and Don Lougheed relax after lunch. Sheila
is Secretary-Treasurer for the Stratton Senior Friendship
Club. "Gary [Jolicoeur] always makes a fabulous lunch for
us," she said.
Bob Wepruk, guitarist with the Country Jammers, takes a
break from playing, to dance with Lydia Sharp.
Dr. George Elliott drove home from Dryden where he works,
but still took time to come out to Stratton to play his famous
jigs and polkas. " I really enjoy playing for the Stratton Seniors. They dance," he said.
Mary Curtis is able to ham it up for the camera while playing beautiful old-time waltzes on the accordion. She gets
everybody to wear Christmas hats.
Stan Cottam always impresses with his dance moves. Here
he is dancing with Shirley Brown. "Dinner and the whole
program was excellent! A big thanks to the volunteers," he
said.
Make It
Merry
P
Holiday Menu
aint the town
red and green,
mix in some
joy to complete the
scene. Add good
friends, and neighbours too. And trim
with our best wishes
to all of you!
December 4 pm to 9 pm in our Dining Room
Starters
Mussels and Chorizo Cream
Goat Cheese Bruschetta
Seafood Brisque
Entrees
Mushroom & Chicken Risotto
Coffee Rubbed Pork
N.Y. Steak with Shallot & Red Wine Compound Butter
Salmon with Maple Mustard Glaze
Festive Sweets
Pumpkin Cranberry Pie
Apple Butterscotch Blondies
Gift C
Our regular menu is also available.
Gift Cards are a Wonderful Gift!
La Pla
Reservations Appreciated 274-9811
c e Re n
a rd
dez-Vo
us
Closed Dec. 24th at noon for Christmas
and reopening Monday, Dec. 29th
Closing Dec. 31st at noon, reopening Jan. 2nd.
Tompkins Hardware
Front Street, Emo Phone 482-2754
visit our web site at www.tompkinshardware.com
As another year hits the road,
we'd like to acknowledge all
the people who have been key
to our success and wish you
all a very, very merry season
and a truly memorable year.
Thanks for your valued
business and we look forward
to seeingyou again in the
new year.
West End Motors
Fort Frances
807-274-7751 ~ 1-800-274-2831
Dec. 24 close at 3pm, Closed 25, 26, 27
Dec. 31 closed at 4pm
Jan. 1 closed
No matter how you say it, we hope it’s grand!
During this festive season, we’d like to say
what a genuine pleasure it’s been serving you
this year. thank you for being one of our
valued customers.
VISSER AUTO &
TRUCK ACCESSORIES
All the best in 2015 from the Management
& Staff
Page 12, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
Social media and the rise
of the distracted thinker
strategic planning and disciplined time management?
Psychological studies don't
paint an encouraging picture.
When we go online, we enter
an environment that promotes
cursory reading and hurried,
distracted thinking. Surprisingly, one of the clearest enunciations of the problem comes
from an internet veteran. Two
years ago Joe Kraus, a partner
at Google Ventures, sounded
the alarm. "We are creating . . .
a culture of distraction where
we are increasingly disconnected from the people and
events around us and increasingly unable to engage in longform thinking. People now feel
anxious when their brains are
unstimulated . . . We threaten
the key ingredients behind creativity and insight by filling up
all our gap-time with stimulation."
Another very important business skill is interpersonal communication. With Facebook,
Twitter and cell phone interactions, this is surely the most socially connected generation in
history. But as personal as these
seem to be, they shield the user
from face-to-face interaction.
And given the opportunity for
face-to-face interaction users
often prioritize their phones
over the people right in front of
them.
MIT Professor Sherry Turkle
states, "We are lonely, but fear-
A decade has passed since
Blackberry led the transformation of mobile phones into email and internet access
devices, now called smartphones. By the end of 2014
over 1.7 billion-some 40 per
cent of global mobile phone
users will own smartphones.
In that breathtakingly brief
period, the smartphone has
transformed society in unimaginable ways. The most widely
cited impacts are social. Pervasive e-mail and text messaging,
the phenomenal popularity of
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram
and YouTube plus the vast
amount of information accessible through search engines
such as Google see many users
virtually unable to avoid using
their smartphone for more than
a few minutes.
This condition has become
known as internet addiction. It
infects children as young as
two years and it's well on its
way to infecting a large part of
the post-smartphone generation.
What does this have to do
with business?
A great deal, since those who
grew up in the age of smartphones will eventually comprise
Canada's
entire
workforce. How can people
who've spent almost every
waking minute moment fixated
on their gadgets learn thinking
skills such as problem solving,
ful of intimacy. Digital connections offer the illusion of companionship
without
the
demands of friendship. We expect more from technology and
less from each other". This
helps explain why employers
are finding new recruits very
bright, but awkward and deficient when working in teams or
interacting with customers.
Studies by psychologists and
neuro-biologists point to the
conclusion that the internet device revolution is actually
rewiring brains. Kraus puts it
this way: "We're radically overdeveloping the parts of quickthinking, distractible brain and
letting the long-form thinking,
creative contemplative, solitude-seeking, thought-consolidating pieces of our brain
atrophy by not using them . . .
that's both sad and dangerous."
It's dangerous sociologically
because constantly distracted
people who are incapable of
"long-form thinking" will have
difficulty managing their own
lives. And it's dangerous economically because business
success in a globally competitive world requires undistracted
focus, analytical accuracy, creative problem solving, innovative thinking and team-working
skills.
The internet brain seeks to fill
all "gap" time twittering, texting, e-mailing, following
Facebook "friends", watching
just-occurred news and, if
there's any spare minutes left,
playing video games. Is it possible to re-wire the internet addicted brain? As with other
addictions, the cure lies in admitting the addiction and then
having the determination and
self-discipline to change.
I wouldn't be surprised to see
"internet withdrawal" retreat
centres emerge as a new business opportunity. And businesses should be adding
"long-form thinking" to employee development programs.
The survival of their enterprises
may depend upon it.
Gwyn Morgan is a retired
Canadian business leader who
has been a director of five
global corporations.
Troy Media Marketplace ©
2014 - All Rights Reserved
The Bookworm Sez by Terri Schlichenmeyer
“Leaving Time” by Jodi Picoult
A good mother loves her child
unconditionally.
She cares for her little one,
making sure the baby is dry,
safe, and comforted. She feeds
her child and tends to him, no
matter what time of day or
night.
You can add to this list at will,
because we all know what a
good mother does. But, as in
the new book “Leaving Time”
by Jodi Picoult, a good mother
does not abandon her child.
Thirteen-year-old Jenna Metcalf had a routine that she kept
every morning: she got dressed
and logged on to the Department of Justice website to see
if her mother had been found
yet.
A decade before, after one of
the caretakers at their elephant
sanctuary was trampled by accident, Jenna’s mother, Alice,
was found nearby, unconscious, and was taken to the
hospital. When she regained
her wits, Alice bolted from the
building and disappeared.
It haunted Jenna ever since.
What kind of mother abandons her little daughter? Was
Alice hurt or killed? That was
something Jenna absolutely
needed to know – and so, old
enough to have saved money
from babysitting and birthday
gifts, she hired a psychic and a
detective.
Once upon a time, Virgil
Stanhope was proud of his career.
He’d been one of the lead detectives on the death of the elephant caretaker and the
disappearance of Alice Metcalf
– but he was having second
thoughts. He knew back then
that he’d done a hack job. Why
hadn’t he dug further into this
case?
It had been a long time since
The Dead had spoken to Serenity Jones, and she missed it.
Ever since a brash, egotistical
mistake ruined her TV career,
she couldn’t get a human to talk
to her, much less a spirit. So
when Jenna showed up on
Serenity’s doorstep, asking for
help, and messages began
whispering in Serenity’s head,
what could the seer do but listen?
For most of her life, Alice
Metcalf was devoted to the
study of elephants. They were
fascinating to her, and the ultimate reason her life had turned
out as it had. She saw so many
parallels between pachyderms
and humans: love, joy, grief.
Especially grief…
Got a calendar?
Clear it. Cancel your plans.
Once you’ve got “Leaving
Time” in your hands, you won’t
want to do anything but spend
time with this book.
Through the voices of four
main characters, author Jodi Picoult gives readers the kind of
novel they’ve come to expect,
but with a twist: there’s some
mystery in this book. We aren’t
sure what happened to Alice , if
she’s a killer, a victim, or something else. That keeps-youguessing factor appears in
every Picoult novel, but in this
book, it’ll make you page back
to see how you didn’t catch the
clues and to marvel at where
you went in the meantime.
And I’m going to stop there. I
can’t bear to ruin your enjoyment of unwrapping the layers
in this excellent book. Just
know that if you’ve got “Leaving Time,” you’ll only want
everyone to leave you alone to
read.
c.2014, Ballantine Books
$28.00 / $30.00 Canada
416 pages
Emo Lions donate
Emo and District Lion Rhonda Lilley presenting a cheque
for $ 1000.00 to Karen Sliworsky representing the Emo Food
Bank.
From Brad and Staff
at
861 Kings Hwy, Fort Frances
Holiday hours: Dec. 24, 7am-1pm, Dec. 25-26-27 closed
Dec. 28 - 30 regular hours,
Dec. 31 closed at 3pm, Closed Jan. 1, Jan. 2 back to regular hours.
Needle Art
Embroidery
Diana Nixon, 335 Scott St., 274-3636
Gather ‘Round the
Christmas Tree
Here’s hoping your holiday
delivers it all. Merry Christmas!
from the Board and Staff
at the
Rainy River Future
Development Corporation
There’s no place like home for the holidays, and we’re
glad to be here among friends and neigbours like you!
Merry Christmas and many thanks for all the goodwill
you’ve shown us this pas year.
Wishing You a safe and happy holiday
From All of Us at the
We wish evenyone a wonderful & safe
Christmas and a Happy New Year!
from the management and staff
The Emo Inn
We’ll be
closed Dec.
25, 26, 27, and
Jan. 1, 2
Merry Christmas and many thanks for the loyal
support we receive throughout the district.
Dale, Tanner, Ed and all the Staff
Page 13, The Westend Weekly, December 17, 2014
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Jell-O
Pudding
4 serve sugar free .....3.9 oz. box
Essential Everyday
Pumpkin ...............15 oz. can
Gold Medal
Flour Bleached/
Unbleached .......... 5 lb. bag
4/$
3
78¢
$ 78
1
DAIRY
Essential Everyday
Butter ..................... 1 lb. quarters
Reddi Wip .... 6.5 oz. aerosol can
Pillsbury
Pie Crust ............... 14.1 oz. pkg.
$
248
$ 88
1
$ 48
2
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Open 7 Days A Week
5:00 a.m. - Midnight
Hwy. 11-71 West, International Falls, MN
283-8440
Visit our new website
superoneifalls.com
PRICES IN EFFECT
Noon Sunday, December 14 - Saturday, December 20
Use our
In-store ATM
®
We reserve the right to limit
quantities!
Your only locally-owned Supermarket for over 50 years.
Meat Department - Fresh Meats Cut Daily
e
.D.A. Choic
U.S
BlackAngus
$
Boneless
Pork Country
Style Ribs
2
hoice
U.S.D.A. C
BlackAngus
1
Boneless
Chuck Roast
Minnesota Gold
VALUABLE COUPON
1015
Antioch Farms
Chicken Kiev, Cordon
Bleu Or Broccoli
& Cheese
1
5 oz.
Refrigerated
Pickles ..................................24-32 oz.
lb.
Ambassador
Fresh Bratwurst Or
Polish Sausage
Links .........................................................
3
Big N’ Meaty Or
Big N’ Cheesy
Summer Sausage .............20 oz.
$ 89
lb.
Olson Pickled
6
lb.
1025
$ 00
1
Cooked Salad
Shrimp
3.5 oz.
VALUABLE COUPON
1035
2
Pillow Pack
Pepperoni
6 oz.
Meat Department
Meat Department
Fully Cooked
Bacon
Jumbo
Jumbo
Meat Department
Jumbo
Red
Delicious
Gala-Granny
Smith-Jonagold
Or Braeburn
Apples
Jumbo
89 2
lb.
Fresh
ea.
Fresh
Snowhite Sliced
Or Whole
Mushrooms
Peeled Baby
Carrots
16 oz. bag
8 oz.
¢ 2/$
89
lb.
¢
ea.
10 lb. bag
Louisiana
Grown Yams
$ 89
¢
¢
lb.
lb.
3 89 69
ea.
Premium
Russet
Potatoes
Fresh
Sweet Yellow
Onions
Fresh
Produce
14 oz.
ea.
lb.
Jumbo
2
Meat Department
Classic
Coleslaw
Blend
1 99
1
$ 50
Limit 10 per family with coupon at Super One thru December 20, 2014
Fresh Dole
¢ $ 99 $ 99 $ 49
¢
89
Jumbo
Red Seedless
Ripe
Grapes
Pomegranates
Sweet Ripe
Pineapple
1045
2.1 oz.
Jumbo Fruit Sale - Stocking Stuffers Mix-Match
Seedless
Navel
Oranges Or
Anjou Pears
3 lb.
32 oz.
Essential Everyday
Limit 10 per family with coupon at Super One thru December 20, 2014
Limit 10 per family with coupon at Super One thru December 20, 2014
3
$299
$549
$ 99
VALUABLE COUPON
$ 00
Essential Everyday
6
2/$6
2/$
$ 49
Herring Party Pail
Tastee Choice
Limit 10 per family with coupon at Super One thru December 20, 2014
3
Claussen Kosher
Pork Sausage Links,
Patties, Rolls
Or Crumbles ..................9.6-16 oz.
W.H.M. Stewart’s
lb.
VALUABLE COUPON
$ 00
10
Jimmy Dean
$ 79
Family Pack
Sliced Slab Bacon ........................
$ 27
4
Original Or Beef
Lit’l Smokies ....................13-14 oz.
2/$
lb.
$ 77
SuperOne
lb.
Cold Water
Canadian Lobster
Tails .......................................... 4 oz. each
All Natural
8 Piece Cut Up
Chicken
Stewart’s
Hillshire Farms
lb.
Fresh Frozen
Gerber
Amish Farms
Fresh Cut
Rope Or Link
Smoked Sausage
Or Polska Kielbasa ...13-14 oz.
lb.
Jumbo Canadian
Snow Crab Legs .............................
77
8
2
$899
Fresh Frozen
Boneless
Ribeye Steak
Or Roast
Hillshire Farms
$ 87
Mildly Seasoned Boneless
Porketta...................................................
SuperO
We
Will Match
Any Locally
Advertised Price
Or Farm Fresh
Or Comparable
Whole Or Half
Bone In Ham
$ 17
Our Own
’s
Stewartne
2
ea.
DELI
December 14 - December 20
MEATS
Sandwich Special
SUNDRIED TURKEY 4 lb.
ITALIAN TURKRY $485 lb.
CAJUN TURKEY $505 lb.
BLACK FOREST HAM $435 lb.
HARD SALAMI $515 lb.
Egg Salad Sandwich w/ side $5.29
Check out our specials
on facebook!
Deli Hours:
7am-7pm All Week
CHEESES
$
MILD CHEDDAR $485 lb.
ONION CHEESE $515 lb.
85
Fresh Bakery
All Made From
Scratch By
Our
Bakery
7 GRAIN BREAD ............................................. 1 lb. loaf
HOT DOG BUNS ................................................ 8 cnt.
w/coupon Limit 2
JUMBO MUFFINS ASST. FLAVORS ......................
4 cnt.
coupon good thru 12/14/14-12/20/14
w/coupon Limit 2
ASST. COOKIES ............................................
10-18 cnt.
coupon good thru 12/14/14-12/20/14
$
$
249
199
$ 29
4
$ 49
3
Dairy
Land O Lakes
Half & Half .............................................pint
Land O Lakes
Whipping Cream ...............................pint
Land O Lake
Cottage Cheese ........................ 22 oz. tub
Cracker
Barrel Cheese .........................7-8 oz. block
Kraft
American Singles ..................12 oz. pkg.
Kraft Philadelphia
Cream Cheese ...........................8 oz. block
Coffee Mate
Flavored Creamers........... 32 oz. bottle
Top The Tater ............................ 12 oz. tub
Country Crock
Spread ............................................
45 oz. tub
Land O Lakes
Margarine .....................
1 lb. quarters pkg.
95¢
2/$
4
$ 49
2
2/$
5
2/$
5
2/$
3
$ 99
2
$ 88
1
$ 49
3
2/$
3
Frozen
Nestle
Cookie Dough ....................16-16.5 pkg.
2/$
5
Pizza.................................14.54-30.88 oz.
Ben and Jerry’s
Pillsbury
Grands
Sweet Rolls ..................16.9-17.5 oz. tube
Pillsbury
Sweet Rolls ..................12.4-13.9 oz. tube
Pillsbury
Crescent Rolls ........................ 8 oz. tube
Pillsbury
Grands Biscuits .................16.3 oz. tube
David’s Deli
Bagels .................................... 14.25 oz. pkg.
5
Ice Cream ...................................... pint
88
Sundae Cones .............. 8 count box
2/$
$
1
$ 88
1
2/$
3
$ 29
1
Tropicana
Pure Premium
Orange Juice .....................
59 oz. bottle
Cruz
Flour Tortillas ......
Freschetta
10 count 16 oz. pkg.
Simply
Hashbrowns ......................... 20 oz. pkg.
$
99
2
$ 99
1
2/$
4
Stone Ridge
Rhodes
Rolls..............................24-36 count pkg.
Rhodes
Rolls............................... 8.5-11.5 oz. pkg.
New-York
Texas
Garlic Toast ................ 11.25 oz. pkg.
Essential Everyday
Whole
Strawberries ....................16 oz. bag
Essential Everyday
Sliced
Strawberries .................
Essential Everyday
16 oz. pkg.
Orange Juice ................... 12 oz. can
$
398
$ 49
3
$ 99
3
$ 69
3
2/$
4
2/$
4
2/$
4
2/$
4
2/$
3
Banquet
Family Size
Entrées..........................
25-27 oz. pkg.
$
299
Stouffer’s
Homestyle Classics
Entrées .............................6-12 oz. pkg.
Stouffer’s
Classics
Entrées ................... 8.36-11.75 oz. pkg.
Hot, Lean Or Croissant
Pockets ................................. 9 oz. box
Stouffer’s
French
Bread Pizza ...... 11.25-12.37 oz. pkg.
Ore-Ida
Potatoes ....................... 20-32 oz. bag
Essential Everyday
Spinach ...............................10 oz. box
Eggo
Waffles ....................... 8-10 count box
2/$
5
2/$
5
2/$
4
2/$
5
$ 89
2
79¢
2/$
4