Rainy River Record

The cast and crew of Rainy River High School's Owl Theatre have been busy practising for this Thursday and Friday's performance of Mulan the Musical! It promises to be a very entertaining production

These three RRHS badminton players won a berth to NWOSSAs on April 20, 2016 in Dryden. Fr. l. to r., Bethany Sinninghe, Hayley Arpin and Jackson Arpin.

Students from across the district recently competed at the regional science fair. From left to right: Hayden Geary of Red Lake-Madsen Public School achieved gold, Angie Redford of J.W. Walker School achieved silver, and Matthew Potter of Golden Learning Centre achieved bronze.
–Submitted photo

Sherri Kreger, of Rainy River, Doreen Hartnell of Baudette and Maria Cunningham of Rainy River are this year's (2015-16) Speedball League Champions at The Lanes, Restaurant and Lounge in Baudette. The team is sponsored by Auto Value of Baudette.
–Photo courtesy of The Northern Light-Region

Gill Stamler, right, was honoured by the Rainy River Library Board last Wednesday for her 15 years of service on the board. She has retired from the volunteer board. She was presented with a picture taken by Librarian Michael Dawber that was then made into a painting. Presenting her with the picture was Councillor and Library Board Chair Gordon Prost.

Old Man Winter tried his darndest to keep the ice on the Rainy River, throwing a winter storm at us last Wednesday. But even the 11 inches of snow that fell was not enough to stop the ice from opening up in front of Hannam Park last Wednesday morning. It was the third earliest ice out on record!

Trevor Bonot-Skip, Jackie McCormick (nee Bonot)-third, Kory Carr-Second and Megan Westlund-lead won the provincial mixed title over the weekend in Fort Frances. They will now represent Northern Ontario at the National Championships this coming November in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

-Joey Payeur photo

Rainy River Hospital Aux. members took a break from their meeting last Tuesday to present Samantha Manty of Riverside Foundation with a cheque for almost $16,000 to purchase and I-stat blood analyser and six new hospital grade tables for LTC. The Aux. has funded over $100,000 in projects at RR Health Centre since 1997! Fr. l. to r., Carolee Hogue, Darlene Armstrong, Betty Blight, Irene Hanson, Gill Stamler, Bev Langner, Donna Haglin, Ida Maryniuk, Beaty Nault, Jessie Bodnarchuk, Nancy Schaak and Donna McDonald. Fr. row, Samantha Manty, Joyce Penner and Elsie Gerula.

The Rainy River Figure Skating Club held its annual ice show on Sat. and Sun. with the theme being Superhero Showdown. The members gave stellar performances, including this one by Payton Marken to the song Superheroes!

RRHS Sr. Girls Volleyball team won NWOSSA gold last week, earning themselves a berth to the All Ontarios. Back row, l. to r., Madison Brown, Kyra Gouliquer, Sarah Whetzel, Chalina Abraham, Calli Vandenbrand and Coach Guy Arpin, Fr. row, Bethany Sinninghe, Hayley Arpin, Kendra Moen, Dakota Kreger and Abbey Tolen.