Rainy River Record

Skip-Jared McQuaker, Third-Alyshia Langlais, Second-Ben Miller and Lead Alyssa Jodoin won NORWOSSA Mixed Curling Silver last week in Fort Frances.

Karl Drackert, gr. 8, uses rubbing alcohol to show those present at Riverview School's annual science fair last week how to extract DNA from a banana.

Madison Brown, followed by Taya Stamler skate to Butterfly at the annual RR Figure Skating Club's annual ice show. The theme this year was Four Seasons.

Jessica Cole is seen here performing to Island in the Sun at the annual RR Figure Skating Club's Ice Show. This year's theme was Four Seasons.

J.W. Walker Elementary School in Fort Frances suffered extensive damage after a gas leak caused an explosion last Thursday. As seen here the entire wall of the gymnasium was blown out. However, there were no injuries.

Alexia Gate (2) yelling "Here Fishy, Fishy" and her brother Chandler Pollard (7) at the Morson Fish Derby Saturday.
–Submitted photo

Members of the Rainy River Figure Skating Club were busy polishing up their routines on Sunday for their annual Ice Shows slated for this Saturday and Sunday in Rainy River. Kenzie Godin, center and Shauna Moen, two long time members of the club are seen here practising.

–Ken Johnston photo

Bob Copenace was one of the many early birds at the 11th Annual Morson Ice Fishing Derby this past Saturday. See story on page one.

Dale Gill, left, of Fort Frances, and Darrell Beyak of Thunder Bay, right, were among the anglers who came from afar to participate in the annual derby in Morson Saturday. 191 anglers in total took part on a day where it was sunny and mild and the fish were biting.

Shantelle Jodoin, right, joined her aunt, Sharron Wilson, left, of Rainy River and her mom Brenda Jodoin, center, of Pinewood, in fishing the Morson Fish Derby Saturday. Shantelle caught the first fish of the day in her group but failed to win a prize with it as it was a small walleye.