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Darlene Smith
Rainy River Ministerial

Most people’s perception of God is that He is a God who looks down on us from a far, distant Heaven. He sees our condition, our pain, our lives but He’ll only be interested in us when its time to be disciplined. Or maybe He just doesn’t care at all.
The most popular Psalm ever memorized is the 23rd Psalm. Here we see the contradiction of the perception.

Al Lowe
Contributor

The clam is not a very exciting animal. It doesn’t have much to say, it is not very active, and it is generally thought of as being quite dull.
There are some interesting things about clams, though, and I bet you don’t know about many of them. The clams we have here in Northern Ontario don’t make much of an impression. We don’t eat them, and most of the time we don’t even see them.

News Release
Min. of Tourism

The “PASS” travel document recently proposed by the U.S., would reduce tourism and unnecessarily damage the Canadian and American economies, Ontario Tourism Minister Jim Bradley told the Binational Tourism Alliance Conference here today.

News Release
Ont. Govt.

A new regulation requiring smoke alarms on every storey as well as outside all sleeping areas of every home will make Ontario an even safer place to live, says Community Safety and Correctional Services Minister Monte Kwinter.

Ken Johnston

Rainy River lost a historical figure last Thursday when John Sirman passed away at the age of 79 after a hard fought battle with cancer.
Sirman who spent nearly four decades working on the Canadian National Railway was the last engineer to bring a steam locomotive into the community on Dec. 2, 1958.

Ken Johnston
Editor

It was pretty much all walleye at the 9th Annual Morson Live Release Ice Fishing Derby on Saturday.
Of the 70 fish caught 65 of them were walleye, four were perch and one northern pike.

Gary Sliworsky
Ag. Rep.

This is part 1 of an article that comes from Kit Pharo, Pharo Cattle Company. While I may not agree with all of Kit’s philosophy, I certainly enjoy reading his view points. One thing to bare in mind is he ranches in very dry, limited forage country.

Al Lowe
Contributor

The Snowy, or Arctic Owl is not a native of our parts of Northern Ontario, but is a fairly regular visitor, about every four years or so.
This is a big bird, as large as the Horned Owl, with a wingspan of five feet or more. The male bird, smaller than the female, is almost pure white, while the female has quite a bit of dark brown, a sort of mottling effect. Look for them in the wide open areas. They will sit on top of a post for hours waiting for some small animal to show itself.

News Release
OPP

The Fort Frances OPP is looking for assistance in solving a theft that occurred during the summer of 2005, from the ATM located at the Fort Frances Sportsplex.
Sometime between June 4th and June 30th, 2005 a suspect obtained the key and code to the vault box of the ATM machine located in the lobby area of the Fort Frances Sportsplex.

Melanie Mathieson
Gardening Guru

In a former column it was mentioned that the Christmas cactus makes a great holiday plant gift. You may also see this variety of cactus on sale at other holiday times of the year like Easter and Mother’s Day. Although there really is a cactus variety called the Christmas cactus and one called the Easter cactus, both species are often sold at each holiday and are assigned the name of the holiday rather than their correct species name. Which ever species you have rest assured they are from the same family, look very similar and are cared for in the same way.