Rainy River Record

Hydro One turned off the power for four hours last Tuesday so its crews could begin stringing wires on new poles along Third and Second Streets. The crews are seen here working in the alley between Third and Fourth St.

And the winner is....

After four years of high school the Rainy River High School 2010 graduates have officially graduated. They are seen here throwing their mortar boards up with joy just after the graduation ceremonies last Wednesday evening! Check out the photo gallery on this site of all the grad ceremony photos.

Meagan Vogan, grade 7, of Riverview School is seen here throwing a shot put at the Rainy River District Elementary School track and field intermediate meet recently. The meet was hosted by Riverview School in Rainy River and on this shot Vogan threw 5.85 m and ended up winning the event. More photos and event results inside this paper.

Riverview students did well at last week's track meets with five students winning medals. They are Skyler Arpin, Carter Chorney, Jeff Lauzon, Elizabeth Fraser and Jasmine Holmes.

15 grade eight students at Riverview School celebrated graduation to high school this past Friday. Above four of them pose for a picture. From left to right, Jeff Lauzon, Nolan Short, Zack Tolen and Ernie Drennan.

The grade 6-8 Rainy River team did well, winning their age division in Emo this past Saturday. Front Row left to right, Zac Tolen, Nolan Short and Ernie Drennan Middle Row, Danika Diebel, Nolan Drennan, Aaron Short, Hayley Arpin and Emily Kriske. Back row, Carter Chorney, and Chalina Abraham.

This grade 4-5 team from RR came in first at the tourney in Emo on Saturday in their respective age group.
Front Row, from left to right, Reece Chorney and Christian Tiboni. Middle Row,

Members of the Langlais family and some friends, formed a team called TKO (Total Knock Out) and vowed to fight cancer. They donned boxing gloves and had a ring set up at their camp to do battle with cancer.

Siblings, parents and her own children as well as friends gathered to honour Cindy Mowe's (nee Hartnell) memory. She was well known in the area and sucumbed to cancer in 2004. They all wore pink and marched in the relay.