RR Trade show is this Saturday

By Ken Johnston
Editor

There are nearly 50 different busineses, tradespeople and other various agencies set to participate in the largest Rainy River and District Chamber of Commerce Trade Show yet!
Organizers Don Ricci and Anthony Mason were ecstatic Monday when they signed up a few more to top the 45 booth mark. "I set a goal of 50 and last year we had 36 with the health fair. This year without the health fair we are nearly double that!" said Ricci.
Since last week's paper came out the amount of people signed up to be there nearly doubled. At 28 last week another 17 signed up since then and a few more may confirm by late today, the absolute deadline to get into it as an exhibitor.
The show will begin at 10 a.m. and run until 6 p.m. Most of the booths/displays will be on the Rainy River Arena floor. There will also be one on the main floor of the RR Community Centre and one outside the building. There will also be entertainment on the hour throughout the day on the second floor of the Comm. Ctre.
New to the show this week are the following:
•Baskets and Such who will be displaying the various gift items and baskets they make.
•Country Girl Ventures to promote the various vacation packages they book for things like honeymoons and other occasions.
•Rainy River Ambulance services will be on hand with info. about their services.
•Emo Walleye Classic will be there promoting their upcoming tournament and selling raffle tickets on their big draw.
•Fisher Monuments
•Alf Gate Tackle with his product lines.
•Gary Marten who makes custom cedar furniture.
•John Gavel who will have his new boom truck outside the building and information about the services he offers.
•Kitchen and Bath Plus will have their products on display.
•Mom's Family Restaurant will have a Chinese Buffet available.
•The Ontario Provincial Police will have a booth.
•RR Dist. Palliative Care will be there to talk about the services they offer and sign people up interested in helping them or receiving pal. care.
•The RR Skateboard Park fundraising committee will be holding a fundraising event.
•Sundwall Gardens will have hanging and bedding plants for sale.
•True Value will be joining The Source by Circuit City.
•Knotty Pine Riding Ranch will be on hand to talk to the public about this new business getting ready to start up.
•Rainy River Funeral Home.
•Northridge Funeral Home will be sharing a booth with The Village Green and Ken Noble Monuments.
•Causeway Insurance will be there to talk about the various products available through their office.
As listed last week the following will also be there:
•Border Service who has told organizers his booth will be hosting something really exciting but he is keeping it a “secret”.
•RR Chamber will be offering information about the community as well as recruiting new members.
•Epicure Selections will be offering their vast product lines from spices to cutlery.
•Pat Newmiller and Gerry Jolicouer will be manning a booth featuring information about Newmiller’s professional recording studio and Jolicouer’s group The Messengers’ soon to released CD.
•Rainy River High School graduates will be there with information about the upcoming Chem Free Grad party and how people can get involved with it.
•The Northern Lights Credit Union will be on hand to talk about all the various services they offer at their Rainy River Branch.
•Pharmasave from Fort Frances will be displaying different products and if possible will be doing passport photos on site.
•Dawson Bison farm will be marketing bison meat raised locally.
•Quality Bakery will have freshly baked goods there as well as a food booth.
•Rainy River Recreation Board and Rainy River KidSport will be sharing a booth outlining various facets of local recreational opportunities. The Rec. Bd. will also be running a canteen.
•River Image will be pushing their web site design services as well as their newly created Rainy River web mall concept.
•The Rainy River Fire Dept. will have a display of equipment on hand.
•Both the Gideons and the Covenant Church will offer a religious flavour with the latter actually selling food to raise money for their new church.
•Spruce Creek Golf Course from Morson will be on hand to sell memberships and show off the beauty of the newly opened course.
•Sunset Country Pest Control from Morson will be there to talk about the services they offer.
•The ATV Guy of Fort Frances will be on hand with actual All Terrain Vehicles on display.
•The Source By Circuit City of Rainy River will have the latest electronic products on display.
•The Town of Rainy River will be offering information about the town and its strategic plan. It is hoped that the new town of Rainy River brochure will be unveiled that day as well.
•Services Ontario will have a booth showcasing all the services available at the local office.
•Rainy River Play School will be offering children's activities but will not be offering daycare as originally reported.
•Don Larson Stump Removal will be at the show.
•Harris Hill Resort is planning to come offering both info. about the resort and other services including massage offered there.
•Edward Jones Financial services of Fort Frances will be there to talk about the services they offer.
•Atikokan Crisis Centre has a booth booked to talk about services.
•Willy Anderson will have a booth featuring his daughter’s art on display and for sale.
•WinHealth (Dennis Fisk) will have a booth featuring his unique product.
The Chamber has booked a classic cars group from Fort Frances to come and display their cars on the arena floor.
Confirmed entertainers are Gerry and The Messengers, The Clover Valley Echoes, James Eastman of The Nite Hawks and Ericka Tymkin.
There will be one $500 Chamber Bucks attendance/door prize and prizes every hour for attendance.
Most if not all booths will be hosting some kind of draw for many great prizes.
The Third Annual Trade Show promises to be the best one yet and all members of the public are invited to come out and check out the many services, businesses, etc. that available in our area.