Rainy River Record

With the Rainy River open past Pinewood last Thursday you could just about walk across the water by boat as anglers hit the water to catch big walleye now in the river preparing to spawn. The anglers only have five more days on the Canadian side of the river to fish as season closes until the third Saturday in May.

Braxton Huziak, 3, and his Grandma Pam Newman, were among the many who participated in the annual Rainy River Easter Egg hunt Saturday at the RR Community Centre. He is seen here all smiles after receiving a bag full of treats once he turned in the eggs he and grandma found!

Rainy River Curling Club regular league champions for 2012-13 are, Mat Ashworth, Mark Donnelly, Steve Molodowich and Mitch Nicholetts (missing from photo). Coming in second place (not pictured) Deb Armstrong, Angie Armstrong, Stephanie Brown and Carling Nordin.

Four Canadian Geese arrived in Rainy River last Thursday. However, they did not get the memo that Spring is going to be late this year! The river is still frozen here. Perhaps they should have diverted to Stratton where the ice is out! They only hung around for a day or so and were not present on the weekend.

Keiran Larocque, 3, left, shows his mom, Shona Larocque, one of the eggs he found at the annual RR Easter Egg Hunt Saturday.

After helping his daughter, Katelyn Gall, 15 months, hunt eggs at the RR Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, Don Gall brought her back to the Community Centre to turn them in for a treat bag!

Our Lady of the Way School in Stratton faces an uncertain future. With declining enrolment, an Accommodation Review Process is now underway to determine if it will be closed or remain open. The first public meeting in that process was held last Wednesday at the school, but was poorly attended.

Last Friday Grades 3-5 from Riverview School went on a field trip to Kay-Nah-Chi-Way-Nung Historical Centre. Seen here, l. to r., Kirsten Armstrong, Olivia Kreger, Carmen Gill, Brinneal Hagarty, Evan Jack, Connor Ivall, Joseph Tiboni, Adrian Trenchard, Kolby St. Pierre. They also snow-shoed, x-country skiied, and toured the round house and enjoyed Native foods; wild rice soup and bannock.

Submitted by
Laurie Brown

Riverview Elementary School hosted a Leprechaun Catcher Contest last week.

Members of the Our Lady of the Way School Accommodation Review Committee are seen here last Wednesday getting the financial picture on what the Catholic Board would save if the school were closed.