James Arthur Tooth (Art) passed away peacefully in St. Boniface Hospital on Sunday, April 22, in the presence of his family.
Art was born on May 16, 1924 in Oakville, Manitoba to John and Sarah Tooth. At the age of 19 he joined the RCAF and served in England, India, Ceylon, and Burma. Art received his degree in Agriculture from the University of Manitoba in 1950.

By Jenny Moorman
RR Runners Club

The River Runners Canoe and Kayak Club will host their first meeting for the 2007 Paddling Season on Sunday, May 6th at 7:00 PM at the Ken and Jenny Moorman residence. Items for discussion will include a Fun Run, the Thursday night paddles, our Summer Event‚s Calendar, election of officers and access site clean-ups.

By Maria Vandenbrand
Club Reporter

Another week of Explore 4-H and the club is having lots of fun making hot fudge and berry sundaes and sewing hems and buttons.
Even though this week ran late, half of the club had fun by making hot fudge by melting chocolate chips and mixing in corn syrup, butter, water, salt and vanilla. While they cooked, the other half of the group sewed hems and learned to attach buttons properly. Later, the groups switched and the second group made berry syrup by mixing thawed berries with corn starch, sugar, water and lemon juice.

By Laura Armistead
RRHS teacher

This is a traditional Arabic greeting which means; Hello; Peace upon you. Expect to hear this and a few other Arabian sayings when you attend this year’s Owl Theatre performance.

News Release
NLCU

Northern Lights Credit Union held its annual general meeting with its membership shareholders on April 18th, 2007 at the Victoria Inn, in Thunder Bay.
Doug Robinson, President & Chief Executive Officer, announced dividends of 10% on all of the Membership Shares and Investment Shares for the 2006 year along with an interest rebate of 5% on all Consumer Mortgages. In total, $400,308 was returned to the members.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

If you were in Stratton over the weekend chances were it was to participate in big business at the Stratton Sales Barn.
The Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association held their annual spring sale. “We will sell anything even your chickens at this sale,” said sales manager Russell Richards Monday. They did sell one horse but other than that they saw 1,475 head of cattle go through the barn.

By Ken Johnston
Editor

The people of Rainy River did it again last week!
Thanks to the Rainy River Drug Store’s participation in the Canadian Diabetes Association’s Clothesline program again, many, many, many dollars will be raised to be used to do diabetes research in this region.

Submitted by
Tracy Moen

Two girls from Rainy River, Shauna and Kendra Moen, had a good year competing at gymnastics meets around the region. Here are their results:
Shauna Moen: Level 4 (age 11)

By Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

Will spring 2004 ever arrive? Many gardeners are still wondering this and are anxiously waiting to start gardening. While many of us dream of having our very own greenhouse, the reality is that most gardeners do not have a greenhouse or even a cold-frame. Although there are some great new kits and small greenhouses that are made affordable to the homeowner, many of us will never have our own greenhouse. But don’t despair, there are some products on the market that we can use to push the season and mimic the growing conditions of a greenhouse, cold-frame or even warm weather.

Submitted by
Ken Boshcoff M.P.

On April 19th, Federal Environment Minister John Baird released a study by Environment Canada that claims meeting our Kyoto obligations would cause a massive recession. The report forecasts the loss of 275,000 Canadian jobs, a rise in gasoline prices to $1.60 per litre, a fifty percent increase in electricity costs, and the doubling of natural gas prices.