Rainy River Record

About 350 people checked out the big pumpkins at RR's 13th Annual Pumpkin Festival on Saturday.

Guy Arpin, left, gets ready to announce the winning weight of Ben Johnson’s pumpkin, of Kakabeka Falls, Ont. It tipped the scales at 902 lbss. While that is down from last year when he shattered the local record with an 1,173 pound pumpkin, Johnson still had the top weight this year winning his third title at the festival. Operating the tractor used to lift the giant pumpkins is John Sinninghe.

Richard Short, left, and Robert Tolen, right, get ready to weigh Serena Godin’s pumpkin. She ended up winning the Jr. Growers competition with it. It weighed 445 lbs.

The above cattle were among the 755 sold at the fall yearling sale at the Rainy River Cattlemen’s Association Sales Barn in Stratton this past Saturday. It was the first sale since major renovations to the facility began this spring.

The RR Youth Action Alliance placed 44 tombstones with a message on Hwy. 11 Friday. The message being that some 44 people die every day in Ontario due to tobacco related illnesses. YAA will be at the Pumpkin Festival this weekend handing more information on the ill effects of tobacco use.

The public is invited to come out and see the giant pumpkins first hand this weekend, like they did last year in the photo above.

This plaque turned up in an auction in Winnipeg. Former Rainy River Mayor Clarence Olinyk’s son-in-law Tom Homer sent it to the Record office in hopes that we might know who the Clearwaters are. Unfortunately we do not. Homer was hoping we might find some next of kin that might be interested in it. If you do know them or are related you can call us at 807-852-3366 or by email at info@rainyriverrecord.com.

Winning the RR Labour Day Fastball Tournament, for the second year in a row, was the Farmers from Winnipeg. Back row, l. to r., Don Gall, Leeland Indian, Brady Woods, Trevor Oltsher and Travis Derkson. Fr. Jesse Tom, Justin Wagner, Kyle Langlais and Rolly Compte.

In addition to energy efficiencies realized at RRHS the school renovations also included the addition of a green house onto one of the science labs. They plan to use it to grow plants to green up the interior of the school as well as learn at the same time.

Brittany Hayes of Fort Frances won the Northern Ontario Talent Search at the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition.