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Mark Mast
Rainy River Ministerial

Aren’t you glad that the Lord always has our best interests at heart? In the book of Jeremiah we read of God’s faithfulness to His people even though they had so utterly forsaken Him. At the height of their disobedience, God allowed them to be taken into captivity by the Babylonians and exiled from their homeland. Yet, God continued to love them and had only one wish: their restoration.

Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

Frost seeding is a very economical method of improving pastures and hayfields in the spring.
There is a large risk with frost seeding but you can afford to attempt it 3-4 times for the same price as conventional seeding. Your patience and need of forage will determine if it is a good option. In general we assume that legumes will be effective 50-60% of the time and grasses about 20-30%. Some springs you will see no response and others will be excellent.

Al Lowe
Contributor

This is the wild mouse of North America. It is present in almost all of the continent, except Alaska and Newfoundland. It is quite a presentable little mouse - nothing like your ordinary house mouse. It takes an expert to tell it from its cousin, the White-footed Mouse. Since the latter do not breed here, we have no problem with that. Both, incidentally, are mostly brownish-grey with white underparts, legs and feet.

Ken Johnston

Saturday afternoon the Rainy River Legion had dignitaries from all over Northwestern Ontario visiting. It was District 7 Rally time and most regional legions were represented.

Ken Johnston

On Friday Rainy River mourned one of its most decorated World War II veterans, Don Budreau, who passed away a week earlier at the age of 90.
The funeral was well attended and had dignitaries from Legions right across the region as well as politicians.

News Release
Ken Boshcoff, MP

Ken Boshcoff M.P. Thunder Bay-Rainy River has just returned from meetings with officials with the Department of Natural Resources in preparation for his new duties as Associate Critic. The meetings were held to orientate Mr. Boshcoff on the many responsibilities of this federal department.

News Release
MNDM

The Ontario government is improving traffic flow along a key northwestern tourism corridor by issuing a call for tenders to replace the Sioux Narrows bridge on Highway 71, Northern Development and Mines Minister Rick Bartolucci announced today.

Ken Johnston

While they did not win NWOSSAs the Rainy River High School boys curling team reached their goal for the season.
“We told coach Bonot that we wanted to make NWOSSAs at the beginning of the season,” said Mitch Seguin-third, “We did that now next year the All-Ontario’s.”

Ken Johnston

A former Rainy River man has authored his first children’s book, “A Taste of Soda.”
John Bouchard, 38, of Dodge City, Kansas, is a grade 5 school teacher full-time and author on the side. He said he started writing the fiction several years ago when he was attending college in Bemidji, MN. and his wife Sara was in Thief River Falls, MN. “We were 90 miles apart, so I decided to email her a paragraph or two of a book each day.”

News Release
Ass. of God Church

Dr. David Nichols from the Heart of the Father Ministries will be in Baudette
Dr. David Nichols will be ministering in our area soon! He will be speaking at the Cornerstone Assembly of God Church, located at 403 Main St. SW, in Baudette, on March 26-28th. He will minister on Sunday at 10:30 AM and 7PM, and on Monday and Tuesday at 7:00 PM. David Nichols has been a pastor, preacher and educator for over 20 years and holds a Ph.D. in New Testament Studies from Marquette University. He is an ordained minister with the Assemblies of God and has been a professor and administrator in Christian higher education for 15 years.